The Case of Love

Chapter 38 Doubts
"Did you call Feng Xiaoxue today?" Su Xiaohan asked.

"I called her at noon, but she didn't answer. Our unit was a bit busy in the afternoon, so I didn't call her again. I called her again in the evening, but still no one answered. If you hadn't brought me here, I would have gone to her house to find her!" Wang Xiaowu said dissatisfiedly.

"You don't have to look for her anymore. Feng Xiaoxue is missing." Su Xiaohan said directly, wanting to see his reaction.

"Missing? You said she didn't go home?" Wang Xiaowu was very surprised.

Su Xiaohan nodded. "Yes, according to her roommate, she didn't go home last night, and no one has been able to contact her today."

"Then where would she go? Police comrades, you must help find her. She is a little girl, all alone in the capital. I hope nothing happens to her!" Wang Xiaowu seemed very anxious and worried.

Su Xiaohan thought to herself, if what Wang Xiaowu said was true, it would be fine. If not, his psychological quality was extremely good and it didn't seem like he was acting at all.

"Don't worry, we called you here because we want you to cooperate with the investigation and find Feng Xiaoxue as soon as possible." Su Xiaohan did not mention the possibility that Feng Xiaoxue might have been murdered.

Zhou Yifeng glanced at his phone and indicated that he was going out to make a call, allowing Su Xiaohan to continue asking questions.

After Zhou Yifeng left, Su Xiaohan sorted out her thoughts and asked casually, "Wang Xiaowu, do you and Feng Xiaoxue call or send WeChat messages every night?"

"More or less, but sometimes I get off work late and I don't want to disturb her, so I just send WeChat," Wang Xiaowu responded.

"Where did you go after leaving Feng Xiaoxue's community yesterday? Did you call her in the evening?" Su Xiaohan asked casually.

At this point, Wang Xiaowu's previous dissatisfaction reappeared, and he frowned, "Comrade police, where did I go after I got out? Is it related to Xiao Xue's disappearance?"

"Don't worry, I'm just asking." Su Xiaohan said with a smile.

Infected by her smile, Wang Xiaowu gradually calmed down and said in a deep voice: "After delivering something to Xiao Xue yesterday, I went home. I didn't call her after I got back."

"Yesterday was a working day, didn't you go to work?" Su Xiaohan was curious.

"I worked overtime late the day before yesterday and felt a little unwell, so I asked for leave from my boss," said Wang Xiaowu.

Su Xiaohan was about to continue asking questions when she saw the door of the interrogation room open and Zhou Yifeng waved at her, signaling her to go out. She hurriedly got up and went to find him.

"What's wrong, Captain Zhou?" Su Xiaohan guessed that Ma Nan had made some new discoveries.

"Ma Nan found the surveillance footage of Wang Xiaowu leaving, and compared it with the back of the person wearing Feng Xiaoxue's clothes and pulling the suitcase, and felt that they looked very similar." Zhou Yifeng said after walking a distance.

"Captain Zhou, is there any surveillance footage of him entering the community again?" Su Xiaohan quickly thought of this.

"No, this is a doubt. However, it is possible that he could enter the community from other places." Zhou Yifeng suspected. "I just asked him, and he said that he went home after leaving Feng Xiaoxue. I was just about to continue asking who can prove that what he said is true." Su Xiaohan said.

"Okay, let's go back. If he can't find someone to confirm that what he said is true, we will go to the community again to see if there are other entrances and exits. Then ask the residents in the community if anyone has seen Wang Xiaowu. Let Ma Nan and Li Zhisong go to Wang Xiaowu's community to check the surveillance footage to see when he returned." Zhou Yifeng's thoughts became clearer.

"Yes, Captain Zhou!" Su Xiaohan thought to herself, they really have the same thoughts and are thinking the same thing.

The two returned to the interrogation room, and Su Xiaohan asked the questions she wanted to ask. Wang Xiaowu said that he was the only one at home, and no one could prove that he had returned home. However, he said that the security guard at the gate of the community might have seen him.

Su Xiaohan glanced at Zhou Yifeng and stopped asking questions.

Zhou Yifeng looked down at the time and said to Wang Xiaowu, "Let's stop here today. We need your cooperation in the investigation and you need to stay here for a while."

"Police comrade, it's so late and I have to go to work tomorrow. How can I stay here?" Wang Xiaowu quickly refused.

"We need to verify whether what you said is true. As long as you are not lying, we will let you go soon." Zhou Yifeng said seriously.

Perhaps because of Zhou Yifeng's serious expression, Wang Xiaowu lowered his head and said nothing more.

After coming out of the interrogation room, Zhou Yifeng insisted on sending Su Xiaohan home, so Su Xiaohan had no choice but to follow him into the car.

The next day, they split up. Li Zhisong and Ma Nan went to Wang Xiaowu's neighborhood to check surveillance, Zhu Xiaofeng and Xu Jungang summoned Liu Jiakai, and Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan went to Feng Xiaoxue's neighborhood again.

The residential area where Feng Xiaoxue lived was an old one, not very large, with only one entrance and exit. But Zhou Yifeng had carefully observed that the wall of the residential area was not high, so it was easy to climb over the wall to get in.

They searched for clues along the wall of the community and found traces of climbing on a wall, as well as relatively complete and clear fingerprints. Zhou Yifeng called the trace inspection personnel and asked him to come over to extract the fingerprints.

At the same time, Li Zhisong and Ma Nan had already arrived at Wang Xiaowu's neighborhood. Li Zhisong showed the photo to the security guard, who said he seemed to have seen Wang Xiaowu passing by the gate the afternoon before yesterday, but he couldn't remember clearly. They quickly contacted the property management of the neighborhood to retrieve the surveillance footage and found that Wang Xiaowu appeared in the surveillance footage at the gate of the neighborhood at 14:40 in the afternoon. According to the time Wang Xiaowu said he left Feng Xiaoxue's house, plus the distance traveled, it basically matched.

Li Zhisong immediately called Zhou Yifeng and told him what he had learned. Zhou Yifeng was confused. Could it be that what Wang Xiaowu said was true?
In W City, Liu Jiakai bought a ticket for the next train after receiving the summons and arrived in Beijing at about noon. According to Zhu Xiaofeng, Liu Jiakai was very excited after receiving the call and said that if he had known that Feng Xiaoxue would get into trouble, he would not have been in a hurry to return to W City.

More than half an hour later, the trace detection personnel arrived at the scene, and after extracting the handprints and fingerprints, they returned to the bureau together. Next, they only had to wait for the comparison results.

"Captain Zhou, you said that if the fingerprints on the wall belong to Wang Xiaowu, it means that he had climbed over the wall to get in. He did not go through the main door, but chose to climb over the wall. It is entirely possible that he did so to avoid surveillance and return to Feng Xiaoxue's house. And Ma Nan said that the figure dragging the suitcase looked very much like Wang Xiaowu. However, if the fingerprints are his, and the person dragging the suitcase is also him, how do you explain his appearance at the gate of his community at around two o'clock?" Su Xiaohan had more questions in her mind.

"Let's wait for the result. It's hard to say now." Zhou Yifeng looked ahead, as if thinking about something.

Su Xiaohan couldn't help yawning after sleeping too late the night before and waking up early in the morning. Zhou Yifeng pointed to the lounge and said, "Go to sleep for a while. I'll call you if there's anything!"

Su Xiaohan felt a little embarrassed. Zhou Yifeng had heavy dark circles under his eyes. It seemed that he had not slept all night and was more tired than her.