The Case of Love

Chapter 91 Waiting for the rabbit
"I remember that we checked Chen Hongjie's social relationships before and didn't find that he had any friends in Beijing. I think it's unlikely that he lives in a friend's house." Su Xiaohan analyzed.

"At the moment, no matter what the situation is, it is difficult for us to find his exact location. Didn't the security guard say that he comes back very late every day during this period? Why don't we just sit there and wait for him to come back!" Zhou Yifeng suggested.

"Okay, Boss, this is the only way." Thinking about having to guard the community at night, Li Zhisong's previous excitement instantly disappeared.

On their way back to the bureau, Zhou Yifeng received a call from Xu Jungang. Xu Jungang told him that Huanlejia Supermarket provides delivery services for customers. The supermarket owner remembered that he had seen the person in the photo when he delivered goods to customers' homes, but he could not remember which building or unit he had seen him when delivering goods. However, he had a record of delivering goods to residents of Mingyuan Community and gave the record to Xu Jungang.

Although there were more than a dozen addresses on the delivery record, it greatly narrowed the search scope.

Zhou Yifeng asked them to wait for them in the community, and they immediately turned back. When they arrived at the community, Zhou Yifeng divided them into three groups and visited each address one by one according to the recorded addresses.

"Boss, it's almost noon. Should we eat first? Only after we are full will we have the energy to climb the stairs." Li Zhisong looked at the time and begged Zhou Yifeng in a mean way.

Zhou Yifeng smiled and said, "As far as I know, every building in this community has an elevator. We need three access cards when we go to the property management office. We can just take the elevator and don't have to climb the stairs."

"Oh, so that's the case. I thought..." Li Zhisong pretended to be ignorant.

"What do you think? I think you're just too lazy to move. You'd better exercise more, otherwise your belly will bulge out!" Zhou Yifeng was too lazy to talk to him and walked towards the community property management.

Li Zhisong didn't dare to complain anymore and hurried over.

Su Xiaohan felt sorry for him, walked up to him and said, "Brother, when we find Chen Hongjie, I'll treat you to some barbecue. We can go to the restaurant or order takeout."

Li Zhisong looked at Su Xiaohan gratefully: "My junior sister is still the best. She knows how to care for her senior brother!"

"Xiao Han, I think you don't need to feel sorry for him. The boss is right. If he eats more, he probably won't dare to brag that he is the most handsome in the whole place. His belly is getting rounder and rounder!" Zhu Xiaofeng joked from the side.

A few people chatted and laughed as they entered the lobby of the property management office. Zhou Yifeng showed his police ID and asked the property manager for three access cards. They split up and went to find Chen Hongjie.

Su Xiaohan was still in a group with Zhou Yifeng. They visited two households in Building 2 and found nothing suspicious. After coming out of Building 2, they walked through a long corridor and arrived at the door of Unit 3 in Building 1. An old woman wearing green clothes and holding a handkerchief for dancing came out of Unit 1. Looking at the old woman's dress, Su Xiaohan guessed that she was going to square dance. She heard that the square dance aunties in the community often know the situation in the community best, so she thought about asking them.

"Auntie, excuse me, I want to ask, have you seen the person in the photo?" Su Xiaohan held the photo in front of the old woman, her voice very gentle.

The old woman was very enthusiastic. She stared at the photo for a long time. As if she remembered something, she raised her voice and said, "I've seen this person before! A few days ago, I came back from buying groceries at noon. Before I could get the key to open the door of the unit, the door opened and a young man came out with a girl in his arms. That young man was this person!"

"Are you sure it's him, Auntie?" Su Xiaohan glanced at Zhou Yifeng, very excited.

"Yes, it was him! He was hugging the girl and pinching her butt. I was thinking at the time, how could young people nowadays be like this? It's so immoral!" the old woman sighed.

The old woman's words made Su Xiaohan feel a little embarrassed. She subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yifeng and found that he was looking at his mobile phone, as if he didn't hear the details the old woman said.

After the old woman left, Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan called Li Zhisong and Ma Nan respectively, telling them to gather at Unit 3, Building 1 and not to look for them anymore.

The supermarket owner's delivery records showed that they had only delivered goods to one resident in Unit 3, Building 1, who lived in 2 on the 201nd floor, so they were sure that Chen Hongjie lived in 201. When they knocked on the door of 201, no one responded. Li Zhisong knocked a few more times, but still no one responded.

After a while, the door opposite 201 opened, and an old man walked out and asked angrily: "What are you doing? You woke me up during my nap!"

Zhou Yifeng said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, sir, we are here to look for someone. I was afraid that the people inside didn't hear me, so I knocked on the door a few more times."

The old man sneered, "You won't find him if you come looking for him at this time. This guy won't come back until nightfall. When he comes back, he brings some questionable women with him. I've been woken up by them several times. I went to look for him, but he didn't care at all. He came back drunk, holding a woman, and saying dirty things."

"Uncle, do you think this is the person living in Room 201?" Su Xiaohan took out a photo to confirm with the old man.

"Yes, it's him!" the old man said affirmatively.

"Then do you remember what time he comes back every day?" Su Xiaohan asked again.

The old man thought for a moment and said, "The few times I was woken up were always at one or two o'clock in the night."

"Thank you, sir. Please go back and have a rest. We will not knock on your door anymore." Zhou Yifeng said respectfully.

The old man said nothing more, closed the door and went into the house.

"Boss, do you think we should pry the door open?" Li Zhisong asked.

"Let's wait a little longer! Both the security guard and this old man said that he would come back very late at night, which seems to be true. Let's come back at night." Zhou Yifeng turned and walked towards the elevator.

"Boss, when I came here, I saw a nice restaurant near the community. Why don't we go there for dinner? We can come over early after dinner to guard it." Li Zhisong said as he chased Zhou Yifeng.

"You, when can you stop being a foodie? All you do is eat!" Zhou Yifeng said unhappily.

"Boss, food is the primary need of the people. How can we live and solve cases without food?" Li Zhisong continued to talk nonsense.

Ma Nan and the other two all gave him a hopeless look, only Su Xiaohan spoke to him, asking him where the restaurant was and saying she wanted to treat him.

Li Zhisong lowered his voice and pointed at Ma Nan and the other two and said, "My junior sister is still the best. You guys are just birds of a feather with the boss!"

"Stop wasting time and get on the elevator. We, birds of a feather, are going to have dinner with you!" Zhou Yifeng heard everything Li Zhisong muttered in a low voice.

Li Zhisong hurriedly ran to the elevator, flattered, "I said the boss wouldn't let us starve while investigating a case. The boss is as good as my junior sister!"

Several people left the community gate and went to the place Li Zhisong mentioned to eat. After dinner, Zhou Yifeng divided the six of them into three groups and took turns squatting at the door to prevent Chen Hongjie from coming back early and missing it.

(End of this chapter)