Peach Blossom Shop

Chapter 168 Missing
The little sika deer was not afraid of him, and looked at him.Xiaohua and Lingling were next to her, stroking her fur.

Seeing Lin Manlu walking back, Bai Le stopped talking, smiled, and said, "I'm talking about your new body. Sure enough, it's worth it for you to go back this time."

"Well, of course!" Lin Manlu nodded.

Seeing her happy, Bai Le was also very happy, looked around, and said, "I'll go back first."

Zhang Zeyu closed the lid of the paper box in his hand and asked, "Would you like to sit down for a while?"

Bai Le shook his head, "No, it's getting late. Since you've come back, I won't look after the store for you. Nothing happened to the Peach Blossom Store recently. You should clean up and go to bed early. You've worked hard all the way, and you have something to do Then call me at the alley."

Hearing what he said, Lin Manlu didn't make much effort to keep him, so he sent him out of the Peach Blossom Shop, and went behind the counter to look through the account books.

Zhang Zeyu called Meng Chuan, handed Lin Manlu's body to him, and asked him to take it back to Tianting's own yard to plant it, and then returned to the peach blossom shop.

Before Meng Chuan left, Lingling grabbed the hem of his clothes again and refused to let him go. Xu Qingsheng persuaded him for a long time before Lingling let go of Meng Chuan with a crying face.

Meng Chuan's face was paralyzed, his Adam's apple fluctuated several times, and finally he said, "I'll come back next time." Then he disappeared into the shadows as if fleeing.

Only then did Lingling smile through her tears and rubbed her nose.

Zhang Zeyu looked back to see this scene, walked up to Lin Manlu, and said, "If Meng Chuan really has this fate, it would be really a good thing."

Lin Manlu was studying a green stone that he had just taken out of the cash box. Hearing Zhang Zeyu's nonsensical words, he subconsciously asked, "What?"

Zhang Zeyu shook his head, "Nothing. What are you looking at?"

Lin Manlu showed him the stone in his hand, "Look, I just took it from the cash box, it looks like some kind of treasure!"

Zhang Zeyu looked at Lin Manlushou and nodded, "The best mountain spirit stones are indeed good things."

Lin Manlu withdrew his hand, stuffed the stone into his small bag, and said happily, "Xiaosheng is still very good at doing business! Put it away and put it away~"

Zhang Zeyu shook his head, smiled, and reached for the ledger.

"Boss, boss, everything is packed." At this moment, Xu Qingsheng walked into the store.

"Well, I got it." Zhang Zeyu nodded, and said, "We haven't had dinner yet, so get us something to eat!"

Xu Qingsheng nodded, "We haven't eaten yet, I've already prepared dinner, so why don't we add two more dishes?"

Zhang Zeyu nodded and continued to look down at the ledger.Lin Manlu followed Xu Qingsheng to the backyard, found a few pieces in the luggage he brought back, and then led Xiaohua and Lingling to give them to everyone in Taohua Lane.The little sika deer, who had always loved to follow Lin Manlu, seemed to be tired, so she found a place in Daniel's den, ate two mouthfuls of grass, bent her legs, and fell asleep leaning against Daniel.

Daniu looked helplessly at the deer beside him, and saw Xiaocai naughtyly coming over and scratching her leg with his paws, flicked his tail, and drove Xiaocai away.

During dinner, Xu Qingsheng gave Lin Manlu the birthday gift they had prepared, which was a wooden carving of Zhang Zeyu, with some embarrassment.

Xiaohua and Lingling even painted flowered clothes for the woodcarving, which made Lin Manlu burst into laughter, and Zhang Zeyu couldn't help laughing.

After the meal, several people washed and rested separately, without talking all night.

Early the next morning, Li Guangquan hurried to the Peach Blossom Shop, and saw Lin Manlu and Zhang Zeyu sitting at the Eight Immortals table for breakfast.

"Officer Li, long time no see!" Lin Manlu was facing the door of Taohua Shop, saw Li Guangquan at a glance, and greeted with a smile.

Li Guangquan came over and nodded, "It's been a long time."

"Have you had breakfast? If you haven't eaten, let's eat together!" Lin Manlu ordered the breakfast on the table with chopsticks and said.

Li Guangquan was not polite either. He sat down and wiped his hands with the towel at hand, then took a bun and ate it in two or three bites.Xiao Hua stood aside, filled a bowl of porridge and handed it to him.

"I heard from Xiaosheng that Zhao Ziming is missing? What's the matter?" Lin Manlu took a deep-fried dough stick, dipped it in the soy milk in the bowl, and asked while eating.

Seeing this, Lingling also picked up a deep-fried dough stick, imitating Lin Manlu's way of eating.

Li Guangquan swallowed the steamed stuffed bun, "Have Lin heard what Xiaosheng said?"

Lin Manlu glanced at Xu Qingsheng, who was holding the buns in one hand and sorting the goods behind the counter, and said, "He didn't say anything in detail. Officer Li can explain in detail."

Li Guangquan nodded, wiped his hands, picked up his briefcase from his feet, found a file bag, took out a few photos and a document, handed them to Lin Manlu, and said, "Xiao Zhao is missing. In fact, it has been quite a few days. I was the first to find out that he was missing, and the phone could not be reached, and there was no one in the rented house. Look at the photo, it is the picture of his current rented house. There is no sign of him tidying up. His family and friends have investigated everything except saluting, but no one has ever seen him. Now I initially suspect that something may have happened to him, otherwise he would not have contacted me, "Speaking of this, Li Guangquan It was a little embarrassing, "The case is really deadlocked, and I really can't find any useful clues, so I thought to trouble you, see if I can ask those friends who we can't see, have they seen it? Xiao Zhao's."

Lin Manlu looked at the photo and nodded, then handed the photo and documents to Zhang Zeyu, and then asked Li Guangquan, "I think the house is quite messy in the photo, is there really no sign of him leaving by himself?"

Li Guangquan nodded, "Single boys, it is inevitable that they are not able to take care of themselves a little bit. It is true that there is no sign of running away on their own. The yogurt and instant noodles he bought before he disappeared are all in the refrigerator, and there is half-eaten bread at home. Cards and other things are also kept at home."

Zhang Zeyu looked at the photo and asked, "Did it just disappear out of thin air?"

Li Guangquan smiled wryly, "That's right, now we all start to suspect that he was kidnapped or murdered by an accomplice of a former criminal."

Lin Manlu looked at him, "Have any of you cursed your colleagues like this?"

Li Guangquan sighed, "This is the basic need for judgment. There must be a direction for investigation! Besides, Xiao Zhao is a good boy, and no one wants him to have an accident!"

Zhang Zeyu flipped through the file again, glanced at it, and asked, "Didn't you find any useful clues?"

Li Guangquan pointed to the document and said, "There are also some useful clues, which I wrote on it. For example, the last place where Xiao Zhao appeared was at the exit of the West Railway Station in City H, and he took a taxi. We found out The taxi driver who took Xiao Zhao to the West Railway Station at that time, according to his memory, Xiao Zhao seemed to be very anxious at that time, and kept urging him to hurry up."

"Is it for investigating a case?"

Li Guangquan shook his head, "Probably not. During that time, he was basically working on the first two homicide cases, oh, the transformation case and the case in your community. I was working on the final summary of these two cases. In addition, I asked him to investigate. Before you left, you explained the case of the girl who fell to death in a department store, but in the case of the department store, I have ruled out their relationship with Xiao Zhao, because Xiao Zhao has not started investigating them at all."

"So..." Lin Manlu looked at Zhang Zeyu, and said, "Then Zhao Ziming's whereabouts during that time were very abnormal! Why did he go to the West Station without investigating the case?"

Li Guangquan said, "Indeed, we also found out that Xiao Zhao's last call came from an unfamiliar number. After calling Xiao Zhao, that number was no longer used."

"Can't find out whose phone number it is?" Zhang Zeyu asked.

Li Guangquan shook his head, "It's a number that is sold randomly in small shops, and the person who bought it can't be found out, and there is no identity registration."

Zhang Zeyu nodded.

Li Guangquan looked at him, and continued, "Based on the above clues, we suspect that Xiao Zhao was kidnapped or framed on purpose. In addition, the person who called Xiao Zhao has high anti-reconnaissance capabilities." .”

"Anti-reconnaissance capability? Could it be the police?" Lin Manlu asked.

Li Guangquan shook his head, "This can't be found out, usually the police will not first suspect internal suspicions."

Lin Manlu nodded, "That's right, house thieves, one is not easy to find, and the other is hard to guard against."

Li Guangquan also nodded, then looked at Zhang Zeyu, then at Lin Manlu, and said, "Can you please help me with this matter?"

Lin Manlu looked at Zhang Zeyu, and Zhang Zeyu said, "It's fine, but the reward is still in accordance with the usual practice, right?"

Li Guangquan nodded, "That's no problem, as long as we can find Xiao Zhao as soon as possible."

Lin Manlu nodded, "Okay, then we'll look for it for you according to our method, but if you can't find it, Officer Li, you can't blame us!"

Li Guangquan said, "Of course not!"

Lin Manlu smiled, "That's good! Then Police Officer Li, go back first! I'll let you know when I have news, okay?"

Li Guangquan nodded, "Okay! I'm counting on you." After speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

"Wait," Zhang Zeyu said suddenly, "Officer Li, have you investigated the case of the girl who fell to death in a department store that you were asked to investigate?"

Only then did Li Guangquan remember, patted his head, and nodded, "I've checked it, I almost forgot to mention it. The girl was indeed pushed down the elevator by her boyfriend and fell to her death. We didn't bother to investigate. When our colleague went to investigate, he confessed immediately, and yelled that there was a female ghost pestering him every day, which annoyed our colleague, and he was arrested later, charged with intentional homicide, and sentenced to life."

Thinking of the female ghost in the department store, Lin Manlu secretly thought, this time she can be reincarnated properly.

After Li Guangquan finished speaking, Zhang Zeyu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.Seeing this, Li Guangquan nodded to the children in the store, then turned around and left. When he reached the door, his cell phone rang, so he went out on the phone.

Xiaohua gave Xiaocai soy milk to drink, and asked Lingling, "Lingling, do you know what anti-reconnaissance capabilities are?"

Lingling shook her head.

(End of this chapter)