Chapter 1896

Gu Chen stopped in his tracks and began to listen quietly. Seeing this situation, everyone around him became vigilant.

However, a few seconds later, the movement stopped again, and I saw a white stray cat carefully poking its head out of the weeds.

Seeing the humans looking at him in unison, the stray cat swished and hid in the weeds again.

"It's a cat?" Lu Weiwei let out a long breath, and patted her tall chest, "I thought it was a human."

"This place may be the home of these stray cats," Yuan Shasha said.

Officer Wang also nodded in agreement: "That's right, humans rarely come to this kind of place, and it's very secretive. Stray cats like to make their nests here, and they're not afraid of being disturbed by humans."

After thinking for a while, Officer Wang said again: "But it seems that no one has passed by here for a long time. If there were people passing by here before, it was because of the nearby vegetable garden."

"But now the entire area here belongs to the scope of demolition, and the vegetable fields have long been bulldozed, so there is no passing through here."

"But I can't figure it out. Since there are no humans passing by here, what about these newly broken plants? Or, Wan Xiaomin really came here?"

"Senior Brother Wang." Seeing that Police Officer Wang was still hesitating about this matter slowly, Gu Chen said firmly, "Did Wan Xiaomin really pass by here? We'll wait until we find her. I'll explore the way first, and you guys will follow behind. "

After the words fell, Gu Chen walked forward again.

And the stray cat that had been hiding in the weed pile before seemed to hear the movement, and suddenly jumped out of the weed pile with a "swoosh", and then ran away quickly towards the front.

However, what Gu Chen didn't expect was that cats meowed again, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight kittens jumped out of the weeds.

These small animals first looked at Gu Chen and the others alertly, and then followed the big cat just now, and ran forward quickly.

After a while, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

Lu Weiwei, who was standing there, was also dumbfounded and said, "Why are there so many kittens in this place? Did we stab the cat's nest?"

"If someone discovers this and takes them together and gives it to Wan Xiaomin, it is estimated that her 'Hamster House' will really have to be renamed 'Tom and Jerry'."

Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen couldn't help but smile, and then continued to walk forward.

Not long after, as Hu Ming said, he left the weed pile and came to the ruins of a broken wall.

Although the surrounding area is covered with weeds, it is covered by the ruins of the wall.

Outside the ruins is the wasteland outside the factory area, an abandoned vegetable garden.

It can be seen from the shape of the soil reclamation that this place used to be a vegetable field, and various strip shapes still exist, but it is now covered by weeds.

Walking in these wastelands, Gu Chen suddenly found that there were two parallel railways not far away.

Looking around again, it seems that he has left the chemical plant area.

The original warehouse buildings on both sides of the railway are also in ruins at this time, and it seems that they have been demolished for a long time.

Gu Chen and the others carefully passed through the ruins one by one, and came to the railway track.

At this moment, Gu Chen discovered that one of the rails was already rusty, and the other rail seemed to be similar, but with signs of wear and tear.

Obviously, there are still trains passing here.

"Hu Ming." Looking at the railway track in front of him, Gu Chen could not help calling "Hu Ming".

Hu Ming immediately walked up to Gu Chen and asked, "Officer Gu, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter with this railway?" Gu Chen didn't know much about this area, so he hurriedly asked Hu Ming.

Hu Ming looked around, and then explained: "Oh, this railway is relatively old, it belongs to the freight railway, I just remember, to the right, the railway can go all the way to a small county town in a brother city."

"And to the left, you can go all the way to Jiangnan Railway Station."

"Is this railway usually busy?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Hu Ming hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: "In my impression, it's not busy, right? Because it's a branch freight railway, and there's only one train every day."

"That is to say, it is very likely that Wan Xiaomin left by railway?" Gu Chen knew that this was a blind spot for monitoring, and that the railway was in the category of cargo transportation, and the maintenance of the equipment around the tracks was also extremely poor.

Hu Ming looked around, walked up to Gu Chen and confirmed, "It's very possible, because in the past, we children from the family area often came to play on the railway."

"It's like climbing the train carriage and running around on the top of the train carriage. I remember before, go to the left, there is a small freight station, and there are many freight trains there."

"It's nerve-wracking." Lu Weiwei looked around and suddenly got a little dizzy:

"If Wan Xiaomin leaves here, where will she go? It's really a mystery."

"Because the mysterious man can take her to any place through the freight railway."

"And this area is not monitored, so how can we find it?"

"Don't worry." Lu Weiwei felt a little lost, but Gu Chen knew very well that since the mysterious person knew this area very well, he must be inextricably linked with the family area of ​​the Chengxi Chemical Factory.

The first person who can know this secret passage, obviously, the people in the family area should be given priority.

Secondly, if Wan Xiaomin is in danger, she can use the cover of night and her knowledge of the terrain to successfully avoid the mysterious person's pursuit.

Gu Chen guessed that it might be difficult for others if he wanted to retreat on the familiar territory, but it was not difficult for Wan Xiaomin.

But now that Wan Xiaomin is missing, it is obvious that there is a high probability of being kidnapped.

But Wan Xiaomin knew that it would be dangerous for her to come to the family area late at night and meet the mysterious person, so why did she do this?

Thinking of this, Gu Chen's expression suddenly froze: "That's not right."

"Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong?" Seeing Gu Chen standing there in shock, Lu Weiwei hurried over and asked.

At this moment, everyone was already scattered and searching, Gu Chen called Lu Weiwei aside, and whispered:

"Senior Sister Lu, could this be the case? It was actually Wan Xiaomin's own idea to meet the mysterious person in the family area of ​​Chengxi Chemical Factory?"

"Wan Xiaomin's own idea?" Lu Weiwei was a little confused, and also questioned: "But Junior Brother Gu, why did Wan Xiaomin arrange the meeting place in such a ruin? And it's late at night, so she's not afraid Is it dangerous?"

"This is exactly what she wants." Gu Chen said.

Lu Weiwei was stunned again: "She...what does she want? What does she want?"

"Let me put it this way." Seeing that Lu Weiwei hadn't understood what she meant, Gu Chen simply explained:

"May I understand it this way? First of all, Wan Xiaomin arranged his meeting place with the mysterious man in this kind of ruins, and it was still at night."

"This kind of environment seems to be very unfavorable for both parties. First of all, it is the light. It is not difficult for us to find out from the search of the nearby family area."

"Actually, in the entire family area, there are very few usable street lights on the road, and the light will definitely be poor."

"The light is poor, and it's still in the ruins, so who is in the best interest?"

Seeing that Gu Chen had already reminded this point, Lu Weiwei suddenly realized, and hurriedly said, "It's best for Wan Xiaomin, because Wan Xiaomin is too familiar with everything here."

"If Wan Xiaomin wants to escape in the event of an accident, then all the terrain here will definitely have an advantage for her Wan Xiaomin."

"That's right." Gu Chen snapped his fingers, and then said:

"If there is such a possibility, then the mysterious man she met with Wan Xiaomin may not be from the family area of ​​Chengxi Chemical Plant at all."

"In this way, even if there is danger, Wan Xiaomin may use the terrain to escape, but now that Wan Xiaomin has disappeared, maybe there was an accident on the way to escape, and he was caught by the other party."

Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Lu Weiwei immediately raised her nervousness to her throat, and said weakly:

"Then... Then, Wan Xiaomin may be kidnapped now? Maybe she has been killed? But she has to come here in the face of danger. Maybe Wan Xiaomin has some difficulties, but she has figured out a way out, but in the process of implementation An accident?"

"Maybe."

As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, his cell phone rang.

Seeing that it was He Junchao's call, Gu Chen quickly pressed the answer button and asked, "Senior Brother He, how about your investigation?"

"Gu Chen, the mysterious man you asked me to investigate, according to the previous surveillance capture, I found that he once appeared in a tool store."

"Also, after he left the tool store, he seemed to have taken a bag of things. You can go to the tool store to ask about the situation, and maybe you can find some clues."

"Really?" Hearing what He Junchao said, Gu Chen was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly urged:

"Then now, hurry up and send me the location of that store."

"No problem, I'll send it to you right now."

The two exchanged for a while, and both hung up the phone.

Afterwards, Gu Chen received the store location from He Junchao.

With this, Gu Chen quickly reminded everyone: "You guys continue to search around, especially the small station nearby, and ask the staff, did you find any suspicious people nearby last night?"

"Gu Chen, what about you and Lu Weiwei?" Officer Wang asked.

"Senior Sister Lu and I will look for some clues." As soon as the words finished, Gu Chen leaned into Police Officer Wang's ear and reminded in a low voice: "Senior Brother He found a tool store that the mysterious man had visited before, and bought a bag of it. Something, I want to investigate."

"That's fine, you and Lu Weiwei hurry over there, and I'll take someone with me to look around." Police Officer Wang said.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then, Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei back the same way, heading towards the weeds just now.

However, what makes people feel weird is that the stray cat that had run away before appeared in the weeds again at this moment.

Seeing Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei passing by, these little stray cats swished again and scrambled into the weeds on both sides to hide.

Due to time constraints, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei didn't care about it, they just felt that these little wild cats seemed to be very afraid of strangers.

Driving all the way, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei came to a tool shop near the chemical factory in the west of the city.

Because it is on a remote road, there are not many stores here. There are many trucks parked around, and there are small shops selling hardware tools nearby.

Based on the clues provided by He Junchao, Gu Chen directly parked the car in front of a Xinda hardware store, then got out of the car and came to the front desk.

At this moment, a fat middle-aged woman was looking at her mobile phone, and there was a pile of sunflower seeds on the table.

Seeing Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei in police uniforms approaching, the fat woman raised her head and asked, "What do you want to buy?"

Gu Chen didn't reply directly, but after observing the merchandise in the store left and right, he took out his phone, clicked on the photo album, and showed the surveillance screenshot of the mysterious man:

"This person, yesterday morning, bought something in your store, do you still have any impression of him?" Gu Chen asked.

The middle-aged fat woman dropped the snacks in her hands, clapped her hands, and then moved closer, squinting to observe.

Afterwards, the fat woman raised her head in thought, and said slowly, "Yesterday morning? Customers who came to the store to buy things? It seems... not many, right?"

"Then do you have any impression of him?" Seeing this, Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked.

The fat woman shook her head: "I have a bit of an impression, he seems to have bought something..."

"What is it?" Before the fat woman finished speaking, Lu Weiwei asked again.

"You guys wait a moment." Seeing that the two policemen were anxious, the fat woman hurriedly opened the drawer of the cash register, took out one of the receipts, and began to look through it after her fingers were wet with saliva.

Since the receipts all have the date and the product sold, the fat woman quickly found the answer, and immediately handed the receipt to Gu Chendao:

"It's some nylon rope, and some items like tape." The woman said.

"Other than that? Is there anything else?" Gu Chen asked one more question for confirmation while flipping through the pages.

The fat woman shook her head: "No, he just bought these things, and it's all recorded in the receipt."

"Crack!"

While the fat woman was talking, Gu Chen had already taken a picture of the receipt with his mobile phone, then handed it back to the fat woman, and asked:

"Then do you remember what this person looked like at that time?"

"Hey, Comrade Police, you're making things difficult for me. He was wearing a hat, a mask, and a pair of sunglasses. I couldn't see his face clearly."

The fat woman also said something, feeling a little powerless.

Gu Chen thought for a while, and after pointing the law enforcement recorder at the woman, he took out the notebook and asked:

"What about the physical characteristics? Do you have any impression?"

"Physical characteristics? Uh...the height is about 175, and the weight...the weight is about 70 kilograms?"

After thinking for a while, the woman said again: "Oh, by the way, this person seems to have a square face, with a more contoured face."

"What about talking? What accent does he have?" Lu Weiwei quickly asked again, taking advantage of the impression of the fat woman.

"Accent?" The fat woman scratched the back of her head and said thoughtfully, "It seems...it seems to be speaking Mandarin, but with a bit of our local accent, it should look like a local."

Gu Chen recorded these, and then asked the fat woman: "Then what else did this person tell you when he bought the product?"

"What did you say? He just bought things?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, he saw Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looking serious again.

Especially when she asked about the man's situation, she seemed to be very careful. The proprietress immediately felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the man the police were looking for.

Thinking of this, the fat woman immediately said: "Oh, I remembered, when he entered the store, he asked me if I had any nylon ropes and tapes? I said yes, so I went to find them for him."

"When paying, I teased him and said, why buy these things? Is it to kidnap?"

"Then what was his reaction?" Hearing the fat woman's words, Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked.

"How else can I react? I was also taken aback, and then told me that I was joking with him. Of course, I was indeed joking with him. I feel that nylon ropes and tapes are easily reminiscent of kidnapping." .”

Looking up and down between Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, the fat woman said again: "Besides, you came to my store today and asked so many questions about that man, isn't that obvious? That man must have committed a crime, so you guys are here today. I just came to investigate him, am I right? Comrade police?"

"You're very smart." Lu Weiwei praised her helplessly, and added: "But now, if you can help us find his trace, that would be even better."

"That's right." When Lu Weiwei reminded her, what did the fat woman think of immediately? Quickly added: "I remember when he was buying these things, he seemed to have received a call."

"Call? Who's calling?" Hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly became alert.

The fat woman looked up at the sky, and after trying to recall for a few seconds, she said slowly:

"I don't know who called? But I feel that they should be very familiar, as if to say something? You come here at night, and I have arranged everything for you. It seems that there is a date at night or something? Anyway, I only heard These?"

The fat woman doesn't seem to remember clearly either, but to Gu Chen, each of these is a key clue.

After the record was complete, Gu Chen said again: "So, he is confirming with the person on the phone about the exact time of the party tonight, right?"

"Uh... yes, that's what it means. What else do you want to know? Then I really don't know. After all, I'm a shopkeeper."

"Okay, thank you, thank you for your cooperation." Seeing that it was difficult to get any useful clues from the fat woman, Gu Chen thanked her, and then took Lu Weiwei out of the shop.

As soon as the two got into the police car, Gu Chen immediately reminded Lu Weiwei, "Let Senior Brother He investigate this Ah Zhe immediately."

"You mean?" Lu Weiwei seemed to have guessed something too?

Gu Chen nodded silently: "Yes, that person may be Ah Zhe."

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