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But his fear was far from settled, even stronger than before. Why? Was he the clown himself?

No, it must be a clown's prank.

It must have been him, sneaking into his house in the middle of the night in some special way, slicing the meat from his fridge, turning his closet upside down, and making his face look like his own. No wonder he could hear someone talking in his ear.

Xiao He worked from 5 in the morning until dawn. He heaved a sigh of relief. Finally, it lit up.

He decided to go to the police station.

At this moment, his phone rang. For some reason, the ringtone seemed to have been tuned in by someone. It sounded especially loud compared to usual.

The moment it sounded, Xiao He was scared out of his wits.

It rang for a long time before he reacted and hesitantly picked it up.

"Hello, may I ask, is this Captain Xiao He?" It was an old voice on the other side of the phone. It sounded like an old man's voice. When the Wukang case was over, he became the prime minister of the Murder Squad, but he couldn't hang up the phone like that.

At that time, some drug lord gang or anti-sheihua people would come over to provoke him or even threaten him. That would be too much for others to handle.

Xiao He replied as he thought:

"Yes, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm a resident of Guangren Lane. I want to respond to something."

"Please speak."

"She's my neighbor. She's the little girl who lives right next to me. Her name is Celery, and she's very small. She's only six years old. I haven't seen her for several days."

Xiao He turned the phone into a hands-free mode and listened while he dressed and brushed his teeth.

He expected another case to come.

"I asked her mother, and her mother said she went to play at her grandmother's house. But, but this is not a holiday, the other children are in school. She was in kindergarten at school and came to my house every day to beg for snacks. However, I haven't seen her for the past few days. "

"What about his father?"

The old man on the other end of the line sighed. "Her father died in a car accident six months ago. Alas, that child was really pitiful. His mother did have one, but it was a stepmother. Everyone in the corridor said that they often heard Jiang Qinglan beat her up, so I'm a bit suspicious.

Xiao He felt that the amount of information in it was a little too much, so he said to the old man:

"Grandmother, what's your name?" Where does your family live in Guangren Lane? As for the specifics, we'll directly come to your door to get to know you. What do you think? "

"Alright, alright. My name is Zhang Yulian and I live in Building 502, Block 27, on the south side of Guangren Lane. You can come over in the morning. I was home all day. "

"Alright Grandma Zhang, we will be there as soon as possible. "Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Actually, from her description just now, Xiao He already had a bad premonition. He quickly rode his "BMW" to the police station.

Everyone was dozing in their seats. After dinner last night, they even went to sing KTV. Only Xiao He and Ning Ruonan returned home in advance.

Now, they were all exhausted and had fallen flat on the ground.

Xiao He clapped his hands.

"Everyone get up, we have work to do again."

"What?" Jiang Han was the first to raise his head. "I've only rested for a few hours. Here we go again."

After that, he shouted at Peng Wenyin, "Captain, we want to apply for an annual leave. We want to add the bonuses."

Xiao He slapped his head:

"You wish."

Peng Wenyin, on the other hand, had an anxious expression on his face:

"What's wrong, Xiao He? What happened?"

Xiao He spread out his hands and said, "I received a report this morning. Although it was still unknown whether this was a real case or not. But I have a premonition that things are not that simple. "

Following that, Xiao He recounted Grandma Zhang's words to everyone.

After everyone heard this, they all fell into deep thought.

"You mean the disappearance of a little girl is bizarre?" Ning Ruonan asked.

"Right."

"So I'm going to Grandma Zhang's now to get a better understanding and record the situation. "Ruonan, you go with me."

"Alright."

On the side, Jiang Han once again blew his nose and glared at her with an unhappy expression. He was just afraid that Ning Ruonan would scold him again, so he didn't dare to show it.

The two of them arrived at Guangren Lane. It was the southern side of the street from here.

The alley was too narrow, and like most alleys, the driveway and sidewalk were one and the same.

Xiao He parked his car outside the alley and walked with Ning Ruonan to the entrance of the courtyard.

Most of the people living in the compound were retired old people. It was said that the house had been distributed as a secondary school teacher.

Zhang Yulian was a teacher at this high school, according to the resident's information.

That woman called Jiang Qinglan, Ning Ruonan didn't forget to take a look at her basic information:

"She had done business before, divorced, and then married again. Her husband is a high school language teacher. "

Xiao He nodded.

"Let's go up."

On the fifth floor, Ning Ruonan and Xiao He saw a woman carrying a vegetable basket into a room across the street. The two of them let out a sigh. That person should be Jiang Qinglan, right?

Grandma Zhang go to the door almost as soon as she hear the doorbell ring

Shaw smiled at her and showed her his work card.

"Grandma, I've kept you waiting."

"It's fine. Come in, child." Seeing Ning Ruonan behind him, and such a pretty little girl, she couldn't stop smiling.

"Take a seat, I'll go get you some fruits."

"No need grandma, today we are just here to understand the situation. We might come back to Jiang Qing Lan's house later on. If our mood is settled, we should file a case immediately." "That's why we have to make the best use of our time."

"Alright, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them."

"I would like to ask you, what is the name of the little girl?" Ning Ruonan took out a small notebook and recording pen from the side.

"His name is Xu Shiqin."

"Since when have you not seen her again?"

"That was two weeks ago." Grandma Zhang's face was filled with grief, as if she had lost her granddaughter.

"Did you sense any unusual behavior from Jiang Qinglan two weeks ago?"

"Not really."

"But Captain Xiao, you have to believe what I said. The suspicion towards Jiang Qinglan is really great, because as far as we know, she is always picking celery. "

"Did she always treat celery very badly?" Ning Ruonan asked.

"No, to be honest, she used to be a competent stepmother and was good to celery. Everyone has seen it. "

"But I don't know what's going on these days, beating up children one after another. We neighbors, hearing the child cry and shout, asked what was the matter with the celery, but the child refused to say. Everyone's heart ached when they saw the bruises and bruises on her body. After all, celery isn't the kind of child to be mischievous and mischievous. "