The elevator soon arrived in front of Unit 3094. As the elevator doors opened to both sides, E-Goat subconsciously wanted to shrink his body behind Zhang Heng. However, when he thought that Xu Qian was probably in the room, he stopped himself from doing so and decided to show off his masculinity.
However, the scene in front of him stunned him. The living room of the apartment was now as clean as the shelves in Blackfive Mall. Not even a roll of toilet paper could be seen. Not only was Xu Qian gone, but even the furniture was gone. Other than the air conditioner and heating system in the apartment, the living room was now empty.
Zhang Heng then checked the bedroom, Xu Qian's studio, kitchen, and bathroom. The situation was exactly the same as the living room. After that, he put away the pistol in his hand.
"Did she … move?" E-Goat asked. Other than this explanation, he couldn't think of anything else that could have caused the scene in front of him.
Zhang Heng didn't answer this question immediately. Instead, he said, "Hack into the access control system of the community and see when she left."
"Oh, okay." E-Goat took out his handheld computer and quickly got to work. Zhang Heng took advantage of this time to search the entire apartment, looking for clues that he might have missed earlier.
After about ten minutes, E-Goat said again, "I found something."
"Huh?"
"The access control records show that a moving company called Easy Moving came to this apartment this morning. They should be the ones who moved the furniture."
"Did Xu Qian leave the apartment at that time?"
"No, Xu Qian's departure records were even earlier. She left yesterday morning."
"Was she taken away by her boyfriend, Qiu Ming?"
I found the surveillance video of the community at that time. She did leave alone. At least, I can't see any traces of editing or modification in this video. After that, I will entrust a colleague with the relevant profession to check it again … Well, she looked a little panicked in the video. You talked to her about your suspicions about her boyfriend before. Could it be that she was afraid and hid herself? Or should I send her an email and ask her in person? Of course, because of my criminal record, she probably doesn't trust me. But we can tell her that you are still alive, and she should believe you. "
"It's not convenient for me to show up now, so don't drag me into this. If she hid herself, why did she contact a moving company to move all the furniture in the apartment?"
"Because … she moved to a new place?" E-Goat guessed, "That makes sense. She decided to move because she was afraid. She picked a place yesterday, and today, she moved all the furniture there. So, we just need to find Easy Moving's moving company and check where the car that helped her move the other day went. Then, we will be able to find her."
Zhang Heng was noncommittal.
"Is there a problem?"
"When I got this job, Xu Qian told me that she was being followed. One of them was that when she came back after leaving home, she found that something in the house had been touched. However, there was no record of anyone entering or leaving the house."
"You suspect that someone, like us, hacked into the community's access control, came to Xu Qian's residence, and kidnapped her. But in the surveillance video, she did leave the community alone."
"The intruder didn't need to kidnap her. In fact, as long as he left some traces, Xu Qian would panic and escape the apartment on her own," Zhang Heng said. "When I checked just now, I found that the buoyancy valve of the toilet was broken, and there was a foreign object under the kitchen sink. In addition, there was a man's handprint on the window. So, although Xu Qian left the apartment on her own yesterday, it was probably because someone was threatening her. There was no reason for Xu Qian to find a moving company to move her furniture the day after she escaped. If you have the time, you should be willing to watch all the surveillance videos from the day before.
"Indeed, your analysis is more logical, but why did the other party go through so much trouble? He could have just taken Xu Qian away from the apartment and deleted the surveillance videos and access control records." E-Goat scratched his head.
"The recovery of the second type of clone is not as simple as the first type. You are right. If the existence of the second type of clone is known to the public, I am afraid it will cause a lot of social unrest, especially since Xu Qian is half a public figure with many fans. This is why the other party took the initiative to marry into a wealthy family to make Xu Qian take the initiative to announce her retirement. After that, her disappearance would be quiet."
Zhang Heng paused and continued, "But because of me, Xu Qian has begun to doubt her boyfriend. Until now, she has not announced her retirement on the live broadcast. I am afraid that the other party doesn't want to waste time like this. After all, it takes a lot of investment to maintain a perfect boyfriend image. So, we can't rule out the possibility that they decided to change their strategy after assessing the current situation.
"If the path of marriage and retirement doesn't work, then the mental stress brought about by the long-term live broadcast will eventually lead to mental health problems. Hence, it's a good reason to say goodbye to this industry. And it's easy to prove this point. Just check if there are any relevant news reports on the Internet."
E-Goat immediately resumed his old business and skillfully searched for information related to Xu Qian on the Internet again.
It didn't take long for him to find a piece of news from a well-known paparazzi account. It was known for its timely and accurate reporting. The title of the news was — Female Streamer Suspected of Suffering from Paranoia. There was also a short video below the news. It showed Xu Qian walking on the road, paranoid. She looked back every three steps, but there was nothing behind her.
However, the comments below did not seem to buy it, especially some of Xu Qian's fans. They said that it was too presumptuous to say that Xu Qian had a mental problem based on this video alone. Maybe someone was really following her at that time.
However, a little later last night, another anonymous informant replied that he had obtained the surveillance video of the community. In the video, Xu Qian looked particularly flustered and frightened. She ran into the elevator as if she was running for her life, and she kept shouting at the access control system to close the door. It was as if someone was chasing her from behind. However, within a quarter of an hour after she left the elevator, the surveillance video did not capture a second person walking out of the elevator.
As soon as this video was released, it immediately changed the public opinion. More and more people began to believe that Xu Qian really had a mental problem.
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