Five days later, at the performing arts center of Manzhou City's Distance Hotel.
"Katyusha stands on the steep shore, singing like a beautiful spring scenery …"
Accompanied by the familiar song and the familiar melody, the performers on the stage began to dance. They danced passionately, cheerfully, and beautifully …
However, Zhao Yu and the others, who were sitting on the sofa in the front row, were so tired that they could barely open their eyes.
At that moment, Zhao Yu could barely be considered to be sitting upright. Miao Ying was leaning on his left shoulder, resting with her eyes closed.
Xi Mengna simply used Zhao Yu's right leg as a pillow, lying on the sofa and snoring.
On the other side, Wu Xiumin and Cui Lizhu were leaning on each other, while Ran Tao and Zeng Ke were both lying on the sofa.
The skeleton by the ice lake had been dug out. Due to the cold weather and the fact that they had dug in the wrong place, the construction team had spent two days digging.
Now, after a forensic examination, the identity of the skeleton had been confirmed. It was the saleswoman, Guan Linlin, who had been missing for 40 years!
Forty years!
Even Guan Linlin's family had given up hope. Unexpectedly, after 40 years, the police not only found Guan Linlin's skeleton, but also caught the murderer!
Guan Linlin was from Tongjiang. Like the other three saleswomen, she was a temporary saleswoman hired by a private pipe fittings manufacturing company in Tongjiang.
It was reported that the private company was not legal and the quality of its products was average. Not long after Guan Linlin's disappearance, it closed down.
Moreover, the saleswomen they hired were not professionally trained. They were all unemployed young women in society.
Their purpose was to make use of these young and beautiful saleswomen to promote their products, and they would open one deal at a time.
The factory paid for their travel and accommodation expenses, but there was no base salary, only a commission.
After these saleswomen went out, some of them were really promoting their products, while others went on to do other businesses and never came back.
So, when Guan Linlin disappeared, the factory didn't take it seriously.
In the end, Guan Linlin's family reported the case, seeing that she had not been heard from for a long time.
According to the police detectives who had investigated the case, they had indeed followed Guan Linlin's tracks to the Third Oil Production Plant to investigate. They had even questioned Li Guan.
However, because Guan Linlin had already checked out of the guest house, the police detectives didn't suspect anything. They just thought that Guan Linlin had gotten into trouble after she left Manchuria.
Initially, according to Guan Linlin and the others' itinerary, their next stop was the Qing Kingdom. Thus, the police placed all of their focus on the Qing Kingdom investigation.
In that era of underdeveloped technology, it was very difficult to thoroughly investigate a person's whereabouts. The police investigated for many years and even published a missing person notice, but in the end, they did not find any clues …
Just like the previous crimes, this case was also full of all kinds of what ifs.
If Guan Linlin had left the Third Oil Production Plant with her friends and not stayed behind alone …
If Guan Linlin hadn't demanded an exorbitant price and forced Li Guan into a corner …
If Li Guan hadn't slept with Guan Linlin …
Then, everything that happened later would not have happened …
However, just as Zhao Yu had said, there were no ifs in the world. Many things seemed to be predestined.
In this case, the only thing that Zhao Yu couldn't understand was the woman in the red dress!
Ever since Li Guan had pleaded guilty, Zhao Yu had carefully investigated the matter. According to Chi Meixin's colleagues, there was indeed no discrepancy with the previous investigation.
No one had seen the woman in the red dress that Chi Meixin had mentioned.
For this reason, Zhao Yu had also visited some factory workers and local residents, but he couldn't find anything …
Although the case had been closed, Zhao Yu and the others hadn't been idle for the past few days. Everyone was busy closing the case.
After all, the female corpses under the bridge case had a great impact, so dealing with the aftermath was more troublesome than other cases.
Over the past few days, Zhao Yu had attended more than ten important meetings in a row, so he was very busy.
His team members were also rushing between Manchuria and Hila, so they didn't have time to rest.
That day, everyone had finally finished the work at hand. As usual, Zhao Yu set up a celebratory banquet at the Manchuria Distance Hotel to celebrate everyone's success.
After the banquet, there was a performance by the Russian Dance Troupe in the hotel, so everyone went to the performing arts center to enjoy the song and dance performance.
However, the exhaustion from the past few days, coupled with the effects of the alcohol, caused everyone to be exhausted, which was why they were so lazy.
Gulp, gulp …
Zhao Yu picked up a glass of vodka that had been mixed with Sprite from the coffee table and gulped it down.
Although he had mixed a lot of Sprite, it still couldn't hide the spiciness of the vodka, which made Zhao Yu smack his lips.
"If you don't like it, don't drink it!" At this time, Miao Ying whispered into Zhao Yu's shoulder. "Look at how uncomfortable you are …"
"Hey," Zhao Yu said with a smile. "I didn't taste it before, but now I understand it. It's a good thing, but you can only taste its charm in such a cold place!"
"Go to the soldiers in the distant frontier and convey Katyusha's greetings …"
At this time, as the rhythm became faster and faster, the dance "Katyusha" came to an end. The passionate performers bowed to the audience and thanked them. There was sparse applause in the performance hall.
As it wasn't the tourist season, there weren't many people in the hall. Most of them were tourists staying in the hotel.
"You're getting better and better at talking," Miao Ying said with a smile. She buried her head in Zhao Yu's arms and said, "I almost forgot that you used to be a little rascal …"
"Yeah …" Zhao Yu sighed and said, "I miss it too!"
As he spoke, Zhao Yu looked at the actresses who were taking their curtain calls.
For some reason, when he saw the dancers, Yelena's face appeared in his mind.
Then, in addition to Yelena, there were also Qiujin, Zhuo Ya, Eliza, Ksenia, Ge Bing, Han Sai, and so on.
Sigh!
Another case that shouldn't have happened …
After the dancers left the stage, the host announced that the next program would be a boy's solo performance of "Evening in the Suburbs of Moscow."
"Detective, I haven't congratulated you yet!" Miao Ying said to Zhao Yu softly. "You've made a great contribution by solving two cases together!"
"Three cases! Can't we close all three cases together? " Zhao Yu corrected her. "Although Guan Linlin's case was an accident, it was still a murder case!"
"Okay, okay, okay, three cases. All three cases are yours, okay?" Miao Ying said with a smile. "Do you have any plans next?"
"Of course!" Zhao Yu said excitedly. "Let's fight for three hundred rounds … Hehehe …"
"Here we go again!" Miao Ying rolled her eyes. "I mean, shouldn't we take a break? I feel that … "Miao Ying glanced at Xi Mengna carefully and said cautiously," Something big is going to happen. We'd better be prepared … "
"Mm …" Zhao Yu agreed. "Indeed, it's time to take a break …"
At this time, a low and melodious voice sounded from the stage. "Late at night, the garden is quiet, only the wind is rustling …"
"I hope that from now on, you and I will never forget that evening in the suburbs of Moscow …"
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