Gu Xizhou saw that Si Yu was still holding an umbrella. He looked at him strangely and asked, "Why are you holding an umbrella?"
"It's useful."
Gu Xizhou turned the corner and saw a row of more than ten single-story houses. On the other side of the street was a four-story building built by farmers. It was also built into a small single room for rent.
However, there didn't seem to be anyone at this time. Gu Xizhou looked around and saw that all the doors were closed. Gu Xizhou wanted to knock on the door, but Si Yu stopped him and said, "There's no use knocking on the door. There's definitely no one here."
Gu Xizhou asked, "Why?"
"The people living around here are all workers from other places. Ningqing has a rainy season in summer, so they can't go to work when it rains. However, it's a sunny day today. The residents are all busy at the construction site. Of course, no one is home," Si Yu explained.
Gu Xizhou glanced at the time on his watch as he walked. It was only three in the afternoon. He couldn't possibly go to the construction site or the factory to find out what was going on, could he?
"Damn, how long do we have to wait?"
"Don't worry. Those people will be back in an hour at most," Si Yu said casually.
Gu Xizhou turned to look at him. At that moment, a drop of water suddenly hit his cheek.
Drip, drip, drip. Instantly, the road was filled with dust and the air was filled with the smell of dust. Gu Xizhou was about to walk to the parking lot when an umbrella appeared above his head. "You knew that it was going to rain?"
Si Yu held the umbrella with one hand and said softly, "When I drove you back this morning, the radio broadcast said that there would be a heavy rainstorm."
"Why didn't I hear that?" Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows.
"You were asleep."
The two of them were very close. Si Yu's low and hoarse voice was like rubbing one's eardrums. It made one's ears itch. Gu Xizhou looked at him helplessly. The two of them walked back with the umbrella.
The torrential rain pounded painfully on their bodies, forming puddles on the ground. The water droplets splashed, instantly creating a huge splash, causing everyone to be covered in muddy water.
Several criminal police hurriedly got into the police car and wiped the water off. They couldn't help but complain.
"What kind of weather is this? It's raining so suddenly. Isn't it too fierce?"
"Damn, it's a bad start today. We didn't go far when we encountered this rainstorm."
"Hey, Captain Gu isn't in the car!"
Someone muttered. Then they realized that there was no one in the Bentley car next door...........................................
"Captain Gu, where are you? It's raining, so we all went back to the car! "
Gu Xizhou looked out the window at the rainwater flowing down the canopy like running water. He answered, "I'm in a resident's house. I'll continue the investigation after the rain stops."
Hearing Gu Xizhou's voice from the phone, everyone looked at each other. Why didn't they meet such a nice resident? Why did they have to run back in the rain?
At the door of a house, a handsome man with deep facial features closed the umbrella in his hand and leaned against the corner of the door. Then he turned around and thanked the owner of the house.
"Thank you for letting us in to take shelter from the rain." Si Yu's voice was very loud. Because the old man's ears were not very good, he had to raise his voice to hear Si Yu's words.
The old man sat in the old man's chair. He shook the chair slightly and waved to Si Yu. "You're welcome."
Gu Xizhou stood up and walked over. The old man was a local farmer. They were about to leave when the warm-hearted old man opened the door and invited them in to take shelter from the rain. They were lucky to have met this old man. Otherwise, with such a big fish outside, even if they had umbrellas, their pants would have been wet.
"Thank you, sir."
"Don't mention it. Don't mention it!" The old man smiled and said, "After my wife passed away, my son and daughter are in the city. I'm bored alone. I feel happy to see you young people."
Gu Xizhou smiled. He looked out and asked the old man, "Sir, I want to ask you something. Are there any lost children around here?"
The old man shook his head. "I don't know. I don't go out much. Young man, why do you ask?"
Gu Xizhou took out his police badge from his bag and explained, "I'm a police officer. I'm here to investigate."
"Oh." The old man nodded calmly and said, "Actually, I can't see clearly either. The people around here are all migrant workers who came to work in the city, or local farmers. I haven't heard of any human traffickers."
"It's not that there are human traffickers. We suspect that there might be a lost child around here. We didn't receive any reports, so we came to take a look."
The old man opened his turbid eyes and seemed a little puzzled. "What kind of parents don't report a lost child? I don't think that child is from here. "
"We think it's strange too."
The old man said, "But the people around here are all farmers who come to the city to work. There aren't many with children. If it's really a child from here, it should be easy to find.
"Look at this four-story house that I built. There are 23 households living in it. Only two of them have children. The rest are all married couples who come to the city to work. They left their children at home. Sigh, it's really too troublesome to study in the city."
The old man chattered on for a while, and Gu Xizhou could only sigh that the old man was indeed too lonely. He was very talkative. The rain had not stopped, and Gu Xizhou saw people coming back in the rain in groups of twos and threes.
The place where the old man let Gu Xizhou and Si Yu take shelter from the rain was the passageway upstairs. When they opened the door, they could see people passing by and going upstairs. The old man seemed to have good interpersonal relationships. Many men and women who passed by the door even greeted the old man across the air.
After about 30 minutes, the rain finally stopped. Gu Xizhou and Si Yu thanked the old man and quickly left. They walked to the stairs next door. Based on the information they had gathered, they found the households with children and asked if any of them had gone missing.
"I haven't heard of anyone's child going missing. Officer, did you come to the wrong place?" the dark-skinned honest man scratched his head as he replied.
"Are there any missing children around here?" Gu Xizhou asked again.
"No, the people who live around here are all workmates. Although I'm not familiar with them, I've seen them at the construction site. If someone's child really went missing, the news would have spread around the construction site."
The honest man added, "I personally sent my child to school today. He's definitely not missing."
After asking a few households, Gu Xizhou didn't hear of anyone's child going missing. This made things a little difficult for Gu Xizhou.
The suspicious person must be from around here. Otherwise, he wouldn't have disappeared. But if there were no missing children around here, they could only ask the parents who reported the missing child to come to the police station to identify the body.
Thinking of this, Gu Xizhou felt a headache coming on.
The visit took a long time. Soon, it was six in the evening. Gu Xizhou saw a large group of men and women in the same uniform returning home from afar.
Gu Xizhou had no choice but to visit again. He walked to the door of a family and knocked on it. The person who opened the door was a thin and small middle-aged man. After the passage of time, his face was full of deep wrinkles. The house was filled with all kinds of garbage that had been picked up from outside. There was also an indescribable stench.
"Who, who are you looking for?" the thin and small man asked softly with a timid expression. He was clearly afraid of strangers.
"Hello, I'm a police officer. I want to ask you about the situation." When Gu Xizhou said this, he noticed that the thin and small man's body suddenly trembled. He couldn't help but draw a question mark in his heart. This person seemed to be very afraid of the police. Was it because of his profession, or was it because of something else?
"Go, go ahead." The thin and small man nodded.
Gu Xizhou said in a deep voice, "I just asked your neighbor. You have children in your house. How old are your children?"
"One is three, and the other is eight."
Three years old!
This age matched the age of the child they found. Gu Xizhou hurriedly asked, "I just looked around. I didn't see your children. Did they come back from school?"
The thin and small man shook his head. "The younger one went back to his hometown with my wife. The older one is still in school today."
Gu Xizhou heard this. "Is the younger one a son?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Then … have you been in contact with your wife recently? Are they in their hometown now? "
"Of course! Of course I have to contact her. She went back to her hometown a few days ago. She even called me. "The thin and small man looked at Gu Xizhou warily. He seemed to be a little puzzled and suspicious." Why are you asking this? "
"Oh, nothing. I just want to make sure that there are no lost children around here."
The thin and small man said, "I don't think so. I haven't heard anyone mention it."
"Okay, thank you."
After saying goodbye to the thin and small man, Gu Xizhou found his other colleagues and asked, "Did you find anything?"
"No, there are no lost children around here."
"If the murderer really lives here, after what we did, he must have been alerted." Gu Xizhou thought for a moment and said, "How about this? You guys inform the local police station and ask them to immediately conduct a census and record all the people living around here. At the same time, contact the owners of the houses here and ask them to keep an eye out for people who have recently canceled their rentals."
Everyone received the order and immediately went to carry it out. Gu Xizhou turned around and saw Si Yu looking at him. Gu Xizhou walked up to him and said, "I'm still busy today. You should go home first."
"It's okay." Although it had just rained, the weather was still very hot. Si Yu found a piece of white paper and used it as a fan.
Gu Xizhou looked at him in amusement. Just as he was about to ask Si Yu why he didn't get in the car and turn on the air conditioner, his eyes swept over the piece of white paper and stopped. He grabbed the piece of white paper in Si Yu's hand and frowned deeply!
There was a brochure printed in black and white on the white paper. Gu Xizhou glanced at the brochure and knew it was a cult propaganda. At the same time, there was a strange symbol in the middle of the brochure. This symbol happened to be the symbol on the dead boy's arm!
Gu Xizhou stared at Si Yu and asked anxiously, "Where did you get this?"
Si Yu pointed at a house in the distance and winked at Gu Xizhou. "It was too hot just now, so I randomly picked one from the waste paper under that building."
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