The three of them got off the elevator and found a random place to eat. Gu Xizhou thought that Si Yu would dislike the roadside stall, but he didn't expect that this guy didn't mind at all and ate with relish.
"Have you found Xu Wei's body?"
Si Yu's manager would definitely tell him what Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi were investigating. Gu Xizhou didn't hide anything from him and said concisely, "We found the head, but we haven't found the body yet."
"Oh, do you have a suspect?"
Gu Xizhou nodded but didn't say who it was. Fortunately, Si Yu wasn't a gossipy person, so he didn't continue to ask.
After eating, Gu Xizhou received a call from the manager of the construction company. "Hello, police comrade, where are you now? I'll bring him over! "
Gu Xizhou: "No need to trouble yourself, we can come up by ourselves."
"No, no, no. Tell me the exact location and I'll bring him over!"
Gu Xizhou couldn't refuse, so he sent the location to the man and said, "Okay then, sorry to trouble you."
The three of them sat at the roadside stall and waited. In less than five minutes, Gu Xizhou saw the bald manager running all the way from the opposite side of the road. Beside him was a young man of about 30 years old and a girl.
"Did you eat here?" The manager looked at the three empty bowls on the table, and his face was full of confusion.
This police officer … treated their boss to a meal at a roadside stall …
His gaze subconsciously fell on Si Yu. Si Yu was sitting next to him and didn't seem to mind at all.
Gu Xizhou smiled and said, "We're here to work, so it'll be quick. I can't bring your boss to the restaurant next door in half an hour, right?"
"I didn't mean that …" The manager wanted to scratch his head, but there was no hair on top of his head. He could only scratch his head and change the topic. "This is Jiang Jun. He's in charge of the Shallow Water Garden project. He's very familiar with that area. When the police came last year, he was the one who brought them to the scene."
"Alright." Gu Xizhou looked at Jiang Jun. "I'll have to trouble you then."
"It's my duty!" Jiang Jun nodded at Gu Xizhou and replied politely.
The lady who came out with the manager stood at the back, her left hand pinching her right hand. Her gaze kept shifting back and forth between Gu Xizhou and Si Yu. Gu Xizhou naturally noticed the lady's gaze. He glanced at her, and the moment she met Gu Xizhou's gaze, she quickly lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.
Gu Xizhou recognized her at a glance. She was one of the four girls who had spoken in the bathroom just now. Gu Xizhou took a step forward and whispered to the girl, "Don't worry, I didn't tell him."
The girl looked at Gu Xizhou gratefully, and then she heard the man whisper in her ear, "I think what you said is very reasonable. He is a lard who specializes in deceiving people."
"Pfft." Hearing Gu Xizhou's words, the girl secretly glanced at Si Yu and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Gu Xizhou said, "What I said makes sense, right?"
"Yes!" The girl lowered her head and replied softly.
Si Yu was stunned for a moment. She turned to look at Gu Xizhou. Before leaving, Si Yu moved closer to Gu Xizhou's ear, as if she wanted to whisper something to him. Gu Xizhou naturally moved his ear closer. "What did you say to her about me?"
Gu Xizhou tilted his head and said, "Guess."
Si Yu: No, I don't want to guess!
The first scene of the disappearance — Shallow Water Garden.
The car stopped in the parking lot of Shallow Water Garden. Gu Xizhou got out of the car and smelled an unpleasant stench. He frowned and sniffed. "What's that smell?"
Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows. Fang Zhi, who was beside him, fanned himself with his hand.
Jiang Jun also frowned when he smelled the stench. He covered his nose with his hand and said anxiously, "Let's go out first!"
The three of them had just gotten into the elevator when they met two other residents. "Wait!"
Fang Zhi pressed the button to open the door and waited for the two people to come in.
"Thank you." The young woman who came in thanked Fang Zhi and complained to the man beside her, "Which cat caught dead rats and put them in the parking lot? There's the smell of dead rats every day! "
"The property manager only collects money and doesn't do anything!" The man beside her complained with her. "The people in this group of joint owners should change property managers!"
Jiang Jun coughed awkwardly and cleared his throat. The property manager here was also their construction company. He asked, "Has this situation been going on for a long time?"
The young woman nodded. "Yes, it's been a long time. In the beginning, the property manager found a few dead rats there. After cleaning up and ventilation, it was fine for a while. Recently, I don't know why it started again!"
"Are you here to buy a house? The houses here are almost sold out! "
Jiang Jun shook his head and said, "No, we're here to do something."
Shallow Garden had been built less than a year ago. Because it was a high-end neighborhood with a good environment and was located on the Second Ring Road, the occupancy rate here was very high. At a glance, almost every house had traces of life.
After leaving the parking lot, Jiang Jun took Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi to walk around the neighborhood.
"This is the place where Mr. Xu's car was parked. At that time, we only developed two buildings, which are now Building 1 and Building 2. It's this distance. At that time, the police came to the scene to take a look, but they didn't find anything."
Gu Xizhou nodded and looked at the distance that Jiang Jun pointed to. He was silent for a moment.
It was normal that they didn't find anything. First of all, it was uncertain when Xu Wei went missing. It was very likely that he had been dead for a long time before he was reported missing. According to Gu Zhizhi, it had rained many times during the winter holidays in Ningqing. Even if there were bloodstains and signs of struggle, they would have been washed away by the rain.
"Okay, thank you."
"I'll go to the property management." Jiang Jun frowned.
"Let's go together. I thought of something." Gu Xizhou looked at Building 1 and Building 2 again.
When the three of them arrived at the property management, they saw that the property management was surrounded by several property owners. "I want to file a complaint against you! When will the stench in the parking lot be removed? "
The property management staff explained, "Please don't be angry. Regarding the dead rats in the parking lot, we have already taken care of the dead rats that the cats left in the parking lot. There is still a stench now. We are also investigating the cause. I hope you can give us more time."
"How much longer? Do you want us to wait every day?! "
"We are investigating again. There are really no dead rats in the underground parking lot, and there is nothing else!"
Gu Xizhou quietly sat down and interrupted them. He asked the property management staff, "Are you sure there are no dead rats in the basement?"
"No!" the woman said without hesitation.
Gu Xizhou turned around and asked the property owners, "Hello, I want to ask, when did the stench start? Where did this smell first appear? "
"It rained heavily a few months ago, and the basement became very humid during the rainy season. Then the stench started to appear!"
"Yes, I remember that too!"
"I think so? Why are you asking this? "
Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi looked at each other. They might have found the bodies. Gu Xizhou turned to Jiang Jun and said, "Help me find an axe. We are going to the basement."
Jiang Jun frowned and said to the property management staff, "I am Jiang Jun, the supervisor of the head office. Find me an axe."
After getting the axe, Gu Xizhou tested its weight and nodded. He said to the property owners next to him, "Can I trouble one of you to take me to the place with the strongest stench?"
"Sure, what do you want to do?" one of the men nodded and asked.
"Help you find the source of the stench."
Gu Xizhou smiled and said.
He followed the man to the underground parking lot again. Gu Xizhou walked to the place with the strongest stench and carefully searched the nearby cement pillars and walls.
"What's he doing?" The man asked the other two with a bewildered expression.
Jiang Jun's face turned pale. He had already realized what was going to happen. Fang Zhi was helping Gu Xizhou find the location of the bodies.
"This is it, it stinks!"
The man heard Gu Xizhou speak. He saw Gu Xizhou swing the axe in his hand and smash it against the wall. "Clang!" Cement fragments flew everywhere!
A human hand embedded in the cement was half-visible.
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