Chapter 17 Chapter 16 Finding Old Resident News

Xi'an News recently broadcast a piece of news, the content of which is different from previous ones.The news content is as follows: The area near Jianyu Community in Fengfeng Township, Xi'an used to be an old residence, which was later converted into a parking lot, and it has been up to now.Residents in the old residential area were not registered before, and since the parking lot was built, all the neighbors moved away and have lost contact since then.Now, after many years, some residents have returned to look for their former neighbors, but none have been heard from.Please come back to the small town for the old residents who read this news, and you will see the kind faces of your neighbors.

Not long after the news was broadcast, some former residents chose time to prepare to go back, or some people who were free at home began to plan to return to their hometown. Regarding this news, Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue begged Senior Su Jian for help last time.After the news was broadcast, Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue were monitoring near Wu Lingling's apartment when they suddenly received a call from Su Jian and explained the current situation to Xia Zicheng, calling him as soon as a resident came back.Xia Zicheng thanked him on the phone. After being polite, he didn't need to talk about it. He just chatted briefly and hung up because he was busy with the case.

"What did Captain Su call to say?" Zhong Mingyue, who was watching Wu Lingling's apartment intently in the car, said without turning her head. Xia Zicheng roughly told him about the situation, and then said: "I hope those residents will come back. If we can learn about the relationship between Wang Zijian and Nana from them, we can take action against Wang Zijian." "Even so, if we can't find the proof that Wang Zijian was present on the night of the 7th, we still can't get him to confess." "It is indeed a very difficult matter. It seems that we are going back to our hometown to do farming. Let them walk hand in hand on the streets of the ancient city, laughing at each other." Xia Zicheng frowned and smiled wryly, stretched his hands behind his back tiredly, and began to yawn .

"Fuck you!" Zhong Mingyue clenched his fist and hit him on the shoulder, "Will he come here tonight?" He didn't know how many times he thought about this question. "Wang Zijian hasn't returned to the apartment yet. Where is he now?" Xia Zicheng looked at his watch, and the hour hand reached 11:05.Since Wang Zijian disappeared mysteriously yesterday, there has been no news. "It's really annoying!" Zhong Mingyue saw the situation at Wu Lingling's house through the slightly exposed floor-to-ceiling glass windows. She was watching TV alone at home.According to the investigation, Pan Wei is now investing in real estate in Liyang, while his daughter is at her grandmother's house.

"Recently, Wu Lingling went to a nearby dance school to learn dance. Before returning home at night, she went out to drink with a man. According to investigations, that man was Wu Lingling's boyfriend in college, but they broke up for unknown reasons." "Oh, what happened!" Xia Zicheng looked at Zhong Mingyue in surprise.Since yesterday, Zhong Mingyue has been investigating Wu Lingling's recent whereabouts. "From this point of view, it's the resurgence of old feelings. If Pan Wei knows the news, what will he think?" "What do you think? As a man, it's shameful for his wife to fall in love with his old lover. Of course, he will file for divorce."

"This is a rich man's game. Her husband is raising a woman outside, and she may not be happy, so when she meets an old lover, she will of course get lost," Zhong Mingyue suddenly paused, and said, "There is another coincidence, this dance School Nana studied there before." "What?" Xia Zicheng stared at Zhong Mingyue in surprise, "Is it really a coincidence?" "Yeah, except for coincidence, I can't give any reason." "What is the connection between this?" Xia Zicheng frowned even more, and muttered to himself, "I really can't figure it out!"

"Maybe there is no connection at all, it's just that we think too much." "I hope so." Saying that, Xia Zicheng took out a cigarette, handed one to Zhong Mingyue, took one himself, first lit the fire for the other party, and then lit my own. "Will Wang Zijian show up tonight?" Zhong Mingyue took a deep breath and puffed out the smoke. Wu Lingling stood up at this moment and stretched out her hands above her head. After a while, the lights inside were turned off.There was silence and darkness all around. Wang Zijian has been missing for three days.His disappearance was unexpected by the criminal police.Regarding this news, the chief and director of the Public Security Bureau held a major meeting.Everyone present was exhausted, with dark circles around their eyes.

The topic of the meeting was to deduce the reasons for Wang Zijian's mysterious disappearance and where he would go.After the meeting, the head of the Public Security Bureau and the director met with Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue separately and ordered them to arrange the monitoring responsibilities.In addition, the time for the magic show is approaching, and Wang Zijian will definitely appear.Everything is just speculation, there are no clues to be found at all.But it reassures them that there has been no homicide in the ancient city. After walking out of the director's office, Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue planned to go back to the dormitory to sleep.Suddenly Xia Zicheng's trouser pocket vibrated, and he froze nervously for a moment before realizing that it was his cell phone that rang.He took it out and saw that it was Su Jian calling, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"I'm Xia Zicheng...Oh, is that right? That's really great...We'll go there now, thank you so much. We'll talk about it when we meet, hang up." "What's going on?" Zhong Mingyue felt excited that Xia Zicheng seemed to have got some clue. "Senior Su called and said that some of the former residents had returned." "Really?" Zhong Mingyue regained her spirits immediately. "Let's go to Xi'an without delay. I hope those old residents can still recognize Wang Zijian when he was young. More importantly, they may have seen Nana and Wang Zijian together." Xia Zicheng said as he walked out of the gate. , Then quickly called the director and reported the specific situation to him.

I moved away from the old house, and now I come back again. Although everything has changed beyond recognition, it still feels as warm as returning to my hometown.The old residents who came back all had this mentality.Xia Zicheng and the others found them at the guest house arranged locally, there were three of them in total.One of them is a couple in their sixties who now live in Xi'an; the other is a middle-aged man who is slightly obese. They were extremely surprised by the sudden appearance of the criminal police.For a moment it seemed that the real purpose of the news content was not to reunite them.

"Don't worry, we just want to ask you some information." Sitting down on the chair opposite them, Xia Zicheng explained when he saw their disturbed and confused expressions. "Oh, what's the matter?" The thin old woman stared at Xia Zicheng with cloudy eyes and said. Xia Zicheng took out a photo from his pocket and handed it over. "Please take a closer look to see if you have any impression of the person in the photo. His name is Wang Zijian. He used to live near you when he was young. His parents died early in a car accident. His father's name was Wang Bing. Later, Wang Zijian let his mother's Adopted by a friend." "Wang Zijian..." the old woman muttered to herself, suddenly remembered something, looked at her husband with wide eyes and said, "Don't their family live at the end of the alley?" The man also seemed to have a memory, pointing to the photo and said, "That's right, it's that family." The obese man took the photo and looked at it carefully, before saying after a long while: "Wang Zijian and he seem to have changed little when they were young. They are both so handsome and handsome." Seeing that they really knew Wang Zijian, Xia Zicheng was secretly happy, and glanced at Zhong Mingyue.A smile appeared on Zhong Mingyue's tired face. "Since you know Wang Zijian, do you know this girl?" Xia Zicheng handed a photo of a girl to the fat man first. "Maybe there are some changes between when I was a girl and now." Xia Zicheng recalled the situation when he asked the man near Nana's house, and said that Nana hadn't changed much, and he still had a clear impression of being a girl before. The obese man looked at it seriously for a moment, but he didn't seem to be impressed. He shook his head slightly, and then handed the photo to the man beside him. Zhong Mingyue was surprised and said, "I really don't have any impression?" "I have never seen such a beautiful girl before, so if I know her, I will certainly have an impression." "Oh, that's true." Zhong Mingyue nodded, then looked at the man. "This girl is not..." The man scratched his scalp and handed the photo to his wife. "She should be right," the old woman said, looking carefully for a moment, then raised her head to look at Xia Zicheng, "What's her name?" "Nana." "I remember she used to date Wang Zijian." "Really?" Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue almost screamed out.Senior Su who was next to him couldn't intervene because the case was not linked to him. The surprised expression of the criminal police made the old woman very puzzled. "The purpose of our investigation is to investigate whether they knew each other when they were young." Xia Zicheng said excitedly. "About fifteen or sixteen years ago, the back of the house we lived in was an empty and undeveloped area. At that time, it was a playground for children. My youngest son and Wang Zijian are good friends. He ran to the back after school. Playing with Wang Zijian, and when he came back later, I heard him often say that Wang Zijian had a very beautiful girlfriend. I thought he was lying and never took it to heart. Until one day, I asked him to have dinner, and there I saw this girl. At that time, I saw her wearing a white skirt, sitting quietly and gracefully smiling beside her. Since the girl is very beautiful, I still have some impressions of her, and I have seen her a few times later.” "Oh, that's really great." Xia Zicheng clapped his hands together excitedly, "Where is your son now? We want to know more specific information from him." "He's in the ancient city now." "Ancient city? It's not such a coincidence." Xia Zicheng felt incredible. "yes." "Do you have his contact information?" "Yes." As she spoke, she got up and rummaged through the luggage bag, then took out an old notebook and opened it, walked to Xia Zicheng's side, and pointed to one of the phone numbers. The sharp-eyed Zhong Mingyue jotted it down quickly, and then habitually glanced at Xia Zicheng.Xia Zicheng understood immediately, stood up and stretched out his hand, saying, "Thank you very much for your help today, sorry to bother you!" Then he shook hands with the three of them one by one. After shaking hands with each other, the old woman said timidly, "Did something happen to Wang Zijian and that girl?" "Nothing, just related to a case." Xia Zicheng said. "Oh." She whispered back. Central Avenue in Hankou is located in the bustling area of ​​Hankou. The surrounding area is surrounded by universities and university apartments, supermarkets and shopping malls, and various stalls have emerged as the times require. — A man in his early thirties, wearing myopia glasses, came out of a nearby university apartment and walked straight ahead along Central Avenue.He checked his watch and skipped twelve.Anyone with a discerning eye can guess at a glance that he is a university teacher. He paused in front of a restaurant called Meimeiyuan, and then pushed the door open without hesitation.The restaurant business is very good, bustling.Seeing that there was an empty seat inside, he walked over. After sitting down in the chair, he ordered two meals directly without looking at the menu.After ordering, he kept looking at his watch, and the time passed the second number unknowingly. When he was not worrying, a fair man wearing black glasses walked in outside the door, about his age.The man glanced around, then walked towards him. "Hey, long time no see!" The visitor enthusiastically patted his shoulder as soon as he sat down beside him. "Long time no see. I thought you wouldn't come today." He froze for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face immediately. "Why would I break my promise?" The visitor took off his glasses, revealing a pair of big black eyes. At this time, the waitress came up with the food. "Let's chat while eating." The visitor unceremoniously picked up the sanitary chopsticks and started to pick up the braised fish pieces on top. "Oh, yes!" He responded, stretching out his chopsticks. "It's hard to get in touch with you. I didn't expect that you haven't changed much." The visitor swallowed his food without even looking at him. "You too. But I heard that you performed magic tricks in the ancient city. Is it true?" "Some little tricks to deceive people have been difficult to learn, and there is no one to help, it is even more difficult to become popular, so wander around and perform, and barely make a living." "It seems that it has not been easy for you for so many years." "How can you be as good as you, teaching in a university and living a stable life." "Although it is said to be stable, the salary is not high! That's right, does the girl named Nana continue to have contacts when I was young?" "This... has lost contact." "It's a pity that such a beautiful girl has run away!" "It's not up to you and me to decide. The fate is arranged like this, and we have no way to change it." "That's right." "Are you planning to go back to your hometown during the Chinese New Year?" "I really miss my hometown and my adoptive mother very much. I will definitely go back when I have time." "How long are you going to be busy here?" The man had already finished his meal and asked the waitress to come over with a napkin. "There will be a magician show next month, let's wait until the show is over." The person who came said stood up. "Let's go." The man patted his shoulder and found that he had put on his black glasses at some point, maybe when he stood up. "If you are free at that time, please contact me. I also hope that you will come to see a performance." The visitor said and handed him a business card. He scanned it out of the corner of his eye, and saw it read: Magician Wang Zijian, the phone number is... Half a month after meeting this man, he received a call from Captain Xia of the Criminal Police Brigade in the ancient city, saying that there was something about Wang Zijian. Things need to know from him.Although he felt surprised, he still met the visitor in the university apartment an hour after he hung up the phone. It was two men who came, and one of them took out his criminal certificate and turned to the page with the certificate. "Mr. Zhou, hello, I'm Xia Zicheng, and this is Vice Captain Zhong." The visitor politely introduced the man next to him. After the two men sat down on the chairs opposite him, Xia Zicheng probably told him how he got the phone from his parents, then took out two photos and put them on the stage in front of him, and directly Said: "Excuse me, does Mr. Zhou know them?" Teacher Zhou didn't need to look carefully, he recognized it immediately and said, "I know." "Oh really?" "That's right, the boy's name is Wang Zijian, and the girl's name is Nana. They are my playmates when I was young." Teacher Zhou raised his head and looked at Xia Zicheng. Is there a reason?" "We suspect that they may be involved in a murder and have come to ask you about them." "Murder? No way?" There was a moment of shock on his face. Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue nodded at the same time. "Have they been in touch with you?" It was Zhong Mingyue who could speak. "Well, Nana and I haven't been in touch since we left Xi'an. Do you have any news about her?" "That's right. She is now the editor-in-chief of a cultural company in the ancient city, and the company is a magazine." "Oh, that's great. I didn't expect to see her again. I thought I would never be able to see her again." "You guys can contact me later. As for Wang Zijian, did you hear that he came to the ancient city some time ago?" "I met him this time." "Oh, what time is it?" "Well, about half a month ago, I suddenly received a call from him, so I made an appointment to meet him, and I haven't seen him since then." "Half a month ago?" Zhong Mingyue nodded in a low voice. "What did he tell you about the meeting?" Xia Zicheng asked suddenly, looking at the other party. Teacher Zhou felt that his eyes were sharp, as if they were directly hitting the soul. "Well, I haven't seen you for many years. I just talked about the past when I was young. Other than that... oh, by the way, I once asked him if he still had contact with Nana. Contact, just like back then." "The same as back then?" "Their relationship back then was a secret. I'm afraid no one would know about it except my mother and I saw it." "Oh, that's it!" They nodded silently.