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Swallowing the Seas - Chapter 17

Published at 28th of April 2023 05:45:12 AM


Chapter 17

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    "That slut!" A black, thin, tall, disheveled, seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl sat down on the sofa and screamed: "What's missing?! She stole my things and ran away!"

    Gao Ling rented a simple bungalow in a village in the city near the Si Li River. It was an ordinary one-bedroom. The east corner of the living room was a "kitchen" surrounded by pots and stoves, and the west corner was a "utility room" formed by empty cardboard boxes and plastic stools. In the south corner, a small square inch was demarcated by the faded printed plastic sheet. When the mattress was placed on the ground, there was no room to even turn around. It was her nest.

    "Gao Ling, 17 years old, graduated from junior high school, worked in a bathing center with the owner Liu Li. Five months ago, Liu Li asked the underground broker to rent this place. Gao Ling came here a month ago and rented it privately from Liu Li. In the living room, a roommate relationship began to form. At noon on May 2nd, Liu Li went out to work, and when he returned home early in the morning on May 3rd, he found that his laptop and 500 yuan in cash were missing, and Gao Ling’s luggage No one was found and no one could be contacted. Liu Li came to the Silihe Police Station to report the case that afternoon, and the case has not been filed yet."

    While talking, Meng Zhao handed Bu Chonghua a piece of paper. It was an alarm receipt issued by the police station. It listed the characteristics of the computer that Liu Li dictated at the beginning-a second-hand domestic notebook with a discount of up to five hundred, and the total amount stolen could be more than 1,000. .

    "Nian Xiaoping died in the Silihe area. The police station has been busy these days. There is no time to investigate where Gao Ling is. Besides Liu Li, no one noticed her disappearance. No; even the on-duty manager of the bathing center said that young girls like them are paid daily, and they move too frequently. It is common for them to go to work at other homes without saying hello. No one will notice that they are missing. ."

    Bu Chonghua looked at the small and dark room without saying a word, but Zhang Xiaoli, the trainee police officer led by Meng Zhao, couldn't help asking, "Did you get any evidence from the investigation?"

    Meng Zhaoxi took it for granted: "Where to mention it, the grassroots, you don't even have a case."

    Zhang Xiaoli's face was dumbfounded, obviously he was still a naivety who hadn't been polished by reality.

    "Does Gao Ling usually have friends? Were there any strange words and behaviors a few days before she disappeared? What personal belongings did she disappear with her?" Wu Yu asked, sitting on the bench opposite Liu Li, holding a pen and paper.

    Liu Li has slender eyes and a small pointed face, wearing shorts with suspenders and a pair of faded plastic slippers. His whole body is full of savage hotness. He is obviously hostile to the police. He hung his eyes and jumped like beans: "How do I know, usually The shifts are not together. I only come back every morning. How do I know where that bitch is going. Isn’t your police very powerful? Why can’t you even find out this, and serve the people falsely?"

    "What personal belongings are missing with her?"

     "I said, how do I know! She only has those two torn clothes and two lipsticks. If it weren't for her X-strength, it would be impossible for a man to look at her more! She has a fart of personal belongings!"

     Wu Yu turned the case material forward and Gao Ling's two-inch bareheaded photo appeared on the homepage. As expected, apart from the affair of coming out early, she was just as delicate as Nian Xiaoping from the perspective of facial features.

     "So you don't usually chat with Gao Ling?"

     Liu Li glared at Wu Yu, but didn't say anything. He moved his butt to the edge of the sofa as if thinking of something, and deliberately lifted his hair: "Talk."

     "What are you talking about?"

     Liu Li looked up and down Wu Yu presumptuously, and asked instead: "How old is this handsome policeman?"

     "What are you talking about?"

     Liu Li raised the corner of her mouth and squinted at him, patted her side: "Sit down, handsome guy, how can I tell you if you don't sit closer?"

    The tip of Wu Yu's pen paused, and at this moment someone slapped his shoulder. Bu Chonghua looked down at the girl on the sofa, "Liu Li?"

    "..."

    "Last year, August 5th, October 4th, and February 13th this year, the law and order sweeps against pornography three times. If you don't want to tell him, you can also go to the Public Security Bureau and sit down in the interrogation room and tell me."

    Bu Chonghua's face is handsome and beautiful with solemnity. It is a unique aura that has naturally accumulated after years of handling crimes and facing countless bloody scenes. When his sharp pupils stare at someone without blinking, it is terrible. His insight, even a lot of old notes can't be carried down.

    Liu Li's spine jumped subconsciously, and for a long while he said: "I...I don't talk to that bitch. Our shifts are different. She goes to work during the day, and I only come out at night... come out and go home from get off work to clean up and pack her. It's time to go. And her eyes are on the top of her head. She is so poor that she is so dear as a ghost. Can I talk to her? I can't talk together."

    Bu Chonghua asked, "Gao Ling doesn't sell it?"

    Liu Li was shocked. Perhaps he couldn't think that Bu Chonghua could say such straightforward words against that cold, abstinent face, "She, she doesn't... she... she doesn't send money to the family, she likes to sell it or not! How do you know these things?"

    "How do you know she doesn't send money to the house?"

    "When she gave the deposit, she said that she was not a thing. She sucked her blood and told me not to send money home." Liu Li pouted, "I am not her, I have brothers. How can I support my family if I don’t send money back? I can’t build a house or raise my head. I will be laughed at by the villagers!"

    Zhang Xiaoli and the others were stunned.

    Bu Chonghua was indifferent: "When she came to rent the house, she didn't mention where she was from?"

    "Then how do I know, we don't look at an ID card in this industry." Liu Li thought for a while, and reluctantly said the name of the county town around Jinhai City: "It might be there. I don't know which village I live. I don’t know. Why, are you really going to her hometown to catch her? Can you get my money back? That’s five hundred dollars! My computer is worth at least one thousand! One thousand yuan for your officials I don’t look good, but I pulled it out of my teeth, I..."

    "Bu Detachment!" At this time, Meng Zhao interrupted her from outside the door: "The surveillance team called out the nearby surveillance. At two o'clock in the afternoon on May 2nd, Gao Ling walked away from the house alone. Would you like to come and have a look? ?"

    Bu Chonghua always pressed the hand on Wu Yu's shoulder and patted: "Let her take the transcript honestly." Then he turned and strode out of the house, Liu Li unwillingly chased it out for two steps: "Hey! My money...Hello? !"

    The road was muddy and the rain was torrential, and a thin young girl flashed out from the alley, bowed her head and hurriedly left the camera, leaving a wet back in the surveillance picture.

    "The monitoring of the village in the city was not complete, and the visual conditions were very poor that day. After Gao Ling left his house, he left this six-second video, but there was no front. After going out from the alley, it was divided into four fork roads, about 200 meters away. There are no cameras on these roads. According to Gao Ling's pace, it will take about three minutes to walk through this area." Meng Zhao frowned, "However, after this, she was not found at all forks. She Never appeared again."

    A good man disappeared within three minutes.

    Bu Chonghua groaned and turned the monitor back to the six seconds she appeared, and the sound of heavy rain filled the quiet carriage. After a short while, Gao Ling walked out of the camera, and he went back to play it again. The girl wore a blue hooded raincoat and walked exactly the same pace and left their sight again.

    "The four fork roads are all ordinary people's lanes, there are no such things as water wells, government secret passages, etc. I have sent the police brigade to visit them from house to house, but I cannot be sure..."

    "Wait," Bu Chonghua interrupted her suddenly, pressing pause.

    The surveillance camera was dim and blurry, but Bu Chonghua seemed to see something, zooming in and zooming in again, until the screen focused on the moment Gao Ling turned sideways:

    "She has something in her arms."

    Meng Zhao swept his sideburns off his ears and took a closer look. Sure enough, a piece was slightly protruding under the generous raincoat, but because of the image quality problem, he would not be able to spot it unless he tried his best.

    "This is...her luggage?" Meng Zhao said uncertainly: "Or Liu Li's notebook?"

    Bu Chonghua was unconvinced: "The large-scale surveillance from Gao Ling's house to the embankment was called for surveillance, and the surveillance was conducted in a seabed needle search. In addition, this video of the target appeared to the Criminal Division of the Municipal Bureau, which can be processed. How much to deal with, I want to know what exactly Gao Ling carried with him before his disappearance."

    "Yes!"

    Bu Chonghua pushed the door and got out of the car and returned to the low rental house. Zheng Zheng, the leader of the police station, personally led the inspection of Liu Li's bedroom. Seeing Bu Chonghua coming in, he smiled and said hello with a flushed face.

    Bu Chonghua caught a glimpse that the inspector was holding the second re-inspection sheet in his hand, and said nothing. He went around the room twice, took a few photos with his mobile phone, then opened the closet again, and looked around for a long time. Two pairs of high-heeled sandals with Chanel LOGO printed in the corner pocket.

    Old Zheng followed him and rubbed his hands: "We just saw it. This should be fake, not even real leather..."

    Bu Chonghua interrupted him: "I know it's fake."

    He put his shoes back in his cloth bag, got up and flipped through the messy clothes that Liu Li wore. The crude lace sling sexy underwear was hung on the wire rack casually, and he didn't know how much dander was stained. The unspeakable taste is simply physiologically spicy, and even the investigator just couldn't handle it.

    Compared with these things, Bu Chonghua’s temperament can be described by the difference between clouds and mud. But he pulled away the crumpled underwear piece by piece and observed the past. Old Zheng could hardly face his cold expression: "Bu Detachment, there may be no clues here, so why not just..."

    "and many more."

    Old Zheng: "?"

    Old Zheng was confused, and saw Bu Chonghua staring at the small black sling in his hand. It seemed that he had finally confirmed a certain speculation. He got up and opened the drawers under the closet for a long while, rummaging through the debris. All were thrown out and thrown away. After a short while, a faded ring box was found from the corner. Inside was a scratched K gold ring. He only opened it and threw it to Old Zheng: "Hand over the evidence to the mark inspection. "

    "Hey? Yes, yes, but—"

    Bu Chonghua ignored him: "What about Liu Li?"

    Old Zheng pointed out frightfully.

    "I haven't paid the rent this month! The gas stove is broken and there is no money to change it!" Liu Li was furious, and squatted on the sofa in the living room. The broken sofa full of debris and trash suddenly made a buzzing sound: "Said If you have difficulty finding the police, bah! Call the police and use it as a bird! Just catch our fines and be more positive than each one. There is no good thing to eat the royal food!"

    Wu Yu lowered his head and flipped through the revised edition, sitting on the side silently. Liu Li rolled her eyes, grabbed the sling and pulled it down again, deliberately revealing a dark and rough chest, Jiao Didi asked: "Man, how are you, give me an idea for me?"

    Wu Yu didn't look up and said, "Be careful not to get caught."

    "what?"

    "You won't be fined."

    Liu Li: "..."

    Wu Yu closed the notebook, frowned and looked at her up and down. His gaze made Liu Li's thick-skinned look a little uncontrollable: "You, what are you doing?"

    "Do you know if you are a family member?"

    Liu Li rolled his eyes and said, "I know, of course I do. Don't all of us in this industry lead the villagers?"

    "Send all the money back?"

    "Use some for yourself, and send the rest back to build a house for my younger brother." Liu Li mumbled, "Otherwise, there are fewer and fewer women willing to stay in the village. If you don't marry, you won't be able to marry. Money is making trouble. Hey, what are you doing with me?"

    She faintly felt that Wu Yu's eyes looked at her, which was different from other policemen.

    The policemen she met before were caught by the anti-pornography. Seeing that they were contemptuous, disgusting, unwilling and helpless, like a group of locusts hidden in the jurisdiction, unable to complete the task without sweeping, and dirty hands after sweeping. And just now, the detachment leader who seemed to be terribly scared by everyone looked at her, but he did not show the mountains and the dew, and all the emotions were not at all. It seems that the cleanliness of the city would only pick up and throw the dirty things littered by the road. Go into the trash can, but won't give it another look, let alone stand on the road and speak at this thing.

    Only Wu Yu looked straight at her, and looked at her like her peers. His brows were slightly twisted, and there was a trace of her very strange emotions in his eyes.

    That is blame.

    "I can't find it." Wu Yu said, "Your computer is not worth a thousand, and the lost cash has no evidence. It is not realistic to expect the police station. We are the Criminal Investigation Detachment, and we cannot file a case for you to leapfrog. Be careful yourself."

    "What, a foreigner can get it back after losing a bicycle. You are so awesome and can't get back my money?" Liu Li suddenly became anxious, and pointed to the direction where Bu Chonghua went out: "Your leader is not awesome Isn't it true that dare to love is to pretend to be? Bluffing?!"

    Wu Yu sighed and said, "If I were you, I would not continue to provoke him."

    Liu Li tilted the sling and looked dissatisfied, with her triangular eyebrows almost jumping out of her forehead.

    She has only been in contact with the security team, and the most terrifying method she has ever seen is to be scolded and kicked by the co-police, and she can return to her place of origin within two days after being repatriated. She didn't understand Bu Chonghua why she was too lazy to scan her, and she didn't understand what the real power of criminal investigations meant.

    Wu Yu felt helpless, and after thinking for a moment, he took out the wallet from his trouser pocket. Liu Li tilted his face and looked at him in confusion, only to see that he took out all the banknotes and counted them three hundred and sixty, and then gently threw them in front of her.

    "Take it." Wu Yu said briefly, "Stop making trouble, it's no good."

    Liu Li's eyes widened, but she opened her mouth without making a sound, staring at him blankly.

    Wu Yu picked up the paper and pen, got up and walked out of the house, just at this moment, he was held down by a strong hand from behind—then the hand crossed his shoulder, grabbed the banknote on the table, and slapped Wu Yu again. Chest.

    Wu Yu turned his head to look, and saw Bu Chonghua's arc of icy chin line: "——Come here, Liu Li, the suspect in the 502nd serious case, take it away immediately!"

    The air around him stopped for an instant, and everyone didn't react, and Wu Yu was stunned.

    Captain Zheng was still quick to respond, and immediately led someone to rush up: "Don't move!" "Take it away!"

    "What? What's wrong? Did you make a mistake?!" Liu Li was caught off guard and struggling: "What did I do?! Let go of me! You let me go! Help!"

    The room suddenly became chaotic, but the policemen of the Criminal Investigation Brigade were not vegetarians, so they screwed her out. Until outside the house, Liu Li was still screaming, "You made a mistake!" "Help, the police are beating!", the shrill yelling shook the neighbors open windows to spy on them, but was pushed into the police car before the blink of an eye. The wind blew across the hall and slammed the door shut.

    "What do you mean?" Only the two of them were left facing each other in the room. Wu Yu pointed to the outside, feeling absurd: "The suspect in the 502nd serious case?"

    But Bu Chonghua didn't even bother to answer him: "The money is too much to give away. It's better to donate to Hope Primary School and send a escort girl. You think you can get a few truths!"

    If the escort girl is able to handle a case as big as 502, then all the criminal police officers in Nancheng District can go home from get off work. Wu Yu took a deep breath, took out the smoke and lit it, and asked, "What clues have you found that can prove that she is related to Nian Xiaoping's death?"

    If someone else dared to fight him like this, he might have been slapped back by Bu Chonghua-have you never seen a female in your life? A young lady can make you feel sorry for her, or get out of the detachment and go to the anti pornographic office Let's deal with them every day!

    But apart from Wu Yu, no one else dared to confront him so much.

    When all the humble and meek disguise fades from Wu Yu, you will find that his face is actually very alienated, probably because the contours of the face are very three-dimensional and the facial features are very clear, the nose bridge and the lips are very clear, and there is no soft cushioning arc. It reveals a tightness that is fascinating because of the long-term depression of the mentality.

    He really must be suppressed. Perhaps in his world, female drug dealers and drug addicts are the overwhelming majority, and Liu Li is considered a filial daughter.

    Bu Chonghua's pale amber pupils stared at him for a long time, and finally stopped igniting the air, and said calmly: "I just saw Liu Li's bedroom, she didn't tell you the truth."

    "..."

    "Most of the sizes in Liu Li's closet are medium size. Only a few counterfeit big-name dresses are XS, and two pairs of counterfeit luxury shoes with size 36 are hidden separately. There is a ring in the drawer of the bedside table with scratches. 18K gold, the ring is 6.5 or 7 visually, but Liu Li herself is between 37.5 and 38 feet, and her ring finger is visually at least 8. Do you know what this means?"

    ——That is not Liu Li's thing, but Gao Ling's.

    "Gao Ling has been missing for only a few days, and Liu Li has taken her things grandiosely as her own. What does it mean? She may not be a murderer, but she must be hiding something inside. She knows that Gao Ling will not come back again!"

    "..."

    The two of them were silent for a while, and Bu Chonghua raised his sword eyebrows and said coldly: "Send money home to support your parents...Just listen. Those who are involved in pornography, gambling, and drugs, the police station records one by one. Poor, but there is almost no actual moral bottom line. Everything can be done. The possibility of going ashore and being a new man is lower than picking one in a million!"

    Wu Yu held the cigarette between his fingers and did not move. The dim afternoon sunlight refracted the dusty ground glass, and the cigarette butt was shining with a bright red light in the dark.

    Bu Chonghua's stern tone finally eased, and he reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Poor people must be hateful, but they are self-inflicted. You haven't worked in the police station. You'll know if you see more in the future, go back."

    Suddenly his hand paused, and it was blocked by Wu Yu's arm.

    Wu Yu's pupils showed a very deep black in the backlight, a little faintly blue, as if suppressing a deeper emotion. If you don't get close, you won't find the lips trembling slightly:

    "I know, Bu Team. I have been mingling with Miscellaneous for so many years, don't you know better than you?"

    Bu Chonghua's eyelids twitched.

    "I just don't know that you can directly use the methods to assist in the investigation. You elites deal with different objects in a very flexible way."

    Bu Chonghua's face changed slightly, but Wu Yu had already let go of his hand, stepped back, nodded politely and mockingly, turned around and strode out the door.

 





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