Chapter 128 Locking the City to Find Someone
Chapter 128 Locking the City to Find Someone
After getting off the car, Jiayu looked around.
This is an old town area in City A.
Because of the upcoming development, many local residents have moved away, making this place seem deserted.
Almost all the shops on both sides of the street were closed, with only one or two open.
There is a supermarket behind me, but it is closed.
Occasionally a few workers wearing reflective vests and helmets passed by this street.
Not far away, the shadow of a tower crane can be vaguely seen.
Jiayu looked around, then turned around, looked at his phone, and then looked at the supermarket in front of him.
The place where the locator signal was last interrupted was in this supermarket.
Jiayu felt increasingly uneasy.
It was obvious that this supermarket had not been in business for a long time. The door was gray and she didn't understand why her parents came to this supermarket today.
At this time, several cavalry vehicles stopped beside Jiayu one after another.
Because he was worried about her safety, Chief Li sent people to protect her.
"Hello, is this Miss Jia? I'm from the Old City Criminal Police Brigade, and my last name is Zhou."
A man got off the cavalry, walked up to Jiayu and introduced himself.
Jiayu knew that the other party was sent by Chief Li to protect and support her.
Her parents disappeared mysteriously, and she came to look for them alone. Commander Li was worried and sent someone to her.
She did not refuse. Although she knew some martial arts, she still needed to have more protection and take care of her personal safety just in case.
She originally thought that this area was a residential area and there was no need to be too nervous, but when she arrived she found that it was almost a deserted city.
Jiayu said to the other party:
"Captain Zhou, I just arrived and don't know the situation here yet. My parents lost contact here, precisely inside this supermarket."
Captain Zhou: "We will check Miss Jia immediately."
After that, he sternly ordered the others:
"Everyone get ready and follow my instructions."
Then, Jiayu saw Captain Zhou and his men pulling up the iron door of the supermarket at the entrance of the supermarket.
What surprised her was that the supermarket was not locked.
After Captain Zhou led his men in, he quickly turned on the lights in the supermarket.
At this time, the workers passing by outside stopped and watched curiously on the other side of the street to see what was happening and why so many people with weapons came.
As the lights were turned on, the supermarket suddenly became as bright as day.
Jiayu saw a spacious supermarket with many shelves at the door.
But there was nothing on the shelves.
Jiayu walked in and looked around the supermarket.
She found that from the outside, the supermarket entrance was dusty, as if no one had cleaned the supermarket for a long time.
However, the supermarket is spotlessly clean and tidy.
Especially the shelves, they were cleaned without a trace of dust.
The environment inside the supermarket is obviously cleaned by someone all the time.
After looking around, Jiayu stood in front of a shelf, staring at the gray dot on his phone, full of confusion.
This is where the locator signal was last interrupted.
But now, let alone the locator, I can’t even see my parents.
Someone came back after searching for a while or two and said to Captain Zhou:
"Nothing was found except the shelf, and neither the locator nor the cell phone was found."
At this moment, Captain Zhou was standing next to Jiayu, and Jiayu could hear clearly what the man said.
Team Zhou comforted Jiayu:
"Ms. Jia, don't panic. Maybe your parents came here today and went somewhere else. Once the surveillance footage is checked, we'll soon know where they are."
Jiayu tried to calm down.
Since it concerns her parents' life and death, she dare not panic.
At this time, Chen Zhengxin sent a video call.
Jiayu took it directly.
Chen Zhengxin responded to her in the video:
"Ms. Jia, according to the surveillance footage, your parents were last seen in a small shop in the old city."
"They parked their car next to the store entrance and headed south. As for where they went, there are no clues after that."
"Judging from the time they last disappeared, there has been no sign of your parents on surveillance cameras in other parts of City A since this morning."
"We can draw a clue. Your parents are most likely still in the old city. If they have left, then surveillance cameras in other places would not have missed them."
"And your parents' car is still in front of the store. It's obvious that the last place they disappeared was in the old city."
"The old city area has been approved and will soon be developed into a commercial city. As a large number of residents and businesses have moved out, the telecommunications equipment here has been deactivated and surveillance cameras have been removed in many places."
"If we want to know where your parents are in the old city, we can only block off the entire old city and search one place at a time."
"Miss Jia, should we immediately block off the old city to look for your parents, or do you have a better idea? Miss Jia, give us a word, and we will act immediately."
Jiayu made a quick decision:
"First, help me block off the old city and search for people. Use the thermal imaging device developed by our team to conduct an investigation."
"Also... there is a night vision device that is only useful for human bodies. Let's use it. You can see where there are people, even if they are corpses buried underground."
Jiayu didn't know how he had the courage to say the last sentence.
At this moment, she has already prepared for the worst.
After a while, under the protection of the police, Jiayu searched the supermarket inside and out for some clues.
I couldn't find it, so I left the supermarket.
Captain Zhou stood beside her car, glanced at her shoes casually, and said to her:
"Miss Jia, let us investigate this. Shall I send someone to take you home?"
Slippers, pajamas, messy but charming hair, it was obvious that Miss Jia was in such a hurry to go out that she didn't even bother to put on shoes or change clothes.
Jiayu said:
"Captain Zhou, wait for me."
After saying this to the man, Jiayu crossed the street and walked to the still open tobacco and liquor store diagonally opposite the supermarket and started asking the shop owner.
"Hello, boss. Excuse me, have you seen a middle-aged man and woman enter the supermarket across the street today?"
The shop owner was a middle-aged man. He shook his head:
"I just came to open the store in the afternoon and didn't see it."
Jiayu asked again:
"Have you ever seen anyone enter this supermarket before?"
Shop owner:
"This supermarket has been closed for two years. I haven't seen it, but I don't know if anyone went in in the middle of the night."
Afterwards, Jiayu went to ask the owner of another convenience store, and the answer he got was the same as what the previous store owner said.
She turned around somewhat dazedly, looking blankly at the night sky not far away.
Why does the disappearance of my parents seem so mysterious when analyzed?
Glancing at the tower crane not far away, Jiayu had a question in his mind.
She returned to the car and asked Captain Zhou:
"Captain Zhou, who is contracting the project in the old city area? Who did the government approve it to?"
Team Zhou said: "It is a project contracted by Qi's Group."
"Qi Group?"
Jiayu was slightly startled.
Isn’t that the home of Qi Rufeng, the eldest son of Qi?
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