Officer Zhang had rich experience in handling cases, and he was adept at analyzing such situations.
"Shall we let Mother Zhou stall the criminal?" Xiao Zhang asked.
"Yes!"
Now that they had pinpointed the location, letting Mother Zhou stall the criminal would give them ti to arrive and determine which room in Building 4 it was. Then, they could catch everyone in one swoop.
Speaking of which.
They had Principal Ding from Mist City Arts and Science University, and Director Xu, who was excellent in computer technology, to thank for this.
Otherwise, how could they have quickly found the exact location of the missing student Zhou Xiaoyan?
An hour later.
Ding Yue and Officer Zhang arrived at the property managent office of the Jiangyuan Community. Officer Xiao Wang had already arrived before them and had obtained the apartnt numbers of all tenants in Building 4.
Those engaged in pyramid sales usually rented apartnts, deceiving and brainwashing people to swindle money from their families, friends, or classmates.
So all they had to do in Building 4 was check the tenants.
"At present, we still don’t know in which room Student Zhou Xiaoyan is. This building has 12 tenants. The police will each take a university staff mber and go check each one. Our investigation has to be thorough. Understood?"
After arriving at Building 4, Officer Zhang gave the instructions.
As it was just a missing persons case, possibly involving pyramid sales, the police could only find the suspected pyramid sale dens and the missing student Zhou Xiaoyan from Mist City Arts and Science University by canvassing the tenants door to door.
"Understood!"
Ding Yue and Huang, along with a security guard, accompanied Officer Zhang on the canvassing. Secretary Wen Ruohan and Bin remained in the car.
Four other security guards and Director Liu Qianxing accompanied other officers to canvass other floors.
Ding Yue and Officer Zhang arrived at a sixth-floor tenant’s apartnt together.
"Principal Ding, take this and say it’s a census." Officer Zhang handed Ding Yue sothing similar to a file folder and told him.
Officer Zhang didn’t want to knock on the door directly because if the criminal suspects saw him through the peephole and didn’t open the door, it would be troubleso.
"Okay."
Ding Yue nodded and calmly walked up to the door.
Knock Knock Knock!
Ding Yue knocked a few tis. It seed there was no response inside?
Was no one ho?
Officer Zhang and Huang were around the corner in the corridor, always ready for a signal from Ding Yue.
Knock Knock Knock!
Ding Yue knocked again and shouted, "Hello, we’re conducting a community census!"
Still no response.
Ding Yue waited peacefully for a mont. If absolutely no one opened the door, he would have to retreat temporarily.
Click!
However, at this mont, soone opened the door. And the door was only opened a crack, blocking Ding Yue’s view of the room inside.
"Hello!"
Ding Yue greeted.
"Can I help you?"
"We’re doing a community census. Just want to check in with you. Are you the house owner or a tenant?" Ding Yue asked.
Ding Yue knew this person was a tenant, as the list from the property managent was all tenants of Building 4.
"Tenant," the man inside answered.
He only opened the door a bit, and though the room was lit, he seed afraid to let Ding Yue see inside.
Ding Yue sensed sothing was off, so he quietly moved his foot forward into the crack the man had opened and continued to ask, "Oh, so how many people are living in this rented house?"
"Just ."
The man answered.
"Oh, okay, give a mont to docunt this. By the way, could I see your ID for the record? Would it be convenient for to co in and sit down to write?" Ding Yue asked casually.
"Just docunt it at the door. I’m going to get my ID." The man seed unwilling to let Ding Yue, this community worker, in and turned to close the door and fetch his ID.
Sothing’s not right!
Under normal circumstances, if you go back to your bedroom to get a identification card, why would you intentionally close the door?
"Cough cough!"
Ding Yue coughs once.
When the man closes the door, he finds that Ding Yue’s feet are blocking the way.
Upon hearing Ding Yue’s cough, Officer Zhang and the others imdiately rush from the corner. Officer Zhang pulls the door open and charges in: "Police!"
Upon seeing this, the man is stunned.
Huang and the security guards also follow in, blocking the entrance. Even if there are other people inside the room, it would be hard for them to get out.
"Apartnt No.10 on the 6th floor!"
Officer Zhang promptly informs the other officers via intercom.
After notifying the other officers, he looks around the living room and the shoe cabinet at the entrance and abruptly questions: "Alone?"
The man is caught off guard, speechless.
Even Ding Yue can tell, the size of this three-bedroom apartnt indicates it’s unlikely to house just one person, which ans the man is lying.
Furthermore, the doors to the other three bedrooms are clearly shut tight!
Suddenly, other officers and personnel from Mist City Arts and Science University arrive.
Once it’s confird they have enough people, Officer Zhang leads them to one bedroom. Pushing open the door he says, "Co out, everyone gather in the living room!"
As expected, Officer Zhang sees several people in the room shaking with fear.
The other officers open the remaining two bedroom doors, calling everyone inside out.
In total, a dozen people erge from the three bedrooms!
"Yue Bro, we’ve got this!", Huang Youjie standing next to Ding Yue, says with excitent.
No one would believe these dozens of people in the apartnt are ordinary tenants!
"Zhou Xiaoyan!"
Ding Yue spots his classmate Zhou Xiaoyan from Mist City Arts and Science University in the crowd.
"Din...Principal Ding..."
Seeing Principal Ding, Zhou Xiaoyan’s eyes well up with tears.
The mont Ding Yue sees Zhou Xiaoyan, a weight is lifted off his shoulders.
At least she doesn’t seem to be in any imdiate danger, though there’s a bruise on her face. Was she beaten up?
Considering what Officer Zhang ntioned on the way here about Zhou Xiaoyan possibly refusing to cooperate with the criminals to milk money from her parents, she might have been beaten for that.
"Were you hit?", Ding Yue asks with concern, upon noticing a bruise on Zhou Xiaoyan’s face.
By now, Zhou Xiaoyan is sobbing uncontrollably.
She didn’t expect to be rescued by Principal Ding along with the police rely two days after being lured into a pyramid sche.
At this mont, she’s overwheld with emotions she can’t put into words.
"Director Liu, please inform Zhou Xiaoyan’s family that we’ve found her.", Ding Yue addresses Director Liu Qianxing.
"Yes, Principal Ding!"
From the ti the Mist City Police accepted the case in the evening, to the discovery of the missing student Zhou Xiaoyan a little past ten, it took just a few hours. What a swift resolution!
"Officer Zhang, Zhou Xiaoyan seems to be injured. I’ll take her to the hospital for a check-up first. We can co back tomorrow for the police statent, if necessary.", Ding Yue suggests after observing Zhou Xiaoyan’s condition.
Believing that a dical check-up should be the priority.
Officer Zhang nods, agreeing to Ding Yue’s suggestion. Simultaneously, he thanks Ding Yue, "Principal Ding, thanks to your school’s cooperation, we managed to locate Student Zhou so quickly and take down this pit. Be sure to thank Director Xu for . He’s quite sothing!"
"We should.", Ding Yue shrugs, then leaves with Huang, Director Liu Qianxing and Zhou Xiaoyan temporarily.
The rest is left to Officer Zhang and his team to handle.
"Sob sob, Principal Ding, how did you know I was here? As soon as I arrived, they took away my phone. Sob sob sob.", Zhou Xiaoyan sobs.
"You have Director Xu to thank for this. If it weren’t for him, who knows how long you would’ve been trapped by the pyramid sche. But let’s not discuss this now. Let’s get you to a hospital first, to make sure you don’t suffer from any problematic after-effects from being beaten.", Ding Yue says.
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