Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Missing Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Missing “Boss Lady, has sothing happened?” Zhong Niangyao’s expression remained unchanged as she asked with a smile, “This town seems quite simple and plain, and the public security here is very good too!”
“Ah, it used to be good,” the Boss Lady suddenly looked troubled, “but recently, there have been quite a few disappearances. In the past six months, over twenty young girls who ca here for tourism suddenly disappeared.”
“Just last month, a young couple ca here for a vacation, and they stayed at our guesthouse. Later, the two had a quarrel, and the girl ran out alone and then disappeared. Her boyfriend called the police, and even after a long search, they couldn’t find her. To this mont, that girl has not been found.”
“Her boyfriend is still staying here, and he hasn’t given up looking for her yet!”
“So many people have disappeared?” Zhong Niangyao’s face was full of shock, covering her mouth with her hand in disbelief, “Why haven’t I heard anything about it? With so many continuous disappearances, it can’t still be this quiet!”
“Young lady, you are unaware. Our town doesn’t have any industries like factories,” the Boss Lady shook her head and continued, “Our main source of inco here is from tourism. If such things were to spread, it would heavily impact our local economy.”
“So, the officials here are trying their best to cover up the matter.”
If outsiders knew that so many young girls had disappeared here, who would dare to visit for tourism later on! The local economy is supported by tourism. If no tourists co here, the economy would rapidly decline.
Naturally, the local governnt doesn’t want such things to happen, so they have been actively covering it up.
“Are the missing all outsiders?” Zhong Niangyao asked curiously, “Don’t your local young girls go missing?”
“No,” the Boss Lady shook her head again and continued, “It’s strange, but the missing are all the young girls who co here for tourism. Our local girls are all safe.”
“Oh!” Zhong Niangyao nodded thoughtfully.
“Ah, look at saying so much; I hope I didn’t scare you!” the Boss Lady seed to realize she had said too much and quickly tried to make ands, “But you don’t need to worry too much. Although the governnt officials refuse to make it public, they have still implented quite a few preventive asures.”
“When you went out just now, you must have seen it, right? There are police patrols frequently on the streets. Even late at night, there are officers patrolling. Usually, there are also a lot of volunteers patrolling the streets. So, the environnt here is still very safe.”
“Then I believe you, Boss Lady,” Zhong Niangyao said cheerfully, “What fun places are there around here? Give us so recomndations!”
“Then you’ve really asked the right person.” The Boss Lady clapped her thigh and opened her mouth excitedly, “I was born and raised here, and I’m very familiar with the surroundings.”
So, she imdiately recomnded several fun places to Zhong Niangyao.
Finally, when Zhong Niangyao was about to return to her room, the Boss Lady couldn’t help but remind her again, “Young lady, rember what I said! Don’t separate from your boyfriend!”
Zhong Niangyao nodded repeatedly, then returned to the room with Lu Yichen.
This ti they ca out for a trip, sharing a suite but sleeping in separate bedrooms.
After returning to the suite, they sat down in the small living room and discussed the matter the Boss Lady had just talked about.
“This issue is not simple,” Zhong Niangyao frowned, “So many girls have disappeared, and even if the local governnt is covering it up, it’s impossible not to report it upward. Such a big issue, and nothing has been discovered up to now, it just doesn’t seem right.”
If only one or two people had disappeared, that would be understandable. But now, over twenty people have disappeared; that ans at least three people go missing each month. In such a small town, that’s a very large number already.
“Such matters can be covered up from the public, but not reporting them upward is absolutely impossible,” Lu Yichen also looked rather grim, “Unless the local leaders are seeking disaster, there’s no way they wouldn’t report it.”
“What exactly happened to those girls?” Zhong Niangyao mused, her brows still furrowed, “And the fact that all the missing are young girls doesn’t bode well.”
After pondering for a mont, Lu Yichen spoke, “I’ll ask the special departnt to check if this matter has been reported to them.”
Monts later, after hanging up the phone, Lu Yichen’s face was expressionless.
“How did it go?” Zhong Niangyao looked at Lu Yichen, waiting for his answer.
Lu Yichen spoke calmly, “The matter has been reported to the special departnt.”
“It’s said that the public security departnts have inspected the scene many tis and made nurous inquiries, but no clues have been found. After reviewing the surveillance, they discovered that several girls seed to have disappeared into thin air. Eventually, the matter was escalated to the special departnt.”
“But even the special departnt has investigated several tis and still hasn’t found any leads. The case remains unsolved.”
“How could this be?” Zhong Niangyao widened her eyes in disbelief, “The special departnt’s people have already intervened in the investigation, and people are still disappearing.”
Lu Yichen nodded and continued, “The special departnt tried using decoys, but those people disappeared too, leaving no clues.”
“The special departnt can’t keep sacrificing more personnel indefinitely. So even though the investigation continues, there has been no progress.”
“Even people from the special departnt disappeared without a trace!” Zhong Niangyao exclaid, “Then it seems the mastermind behind this is not simple at all!”
At this point, her eyes rolled around playfully, and a mischievous smile appeared on her lips, “Lu Yichen, since we’re already here, why don’t we solve this mystery ourselves? I want to see what’s behind all of this, capable of making so many people disappear without leaving any trace.”
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