After dinner, the identity of the cotton candy stall owner was quickly revealed.
His name was Hu Zhicheng. He had retired less than three months ago and was previously a member of the Sifang Army. Among ordinary people, he was considered top-tier, which explained his excellent reconnaissance skills.
"Logically, he should have been assigned within the system," Lin Xiao mused, looking at the file. The document stated he was assigned to Shashi, working as an instructor in the system, training elite criminal investigators.
However, for the past month, he had been selling cotton candy everywhere.
The rest of the information in the file was not detailed.
There seemed to be some deliberate omissions.
"Perhaps he's on a mission," Lin Xiao was all too familiar with such ambiguous reports. Clearly, this information was intentionally withheld, likely because he was on a classified mission. This was why individuals with their clearance level could even access such files.
Anyone else would not have been able to see this document at all.
"Maybe."
Ming Yi recalled the slight anxiety he had seen in Hu Zhicheng's eyes when they parted ways.
Normally, as an outstanding member of the Sifang Army, he shouldn't exhibit such emotions, unless… he was facing something crucial and directly related to him.
If that were the case, the problem would likely be significant.
"I'll ask Zhu Guangyu; he's the local expert," Lin Xiao decisively dialed the number. At a time like this, someone like Zhu Guangyu, who knew everything in Shashi, was indeed needed.
"Brother Xiao!"
Zhu Guangyu on the other end sounded a bit nervous upon receiving the call. Generally, whenever Lin Xiao called him, it meant he had something to assign him.
"I have a question for you." Lin Xiao was still poring over the document in his hands. "Hu Zhicheng, you know him, right?"
"Yes, I arranged his work when he returned," Zhu Guangyu quickly replied.
"Do you know what's been happening with him recently?"
Lin Xiao put down the document. Since Zhu Guangyu had arranged it, things would be easier. It seemed he would know quite a bit.
"This..."
Zhu Guangyu was clearly taken aback by Lin Xiao's question. He quickly said, "I'm not sure about that, I haven't been particularly paying attention to him... Since you're asking, Brother Xiao, I'll go and investigate right away."
"Alright, I'll wait for you."
Zhu Guangyu's information network in Shashi was more extensive than Lin Xiao's. Half an hour later, his call came through.
"Brother Xiao, his child has been kidnapped."
As soon as Zhu Guangyu spoke, Lin Xiao understood why Hu Zhicheng had been looking at all the children's faces with such a peculiar expression along the way.
"What happened?"
"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics; even the criminal investigation team is a bit baffled. His child was abducted from home, but no one was seen on any surveillance footage, neither in the residential complex nor on the streets. No useful information was left behind. Hu Zhicheng himself made great efforts to search, but without any additional clues, he couldn't find his child's whereabouts. We investigated all surveillance footage at the time, and there was no trace of his child leaving Shashi. By the time he discovered his child was missing, he had already investigated all possible ways of leaving Shashi, but there was no news." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"A month has passed, and they still haven't found him?"