Chapter 612: Adjust the Monitoring
Lin Chuan was just about to comfort Nuo Xiaoxi when his phone rang unexpectedly.
"Brother Chuan, there's a situation, come to Huai Mountain South Road intersection quickly," Zhou Kai hurriedly said.
"Okay," Lin Chuan nodded.
Since there was a situation, it definitely meant there were clues about his mother. Lin Chuan quickly got into his car. Tang Yumeng and Nuo Xiaoxi also hurriedly followed.
Huai Mountain South Road Intersection.
Zhou Kai's car was parked there, a few brothers were gathered, others were still collecting clues around.
"What did you find?" Lin Chuan asked.
"Look…" Zhou Kai hurriedly said, "This seems like some discarded vegetables, there's beef, chicken breast, and celery... all quite fresh."
Lin Chuan looked down.
"It must be what auntie bought," Nuo Xiaoxi suddenly panicked, she cried, "Auntie called in the afternoon asking what vegetables I wanted to eat, I said I wanted beef stir-fried with celery... It must be what auntie bought, but where is she?"
"Don't panic!" Lin Chuan's heart also sank slightly, he hurriedly said, "Maybe someone else left it here accidentally."
Nuo Xiaoxi's heart was already extremely anxious.
"Brother Chuan!" Across the street, a younger brother hurriedly shouted, "There's news."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan and others quickly ran over, crossing the street.
"It's true, very peculiar," a fruit vendor hurriedly said, "In the afternoon, a middle-aged woman wearing a checkered shirt, carrying vegetables, disappeared in a blink of an eye."
"What time was it?" Lin Chuan asked.
"Around four-thirty to five o'clock," the vendor hurriedly replied.
"That was over three hours ago." Lin Chuan was very agitated internally, but he had to suppress his agitation and calm himself down as much as possible.
"It seemed like a car passed by at that time," the vendor hurriedly added.
"A car?" Lin Chuan asked urgently, "What kind of car?"
"A van, it looked like the same type as their car," the vendor pointed towards Zhou Kai's car.
"That's bad, something has happened," Zhou Kai heard this and immediately became anxious.
"Don't panic!" Tang Yumeng, who hadn't spoken until now, hurriedly said, "Let's not speculate recklessly, there are surveillance cameras at this intersection, we just need to find a way to check the surveillance."
"Yeah!" Lin Chuan nodded.
Lin Chuan drove with Tang Yumeng and Nuo Xiaoxi straight to the police station.
The entire Jiangbei City's Sky Eye System was nearby the police station, with a specific office managing the surveillance system. It was after working hours now, however, Tang Yumeng made a call to the person in charge. As soon as he heard, he dropped whatever he was doing and ran over. With Secretary Tang visiting, how could he be occupied? Even if he was in an entertainment city sleeping with a girl, he probably had to drop her and come running.
A male with a receding hairline was quite conspicuous.
"Secretary Tang, Secretary Tang, I'm here, I'm here," the man ran over, panting.
"Open up, we need to check the Sky Eye System," Tang Yumeng immediately said.
"Yes, yes!" the man nodded hurriedly.
The Sky Eye System is an administrative unit under the public security bureau. Normally, to access the Sky Eye System, approval from the police station is required, along with a relevant certificate issued by the station. However, today was an exception, not only did the person in charge of the Sky Eye System arrive, but the chief of Huai Mountain South Road police station, Li Jiangping, also rushed to the scene hurriedly.
"What's the situation?" Li Jiangping asked urgently.
"Checking the surveillance," Zhou Kai responded briefly.
The Sky Eye System was activated, ten computers turned on. Ten brothers started checking the cameras along the route. Zhou Kai mainly focused on the intersection's camera.
A group of people with solemn expressions on their faces, their eyes intently fixed on the screens in front of them.
"Here!" suddenly, Zhou Kai shouted.
"What's wrong?" Lin Chuan hurriedly leaned in.
"Is this Mrs. Lin?" Zhou Kai asked hurriedly.
The video was clear, from a distance, it was evident that it was indeed Mrs. Lin herself. Carrying vegetables.
"Yes, it's auntie," Nuo Xiaoxi covered her mouth, she couldn't believe what might happen next, was it a car accident? Was it foul play? Why did she reach this intersection just after four, but still hadn't made it home by this time?
Everyone stared intently at the screen, none daring to avert their eyes, fearing that the person would suddenly disappear right before them.
When Mrs. Lin reached the roadside, the car suddenly started, its door open. A man with tattoos on his arm immediately came forward, grabbed Mrs. Lin by the neck, covered her mouth, and pushed her into the car.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Kai and his team couldn't hold back anymore: "Fuck, who are these two people?"
"Do you recognize them?" Lin Chuan suppressed the anger inside him.
"Don't know them." Everyone shook their heads one after another.
"Check the license plate." Tang Yumeng's face was serious, clear sky and universe, could someone actually be kidnapping? This is chilling and frightening.
Li Jiangping hurriedly started making phone calls, while police officers from the nearby station rushed to the scene.
Lin Chuan ignored the group of policemen, as if they could solve this case, that'd be odd.
"Zhou Kai, take your brothers and start searching immediately," Lin Chuan spoke, "no matter what means you use, no matter how much money it takes, you must find this van for me."
"Yes!" Zhou Kai took the urgent command, naturally feeling the heavy burden on him.
"Lu Dapao, you lead people to continue monitoring here," Lin Chuan said, "no matter how long it takes, you must find out the routes this van has taken; I want to search every single road."
"Yes!" Lu Dapao quickly nodded.
Huang Bo was still leading his team outside searching, determined to find the target.
Zhou Kai led a large group frantically searching outside for this Jinbei van; Lu Dapao took more than ten brothers still searching in the Sky Eye System. Following this Jinbei van, searching along its route, continuously tracking it. Finally, the van disappeared in the eastern part of the city, ultimately vanishing into a surveillance blind spot.
"This is as far as we go," Lu Dapao said.
"What's nearby?" Lin Chuan asked.
"It's the Hardware Industrial Zone," Lu Dapao said, "Behind are vast factories. The terrain inside is complex."
"Take people and search," Lin Chuan's face showing some anger, said, "even if it means digging three feet into the ground, you must find them."
"Yes!" Lu Dapao immediately responded.
Since they couldn't find the place, they could only search extensively in this area.
Then, Lu Dapao immediately took his brothers to start the search in the eastern industrial area. Lin Chuan went in person. Nuo Xiaoxi was temporarily entrusted to Tang Yumeng.
"Xiao Yu, I have to go personally for my mother," Lin Chuan seriously looked at Tang Yumeng and said, "Xiaoxi is entrusted to you; please take care of her for me."
"Don't worry," Tang Yumeng nodded.
Although Nuo Xiaoxi really wanted to go, she knew that going would only add burden to Lin Chuan, so she had to suppress and convince herself. Eventually, she had no choice but to compromise. Nuo Xiaoxi watched Lin Chuan's hurried figure with frustration; she actually didn't want to cause him trouble, but this situation wasn't something she could control or want to happen.
Then, Lin Chuan followed Lu Dapao as they headed straight to the hardware market in the eastern district.
The hardware market was pitch-dark at this time.
Ordinary people were scared to pass through here at night because there are no streetlights and it's also an industrial area; once night falls, everything is pitch black. Many delinquents stay here at night to mess around, play pranks. Many of them even meet here to fight.
A van with its headlights on sped past and quickly stopped at the intersection.
Whoosh...
Dozens of people jumped off the van quickly, and a large group gathered.
"Brother Chuan, how should we search?" Lu Dapao asked urgently.
"Divide by area, a few people responsible for each section," Lin Chuan instructed, "absolutely do not miss any corner, every factory and storefront must be thoroughly checked inside."
"But... all these storefronts are locked up," Li Ergou said urgently.
"Smash!" Lin Chuan said bluntly, "Break the doors open."
"Yes!" everyone shouted in unison.
Lu Dapao quickly gathered everyone together and then began dividing the areas. This area was at the junction between the eastern district and the suburbs. Large pieces of cheap land had been allocated for industrial use, turning it into an industrial area. However, because the industrial area never took off, it eventually became a warehouse area for the industrial district, thereafter turning into a desolate, weed-infested ghostly place.
After assigning tasks to his brothers, Lu Dapao shouted, "Act!"
Rustle...
Dozens of people quickly disappeared into the darkness, from afar, only tens of beams of light could be seen moving in the dark, like fireflies dancing in the darkness. Lin Chuan and Lu Dapao weren't idle either, both of them also walked toward the inside along the road.
Lu Dapao holding a flashlight, shone it on each storefront one by one, of course, their main goal today was to find that Jinbei van. As long as they found the van, they could basically find the people. Although the van had a license plate, through the traffic management system, they found that the Jinbei van was using a Kia car's license plate, which was a false plate. This was frustrating as trying to find people through the license plate was basically a dead-end.
In a hardware store, the flashlight shone on a man and woman who had removed their clothes and were fiercely engaged.
Suddenly a beam of light came in, making the two feel particularly dazzled.
"Fuck, haven't you seen people making love?" the man roared at that moment.
"Seen it," Lu Dapao said with a smile, "just haven't seen people making love in a bathtub."