There was silence on the other end of the phone.
It was unknown if he was recalling or hesitating.
After a few seconds, Luo Xue finally spoke.
"April 18th, 2016?”
"That's right."
"That day seems to be the day of our school's mock exam?”
"Yes."
"Then I remember now. Old Qi came to look for me that night, and I was the one who called him.”
Chen Luo's gaze focused as he asked,""Then why did you look for him at night?"
"I remember it very clearly. I went home after the exam that day. Because my parents were on a business trip for the past few days, I was alone at home. At that time, I felt uncomfortable and went home to sleep.”
"When I woke up at night, I felt especially uncomfortable. My first instinct was to call Old Qi. Because my parents definitely won't be able to make it back in time. At that time, only Old Qi will come to help me.”
Hearing this answer, Chen Luo was stunned for a moment.
"So you were sick that night? Then, Qi Yuan went to look for you and took you to the hospital?”
"Yes, that's right. Old Qi was also frightened that day and blamed himself for giving us pressure before the exam. He felt that he was responsible for my illness.”
"But I won't blame him. He was almost expelled from school because of me. Moreover, he came over so late at night with just a call from me. Phew, he treats me better than my dad, really…Sometimes when I'm with my dad, I can't even feel the warmth that Old Qi gives me.”
"And I still have the medical records of that treatment. I didn't care much about it in the past, but after Old Qi's accident, I was glad that I kept that medical record.”
Luo Xue laughed as she spoke on the phone, but as she laughed, she suddenly choked up.
"Mr. Chen, you suddenly asked me this question. Could it be that Old Qi took me to the hospital that night and his disappearance have anything to do with it?”
"No, I was just checking the case files back then and found that there was a notification message about a violation near your house, so I called you.”
"I see, Mr. Chen…Do you think Old Qi is still alive?”
Luo Xue's question was hard for Chen Luo to answer. Almost no one thought that Qi Yuan was still alive.
However, since ancient times, it had always been like this. Before he was found, it would be too cruel to say that he was dead.
"Before we find him, no one will be able to answer this question. Wait for my news.”
"Alright, Mr. Chen. Thank you for your hard work.”
Chen Luo didn't say anything else and hung up.
From his conversation with Luo Xue, Chen Luo felt that the clues had been cut off again.
That night was not strange at all. As the form teacher, Old Qi would definitely be very anxious when he received a call from his student.
Especially since the student was a girl and was alone at home, it was not incomprehensible that there was a traffic violation.
After sending the latest news to the group, the members fell silent again.
He had thought that it would be a major discovery, but it turned out to be so simple at this time.
After a long time, Qin Feng said unwillingly,
"Although the explanation is very simple, Qi Yuan only went to the Cheng Family Village once. Why is the place where he went missing related to that area?”
"So Luo Xue's answer is the final explanation? I keep feeling that there's a problem here.”
"Yeah, no matter how I think about it…it doesn't make sense. No matter how I think about it…I don't understand. Everything feels very simple, but I just can't solve it.”
"You can't even explain the first suspicious point. Why did Qi Yuan deliberately go there?”
"Did he take a big detour and hide himself?”
The group members all smiled bitterly. Chen Luo said,""There's no reason for that. If he wanted to hide himself, he wouldn't have gone to all this trouble.”
Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Chen Luo felt that he couldn't sort it out in a short time, so he said,"It's almost dark. Let's call it a day. Although ten days was a little tight, he should be able to make it.”
After saying this, Chen Luo left the Group chats and asked Guo Nu to drive back.
Furthermore, he still had to wait for Wang Qing's discovery.
The latter must have already arranged for the police to work. As long as it was carried out, they would definitely recall all the people involved in the case.
Perhaps, if he investigated again after four years, he might find something different.
He took the car all the way back to the villa on Mount Pan.
She did not know what Tang Zhen had been doing these few days. He had been leaving early and returning late. Chen Luo rarely saw him. He stayed at home and was about to have dinner when the system reminded him that there was a new case file waiting to be received.
While eating, he received the new information from the police. As expected, it was filled with the recordings of people who were related to Qi Yuan.
Chen Luo looked at the information sequence. The first one was Qi Yuan's wife and parents 'statements.
Since he had nothing to do, he clicked on the video of Qi Yuan's wife, Cao Tingfang. The person in charge of questioning was the interrogation expert, Wang Qing.
"Ms. Cao, how has life been at home for the past four years?”
At the beginning of the questioning, Wang Qing didn't ask questions related to the case. Instead, he started chatting about his daily life.
"It's alright. I don't have a pillar of support, but I still have to live. It's just that…I'm very tired.”
Cao Tingfang sighed deeply when she said that she was very tired. The eyes that looked at Wang Qing were indeed filled with exhaustion.
Cao Tingfang's hands were covered in calluses.
Cao Tingfang was an ordinary woman who worked in a textile factory. Chen Luo opened the information. Cao Tingfang was not just doing a job now. She would also go to the barbecue shop at night to help as a waitress.
Qi Yuan's parents and the child they had were all supported by this woman.
Wang Qing poured her a glass of water and sat down before he started to ask questions related to the case.
"On the morning of the first day of the college entrance examination four years ago, did you notice anything different about Teacher Qi?”
This question had been asked four years ago.
However, Cao Tingfang sat on the chair and was lost in her memories.
Thinking about it now, Cao Tingfang's lips suddenly curled into a smile.
"There was nothing different that day, right? If you have to say it was different, he was happier than before. That day was a big day, an important moment to show his ability to teach and educate people. He was happy and even excited. From the moment he got up to the moment he left the house, he was talking to me about his students…”
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