Father Tang stepped forward quickly, pointed at Tang Xu’s car, and asked: “Hello, do you still remember how long this car has been parked here?”
When the shop owner saw the visitor asking about the car, he was a little unhappy: “Is this car yours? It’s been parked here for so long. It has affected my business. What’s even more annoying is your phone is turned off when I call.”
Father Tang listened to the shop owner grumble and ignored everything except the one about parking the car for so long.
“You said it’s been so long, how long exactly?” This was the question that Father Tang was most concerned about.
The shop owner thought carefully and said: “At least 8 or 9 hours.”
Father Tang glanced at his watch. It was already past midnight, which meant that it was afternoon when Tang Xu came here.
Then it could be that something happened to him in the afternoon.
Thinking that something might happen to Tang Xu, Father Tang suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
But soon, he regained his senses and pulled the shop owner to plead: “Please, can you show me the video in front of your shop? This car belongs to my son. He is missing now. We are very worried.”
As he spoke, he took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and stuffed them into the shopkeeper’s hands, for fear that the other party would refuse.
The store owner took the money, reopened the store door, and took Father Tang in to check the surveillance.
The video was played back to two o’clock in the afternoon, and Tang Xu slowly appeared on the screen while driving.
It was clearly visible in the picture that after Tang Xu opened the door and got out of the car, he seemed to remember something, turned around, and entered the car. When he came out again, he was holding a mobile phone in one hand and a power bank in the other, replenishing power for the mobile phone.
In other words, Tang Xu had already started charging his mobile phone at that time, and the possibility of his mobile phone running out of power was basically zero.
Immediately afterward, Tang Xu walked towards the back, and then he went beyond the surveillance range of the store, and Tang’s father could no longer see Tang Xu’s figure.
He turned to the shop owner and said: “This video is very important to me. Can you let me have a copy?”
The shop owner was a good person and will do it to the end: “Okay.”
Father Tang took out his mobile phone, copied a video,o and went out, continuing to look for clues in the direction Tang Xu left.
About five or six meters away, there was the entrance to a community.
Father Tang looked around. There were no other roads here except the entrance to the community. He had just heard from his elder brother that Tang Xu did not go to the antique shop to work today, but was looking for clues about a girl.
He guessed that Tang Xu came here to look for her because he found out that the girl was in this community, or if she had any relatives or friends living here.
With this guess in mind, Father Tang came to the security booth in the community.
After communicating with the security guard, the enthusiastic security guard took him to the monitoring room to check the video this afternoon.
About the same time as when he saw his son in the store just now, Tang Xu entered this community.
Continuing to watch the video, Tang Xu inquired all the way and walked towards the innermost buildings of the community.
By coincidence, the surveillance camera in the community was broken yesterday, and it has not been repaired yet. He only saw the direction Tang Xu took in the end, but could not see where he went.
But what was certain was that Tang Xu did come to this community.
Father Tang continued to check the videos of several exits in the community. Until now, he didn’t see Tang Xu coming out.
Father Tang was a little panicked. He knew his son relatively well. He rarely had the habit of spending the night at a friend’s house. If he hadn’t come out at this time, something must have happened.
Although he knew something might happen to his son, Father Tang didn’t blindly search for him in the community. Instead, he thanked the security guard and left immediately.
He went directly to the nearby police station and provided the contents of the video he had just copied at the snack bar and the video he viewed in the community to the police on duty. He also claimed that something must have happened to his son and requested the police to intervene in the investigation.
The result was the same as yesterday when Tang Xu went to the police station to report the disappearance of Si Si. It often takes twenty-four hours for a young man to be missing before the case can be accepted.
Father Tang was not discouraged. He reported Tang Xu missing and Si Si as missing.
He also asked Uncle Tang to help with this matter. After all, the latter knew Si Si better and listened to Tang Xu talk a lot.
Uncle Tang rushed to the police station and explained in detail what he learned about Si Si’s disappearance.
After the police on duty took notes, they immediately contacted the leaders and left Father Tang’s contact information before asking them to go back and wait for news.
Father Tang was not idle either and continued to return to the community where Tang Xu was missing to look for clues.
*
At Prince Rong’s Mansion, in two small rooms.
Qi Mohan failed to wait for news from Si Si for more than a day and night, which already made him restless. Now that he had lost contact with Tang Xu for several hours, he realized that the matter was more serious than he imagined.
Imperial Concubine Yun watched him walking around the room, feeling worried in her heart. At the same time, she was also worried about her son.
She had never seen Qi Mohan in a state of being unable to control his emotions.
“Mohan, it’s not an option if you don’t eat, drink, or sleep like this. Don’t forget, the people of Qiushui City are still waiting for you to protect them.”
“Mother, do you think Si Si has suffered any accident?” Qi Mohan couldn’t listen to Imperial Concubine Yun’s advice at all, and only thought about Si Si’s safety.
Imperial Concubine Yun sighed: “Hey…it’s been so long, but there’s still no news about Si Si girl, and mother-in-law is also very worried.”
Imperial Concubine Yun wanted to say that Si Si might be in bad luck, but she couldn’t say this.
Now she just hoped that god would show mercy and let that kind girl return safely.
Qi Mohan frowned deeply and continued to walk back and forth in the room. At this moment, Han Yi knocked on the door and reported that Prince Heng and Prince Jin weretheree.
Hearing that Prince Heng and Prince Jin were here again, Imperial Concubine Yun seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
“Mohan, there must be something urgent when they come back. You’d better go and take a look first.”
She hoped that her son could be busy with other things so that he could temporarily ignore his worries about Si Si.
Qi Mohan actually hoped that he could be freed from the predicament of worrying about Si Si, but his heart seemed to be drawn away by Si Si. No matter how hard he tried or tried to divert his attention, he could not extricate himself.
At this moment, Prince Heng and Prince Jin were here. Even if his mother didn’t remind him, he planned to go and take a look, hoping that other things could divert his attention.
The heavy rain outside still didn’t stop. Qi Mohan casually picked up the bamboo hat, put it on, and brought Han Yi to the living room.
Seeing Qi Mohan, Prince Heng said anxiously: “Fifth brother, I’m afraid we can’t proceed with our plan.”
Qi Mohan frowned. His eyes revealed a trace of unconcealed tiredness, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: “Why does the Second Imperial Brother say that?”
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