False evidence

Chapter 162 Missing
"I've never been there." Yan Fengwei said without thinking, "Your sister-in-law doesn't eat spicy food."

Pidan glanced at me sideways and then turned his face away.

The Sichuan restaurant she mentioned was the one where I used to work.

When a man mentions another woman in front of a woman, that woman's intelligence instantly becomes comparable to Sherlock Holmes.

Pidan asked this because he thought that the waitresses were all young, but the restaurant owner was a middle-aged woman.

Xiao Shen San suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

I asked him what was wrong.

He picked up the ring and asked Yan Fengwei, "How much is this worth?"

"The cabochon is made of amber, and the quality is decent. The ring itself is silver, and it's an old-fashioned handmade piece. I bought it for 3,800 yuan, but its actual value is only around 5,000 yuan. If you happen to find a sucker, you might get 10,000 or 20,000 yuan for it."

Xiao Shen turned to me and said, "I like this. Can you buy it for me?"

“Hey, if you like it, just take it and play with it. Why bring up money? Besides, Sanxiu Deng said it was a gift from Brother Liu, but I haven’t even paid the difference for the money that Sanqi and his wife spent,” Yan Fengwei said.

I said to Yan Fengwei, "You said yourself that the steelyard was a gift from Brother Liu. I got the 5,600 yuan for free as a 'middleman'."

I pulled out a flattened platinum ring from the inner pocket of my backpack. "This is Kou Yun's wedding ring. It was the deposit Lao Mao gave me for 'hiring a hitman,' and I have the right to use it. I'll exchange this for you, and I'll give you an extra two thousand."

"Fuck off!"

Yan Fengwei knew what kind of person I was. He took the ring, tossed it onto a small electronic scale on the counter, and said, "Based on the weight alone, this is over five thousand. What difference do you want? Are you trying to get ripped off? You're my brother!"

"Buzz...buzz..."

My phone vibrated. I took out my phone, saw the label on the screen, and a thought suddenly struck me. I quickly answered the call.

"Uncle Cheng, have we had a customer come to the shop?"

Uncle Cheng was more anxious than ever before, his voice trembling with tears as he cried, "Something's happened! Something's happened! Lingling's gone!"

My heart sank: "Don't worry, I'm coming right away!"

After hanging up the phone, I said to Meng Zhen, "I know who that woman is. Brother Yan has indeed met her, and you've actually met her too. There's no time to say more now, sister-in-law. Just know that Brother Yan has absolutely nothing to do with that woman."

Yan Fengwei asked, "What happened? Do you need help?"

"You've been drinking, you can't drive. I'll take a taxi."

After exiting Dongtai Gate and getting into a taxi, I called Gao He.

As soon as the call connected, Gao He said, "Don't say anything, I'm at Uncle Cheng's shop."

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Shen handed me the ring and said, "This is what you got in exchange; it's yours."

I looked at the ring. "It's a men's ring, that's true, but I don't usually wear these things."

Xiao Shen said, "Isn't this a mess? Isn't this a mess? Go take care of your business first, and I'll explain to you later. Keep the ring safe; it'll definitely come in handy."

Pidan noticed my unease and asked, "Did something happen to Uncle Cheng?"

"It's not Uncle Cheng, it's Sister Ling. Sister Ling is missing. Oh, right, I haven't told you yet, she's Uncle Cheng's daughter, the owner of the clinic."

Xiao Shen looked up and asked, "Around forty years old?"

I nodded.

Xiao Shensan nodded: "Let's not talk about anything else for now, let's find the person first."

Upon arriving at the clinic and getting out of the car, Uncle Cheng and Gao He immediately came to greet them. Gao He frowned and said, "Uncle Cheng said he didn't sleep well last night, and Fang Ling came to the clinic alone this morning. After Uncle Cheng got up, he found that she didn't bring the clinic key. I asked the neighbors next door, and they said the clinic was closed today, and they hadn't seen Fang Ling. Uncle Cheng and I searched all the places she usually goes, but we couldn't find her."

"And then?" I asked.

Gao He said, "I asked Lin Dan and a few colleagues to investigate those thugs and hooligans within a ten-kilometer radius, but there are still no results."

I asked, "Can't I get through on the phone?"

Uncle Cheng stamped his feet repeatedly: "She didn't bring her phone!"

Gao took out a cell phone, which I recognized as belonging to Fang Ling.

Gao He handed me his phone: "The call log only shows four people: you, Uncle Cheng, me, and my wife. I checked the WeChat records; besides you, it only shows normal conversations with clients."

Xiao Shen had never met Gao He before, but through their conversation, he easily guessed his identity and couldn't help but ask, "Fang Ling... Auntie, do you have an enemy or something? It's only been half a day, and you're already making such a big fuss about finding her?"

Gao He and Uncle Cheng both treated him like a child and ignored what he said. But I knew his abilities and hurriedly told him, "Sister Ling had an illness when she was a child, so her mind is a little slow. The key is that she is very beautiful."

"Then quickly mobilize everyone, find those local thugs and hooligans, point guns at them, and make them help find the person!"

While saying this, Xiao Shen's eyes were darting around nervously.

I knew he was using his naturally built-in "country-style computer," and I wasn't idle either. After getting Uncle Cheng's permission, I opened Fang Ling's phone's photo album.

The moment the screen changed, I was immediately stunned.

Gao He probably hadn't looked at the photo album before. He peeked at it, and when he looked up at me, his eyes became quite strange.

Pidan's expression didn't change much, but he still said dejectedly, "It seems that Fang Ling's social circle is really narrow. Apart from cats and dogs, all she has are your photos."

"I only see Sister Ling as an older sister, like family."

I said it, but I was extremely confused.

Because, apart from pets like cats and dogs, the thumbnails displayed in the album are all photos of me taken recently.

However, I have never seen Fang Ling take a picture of me.

In other words, all my photos were taken by her without my knowledge.

I didn't lie to Pidan. Through our interactions over this period of time, I genuinely felt that Fang Ling was very kind and treated her like an older sister.

But she took so many photos of me without my consent. Any normal person would think of one thing: the person taking the photos is probably very fond of the person being photographed.

Gao He said to Uncle Cheng, "Uncle, do me a favor and bring me my bag so we can look for it somewhere else."

As Uncle Cheng entered the clinic, he spoke to me in a high-pitched and low-pitched voice.

I was focused on looking at the photos and didn't hear what he was saying.

After looking at all my photos, I remembered to ask him, "What did you just say?"

Gao He frowned, ignoring Pi Dan's presence, and whispered again, "Fang Ling has never been in a relationship. Judging from these photos, she seems to have a crush on you. Once we find her, we must handle this matter properly."

"She definitely doesn't have a crush on Sanqi," said Pidan.

Gao He clicked his tongue: "Xiao Fan, I understand Sanqi's feelings for you, but Fang Ling, she has an intellectual disability, and besides her father, she's the person Sanqi interacts with most often..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Shensan, who had also looked at the photos, said, "She doesn't like Sanqi; she wants to kill Sanqi."

(End of this chapter)