Chapter 102 The Disappearing Trash Can
Lin Huang thought about it, and the only clue is a disappearing trash can.
"The third trash can disappeared with Lin Xin. If you find this trash can, you should be able to find Lin Xin."
Coming to this conclusion, Lin Huang asked the security personnel on the side to contact the security captain Chen Wei again.
"Mr. Lin, we just found out the room number of the girl with double ponytails. It's room 321 on the ninth floor. I have notified the girl's father and told them to wait in the room. We can go there now." As soon as Chen Wei's communication number was connected, he brought the news.
"Wait a while about that girl, and now I have found another clue. The aunt from a nearby shop just said that there should be three trash cans in this place at 5:40 in the afternoon, but when we came There are only two left. This trash can disappears at the same time as my sister disappeared. So we should check to see who took this trash can. I doubt the person who took the trash can , is the one who took my sister away." Lin Huang provided new clues. "I'm going over to your side now. I want to check the surveillance video from about 5:40 to the present."
"Okay, then come here, my two colleagues will stay at the scene first, and then check around to see if there are other clues." Chen Wei nodded.
Hanging up the call, Lin Huang went straight to the spacecraft monitoring room.
In the monitoring room, Chen Wei had already transferred the video from that time period. After Lin Huang arrived in the monitoring room, he played the monitoring completely.
The video starts from the moment Lin Xin threw the garbage, and continues until Lin Huang and the three of them arrive at the scene.
After reading it, a group of people were full of doubts, even Lin Huang was no exception.
"No one pushed the trash can away?!" Lin Huang frowned, and things became more and more confusing after finding out.
"Could it be that someone put the trash can in the storage ring?" a security guard suddenly asked.
"No, if Lin Xin disappeared with the trash can, she should have been put in the trash can and taken away. Except for the animal taming token, any type of storage space cannot hold living creatures, but The animal taming token is invalid for humans." Lin Huang shook his head and rejected this idea. "Besides, no one is bored enough to steal a bin full of rubbish for no particular purpose."
"What should I do now?" Chen Wei felt that the matter had reached a dead end, and looked at Lin Huang helplessly.
"Now there are only two possibilities. The first possibility is that the aunt we met before was lying, she was deliberately disturbing our sight, making up a trash can that didn't exist, and wasting our time. There is another It could be that a third trash can did appear, but the disappearance of this trash can somehow evaded the detection of the monitors."
"You ask the two colleagues at the scene to ask other businesses around to see if they have noticed the third trash can. Also, during the time my sister disappeared, several people passed by here. Throw out the trash, you can help me contact them and see if anyone sees this third trash can."
Lin Huang has no clue now. He even suspected that the fat aunt who threw the garbage was lying, but it is common sense that businesses like them who have been operating on the spaceship for many years should not do anything bad for tourists.
"What kind of business is the fat lady who just threw out the garbage?" Lin Huang still asked suspiciously.
"Aunt Fatty is an old merchant who has been on our ship for 26 years. She sells tobacco and alcohol. She was on the ship earlier than me, so there can be no problem. She said that when she saw an extra trash can, then There must be an extra trash can." Chen Wei knew Aunt Fatty very well. "She doesn't lie...but she might be dazzled and misunderstood for a while."
"Ask others first." Lin Huang nodded and said nothing more.
In the merchant area, the results of the two security guards' inquiries came out soon. In addition to Fat Aunt, the owner of a shop also said that he saw three trash cans.
Chen Wei contacted several guests who had appeared in the video one after another, a total of six people. Three people said they did see three trash cans, two said they couldn't remember, and one said they saw only two trash cans.
The girl with two ponytails was also among the six, and she couldn't remember her answer.
"So according to the information provided by everyone, there is indeed a third trash can in the dead corner of the video." Lin Huang and the others came to this conclusion.
But they have no clue as to how the trash can disappeared.
However, according to the information provided by several guests, the time when the trash can disappeared has been brought forward.
Because the only guest who responded that he only saw two trash cans appeared in the video at 5:58 pm.
The guest's answer was also very positive. His original words were, "Of course I remember that there were only two trash cans. The rubbish was full, and the drink cup I had finished was finally stuffed into it, will I not remember? You even asked me how many trash cans I have, will I be so bored that I steal your trash cans?!"
"It is now certain that the time when the trash can disappear should be between 5.42pm and 5.58pm. But our video goes from 5.42pm when your sister disappears until you arrive. At 6:23 on the scene, I didn't see the trash can being pushed away." Chen Wei sat in front of the console in the monitoring room and looked up at Lin Huang who was on the side. He really didn't know what to do with this matter. Where did you start.
"This shows a possibility that the person who took my sister took away the trash can with my sister using a method we don't know about." Lin Huang could only come to this conclusion in the end.
"The clue is broken..." Chen Wei shook his head and sighed.
"Let's go to the ninth floor to visit the girl with double ponytails." Lin Huang still didn't intend to give up.
"Okay..." Chen Wei knew that Lin Huang would not give up if he didn't ask clearly, so he nodded in agreement.
After dialing the girl's father's communication number again and confirming the visit time, Chen Wei brought Lin Huang and several other security members to the ninth floor of the spacecraft.
The group reached the door of room 321 on the ninth floor and rang the doorbell, and the girl with two ponytails opened the door.
"Dad, there are guests here." The girl turned and shouted at the man sitting on the sofa.
The man stood up and smiled at several people, "Come in and sit."
Only then did Lin Huang notice that this man was the man in the white shirt who had glanced at Lin Xin at the door of the floating ladder. Knowing that he has a daughter of the same age as Lin Xin, Lin Huang's previous unhappiness finally disappeared. Because he knows that it is normal for parents to look at children of the same age as their own children.
"Lily, go and pour tea for the guests." The man ordered.
"Okay, Dad." The two-ponytail girl walked towards the kitchen.
"Sit down, if there is anything I can help with, I will try my best to cooperate." The man smiled warmly.
"Mr. Wei, you're welcome. We are here mainly to ask your daughter something, Mr. Wei. It won't take too long."
While Chen Wei was chatting with him, Lin Huang began to look at him carefully.
This Mr. Wei looked like he was in his early forties, about 1.85 meters tall, fair-skinned, and dressed very well. The upper body is still a white shirt, the lower body is a pair of black trousers, and he wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looks like a man with a scholarly temperament.
"Excuse me to ask, what is Mr. Wei's occupation?" Lin Huang couldn't help asking.
"I used to be a teacher, and now I do a little business myself." Mr. Wei nodded at Lin Huang and replied.
"Teacher is a good profession, why are you thinking of changing careers?" Chen Wei felt a little envious.
"The teacher's profession is really good, but the income is not very high." Mr. Wei smiled.
"That's right, people with wives and children are also under a lot of pressure." Chen Wei was quite touched. He and this Mr. Wei are almost the same age.
"Mr. Wei only brought his daughter with him this time? Didn't he bring his wife with him?" Lin Huang asked again.
"My wife passed away many years ago, and now I only have a daughter." Mr. Wei shook his head and gave such an answer.
"Sorry." Lin Huang did not expect to get such an answer.
"It's okay, it happened many years ago." Mr. Wei waved his hand.
Lin Huang noticed that he had an emerald ring on the ring finger of his left hand, and didn't ask any more.
Not long after the meeting, the girl with two ponytails appeared with a tray of tea, "Dad, the tea is here."
"Just serve it to the guests." Mr. Wei nodded.
The girl put the tray on the coffee table, then distributed a few cups of tea one by one in front of several people, and then returned to the man.
"Sit down, Lily." Mr. Wei let the girl sit on his lap.
Lily sat down obediently without saying a word.
"Your daughter's tutor is really good. My daughter is about the same age as your daughter. Don't talk about making tea. It would be nice to have her come out to meet and say hello to uncle and aunt." Chen Wei said helplessly.
"I'm a teacher, so of course I have my way of discipline. If you need it, you can send your daughter to me and let me teach her a few classes." Mr. Wei said enthusiastically.
"That would be too much trouble." Chen Wei was a little embarrassed.
"No trouble, I have a lot of spare time now. I still have time to help her make up her homework and teach her etiquette." After Mr. Wei finished speaking, he seemed to feel that the topic was a bit remote, and said quickly, "I almost forgot about the business, you guys. This time, if you have any questions, just ask Lily."
"Dad..." Lily seemed to be a little afraid of life. Knowing that a group of people were looking for her, she shrank into Mr. Wei's arms.
"It's okay, if they have any questions, just answer them." Mr. Wei put his hand on Lily's shoulder.
"Little girl, don't be afraid. Uncle is not a bad person. We are from the spaceship security team to protect everyone's safety." Chen Wei also spoke comfortably.
"It's okay, you can ask, she's just a little afraid of life." Mr. Wei nodded at Chen Wei.
Chen Wei then projected Lin Xin's photo, "Little girl, have you seen this little girl?"
Lily shook her head blankly.
Mr. Wei behind her hesitated for a while, but asked, "I met this girl at the door of the floating ladder. It was more than an hour ago. Did something happen?"
"This little girl is missing, we are looking for your daughter now, because she may have seen something." Chen Wei explained.
"Missing? Isn't there surveillance on the spacecraft?" Mr. Wei raised his brows.
"The surveillance on the spacecraft has several blind spots, and the girl disappeared in the blind spots." Chen Wei mentioned this, and the expression on his face was a little embarrassing.
"That's it, I hope you can find it as soon as possible." Mr. Wei did not continue to ask this topic.
"Little girl, when you were sitting on a bench drinking a drink at 5:40, remember?" Chen Wei asked Lily again.
Lily nodded.
"You should be sitting right where you can see the trash can?" Chen Wei asked again.
Lily nodded again.
"Then do you remember how many trash cans there are?"
Lily shook her head, "I don't remember, it seems to be two, and it seems to be three..."
This answer made Lin Huang and the others frown. It is possible that this girl was indeed there when the trash can disappeared. There were three trash cans in front of her, and after the third trash can disappeared, only She has seen two, so she herself can't be sure how many she has seen.
After asking a few more questions, it was determined that Lily knew nothing about the whole thing, and Lin Huang and the others reluctantly left Mr. Wei's room...