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Chapter 37: “I Don’t Want to Be Your Child in the Next Life, Missing Huang Yan!!!”

“Click!”

The sound of the door lock opening from the inside echoed.

A middle-aged woman, around fifty years old, without any signs of skincare on her face, and wiping her hands on her apron, opened the door while calling out.

“I’m coming, I’m coming.”

“Stop knocking so hard…”

But before she could finish speaking, upon seeing the two police officers, Su Ming and Xu Changsheng, standing at the door, her voice immediately stopped, and she instinctively said:

“Officers.”

“Are you here to promote anti-fraud awareness?”

It must be said, the anti-fraud campaigns were indeed doing a good job. Even a middle-aged woman in her fifties thought the police had come for anti-fraud promotion.

Su Ming and Xu Changsheng exchanged a tacit glance. After confirming that this middle-aged woman’s reaction wasn’t feigned, Su Ming took out his police ID from his pocket, stepped forward, and said:

“Auntie.”

“We are criminal police officers from the Huaihai District Criminal Investigation Team, not anti-fraud officers.”

“Now…”

“We need your cooperation in a major case investigation.”

“Does Huang Yan live here?”

Upon hearing the words “criminal police,” the middle-aged woman visibly became nervous. After all, most people don’t have the opportunity to meet criminal police officers. She quickly nodded and answered:

“Yes, yes.”

“Xiao Yan lives here.”

“Has… has she done something wrong? Why have the criminal police come to our house?”

Su Ming put his police ID away, took a step forward, positioning himself in an active role to ensure that if this auntie did anything unusual, he could subdue her immediately. Instead of trying to intimidate her, he smiled gently and said:

“She hasn’t done anything wrong.”

“We just need her cooperation in a small matter.”

“By the way.”

“Auntie, are you Huang Yan’s…?”

“Housekeeper, I’m the housekeeper hired by this family.” The middle-aged woman was still very nervous and quickly explained:

“Xiao Yan’s parents are always busy with work.”

“They often don’t come back for months, so they hired me to take care of Xiao Yan.”

“However…”

“Officers, did you get it wrong?”

“Xiao Yan is usually very obedient, she wouldn’t do anything wrong.”

“And…”

At this point, the auntie deliberately lowered her voice and continued cautiously:

“Xiao Yan’s foot is problematic.”

“It’s never been treated properly, and now she feels very inferior because of her limp. She usually locks herself in her bedroom and doesn’t go out.”

“In the past few days…”

“Except for lunch and dinner when she comes downstairs to eat, she stays in her bedroom. She doesn’t even come down for breakfast, so how could she have gone out and gotten into trouble?”

Su Ming didn’t pay much attention to these biased remarks. He also keenly caught a detail. Since Huang Yan didn’t have the habit of eating breakfast, the housekeeper hadn’t seen her this morning, making it impossible for her to confirm her safety just a few hours ago.

This meant…

From last night until now, Huang Yan had enough time to commit suicide!!!

But analyzing the missing footprints, it seemed Huang Yan hadn’t immediately chosen to commit suicide; she must have had something else to do.

So every passing minute now increased the chances of saving Huang Yan!!!

Time was critical.

Su Ming no longer hesitated. As he walked quickly into the villa, he said seriously:

“Don’t worry, Auntie.”

“The police will never wrong any good person. If Huang Yan hasn’t done anything wrong, we will only ask her some questions and be done with it.”

“Now…”

“I need you to immediately point out which bedroom Huang Yan is staying in!!!”

The housekeeper, who had been about to say something else, noticed Su Ming’s sharp gaze. She quickly retracted her neck and pointed with her finger:

“That room…”

“The one in the corner on the second floor, that’s Xiao Yan’s room.”

Following the housekeeper’s finger, Su Ming saw the room with a panda toy hanging on the door. He quickly ran up the stairs, with Xu Changsheng following closely behind.

Arriving at the bedroom, Su Ming reached for the door handle, only to find the door was locked. He turned to Xu Changsheng without saying a word.

The two exchanged a knowing glance and simultaneously stepped back a couple of steps. After counting to three in their heads, they kicked the door together!

“Bang!!!”

The lock broke, and the door slammed against the wall.

The housekeeper, who was still on the stairs, opened her mouth in shock but dared not say anything. From the anxious attitudes of Su Ming and Xu Changsheng, she had already realized that the situation was not as simple as it seemed, so she wisely chose to remain silent.

…

Once the door was kicked open, Su Ming and Xu Changsheng immediately entered the bedroom and looked at the bed first.

In most suicide cases in bedrooms, the deceased usually chooses to end their life on the bed they are most familiar with.

But in the next second, both of them frowned in unison, their expressions growing increasingly serious!!!

Because…

There was no one on the bed in this bedroom, only a bear-shaped toy the size of a person casually tossed on the bed.

Or rather…

It wasn’t just the bed—the fact was that Huang Yan was nowhere to be found in this bedroom.

The housekeeper followed and entered the room. Upon realizing Huang Yan was no longer there, she was instantly stunned and couldn’t believe it:

“What… What’s going on?”

“Why isn’t Xiao Yan in her room?”

“Did she go out for something? But I got up at six to clean, and I didn’t see her leave!!!”

“Officers, Xiao Yan… she didn’t really… get into trouble, right?”

At this moment, Su Ming and Xu Changsheng had no time to respond to the housekeeper.

Not seeing Huang Yan anymore, Xu Changsheng immediately took out his phone and called the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Technology Division.

He ordered all available officers to immediately retrieve the surveillance footage from the various intersections around the villa to determine if Huang Yan had returned last night!!!

And to try to find out her current location!!!

Meanwhile, experienced Xu Changsheng also ordered a search for the list of people who checked into hotels and visited internet cafes yesterday!!!

Although minors aren’t allowed to check into hotels or visit internet cafes without an adult, some businesses don’t strictly adhere to the rules.

As Xu Changsheng gave the full search order, Su Ming noticed several crumpled pieces of paper on the pink desk by the window.

Walking over to the desk, Su Ming found a piece of white paper wedged under a pencil holder. When he picked it up, he noticed obvious dried tear stains on the surface.

On the paper, there was only a short message:

“I rarely see you three times a year. Even if you have mountains of money, what does it mean to me?”

“I never want to be your child in the next life…”