Especially Li Chonglou, after hearing this, he could basically confirm his judgment that these two cases indeed had commonalities!
"It seems that as long as we confirm the information of the last deceased person, our scope will be confirmed!"
Li Chonglou said decisively, and the old man also realized that the matter was not simple, and quickly said: "Take me with you, one more person means one more strength, doesn't it?"
This was exactly what Li Chonglou intended, so the three set off again.
On the way, Li Chonglou called Lin Qianqian. He originally wanted to report the progress and see if he could get more information through her, but to his surprise, Lin Qianqian didn't answer the phone.
"Could she be too tired and asleep?"
Li Chonglou frowned slightly and put down his phone. He didn't think much about it. After all, it had been uneasy in Shangjing recently. As the general person in charge, Lin Qianqian was naturally the busiest.
Besides, it was almost dawn, so Li Chonglou decided to call her again when it was light.
Thus, the three traveled all night, and found the family of the third victim around five o'clock.
The location was near the sky bridge.
As expected, the family of this third victim was also from the circle.
They found the victim's brother, who also had the strength of the second level. He could not detect any footprints. After the four finally confirmed the location of the footprints, Li Chonglou had a plan.
"Your brother, your granddaughter, your sister, all have a missing family member."
Li Chonglou muttered as he looked at the three, who looked at him in a daze.
"Brother, what do you mean by that?"
Li Chonglou shook his head. The matter of the Lost Land was not suitable for disclosure. He knew this, but to be safe, he asked: "Do you all know where they went before they disappeared?"
Tong Chu shook his head. He never asked about the whereabouts of his brother, who was not related by blood.
Fortunately, the remaining two knew a little.
The old man: "My son seems to have gone abroad, but I don't know the exact location."
The man: "My brother went to the island country, but I don't know the exact location either."
The old man suddenly clapped his hands when he heard this: "Right, you mentioned the island country, and I remembered it too. Before my son left, I saw some information about the island country in his room. I thought he wanted to visit the island country then!"
Island country?
Li Chonglou recalled the three addresses that Wutong had mentioned, one of which was in the island country!
This way, if his guess was correct, the killer must have returned from the island country!
"I think I have a general idea of the killer's whereabouts!"
Li Chonglou's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out his phone and called Lin Qianqian again.
"Hello, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."
It was only then that Li Chonglou realized something was wrong.
It was already around six in the morning. By all rights, even if Lin Qianqian was tired, she shouldn't be unable to be found! Her position also did not allow her to be unable to find people!
But now, she was nowhere to be found!
"Right, Yue Fu!"
Li Chonglou suddenly remembered someone, the old police officer who had been transferred to his team by Lin Qianqian. Before the transfer, he was Li Chonglou's special line officer!
Without hesitation, Li Chonglou picked up his phone again. Before he could find the number, a call suddenly came in.
It was Zhou Tong.
Li Chonglou answered doubtfully: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Tong had been up all night. The main reason was that Yi Defa was too obvious. After entering, he did not forget to inquire about Chen Peiyue in every three sentences. He did not confirm her identity, so he could only chat with her until dawn.
So Zhou Tong explained the situation and then asked Li Chonglou about his situation.
"You mean she has designs on Xiao Yue?"
A strange look flashed across Li Chonglou's face. After getting Zhou Tong's confirmation, he said, "Old Zhou, this guy is a woman."
"What?"
Zhou Tong's tone was clearly stunned.
Li Chonglou asked about Yi Defa's appearance again. Upon learning that this guy was pretending to be a man again, he couldn't help but give a wry smile: "She's a woman. I recruited her to use her disguise skills."
Zhou Tong was silent for a while, and finally asked cautiously: "Brother Li, according to you, this guy is gay?"
"Cough, I don't know, but her strength is not strong, or rather, very weak. Just the Forest Wolf is enough to subdue her."
Zhou Tong understood.
"Alright, I'll handle it."
Then he hung up the phone.
At this time, Tong Chu walked over: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Li Chonglou's reaction made all three of them very nervous, so when they saw the strange look on his face, they couldn't help but worry a little.
"No, just some personal matters. I'll make another call."
Li Chonglou quickly changed the subject, found Yue Fu's number again, and dialed it. This time, it was connected soon.
"It's me."
Li Chonglou directly reported his identity. Yue Fu recognized his voice and got straight to the point.
"Where is your Director Lin? I can't find her. Can you help me contact her?"
Although Yue Fu was confused, he knew their relationship and readily agreed.
However, a few minutes after hanging up the phone, he replied with a message.
"Went on a special mission?"
For some reason, Li Chonglou felt a sense of unease when he heard this. However, Yue Fu was just a police officer and didn't know much. He didn't know where Lin Qianqian had gone or what specific mission she was on.
"Well, help me check the list of people who returned to Shangjing from the island country in the past year. It would be best if you could find people from the circle. The speed must be fast. Say it's Director Lin who is checking."
Yue Fu immediately looked troubled: "This, won't this be asking me to lie? If I'm found out..."
Li Chonglou said decisively: "Don't be afraid, I'll take responsibility if anything happens. Just do it!"
Seeing Li Chonglou's determination, Yue Fu couldn't say much. After all, he was still his benefactor. If it weren't for Li Chonglou, he would probably still be working for scumbags and might have been implicated and locked up long ago!
After hanging up the phone, Li Chonglou looked at the three and said, "Let's wait for a moment. I'll have someone from the bureau check the other party's information."
The old man exclaimed in surprise: "Young man, do you know who the killer is?"
Li Chonglou shook his head. Although he had a strong suspicion in his heart, he couldn't give others false hope as long as the matter wasn't confirmed.
After all, he was only responsible for investigating the case, but the three in front of him were looking for their relatives. He could be disappointed, but that didn't mean the three could bear it.
So Li Chonglou conservatively said: "We only have a general suspect now, no, we can only say that we have narrowed down a certain range. As for the specifics, we need to investigate further."
A hint of disappointment flashed in the old man's eyes.