While Su Kangxi hadn't yet found Sister Susu's whereabouts, he had uncovered some things he hadn't known before.
It turned out that before Brother Sijie and Sister Susu went abroad, a major incident had occurred.
Ai Shunan, due to business disputes with Brother Sijie, had actually used his own daughter to threaten Brother Sijie, resulting in Sister Susu sustaining a head injury.
At the time, the hospital's examination results indicated that Sister Susu had a severe concussion and temporary amnesia.
However, Brother Sijie had never mentioned these matters to him. It seemed there were many things he was completely unaware of behind Sister Susu's disappearance. Only by finding Sister Susu could all the matters be clarified.
"Captain Su, the facial comparison results are out," his colleague said, entering his office and handing him the comparison results.
He opened the file. Three months ago, a woman named Shen Xin, who came to Lancheng from Paris, looked exactly like Sister Susu. However, Brother Sijie was not on the same flight.
Yang Sijie's return flight to Lancheng was a month later than this Shen Xin, which meant they did not come to Lancheng together.
With this sequence of events, Sister Susu had even used an alias, clearly indicating she did not want anyone to know she had returned to Lancheng.
And Yang Sijie's return time coincided with Sister Susu's disappearance. It was not difficult to infer that the person Sister Susu was trying to hide from was Brother Sijie?
As Su Kangxi was pondering the comparison results, his colleague added, "Captain Su, we also found that Gu Susu had a supplementary bank card with withdrawal records in both Lancheng and Dechuan. We also reviewed the withdrawal surveillance videos and discovered that the person using the card was not Gu Susu herself, but another woman."
"Not Gu Susu herself, then who?"
His colleague handed him a photograph printed by a laser printer and said, "It's this woman. Her name is Wei Yanan. Her father is the boss of the criminal group you were undercover in, Captain Su..."
"Alright, I understand." Su Kangxi interrupted his colleague upon seeing that the person withdrawing money was Wei Yanan. "I'll look at this information first, thank you. This isn't a major case; I'm just trying to find out the whereabouts of a friend."
"I understand. Captain Su, rest assured, only I know about this, and I won't say a word." With that, his colleague left the office.
Su Kangxi was still carefully examining the information his colleague had found. Yanan used Sister Susu's bank card to withdraw money, so were Sister Susu and Yanan together?
And the location of the withdrawal using this bank card in Lancheng was precisely at an ATM not far from the Wanjing Club. Could it be that Yanan and Sister Susu were both at the club earlier?
He suddenly thought that the manager of that club must still be hiding something from him. When he last found that manager, he had felt her demeanor was a bit evasive.
He had initially thought it was his police identity that made the manager nervous, but he didn't expect her to deliberately conceal some things from him.
He stayed at the police station until nightfall before leaving work and went directly to the club, finding the manager named Sister Jing again.
At first, Sister Jing repeated the same story as last time, but when he laid out all the information he had found before her, she could no longer hold back and told Su Kangxi everything.
At that time, Sister Susu was indeed with Yanan, but Yanan hadn't mentioned it to him. It wasn't just because of her hatred for him, but also because she didn't want him to know Sister Susu's whereabouts, deliberately guarding against him.
It had been three months since Susu returned to Lancheng, and she hadn't contacted him proactively even once. Did she also feel that he was wrong to use Yanan during his undercover work, or was it because of something else?
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind: was Sister Susu wary of Brother Sijie?
As he thought about these things, Su Kangxi's doubts grew. It seemed that all the things he couldn't understand pointed to Brother Sijie, and he had a bad feeling.
He couldn't help but ask himself, who exactly was Brother Sijie, whom he had admired and trusted since childhood?
...
Gu Susu and Yanan rented a small stall, and their business had been getting better and better these days, to the point where both of them were too busy to handle it.
Other stall owners in the market followed suit, stocking goods based on their stall's styles, so their small stall became a trendsetter in the wholesale clothing market.
This also resulted in their newly stocked goods not selling well for more than a few days before someone found their sourcing channels and also followed suit.
Yanan was very angry about this, feeling that the competitors in the market had noses like dogs, following trends too quickly.
Susu, however, didn't care much about it and advised her, "Don't worry. The garment factory has already started producing my own designs. By then, they won't be able to find our sourcing channels anymore. If they want to get the same goods as us, they'll have to come to us to buy."
Yanan was extremely excited and said, "Then we'll become bigger wholesalers, and we won't have to bicker with people here."
"Yes, so you don't need to get angry at these people all the time."
"Mmm, I believe in your design standards. When our business grows bigger, you can create your own brand and establish your own company," Yanan began to envision.
Susu's face also glowed as she said, "Once the clothes I designed sell well, we'll first move to a larger shop. We'll take it step by step. By then, we won't have to wake up early and stay up late to guard the shop. I'll continue to focus on design, and you'll be the chief financial officer of our company. You won't have to worry about making a living or money anymore, and you'll have your own career."
"Are you really confident letting me manage the finances?" Yanan asked with insufficient confidence.
"Of course, I'm confident. Aren't you managing our small stall's accounts well now? I saw you taking accounting classes online?" One night, Gu Susu went to the restroom and saw that her room light was still on. Peeking through the slightly ajar door, she discovered she was still taking online courses on her phone.
Seeing that she had been discovered, Yanan said sheepishly, "It's nothing, just learning for fun."
"It's good to learn if you're interested," Susu encouraged her, knowing that it was not easy for her to take this step.
Since meeting her in prison, she had been drifting aimlessly. Previously, with her father's financial support, she never had to worry about food or clothing; she was essentially a minor delinquent on the fringes.
Now that Susu saw her finally pulling herself together and showing interest in doing something serious, she was happy for her.
That morning, Yanan went to the market to guard the stall first, while Susu stayed at their residence to perfect some design drafts and prepare to visit the factory to check on the finished garment production.
She heard a knock at the door. Thinking Yanan had forgotten something after leaving, she walked to the door, opened it, and said, "What did you forget to bring? I kept reminding you not to forget anything when you left..."
"Sister Susu, it's me."
Gu Susu swallowed the rest of her words and stared at Su Kangxi with wide eyes, "How did you find this place?"
"Brother Sijie asked me to find you..."
"He knows I'm here." Gu Susu's face instantly turned pale, like a startled bird.