Chapter 133

Luo Fei arrived at the old pier where the mysterious person had made the appointment and saw that it was empty all around. He glanced at his watch; the hour hand was pointing exactly at 7 o'clock. He stood in a conspicuous position and waited for more than ten minutes, but still didn't see anyone appear. Just as he was doubting if someone was playing a prank on him, he saw a small boat sailing over on the river. After the small boat stopped steadily at the shore, a person whose features couldn't be seen clearly came out of the cabin. Judging from the physique, it was a man. The man opened his mouth and said, "Officer Luo, right?"

Luo Fei immediately distinguished that this person was exactly the mysterious person who had called him. He hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, I am Luo Fei!"

The other party said, "Come up, come to the boat, and I will tell you everything I know!"

Luo Fei sized up this small boat and saw that the low cabin didn't look like it could hide anyone. Coupled with his confidence in his close-quarters combat ability, he jumped onto the boat in a stride without hesitation.

Seeing him get on the boat, the man revealed a trace of approval in his eyes. He bent down and returned to the cabin. It turned out there was a diesel engine at the stern of the boat, and the small boat was moving forward on the river relying on this.

Luo Fei also followed him into the cabin. The man sat at the stern and steered the small boat toward the center of the river. Only then did Luo Fei see the other party's appearance clearly; it was a young man who didn't look very old.

Seeing him sizing himself up, the other party smiled slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "Officer Luo's courage is not small. Aren't you afraid I have evil intentions toward you?"

"Hahahaha!" Luo Fei laughed, "I'm just a small police officer, without power or influence. What benefit is there for you to have evil intentions toward me?"

The man laughed silently, learned from Luo Fei's appearance, sized up Luo Fei for a while, and said, "Do you know why I chose to call you?"

Luo Fei shook his head: "I really haven't thought about this. However, since there is a possibility of finding news about the missing children, I naturally have to come and see the truth!"

The man's eyebrows lifted slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. He looked at Luo Fei with an approving gaze: "Officer Luo, actually we have met before!"

These words made Luo Fei freeze. He carefully sized up the man in front of him who was about his age, searching rapidly in his brain, but he really couldn't remember where he had met him.

Seeing this, the man hurriedly explained: "Oh! It should be said that I have already seen you, but you don't know me."

"This, who are you?" Luo Fei asked with a head full of fog.

"My surname is Yao, called Yao Tao." The man introduced himself: "Ge Manli is my cousin!"

So that's it! Luo Fei said in surprise: "Oh! Didn't you return to the United States?" He remembered that after recovering the property that Tan Yang had taken from Ren Jia and the others, he was ordered to return it to Ge Manli's parents together with Gu Changzheng. At that time, a young man claimed to be Ge Manli's cousin, heard the bad news about his cousin, and specially came back to accompany his uncle and aunt for a period of time.

Luo Fei didn't expect to meet him here again, and was even more puzzled about how he had news about the missing children and knew that he was investigating this case.

Seeing his puzzled face, Yao Tao explained: "Officer Luo, don't misunderstand. After meeting you at my uncle's house that time, I noticed you left contact information for my uncle. This time when I came back, I was staying at the Ziweihua Hotel, so that day..."

Only then did Luo Fei understand. It was normal for him to know about the incident where Zhang Qiang wanted to jump off the building, as it had caused a great stir.

"Regarding the matter of that child, actually I have been paying attention for a long time. Accompanying the disappearance of people behind these years is the trade of human organs, and the perpetrators have long tended to be international and group-based. In the United States, I joined an international volunteer team—the Missing Persons Search Alliance! The main work is to use the Internet to publish the situation of missing children in various countries. Because my cousin was in Zizhen, I paid extra attention to the missing persons in this place. I have also been paying attention to the child named Zhang Qizhi for a long time!"

After listening to his introduction, a feeling of admiration couldn't help but arise in Luo Fei's heart. He said sincerely: "Thank you! If you can find these children back, you are truly doing a great service!"

Yao Tao said: "We have also studied the details of these missing children..."

Luo Fei suddenly interrupted here: "How do you know the details of these missing children?"

Yao Tao smiled: "Don't misunderstand, we didn't invade the network of any government agency, but we learned about it after contacting the families of the missing children."

After listening to Yao Tao's introduction, Luo Fei felt it was reasonable and felt embarrassed for his suspicion! At this time, Yao Tao showed his high emotional intelligence. He saw Luo Fei's awkwardness, smiled lightly, and said: "Officer Luo, the reason we chose you is also because of your principles and loyalty to the law. It is normal for you to have doubts about the channels through which we obtained information before you understood us. And the reason I met you in this secret way is also because I am worried that the other party knows of our existence, thereby bringing danger to our team. Please understand!"

"Understood! This can be understood. You said you have news about Zhang Qizhi in your hands; what is going on?"

Seeing that he had explained the situation, Luo Fei turned the topic to Zhang Qizhi, which was also his purpose today. Yao Tao took a backpack from the narrow cabin and took out a small computer from it. While operating the computer, he said: "The information we collected about Zhang Qizhi is all in the computer. You can look at it slowly."

Only seeing him open a folder, a photo of a little boy who looked about three or four years old appeared on the computer screen, and then a line of text appeared below: Missing child, Zhang Qizhi, from Zizhen City, Nanjiang Province, China...

Luo Fei clicked the mouse, and the next photo was a photo of a woman in her forties. Luo Fei was suddenly shocked! Could it be...

Yao Tao looked at Luo Fei's surprised expression and said: "This is what we discovered after checking the surveillance at the scenes of several missing children. Basically, it is such a woman who took the children away. However, in most videos, her face cannot be seen clearly. This is the image we calculated after comparison. I hope it can bring help to your case solving."

Luo Fei was even more surprised: "How did you get the videos of these crime scenes? Could it be..."

"Hehe!" Yao Tao touched the bridge of his nose and smiled: "There are experts from various industries in our team. It is not difficult to obtain this information!"

He paused, perhaps worried that Luo Fei would have a bad impression of them, and then said: "We will strictly investigate those who join the team and will only accept him (her) to join if they meet the conditions. Therefore, there will be no situation that harms society."

Luo Fei said: "I don't understand you, but I must tell you, if, I mean if, you use your ability to do things that harm society and harm others, I will not stand idly by! Do you know?"

Yao Tao looked at Luo Fei, who said these words seriously, and smiled, saying a sentence that Luo Fei didn't expect!