709 A Million Times for You 71 (2/2)

Did Mrs. Gu forget to inform her? Mei Yangyang wondered.

Feeling worried, she decided to go to the Gu family mansion again, only to find out that An Xiaoning was still not home yet.

She continued to wait until eleven o'clock at night.

Mei Yangyang was getting worried and jittery.

”Did something happen to Sis?”

Upon hearing her words, Mrs. Gu could not help but feel a little worried. ”I don't think so. Xiaoning is no ordinary person, but she would usually be home by this time, and she would inform us whenever she's not coming home for the night. But then again, she can't contact us because she didn't bring her mobile phone.”

Gu Beicheng and Lin Mingxi had gone to bed early and thus were not aware of the situation.

It was half-past eleven when Mrs. Gu woke them up.

Lin Mingxi tried to dial An Xiaoning's landline in Sanqiao Estate, only to discover that An Xiaoning was not there either.

Gu Beicheng called the police station and requested for them to find out where An Xiaoning's car was last seen.

Half an hour later, the police informed Gu Beicheng that there were no records of An Xiaoning's car today in the surveillance camera footages.

Gu Beicheng immediately guessed that something must have happened to An Xiaoning.

There were surveillance cameras in every corner of the streets. Thus, it would be impossible for An Xiaoning's car to not be captured by any.

Unless someone had erased all the footages.

The Gu family was sent into a state of panic. Mrs. Gu said, ”Beicheng, since someone had intentionally erased the surveillance camera footages, go to Commander-in-chief Jin and Chief of Staff Lin's homes to inform them of this matter. They'll definitely be able to find out who had deleted it. Xiaoning is their goddaughter too, they won't leave her in the lurch.”

”Let's split up. Beicheng, go to Commander-in-chief Jin's house while I go visit Chief of Staff Lin,” said Mei Yangyang.

”Hubby, hurry. I'll go with you.” Lin Mingxi grabbed her car keys and pulled Gu Beicheng out of the door frantically.

Mr. and Mrs. Gu stayed at home and prayed fervently for everything to be fine.

The Jin and Lin families were both shocked and angry after hearing about the incident.

They immediately instructed their subordinates to find out who the culprit was.

It was easy for the police to investigate since there was an abundance of manpower at the police station.

Besides, there were only a small number of staff members in charge of controlling the surveillance camera monitors. Thus, someone must have erased the footages of An Xiaoning's car passing by.

Commander-in-chief Jin and Chief of Staff Lin headed to the police station at night with their wives.

After taking attendance of the police officers in the surveillance camera control room, they discovered that one of them was missing.

They then found the missing police officer dead in his rented apartment.

He was fatally stabbed with a knife in his chest.

They decided to pin him as the prime suspect behind the act. The bunch of police officers would usually be on duty together in the day. However, he was the only one left remaining inside the monitor control room when his colleagues left for lunch in the afternoon.

In other words, he was the most suspicious one.

Clearly, that police officer was instigated and compelled to erase the footages. He was not the mastermind who had intentions to harm An Xiaoning.

There were too many possible suspects who could order him around.

Yet, they could not find any clues or recently-contacted persons in the deceased policeman's mobile phone.

Thus, it would be difficult to find out who the real mastermind was in a short period of time.

The two political figures were exasperated beyond limits. Yet, they could not abuse their authority in broad daylight.

After having a discussion, they decided to call Lin Shishi in the morning.

They instructed Lin Shishi to tell Tuoba Gucheng to investigate the matter thoroughly.