Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 261: Liu Bai Missing

As April came to an end, the weather in Haizhou City shifted from cool to hot.

Day by day, the temperature rose, and the clothing of the beauties on the street lessened.

"Are you going out for May Day holiday?"

Even when eating in the cafeteria, Lu Chuan and Forensic Doctor Shen mostly sat at the same table.

By now, everyone understood.

Though the other policewomen still harbored fantasies about Lu Chuan, they could only dream.

No single male officers pursued Forensic Doctor Shen either, as in terms of family background, looks, ability, or merit, no one could compare to Lu Chuan.

He picked up a piece of braised pork for Lu Chuan: "No plans yet, if there are no cases, I’d like to go out for a bit."

"What about you?"

"I haven’t decided yet, but I’ve heard that during May Day, Liu Bai is coming here for a concert. Want to go listen?"

Liu Bai?

"Is he coming?"

Liu Bai, an accomplished singer, his songs were popular over a decade ago.

It’s fair to say he accompanied the childhoods of Lu Chuan and Forensic Doctor Shen.

"I heard it from my cousin. Want to go to the concert?"

"Sounds good..."

Shen Yan paused: "But Liu Bai’s concert tickets aren’t easy to get, right?"

"No worries, I’ll handle it."

This was something Lu Chuan had heard about from Lu Yao when he left home that morning.

Concerts aren’t organized by the singers themselves, they have entertainment companies arranging them.

Here in Haizhou City, there also needs to be a co-organizer.

Coincidentally, as Lu Yao mentioned, Liu Bai’s concert this time is in collaboration with an entertainment company under the Qiangsheng Group.

With that, not to mention two tickets, even getting Liu Bai to sing solo for two people in a karaoke room wouldn’t be a problem.

The May Day holiday is only three days anyway, going out would just be tiresome travel.

And for both Lu Chuan and Shen Yan, where to go doesn’t matter.

Being together is what’s most important.

On days without cases, the work of Crime Scene Investigators and Forensic Doctors is relatively relaxed.

Recently, Forensic Doctor Shen has been performing free bone density measurements for the detectives in the team.

A few older colleagues indeed have some minor issues.

Old Bai has been taking calcium tablets and sunbathing every day recently.

"Old Bai, are you sure about this?"

Yang Sen, holding an enamel mug, stood beside the rocking chair Old Bai had bought.

"It’s kids who usually sunbathe to absorb calcium."

"At your age, shouldn’t you stop fussing over it?"

Old Bai gave Yang Sen an annoyed glance.

"You’ll understand the importance of health when you reach my age."

"Brother Yang, don’t bother advising; Old Sun from Group Two, Old Liu from Group One, and Old Song from logistics, each got a rocking chair. They planned this together."

Lu Chuan was quite familiar with this matter.

And to be honest, doing so does have some effect.

The method taught by Forensic Doctor Shen surely works.

While forensic doctors deal with corpses, bones are about the same for both the living and the dead.

Bam!

While the group was chatting, the office door flew open.

Old Bai, half-lying on his rocking chair, was startled and sat up.

It was rare for someone to open the Crime Scene Investigation office door so aggressively.

Whenever it happens, it’s likely there’s a case.

The three turned to look and saw Liu Guodong, who looked a bit troubled.

"What’s up, is there a case?"

Liu Guodong nodded: "A missing person case."

Missing?

Upon hearing this, Old Bai lay back down.

Yang Sen, who had been on edge, relaxed, and Lu Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be just a missing person case; the three of them thought it might be another murder case!

As long as it’s not a murder case, it’s fine.

"Boss, a missing person case... does our team handle those now?"

"Shouldn’t that be reported to the police station?"

Liu Guodong shook his head: "This time, it’s not an ordinary person who’s missing. Director Song personally called Captain Qin."

"We must find the missing person as quickly as possible."

"Who is it with such influence?"

"Singer, Liu Bai."

Damn...

Lu Chuan was taken aback; he and Shen Yan were just planning to watch Liu Bai’s concert on May Day.

That morning, Lu Yao had just given him two front-row VVIP tickets.

Driving that morning, Lu Chuan didn’t give the tickets to Shen Yan, planning to surprise her later.

But now, with the concert just three days away, you’re telling me the singer is missing?

"Yang Sen, Old Bai, you hold the fort. Lu Chuan, come with me to the meeting room."

"Alright."

"Yes!"

The two quickly donned their uniforms and left.

When Lu Chuan and the others arrived, the meeting room was about halfway full.

"Lu, come on in, take a seat."

"Here, sit over here."

As Lu Chuan entered, many greeted him.

Lu Chuan responded to each and sat down beside Zhang Hui and Zhang Xiao.

Liu Guodong didn’t need to be called; as a middle manager of the team along with Sun Jun, Ren Qiang, and others, their names were on the meeting table, seated in the first row.

The rest sat in a circle around the chairs along the wall, with no fixed seats, sitting with those they knew well.

Police kept coming into the meeting room one after another.

"Brother Hui, what’s the situation?"

"Not quite sure. I heard from Brother Qiang that a singer planning a concert here went missing."

"It seems their name is... a few hundred something?"

A few hundred?

"Brother Hui, haven’t you heard Liu Bai’s songs?"

"Which songs?"

"The Mighty Forest."

"Damn... he sang that?"

Lu Chuan: "..."

While Lu Chuan chatted with Zhang Hui, others around were also talking.

Zhang Xiao whispered with a colleague nearby.

"Heard it was just reported to the Friendship Road Station."

"Celebrities going missing isn’t uncommon, like on TV."

"Maybe they just went out to have fun and ditched their manager or something."

"But celebrities do have a lot of pull. If it were an ordinary missing person case, it wouldn’t reach us."

"Exactly, there are countless missing person cases. If they all came to our Criminal Investigation Team, we wouldn’t do anything else."

Clearly, everyone had some reservations about the Criminal Investigation Team, typically handling big cases, being assigned to a celebrity’s disappearance.

"Ahem!"

Qin Yong had just arrived at the door and clearly overheard the discussions.

Sitting at the head, he cleared his throat and scanned the room.

"I just heard discussions about the case outside the meeting room."

"I need to emphasize the particularity of this case."

"This isn’t just a missing person case. Liu Bai is a famous singer. Disappearing during a concert in our city, possibly kidnapped, severely impacts our city’s security."

"If this isn’t handled well, it has far-reaching consequences for Haizhou City."

"If Liu Bai can’t be found, if this case isn’t solved well, what other celebrity would dare come to work in Haizhou City after this?"

"What entrepreneur would dare invest in Haizhou City?"

"Therefore, everyone must heighten their awareness."

"We must give this our all and solve the case in the shortest time possible!"