At about nine o'clock, most of the officers had already left and the criminal police department was deserted. Xu Xiaodong looked at the documents faxed over from the public security offices around the whole of China and said, "How nice. We’re the only ones left here. If we have any police reports come through today, it’ll definitely find its way to us.”

Lin Dongxue said, "Don’t worry about those. We should only check our own."

Chen Shi bought some food and beverages before coming back. "How’s it going?"

Xu Xiaodong read the faxed file in his hand. "In the file sent by xx police, a girl disappeared in xx in 2005. There was a call record between the missing girl and Luo Zuyu. But the investigation was suspended due to insufficient evidence."

Lin Dongxue read, "In 2007, a girl’s corpse was burned in the suburbs of...