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Chapter 529 5

"There is one thing I find weird. When I called my girlfriend for the second time that day, she seemed to be going in a cab"

"We have checked your girlfriends activity but found no booking for a cab" HK answered patiently while Sia observed him quietly

"That is what the weirdest part. My girlfriend is extremely cautious. She never books for a cab when she is alone. She usually uses subways and always choses the crowded road to go home since that\'s the only way she feels safe. But that day she was clearly going in a cab"

"Did she tell you that personally?"

"No, I guessed it based on the background noise. The were sounds of cars honking and driving past, and the sound of wind whistlings. There was no sound of people or announcements like in the subways"

"You mean to say your girlfriend went in a car instead of subway on the day she went missing. And more importantly, based on how cautious your girlfriend is, she would definitely not choose to go in a cab alone which means she must have travelled with a familiar person. It must either be a co worker or friend who happened to be there conincidentally"

Seeing that Sia understood his point, Mr. Huo heaved a sigh and nodded his head. Thinking of something, Sia immideately turned around to leave. Before leaving, she did not forget to advice him "You, get back to your sense soon"

"I know"

Leaving Mr. Huo\'s house, Sia immediately made her way to the company the victim was working. Going towards the security, she immediately asked him to take her to the monitoring room where one could see all the survielence camera. Seeing Sia working on the computer, HK asked curiously "Why did you suddenly rush to the company?"

"Mr. Huo gave us a crucial clue that could help us find the culprit" Sia answered to him patiently

"How?"

"According to Mr. Hou, he spoke with Ms. Xu for ten minutes the first time he made the call. If we calculate the time, it takes her five minutes to come down from her office, and another five minutes to walk out of the company after finishing the logging out procedures. They must have hung up the call the moment she walked out of the company. After walking out of the company Ms. Xu must walk for at least five to ten minutes to reach the subway. And it takes her another half an hour to reach her landing station. But Mr. Hou said that when he called her half and hour later, she did not seem to be taking a subway but instead she seemed to be taking a cab"

"Why a cab? Why not a bus?" "Bus can be ruled out cause it takes a lot more time to go in a bus, especially during the peak hours. Mrs. Xu also said that she always uses subway as it is quick and much more convenient to travel meanwhile she might have to change two to three buses when traveling by a bus. Bikes can also be ruled out, so the only option left is car"

"This Mr. Huo is quite intelligent" HK commented while rubbing his chin

"He is more than that" Sia commented

"But what are we doing here now?"

"Checking out if anyone else left after Ms. Xu"

Soon the monitor showed the footage of Ms. Xu leaving the office. After her three more woman and a man walked out in the span of fifteen minutes. Out of the three woman, two were workers from different department and were not on familiar term with Ms. Xu. The other two worked with Ms. Xu but one of them left in his own car in the opposite direction while the other one did not leave immediately instead she seemed to be waiting for someone and only left after more than twenty minutes. By then Ms. Xu was already sitting in the hunters car.

"let\'s go"

Then without saying much, Sia walked out of the monitoring room. While walking out, she called the police station and asked "Check the location of each one of Ms. Xu\'s colleagues on XX day between nine to ten immediately"

After issuing the order Sia made her way out of the company and drove through the path that Ms. Xu usually walked to head to the subway. But there weren\'t much surveillance camera that could capture Ms. Xu so it was impossible to find out whom Ms. Xu left with. Seeing that they could not find any clues here, Sia and HK left the scene and headed back to the police station. On the way, HK could not help but ask "Aren\'t you going to check other victims? May be we could find some clues from their side?"

"No use"

"Why do you say so?"

Instead of answering, Sia asked "Do you know why I choose Ms. Xu out of the four victims leaving aside the fifth victim? Its because of her personality. Unlike other victims, Ms. Xu was extremely cautious and never followed strangers. Moreover she was very particular with people and never bothered with unimportant people. For her to follow the criminal, he must be someone she knows or atleast trusts. We couldn\'t find any clues from Ms. Xu\'s side who was extremely cautious and always followed the crowd, we won\'t find any clues from the other three either since the other three victims were in non survielence zone or used to walk through path that weren\'t under survielence. So the only way to break through this case is the first victim and hopefully the fifth victim"

"Now whats your next plan"

"To head back to the station"

And just like that another day passed. The next day Sia finally received the report she was awaiting for. After skimming through the list, Sia slapped the sheet onto the desk and said "We finally found a clue. The criminal must be someone familiar to the victim. But at present we can only confirm that the first victim was familiar with the killer"