Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 31

Ch 31: Missing

When Qin Jin-nian arrived at the police station, Lin Yun was crying inside, pleading with tears streaming down her face: “Please, please, you must help me find Ningning, you must help me find her, otherwise, otherwise I won’t be able to live either. Wuwu…”

The helpless cries caused people handling other matters in the police station to turn their heads and whisper among themselves.

Accompanying Lin Yun were two women, one in her forties, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, with a serious expression on her face, and she was communicating with the police.

The other one was obviously younger, appearing to be only in her twenties. Although her appearance was ordinary, she was youthful. She accompanied Lin Yun throughout, holding her hand tightly, but her expression, besides anxiety, also showed a bit of panic and helplessness.

“Sister Yun.”

Qin Jin-nian walked over quickly.

“Xiao Nian.” Lin Yun, upon seeing Qin Jin-nian, seemed to see a relative, and after calling out, she said with a sob: “Ningning is missing.”

“Sister Yun, don’t be anxious first, missing? Where did she go missing? What did the police say?”

Although Qin Jin-nian was also anxious, he was calm at the moment, and after comforting Lin Yun, he asked.

“She went missing during the school’s nap time.” Sister Yun said, gasping for breath.

“Nap time?” Qin Jin-nian was stunned, then immediately frowned, noticing something amiss: “Isn’t nap time in the afternoon? It’s already afternoon, why did you only report it now?”

Speaking of this, Lin Yun’s crying paused for a moment, and then she looked at the girl beside her resentfully.

The girl’s face also turned pale, then she lowered her head, with self-reproach and a sob, as well as some helplessness: “I, I’m sorry. I, I discovered it was already half-past two in the afternoon… The babies woke up at half-past two, and then found that Ningning was gone. Then the school teachers immediately looked for her at school… but… didn’t find her, and only then reported it to the police. It delayed some time…”

“Who is this?” Qin Jin-nian, although he had some guesses, still asked.

“I, I am Ningning’s teacher…”

The girl answered with her head lowered.

Ningning was five and a half years old and was in the senior class of the kindergarten. The kindergarten was not far from the Tongmuqi Community and was a full-day private kindergarten.

“Doesn’t the school have surveillance?”

“Yes… every class and dormitory in the school has surveillance. Outside the teaching building, at the school gate, there is surveillance.”

“Then didn’t the cameras capture Ningning?”

“They did. Around one o’clock at noon, Ningning suddenly woke up, and then put on her clothes and went out by herself. Then she went downstairs by herself and walked out of the teaching building. Finally, she was seen walking to a blind spot of the surveillance camera by herself, and then… she was never seen again.” The teacher quickly answered.

Qin Jin-nian’s eyebrows immediately furrowed: “In other words, Ningning went missing by herself? And it was during nap time? Where were you at that time?”

The teacher’s face turned pale again, and after her mouth moved, she lowered her head, full of self-reproach: “I, I was also a bit tired at the time, and I fell asleep in a daze… also in the dormitory.”

Qin Jin-nian’s eyebrows tightened again.

In other words, Ningning, by herself, in a kindergarten full of surveillance cameras, and even with teachers, inexplicably went missing?

His heart was full of confusion, but at the moment, he had no clues, and he turned his head to ask Lin Yun: “Sister Yun, how long ago did you report it to the police? What did the police say?”

“I just reported it when I went to pick up Ningning after work, it’s been about an hour, and they’ve already sent people to investigate. But I don’t know the specifics yet.”

Perhaps because Qin Jin-nian had come, at least someone familiar to Lin Yun, it made her feel a little bit of reliance, her voice was still trembling, with a sob, but she was no longer just crying like before.

But when Qin Jin-nian heard this, his heart sank, it had been an hour, and no news had come from the police, indicating that they hadn’t found her yet.

However, a five-year-old girl, in a kindergarten in the city center, where could she run off to? If she just went missing, an hour, she should have been found by now.

Not found yet, it means… things are developing in a very worrying direction.

“Where is the surveillance video now? Can I take a look?” Qin Jin-nian asked Lin Yun.

Just listening to the teacher’s description, Qin Jin-nian couldn’t grasp many key points, he wanted to see the video.

Lin Yun nodded quickly, then looked at the teacher.

The girl quickly stood up and said: “All the surveillance videos have been handed over to the police, I, I’ll go ask the police.”

After saying that, she quickly walked towards the black-framed middle-aged woman and the police officer who were communicating.

Lin Yun covered her face with both hands, and her emotions seemed to be a little out of control again: “Ningning, Ningning… if something happens to Ningning, I, I won’t live either.”

Qin Jin-nian walked over, gently patted her shoulder, and said in a calm voice: “Sister Yun, don’t worry first, the police are trying to find a way, they will definitely find Ningning.”

Lin Yun raised her tearful face and wanted to say something, but the police and the black-framed glasses middle-aged woman had already walked over.

“Are you here to see the surveillance? Who are you?” The police officer asked Qin Jin-nian.

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Before Qin Jin-nian could answer, Lin Yun had already interjected: “He is my younger brother.”

Qin Jin-nian was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t deny it, but nodded and asked: “Can I see the surveillance?”

“In principle, it’s not allowed. However… since you are a family member, it’s not a problem. Come with me.”

The police officer thought for a moment and nodded, then led the few people to an office.

“All the surveillance footage from the school today is here… Xiao Li, help us retrieve the surveillance video sent over by Sunshine Kindergarten today.”

The middle-aged police officer said.

“Okay.” A younger police officer sitting in front of the computer responded.

Soon, several surveillance screens were projected onto the computer screen in front of them.

There were many screens, about fifty or sixty, showing that the school had quite a few surveillance cameras.

“Which one is the dormitory screen?” Qin Jin-nian leaned forward to look.

“This one.” The middle-aged police officer quickly brought it up for Qin Jin-nian and enlarged it.

Then they saw a very warm dormitory, the walls were pink, and there were many stickers of stars, moons, and various small animals.

“Ningning’s bed is here…”

The teacher said with a trembling voice, pointing to a location.

These beds were all bunk beds, and Ningning’s bed was on the lower bunk by the window.

Qin Jin-nian looked over, and after the police officer advanced the time a bit, Qin Jin-nian quickly saw that, on the small bed, Ningning suddenly moved, and then began to put on her own clothes.

After putting on her clothes and shoes and socks, she got up and walked towards the dormitory door by herself.

The teacher was also in the picture, lying on a small table at the dormitory door, looking like she had fallen asleep.

Ningning walked past the teacher without saying a word and walked towards the door.

Qin Jin-nian’s eyes suddenly narrowed slightly: “Stop.”

The police officer immediately pressed the pause button: “What’s wrong? Did you find anything?”

Qin Jin-nian frowned and looked at Ningning in the picture, then looked at the police officer and said: “Don’t you find it? Ningning’s expression seems a little off.”

“Off?” The police officer quickly looked carefully, but after looking for a while, he frowned and said: “The picture quality isn’t very clear, but it looks… there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong, right?”

“No, it’s very wrong… Look at her eyes, they’re very vacant.”

Qin Jin-nian pointed at Ningning’s eyes, which were frozen in the picture.

For Ningning, the thing that impressed Qin Jin-nian the most was her bright, big eyes, which were very lively.

But at the moment, the Ningning in the picture had vacant eyes.

“Vacant?”

The police officer’s eyebrows also furrowed.

He looked more carefully, but after looking for a while, he still shook his head: “I can’t see it…”

Qin Jin-nian: “…”

“Forget it, let’s continue playing… is the next one the video outside the door?”

Qin Jin-nian didn’t continue to delve into it, he planned to keep watching.

After watching the video, he would say something.