Where is Tao exactly right now?

"It's not convenient for me."

Hearing Alex's answer, the clerk becomes even more worried.

Alex has no choice but to take out another 2000 euros, a total of 4000 euros. He takes the money and asks impatiently,

"Do you still want this money? I have seen your recruitment conditions. The maximum is 700 euros a month, and this is only available if you don't make mistakes and work hard.

4000 euros is indeed not much, but it is also the money you almost need to save for half a year without eating or drinking anything. Besides, are you really able to eat nothing?

With your conditions, it may take a year or even longer to save 4000 euros. What about now? 4000 euros is within your reach. It's just a extremely easy matter of calling the police. Are you sure that you truly don't want this chance?"

The clerk shows a struggling expression on his face, and Alex helpless continues to say,

"I know what you are worried about exactly. You are terrified that I am a bad person and afraid that I will do something bad and implicate you then, right?"

The clerk looks at Alex and nods slowly.

Alex smiles and says,

"Hey, man, it's really unnecessary, you know, you are just getting stuck in a dead end. If I were a bad guy, why would I ask you to call the police right now? If I were a bad guy or I were going to do something terrible, I would certainly be too busy hiding from the police as possible as I could. Why would I ask you to call the police to expose myself, right?"

The clerk thinks about it for awhile and it seems to be true, but he is still sort of worried.

"Then why don't you call the police by yourself directly?"

Alex slaps his forehead and pretends to be speechless.

"Oh! So you hesitates because of this. Well, well, You really misunderstands. I said it was inconvenient before to call the police not because of my identity. I mean that I actually don't know Tao at all. So if I call the police and report that she was missing. Do you think it's appropriate?"

The clerk thinks about it and it seems that it is indeed bizarre. Especially, it is easy for people to think that it is probably a prank.

Seeing the clerk's expression, Alex smiles and says, "Are you relieved now?"

The clerk nods, "Reassured, relieved."

As he says that, he reaches out to take the money which is still held down by Alex. The clerk looks at him puzzledly, not understanding what Alex means right now? Changed his mind already?

"Call the police, right now."

The clerk suddenly realizes and nods hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I'll call the police now."

He takes out his phone and calls the police as Alex has taught him.

After hanging up the phone, he looks at Alex again and asks cautiously, "Is it okay now?"

Alex smiles and nods, and pushes the money in front of him.

The clerk takes the money immediately, and his face shows an irrepressible joy. Alex looks at him and says,

"Today's incident is just your own decision and it has nothing to do with me. You haven't met me at all. Do you understand?"

Hearing this, the clerk's face freezes instantly. It's not like he hasn't watched any drama series before. Isn't this what the villain in the TV series said?

Alex smiles at him,

"This is just my little suggestion. If you want the money, you must do this, otherwise I will take the money back at any time. Believe me, I am able to do it."

Without waiting for the clerk to respond, Alex continues to say,

"Of course, you really don't have to do this. Return the money to me now, and I will wait for the police with you together."

The clerk struggles, and Alex could see that he wants to return the money,

"Have you thought it through? You have already called. If you give up now, not only will you not get the money, but you will also not get the previous 2000 euros. In other words, everything you have done is completely in vain.

Are you sure this is the result you truly want? Not only will you not get the money, but you will also get yourself into trouble, would you like it?"

The clerk looks at Alex, grits his teeth, and puts the money in his bag.

Alex nods in satisfaction, and when he stands up to leave, he warns again,

"Don't think about taking the money and then exposing me. You certainty can't afford the consequences."

Alex seems to be a villain by doing this, but in fact, it is only good for the clerk, and it has nothing to do with him whether Tao could be found or not then.

The reason why Alex acts like a villain is because Alex needs to ensure that the clerk will not expose Alex then.

Next, he should go home to test his father. Although he thinks that his father would not reveal any flaws, he still has to do it.

Because he wants to alert the enemy, and rely on Taos information to tell his father indirectly that he has already discovered something.

He believes that his father must know what he means, and at this time his father has to take action, and if there was any action, there would be flaws, and if there were flaws, Alex would have a chance.

Alex returns home quickly. When he is eating, he remembers that he didn't seem to have seen Sofia recently. He looks at his father immediately and asks curiously,

"By the way, where is Sofia? Why can't I see her recently?"

"She went back to her hometown and she said that she had something urgent to do. I saw that she didn't want to talk more, so I didn't ask more."

Going back to her hometown at this time?

Although Alex feels extremely puzzled, he doesn't continue to ask. His father has already said that he didn't know, and asking again would not get him any useful information.

After dinner, Alex calls Xu Sofia. The call gets connected soon, which makes him secretly relieved. It is not because he is afraid that Sofia would get into trouble, but if Sofia doesn't answer the phone, it could mean too much.

"I heard that you went back home recently, is it true? Why are you in such a hurry? You didn't even have time to tell me and say goodbye?"

There is silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then Sofia says,

"I didn't tell you because it has nothing to do with you."

Hearing Sofia's answer, Alex gets very speechless and asks,

"Don't you know that the more you say this, the more likely it is to arouse people's curiosity?"

"Someone at home is sick. Is it okay now?"

Alex holds the phone without any expression on his face. To be honest, he doesn't believe this reason very much, but then he just says a few simple greetings to her family.

After hanging up the phone, Alex always feels that Sofia's departure time was too coincidental. He hasn't seen her since he was discharged from the hospital. However, from the tone of the phone, he could hear that she is fine at this moment. Did she really go home?

Now he is basically sure that his father is the mastermind, and he handed Sofia over to his father personally and it has been more than three years. What would she look like now?

In these three years, his father told him that Sofia's condition has improved and she has gotten better and better. Was it really improved? Or maybe it was another kind of "improvement"?

The reason why Alex is so uncertain now is that Sofia's behavior was too normal in his recent memory. When he first met Sofia, she gave him the impression that she was completely crazy.

Now three years have passed, and the crazy look is no longer visible. The whole person has become more and more quiet and calm. This is why Alex never doubted his father before.

Because Sofia is indeed developing in a good direction in his eyes.

Now Sofia says that she went back to her hometown. Alex couldn't be sure whether what she says is true or false, but there is one thing he could be sure of, that is, he couldn't see her for a while recently. If he wants to see her, he has to wait until she is willing.

Alex now needs to wait for some news from the police. He is a bit afraid that the police will not take it seriously, because in a big city like Beijing City, disappearances are too common, and people disappear almost every day.

But this disappearance is not the kind of being kidnapped or killed, but the floating population in big cities is extremely large. Some people go to the city to work, resign and then quit, and maybe go directly back to their hometown or maybe go somewhere else to look for some opportunities.

Once the case is reported, the police will spend a lot of energy to investigate. What's more, it would be so hilarious and ridiculous to finally find that the person is lying happily in his hometown. Who can the police complain to then?

As for the saying in the TV series that a case can only be filed if the person is missing for more than 24 or 48 hours, it is all nonsense. As long as you report the missing person, the case will be filed on the spot.

But there is one thing extremely right in the TV series, that is, if the missing time is too short, the police will not take it seriously, so he has to wait patiently at this moment.

…

In the police station, a police officer has already questioned the restaurant clerk. After he learns about it, he initially judges that this is very likely a missing case. Combined with the previous missing cases, he feels it necessary to contact the criminal police team to see if they had any information.

He contacts the criminal police team immediately, and it happens to be Yang on duty. He briefly explains the situation then.

Yang doesn't care at first, because the missing case has been closed and the missing person has been found. However, after hearing the description of the police officer in charge of the case, he also agrees with this police offer's judgment. This does look like a missing person, but Yang still doesn't connect this missing person with the previous case.

Until the police officer mentions the fast food restaurant, Yang's attitude changes completely. That fast food restaurant is not simple at all. Alice, Dong, and Alex have all been there before, and now a clerk there is suspected of missing, which is hard for Yang not to think too much. He quickly says,

"Send the case information over, and I'll take a closer look right now."