Yan Zhiyuan drove from Yunzhou City, but did not go to the Imperial Capital.
To be precise, he did not report to the agreed school in the Imperial Capital, or he may have arrived in the Imperial Capital.
The most serious thing is that no one from the Imperial Capital, Yunzhou, or his daughter can contact him.
Putting aside the first two, even if he was caught up in something else, there was no way he wouldn't even answer his daughter's call, right?
Where did Yan Zhiyuan go? Was he in danger?
The more everyone thought about it, the more fear they felt in their hearts. They continued to try to contact Yan Zhiyuan several times, but Yan Zhiyuan was always turned off.
In an emergency, both parties chose to call the police.
After receiving the alarm, the relevant departments in Imperial Capital and Yunzhou began a joint investigation into Yan Zhiyuan's whereabouts.
According to surveillance along the way, after Yan Zhiyuan set off from home that afternoon, he drove all the way to the imperial capital.
Before getting on the highway, he went to a nearby gas station to fill up the car with gas and also used the toilet at the gas station.
Then, with little rest along the way, we arrived in the Imperial Capital that evening and checked into the hotel we had booked in advance.
Strangely, the police discovered in the surveillance video provided by the hotel that Yan Zhiyuan never left the house after checking into the hotel.
Yes, you read that right, I haven’t been out for more than a week.
The staff at the hotel's front desk said that when he checked in, he paid half a month's room fee at once, and said that he did not need to clean the room in the middle. If necessary, he would contact the front desk. If he did not contact him, he hoped that no one would clean the room.
Don't bother him.
For residents who stay for a long time and do not need daily cleaning, the hotel is very willing.
At the same time, this was not the first time for the hotel staff to encounter this situation, and they did not find it strange. Many guests did not want to be disturbed, which is normal.
So much so that in the next few days, no one noticed that Yan Zhiyuan had not left the house since he moved in.
It was not until the police came to the hotel to learn about the situation and the hotel staff conducted surveillance that they discovered this serious problem.
At that time, everyone's first thought was whether there was something wrong with Yan Zhiyuan's health, but no one saw it in time and something happened in the room.
The hotel staff hurriedly took the key to the room and opened the door.
The hotel was empty, and there was no trace of Yan Zhiyuan anywhere.
Only Yan Zhiyuan's suitcase was placed in the center of the room. The suitcase was placed vertically and seemed to have never been opened.
Moreover, nothing in the room seemed to have been touched, not even the quilt was opened.
It was obvious that Yan Zhiyuan had never slept in a hotel bed.
However, he was such a good person. After entering the hotel, he never went out, but he was not in the room. Where did he go?
Evaporated?
What's even more unfortunate is that half a month ago, the camera in the corridor on the third floor of the hotel was broken and was being repaired, so we couldn't find out through the surveillance when Yan Zhiyuan entered the room and when he left the room.
Although it is not yet certain whether Yan Zhiyuan was killed, if something like this happened, the hotel would definitely not be able to continue operating.
In the afternoon of the same day, the hotel ceased operations, and all residents made arrangements with the hotel to refund their money and leave the hotel, and went to a place arranged by the police to undergo investigation.
This incident caused quite a stir in the imperial capital, and the police took it very seriously.
Among them, Muchan participated in the investigation of this case.
They launched a blanket search in the hotel, checking every corner of the hotel. They also investigated all hotel staff and everyone who had been in and out of the hotel in the past few days.
No suspicious persons were found, and no clues about Yan Zhiyuan were found.
Moreover, the police also investigated all the surveillance cameras near the hotel along the way. Except for the record of checking into the hotel on the day of arrival in the imperial capital, there was no record of Yan Zhiyuan's whereabouts.
Could it be that a perfectly good living person really disappeared from the world?
Muchan and the others investigated for three days and three nights, but found no clues.
So they contacted the Yunzhou police again.
Yunzhou also paid close attention to this matter, but also found no clues.
Yan Guo took a leave of absence from school because of his father's affairs and went to the police station every day. Although he was anxious, Yan Guo himself was very cooperative and answered everything he knew.
On the fourth day of the investigation, Yan Guo accidentally saw the video of her father Yan Zhiyuan checking into a hotel in Imperial Capital at the police station, and her brows suddenly furrowed.
Yan Guo said to Li Xinjie: "I feel like my dad's left hand is injured."
Li Xinjie turned back the surveillance camera and looked at it carefully: "I didn't find any wounds on my hands. What are you talking about?"
Yan Guo: "I didn't see it either."
"However, my father is left-handed. If he hadn't injured his left hand, he probably wouldn't be able to push the suitcase with his right hand."
Li Xinjie's eyes suddenly turned serious when he looked at Yan Guo: "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
Li Xinjie watched the surveillance video several times and compared it with the video in front of Yan Zhiyuan's home on the day he set off from Yunzhou.
Yan Guo was right. When setting out, Yan Zhiyuan did push the suitcase with his left hand. Moreover, in daily life, he often carried heavy objects with his left hand. He was indeed left-handed.
However, after he arrived in the Imperial Capital from Yunzhou, he went directly to the hotel. He didn't find any accidents on the way, and he didn't see any wounds on his hands.
What is going on?
Because of this incident, Li Xinjie held an emergency meeting with his colleagues in the unit and told Mu Can about it.
Muchan and his colleagues also watched the surveillance video many times.
However, apart from the fact that Yan Zhiyuan was different from usual when pushing his suitcase in the hotel, no clues were found.
Later that day, Mu Can was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Suddenly he thought of a very serious person.
At around four o'clock in the morning, Li Xinjie received a call from Mu Can.
On the phone, Muchan said: "Is it possible that the person who checked into the hotel is not Yan Zhiyuan?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Xinjie was startled. He hurriedly got up from the bed, reopened the surveillance video, and stared at it carefully.
During this process, the two kept talking on the phone.
After comparing and watching multiple videos many times.
Li Xinjie agreed with Mu Can's statement.
Because Yan Zhiyuan was wearing a baseball cap when he set out that day, covering most of his face, so in many surveillance videos, he was actually judged by his body shape and luggage.
So no one has ever doubted the identity of the person in the video.
But after careful comparison, you will soon find that the person who set off from Yunzhou and the person who arrived in the imperial capital and checked into the hotel are not the same person at all.
Yan Zhiyuan is left-handed, and the person staying at the hotel is right-handed.
Yan Zhiyuan has a habit of walking with his heels first, and people staying in hotels walk with their toes first.
Yan Zhiyuan walks with a straight face, but that person doesn't.