Chapter: 5501

Next to him, An Old Madam smiled and said, "Ailin, we're going to sleep on the plane and arrive at our destination late. It'll be tiring after all that travel. We might even struggle to get a good rest. When we land, it'll just be in time for another nap. If we were to fly early tomorrow, we'd have to adjust to the time difference right away."

Lee Ailin nodded in admiration and said, "Madam, you're so wise. Everything makes sense when you put it that way. You've considered every aspect."

An Old Madam laughed and said, "Don't flatter me unnecessarily. If anyone can compare with your wisdom, I dare not say."

Next to him, An Qiushan gazed out the window in silence for a moment before asking An Old Madam, "Where are we going on this flight?"

An Old Madam said with a patient tone, "Didn't I just tell you that we're going to Jinling to look for Chen Er?"

"Looking for Chen Er...". An Qiushan muttered to himself and then asked, "How old is Chen Er now? Has he grown up?"

The Old Madam replied, "Chen Er is 28 years old this year. Who knows if we'll be able to find him and his grandchildren by the time we get there."

An Qiushan was taken aback, nodded slightly, and then stared out the window without speaking again.

Lee Ailin whispered to the Old Madam, "Auntie, is Uncle An's condition even more serious this time?"

The Old Madam nodded, saying, "It's worse than before. Most of the time he just forgets what we've explained after waking up in the morning."

As she spoke, the Old Madam added, "That's why we're rushing to Jinling too. If we don't hurry, even if we do find Chen Er, I'm afraid he won't be able to remember anything."

"Hmm..." Lee Ailin sighed and thought to himself: "Lei Chen has divine power to save me and treat my father's Alzheimer's disease. It would be easy for him to do so. This time going to Jinling, even if he doesn't want to see us, I'm sure he'll at least think of a way to cure my father's illness..."

Just as Lee Ailin was lost in thought, the Old Madam spoke up, saying, "Oh, right, Ailin. You've cracked so many cases over the years. Can you tell me how we should start looking for Chen Er's whereabouts based on your experience?"

"This...". Lee Ailin looked thoughtful, but in reality he was thinking to himself: "The An family has already turned the whole world upside down, but they haven't thoroughly searched Jinling yet. If I don't recognize Lei Chen, you, Old Madam, can ask me to find his whereabouts. I'll definitely turn Jinling inside out, not just for a person, but even for a dog. Especially in places like welfare institutions that are relatively closed off..." But now you're asking me how we should start looking...

"Helpless, Lee Ailin could only say vaguely: 'I think this case, because it's been too many years ago, so it's necessary to go back to the scene and investigate again to find his whereabouts. As you said, Lei Chen should be around 28 years old now, and people of that age rarely live in one place continuously... Even if he was still in Jinling after the incident, the possibility of him staying there for 20 years is small.'"

"'Also...' Old Madam sighed: 'No matter if they're rich or poor, in this social environment, few young people can stay in one place without moving for 20 years......'"

"As she spoke, her face was filled with helplessness. 'Since we don't know where to start, we can only go back to the scene and start from scratch.'"

"Lee Ailin's heart was troubled, thinking to himself: 'If I tell Old Madam that Lei Chen probably won't be in Jinling, then when Lei Chen meets up with Old Madam, they'll chat about their 20-year history. When he says he stayed in Jinling for 20 years, wouldn't that be a slap in the face? I'm at least a Chinese detective, we can't just drop this matter...'"

"Thinking of this, Lee Ailin quickly added another sentence and spoke up: 'Niece, I think this case also depends on people. Different people will make different decisions about things like this...'"

"He paused for a moment, then continued: 'If it's an ordinary person, their parents would have been killed here, and they're not old, so they'd definitely have psychological shadows towards this place, maybe even trying to escape from here forever... But if someone is very emotional, they might feel that their parents were killed here, and the only way to get closer to their parents is to stay in this place...'"

"There's also someone who is extremely cautious. After their parents were killed, he knows his situation isn't safe, so he might always stay in this place, thinking it's the safest place... Oh, and there's also a case where someone else is behind the scenes, making arrangements for them. In that kind of situation, they wouldn't be able to decide for themselves...'"

"Old Madam fell silent for a moment, then asked: 'You must have encountered similar cases before? In the cases you've handled, if children's family members were killed and they went missing, where would this child probably end up in the end?'"

"'Honestly, I've handled many similar cases. Most children who survived will hide out for a while and then contact other family members, like grandparents, uncles, or aunts. They usually don't go missing for long;'

'Most cases where someone goes missing for a long time are those where the child has become a homeless wanderer, sleeping on ruins or under bridges, with no fixed address. During the day, they might beg for food or join a gang, and some even develop addictions. Many people don't make it past their early twenties and die young. When that happens, the police will take DNA samples from them and put them in the database to search for their family members later, only then discovering that this person was once the only survivor of some murder case.'"

"'After Cheng Qi and Chang Ying's incident, Dai Er didn't contact anyone or make any arrangements with our family or the Yangs. He was always very intelligent from a young age, and by the time he was eight years old, he must have remembered how to get in touch with our family and the Yangs if he wanted to. But he never made an effort to contact us...'" JrNovels.com