The security captain agreed: "If she hadn't been delayed at the dried fruit counter for too long, I guess the other party wouldn't have targeted her child."

Hu Pingtao sighed: "She was too careless. She put the stroller in the back and didn't care about anything when picking things... I watched the surveillance video in the supermarket at that time. The person who stole the child was a woman. When she approached her

He was very careful, pretending to be looking for something behind Tao Yunfeng, and when she wasn't paying attention, he gently pulled the car and slipped away."

There are surveillance cameras all over the mall.

After the first inspection, Hu Pingtao went to the mall's technical department to review the surveillance video.

Because the surveillance probe was set directly above, the shooting was from a bird's-eye view. The woman who stole the stroller kept her head down in the picture, and could not see her specific appearance. She only knew that she was slightly fat, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt on top, and below.

A pair of light gray trousers.

There were no accomplices at the scene, she was alone.

The timing is crucial - one minute and nine seconds after she stole the stroller, Tao Yunfeng had already picked out the raisins, turned around and found that the child was gone.

Hu Pingtao said seriously to the security captain: "Coupled with the time it took Tao Yunfeng to rush to the checkout counter to help, and your quick response, we can calculate that the woman who stole the child is most likely still in the mall."

"According to normal logic, people pushing strollers usually don't walk too fast, let alone run rampant. If they do, it will only be because of the attention of the people around them."

"If there is something going on at home, she will definitely walk faster. But if the child is stolen and there is something wrong with her, she will try to behave as normal as possible. So from the underground supermarket to the exit on the first floor, she will walk slower than usual.

Some, but not too much slower.”

"Then there is clothing. People who commit crimes usually dress in a way that makes them easy to move around. Especially shoes. The woman who stole the child wore very fat pants. From the surveillance, it was unclear what brand and style her shoes were.

, but most likely it’s sporty.”

The security captain kept frowning: "But we searched upstairs and downstairs, but we couldn't find that woman. Could it be that...she can fly?"

Hu Pingtao smiled slightly: "Don't worry, she must be hiding somewhere in the mall. In this way, let everyone look for it again, and then adjust the previous arrangement - separate a group of people from each of the three exits on the first floor

, and re-search the entire mall.”

"This search is different from the previous two. Areas need to be separated, starting from the elevators and corridors, and each area must be searched to control one point, especially the bathrooms on each floor."

Just as he said this, the security captain's intercom rang. He pressed the call button, and an excited voice with noisy interference suddenly came out.

"Captain, we found the stroller at the entrance to the fourth floor."

…

Hu Pingtao and the security captain arrived at the designated location as quickly as possible. At the stairway leading to the fifth floor, they saw a crooked stroller. The style and color were exactly the same as those on the surveillance video.

Tao Yunfeng and her husband received the news and arrived quickly.

"It's my son's car. He was sitting in the car at the time." Tao Yunfeng's face was full of expectation and she asked excitedly: "Where is my son? Where is he?"

Hu Pingtao comforted him: "Don't worry. Since the stroller has been found, it means that the person who stole your son must not have escaped and is still in the mall."

The security captain agreed: "The previous analysis was correct. The shopping mall is large and it takes a long time to walk from the underground supermarket to the lobby on the first floor. I guess she pushed the stroller to the exit and found that we had sealed the door.

She was panicking, so she ran around with her baby upstairs and downstairs, trying to find another exit where no one was paying attention. But then the police came and started searching. She was pushing the baby stroller, so she simply threw the car away.

Now, take the children and hide them."

Hu Pingtao raised his head and looked at the surrounding environment and asked: "Is there any surveillance near here?"

The security captain shook his head: "This is the employee passage, and few people usually come here. There is one at the corner, but I guess I won't be able to take any pictures from that position."

Hu Pingtao analyzed: "What you said makes sense. She abandoned the car and was able to avoid our search twice, which shows that this woman is a veteran. Especially if she can steal children in shopping malls, it shows that she is very familiar with this place and what she knows.

There is surveillance in place.”

The security captain asked: "How to check now?"

Hu Pingtao said: "Divide into two teams, you lead one team from the top floor down, I will lead one team from the supermarket on the bottom floor. The people guarding the exits of the lobby on the first floor remain vigilant, press from both ends to the middle, and I will

I don’t believe I can’t find this person.”

"Also, focus on checking people with large bags, regardless of gender."

The security captain was stunned for a moment: "Why do you want to check even men?"

Hu Pingtao explained simply: "Stealing a child is most likely a gang crime. One person is responsible for committing the crime, and the other person is responsible for taking the child away. In short, no suspicious target can be let go."

…

I searched the underground supermarket like a dragnet, but still found nothing.

Hu Pingtao stood in front of the cashier channel. Although he was anxious, it didn't show on his face.

Zhang Juan has been following him and asked doubtfully: "I remember that the woman who stole the child was wearing a black shirt on the surveillance camera, but I went up and down several times and I didn't see the woman wearing black clothes."

She then added: "I have gone upstairs and downstairs twice, but I haven't seen any man who looks like a child thief. Didn't you say before that there might be a gang committing the crime, but I think this case has a lot of clues from beginning to end.

Just one woman is causing trouble... Don't be ridiculous! I learned this from you. There are few people, the target is small, and the success rate of committing a crime is high. Hehehehe, I have learned a lot at the police station these days.

"

These words instantly awakened Hu Pingtao.

His eyes lit up and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "Yes! Why didn't I think of that?"

Zhang Juan asked inexplicably: "What didn't you expect?"

"She can make up! As long as she changes her clothes, it's difficult for us to judge from her appearance." Hu Pingtao gritted his teeth and said, "This guy is so cunning. No wonder we haven't been able to find her!"

After saying that, he took out the intercom he got from the mall security office: "Captain Shen, let your people pay attention. The target may have been disguised and is no longer what it looked like in the previous surveillance video."

The security captain's confused voice came from the intercom: "Disguise?"

"If I guessed correctly, she should have changed her clothes, maybe even her pants." Hu Pingtao explained: "In short, don't focus on the clothes on the surveillance camera, just find the woman holding the child."

He then added: "Also, notify all exits on the first floor to inspect the items carried by all guests leaving the mall."

A five-month-old baby is small and can be packed in a shoe box or something like that. Since it is not your own baby anyway, just put a layer of soft paper on the bottom layer and open a few holes on the side of the box to allow breathing.

As for the crying baby... as long as the trafficker feeds some sleeping pills, the baby will fall dead and remain quiet.

For money, some people lose their conscience.

The stroller has been abandoned, so as long as you buy some random clothes in the mall and dress up, you have a high chance of getting away with it.

Hu Pingtao's slightly relaxed mood suddenly became tense.

Gu Si

I didn't think about this at all before, and it wasn't until now that I discovered the loophole... Could it be that the woman who stole the child has escaped?

Thinking about his two children, Hu Pingtao suddenly felt an unknown anger rising in his heart.

With a livid face, he turned around and strode towards the dining area on the first floor.

This woman must be found.

Human traffickers...all deserve to be killed, all deserve to die!

…

Walking along the corridor with the word "Hui", Hu Pingtao glanced at every middle-aged woman with his sharp eyes.

The impression of the surveillance picture has formed a fixed memory in his mind. Although he can't clearly see the appearance of the woman who stole the child on the picture, the basic appearance is still accurate.

It's summer now, and even though the air conditioning is on in the shopping mall, Hu Pingtao will look at any woman wearing two pieces of clothing and pay special attention to her.

No matter how disguised a person is, his figure will not change.

Unless she knows the "bone-shrinking skill" in martial arts novels, or is like the immortal cultivator in fantasy novels, who can transform seventy-two.

Korean barbecue, Kaifeng cuisine, Yoshinoya, spicy and sour beef hotpot, coconut chicken, Hong Kong Tea Restaurant... Checking them one by one in order, Hu Pingtao walked out of the German-style Western restaurant he had just seen without any problems, turned around and walked into the next door

Ajisen Ramen House.

It's not a restaurant now, so there aren't many customers in the store. There are three of them, both men and women, sitting around the dining table in different positions.

There was a couple eating a bowl of noodles. I don’t know if it was because they didn’t have enough money... but looking at the way they used chopsticks to pick up noodles one by one and feed them to each other, they seemed to enjoy this semi-public relationship.

world.

There were four young girls who were obviously on an appointment to go shopping together. Their attire was a little unconventional. They wore very thick smoky makeup and chattered non-stop. It seemed that they wanted to wait for someone here after dinner.

Just go to the nearby slow shake.

The woman sitting in the corner caught Hu Pingtao's attention.

The restaurant is quite large, with more than twenty tables arranged.

Generally speaking, customers who come to dine in a restaurant are very picky, giving priority to seats with good air, sufficient light, and a nice environment. After all, eating requires attention to your mood, and the influence from the environment is very important.

The woman was sitting in the corner against the wall, next to the kitchen entrance connected to the passage. There was a black curtain hanging with several eye-catching white characters on it: The kitchen is an important place, no entry unless required.

At this time, the store is very empty.

The couple and the little girls were sitting at the front of the restaurant, six tables separated from the middle-aged female guests. The latter ordered a bowl of noodles, lowered her head, and ate in silence, scooping up the soup with a spoon from time to time and taking small sips.

sip.

Hu Pingtao stared at her for a few seconds.

The seat is box-style. There is a large satchel next to the woman.

She was wearing a white shirt, and through the open neckline, you could see the tank top underneath. The lower body was a long dark blue skirt. The shirt was a little short, revealing a very plump, ring-shaped waist wrapped in cloth like a rubber tire.
To be continued...