Monster Paradise - Chapter 101

Chapter 101

Lin Huang thought the only clue he had now was the rubbish bin that disappeared .

"The third rubbish bin must have disappeared together with Lin Xin . If we find the rubbish bin, we should be able to find Lin Xin . "

Lin Huang got the security personnel to contact their leader, Chen Wei .

"Mr . Lin, we've received the room number of the girl in ponytails . She’s staying in Room 321 on the ninth floor . I have contacted the girl’s father and got them to wait in their room . We can go over now . " Chen Wei brought them this piece of news when he picked up the call .

"We can put that on hold first . I got another clue; a lady who managed a store around the area said there were three rubbish bins when it was around 5:40 p . m . but now, there are only two . The time the rubbish bin disappeared matched the time my sister went missing too . I’m suspecting the person who that rubbish bin also took my sister . " Lin Huang presented his theory to Chen Wei .

"I’ll come to you now to look at the video taken around 5:40 p . m . . "

"Sure, I’ll get my two colleagues to stay in the area for further clues . " Chen Wei nodded .

After they hung up the call, Lin Huang rushed to the monitor room . Chen Wei had paused the video of the time which Lin Huang requested . He then played the video . The video began from the time Lin Xin threw the rubbish until the time when Lin Huang and the other two arrived at the location . There were all confused after watching the video, including Lin Huang .

"Nobody removed the rubbish bin?!" Lin Huang frowned, that was strange .

If Lin Xin disappeared with the rubbish bin, she would be taken away while she was still in the rubbish bin . Aside from the monster taming token, there’s no other storage item that could contain a living being and the monster taming token doesn't even work on humans . " Lin Huang shook his head .

"Furthermore, who would want to purposely steal a rubbish bin full of rubbish?"

"What should we do now?" Chen Wei was as helpless as Lin Huang was .

"There are only two possibilities . One, the lady we met earlier could be lying to distract us . The other possibility would be there really was a third rubbish bin in the camera’s blind spot . "

"Please get your two colleagues to ask the other merchants if they noticed the third rubbish bin . There were a couple of people throwing rubbish at the location during the time your sister disappeared, please contact them . "

"What kind of business does the fat lady do?" Lin Huang queried .

"The fat lady has been with us for 26 years . She sells cigarette and alcohol, she was here before I joined the company, she has no reason to lie . " Chen Wei knew the fat lady very well . "She may, however, be wrong about the number of rubbish bins, that’s all . "

"Let’s ask the rest then . " Lin Huang understood the complication .

Soon the two security personnel had finished asking all the merchants around that area . Besides the fat lady, another shop owner said she saw the third rubbish bin too . Chen Wei contacted the six guests who appeared on the video . Three of them said they saw the third rubbish bin while the other two could not recall and one of them only saw two rubbish bins . The girl in ponytails was one of the six people, she could not remember how many rubbish bins there were .

"From the information gathered, there really was a third rubbish bin in the blind spot . " Lin Huang concluded . One of the guests said he saw two rubbish bins at 5:58 p . m . The guest seemed certain of his answer, he said, "Of course I remember there were only two rubbish bins . The rubbish was leaking out from both bins and it took me awhile to get my empty can in, how can I forget that?! "

"Now the only certain clue is that the rubbish bin disappeared between 5:40 p . m . and 5:58 p . m . However, your sister’s disappearance was between 5:42 p . m . to the time when you guys arrived which was 6:23 p . m . During that period, nobody got rid of the rubbish bin . " Chen Wei sat at the workstation in the monitoring room .

"That means the person who took my sister must have used some technique that we don’t know of . He must have taken both the third rubbish bin and my sister . " Lin Huang was triggered by all sorts of theories now .

"We are out of clues…" Chen Wei shook his head and sighed .

"Let’s talk to the girl in ponytails on the ninth floor then . " Lin Huang refused to give up .

Chen Wei called the girl’s father to confirm the visit time and brought Lin Huang together with his personnel to the ninth floor of the spaceship . They rang the doorbell and the girl in ponytails opened the door .

"Daddy, we have guests . " The girl said loudly to the man sitting on the couch .

The man stood up and smiled at them, "Please come in . "

Lin Huang realized that the man was the one who glanced at Lin Xin at the floating elevator entrance, the man in the white shirt . Knowing that the man had a daughter who was the same age as Lin Xin, he let his guard down because as a parent himself, it was normal to look at other kids who were the same age as his daughter .

"Lily, please get us some tea . " The man said to the girl .

"Okay, daddy . " The girl skipped to the kitchen .

"Please have a seat . I’ll try my best to help . " The man smiled .

"There’s no need for tea, Mr . Wei . We’re here to talk to your daughter, it won’t take too long . "

As Chen Wei was chatting with the man, Lin Huang observed him . This Mr . Wei seemed to be in his 40s . He was about 1 . 85 meters, had fair skin and a good fashion sense . He was still wearing the white shirt with black slacks . He wore a gold frame glasses, he was a man with style .

"No offense but may I know what do you do for a living, Mr . Wei?" Lin Huang asked .

"I was a teacher, now I have my own business . " Mr . Wei replied Lin Huang .

"Why the career change?" Chen Wei was curious .

"Unfortunately, the salary was low . " Mr . Wei laughed .

"That’s true, it’s especially hard when you have a wife and a kid . " Chen Wei understood him as he was almost the same age as Mr . Wei .

"Mr . Wei, you’re here with your daughter? Didn’t your wife come along?" Lin Huang asked .

"My wife passed away many years ago, I only have a daughter now . " Mr . Wei shook his head and said .

"I’m sorry to hear that . " Lin Huang did not expect that answer .

"Don’t worry about it, it has been so long . " Mr . Wei waved his hand .

Lin Huang noticed a green gem on the ring on his left ring finger but he did not ask further .

Soon, the girl in ponytails came to them with tea .

"Daddy, I brought tea . "

"Please serve the guests . " Mr . Wei nodded .

The girl placed the tray on the coffee table and served the tea to everyone . Later on, she went to the man .

"Sit down, Lily . " Mr . Wei got her to sit on his lap . Lily was obedient; she did not say a word but sat quietly .

"That’s a good girl . My daughter is almost the same age as yours . " Chen Wei admitted .

"I used to be a teacher and so I trained her too . You are most welcome to send your daughter here too; I could train her as well . " Mr . Wei seemed passionate .

"That’s too much trouble . " Chen Wei was embarrassed .

"No trouble at all, I have too much time on my hands right now . I study with her and teach her manners . " Mr . Wei said and sensed that he was getting off topic, "I almost forgot why you guys came here for . Please, do talk to Lily . "

"Daddy…" Lily seemed shy . Now that she knew they were here for her, she hid in Mr . Wei’s embrace .

"Don’t worry, we only need to ask you a couple of questions . " Mr . Wei patted Lily’s shoulder .

"Little girl, don’t be afraid . We are the security team on this spaceship and we're here to make sure that everybody is safe . " Chen Wei said .

" She’s just a little shy . " Mr . Wei nodded to Chen Wei .

Chen Wei then showed him Lin Xin’s photo, "Have you seen this little girl before?"

Lily shook her head without an expression .

Mr . Wei who was sitting behind her hesitated and asked, "I saw this girl at the floating elevator entrance . That was more than an hour ago, what happened?"

"She’s missing . We hoped that your daughter might have seen something . " Chen Wei explained .

"Missing? Shouldn’t there be surveillance camera on the spaceship?" Mr . Wei raised his eyebrow .

"There are a couple of blind spots, the girl disappeared at one of the blind spots . " Chen Wei was embarrassed when he said that .

"Is that so, hopefully you could find her as soon as possible . " Mr . Wei did not ask further .

"Little girl, do you remember drinking on a bench at 5:40 p . m . ?" Chen Wei asked Lily . Lily nodded .

"Do you remember how many rubbish bins there were?"

Lily shook her head, "I don’t remember . Two, or maybe three…"

After a couple of questions later, it was obvious that Lily did not seem to know anything about the incident . Lin Huang and the rest left Mr . Wei’s room in desperation…