Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared

The upper ranks had decreed that the investigation into Zhang Yang’s and Yang Xinran’s disappearances be carried out in secret. Su Hui was to keep this information from Gu Fan, she could not let Gu Fan know about it.

If Su Hui were to collect information on Yang Xinran in her capacity as a police officer and interact with Yang Xinran’s college roommate and lecturers, Gu Fan might become suspicious. Therefore, Su Hui asked Lu Yi to undertake this task.

Now, Su Hui’s desk was laden with information on Zhang Yang and Yang Xinran, collected from various sources, alongside data on other missing individuals. She compared all these profiles, looking for any similarities.

Previously, twelve classmates had disappeared. They were all born on the same day. In accordance with her usual practice, Su Hui compared those missing in the original forest, but found no similarity in their ages or places of birth. Moreover, their pasts showed no overlap—seemingly random, anyone could disappear.

While Su Hui was deep in thought, she suddenly received a call. To her surprise, it was from Liu Hui, who had dragged her into this in the first place.

Although she didn’t feel like answering the call, Su Hui still did, given it was work-related. Tiredly, she said, "Hello, old buddy, what problem are you dumping on me now? I just got off work and I’m really exhausted."

Liu Hui responded, "Orders from above. They want you and me to get to the scene immediately to see if there’s any evidence."

"Okay, but it’s already the afternoon. Even if we hurry, we’ll reach there by night. Let’s do it tomorrow so I can get a good night’s sleep." No sooner had Su Hui finished speaking than she heard Liu Hui’s stern voice, "It’s precisely because it’s night time. The disappearances always happened at night."

Upon hearing his words, Su Hui was taken aback. "You must be kidding me. Are the higher-ups asking us to take risks?"