The three went to have breakfast and called Xu Xiaodong to head over as well. Xu Xiaodong held an envelope in his hand and said, "This is the missing persons file from the police station. When I returned last night, you were already gone. Did you want to take a look?”

"Bring it here!" Chen Shi took it, flipped through it, and asked the little monk, "What does your mother do for a living?"

"She didn’t work."

"No, it says she was a cashier."

"Please show me!"

The young monk took it and saw his mother's picture again. Tears welled up in his eyes. These were just photocopies. The young monk looked at one of them while the others looked at the other photos. Lin Dongxue read the words printed on the document. "Missing. 2003[1]. About the same time as the crime that took place."

Chen Shi took notice of the signatures of the officers and noted, "Police Officer...