Meng Chuyue figured this out and calmly asked, "Did she and another girl come here for a meal just now?"
The waiter looked at Meng Chuyue with surprise and shook his head, "No. What happened? Both of them are missing, could it be that they encountered human traffickers? Human traffickers have been rampant lately."
The waiter grew more worried as he spoke.
Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci exchanged a glance, "The two of them said half an hour ago that they were going to have lunch together at the restaurant. In the end, only the girl in the photo returned. She said the other girl had met an acquaintance and went to play in the acquaintance’s sleeping berth. They are not very familiar with each other, so we are a bit concerned and came to ask."
The waiter paused then asked, "Then why do you have a photo of this girl?"
"Well, I have a Polaroid and took it secretly just now. Auntie, can you ask the train police to help look in the sleeping berth?"
The waiter nodded, "Of course, I’ll go right now."
"Great, please hurry, we will go to the sleeping berth area first."
Thinking that the two of them were too conspicuous, Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci went to the restroom and put on two gray work uniforms and each took a straw hat before heading to the sleeping berth area.
Meng Chuyue just hoped that Erhu, who went back to Imperial at noon to find Han Zheng, would come back quickly to help with the search.
Because according to her analysis, if Gu Miao was really a trafficker, then Liang Xiaoqing would not be in the sleeping car.
Fortunately, the train wouldn’t stop at the station for another hour, so even if they encountered traffickers, Liang Xiaoqing should still be on the train.
It was clear that both the waiter and the train police were experienced; they did not alert anyone and divided their tasks—some watched Gu Miao while others searched all the carriages.
Unfortunately, after nearly half an hour of searching, they still hadn’t found her.
But they could be sure that Liang Xiaoqing was not in the sleeping berth.
After discussing for a while, just as they were about to ask Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci to go back and keep an eye on Gu Miao while extracting some information from her, Erhu hurried back.
Meng Chuyue quickly gave her orders.
Since Erhu had never seen Liang Xiaoqing, the task Meng Chuyue gave it was to identify all suspicious individuals.
Erhu could now use Divine Sense to scan through things.
It stood on the grapevine in Meng Chuyue’s space, scanning while reporting, "There are a total of six suspicious people on the carriage.
All disguised, but three of them are unconscious.
Hmm, among these three, there is a young girl, let me see, the ID in the backpack next to her is registered under Liang Xiaoqing."
Meng Chuyue, "A surname Liang, that’s right... Thank you, Erhu. Tell me now, which carriages they are in, we will head there immediately. Hmm, I really hope they are all in the same carriage."
Erhu, "Hmm, they are indeed all in one carriage."
Meng Chuyue quickly and quietly explained the situation to Shen Ci, and after a brief discussion, they went together to find the train police.
If they were all in one carriage, they could immediately seek help from the train police, devise a plan, and capture them all at once.
The plan was quickly formulated.
First, Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci would pretend to recognize Liang Xiaoqing by her backpack and then confront the traffickers.
In such a situation, the other traffickers would certainly not act rashly.
The train police could then take advantage of their distraction to arrest them.
Worried that Gu Miao would become suspicious, Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci made a quick return, and upon seeing that Liang Xiaoqing still hadn’t returned, Meng Chuyue said anxiously, "Why hasn’t she come back yet? Miss Gu, is the acquaintance she met a man or a woman?"
Gu Miao squinted her eyes, "A man."
"A man? No good, I need to check on her to make sure she’s safe."
Meng Chuyue’s concern wasn’t unfounded, and Gu Miao believed her.
Moreover, she wasn’t afraid of Meng Chuyue going to look for her.
Because she was certain that they wouldn’t find anyone in the sleeping area.
What she didn’t know was that Meng Chuyue had gone directly to the carriage where her accomplices were.