Have they found my wife?
Bringing his phone out of his pants pocket, he soon connected the call "Officer Fu Gan on the line...ok...where?.. am with her husband, we'll be right there"
Before the police chief could say anything, Lu Chuo beat him to it and blurted out " what, have they found my wife?" Looking as if he would swallow the officer whole if he was not fast in answering his question.
"Not really, but something that might give us a clue to finding her" Police chief Fu Gan hurriedly explained.
Lu Chuo sighed audibly before he heard the officer asked "Am afraid you have to come along to identify some objects that was found by my colleagues". His colleagues have found some vital things that might be linking to Mrs Elena Lu Chuo's whereabout.
" Oh!.. yes am willing at once" Lu Chuo exclaimed and took his phone and car keys and filed out after the officer.
They drove for two hours non stop until they reached the outskirts of the city. Some officers were there already who seemed to have been waiting for their arrival.
Lu Chuo walked hurriedly and almost stumbled towards the officers. He was fidgeting and was sweating already. Officer Fu Gan held him to prevent him from falling as they both walked the few distance to reach the waiting detectives.
"Chief, we found this ring and necklace and a rope on the edge of the cliff. We want to know if Mr Lu Chuo can identify them" Assistant Police chief Wanju Li explained, presenting the items before the chief.
Before the Chief could ask if he can recognize the items, Lu Chuo stepped forward and looked at the familiar items in the hand of the police chief. Though they were in a plastic bag, it was transparent enough for him to see through.
"Oh gush!..no..no I can't be mistaken. This is our wedding ring" Lu Chuo blurted out in fear. He produced the one on his finger and compared the two. The officers saw it and readily agreed that it's a pair. Lu Chuo was now quaking.
"And the necklace?" Chief Fu Gan inquired. He really felt pity for the trembling man whose eyes have gone red.
Lu Chuo recognised it as well. " This was the necklace I bought for her as a present on our first wedding anniversary". He broke down in tears, falling on his knees.
The officers looked at one another and felt sympathy for the man. it's rare to see a grown man sob like a baby. They shook their heads in pity. Sympathy was all they can do, after all they are police officers and not professional mourners.
Everyone present can readily imagined what might have happened. The young madam might have ended up below the cliff as a suicide case or a murder case. Lu Chuo said he had never seen that rope in their Villa and pleaded that they help him find his wife afraid that She might be in some dangers.
Police chief Fu Gan demanded a thorough search of the entire cliff and below it. Without much Ado, a rappeller was found. He got to the business of the day quickly:
He took his rope and travelled down to the bottom of the cliff while the other detectives were searching the entire surface of the cliff from one end to the other.
Lu Chuo took his phone and called, "mum, I need you and Dad the most right now..yes, there's a clue. Just pray for Elena that nothing bad happens to her otherwise, I..I.. just end my life" He stammered and was sobbing over the phone.
Police chief Fu Gan shook his head, pray?at this time after she'd been missing for four days? Even Buddha will not be able to do much in saving her. If nothing is found below the cliff, then they'll conclude that she might have been kidnapped but if otherwise,...
" Calm down and be a man like you truly are" officer Fu Gan tapped his shoulder simply. At least, that's all he can offer or say to him at this critical point in his life.
That's exactly what Lu Chuo wanted to hear. He sniffles and clean his tears. Trying his hardest to appear calm and composed.
An hour later, the rappeller came up and the first thing that the officers and Lu Chuo saw was a transparent paper bag that contains...