Case Number 007
Case Alias: New Year's Card
Client: Shen Yifan
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
Family: Parents
Contact Address: Room XXXX, No. XXX Changhe Road, People's Celebration City
Contact Number: 139XXXXXXXX
Incident Details:
October 20, 2001. The client's first visit. Audio file 00720011020.wav.
"Hello, Mr. Shen."
"Mm. Ah, thank you. Whew..."
"Could you tell me what you're asking us to do? You want us to find someone?"
"Mm, yes. Find someone. The kind of thing where you summon a spirit to possess someone, or call back a soul... Something like that. I've tried looking for him through ordinary means, but I can't find him. This is the only way I could think of. To be honest, you're not the first people I've contacted. Mm..."
"Please explain what happened in detail. Who are you looking for, and why?"
"He's a relative, one of my family's relatives. I suppose he's a distant relative... My parents can't even explain exactly how we're related... Let me think how to describe it... Mm... So, my great-great-grandfather had a brother. That brother's son had a sworn relative, and that sworn relative's son married into the family of that person's granddaughter. They had a child, who was adopted by his son. The generations are all mixed up, and several families are involved... That's roughly how it goes. I don't even know his actual name. He sends our family a New Year's card every year, signed 'Xiao Ying.' I brought the cards with me."
Rustling...
"The address on the cards is different every year?"
"Yes, that's what makes it difficult. He travels abroad every New Year. Our family has no idea where he actually lives."
"If we have his name and travel records, we should be able to find him quickly."
"His travel records won't help.