"That's great!" Qin Yuanyao was happy for her: "You make really beautiful bracelets, and you do it so fast."

“If I hadn’t participated in ‘Our Little Family,’ and learned to braid hand ropes from the masters in Anfeng Village, I would never have discovered that I was quite good at this, nor would I have thought of making a living from it. In the end, it was Feng Wenhe who helped me discover this potential in myself.” Wu Ningwei’s tone carried a hint of mockery.

Wu Ningwei took a sip of juice and continued, "I just interviewed a girl who is 22 years old and just graduated from junior college. She said that her boyfriend used to support her, but he disappeared from the detention center a while ago. She doesn't know where her boyfriend's bank card is, so she has to come out and find a job on her own. She cried and begged me to give her another chance, saying that she would work hard."

"Although I sympathize with her situation, I am also a little worried that her saying she will work hard is just talk, and that she will not be able to work for more than a few days before she finds it too hard and doesn't want to continue."

Qin Yuanyao was startled, not noticing Wu Ningwei's distress, but rather another matter mentioned in her words.

"Her boyfriend disappeared from the detention center? How did he disappear?"

“I don’t know.” Wu Ningwei shook her head: “She said that the police came to her house one day and searched everywhere, asking her if her boyfriend had come back and if she knew where her boyfriend had gone. That’s when she found out that her boyfriend was missing.”

"What did her boyfriend do to get him in detention?" Qin Yuanyao asked again.

Wu Ningwei shook her head again: "She didn't say."

Qin Yuanyao pondered to herself.

Such a bizarre disappearance from a watchtower shouldn't happen often, right?

Could the person Wu Ningwei was talking about be Cui Yi?

Now they can't find Cui Yi or Lin Heng, and all the leads have gone cold. They might as well try anything, even if it seems hopeless, and have Wu Ningwei call the girl back for questioning.

If it really is Cui Yi, then we're very lucky. If it's not Cui Yi, then there's no loss.

Thinking of this, Qin Yuanyao said to Wu Ningwei, "Could you call that girl back? I have some questions for her. Or, could you give me her contact information and I'll go find her?"

"Do you know that girl?" Wu Ningwei asked suspiciously.

"I don't know," Qin Yuanyao said. "But someone I know also went missing from the detention center a while ago. I suspect that the person I know might be her boyfriend."

Wu Ningwei understood and didn't ask any more questions. She then called the girl.

The girl's name is Zou An.

Zou An received a call from Wu Ningwei. After listening to Wu Ningwei explain the situation, he said that she was shopping nearby and was willing to come back.

Zou An returned in less than twenty minutes.

Qin Yuanyao ordered her a glass of juice and some snacks.

She cut to the chase and asked, "What's your boyfriend's name?"

“Cui Yi,” Zou An said.

Qin Yuanyao was pleasantly surprised, but to prevent confusion due to the same name, she asked Zou An to show her a photo of Cui Yi on her phone before she was completely certain that it was the same person.

Qin Yuanyao couldn't help but sigh inwardly: How can a scumbag like Cui Yi have a girlfriend? Could Zou An have been deceived by him?

"Do you know why Cui Yi was put in jail?" Qin Yuanyao asked.

Zou An nodded: "Cui Yi told me that he got drunk at the bar, got into a fight, and went in. Because he has a history of getting into fights and going to the Orange Bar, it's not easy for him to get out."

Qin Yuanyao sneered.

This scumbag was indeed lying.

"He didn't go in for fighting."

Zou An didn't believe it: "How do you know? Do you know him? That's exactly what he told me."

Qin Yuanyao knew that words alone were not enough, and Zou An would certainly not easily believe a stranger like her.

"Wait a moment," Qin Yuanyao said, taking out her phone to send a message to Chi Baiyi.

[Qin Yuanyao: Do ​​you still have the recording of Cui Yi admitting he took Zhao Lan to the hotel?]

Chi Baiyi: Yes

[Chi Baiyi: What happened? Why are you suddenly asking about this?]

[Qin Yuanyao: Send me the recording first, I'll explain it to you in detail later]

Chi Baiyi: Okay

Chi Baiyi didn't ask any more questions and promptly sent over the recording.

"Whether Cui Yi is telling the truth or not, you'll know once you listen to this recording," Qin Yuanyao said to Zou An as she opened the recording.

The recording started when Qin Yuanyao asked Cui Yi, "Did you take the drunk Zhao Lan to the hotel?"

Until Cui Yi's voice came through the recording—"Yes, I've already told Mu Hai all of this. What do you need to confirm repeatedly? Actually, you're not here for the mask at all, but for Zhao Lan, right? What's your relationship with Zhao Lan? I haven't heard her say she knows you."

Qin Yuanyao pressed the pause button and looked at Zou An.

"Whose voice is this? You can tell, can't you?"

Zou An asked in surprise and doubt: "This is... Cui Yi's voice? You've met him before? What did you talk about in the recording?"

"You'll understand after you listen," Qin Yuanyao said, then pressed play.

"...You're talking about me and Zhao Lan having a relationship! We were mutually attracted. A man and a woman alone together, hit it off, went to a hotel, what's the problem... The hotel's security cameras must have caught it! You took me to the hotel, I wasn't even aware of it at the time..."

"...Your previous statements and your statements to us just now were recorded."

The recording ended with Chi Baiyi's final words.

Zou An's face was full of disbelief; her eyes were wide open, and her whole body was trembling.

"Cui Yi actually got into the orange business because of something like this..." she said in a trembling voice.

Qin Yuanyao and Wu Ningwei thought that Zou An would choose to continue to believe Cui Yi, believe that the recording was fake, or cry and admit that he had been deceived by a scumbag.

However, Zou An, who seemed to have a good temper, looked angry and started swearing.

"That damn man lied to me for so long! How could he do such a scumbag thing! Damn it! I must have been blind and stupid to follow him for so long!! His attitude is so arrogant, is this not the first time he's done that kind of thing?" Zou An asked Qin Yuanyao in a fit of rage.

Qin Yuanyao was taken aback by her sudden change in attitude, and then replied, "It's not the first time, it's been at least four or five times."

Zou An flew into a rage: "Scumbag! You damn scumbag, you filthy scumbag! I bet he's done too many bad things, that's why he mysteriously disappeared from the orange shop! He better never show his face in front of me again! If he dares to show his face in front of me again, I'll definitely fight him to the death and break his legs!!"

Qin Yuanyao: "..."

Wu Ningwei: "..."

Wu Ningwei pondered: If Zou An's personality is like this, hiring her seems like a good idea.

"I have to go to the hospital for a checkup right away! He's so dirty, what if I catch some disease?" Zou An said, getting up to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Qin Yuanyao called out to her, "I have a few questions I'd like to ask you first, is that alright?"