Inside the noodle shop.

Guan Feng listened to the old man's story while eating his noodles.

According to the old man, fights occasionally break out at the bar entrance, especially at night when people are drunk and easily get into arguments over trivial matters.

However, two nights ago, things were a bit unusual. A group of people got into a fight, and one of them was a foreigner.

This information sent a chill down Guan Feng's spine.

He looked at the old man and asked, "Are you sure the person who was beaten was a foreigner?"

The old man immediately said, "Of course! I'm a good judge of character! That tall, handsome foreigner was surrounded by several people arguing, and there was even a woman protecting him. Wow! In all my years, this is the first time I've ever seen a woman protecting a man. Foreigners are really treated differently!"

Guan Feng asked, "Do you remember what that foreigner looked like?"

The old man nodded and said, "I remember, I have a very good memory."

Guan Feng then pulled out a photo of Schulmo from his pocket and asked, "Take a look, is this him?"

When the old man saw the photo, his expression changed slightly. He then subconsciously looked the two people up and down and asked, "What... what do you two do?"

Seeing this, Guan Feng stopped hiding it, took out his work ID from his shirt pocket, handed it to the old man and said, "We are police officers from the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Major Crimes Unit. We are here to investigate a criminal case and hope you will cooperate with our investigation."

When the boss saw the ID Guan Feng pulled out, his scalp tingled, and he stammered, "I... I can't be sure what I said earlier. I... I can't quite remember. Why don't you... you go ask someone else? I'm serious."

Guan Feng, seeing his boss's mood change faster than flipping through a book, naturally knew the reason for the change in attitude.

But the case was urgent, so he could only give him a stern warning: "Sir, some things are not up to you. Let me put it this way, this is not an ordinary criminal case, otherwise we wouldn't have been called in by the serious crimes team. If you knew about it but did not report it, or even deliberately concealed it, then you are suspected of harboring the murderer. According to the law, we can take you back for questioning."

"ah?"

The old man, who had run a noodle shop his whole life, trembled upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Guan Feng offered another sweet treat, comforting him, "Of course! Our police aren't heartless in handling cases. I know what you're worried about. It's nothing more than people finding out that you leaked the information and causing a conflict with the bar owner. But look outside, there are two surveillance cameras over there, directly connected to the Skynet system. We can totally pin it on that."

Following Guan Feng's directions, the old man looked outside.

There are indeed two cameras pointed at the bar entrance.

Seeing that the old man seemed somewhat tempted, Guan Feng pressed on, saying, "We will also keep your secret. No matter what you say, only the three of us will know. We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Major Crimes Unit. Do you understand what the Major Crimes Unit means? It's for major and important cases. Apart from the people involved, no one will know who we are questioning or what the content of our questions is, so you can rest assured."

The old man seemed to be persuaded by Guan Feng.

He nodded and said, "Then you must keep it a secret."

Guan Feng immediately assured him, "You can rest assured about that."

The old man pointed to the photo and said, "It should be him. The face shape is very similar, and the eyes are so similar. I must say, foreigners' eyes are just so beautiful."

Guan Feng asked, "Where's the woman?"

The old man retorted, "You also have photos?"

Guan Feng pushed the photos of the women over and asked, "Is one of these women among them?"

The old man looked at the several elegant women in the photo, sized them up for a while, and then shook his head and said, "They don't look like them! They don't have that kind of temperament. That woman is dressed quite provocatively. Why would she wear black stockings in this cold weather? And her makeup is quite heavy. The people in your photo are clearly respectable."

Guan Feng considered a possibility and said, "Alright, try to recall what the situation was like back then?"

The old man said, "It seems that the man discovered that the woman and the man in your photo were having an ambiguous relationship, and he wanted to go up and beat him up, but the woman stopped him and said that the two of them had no relationship anymore and that they shouldn't be entangled like this. Anyway, they made a fuss for a while, but I was busy in the shop and didn't have time to look at it later."

Guan Feng asked, "How was it resolved in the end?"

The old man shook his head and said, "How would I know? They argued for a while, then drove away."

Guan Feng looked at the two surveillance cameras in the corner and thought that he still had to retrieve relevant information from the surveillance footage.

He dialed Zheng Hua's number.

We asked Zheng Hua to retrieve the two surveillance videos and provided him with the relevant times. Sure enough, Zheng Hua found footage in the surveillance videos that matched the old man's account.

Guan Feng instructed, "Take a close look at the relevant footage. The key is to capture the frontal photos of both sides in the conflict and send them to my phone later."

Zheng Hua said, "Okay, Captain."

After hanging up the phone, Guan Feng continued eating his noodles. A little while later, a photo was sent to him, and it was of Schulmo. Another photo of a woman was also sent, showing the woman protecting Schulmo.

Guan Feng looked at the other person's clothes and saw that they were indeed wearing high boots and black stockings.

He pointed his phone screen at the old man and asked, "Can you identify this woman from that night?"

The old man looked at it carefully, his gaze lingering on the other person's black stockings for a while, and nodded, saying, "It looks like it!"

Guan Feng then put his phone away.

And at this time.

Another photo of a person's back was sent over.

Zheng Hua reminded, "Captain, the remaining person has their back to the monitor, and there's a car blocking the view, so it's very blurry."

Guan Feng said, "That's it for now! You continue to follow this line and see if you can find any clues."

Zheng Hua replied: "Received."

After hanging up the phone again, Guan Feng and Huang Lili finished eating.

The two paid the bill and returned to the bar.

The proprietress came over and said to Guan Feng, "Everyone's here and eating. Would you like them to come over?"

Guan Feng looked at the women eating at a table not far away and said, "No rush, one by one. Whoever finishes eating first can come over. Don't feel pressured, I just want to ask about the situation."

The proprietress said, "Okay, I'll go call someone."

Guan Feng reminded him, "It's still in the monitoring room."

The proprietress shared the same thought; she was afraid that these incidents would escalate and affect her business, since no customer would want to go to a place where an accident had occurred.

She immediately said, "Thank you, Officer Guan! Don't worry, I didn't reveal anything."

Guan Feng nodded without saying anything.

soon.

The first woman walked in.

Almost as soon as the other party stepped into the monitoring room, Guan Feng and Huang Lili were stunned.