Chapter 120 Can I finish eating before I go with you?

His eyes widened, staring intently at the lamb leg that was slowly rotating on the grill, every inch of its skin radiating the signal "Come and eat me!" His gaze lingered there, as if it were the only treasure in the world.

Ultimately, the desire for food triumphed over reason and an empty wallet.

He gritted his teeth, as if making a firm decision, pulled out a few crumpled bills from his pocket, handed them over, and said in a defiant tone, "Give me... half a jin!"

"Okay! Just a moment, handsome, I'll cut it for you right away!" Su Xiaonuan smiled as she took the money, counted it quickly, and put it away, her little calculations already running through her mind—

[Task completed, 600 merit points earned, current merit points: 7190.]

Merit points and sales revenue – a double win!

She then skillfully began cutting and weighing the meat for him.

Anran and her partner prepared the lunchboxes and condiments with perfect understanding.

Lu Zheng, who had been observing silently, frowned slightly at this moment.

He scrutinized the man's back and profile, and the more he looked, the more familiar he seemed.

However, due to the angle of the stall lighting and the fact that the man kept his head slightly down, his full appearance was not clearly visible. That sense of familiarity lingered in his mind, but he couldn't quite grasp the key point.

Lu Zheng pondered for a moment, not wanting to alert the enemy, but seemingly casually took out his phone, unlocked it, and quickly swiped his fingers across the screen to bring up some wanted poster photos in the internal system. By the dim light of the phone screen, he carefully compared them one by one.

When he flipped to one of the photos, a flash of inspiration struck him, and his eyes instantly sharpened like a hawk's!

That's right! It's him!

The man in the photo, although he looked more haggard than the one in front of us, had the same facial features, especially the faint scar on his brow bone!

This is a fugitive suspect whom their bureau is currently searching for, suspected of participating in multiple shell company fraud cases involving a huge amount of money!

After identifying the target, Lu Zheng's heartbeat remained steady. Years of criminal investigation experience had taught him to stay calm in any situation.

He didn't make any rash moves, but instead glanced at Su Xiaonuan, who was focused on cutting meat. In the instant their eyes met, Su Xiaonuan seemed to sense something, and her cutting motion paused almost imperceptibly before returning to normal. But Lu Zheng knew that she understood.

Lu Zheng's gaze quickly and discreetly swept around the surrounding environment—the crowd was dense, but the passageways between the stalls were relatively spacious, with several possible escape routes, all within a controllable range.

His mind raced, and he instantly devised a capture plan.

Just as Su Xiaonuan placed the piled-up slices of roasted lamb leg into the lunchbox, drizzled on the last spoonful of her secret sauce, and was about to hand it over—

Lu Zheng made a move.

He stood up, his movements as natural as any ordinary customer, and walked towards the stall, saying, "Boss, please settle the bill."

His target, seemingly Su Xiaonuan, was actually the criminal man who was eagerly waiting for his meal.

Just as he brushed past the man, Lu Zheng made a move!

His left hand gripped the man's right wrist like an iron clamp, twisting it behind his back. At the same time, his right hand had somehow produced gleaming handcuffs. With a crisp "crack," the sound was inconspicuous amidst the surrounding noise, yet it reached the ears of the people nearby with unmistakable clarity—one end of the handcuffs was firmly locked onto the man's wrist, while the other end was cuffed onto Lu Zheng's own left wrist!

This series of actions was as fast as lightning, clean and efficient, happening in the blink of an eye!

Lu Zheng then calmly turned his head to look at the man who was completely dumbfounded and frozen in place due to the sharp pain in his wrist and the sudden change. His face was expressionless, and his voice, though not loud, carried an undeniable authority:

"Li Qiang, right? You've been arrested."

The man, Li Qiang, only reacted at this moment. Cold sweat instantly soaked his entire back, and his face turned ashen.

He never dreamed that simply going downstairs to buy a late-night snack would lead him to run into plainclothes police officers!

He was already feeling guilty and terrified because of the fraud, and now, stimulated by Lu Zheng's cold gaze and the coolness of the metal on his wrist, he was even more frightened, his legs went weak, and he could only tremble and be led by Lu Zheng like a puppet on a string, not daring to utter a single word.

An Ran watched in stunned silence, nearly dropping the packing bag in her hand.

They...they arrested him already?

Lu Zheng pulled Li Qiang away from the scene and put him into a car parked not far away.

However, just as Lu Zheng gestured for him to walk towards the car, Li Qiang seemed to suddenly remember something, abruptly turned his head, and stared intently at the freshly packed, fragrant, and steaming hot lunchbox on Su Xiaonuan's stall, his eyes filled with extreme longing and resentment.

He hesitated for a moment, then pleaded with Lu Zheng, his voice trembling and on the verge of tears, "Officer... Officer... could... could you let me finish this meal before I leave? Just five minutes! That roasted lamb leg... it looks so delicious... If I don't eat it today, I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to eat it again..."

His words were incoherent, but the meaning was clear—he was so hungry that he couldn't stop thinking about food even as he was about to go inside!

All I could see and thought about was that box of roasted lamb leg, so close yet so far away!

Lu Zheng: "..."

Even with his extensive experience and knowledge of handling countless bizarre cases, Lu Zheng was momentarily speechless at the criminal's peculiar thought process and unwavering foodie spirit.

He looked down at the handcuffs on his wrists, then at Li Qiang's pitiful look of "I won't give up until I get my hands on him," and a very subtle and absurd feeling welled up in his heart.

The food Su Xiaonuan made... its allure is too sinister! Even a criminal about to be imprisoned can't resist it?

He paused for two seconds, looking at Li Qiang's dejected expression, as if his biggest regret in life was not getting to eat this lamb leg, and finally nodded almost imperceptibly, his voice still indifferent: "Fine. You sit over there and eat, I'll watch you."

Upon hearing this, Li Qiang felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and hurriedly nodded and bowed, saying, "Yes, yes! Thank you, officer! Thank you!"

So, under the stunned and ghost-like gazes of the surrounding diners, the tense arrest scene suddenly changed – Lu Zheng, expressionless, led Li Qiang, whose wrists were still gleaming with handcuffs, back to Su Xiaonuan's stall.

Lu Zheng gestured for Li Qiang to sit down on the small stool he had been sitting on earlier.

An Ran stared at this bizarre and absurd scene, completely losing control of her expression. Her cool and pretty face was filled with the question, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I looking at?"

Su Xiaonuan couldn't help but chuckle, almost bursting out laughing.

She quickly lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly, barely managing to suppress her laughter.