A feeling of suffocation washed over her, and Xie Kerong desperately pounded on his hand.
Is this man insane? He just started choking me without warning.
"Let go of us! Instead of... instead of pinching us here, why don't you look for Pingping... where she is..."
Hearing Xie Kerong's intermittent voice, Shen Jiayu's rationality returned in an instant, and he slowly released his grip on their necks.
As fresh air entered her respiratory tract, Xie Kerong covered her neck and coughed violently.
Then look at the manager over there; his face was a mix of red and white, and he collapsed to the ground.
Oh no, I hope I'm not strangled to death.
Xie Kerong was terrified. Without even catching her breath, she rushed over to the manager who was lying on the ground.
"Are you alright? Wake up, wake up!"
After being shaken a couple of times, the manager's eyes remained tightly closed, as if he were asleep.
Oh no, is he really going to be strangled to death?
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and slapped her shoulders twice.
"Help! Don't pinch me!"
The manager suddenly opened his eyes and his first reaction was to protect his neck, which shows how frightened he had just been.
Seeing that she had woken up, Xie Kerong breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, she hadn't been strangled to death.
But the next second, Shen Jiayu grabbed the manager by the collar and dragged him up from the ground.
Looking at the woman trembling in his arms, Shen Jiayu showed no pity. The thought of Pingping disappearing into thin air made his heart feel like it was being gripped by a giant hand, causing him unbearable pain.
Seeing this, Xie Kerong thought he was going to use the same trick again, so she quickly stepped forward and pressed his hand down, saying, "We are also very worried about Pingping's disappearance, but don't get agitated. The most important thing now is to find Pingping first."
Shen Jiayu looked at her with impatience, frowning as he gestured for her to let go of him.
Seeing that he didn't go berserk, Xie Kerong slowly let go of his hand.
Are there security cameras outside?
The manager nodded as if waking from a dream and said, "Yes, yes, yes, please wait a moment, I'll go adjust it for you right now."
She was genuinely terrified by this man. He looked so refined, but he was so frightening when he went crazy!
Upon hearing this, Shen Jiayu released her and pushed her towards the door: "No need, I'll go with you myself."
Pingping must have been taken away by someone, otherwise she wouldn't have disappeared without a word.
At the same time, he had a vague suspicion in his mind, but it still needed to be confirmed.
Thinking of this, he followed the manager in that direction while taking out his phone and dialing home.
A few seconds later, Li Xiuyun's voice came through: "Ayu, why did you call home? What happened when we met today...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Jiayu ruthlessly interrupted him, asking succinctly, "Where is Shen Jing now!"
Hearing him ask about Shen Jing, Li Xiuyun quickly suppressed her excitement, but still pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Jing said he had something to do and had to go home, so he didn't come today. What's wrong?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Shen Jiayu's voice rang out again: "You better pray it wasn't him, or I'll really make him regret ever being born."
After Shen Jiayu finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately.
Xie Kerong, who was standing to the side, had seen his reaction the whole time and had a vague idea of what was going on, but she didn't dare to think about it.
The most urgent task now is to quickly check the surveillance footage to see whether Pingping left on her own or was taken away by someone.
The manager led Shen Jiayu to the monitoring room, and upon seeing a black area on the computer screen, he immediately had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the black screen was the surveillance camera outside the staff break room!
Shen Jiayu stared at the computer screen with a somber expression, his hands hanging at his sides slowly clenching into fists.
It seems the other party had planned this all along.
The manager scrolled back in time and discovered that the surveillance video had been broken since yesterday afternoon, and no one had noticed or repaired it until then.
"What's going on? Don't tell me there's such a coincidence."
Shen Jiayu's words were like a death warrant, devoid of any emotion, yet they sent a chill down the spines of those who heard them.
The manager, recalling the man's act of choking him, swallowed hard and quickly moved away from him.
The main problem is that she doesn't know how to explain this situation—how come the person just happened to disappear and then the surveillance camera just happened to be broken?
"The person went missing here, you had better find him for me!"
Shen Jiayu slammed his hand on the table, startling everyone.
The manager nodded hurriedly and went to check the surveillance video of the corridor connecting the restaurant to the other side.
I stared at the screen, praying that some clue would appear.
Suddenly, Shen Jiayu's gaze fell on the man wearing a hat and work clothes pushing a cart on the computer screen.
Who is this person?
Upon hearing his question, the manager's gaze also fell on the man.
Judging from the clothes the person was wearing, she must have been an auntie who came specifically to collect dirty clothes, sheets, and blankets.
Hearing her tell the truth, Shen Jiayu felt that something was not quite right, so he pulled back the progress bar of the surveillance footage and watched it again.
Finally, with quick reflexes, the camera captured the moment when the person pushing the cart looked up at them.
That action clearly showed that the person knew there was surveillance footage there, which is why they subconsciously looked in that direction.
Zooming in again, he suddenly asked, "Is the nanny you hired very tall?"
The manager was somewhat confused and subconsciously retorted, "No, the lady is about half a head shorter than me, less than 1.6 meters tall..."
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