Chapter 15 How did she know?
The stationery store owner was a short woman named Zhou Feiming. She was organizing the posters and cards at the bottom of the shelves. Chen Zhenzhu glanced at them; they were a bunch of flashy celebrity cards.
The box contained younger versions of Chow Yun-fat, Leon Lai, the Little Tigers, and Andy Lau, among others. There were also some Japanese male celebrities.
Female celebrities are in the top row.
"I have my work permit, wait for me to get it." She turned around, swallowed hard, and pulled a paper bag from the counter drawer, taking out her work permit.
Shen Zhenzhu felt the voice sounded somewhat familiar. She remained calm, filled in the information in the register, and walked around the store again, but found nothing wrong.
"Is it ready yet?" Old Huang urged from the doorway.
"Alright." As Shen Zhenzhu walked to the door, she suddenly heard a sound coming from upstairs, which seemed to be the sound of a suitcase zipper being pulled.
Chen Zhenzhu asked, "Who's up there?"
“It’s my boyfriend, Liang Jianguo,” Zhou Feiming said quickly. “This shop is mine, not his. He just came to see me.”
"Who is it?" A voice came from upstairs, startling Shen Zhenzhu!
This voice is exactly the same as the voice in the video!
Even their accents are the same!
Seeing that Shen Zhenzhu remained silent and her hand trembled violently at her side, Zhou Feiming quickly said to the person upstairs, "They're checking work permits. You're not here to work, so you don't need to be checked—"
“If you need to check, show me the letter of introduction if you don’t have a work permit. Our police station has requirements, so please cooperate.” Shen Zhenzhu said sweetly, though she didn’t have any cute dimples on her face.
Seeing her reaction, Zhou Feiming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was just a local police officer, not a criminal investigator.
She shouted upstairs, "Hey, throw your letter of introduction down for the police to see."
Shen Zhenzhu said from behind her, "There's no need to bring it down specially, I can go up and see."
Zhou Feiming's back stiffened immediately. She turned around awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, my boyfriend just got up and isn't dressed yet."
Chen Zhenzhu lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on the last step of the stairs: "Okay, I'll wait."
Zhou Feiming quickly went upstairs, found Liang Jianguo's letter of introduction, and ran back down to show it to Shen Zhenzhu.
"Xiao Shen, hurry up. Just check the workplace and the official seal, what's the big deal?" Old Huang was getting impatient waiting outside the shop. It was almost lunchtime, and he needed to go back for lunch and a nap.
Shen Zhenzhu memorized the ancestral address and workplace on the letter of introduction in case he fled and she couldn't find him. She handed the letter to Zhou Feiming, then turned and walked away, her pace quickening.
Seeing her walk to the public phone booth by the roadside, still glancing at the stationery store out of the corner of her eye, Old Huang said impatiently, "Hurry up and go back, it's been such a long trip with you—"
"Oh no, he's trying to escape! Call Team Four! Quick!" Shen Zhenzhu didn't have time to dial; the receiver dangled in mid-air, swaying back and forth.
"Which fourth team are you calling? What do you want to call?!" By the time Lao Huang realized what was happening, Chen Zhenzhu had already dashed out and run wildly onto the road.
Liang Jianguo originally planned to leave, but after the local police officer who checked his work permit left, he said a few words to his girlfriend and walked out of the stationery store.
He felt inexplicably panicked and tried to hail a taxi. Seeing Chen Zhenzhu rushing towards him, he abandoned his suitcase, grabbed his train ticket, and stood in the middle of the road, blocking traffic, hoping a taxi would quickly get him away!
Why did she chase after me?
Did that woman tell on me?
Liang Jianguo touched the fruit knife at his waist, his eyes were so fierce that even if he stood in the middle of the road, taxis would immediately go around him and would never let him ride!
Shen Zhenzhu chased after him through the traffic. Liang Jianguo thought his physical abilities would allow him to escape quickly, but he couldn't shake off Shen Zhenzhu no matter what he did. He ran so hard that he felt like he was going to burst out of his lungs!
Shen Zhenzhu felt the almost healed scab on her knee reopen, but she could no longer feel the pain. She followed closely behind Liang Jianguo, getting closer and closer!
Suddenly, a taxi pulled over and dropped off a passenger. Liang Jianguo seized the opportunity and sprinted over, pulling out his knife as he prepared to get into the car. Once inside, he could force the driver to flee, with unimaginable consequences.
Shen Zhenzhu shouted, "Liang Jianguo, you're wrong! She doesn't owe you anything!"
Liang Jianguo stopped in his tracks, turned his head incredulously outside the car, and asked, his lips trembling, "What did you say?"
How could she possibly know what he said to the corpse?!
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