Although he had no memory of it, he still couldn't stand that attitude.
It was as if he were some kind of sinner throughout history.
This feeling made him very uncomfortable; being questioned by his fellow countrymen and detained in that oppressive place.
Just thinking about it is enough to drive anyone crazy.
Du Chenzhou couldn't understand why they were so brazen in detaining people without sufficient evidence.
The police understood his anger, but they were also acting in accordance with their duties. At the moment, they did not have enough evidence to prove that Du Chenzhou was indeed an enemy agent, so they could only release him for the time being.
"Although you don't seem to have any major problems at the moment, your two friends haven't been cleared of suspicion yet. We'll have to wait for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come and talk to them to find out the specifics. If you insist on waiting for them, go to the side, but don't interfere with our official business."
Du Chenzhou is a fairly well-mannered person. Although he has been uncooperative since he came in, he has not caused them too much trouble.
This is where Howard and his companion are currently being held, and it's not convenient to tell him yet.
As the police officer spoke, he handed him the pocket watch that they had found on him.
"This is your stuff, there's no problem, you can have it back."
Du Chenzhou snatched the pocket watch from the policeman, carefully opened it, glanced at the photo inside, and only felt relieved after confirming that there were no problems.
"Your arbitrary search is really wrong. These are someone else's valuables. What if something happens to them? How will you take responsibility?"
After all, he had been misunderstood, and although his tone wasn't very nice, the police didn't hold it against him.
"If there's nothing else, you can leave now."
Du Chenzhou remained silent, his meaning clear: he was waiting for the two of them to come out.
The two police officers working next to each other exchanged a glance.
They've seen plenty of stubborn people, but few are this stubborn.
The two shook their heads and said no more.
Du Chenzhou, carrying his bag, sat on a bench inside the Public Security Bureau. The shift changers came over, and the two handed over their duties. Officer Liu briefly explained the situation of the day, then glanced at Du Chenzhou sitting next to him and lowered his voice.
"The guy sitting next to me, among the items they searched him, there was a photo of a woman. The girl has been found. I heard that someone around here knows her. She's quite pretty, and supposedly looks exactly like the girl in the photo. She's in Beijing now. What do you think is the relationship between these two people?"
Du Chenzhou was stunned. He looked up and met the other person's gaze. The other person was also looking at him. Their eyes met, and he became even more certain that the other person was talking about him.
The girl has been found!
He opened his pocket watch and stared at the photo for a long time, his heart inexplicably starting to race.
Du Chenzhou didn't expect to meet the person in the photo here so soon. The girl was in the capital, which meant that the two of them would meet soon.
He placed one hand on his chest, feeling the powerful beating of his heart. Since losing his memory, he had never felt his life was so vibrant.
His gaze locked onto the person in the photo, filled with anticipation.
What is she to him?
Just then, police officers Zheng Yifan and Chen Feng finished their interrogations and brought Howard and Lusca back out of the interrogation room, instructing them to sit in the public area, just like Du Chenzhou.
Du Chenzhou looked up at the sound and saw that Howard and Lusca's faces were filled with gloom and frustration, with a hint of anger between their brows.
The two sat down next to Du Chenzhou, one seat apart, and rubbed their faces vigorously while exhaling, a typical Western gesture that made their skin red and added a lot of weight to the anger on their faces.
He put his hands down, then began to shrug and grumble with resentment.
"This journey was already very difficult, but unexpectedly, once we entered China, all the people protecting us died."
"It's too chaotic, this is all too chaotic!"
"We've finally arrived in the capital, and we were supposed to be heading to the army soon..."
He thought the twists and turns of the journey were finally over and he could finally reach the army. But to his surprise, before he even got off the train, he was brought here for investigation as a criminal.
"But we clearly have all the legal and compliant procedures, and we have no other purpose. We are just here for exchanges with the military. We are not bad people. Why are we being treated like this?"
"Oh God, is this your test for us?"
After Howard and Lusca finished speaking, they started rubbing their faces together, making them even redder, as if only in this way could they relieve their anxiety.
Du Chenzhou, listening nearby, was somewhat uneasy and tentatively asked.
"How are you two?"
"If there was any misunderstanding during your conversation with the police, I am willing to explain it to you."
Howard and Lusca's gazes towards Du Chenzhou instantly changed, their eyes sparkling with emotion.
But the more they did this, the more quickly they waved their hands.
"No, no, Zhou, from now on you may have to distance yourself from us."
“We’ve been cursed by the devil all this way, with bad luck constantly coming our way. We don’t want to drag you down with us, so it’s better if you cut ties with us to avoid ending up like us.”
As he said this, Howard's expression was particularly tragic, and his thoughts became increasingly pessimistic.
They knew that China was going through a sensitive period, and their status as foreigners was already suspicious enough. Now, with such a big incident and this package appearing out of nowhere, they were already in a difficult position to explain themselves.
In addition, they had just been interrogated separately, and communication was already difficult due to the language barrier. As a result, they were forced to interrogate Du Chenzhou separately.
They felt that the police hadn't quite understood them, and they were afraid that the more they explained, the worse it would get, and the deeper the misunderstanding would become...
They always felt that the Chinese police treated them like bad guys.
Howard picked up the silver cross pendant hanging around his neck, placed it in his palm, and clasped his hands in reverence.
"God, please spare this kind Chinese man. Let the two of us bear everything ourselves."
Chen Feng and Zheng Yifan exchanged a glance.
Although they couldn't quite understand what the two foreigners were saying in their gibberish, they could guess what they were saying from their clasped hands in prayer and their faces full of despair.
Just as Du Chenzhou was anxious to ask for help, Chen Feng spoke up first to explain.
Please don't be nervous, that was just a routine inquiry.
“We did not consider these two people to be criminal suspects, but the situation on the train at the time was very complicated and chaotic.”
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