Wei Qiao, who was staking out the area near the bar, didn't pay much attention when he saw the police go in. After all, anything could happen in a bar, such as fights or disputes. It was normal for the police to come and go occasionally.
But the police came out quickly. The officers in front handcuffed Gu Qingyan's hands behind her back and pushed her out. Wei Qiao was really surprised to see this.
Wei Qiao was stunned for a moment before quickly taking out her phone to call Rong Mo.
"President Rong, there's been an emergency. Gu Qingyan was just arrested by the police at the bar," Wei Qiao said, somewhat puzzled but also with a hint of schadenfreude.
But his smile vanished as he looked closely and realized that Gu Qingyan didn't seem to have the ability to walk on her own; she was being pushed and pulled the whole time.
The police officers following behind muttered, "You're incredibly audacious, daring to do something like this in downtown Beijing. If it weren't for a kind-hearted person reporting it..."
Sensing that something was amiss, she put away her smile and reported seriously to Rong Mo, "Mr. Rong, something seems wrong. If it were just a simple case of drunkenness, the police wouldn't come to arrest someone. I vaguely heard someone report something, but it was too far away for me to hear clearly."
"Go and find out what happened," Rong Mo instructed, pressing his aching temples.
Seeing Rong Mo's expression turn serious, Lu Jia frowned involuntarily. After he hung up the phone, she quickly asked, "What happened? You don't look well."
"It's not clear yet, but Gu Qingyan has been arrested. There's something fishy about it. Wei Qiao said that Gu Qingyan seems to have been reported by phone, but the specifics are still unclear. I've already asked Wei Qiao to investigate."
Rong Mo looked at the teacup in front of him, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, lost in thought.
Soon, Wei Qiao called back, and Rong Mo immediately put it on speakerphone.
"Have you found out? What happened?" Rong Mo asked bluntly.
“President Rong, I spoke with Captain Liu. The incident happened suddenly. All I know is that a woman called the police station, saying that Gu Qingyan was openly using drugs in a bar. She said that as a law-abiding citizen, she couldn’t stand it, so she called the police station to report it.”
"Can you find out about this woman? Also, is he really on drugs?" Rong Mo's eyes darkened, worried that Gu Qingyan's drug habit might affect Shen Zhi Qiu.
"Captain Liu has already gone there. He said that he just looks like he's drunk and there are no signs of him taking drugs."
However, there were indeed some undissolved white powdery substances in the wine glass that Gu Qingyan was holding, which were brought back from the scene, but it is not yet possible to confirm what they are.
Gu Qingyan won't be leaving tonight. He'll be sent for a urine test and a series of other examinations, and he won't be released on bail until the white powder is detected.
“I understand.” Rong Mo raised an eyebrow and asked, “Have you checked the surveillance footage at the scene? I have a feeling this matter isn’t as simple as it seems on the surface.”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Rong, I've already sent people to investigate, but the bar said that in order to protect the privacy of its customers, they didn't install many surveillance cameras to begin with, and many of them weren't even turned on."
Of course, they told the police the surveillance cameras were broken and that they had contacted repairmen, but they hadn't fixed them yet.
"It's all too coincidental," Rong Mo said, frowning with some concern.
"Yes, I've already investigated in secret. A girl at the bar said she ran into Gu Qingyan when she came out of the restroom. She said he was dragged away by a seductive woman when he came out of the restroom. But such things are too common in bars, so she didn't pay much attention at the time. She just took a few extra glances at Gu Qingyan because of his outstanding appearance."
She vaguely remembered that the woman was completely covered up, so she couldn't see her face at all, and it seemed she had deliberately pulled her hat brim down, so she couldn't see her clearly. But based on her description, it seemed that Gu Qingyan was dragged away without resistance, whether she was drunk or really on drugs, she didn't know. It's hard to say now.”
For some reason, even without any indication, Rong Mo and Lu Jia both thought of Xiao Wanqing in an instant.
After hanging up the phone, the two exchanged a glance, feeling vaguely uneasy. This woman was truly ruthless. Since she was seriously injured and disappeared, everyone seemed to have forgotten about her. Even though Wei Qiao had been investigating, it seemed that someone had deliberately erased her traces. It was as if she had truly vanished into thin air.
But this time, both of them intuitively felt that it was related to Xiao Wanqing. That alluring woman might really be Xiao Wanqing, who had disappeared for a long time.
"I will deploy more people to guard the villa, just in case. Zhi Qiu is about to give birth, and I don't want any unexpected situations to occur." Rong Mo glanced gently upstairs; he was determined to protect his sister.
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the next day.
Because he had a very important meeting to attend today, Rong Mo arrived at the company early, despite his fatigue.
He walked into the office, about to ask his assistant to make him an iced Americano, when he heard a knock on the door.
Rong Mo assumed they were there to deliver documents for him to sign, so he called out to the door, "Come in."
To everyone's surprise, it was Yuan Mengjie who walked in.
"What's up?" Rong Mo asked in a businesslike manner, glancing at her before his eyes remained fixed on a quarterly summary report in his hands.
"No, I just happened to go buy coffee and saw you came, so I brought you yours." Yuan Mengjie pursed her lips in disappointment, her eyes full of disappointment.
She dressed up specially today, and even wore the beige dress that Rong Mo had praised her for looking good in before, but Rong Mo didn't even glance at her, treating her like an ordinary employee.
"Okay, thank you. You can leave it here, but next time you don't need to buy me coffee. I can have my assistant bring it in." Rong Mo was focused on the documents and didn't notice Yuan Mengjie's girlish mood. He said calmly.
Yuan Mengjie tucked her hair behind her ear, trying to hide her disappointment. She stepped forward, pulled an iced Americano from the paper bag, uncorked it, placed the coffee beside Rong Mo, and said, "Okay, I'll be going now."
"Hmm," Rong Mo said without looking up.
Hearing the door close, Rong Mo looked up, preparing to lift the lid of his coffee cup, only to find that Yuan Mengjie had already opened it for him. He didn't like using a straw to drink coffee and always drank it with the lid open. Yuan Mengjie would occasionally open it for him in the past, but today, he had a feeling he couldn't quite put his finger on.
Rong Mo paused for a moment, put the coffee aside, picked up the documents, and prepared to go to the meeting.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number.
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