When Zhou Luancheng heard that a strange woman was looking for Zhong Shengmin, his expression became serious: "What kind of woman? What do you want from Zhong Shengmin?"
Mr. Pei shook his head: "I don't know what happened, but after that woman came, the two of them went to the cafeteria outside to eat, and when Sungmin came back, his face looked very bad."
Zhou Luancheng frowned: "Do you still remember what that woman looks like?"
Mr. Pei thought about it carefully: "I didn't see him clearly, because he was wearing a headscarf and looked like he came from the countryside. He was a little fat, probably around 30 years old?"
Zhou Luancheng asked his colleagues to record it. He couldn't ask any questions from Mr. Pei, so he could only find a way to investigate this woman.
I also asked Jong Sungmin's colleagues, but since they didn't have a good relationship with each other, no one noticed the woman who came to see Jong Sungmin.
Zhou Luancheng couldn't get any useful information from his colleagues, so he asked them to go home first, and he went to the cafeteria where Zhong Shengmin and the woman had eaten to ask.
Because Mr. Pei didn't know which canteen it was, Zhou Luancheng could only focus on a few state-owned restaurants and staff canteens around the institute.
Zhou Luancheng was a little suspicious after he found out that both families said they had never seen Zhong Shengmin. Such a long time had passed and people came and went. Even if Zhong Shengmin had been there, he would soon be forgotten.
When I came out of the cafeteria and was about to go to the next restaurant, I unexpectedly ran into Mu Xiaowan.
Mu Xiaowan was also quite surprised to see Zhou Luancheng. She stayed at Zhou's house last night and went to class early this morning. During the lunch break, she wanted to go out and buy some food to bring back for Sheng Anning.
It feels like Sheng An Ning has lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and she ate very little last night.
Mu Xiaowan was surprised and delighted. She looked at Zhou Luancheng with a smile on her face: "Hey, why are you here? Is there any progress in the case?"
Zhou Luancheng laughed: "Why are you here too? I just came here to look for clues."
Mu Xiaowan pointed to an inconspicuous steamed bun shop not far away: "There is a steamed bun shop opened by a person from the northwest. The braised pork buns are very delicious. Have you eaten? Let's go together? No matter how busy you are, you have to eat."
Although Zhou Luancheng was smiling, she could still feel the helplessness in his eyes, with his brows furrowed in confusion.
Zhou Luancheng was not hungry at first, but when he saw Mu Xiaowan talking excitedly, he suddenly felt a little hungry: "Let's go."
Mu Xiaowan was curious about the progress of the case: "Are there any suspects? Do you think it was his classmates or colleagues who had an argument due to jealousy or other reasons and accidentally killed someone?"
Zhou Luancheng was amused by Mu Xiaowan's imagination and suddenly felt better: "Everyone is researching different topics, so there is no competition or jealousy. It shouldn't be classmates or colleagues who committed the crime."
Mu Xiaowan scratched his head: "That's a bit difficult. Do we have to investigate all the connections around him?"
Zhou Luancheng nodded: "Yes, but Zhong Shengmin's network of relationships is very simple. After coming to Beijing, he has no private social life except for work."
Mu Xiaowan muttered, "Isn't that the saintly old scholar?"
Zhou Luancheng smiled, but had to admit one thing, when she saw Mu Xiaowan, she didn't say or do anything, and her mood would be much better.
He followed Mu Xiaowan with relaxed steps to the bun shop that she described as inconspicuous.
Mu Xiaowan also introduced: "This bun shop has been here since I was a kid. The taste is delicious. The owner is from Gansu Province. I haven't seen it for the last ten years. It reopened last year. The taste is still as good as when I was a kid."
After that, he leaned in front of Zhou Luancheng and whispered, "It's delicious but you have to queue up. Many people say that there must be something in the buns that makes people more and more addicted to it."
Zhou Luancheng was curious: "So was he released or not?"
Mu Xiaowan shook her head: "It must be that they didn't put any in it. If they did, I definitely wouldn't come. It's delicious if it's delicious. The boss's ancestors used to make buns for the palace, so it's no small matter if he has some unique skills."
Zhou Luancheng smiled with a relaxed look on his face. He liked to see the light in Mu Xiaowan's eyes every time she talked about food.
There are only four tables in the small shop, and they are all full now. There is no room even for sharing the table.
Mu Xiaowan was sweet-talking, and the proprietress also had an impression of her. When she saw her, she quickly and enthusiastically called her to sit in the backyard: "There is a table in the yard. It's where our family eats. If you don't mind, you can go sit in the back."
Mu Xiaowan nodded repeatedly: "I don't mind, I don't mind, as long as I can sit down and eat, your buns are so delicious, I'm willing to eat them standing up."
As he spoke, he asked for fifteen meat buns: "Bring this many up to me first, and then pack ten for me, I'll take them away later."
Zhou Luancheng was surprised: "Can you finish all this?"
Mu Xiaowan nodded confidently: "Yes, of course, I can eat ten by myself, let's go."
The backyard is not big, and there is a grape trellis with a small square table under it.
There were some bottles and jars on the table, which was indeed where the boss and his family had their meals.
The proprietress came over to clean the table, chatting with Mu Xiaowan as she cleaned: "But I haven't seen you for a while, why haven't you come recently? Last time you said that you ate my buns when you were a child, and then I thought about it and I really have some impression of you. Did you have two pigtails when you were a child?"
Mu Xiaowan nodded quickly and said happily: "Yes, yes, I did tie two pigtails. Your buns are delicious. I miss them a lot if I don't eat them for a day."
The lady boss was a little proud: "Of course it's delicious. We use secret recipes. Some of our peers think we must have used something shameful and went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to sue us. But the Industrial and Commercial Bureau took the food for testing and found nothing, didn't it?"
The more he talked, the more excited he became: "A few days ago, a woman came from Gansu Province and ate my buns. She said they were delicious. They tasted like those from her hometown, but they were more authentic than those made there."
Zhou Luancheng suddenly became alert: "A woman from Gansu Province? What does she look like and how old is she?"
The proprietress was surprised: "Why are you asking this?"
This young man looks so gentle, why does he get so excited when he hears about a woman?
Zhou Luancheng quickly explained his identity and took out a photo of Zhong Shengmin from his pocket: "Have you seen this person?"
When the lady boss heard that it was a police officer, her attitude immediately became respectful. She took the photo and looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded: "Oh, I know this person. He wears glasses and looks like a learned man. He also sat here when he came to my restaurant to eat the other day."
Then he added: "It's the woman I was talking about. She's pretty, isn't she? She's wearing a scarf."
Zhou Luancheng looked at Mu Xiaowan excitedly. This girl was simply his lucky star!
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