Xu Xinchen's question left Gu Yan speechless. He hadn't left at all, had he? Did Xu Xinchen only realize now that he hadn't left?
Xu Xinchen couldn't figure out what Gu Yan was thinking, but she could sense a disdainful aura emanating from him.
She awkwardly touched her nose and said shyly, "I'm sorry, I was paying attention to Ning Sheng just now and didn't notice you."
Hearing Xu Xinchen's words, Gu Yan felt a pang of sadness again. This was clearly just a public display of affection, wasn't it? Even though he, Gu Yan, had already been eliminated, he was still someone who had once admired her. Did she have to be so heartless?
Seeing that Gu Yan didn't speak, Xu Xinchen couldn't understand Gu Yan's inner sadness. She just thought that Gu Yan was in a bad mood because she had just ignored him, so she didn't think too much about it and focused her attention on the police coming and going.
As Xu Xinchen stared at the things, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Weren't there a lot of things being moved out of the coffee shop? How could there be so many odd things in an ordinary coffee shop? What was the purpose of this coffee shop anyway?
With questions in mind, Xu Xinchen regained some of her composure. She stood up and walked over to the policeman standing beside her, who was holding a notebook and seemingly taking notes. Her first words were to introduce herself.
"Hello, officer, I'm the one who was just kidnapped by this guy." Xu Xinchen said, pointing her finger.
Manager Li squatted on the ground, clutching his head, looking utterly desperate.
"Oh, it's you." When the policeman saw Xu Xinchen take the initiative to come over and talk to him, he responded and then asked, "What's the matter? We've already recorded that this guy kidnapped you. You just need to come with us to the police station later to give a statement. Don't worry, we definitely won't let him get away with what he did."
Xu Xinchen shook her head and said to the policeman with a grateful expression, "Thank you. I know you will handle this impartially, but I want to ask what's going on? Why are so many things being moved out?"
Halfway through her explanation, Xu Xinchen worried that if her questions touched on secrets, things would get complicated. So she quickly explained to the police officer, "If it's something that's inconvenient to answer, then I won't say it. I don't necessarily need to know; I'm just a little curious."
The policeman, who had been somewhat hesitant, laughed when he saw Xu Xinchen's expression and said cheerfully, "It's nothing, really. Even if I don't tell you, you should be able to find out the details from President Chen in a while."
The police knew that Xu Xinchen had a relationship with Chen Ningsheng. When they received the report, Chen Ningsheng's bodyguard had already told the police. Therefore, he understood that even if he didn't tell Xu Xinchen now, she would find out eventually. So, there was no big problem in telling her now.
He pointed to Manager Li, who was squatting on the ground holding his head: "This guy's coffee shop has something hidden inside. The police dogs we brought have been staying there and won't leave, digging frantically in the dirt. Now we're bringing these things out again, planning to dig around a bit later to see what they bought underground."
After hearing the policeman's explanation, Xu Xinchen tilted her head and looked into the kitchen. Sure enough, she saw a policeman pulling a...
There was a police dog, its nose darting back and forth across the coffee shop floor, as if it had discovered something.
The reason that police dog ended up here was entirely accidental. In those days, there wasn't such advanced investigative technology, so police dogs became one of the important tools for police officers to investigate cases.
Therefore, everyone was very dedicated to the training. When Xu Xinchen and the others reported the case, there happened to be a police dog training session nearby. In order to test the police dog's abilities, the higher-ups asked them to bring a police dog over.
I didn't mean anything by it; I just wanted to get some fresh air. But when the police dog arrived, I was so focused on running into the kitchen.
At first, they thought the police dog wanted to go to the kitchen to eat something, and they were thinking that they should intensify its training. But they didn't expect that it would stay in the kitchen and keep scratching at a floor tile.
All the police officers felt something was wrong. They had been fine during training these past few days, so how could things have suddenly turned out like this? As a result, all the police officers present quickly came to the conclusion that there must be something strange beneath the coffee shop.
This conclusion led to what Xu Xinchen is seeing now: they are moving things out of the coffee shop to make it easier to explore what's underground.
Although the police dog had only been trained for a short time, they still chose to trust it.
After listening to the police's explanation, Xu Xinchen immediately nodded to them: "Oh, I see. I'm really sorry. I'll go back over there now so as not to cause you any trouble."
The policeman smiled and waved to Xu Xinchen, who immediately ran to where Gu Yan was.
Watching Xu Xinchen run back, he lazily asked her, "What's wrong? What happened? Why do you look so agitated?"
Xu Xinchen looked rather pale: "I'm not excited at all, I'm just panicked, terrified, and scared."
The thought of how much time she had spent in this coffee shop, and now a group of police officers telling her that something was strange about it, sent chills down her spine.
After being startled, Xu Xinchen didn't dare to keep staring at the kitchen and quickly turned her gaze to the doorway, hoping that Chen Ningsheng would come back soon.
Xu Xinchen didn't have to wait long before Chen Ningsheng accompanied Zhao Jianguo in. When he saw Xu Xinchen staring intently at the door and smiling when she saw him, Chen Ningsheng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly walked over to Xu Xinchen and helped her up. He said to her, "Xinchen, don't worry, once the check is done here, we can go and give our statements and then we can leave."
Xu Xinchen nodded to Chen Ningsheng and whispered in his ear, "I just heard that there's something strange about the place beneath this coffee shop. I'm so scared now, especially since I've been here for so long."
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