"Manager, Assistant Manager Zhou just called to say he'll be a little late today," a staff member at the snack shop said. Zhou Sui subconsciously folded the note and put it in her pocket.
"Okay, I'll go cover for a bit." The store had even hired a cashier to switch shifts with Zhou Meimei, and it should be time for the shift change now.
She thought that half an hour or an hour would be enough for her, but after a busy afternoon, Zhou Sui realized that Zhou Meimei said she would be late for the store. The peak hours had passed, and she still hadn't arrived. Wasn't that a bit too late?
Zhou Sui went to ask the employee who answered the phone for details, but the employee didn't know what was going on either. Everyone thought that Zhou Meimei had just been delayed by something, but they didn't expect her to have taken so long.
It takes at most twenty minutes to walk from where Zhou Meimei lives to the store, and she shares a house with two of the store's employees.
Zhou Sui went to see the two girls again. "Shop assistant Zhou went out this morning, apparently to meet up with her friend."
After hearing their words, Zhou Sui gave up the idea of going to check the rented house.
Zhou Meimei used to work in the city. Although she didn't mention working in the city when she returned to the town, after working in the city for a while, she seemed to have reconnected with the people she used to work with, and they would occasionally go out to eat and shop together.
I just don't know what happened this time that caused this delay. Zhou Meimei is much more composed now and wouldn't skip work without a reason.
Zhou Sui was still wondering if something had happened when she received a phone call.
"Hello, this is the Liziyang Road Police Station. Are you a family member of Zhou Meimei?"
Twenty minutes later, Zhou Sui hurriedly got out of the car and rushed into the police station.
She had brought Cheng Yue to this police station before, so she was quite familiar with it and didn't ask for directions; she just ran straight to the lobby.
A number of people had already gathered in the hall, and Zhou Sui spotted Zhou Meimei at a glance, her hair disheveled and her eyes red from crying.
"Sister Xiaomei."
Zhou Meimei turned around and saw Zhou Sui. The tears she had managed to hold back started flowing again. "Sui Sui, waaaah."
As soon as Zhou Sui walked over, she hugged Zhou Sui and started crying.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here." Zhou Meimei's body trembled slightly, and Zhou Sui patted her back, gently comforting her.
The once noisy hall fell into a brief silence after Zhou Sui's sudden intrusion.
The girl was so beautiful, but everyone quickly snapped out of their daze at Zhou Sui's appearance.
"Zhou Meimei, didn't I tell you to find your family? Why did you bring out such a young girl? Is this your sister? Can she make the decision?" a middle-aged man asked.
Zhou Meimei was crying so hard she could barely breathe. Zhou Sui looked at the man and said, "I'm Zhou Meimei's family. Just tell me if there's anything you need."
She was the one who brought Zhou Meimei to the city. Whether from the perspective of kinship or employment relationship, she should step forward.
Just then, a policeman came out from inside. Coincidentally, this was the same policeman who had received Zhou Sui and Cheng Yue last time.
"Quiet down, everyone, don't make a sound," he called out, and the hall fell silent once again.
He then said to Zhou Sui, "Come with me, I'll tell you what happened."
Zhou Sui patted her shoulder, winked at a shop assistant behind her, and told the assistant to stay with Zhou Meimei while she walked out with the police.
When she received the call, the person told her it was about a fight. When she came in, she thought, Zhou Meimei is all alone. Who is she fighting with? Even if a fight breaks out, either she will be beaten by a group of people, or she will fight one-on-one.
But just as she was about to walk out of the hall, her pupils contracted.
"Xu Yibai?!" Zhou Sui never expected Xu Yibai to be here. Perhaps she was in such a hurry that she didn't notice him in the corner by the door.
"Manager Zhou." Xu Yibai awkwardly tried to force a smile, but this ordinary action immediately put on a mask of pain, because there was a bluish-black ring around the corner of his mouth.
Zhou Sui didn't even have time to ask him anything, because the police were waiting at the door.
"Officer, what exactly is going on?"
The policeman glanced at the people inside before saying, "It was Zhou Meimei from Wanfu Hotel who called the police."
Wanfu Hotel is where Zhou Meimei used to work, and the middle-aged man who just spoke was Zhou Meimei's former supervisor, Supervisor Wan.
Zhou Meimei did go to see her former colleague today, but because her colleague was still handing over shifts, she waited at the door. Unexpectedly, Manager Wan came out.
As luck would have it, Manager Wan's wife also arrived. Seeing the two of them standing together, she went up and grabbed Zhou Meimei to hit her. Of course, Zhou Meimei wouldn't let her hit her, and immediately fought back.
This is at the entrance of Wanfu Hotel. Manager Wan called out, and someone came out from inside. Zhou Meimei was naturally at a disadvantage, no wonder she looked so disheveled.
But if that's the case, why did Wanfu Hotel call the police? After all, they had the upper hand in terms of numbers, and legally speaking, they struck first.
The police then explained, "Because that gentleman who was passing by also intervened."
Zhou Sui followed the policeman's gaze and saw that the passing gentleman was pointing at Xu Yibai.
"He can be quite ruthless; several people at the Wanfu Hotel have bruises and swelling on their faces."
Zhou Sui did see that there were several such people behind that middle-aged man.
The cause of the fight was quite unexpected for Zhou Sui. Manager Wan's wife thought Zhou Meimei was a vixen and that she had suddenly appeared to catch her in the act of adultery.
So when she was fighting with Zhou Meimei, she was cursing at the same time, which attracted a lot of onlookers. Some people even pointed at Zhou Meimei and called her shameless, a vixen, and a woman who seduced other people's husbands.
"It's more accurate to say that it was Wanfu Hotel's wife who called the police than Wan's hotel."
One report was about fighting and brawling.
Another newspaper reported on the seduction of a married man.
After hearing this, Zhou Sui's pretty face turned cold. So, no matter who called the police, it sounded like it was very disadvantageous to Zhou Meimei and Xu Yibai?
"What is the actual situation?" Zhou Sui asked coldly.
Because this policeman would start certain statements with "According to so-and-so".
The police officer silently praised the girl, thinking to himself, "She's really calm and collected."
"You know, everyone has their own version of the truth." As police officers, they've seen this kind of thing many times. And since the Cheng family had asked the station to inquire about this girl last time, the two sides must have been in contact, so he said a few more words to Zhou Sui.
“In this kind of situation, we mainly mediate, but now Wanfu Hotel is insisting that the problem lies with you.”
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