Officer Zhao then asked who served the dishes today.
A nineteen-year-old girl stepped forward. Her name was Pang Xiaojing. Pang Xiaojing's face was pale. "It was me. I took the dishes from the window and delivered them. Everyone saw it."
Officer Zhao added, "When Tan Ya was eating, did you notice anything unusual?"
Xu Guiying nodded to Pang Xiaojing, "Just tell the truth."
Pang Xiaojing calmly said, "She was sitting in that seat, facing the main entrance, with her back to us. She ate very quickly, paid the bill, and left. There was nothing wrong with her."
At this point, Phoenix Pavilion had revealed everything it could.
Officer Zhao said to Xu Songyuan and the others, "Now we're waiting for the hospital's test results."
Xu Songyuan: "Okay, thank you, Officer Zhao."
A short while later, Song Rongrong rushed to the shop. She had gone out to eat with Zhang Shu after get off work that afternoon, and only after returning home did she hear about what had happened at the shop from her grandmother.
Around nine o'clock, the crowd of onlookers outside Phoenix Pavilion dispersed. Mao Cheng stayed behind to guard the shop, Xu Guiying told Grandpa Song to go back and rest, and the rest of them went to the hospital together.
Tan Ya was still receiving intravenous fluids. The test results didn't come out until 11 p.m. that night. The gastric lavage revealed the presence of nitrites, which are industrial salts and are virtually impossible to find in restaurants.
No one with a brain would dare to act recklessly in the restaurant unless someone deliberately poisoned the food, just like Zhao Qiang did before.
Xu Guiying asked Wang Ya, "Officer Wang, when will the inspection of the dishes in the store be completed?"
Wang Ya: "It's expected to take several more hours. Why don't you go home and rest first, and come back tomorrow morning?"
Tan Ya's mother blocked their way, "No, my daughter hasn't woken up yet! You can't leave!"
Tan Ya's condition was not serious; she felt much better after her stomach was pumped.
Xu Guiying: "Are you saying your whole family is going to stay here all night?"
Tan Ya's father pulled the middle-aged woman aside, "Let Mom and Dad, and your older brother and younger sister go back first. We'll stay here and keep watch."
The middle-aged woman thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Xu Songyuan and his sister Xu Guiying stayed at the hospital tonight. Song Xinfu and Song Rongrong had to go to work tomorrow, and Xu Guiying urged them to go back.
The third and fifth brothers weren't leaving either. "We'll just stay here for one night, no problem."
Xu Guiying: "Your uncle and I are enough here. You should go back."
The third brother plopped down in a chair, saying, "I'm not leaving."
"I'm not leaving either." The fifth brother also refused to leave.
Song Xinfu didn't leave either. He asked his third brother to make a trip and take Song Rongrong back first.
Song Rongrong has to go on location tomorrow and needs to sleep tonight. She said, "Dad, I can go back by myself. It's not far."
Song Xinfu was worried. "No, it's dangerous for a young lady like you to walk at night."
Song Anmin had already stood up. "Let's go, hurry up."
Song Rongrong left without warning, and the two disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Song Rongrong remained expressionless throughout, saying, "Third brother, I feel like this is being deliberately targeted."
Song Anmin nodded and pursed his lips, "Business is too good, we've attracted a lot of weirdos."
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