Chapter 118

A Yan and Zhu Jue, who were at the Chu's Restaurant, were waiting to eat melons.

"Officer Zheng Yi's messages are so slow. Is there any substantive progress at the scene?" Ah Yan guessed wildly.

"It's possible." Zhu Jue said.

The key figures speculated by the two, Police Officer Zheng Yi and Senior Sister He Xing, were now sitting in a jeep.

He Xing was sitting in the passenger seat, and recalling the two-hour dance performance, he could only describe it as "a complete mess."

Fu Yao, ah, Fu Yao, you are too fragile.

He Xing clasped her hands together on her legs and for the first time she felt it was a little funny.

Was it just that encounter in the restaurant in the morning that was enough to scare her like this?

With such a psychological quality, how could he have made up his mind to attack himself?

I haven't done anything yet, and the enemy seems to be about to raise the white flag. It is difficult for He Xing to describe how he feels at this moment.

It's like before you're ready to slap someone, the other person moves his face towards you.

You are no different, Fu Yao.

But He Xing felt it was a pity, for the audience and the other actors.

As great as last night's premiere was, this afternoon's show was just as bad.

This collapse in reputation not only concerns Fu Yao, but also concerns everyone who has contributed to this drama.

"Ms. Zheng, what do you think of "The Goddess of Luo River"? " she suddenly asked.

Zheng Yi rubbed his hair, "Ms. He, to be honest, if you hadn't introduced it last night, I might not understand it. But from the perspective of simply appreciating the beauty and technique, as well as the overall completion, last night's performance was far better than today's."

"The same goes for the lead actor. It's a world of difference."

"I'm not going to watch the tonight's performance, Officer Zheng, and you don't have to follow me." He Xing said.

Zheng Yi looked at her in surprise. She put her hands on the steering wheel and tapped with her index fingers. "Are you going back to the hotel? I'll take you there."

She started the car and heard He Xing's voice the next second.

"Go to the police station."

Zheng Yi waved his right hand and turned to look directly at her.

He Xing looked at her and said, "I've reported the case, so you don't have to follow me, right?"

As she spoke, she turned her head to look out the window and pursed her lips.

Zheng Yi started the car, and He Xing only heard her slowly speak: "You told me this, which is equivalent to reporting the case directly."

"With your words, everything will be easy."

Zheng Yi's tone suddenly became relaxed. She looked at the progress bar that suddenly appeared on the "Old Case Restart" interface in front of her, and her heart was at ease.

From the very beginning, the most difficult part of this case for her was not finding evidence and arresting and convicting the perpetrator.

But it was He Xing who was unwilling to cooperate.

If the victim is not prepared to achieve judicial justice through official procedures, even if she can handle the case, what does it matter if the former victims get their revenge and then get caught again?

"The ballet tickets are quite expensive, but it's not a wasted trip as I happened to catch a scalper." Zheng Yi said casually.

He Xing slowly turned to look at her, "You bought tickets from scalpers and are fishing for law enforcement?"

Hearing her somewhat incredulous tone, Zheng Yi's expression remained unchanged: "You bought the first row seat. When we grabbed the tickets, it was already too late. We could only find the seat next to you from the ticket seller."

He Xing was a little sulky. She knew that it might be Officer Zheng's duty to follow her, but whether it was last night, this morning, or now, she felt a little angry and aggrieved.

You guys insisted on butting in on my own affairs, and followed her. You said you were leaving last night but you were still staying in the hotel, and you were still in the restaurant this morning. When she saw Zheng Yi sitting next to her during the lunch break, she almost laughed out of anger.

How defensive are you?

She suppressed her displeasure and said calmly, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. It's my duty."

When Zheng Yi received the message from Ah Yan, He Xing was calmly taking notes with the team members and handed over the multiple backup recordings to them.

Sometimes it takes a long time for people to figure something out, perhaps even many years.

And sometimes, it only takes a moment to see through everything.

After watching the dance drama "Shen of Luo River" in the afternoon show, He Xing found Fu Yao's performance absurd and ridiculous.

She had prepared so much, and had been thinking about this hatred during the countless days and nights of fast travel. She didn't know how many times she had described these two names in her mind.

She imagined her opponents and enemies to be very scary.

But the reality is, that's all.

He Xing didn't know if Fu Yao saw her when she was sitting in the first row.

Are you so afraid of the people staring at you from the audience?

The theater was pitch black, with only the light from the stage. In her eyes, was I like a fierce ghost seeking death?

He Xing didn't feel happy watching her make mistakes again and again.

She didn't know who was the ugly one between herself and Fu Yao, but she felt that since she came here with a heart full of revenge, she overestimated Fu Yao and underestimated herself.

He Xing suddenly felt a little weak. As for Fu Yao, she might not even need to make some detailed preparations.

Although the old case team only investigated the He Xing case for a few days, they have already gathered a lot of information through their strong investigation.

He Xing came out of the interrogation room and shook hands with the two members of the old case team who were in charge of taking notes and questioning her.

"Ms. He, we will contact you at any time regarding the progress of the case and if there is any need."

"Thank you, officers," she said politely.

When they reached the door, He Xing saw Zheng Yi with one hand in his pocket and handing her bag to him with the other.

"Do you want to eat?" Zheng Yi asked.

He Xing put her bag back on her body and said, "No."

"My eating habits are different from yours."

Zheng Yi frowned, "Not with me, but with your schoolmate. They are at your roommate's restaurant and are trying new dishes tonight. She sent a message but didn't get a reply, so she sent it to me."

"Chu's Restaurant is a famous private restaurant in Bincheng. I heard that it only opens one day a week. Local colleagues said that every month there are reports of suspected drugs in the food, and they go for drug tests every month."

He Xing took out her cell phone from her bag and saw the message from her junior schoolmate A Yan.

She was indeed a little hungry, and this description was so delicious that it would make people report it for drug testing. Is this true?

"I understand. I'll leave then." He Xing took a step forward.

Zheng Yi walked her downstairs. She put her hands in her pockets and said, "I won't drive you."

"From now on, I won't follow you. I will be very busy next." She said with a smile.

He Xing was silent for a moment, "Thank you, Officer Zheng."

But Zheng Yi shook his head and said, "No need to thank me, it's my duty."

"I have no right to apologize to you for what happened back then, but what we do now is our job."

"I'm a police officer and I'm supposed to solve the case."

He Xing watched Zheng Yi raise his right arm. His casual expression tightened at this moment. He clasped his hands together and saluted her.

...

He Xing got off a taxi at the intersection, and kept walking while looking at the location. Finally, he saw his schoolmate A Yan waving at him.

"Senior, here, here! Come quickly!"

She looked at her junior sister A Yan, who was looking around as if she was afraid of being discovered. He Xing couldn't help but quicken her pace.

"Senior sister, don't make a sound, come with me." Junior sister Ayan quickly and nimbly led her into the small courtyard, then locked the door with a snap and breathed a sigh of relief.

He Xing's mouth twitched slightly, "Why do we look like thieves?"

Is it necessary to enter a private restaurant in such a cautious manner?

"Because Brother Chu, oh, that's my boyfriend's roommate, he changed his business hours from two days on weekends to one day on Sunday this semester, and some customers tried to get in by various means."

Ah Yan brought senior sister He Xing in. She secretly observed that her senior sister's expression was very normal, neither sad nor happy, just like usual.

"So exaggerated?" He Xing followed him into the restaurant and found that the decoration was even more ordinary, so much so that the reviews she looked up on the way here were even more shocking.

It was already six o'clock in the evening, and He Xing was not too constrained sitting in the restaurant.

But facing her schoolmate Ayan and her boyfriend, He Xing really didn't know what topic to talk about and could only look around.

"Do you come here to eat often?" she asked.

At this moment, He Xing remembered that the female students seemed to mention fried rice often in the dormitory.

"What is this, egg fried rice?"

The sound of frying rice and the lingering aroma in the kitchen make people unconsciously feel excited.

He Xing saw Ah Yan utter a "hmm" and secretly took a look into the kitchen.

"Senior, egg fried rice is a nickname we secretly gave to it in the dormitory. The egg fried rice here is also very delicious."

Seeing Ah Yan's expression, He Xing began to have some doubts about his guess last night.

Junior sister Ayan, you look like a young girl no matter how you look at you.

"Senior, our meal tonight will be simple, and this restaurant doesn't have many dishes in total." Just in case, Ah Yan explained to Senior He Xing first.

Chu Shen came out with two plates of Yangzhou fried rice and met A Yan and her roommates.

The big sister had mentioned it to him before, and Zhu Jue also mentioned it two days ago, but this was the first time he had seen it.

"Hello, senior sister." He carried the plate to the table, wondering how many stars the other party would give him.

"Um, hello, junior." He Xing nodded.

Zhu Jue helped bring the side dishes and the stewed potatoes and meat left over from lunch to the table, and Chu Shen went to cook two servings of rice.

"It smells so good." Ah Yan's nose twitched as she sniffed the Yangzhou fried rice in front of her. If there weren't so few people around, she would have been unable to hold it in. She felt her stomach rumbling already.

Chu Shen’s new Yangzhou fried rice looks even better than egg fried rice!

"It smells really good." He Xing looked at the fried rice and potatoes in front of him, and there were only two words in his mind.

Carbohydrates!

"Okay, okay, let's eat." Chu Shen brought two more plates to the table, and then took off the scarf on his head.

Ah Yan and senior He Xing sat in a row, opposite them were Jue Jue and Chu Shen.

"Since this is your first time here, the food here is a bit simple." Chu Shen felt a little embarrassed. The only drink they had was mineral water.

"It has always been so simple." A Yan added.

During the Chinese New Year, Chu Shen made Wensi tofu at home, but never served it in the restaurant. The menu was still the same: fried rice with egg, stewed potatoes with meat, and Dongpo pork.

"It's already great. If you hadn't invited me, I wouldn't have been able to get a number." He Xing smiled.

"Eat, eat, try my new fried rice and give me your opinions," said Chu Shen.

"By the way, are you two going back to school tonight? Or tomorrow?" He looked at the two ancestors.

Ah Yan had just scooped up a spoonful of egg fried rice with the spoon in his hand. "It hasn't been decided yet. What's wrong?"

"The big sister said that the guys in your dormitory are urging you to eat every day. If you don't go back tonight, you can bring lunch boxes back tomorrow." Chu Shen sighed.

Grandpa, grandma, I finally made up my mind to only open one day this semester, but the animals in my dormitory howl every day, especially Brother Ye and Ayan, who are in the same dormitory, are embarrassed to poke me, so I asked the big sister to ask.

Forget it, it won’t be a big deal to just fry these few servings.

Ah Yan nodded immediately: "Then we won't go back tonight, it's just right to book a hotel nearby to enjoy the night view."

"become."

He Xing looked down at the plate of fried rice. The ingredients were rich, with egg strands hanging on the distinct grains of rice like broken gold. This fried rice was made with hard rice and looked very beautiful.

"The rice in the fried rice has been changed?" Ah Yan noticed the difference at a glance.

"Yes, we use authentic indica rice. Let's try its taste." Chu Shen said.

The Yangzhou fried rice mission in Ningcheng is about to start, allowing you to explore your own recipe.

Over the past month, he has been experimenting day and night in the Kitchen God Space, adding and subtracting ingredients from existing recipes and adjusting the ingredients. Today's version is the one he is most satisfied with. He respected some of the official recipes and combined his own experience to cook it.

The deadline for the mission is still more than a month away, and Chu Shen plans to wait until the end to settle the bill.

But even though he had a system rating during this period, he almost vomited after trying fried rice in the Kitchen God Space and urgently needed advice from others.

"Delicious." He Xing gave his evaluation without hesitation.

Although she only took two bites, the fried rice was mixed with fragrance, and one spoonful contained several ingredients in her mouth. The rice looked hard, but it was just the right hardness when chewed in the mouth, and together with all the ingredients, it released a blended and fragrant taste.

It was really delicious. She didn’t know if the ingredients were very precious, but it was indeed the best fried rice He Xing had ever eaten.

“The egg aroma here is different from that of egg fried rice, and the overall taste is also different, but it’s delicious.” Ah Yan gave Brother Chu a thumbs up with his left hand. You are worthy of being the God of Cooking!

"Egg fried rice feels more homely, so you may need to double the price for this." Zhu Jue said after thinking for a while.

Ham, bamboo shoots, chicken thighs, sea cucumber and scallion meat, etc. Compared with the simple egg fried rice with scallion rice, the ingredients of Yangzhou fried rice are much more luxurious.

"That's the problem, so please try the dishes first, they may not be on the menu." Chu Shen said.

If he really sells Yangzhou fried rice every day, the cutting and frying process are much more troublesome than egg fried rice. He has to add the soup stock three times, and the speed of serving the dishes is seriously affected. Not to mention these, he doesn't even dare to look at the recommended price of the chef system for the ingredients alone. He is afraid that the price will be in four digits. By then, his small restaurant might be crowded with people who like to do good things.

"Then let's sacrifice the guests for the happiness of you and me," said Ah Yan.

They didn't say a word before starting to eat.

Twenty minutes later, He Xing finished her fried rice and wiped her mouth gently, looking at the clean plates on the table. At this moment, she had a deep understanding of Zheng Yi's previous description, and also understood why the school girls in the dormitory were so obsessed with her.

My god, the food was so delicious that she couldn't help but eat it one bite after another. Such cooking skills were actually made by this 20-year-old junior in front of her.

This is the Yangzhou fried rice, a new product trial. How delicious is the egg fried rice?

And this beef... After eating it, when I think about the boiled beef I usually eat, I can imagine how difficult it is to swallow.

"Senior sister, can I fry another one for you?" Chu Shen looked at the new senior sister He Xing and felt that she might be a little restrained.

"No, no, no, I can't eat anymore. The fried rice is especially delicious, but I've already indulged myself a lot tonight." He Xing looked at the food in front of him and calculated the conversion amount from the extra training.

"You need to make up for what you eat by exercising," she said.

Ah Yan touched her bulging belly and decided not to practice anymore. At most she would do the plank for ten minutes tonight.

The night arrived as expected. After helping Chu Shen clean up after dinner, He Xing took a taxi back to the hotel, while A Yan and Zhu Jue found a nearby river view hotel.

"Bingbing and Suisui are not in Bincheng this weekend. I feel like they won't be back until tomorrow evening." A Yan said while lying on the bed and looking at his phone.

Zhu Jue thought for a moment and said, "Then tell Chu Shen and do it in the evening?"

On Sunday night, everyone will definitely be back to school, and when the fried rice is cold, you can use the microwave in the dormitory to make it.

In the river view room, two people can see the flashing neon lights of the cruise ships on the river, as well as the flashing LED screens on the high-rise buildings, with advertisements and fan voting, and the gorgeous skyline.

Ah Yan propped herself up on the bed with her elbows, and declared to Jue Jue with a pained look in her eyes: "Tonight, I will learn self-discipline from my senior sister and reduce my belly fat."

Zhu Jue touched her belly and said, "It's good to have some flesh, as it is the fat layer that protects the uterus. It's abnormal if you don't have a belly."

"And you're a dancer."

Ah Yan snorted twice, "Don't bother me, I need to tighten my abdomen and train my core, hurry up and draw my phone for me."

Zhu Jue used his fingerprints to open her cell phone, then leaned over to act as a manual cell phone holder, directing her where to click.

"The repo for tonight is out, and these ones seem to be pretty good. They said they exceeded expectations and got an A card." Ah Yan said while adjusting his breathing.

"Maybe they lowered their expectations a lot after reading the feedback from the midday show, so it exceeded expectations," Zhu Jue analyzed with reason.

"I saw that some spectators who bought tickets from other cities requested that the official must issue the card directly and not accept blind cards."

Ten minutes of tablet support passed quickly, and A Yan had almost finished watching the latest repo on Xiaohongshu. Generally speaking, the A-card evening show was highly praised, from the group dance to the scenery, lighting and leading actors were all praised, which made the audience with B-card look even more miserable. There are still two shows in Bincheng tomorrow, Sunday, and the audience who booked tickets for the lunch show are wailing and praying.

A Yan turned over and sat up, leaning on Jue Jue's body, breathing slightly, sweat already oozing out of his forehead.

"It's a pity I didn't bring any sportswear. This bed is too soft." This bed is supported by a flat board. Although I sweated a little, it was not flat so I didn't feel as tired as usual. The only problem was that I didn't bring any workout clothes, and I couldn't go to the hotel gym wearing just a sweater underneath.

Zhu Jue was wiping the sweat from her forehead with a tissue when his cell phone vibrated.

"Look who it is?" He didn't care.

"It's Brother Fan." A Yan blinked and opened the mobile phone interface.

"He asked if we wanted to go to the aquarium together tomorrow. Of course, he and his wife have to take care of the baby, and also his sister-in-law."

At this moment, Ah Yan and Jue Jue looked into each other's eyes and uttered "Huh?" in unison.