Lan Yu got out of the car and quickly found the white van among a bunch of luxury cars in the parking lot. The windshield was cracked into spider-web-like patterns, exactly the same as what was seen in the surveillance video.
He moved closer to the car window, placed his hand on it and looked inside.
The interior of the car was also very shabby, with the leather seats cracked everywhere and the foam underneath showing in some places. The player on the center console is gone, leaving only a hole. There was no wire on the back of the dash cam, so it was obviously broken, so we didn't know who was driving that night.
The two looked at each other and walked towards the bar across the street.
It is now past eleven o'clock in the evening and many people have fallen asleep, but for a bar, this is the best business time. The bartenders were moving back and forth quietly and quickly with trays in their hands, and the bartenders were shaking the cocktail glasses in their hands, making a gurgling sound.
The door was pushed open, the wind chimes rang softly, and another guest walked in.
"Welcome..." Yun Jie, who had just been free, went up to greet them and found that they were the two guests who had left at the beginning.
Lu Rankong and Lan Yu were standing at the door. The previous guests looked away after recognizing them. The new guests looked at them unscrupulously, but were forced to stop looking by Lu Rankong's knife-like eyes.
Yun Jie's eyes quickly slid across Lu Rankong's face and asked Lan Yu, "Sir, did you forget anything at the bar?"
Lan Yu looked around the bar and said, "I just drank your Raven Wings and I feel like I'm still not satisfied. Let's go back and have two more drinks."
Yun Jie wanted to take the two to the booth, and Lu Rankong asked, "Is there a private room?"
"Let me check..." Yun Jie said.
He went to the front desk to ask, then came back and led the two people to a passage on the right, "This way, please. There is a vacant private room."
Lan Yu followed him and asked, "Yunjie, is the white van parked in the open space opposite your bar?"
Yunjie said: "Yes, that's what we use to deliver drinks in the bar."
"Oh, then who in your bar can drive that car?" Lan Yu asked.
Yunjie thought for a moment and said, "They can all be opened..."
"Can they all be opened?"
"Well, if anyone needs to use the car, just go to the front desk to get the key. It's hanging there," said Yun Jie.
“Is there no record of who uses the car, and no one is managing it?”
Yun Jie glanced at him, as if he was curious about why he kept asking this question, but as a bartender, he still patiently replied: "We have two good cars in our bar. No one would want to use this car that is about to be scrapped, so there is no record. If anyone wants to use it, just take the key."
"Are there cameras in the parking lot? I'm afraid my car will be scratched." Lu Rankong suddenly asked.
Yunjie replied, “There used to be cameras, but after many customers who came here raised complaints, they were removed.”
Lan Yu could tell from the luxury cars outside that these people were of noble status. For some reason, they didn't want their whereabouts to be captured by cameras. This was normal.
But if we do this, we won't know who drove away the van that night.
The three continued walking forward. There were private rooms on both sides of the corridor with their doors tightly closed. There was no obstruction at the end, revealing a dark space.
"Where does the outside lead to?" Lu Rankong asked.
Yun Jie said, "Outside is our bar's small garden, and there are a few outdoor seats. Some guests like to drink outdoors."
On the way, I met a few waiters who came out of the private room carrying empty trays. When they saw customers passing by, they stood aside.
Lu Rankong and Lan Yu stared at them for several times, which made the waiters feel uneasy. They stood there without daring to move. It was not until the two of them walked away that they looked at each other in confusion.
Yun Jie stopped at the door of a room and pushed it open: "You two, please..."
Lan Yu walked in. Lu Rankong did not stop, but walked all the way to the small garden and looked around.
The garden is not big but exquisite. There are a few small carved tables hidden among the trees, and a few guests are sitting on them. There is an iron fence around it and an alley outside where not many people pass by.
Lu Rankong stepped back into the private room. After the two of them sat down, Yun Jie went out to serve the wine.
"After we finish this glass of wine, I will chase all the guests away and let all the bar staff in one by one and interrogate them in turn." Lu Rankong leaned against the back of the sofa with his hands folded behind his head.
Yun Jie quickly brought the wine in and placed it in front of Lan Yu and Lu Rankong according to the small labels on the wine glasses: "I'm just outside the door, call me if you need anything."
Having said that, he walked out.
The two men picked up their glasses, raised them, and each took a sip.
Lan Yu looked at the wine glass in her hand and said with a little regret: "This wine tastes really good. It would be better if there was some dessert."
"A little more sweetness?" Lu Rankong looked at him and said, "I think it's sweet enough. If it's any sweeter, it'll be a bit too much."
"Sweet?" Lan Yu took another sip, suspecting that there was something wrong with her or Lu Rankong's taste buds. "This wine doesn't taste sweet at all. How can it be sweet?"
"Really?" Lu Rankong took the wine glass from his hand and took a sip, then said strangely, "Your wine really doesn't taste sweet, unlike mine."
Lan Yu also took Lu Rankong's cup and tasted it, then frowned.
"Your glass tastes better, it should be the regular Raven Wing." He looked at the small label on the glass and said, "But I didn't ask for it at all, why did the bartender give me a glass of wine without sugar?"
Lu Rankong looked at him, "Could it be that he actually knows you and knows your previous tastes? Have you really been to this Black Crow Bar?"
Lan Yu thought about it and pressed the bell on the table, and Yun Jie, who was waiting outside the door, walked in.
He swiped the tipper on the table and said, "Yunjie, I like this drink very much. Please ask the bartender to come over. I want to thank him in person."
Yun Jie glanced at the money coming into his terminal, responded with a smile, and then walked out.
"Do you think there's something wrong with this bartender?" Lu Rankong asked.
Lan Yu said: "If he knows me but pretends not to know me, then there is something wrong."
After a while, Yunjie pushed open the door, followed by the bartender.
Lu Rankong smiled and said to the bartender: "Please sit down..." Then he said to Yun Jie beside him: "Please step aside for a moment."
Yunjie went out unwillingly and closed the door.
The bartender looked very thin and had an ordinary appearance. When he was called into the private room by the customer, he did not ask any questions and was not nervous. He just sat there quietly.
"Do you know me?" Lan Yu suddenly asked.
"I don't know..." the bartender answered quickly.
Lan Yu said calmly, "Since you don't know him, why did you mix my crow wings differently from his? Or is your crow wings originally bitter, and you just added sugar to it?"
The bartender glanced at him, then looked away and said, "I didn't know you, I just saw you."
Lan Yu's heart suddenly jumped, and she asked calmly: "I don't remember much, where did you see me?"
The bartender remained silent. He then added, "Don't worry, I don't mind. The guy next to me won't mind either."
"It's in this private room," said the bartender.
"In this private room?" Lan Yu and Lu Rankong looked at each other. "Please tell me more details. Please tell me all the details."
The bartender looked at him hesitantly and said nothing.
"It's okay, just say whatever you want to say." Lan Yu crossed her legs and put down the wine glass in her hand, but her eyes were still fixed on him.
"When we left the bar just now, you said you had never seen him, but now you change your words. Let me tell you, if you don't tell the truth, you will get into big trouble." Lu Rankong said lightly.
He was facing away from the light, and his facial features were hidden in the shadows and difficult to see clearly, but the bartender felt a huge amount of pressure.
After thinking for a few seconds, he looked at Lan Yu and said, "Actually, I know you come to our bar often, but you never come in through the main entrance. You go through the small door in the back garden and go directly into the private room."
Lan Yu couldn't help but put down her crossed legs and sat up straight.
The bartender continued, "I understand that you are in a relationship with Yunjie and don't want to be discovered, so you can only say that you have never seen him. After all, the needs of the customers are the greatest."
"What? I'm in a relationship with Yunjie?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Lu Rankong and Lan Yu stood up at the same time, looked at each other, and slowly sat down again.
"Yeah, if you're not in a relationship, why do you come to see him so often and don't want to be seen by others?" The bartender smiled and said, "Every time you come, Yunjie will take an hour off to accompany you in the private room, and he will also let me make a cup of Crow Wing without sugar."
Lan Yu asked solemnly, "Then how did you know that the person with Yun Jie was mine?"
Seeing that he looked strange, the bartender shut up and stopped talking. Lu Rankong said calmly, "Hurry up and tell me..."
The bartender added, "We have a rule in our bar that if a customer likes someone and wants him to drink with them, he only needs to tell the foreman. Every once in a while, Yunjie would ask for leave, which means his customer is here. One time when I was going to the bathroom, I passed by and Yunjie just opened the door and came out, and I saw you through the door."
"Are you sure it's me?" Lan Yu stood up suddenly with an unsightly look on his face.
"Yes, sir, your appearance will be unforgettable to anyone who sees it..." said the bartender.
Lu Rankong then stood up and said to Lan Yu, "Don't believe him. You definitely don't have anything to do with Yun Jie."
"I didn't lie, everything I said was true. Otherwise, you can ask Xiao Wu outside. He was once hiding in the back garden smoking and happened to see you come in, but he pretended not to know you just like me." The bartender argued.
Lan Yu glanced at Lu Rankong and saw that his face was covered with dark clouds, so she whispered: "Even if I have lost my memory, I know that I will not fall in love with Yun Jie. No matter what the reason was for coming here so often before, Yun Jie has been pretending not to know me, which is obviously abnormal."
Lu Rankong suddenly came to his senses and found that he was so jealous that he almost neglected the most important thing. His mind suddenly became clear.
While the bartender was still explaining, Lan Yu and the other person had already opened the door and rushed out.
But the door was empty and Yun Jie, who was guarding there, was nowhere to be seen.
The two turned around and ran towards the bar lobby. Halfway there, they stopped a waiter and asked, "Have you seen Yunjie?"
The waiter pointed blankly at the door and said, "He just went out."
Without a word, the two men rushed to the door, bumping into several guests along the way, and rushed into the street amid a series of complaints.
Before I could brake, I saw a white van disappearing from the street corner, emitting a large amount of exhaust gas.
"Get in the car..."
Lu Rankong pressed the car lock while running, and the two of them quickly ran across the street and got into the car.
Lu Rankong started the car skillfully, backed up, turned and hit the road in one go. The sports car made a loud roar and chased after the van.
Yunjie was going in the opposite direction and did not pass through the crowded section, but this street was very old, narrow and winding, and even a sports car could not speed up.
"Be careful..." Lan Yu saw a long bamboo pole sticking out from the wall. As soon as she finished speaking, the car drove up. The tip of the bamboo pole scratched across the car body, making a sharp scraping sound.
Lan Yu glanced at Lu Rankong and saw that he was just staring straight ahead with his muscles tense. He obviously didn't care about the scratch at all, so she didn't say anything.
This is an old city area that has not been demolished. The houses are low and close together, and the alleys are crisscrossed and connected in all directions like a sewer. The sports car lost its advantage and could not catch up with the van in front. It could only follow far behind, weaving through the alley with the rear end of the van that appeared and disappeared from time to time.
Coal briquettes and bamboo baskets filled with wood were stacked on both sides of the street, occupying part of the street. Sports cars rushed past without hesitation, making harsh scraping sounds all the way.
Lan Yu kept an eye on the van's whereabouts and reminded Lu Rankong at all times. But just as the sports car turned into an alley on the right, he suddenly noticed something strange and adjusted his sitting position.
"Hold on tight and be careful." Although Lu Rankong didn't look at him, he warned him loudly.
"Yes, I know." Lan Yu replied.
The strange feeling in his body became more and more obvious, and made him feel familiar.
It was a wave of heat that slowly radiated from the lower abdomen and moved towards other parts of the body like a gossamer. It instantly awakened all the cells in his body and made them beat with excitement.
Lan Yu's head buzzed. As an omega, he knew clearly that this feeling in his body meant that he was beginning to become estrus.
He suddenly grabbed the handle of the car window, sat up straight and nervously, his thoughts in a mess.
This doesn't make sense. I just injected the inhibitor not long ago. It doesn't make sense for me to be in heat now. I think I have a stomachache...
"You still want to get rid of me? So naive..."
Lu Rankong didn't notice Lan Yu's restlessness. He followed the van in front of him closely, his eyes full of hunting excitement.
Lan Yu had no time to care about the van now. He was hoping that it was just an illusion and was anxiously feeling the changes in his body.
But the heat continued to spread to his limbs and bones, making him feel lazy as if he was soaking in hot water even though he was in such a tense situation.
Lan Yu's hands holding the handle above the car window also became weak and began to slide down without a firm grip. He finally realized in despair that he was really in heat.
what is going on? Why are you in heat at this time?
He thought he was very careful. He always took the inhibitor on time and never delayed for a day. He also used isolation agents to prevent being stimulated by alpha pheromones into estrus. He usually brings one with him when he goes out in case of emergency. For example, when he came to Sasu Star this time, he brought one in his suitcase.
Touch the glandular sticker on the back of the neck; it is firmly attached to the gland and does not move at all.
But why did he suddenly become horny? Did you take any catalytic drugs?
He suddenly remembered the cup of Raven Wing, the one he drank later.
Yun Jie pretended that he didn't know K at all, so when he saw K and Lu Rankong entering the bar for the second time, he must have sensed the crisis and might have put a catalytic drug in his drink.
In other words, Yunjie knew that he was actually an omega, so he induced him to enter the estrus period early so that he could have a chance to escape.
"Don't be distracted, hold on to the handle." Lu Rankong woke him up with a loud shout.
Lan Yu took two deep breaths and tried her best to ignore the discomfort in her body and not think about anything else. In this situation, no matter what, we have to hold on until Yun Jie is caught.
Hearing the sound of a car on the left, he perked up and looked out the window. There was a downhill stone staircase here, and he just happened to see the white van passing by on a road below the stone staircase, going in the opposite direction of them.
"Turn left ahead, there is a sharp turn to make a U-turn." He gave directions to Lu Rankong in advance.
Lu Rankong also saw the car, but he did not drive to the front to turn. Instead, he turned the steering wheel all the way to the left and drove the sports car up the downhill stone stairs.
During a bumpy ride, Lan Yu heard the loud sound of the sports car chassis hitting the stone steps. Lu Rankong didn't care about his new car at all. When the sports car finally bumped onto the road below, he turned right and rushed towards the van in front.
In this way, the distance between them and the van was shortened. This was a straight street. As soon as Lu Rankong stepped on the accelerator, the sports car burst out with excellent acceleration ability. In just a few seconds, it rushed in front of the van.
"Hold on tight..." Lu Rankong shouted at Lan Yu again.
Lan Yu suppressed the discomfort in her body, took deep breaths and held on to the handrails. The sports car turned sharply to the left, and the tires made a harsh sound as they scraped against the ground. Lu Rankong made a beautiful drift turn, then stepped on the accelerator and crashed straight into the van.
The van was speeding along, and when it saw the sports car coming head-on towards it, it quickly dodged to the side.
Just as the two cars were about to collide, Lu Rankong stepped on the brakes at that moment, and the van hit the guardrail in the middle of the road with a loud bang. The hood of the car suddenly deformed, white smoke came out, and the engine stalled and remained motionless.
Then, the car door was opened and a man quickly got out and ran across the street. It was Yun Jie, the bar waiter.
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