Grandma Xiao and Grandma He kept serving food to the three young people, especially Chu Jingqiu's bowl, which was already full to the brim.
Chu Jingqiu looked at the full bowl of rice in front of her with a painful expression. It was really worrying. She nudged Xiao Yihan next to her with her leg, and Xiao Yihan finished most of the rice for her while no one was paying attention.
Qi Yue saw it all, and he also felt that love was a bit incredible. A man with mysophobia actually turned into a foodie and fed his beloved woman.
Grandma Xiao and Grandma He actually saw it. They smiled at each other and pretended not to see it, but they no longer picked up food for the two of them.
After dinner and a short rest, Grandma Xiao and her husband were ready to go home.
Chu Jingqiu quickly called out to them, "Grandpa Xiao, Grandma Xiao, please sit down and wait for me. I'll go get you something."
Grandma Xiao said kindly, "Xiao Qiu, are you going to give us something again? Don't be so polite. Your Grandpa Xiao and I don't lack anything."
Chu Jingqiu teased the old lady and said, "Grandma Xiao, what I'm getting for you is the medicinal herbs, the same kind I gave you last time. Are you sure you don't want them?"
When Old Man Xiao heard this, he quickly interrupted, "Yes, of course. Forget about other things. Xiaoqiu's medicinal herbs are priceless."
Chu Jingqiu smiled and nodded. She quickly went upstairs and came down with two large net bags in a short while.
Each net bag contained several biscuit boxes and a dozen brown paper bags.
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "There are still herbs like ginseng, ganoderma, cordyceps, kudzu root powder, notoginseng, and mulberry fungus in here. You can just eat them as before.
I'll divide it into two portions for you, and give the other portion to Uncle Xiao and the others. Eating it can boost your immunity."
Grandpa Xiao smiled so hard that his teeth showed and he happily took the net bag: "Old He, you really raised a good child, who is filial and sensible. I want to thank you very much for raising a good granddaughter-in-law for our family!"
Chu Jingqiu blushed at the old man's words. Seeing that she was shy, Xiao Yihan smiled and secretly pinched her little hand.
Old Master He said without showing any weakness: "That's right, our Xiaoqiu is a disciple who surpasses his master, but I also thank you, thank you for raising a good son-in-law for our family."
After saying that, he also burst into laughter. Grandma Xiao looked at the two old men speechlessly, "Don't you two feel uncomfortable if you don't bicker for a day? Old He just recovered from his illness, and you don't know how to give in to him."
After seeing off Grandpa Xiao and his wife, Li Peilan took Grandpa He to rest, and Chu Jingqiu followed Xiao Yihan and the others to the state-owned hotel to continue investigating the case.
When they arrived at the state-owned hotel, it had been suspended for rectification due to management chaos, and Section Chief Zeng was investigating the hotel staff one by one.
At the beginning, these people were still blaming each other, insisting that they had not deserted their posts and that they had all stayed at their jobs.
Later, a police officer who went to the home of Wang Hongbin, a vegetable preparation worker, to investigate found an important clue. Wang Hongbin's neighbor saw Wang Hongbin returning home during lunch, and the two chatted for a while.
Xiao Yihan personally interrogated Wang Hongbin. Wang Hongbin knew that his secret plan of returning home had been exposed, so he had to honestly tell the truth about what happened that day.
On Thursday noon, there were not many people eating. His wife was still in confinement after giving birth, so he discussed with Xiao Li, another side dish maker, and packed some dishes and rice and sent them back to his wife. He did not come back until about four in the afternoon.
We continued to investigate Xiao Li. Xiao Li said that at one point at noon, the chef asked him to help buy a pack of cigarettes. He left for a while and went to a nearby store to buy a pack of cigarettes. When he came back, Mr. He had already started eating.
With a breakthrough, the real situation of the restaurant that day was investigated and found out. On that day, the chef was cooking in the kitchen. He had just finished fried dried mushrooms and had not yet notified the waiter to serve the dish.
When he heard someone calling him at the back door, he thought it was his younger brother calling him. Sometimes at this time, his younger brother would come here and secretly pack some food to take home.
He sent Xiao Li, who was serving the side dishes, away to buy cigarettes for him, and he quietly went out to take a look.
It turned out that there was no one at the back door. He waited there for a while, but still didn't see anyone. He thought he had heard it wrong.
When I was about to go back to the kitchen to cook other dishes, I saw someone jumping down from the wall.
The man covered half of his face with a rag and was wearing tattered clothes. He thought he was a thief who had stolen food, so he cursed him and the man ran away.
After he returned, he found that Mr. He's plate of fried mushrooms was a little messy, so he rearranged the plate and notified the waiter to bring it over.
Later, the police came to investigate the poisonous mushroom incident. He knew that all the mushrooms had been checked personally and there were definitely no poisonous mushrooms, so it shouldn't be a problem with the mushrooms.
He was afraid that he would be punished by his unit or even lose his job if he told the truth, so he took a chance and lied to his colleagues at the Public Security Bureau.
The chef could only say that the suspect was about 20 years old, about 170 cm tall, thin, with small eyes, single eyelids, and a long face. Because his face was covered with a rag, his nose and mouth could not be seen.
When Section Chief Zeng heard the news, he frowned. This made the case even more difficult. How could he find a person whose eyes and chin were only visible in such a huge crowd of people?
Xiao Yihan looked at Chu Jingqiu, who nodded with a confident smile on her face. She said, "Chief Zeng, I can try to help you draw a portrait of the suspect."
Xiao Yihan immediately arranged for someone to prepare the tools needed for the portrait, and found a quiet room in the hotel and asked Chu Jingqiu to draw a portrait of the suspect.
Chu Jingqiu asked the chef to watch and draw the suspect's eyes first based on his description.
Because the eyes are the most important part of a person's facial features, as the saying goes, "the finishing touch of a dragon", once the most important part is determined, the suspect's facial features are basically half correct.
Then, based on the facial shape, the shape of the suspect's skull is matched, and based on the three parts, five eyes, and fifteen grids, the positions of the facial features are deduced, and the actual appearance of the suspect is restored.
From a flat perspective, this person has a long face, single eyelids, small triangular eyes, and a small mouth and nose.
After about an hour of painting, Chu Jingqiu finished the portrait of the suspect.
She showed the portrait to the chef again. He covered the portrait's nose and mouth and exclaimed, "It looks like him. It really looks like him. It's him."
Chu Jingqiu sneered and said to Xiao Yihan, "I know this person, and I know that this matter is closely related to him."
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