A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Ni Manxing made sure that he was not disheveled and spoke.
Soon Feng Jinxuan came in with a tray.
"Manxing, you're awake. Yesterday, on the 9th, I saw you hadn't come out all day, so I barged in and found you had a high fever and was in a coma."
"I was worried that something might happen to you, so I stayed to take care of you."
Feng Jinxuan came in and started explaining quickly.
When Ni Manxing heard these words, he was thoughtful.
"I'm sorry to have made Jinxuan worried. Did I sleep all day?"
She said somewhat uncertainly.
"Yes, you slept all day, and it's now noon on the 10th."
Feng Jinxuan was waiting for Ni Manxing to answer this question quickly.
A fleeting smile of triumph flashed in the depths of his eyes.
After he said that, he seemed worried that Ni Manxing would misunderstand him and hurried to explain.
"Here's lunch for you."
"If Manxing is worried, you can check the date on your phone."
Feng Jinxuan explained in a few words, took off the towel from Ni Manxing's forehead, and handed her a new one.
"Haha, I think I feel you cooling me down. Don't worry, Jinxuan. I also want to thank you for coming in to check on me. Otherwise, I might have burned myself into a fool."
Ni Manxing looked at Feng Jinxuan and smiled without any doubt.
"Miss Ni, has your eyesight recovered now?"
Feng Jinxuan looked at Ni Manxing staring at her and suddenly spoke.
"Yes, I couldn't see clearly that day because of the heavy rain. It's much better now."
Ni Manxing did not reveal any flaws because of these words. He covered his forehead with a towel and gave a simple explanation.
"That's good. I won't disturb your rest."
Feng Jinxuan looked at Ni Manxing with his eyes downcast, said nothing else, and quickly cleaned up the garbage in the house and left.
Ni Manxing and others left and leaned against the bed, took out their phones again, and checked the time.
After turning it on, she found that her phone still had a signal and the time was the same as Feng Jinxuan said.
It’s June 10th.
Ni Manxing looked at the situation and didn't plan to call the police.
She was sure that even if she called the police now, she wouldn't be able to get through.
In the hotel lobby, Feng Jinxuan was watching Ni Manxing flipping through his phone in front of the computer. His bony fingers tapped lightly on the table, and he stared at the screen with a dark look in his eyes.
"Baby, don't say the wrong thing later."
He said this lightly, turned off the computer, picked up a book from the bookshelf at random and started reading, waiting for the lamb to come to him.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon when the hotel doorbell rang.
Feng Jinxuan heard the noise and came back to his senses from the sea of books. He picked up the gold-rimmed glasses on the table and put them on. He then slowly took a dagger from the cabinet and put it on his waist, then opened the door without any expression.
"Officer, what brings you here?"
He opened the door and looked at the two blond white men outside and asked in a flat tone.
"We've received a report and suspect you're involved in a recent disappearance. We're now questioning you according to the law."
One of the white policemen, Bennett, said this, looking Feng Jinxuan up and down.
What he didn't say was that Feng Jinxuan had been involved in several previous missing persons cases, but in this case, the person was most likely suspected of having been to the hotel.
"Okay officer."
Feng Jinxuan's mouth curled up slightly when he heard that, and he opened the door to let the police in.
"Officer, have coffee."
He invited everyone to the sofa in the hall and sat opposite them.
"What's your name?"
The two policemen just looked at it and didn't drink it.
One of the policemen, Carvin, took out a notebook and began asking questions, while Bennett stood up and walked around the hall.
"Feng Jinxuan."
Feng Jinxuan sat very elegantly, not stage-frightened but not arrogant either.
"How long have you been running this shop?"
"My parents opened a shop here when I was very young. I inherited it after they passed away. It's been here for about twenty years now."
There was a rare tenderness in Feng Jinxuan's eyes when she talked about the past.
Kevin recorded while observing Feng Jinxuan's micro-expressions.
"Has anyone suspicious stayed at the hotel recently?"
"There are some people staying here and there, but if there's anything suspicious - no."
He clenched his fists slightly as if recalling something.
"You don't seem curious why we're interrogating you?"
Bennett was standing at the front desk looking at several photos on a wall when he suddenly spoke.
"Officer, you must have your reasons for asking me this. As good citizens, you should cooperate."
"Also, the person in the recent missing case was reportedly the son of a certain congressman. I've heard a bit about this big news."
Feng Jinxuan looked at Bennett who suddenly attacked with a calm expression, and answered calmly as if he had known about the conversation for a long time.
"In that case, we just asked directly."
"Did Mr. Reed Isidore stay at your hotel on the 6th?"
Kavin continued to ask.
"Yes, it was raining heavily that day, and there was only one guest, Mr. Isidor, but he left on the morning of the 7th."
Feng Jinxuan looked at the coffee and saw that no one was drinking it, so he picked up his own cup and took a sip, trying to hide the smile on his face.
"It's been raining lately. Did you close the bar on the 8th and go to the Korro Bar?"
Bennett stared at a photo of Feng Jinxuan and her parents and spoke again.
The photo was taken with Feng Jinxuan and her parents when she was a child.
The little boy in the photo has a very sweet smile, which is very different from Feng Jinxuan's current cold face.
"There are no police officers. I don't like these places. I was guarding the hotel that day."
"Heh~ There's a surveillance camera capturing you!"
Upon hearing this, Bennett sneered and walked to the table. He stood there, staring at Feng Jinxuan with undisguised fierce eyes.
Most people would lose their composure if they met Bennett's fierce eyes.
But Feng Jinxuan always remained calm.
"Oh, really? Officer, is it possible that he was just an image? I stayed in a hotel with a traveler that day and didn't go to any bar."
Bennett looked at Feng Jinxuan's indifferent tone, and finally became angry and grabbed his collar threateningly.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Boy, you'd better not lie! We have sufficient evidence."
Feng Jinxuan looked at Bennett who was angered by a few light words, suppressed the violence in her heart and did not fight back.
Seeing Bennett about to hit someone, Kevin quickly stood up and stopped him.
Ni Manxing stood on the distant staircase platform, his pupils dilated slightly as he watched two tall white policemen preparing to beat Feng Jinxuan.
At about one o'clock in the afternoon, Feng Jinxuan came to see her and said that he had made some sweet soup around two o'clock and she could come down to drink it to soothe her throat.
"Stop! What are you doing!?"
She looked at Feng Jinxuan and saw that she seemed to be beaten, so she spoke out quickly.
As he spoke, he ran downstairs and soon arrived in front of him, protecting him behind him.
Ni Manxing's sudden appearance stunned everyone present.
Of course, except Feng Jinxuan.
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