Chapter 180: Turn Back
Bai Youyou continued, "Please cooperate, otherwise we will have no choice but to go to your house."
"Okay, okay, I'll be right over."
Afterwards, the proprietress agreed to come over right away.
Twenty minutes later, a plump woman in pajamas hurried in.
Her curly hair was messy and her face showed obvious fatigue.
When she saw Bai Youyou and the other two, she recognized Qi Shan at a glance. The proprietress looked a little unhappy but she didn't dare to show it too obviously.
Still with a look of doubt, he asked;
"Are you the police?" he asked Bai Youyao and Ju Lan.
Bai Youyou did not answer this question, "Regarding the case that happened in your store a few days ago, I still have some questions that I need you to add!"
The proprietress is very tired because policemen and some netizens who come to watch the excitement often come to the store because of this case. Bai Youyou looks so young and doesn't look like a police officer at all.
She looked up and down at Bai Youyou and the other two, her eyes full of suspicion.
"What can you three little girls investigate?"
Bai Youyou ignored the proprietress's questions and went straight to the point.
"We need to review the CCTV footage from the night of the incident."
The proprietress was stunned for a moment and looked nonchalant.
“The surveillance is broken.”
Bai Youyou looked at the proprietress with sharp eyes.
She saw through the boss's lie at a glance.
"Are you sure it's...broken?" He emphasized the last two words.
A flash of panic crossed the proprietress's face, but she quickly regained her composure. It was not like she had never dealt with the police before.
But when he met Bai Youyou's sharp eyes, he felt a little panic for some reason, and then lowered his eyes.
She was a little afraid to look Bai Youyou in the eye, so she put her hands in her pajamas pockets and remained silent.
Bai Youyou took a step forward and approached the proprietress.
"Boss lady, do you know the consequences of hiding the truth?"
The proprietress's body trembled slightly.
She took a step back subconsciously.
"I...I really don't know. The surveillance is broken. What can I do?"
Seeing that she was still resisting, Bai Youyou sneered.
"You really don't know? Or are you afraid to say it? You voluntarily handing it over and being found out are two different things. I advise you to think it over carefully. After all, the end of that surveillance video clearly captured the process of you dismantling it..."
Bai Youyou's eyes narrowed. She could clearly see from the proprietress's face what she had done and where she had hidden the things!
The proprietress's face turned even paler.
She bit her lip and said nothing.
Bai Youyou knew that the proprietress was afraid of offending those people.
As a businesswoman and a woman, she would never dare to offend such powerful forces in the underworld.
Moreover, once the full video was released, would those who had previously criticized her online turn their criticism against her shop again? After careful consideration, she felt that the risk was too great.
But Bai Youyou can't give up just like that, this is a matter of life and death!
She had to get the surveillance video.
"Madam, I hope you will think about this carefully."
Bai Youyou's voice was low and powerful, and she spoke in a gentle and persuasive manner.
"If you continue to hide it, you will bear the consequences. Even if you don't tell me, I can find it. But this is my last chance for you! Let you cooperate with the police to catch the criminal and make up for your mistake."
A glimmer of fear flashed across the proprietress's eyes.
"Don't force me. How can I, a business woman, afford to offend those people?"
The proprietress was forced to give up and finally gave in.
"So you're just going to let people on the Internet who don't know the truth vilify a victim and drive him to his death? You have a daughter of about the same age, so just consider it a good deed for her."
The proprietress hung her head.
The proprietress's face turned blue and white, as colorful as a color palette.
She still bit her lip and refused to let go.
"I...I really can't say."
Bai Youyou sighed, as if she had expected the proprietress to react like this.
She stopped trying to persuade him and changed the subject.
"Madam boss, your barbecue business has always been good, right?"
The proprietress was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Bai Youyou suddenly brought this up.
She nodded subconsciously.
"yes."
A sneer appeared on Bai Youyou's lips.
"They use low-quality and expired ingredients to cover up the odor, and then make barbecued food to make money. Of course, their business is good."
The proprietress' pupils suddenly shrank.
She looked at Bai Youyou in horror, as if she had seen a ghost.
"You...how do you know?"
Bai Youyou didn't answer, but just glanced at the barbecue shop behind the proprietress.
“Your store should still have some in stock, right?”
The proprietress's face turned even paler.
She subconsciously took a step back, trying to escape Bai Youyou's gaze.
Bai Youyou pressed on step by step, her tone cold.
"If you still refuse to cooperate, I can only call the Food Inspection Bureau to report it and let them make the trouble."
She paused and added.
"And the most famous local TV station, I think they would be happy to broadcast live how your store operates."
The proprietress's body began to tremble violently.
She knew that if Bai Youyou really did this, her store would be over.
The barbecue restaurant she had run for so many years was ruined by her own hands.
Thinking of this, a glimmer of despair flashed across the proprietress's eyes.
She sat down on the ground helplessly, covering her face and sobbing softly.
Bai Youyou looked at the boss lady's collapsed look, without a trace of sympathy in her heart.
She knew that it was all her own fault that the boss lady became like this.
If she hadn't used inferior ingredients in order to make money, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
Bai Youyou took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart.
"Boss lady, I'm going to ask you one last time, are you willing to hand over the surveillance video?"
The proprietress raised her head and looked at Bai Youyou with tears in her eyes.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
"I...I'll pay."
Bai Youyou then nodded with satisfaction.
She knew that the boss lady had finally made the right choice.
"Take me there."
The proprietress stood up tremblingly, opened the rolling door, and took Bai Youyou and the other two to the second floor of the store.
There was a small lounge on the second floor with a folding bed. The proprietress squatted beside the bed, reached in and felt around, then she took out a small memory card wrapped in plastic film.
Seeing this, Qi Shan's breathing almost stopped, and her eyes were fixed on the mass.
Bai Youyou took the memory card, put it away, turned around and prepared to leave.
When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped.
"Boss, I hope you can run your business properly in the future and stop doing such evil things. So during this time, I suggest you go spend some time with your daughter who is away from home."
"Who are you?" the proprietress asked doubtfully.
"The one who advised you to turn back!"
After saying that, Bai Youyou went downstairs without looking back.