Chapter 428: Do I Not Care About My Face?

The people who hauled away this couple were the police officers led by Xu Mo and Han Fei.

They couldn't confirm whether the couple carried a gun, so to avoid bloodshed they had to subdue the two while they were unprepared.

Fearing a disturbance, they didn't interrogate or search them on the spot after subduing them; instead they immediately took the pair away, intending to find a sparsely populated spot to deal with them.

After all, there were many people at the restaurant entrance, and if a gun were found on them in full view, panic would inevitably break out.

Moreover, the loss of a police officer's firearm must not be known to the public, or it would also cause panic.

"Big Brother, Big Brother… I really know I was wrong, I'll give you back that thousand yuan, I don't want it!" the man being hauled away kept apologizing fervently.

He never imagined that he would be kidnapped because of this!

The officers didn't understand a word the man said, so they simply ignored him.

The few of them carried the couple to a sparsely populated spot, pressed their faces to the ground, and began searching them outright.

Naturally, when searching the woman they didn't touch her directly; they poked her waist with a phone, found nothing hard, then checked her bag and also came up empty—no gun on her.

"Didn't find it," the two officers in charge of the search looked at Han Fei and Xu Mo and shook their heads.

"Do you still remember him?" Xu Mo said, pointing at one of the officers.

"No, don't remember," the man shook his head.

His wife, however, recognized that officer.

"Are you… the officer who came to our house today?"

Although the officer was in plainclothes rather than the morning uniform, that didn't stop her from recognizing him.

"Yes, my colleague lost something, and we want to know whether that thing is now in your hands," the officer probed.

Hearing that, the man also examined the officer before him carefully.

He let out a sigh, "Who did you think I was… If you're police, you should have said so earlier, you scared me."

He paused, then asked again.

"Lost something? What did you lose? Was it left in my house? You could have just said so, I'd take you to look for it. Is it really necessary to do it this way?"

The few saw a hint of bewilderment in the man's expression.

It seemed he didn't understand what the officer was saying.

"You really don't know what we're looking for?" Xu Mo stepped forward and asked.

The man still shook his head.

"I don't know. Losing something isn't a big deal; you could have just told me, I'd take you to my house to look. Why are you doing this… I thought you were… what?"

"What did you lose? I'll take you back to look."

"A gun."

The couple: "???"

"A gun?!"

At this point they finally understood why the officers had so violently hauled them away.

The officer who came today to mediate a dispute had lost a gun, and they were the suspects.

"You don't think this has anything to do with me, do you? I didn't steal! Even if you lent me three bullets I wouldn't dare steal!" the man said angrily.

Seeing this, Xu Mo turned to the woman who had said little, "What about you?"

The woman also shook her head vigorously: "I didn't steal either; don't even talk about stealing. Even if you gave me that thing, I wouldn't dare take it!"

The psychology‑savvy Xu Mo saw at a glance that the two weren't lying.

Not only him; the experienced Han Fei thought the same.

The two exchanged a glance, each with a hint of doubt in their eyes.

From their expressions they didn't look like liars, and the search results confirmed the gun wasn't on them.

"Could it be that Hao Qi accidentally dropped the gun at their house?" Han Fei asked.

"Hard to say…" Xu Mo was also uncertain: "Let's go take a look."

Having said that, he looked at the couple and apologized for having pressed them to the ground to search them.

"Sorry, the matter is serious, we had to be cautious."

"No matter how big the issue, you can't just pin me to the ground—do I not have any face?" the man began to lose his temper, but the sheer number of them and the fact they were police made him swallow the curses that were about to slip out: "You… you could be gentler, you're hurting me!"

"Sorry, that's indeed our fault… could we ask you two to take us to your house for a look?" Han Fei said.

"Sure."

…

On the road the couple chatted and laughed, looking nothing like a pair who had just argued about divorce that morning.

"Weren't you two still arguing about divorce this morning? How come…" Wang Dachuan couldn't help but ask.

The two simply smiled.

"Couples inevitably have some friction; argue at the head of the bed, make up at the foot."

The mall isn't far from Yi He Xin Cun.

The group soon arrived at Yi He Xin Cun.

After reaching the couple's residence, the officers searched the house meticulously several times but found no trace of the missing gun.

After the couple expressed another apology, everyone left.

The neighborhood residents and the couple's suspicion were cleared.

This means the gun thief is still inside the police station…

"Looks like your initial hypothesis was correct; the gun was indeed stolen by a police officer," Han Fei told Xu Mo.

The remaining suspects are the officers at the station who haven't been questioned yet; who exactly it is will be clear once we go back and ask.

The two aren't worried that the gun‑stealing officer will flee to avoid punishment.

After all, Bureau Chief Gao had already issued an order that before the case is clarified, no police officer may leave the Police Station, except for the three officers whose suspicion has already been cleared.

Before long, the few of them returned to the Police Station.

"How about it, did you find it?" Bureau Chief Gao asked, seeing Han Fei and the others return.

Han Fei shook his head, "The gun wasn't stolen by that couple."

Hearing that, Bureau Chief Gao fell silent at once.

From this, it seems the gun thief must be a police officer inside the Police Station…

Having such a person in the Police Station, this Bureau Chief of his naturally cannot be pleased.