Chapter 322: Someone was kidnapped

As a result, Xia Weiwei acted as if she were possessed, still persistently blocking Shen Ci's path, pleading for reconciliation with earnest words: "A-Ci, we're also looking for a restaurant, why don't we eat together?"

"You can eat whatever you want, my treat, consider it my apology to you."

"And the fact that I just arrived in Longcheng today and ran into you here, don't you think it feels like it was destined by fate? Maybe it's an opportunity arranged by heaven for us to sit down and talk things through properly? Don't you think so?"

Her tone was exceptionally sincere, and her attitude was sufficiently fawning and humble.

Yet Shen Ci looked at her and responded coldly: "I only feel it's bad luck!"

It seemed she hadn't expected that even after being so low and humble, Shen Ci would not show any regard for old times, not leaving her even a shred of face, and even doing so in front of her boyfriend.

Xia Weiwei's smile froze on her face, and the look in her eyes was full of shock.

Her boyfriend, Wen Kai, also seemed to sense that something was wrong, but before he could figure it out, the man and woman in front of them had already brushed past them and left.

Xia Weiwei regained her senses and hurriedly turned around, only to see Shen Ci holding her boyfriend's hand as they entered a private kitchen restaurant.

She bit her lip in resentment; although her eyes were red, her eyes were full of jealousy.

Because she and her boyfriend had also just come out of this restaurant, but not because they had finished their meal; they had looked at the prices and felt it was too expensive, so they couldn't bear to stay.

Her family's conditions were already not considered bad, but she still couldn't bear to eat at such a restaurant that cost several "hundreds" per person.

"Weiwei, are you okay?" Wen Kai asked cautiously: "Is there some misunderstanding with your friend?"

Xia Weiwei suppressed the emotions in her eyes and shook her head, saying pitifully: "It's nothing, let it be, let's go."

Seeing this, Wen Kai didn't ask further, only pretending to be happy: "I just discovered a restaurant downstairs that has a very cost-effective group-buying deal, shall we go take a look?"

The words "group-buying" seemed to suddenly stimulate Xia Weiwei's nerves.

She, who had just said "it's nothing," immediately turned her head, glaring at Wen Kai with red eyes, and shouted uncontrollably: "Group-buying? Why must I use group-buying? I came all this way to see you, and you take me to eat group-buying? Do I only deserve group-buying, is that it?"

Wen Kai was stunned, having no idea why Xia Weiwei, who was always so understanding, would suddenly say these things.

He was a bit flustered as he tried to soothe her: "That's not what I meant, don't be angry. Then tell me which restaurant you want to eat at, I'll take you there, we won't use group-buying."

But the more Wen Kai said this, the more Xia Weiwei felt humiliated in her heart.

Although she admitted she was indeed not as pretty as Shen Ci, at least in high school, she could suppress Shen Ci in every way except for appearance. How did everything change when they got to university?

Could it be just because Shen Ci chose a university in Longcheng?

If she had known, she would have chosen a university in Longcheng too.

Inside the restaurant, Shen Ci and Tang Song sat by the window. Tang Song had been silently observing Shen Ci's expression, fearing that she would lose her appetite because of the person just now.

As Shen Ci opened the menu, she glanced at Tang Song and then suddenly laughed: "Why do you keep looking at me?"

"What's wrong with looking at my own girlfriend?"

"I'm fine." Shen Ci didn't want Tang Song to worry: "Just an insignificant person."

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and she didn't want irrelevant people to affect this rare date.

Seeing this, Tang Song felt relieved, but still said apologetically to Shen Ci: "I had to squeeze out this one day of leave after being busy for a while, and it might get even busier later."

Shen Ci looked up at him and asked with some confusion: "I can understand the nature of your work, but aren't you in the internal "Audit Division" now? How could you suddenly be so busy?"

She wasn't complaining, just purely curious.

If it were the front-line "Criminal Investigation Team" or "Detective Division," it would be normal to suddenly get busy when there were major cases.

Tang Song explained calmly: "The city is conducting a "Special Action to Sweep Away Black and Evil Forces." This time it's a large-scale encirclement operation, and the action time is very long. Every branch bureau is coordinating closely with each other."

As he spoke, Tang Song couldn't help but laugh and ask: "You don't watch the news usually, do you?"

The municipal bureau even held a press conference for this, calling for social supervision and advocating for citizens to actively report all black-related illegal and criminal activities. People who watch the news often would definitely know about this.

Shen Ci was slightly stunned upon hearing this. Listening to Tang Song's words, Yan Wenxi's face instinctively jumped into her mind.

Associating it with her brother's recent abnormal words and actions, Shen Ci's heart couldn't help but sink.

But she quickly covered it up, nodding as if nothing was wrong: "So that's how it is. Then work is more important, don't worry about me. Isn't it just a few months of living like a widow? At worst, I'll go to a nightclub and order a few male models to quench my thirst."

"You dare, I'll take people and raid the nightclub directly!" Tang Song said.

Seeing this, Shen Ci laughed: "I know you're capable, I'm just joking. But no matter how busy work is, you must take care of your health."

Tang Song whispered upon hearing this: "You know best whether my health is good or not."

Shen Ci glared at him and turned to call the waiter: "A dozen Gillardeau oysters with lemon, thank you."

Tang Song: "..."

The next day at nine in the morning.

Ji Yongxiu was still handcuffed to the hotel bed, lying on his back waiting for the entire night.

The air conditioner in the room was on. He looked like a shriveled orange lacking water, his complexion sallow, his expression listless.

But he couldn't move, didn't dare to shout, and couldn't even get his phone to seek help.

He only faintly felt that he seemed to have been played.

"Beep—"

The sound of a card being swiped suddenly came from the door. Ji Yongxiu couldn't help but feel a flash of joy, thinking it was Dang Ning who had returned.

But he didn't expect that after the door opened, a middle-aged aunt wearing a cleaning uniform walked in.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

The aunt couldn't help but scream when she saw Ji Yongxiu on the bed. Ji Yongxiu was also frightened, staring with wide eyes and screaming back at the aunt.

The aunt ran out screaming, running all the way to the floor's housekeeping department to find the manager.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Seeing the cleaning aunt's panicked expression as if she had seen something terrifying, the manager's heart also rose. Working in a hotel, the thing they fear most is a murder case. The manager had already imagined some bad things in his mind.

But the aunt exclaimed: "Someone was kidnapped!"

"Kidnapped?"

The 110 and 119 arrived almost at the same time. Ji Yongxiu had never thought in his life that the most shameful scene he would experience would be having his handcuffs forcibly removed with tools under the strange gazes of firefighters and police.

And because he had been handcuffed for too long and couldn't change his posture, his limbs uncontrollably experienced stress-induced stiffness. As soon as he got off the bed, he knelt in front of everyone with a "thump."

The police stood in front of him and said expressionlessly: "Sir, please come back to the police station with us to make a statement."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 323 =====