Chương 15: Officer, are you here to make a purchase today?

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"The 'three-second king's' nod is a kind of adult's perfunctory response."

He nodded, but he'll still go tomorrow.

Su Wan stood to the side, her gaze shifting back and forth between Officer Zhou and Lin Zhou.

Is there anything else Officer Zhou is going to say?

Judging from his expression, it seems to be a long speech about young people needing to follow the right path.

"I could probably talk for ten minutes," Su Wan said promptly.

"Brother Zhou, I still need to take him to give a statement."

Officer Zhou's words were cut off.

He glanced at Su Wan, then at Lin Zhou, and swallowed the words he was about to say.

"Okay, let's take a statement first."

He picked up his enamel mug, took two steps toward the tea room, and then stopped.

She turned around and looked at Lin Zhou.

"Would you like to have lunch together later?"

Lin Zhou was stunned for a moment.

Su Wan was also taken aback.

The viewers in the live chat were also taken aback.

"Brother Zhou invited him to lunch."

"We were interrogating him in the interrogation room yesterday, and today we invited him to lunch."

"Do you want some food from the police station, you locksmith?"

"Three-Second King, after you eat this meal, you're Zhou Ge's man."

"Hilarious, what do you mean by 'Brother Zhou's person'?"

Officer Zhou: I think this kid's got the look of me, so I'm taking him in.

"The locksmith went from being a target of a prostitution raid to a cafeteria buddy in just twenty hours."

Lin Zhou leaned against the wall and thought for a moment.

Then he nodded.

"Sure. Perfect, I'll try the food at the police station."

Officer Zhou nodded and walked into the tea room with his enamel mug.

As they reached the door, Lin Zhou's voice came from behind.

"By the way, Brother Zhou."

Officer Zhou stopped and turned his head.

"After finishing the meal," Lin Zhou said, "Could you give me a ride? Taxi fare is too expensive."

Officer Zhou turned around and leaned against the door frame of the tea room.

He looked Lin Zhou up and down.

"You can't use the public bus. But I'll give you a private ride. Where to?"

Lin Zhou was a little excited upon hearing this, after all, he had saved several tens of yuan in taxi fare.

We're one step closer to our goal of ten million!

Lin Zhou said, "It's that club from yesterday."

The corridor fell silent.

Su Wan stood still, tilting her head slightly to look at Lin Zhou, her expression as if she hadn't heard clearly just now.

Officer Zhou leaned against the door frame, keeping his head tilted to the side, and remained motionless.

The live chat exploded.

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"That club from yesterday"

"Crescent Moon" He wants to go back to Crescent Moon.

"He just told me not to go, and then he asked Brother Zhou to take him."

"I took a screenshot of Brother Zhou's expression."

"I also took a screenshot of Officer Su's expression."

"Two people crashed at the same time"

"The Locksmith King"

"Three-second king, you really dare to say that!"

"Brother Zhou: Did all that I just said go to waste?"

Lin Zhou observed the expressions on their faces.

Officer Zhou leaned against the door frame, his mouth slightly open, his eyebrows furrowed into a complex arc.

Su Wan tilted her head, her eyes filled with confusion.

He knew they had misunderstood.

"no," He waved his hand.

"I went there to get a safe repaired yesterday. The lock cylinder was broken, so I opened it and said I'd replace it today. I owe them a lock cylinder."

Officer Zhou slowly straightened up.

He looked at Lin Zhou for about three seconds.

"Locking repair?"

"Fix the lock!"

"You went to that club to fix the locks?"

"right."

Officer Zhou nodded.

No one spoke throughout the entire process.

Comments flooded in.

"Brother Zhou doesn't want to talk anymore."

"Brother Zhou: In my 20 years in the industry, this is the first time I've encountered someone who comes to a club to change their lock cylinder and then asks me to deliver it."

"Officer Zhou's silence is an adult's surrender."

He's stopped asking why a club's safe would need its lock cylinder changed.

Brother Zhou: Forget it, let's just assume he went to get a lock fixed.

"He went there to fix locks anyway."

"Oh yeah, he went to get the lock fixed yesterday."

"The lock-picking king was just there to fix locks from beginning to end."

"It's the world that makes him look unlike someone who repairs locks."

Su Wan stood to the side, her lips twitching slightly.

She didn't say anything, but simply turned and walked towards the interrogation room.

"Take a statement first."

Lin Zhou followed behind her. After taking a few steps, he turned back to look at Officer Zhou.

He saw Officer Zhou shake his head.

It's not the kind of shaking you do when you're angry; it's the kind of shaking you do when you're thinking, "Oh well, let it go."

The last line of comments floated by.

"Brother Zhou gave up trying to understand the Locksmith King"

"But he'll invite him to lunch again tomorrow."

"Because Brother Zhou already considers him one of his own."

"From being a target of a prostitution raid to becoming a cafeteria mate, it only takes one day."

"The Three-Second King's Police Station dungeon is cleared."

"Unlock Achievement: Brother Zhou's Approval" Lin Zhou entered the interrogation room.

The fluorescent lights were on, and the table and chairs were placed in the middle, exactly the same as yesterday.

Su Wan sat down opposite her, opened her notebook, and took off the cap of her pen.

"Name."

"Lin Zhou".

"age."

"Twenty-three."

"Profession."

"The locksmith."

Su Wan paused for a moment.

She lowered her head and wrote three words on the paper.

...

The statement took twenty minutes to be taken.

When Lin Zhou came out of the interrogation room.

Officer Zhou leaned against the corridor wall with an enamel mug in his hand. When he saw Lin Zhou come out, he put the mug on the table.

"Let's go eat."

In the cafeteria, Officer Zhou led Lin Zhou to get his food and they sat down in a corner.

The braised pork was stewed until tender. Lin Zhou picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, where the salty and sweet flavors melted together.

"How is it?" Officer Zhou asked.

"It's better than outside."

Officer Zhou nodded, as if he had received some kind of confirmation.

Su Wan sat down next to Lin Zhou with her plate, picked up her chopsticks, and said nothing.

Officer Zhou looked up at her, then at Lin Zhou, before lowering his head to continue eating.

The chopsticks made a slight sound as they touched the edge of the plate.

After the meal, Officer Zhou led Lin Zhou to his car and took him to the club.

Officer Zhou's car was an older black sedan, parked in the corner of the city bureau compound.

There are a few small scratches on the car body.

A faded "Chinese Police" sticker was affixed to the bumper.

Lin Zhou opened the passenger door and sat down; the leather of the seat was worn smooth and shiny.

You can feel the outline of the springs when you sit on it.

Officer Zhou started the car; the engine was very quiet.

He was holding the steering wheel with one hand.

With the other hand, place the enamel mug in the cup holder.

The cup was a bit big; it took me a couple of tries to put it in.

The car drove out of the municipal bureau compound and turned onto the main road.

The car turned several corners.

We drove onto the street that Lin Zhou had visited yesterday.

A pink sign emerged from the middle of the buildings.

The words "Half Moon Foot Massage and Wellness Center" seemed less ambiguous in the afternoon sunlight.

The neon lights were off, leaving only the pink base paint on the sign itself.

Officer Zhou parked the car at the entrance.

The car was turned off, and the engine noise stopped.

"We're here," he said.

Lin Zhou opened the car door and slung his tool bag over his shoulder.

Officer Zhou also got out of the car, closed the door, and stood beside the car.

He held his enamel mug, glanced up at the pink sign, and remained expressionless.