《Once Upon a Time in a Foreign Land》Chapter 168 : Nangong Yiren
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Nangong Yiren looked at Zhengyi's friend. That person looked at all of them with a sharp, yet respectful gaze.
It's about time this person comes to tell us about the progress of the investigation into the Xinxiu kidnapping case.
Yiren turned to look at Zhengyi. The look of surprise had not left his face.
Yige didn't know about this person's arrival? Didn't they discuss this before?
Yiren hoped that the investigation carried out by Zhengyi's friend's organization would yield more results than the police investigation. However, he realized that the people's organization didn't just help them. There must be a certain agenda they run.
Dage's disappearance compounds our problems. Hope this person can help us with that too.
"Did you order pizza on purpose, knowing that Mr. Zhongli would come here?" Yixiong turned to Zhengyi.
Zhengyi shook his head. "I have absolutely no idea. The last time I communicated with him was the day he visited us here."
Yixiong nodded.
Xiongge must have seen that Yige's expression does show that he is telling the truth. It means that this Zhongli Zhiren is indeed a very mysterious type of person.
"Okay," said Yixiong. "It's not that important. We have other things to do. Mr. Zhongli, please have a seat."
Because at that time everyone was sitting in the dining room, Yixiong invited him to sit there. Zhongli Zhiren was very calm. He seemed to have been well trained in dealing with precarious situations, such as the one they were currently facing.
Yixiong looked deeply at the person. His face was serious. Yiren didn't know what was going on in Yixiong's mind. Even though he looked calm, he could actually be really panicked. It could be easily understood. It wasn't easy for Yixiong to make up his mind when he suddenly had to take over from Shanquan.
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Yiren glanced around him. Except for Qiuzhen, all eyes were on Zhongli Zhiren. Their facial expressions and eyes looked very serious. They all frowned. It was very much like students staring at their teacher during a sudden exam.
Yiren focused on Qiuzhen. There was something strange about the kid. The night Qiuzhen came home, he talked for a long time with Shanquan. At that time, Yiren stood guard at the edge of the hole. They chatted for quite a while in the dungeon.
He couldn't hear what their conversation was about because the distance between them and him was quite far. One thing Yiren was sure of was that Qiuzhen knew things they didn't. But their youngest housemate chose not to tell them.
At least this kid had been honest with Dage.
Yiren didn't know why. Maybe Qiuzhen didn't fully believe in them yet. Living together for some time was in no way guaranteed that they would understand each other. What made Yiren relieved was that at least Qiuzhen still believed in Shanquan.
"This restaurant really sells pizza, or is this just your way of communicating with us?" Zhengyi asked his friend. His eyes were full of inquiry.
Zhongli smiled. "The restaurant really does exist. And they do have a promotion. We just asked them for help to let us use their restaurant."
"Then, who exactly is the person who gave this flyer to me?" asked Zhengyi.
"There is one of our agents who is on standby there. He is indeed in charge of distributing flyers to many people."
"Where is the difference? I mean, between this brochure and the original one."
"Actually, it's not that much different, either. We just changed the phone number. So when you call the restaurant, it goes straight to us."
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"Ah! That's why you guys got here so fast."
Zhongli nodded. "We've been monitoring your movements."
"Then these boxes? Is it really pizza?" Zhengyi still didn't seem convinced.
"Of course. The restaurant does provide pizzas that are incredibly large in size," said Zhongli Zhiren.
Yiren opened the top box. The smell of pizza spread throughout the room.
"Because it turns out we have guests, so we'll eat these pizzas later. Right now, I want to know what he will say." Yixiong looked at his friends.
Zhongli Zhiren nodded.
"Wait," said Yiren. "There are still things I don't understand. If it turns out that we didn't order pizza at all, then how would you contact us?"
Zhongli Zhiren smiled. "We will still come to this house. I will say that Mr. Duanmu Shanquan last night ordered pizza. He instructed we should deliver these pizzas tonight to his house."
"I think, even if no one ordered, if there was pizza delivered to our house, we would definitely receive it." Zhengyi smiled broadly. His face lit up as he said that.
Jingkang and Qiuzhen nodded. They laughed at Zhengyi's words.
"Stop it. I think we've talked enough about pizza," Yixiong said. "Now it's time for a serious talk." Yixiong turned towards Zhongli Zhiren. "What are the results of the investigation that your organization did?"
"The results of our investigation are more or less the same as the results of the police investigation. Although we conduct separate investigations, we often run into the police while searching for clues that we get. We think the police are also aware that we are also investigating this matter."
"Could you please tell us about the probable places where Xinxiu is being held?" Yiren asked.
"We did get some clues. We've managed to find the car that the kidnappers used to take Mr. Beihai away," said Zhongli Zhiren.
Ah! This is encouraging news.
"Where was the car found?" Yixiong's eyes widened.
"Around midnight, we managed to track down the whereabouts of the car. The car was in the city located east of this big city. The kidnappers abandoned the car in the parking lot of a shopping mall."
"Are there witnesses?" Yiren asked.
Zhongli nodded. "The witnesses who were there all said that the car had been parked there since yesterday afternoon. About five o'clock in the afternoon."
"So Xinxiu is in that city?" Yixiong's voice was full of curiosity.
"I do not think so. We feel that the kidnappers deliberately put the car there to confuse us." Zhongli Zhiren shook his head. "We think they transferred Mr. Beihai to another car before they took the car out of town."
"Did the police know about this?" Yiren asked.
"Of course they know. This morning, they even sent some officers there to check the car. We checked the car in the middle of the night. Right after we found him."
The police did not give this information to us at all. I don't know why. Even though so far we are all very cooperative.
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