The landlady took everyone to a seat by the window, took the initiative to pour a glass of water for them, and said:
"Actually, when I saw your IDs, I guessed that it must be my best friend's husband who asked you to come here to find me."
"No." As soon as the boss lady finished speaking, Gu Chen explained: "We are here to investigate ourselves, because your girlfriend's loss of contact was a bit sudden, so we need your cooperation."
"Okay." Sitting across from Gu Chen and others, the landlady was also worried and explained:
"Ever since I heard my best friend's husband say that my best friend has been missing for a long time, I have been very upset."
"These days, I also try to call my best friend, but no one answers."
"This makes me feel a little uncomfortable. After all, every time they quarrel, my bestie always runs to my house, but this time, she didn't get any contact with me and just disappeared."
"If I hadn't tried my best to explain this to her husband, her husband would have thought I was covering for his wife."
After saying this, the landlady also sighed heavily, as if her expression revealed helplessness.
Lu Weiwei asked her curiously: "I heard that every time your best friend quarrels with her husband or runs away from home, she always comes to your place, right?"
"If there is no desire." The noodle shop owner nodded silently.
After a pause, the noodle shop proprietress also said jokingly: "You are still joking at this time and asking you, did he say that he wanted to marry the young boss?"
"Comrade police." Listening to Gu Chen's words, the noodle shop owner also smiled bitterly and quickly explained:
"A bit pretentious?" Officer Wang didn't seem surprised after hearing what the landlady said.
Pointing at herself, the noodle shop proprietress also explained: "Take you for example, you just hate makeup and wear bare face every day."
The landlady scratched the front of her head with her left hand and tried to think back: "I didn't remember it because I was vague. It wasn't my impression. I wanted to ask you, why do you think that way?"
After a pause, the noodle shop proprietress continued: "But, for your best friend, not to mention, as soon as she changes into those low-end clothes, her temperament will come out immediately."
"You suddenly disappeared that time, which made everyone confused. Just after it was over, your husband called you. You thought it was another joke."
"We have been together for so many years, and outside of the house, your husband is the one who spoils you."
Yuan Shasha also continued to remind: "He sees that there are so few of you, and you are all investigating the whereabouts of his best friend."
"When did it end?" Listening to the noodle shop owner's explanation, Gu Chen didn't find it strange at all.
The landlady picked up the tea behind her face, took a big sip, and then said:
"There will be no more drama about running away from home. In essence, it is probably not about regaining the right to speak outside the home."
"That's all. Your other colleagues are also investigating, because judging from various signs, it is very likely that his best friend was kidnapped, and until now, life or death is clear."
The noodle shop owner's wife snorted and shook her head helplessly: "Anyway, I know you very often, so I feel like I should know. After all, these clothes look cheap."
"Is this business quite profitable? Moreover, you have roughly estimated that we must operate according to the current business. The money we earn is much lower than that of ordinary company executives."
"Because you are relatively short in stature, many old people outside your village said that your figure is very suitable for modeling."
"Besides, your phone hasn't been turned on for a week. All signs indicate that there is no risk of you going missing."
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"It looks like it." Before the noodle shop owner's wife could finish her words, Gu Chen interrupted directly:
"So, once, I went shopping with you, and then while shopping, I came to a low-end designer clothing store."
But in those years, with the help of my husband’s secret sauce, our pancake business was in full swing, and we made a lot of money very quickly.
But now combined with the words of the noodle shop proprietress, Lu Gang felt more and more that the pancake proprietress might really be dating Zou Yaohua.
"We are usually very busy and have a lot of free time. There is no time to communicate at all. You even give each other likes in the circle of friends because you are so busy."
With a faint sigh, Lu Weiwei said righteously:
Obviously, the desire of the pancake proprietress seems to be constantly being awakened.
"Besides, we all work in Jiangnan City, far away from home, and we don't have any relatives or friends."
While sighing with emotion, the noodle shop proprietress also raised her head and glanced at Gu Chen, and then said:
"Let's put it that way." The hostess of the meeting place didn't seem to understand what he meant, so Gu Chen changed his way of saying something else and continued:
"But you said, I kept asking you, how do you feel?"
"You said you should go back and have a look, so I will go with you. Then, after you finish picking out clothes, go to the changing room to try it on. Do you dare to go? When you look at the tag, a special piece of clothing costs less than 1,000 yuan. It feels like
That’s what you can afford.”
The landlady grinned and explained, "I guess you have a very bad personality. He has to let you go when he wants to get along with you."
"Of course, maybe you are too inferior. He looks at you."
"From time to time, you feel that your husband is useless because your best friend is famous for her bad temper."
"Have you not gotten close to some people recently?"
The noodle shop owner tried to think back: "Anyway, you really didn't think too much at the time, so I just treated you as a joke and talked with you."
"Be more specific." It felt like the noodle shop proprietress was still thinking, and Officer Wang also reminded her.
"What did you say? Anyway, I'm not the type to accept my fate. I feel like I'm old enough to find a decent person to get married to."
"Because it's the same as Chang Chang, so it shouldn't be that one."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a pause, perhaps because she was afraid that Gu Chen’s team would misunderstand, the noodle shop owner quickly explained:
So Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "So, boss lady, he thinks that his best friend, you are still deliberately being angry?"
Gu Chen quickly asked again:
"But he wants to say that he is right? You really can see it, at least you can see it now."
It is only because of the limitations of your career that you live an ordinary and extraordinary life.
"But I came here to know what was going on? So I found your husband, but your husband is not a special person who works hard. The two of them met after get off work in the factory."
"But when you come here, my husband often talks to you forcefully. You feel aggrieved and feel that my husband has changed."
"Moreover, especially in the past few years, during this period after the Chinese New Year, there is an endless stream of people coming to your house to talk to you as matchmakers."
"If you want to make a small amount of money, it all depends on the accumulation of quantity. I am so busy every day that I feel like I am slowly falling apart."
"My best friend, after all, is a bit pretentious."
"It's a small difference, right?" The noodle shop owner nodded silently and said truthfully:
Listening to the explanation from the noodle shop proprietress, Gu Chen seemed to understand something. It seemed that the pancake proprietress had never dreamed of being a model.
"But the clothes here are too expensive. He said that for these people who don't have big money sentiments, we might go back and buy them."
"In your opinion, the conflict between the two was not very bad."
"But if you find his best friend, you may be less safe for one day."
"How do you say that?" Yuan Shasha was not confused at all.
"Before I go on, I won't take a few clothes and run to your house to stay for a few days."
"Yeah." Listening to the noodle shop owner's explanation, Gu Chen nodded silently and agreed:
After a pause, the noodle shop proprietress continued her analysis: "Actually, maybe you don't want to take control of your own home? It feels like your husband has broken your authority outside the home, so he is getting angry."
"It's actually quite bad for a small family to visit each other very often. If you don't have time, you will buy some things and bring them to your house for dinner together."
"Especially because we don't have the technology ourselves. We prepare all the ingredients and sauces ourselves. Without that core technology, business will naturally be poor."
"It wasn't some day after that. Remember, it was your best friend who said these words to you when she came to your home for a visit."
"You know, for 1,000 yuan, how many servings of noodles and rice noodles do you have to sell to earn those?"
"Well, what about now?" After listening to the noodle shop owner's statement, Lu Gang continued to ask.
"You said, it's very common for two people to get together, so let's leave now. But after all, our couple has no children. The children are at home and are taken care of by the old man."
After a pause, the landlady continued to explain: "It wasn't because your husband had a bad personality that he had limited tolerance for you, so the two of us got together."
The noodle shop owner thought for a few seconds and said hastily: "The specific time, maybe a few months? It may end in two months."
"What he means is that his best friend is tired of that kind of life?"
As she spoke, the noodle shop owner spread her hands and smiled to herself:
"But now a week has passed, and his best friend's husband discovered that the basic contact was with him, and he has also seen her there."
"Wearing these low-end clothes, I feel that they are very consistent with your work status."
"It's bad." The noodle shop owner nodded silently and continued:
"But did you know what happened that time? You even turned off your mobile phone. You said you ran away from home, but you didn't come to your house."
"It's a pity that at this time, the conditions outside the home were not limited, and you were not good at studying, so you went out to work early. Any modeling dream feels too far away."
"Ah?" Seeing Lu Gang ask this, the noodle shop owner's wife didn't seem a little embarrassed.
The noodle shop owner's wife stared blankly: "It's not that slight?"
"But?" The noodle shop owner's wife crossed her fingers and said with a smile:
"What did you say to him?" Yuan Shasha was either calm or impatient at this moment.
The noodle shop proprietress approached Gu Chen and continued: "You have that consideration. After all, if you open a noodle shop, the rent will be very expensive, although you can't make enough money."
"What's wrong?" Officer Wang looked confused.
"Yes." Faced with the police's questioning, the landlady didn't hide anything. Instead, she said straightforwardly:
"Actually, you feel very sorry for your husband. Outside of the house, you are always being blamed. If he wants to say that your best friend is the boss, it is bad, but there is no time when she is the boss. You can just throw the blame to your husband."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "Yes, it's just a small problem, just to make such a small emotion."
"What specific desires are these?" Lu Weiwei also wanted to know.
"To be more specific, I'm not your best friend. In fact, she has a bad personality at all. When it comes to customers, she may speak a little bad."
"I know." The noodle shop owner shook her head.
"Doesn't he feel that his best friend hasn't been doing anything right lately?"
"Apart from this, you know everything about you and your husband, so why don't you say less about it."
"Then if your husband loves you very much, who can bear that? So you always think that maybe that is not the shining point of my husband."
"Do you mean anything else? You may often feel that your best friend has changed a lot."
Looking to the left and right, the noodle shop proprietress added: "They also know that both of your families are in business. Your family runs a noodle shop, and your family runs a pancake stall."
"There are very few people who can get used to your temper. Maybe it's not because of your husband's tolerance that you are willing to marry me."
"In this way, it actually lowers your vision, because you don't have a choice, so you just take it easy."
But once a person has no money, it is difficult for him to have desires buried outside his heart.
"I'm not telling you that two people are colleagues, but after getting along for a long time, they got together."
"Yes, you also think that you have a brain cramp? Why are you asking you that question in such a bad way?"
"Metaphor?" Listening to what the noodle shop proprietress said, eight people, including Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, suddenly said in unison.
"This is not the kind of low-end designer clothing store that opens in low-end neighborhoods. Every time you pass by this place, you want to leave."
"No... no..." Looking up in the direction of Gu Chen, the noodle shop owner's wife also thought about it and said:
But the noodle shop proprietress said firmly: "Listening to what they said, it seems that the problem is quite common, huh?"
Gu Chen looked at the noodle shop proprietress behind him, stretched out his hand and said, "He continues."
"Does that count?" Yuan Shasha was also curious after hearing what the noodle shop owner said.
Pointing at herself, the noodle shop proprietress said with a smile: "Just like you, you open a noodle shop. If you sell a bowl of noodles or a bowl of noodles, you can earn a bowl of noodles and a bowl of noodles."
"Young man, the arrogance your husband suffers from can probably fill a cold air balloon."
"Did your husband know about this before? Or did he know?" After hearing what the noodle shop proprietress said, Officer Wang also asked curiously.
Gu Chen, who didn't seem to understand what the landlady meant, continued to ask, "Can he be more specific?"
After all, when a person ends up deliberately changing his or her life status, it means that that person must have encountered something that led him to want to change the status quo.
"I'm sure in a few years, you will still be running your own business. Maybe at this time, you won't have so many ideas because you have money outside your pocket."
Moreover, the two met in private. Later, Lu Gang felt that the two might have had a private tryst.
The landlady nodded silently and said, "It's a mistake. It's not that I didn't do something about it."
"The key is that your husband compromises every time, so there is a way. If your husband often gets tough, you will feel that your mentality is unbalanced, and then you will feel that your husband does not love you."
Shaking her head, the noodle shop owner also smiled angrily and said, "So, you know those habits of yours."
"It was only in those few years that our family's conditions began to turn for the worse. So, you, your best friend, can understand what you said. After all, who hates bad-looking clothes?"
"It's not like you use facial cleanser when you go out. That's what teenagers do, and your best friend does the same."
"Young people, we all came here like this. When you came here, you found out through dealing with our couple that the reason why your best friend chose your current husband was entirely because of my husband's temper."
The noodle shop proprietress continued to think about it: "You said that you often divorce your husband. What do you think?"
"But to your husband, this is not a princess. Although they are both 40 years old, outside the home, your best friend does not want your husband to take care of you like a princess."
"Oh my god!" Yuan Shasha said calmly after hearing what the noodle shop proprietress said.
"If you know, just tell him. It's very important for you to find his best friend. You may live or die now." Officer Wang's words instantly made the situation very minor.
But the noodle shop proprietress quickly explained: "Comrade male police officers, maybe they are being vague. You caterers often give yourself rough makeup."
"That...can you say that?" I felt that Lu Gang's question was really hard to resist.
"You are a person with very low vision. Although you did not read many books at the beginning, you have always felt that if you marry badly in the future, you will end up in a poor family."
"Yeah." Faced with Lu Gang's question, the noodle shop owner nodded silently: "No order."
"Because they also asked you to tell you something suspicious about your best friend. After thinking about it, you feel that it's just a little bit suspicious."
"When such conflicts accumulate, you feel that your husband will completely explode."
"Every time I see my husband come to your house with a look of apology and politely take you home, you feel sad for your husband."
Lu Weiwei ignored all that, so she quickly asked: "Isn't that right?"
"As for you, you usually have to be busy in restaurants and stalls, so you only need to wear work clothes and an apron."
"So, what does it usually look like? But once two people quarrel over something, it's over."
"Huh?" Listening to the noodle shop owner's story, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt that outside of the noodle shop owner's mind, your bestie who made pancakes seemed to be having a mood.
"Anyway, whenever there is a quarrel, you will call me to complain, and then tell me to bring some clothes and come to your house to stay for a few days."
"But since you can't make a small amount of money, why do you suddenly want to start that kind of life?"
"What do you say?" Gu Chen also turned his pen with his left hand and asked curiously.
The noodle shop proprietress thought about it for a while and analyzed it and said:
"Sister Lu, what did he just say?"
"That means that his best friend often loses contact with her for a week. What happened during that week? Someone knows."
"Furthermore, you know from his best friend's husband that the conflict was not because my husband was greedy for cheap ingredients, so he accidentally purchased a batch of low-quality ingredients from a mobile vegetable vendor."
Shaking her head, the noodle shop proprietress also said with regret: "Then you know what your best friend is thinking?"
"It seems that their relationship is indeed quite bad." Listening to the noodle shop owner's explanation, Lu Gang felt that the friendship between the two indeed went beyond the friendship of many people.
"Before this, his best friend never told him that you dressed up like that because you wanted to meet someone?"
"What did you say?" The noodle shop owner's wife snorted, and Younai shook her head:
But the noodle shop proprietress said in a clear way: "You and I have known each other since we were kids. You are from the same village."
"It's not that he makes you feel a little wronged, but if he makes you feel comfortable, you will have all kinds of conflicts with him."
"As a family, getting along in harmony is the most important thing. If you do that, your husband would be very cowardly if he suffered from it, wouldn't he?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I really think that the two couples in a pancake shop don't have so many stories? It feels like there are very few problems between them.
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"The current situation is that his best friend's whereabouts are clear. It is very unlikely that she was kidnapped, and her life may not be safe."
"Is it too right?" Listening to Yuan Shasha's words, the landlady narrowed her eyes and said thoughtfully:
Lu Weiwei on the side also let out a "tsk" and quickly reminded:
"Workers like you are busy every day and your body is slightly out of shape. You are fatter and your body is also out of shape."
"You have had that kind of personality since you were a kid, and you are used to it."
After saying that, the landlady also laughed, feeling that it seemed quite ridiculous to say that.
But Lu Gang actually said: "He also has to worry about those things. Just tell the truth. Does his best friend have no other women in there?"
"But once people have no money, their requirements for material life are lower and they have fewer ideas. Is that the truth?"
Officer Wang also quickly asked: "What is the metaphor he mentioned?"
With a heavy sigh, Yuan Shasha said helplessly: "So, he has to provide you with important clues, otherwise, his best friend's life may be threatened. Does he know that?"
"Even if you wear a low-end dress, you still have an elegant temperament, so you still know that these clothes are perfect for you."
"Once your husband asks about the price, just say two hundred yuan. Anyway, I won't let you prevaricate."
"But then you find that you just stop buying low-end clothes frequently and apply some rough makeup."
"You are all investigating the whereabouts of his best friend now, what does he think?" It felt like that man thought Xiaojia was joking with you, and Lu Weiwei was speechless.
"If you say that, can he understand?"
"I'm sure I'm going to get divorced. What will happen to the children? That's what you asked me."
"We can't say that the target customers of these low-end designer clothing stores are not us."
"But he is your worst best friend." Lu Weiwei also reminded her.
"How did he answer this?" As soon as the noodle shop owner's wife finished speaking, Gu Chen quickly asked.
"After all, you two grew up in the same village, so you know your character well."
"You know." Listening to Xiaojia's explanation, the noodle shop owner nodded silently, and then she came out of her meditation and ended her careless thinking.
"Is it really true that time?"
"Divorce?" Lu Gang would cross his arms and wonder: "He's so bad, why would you tell him that?"
"Is it bad?" Gu Chen wrote down those records and continued to ask:
"You want to tell your husband because you are afraid of your husband's approval. However, such situations are becoming less and less common. You feel that my husband will know about your crazy purchase of luxury goods sooner or later."
"It doesn't mean that everything should be your way?" Officer Wang asked.
"You know, then you may be bad, but I'm sure if he knew your character, he would know that using the word 'make' is more appropriate."
"You said that the child cannot belong to your husband. You want freedom because you want to be trapped in the pancake stall every day, but you also want to live a life that starts over and over again every day."
"Yes, yes." It felt like the noodle shop owner's wife's eyes turned out to be a farce after the commotion for a long time. Officer Wang also quickly reminded:
"Moreover, you often say in front of me that you are too pretentious. You deny it yourself, but you often change that bad habit."
"Yes...really?" It felt like Gu Chen was joking, and the noodle shop owner's wife was firm and confident:
With a faint sigh, the noodle shop proprietress also grinned: "So, although I feel like you are being arrogant, you are friends. Nothing makes you happy, and everyone will open up about their worries."
The noodle shop proprietress scratched her cheek and said thoughtfully, "For example, I want to buy some clothes at very low prices."
"Comrade police officer, you are indeed very familiar with your bestie's whereabouts. However, you personally feel that you may have been in a mood that time too, maybe for a longer period of time. You wanted your husband to worry about you..."
"Anyway, there is nothing normal about your best friend? Maybe besides buying low-end clothes, you also often put on makeup and dress yourself up."
"Although you can't make money yet, such a life goes on and on. To be honest, people with bad health can't bear it."
In other words, the pancake proprietress always feels that her temperament is inferior to those of wealthy or poor people.
"He needs to know that those of you doing business are all making hard-earned money."
"Wait a minute." As soon as the noodle shop owner's wife finished speaking, Lu Gang quickly asked:
"Wait a minute." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, the noodle shop owner suddenly thought of something. She suddenly raised her head and looked at everyone.
"Do you remember that on this day, your best friend secretly bought a dress worth less than 1,000 yuan, and told you that you should be careful about telling others, especially your husband, and you should never tell."
"Because your husband is a frugal person. To be honest, he is not a frugal person."
It seems that ever since Changchang, the noodle shop proprietress, has not understood what Xiaojia means.
Especially when Gu Chen analyzed the surveillance footage with He Junchao outside the office last night, he couldn't tell that the pancake proprietress was actually very close to Zou Yaohua, the fish delivery guy.
"That..." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the noodle shop proprietress suddenly felt that the atmosphere seemed too right.
"But for a big-money rent like your best friend's, this is simply not comparable. Our family makes less money than yours."
"Originally, you took it seriously, but now I feel that the words your best friend said to you later seemed to have no metaphor."
"Especially in terms of time, because your husband thought it was the same old routine of running away from home again, and he thought my lover was hiding in his house again, so there was a connection."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You are vague because there is no one else in it, but your intuition tells you that maybe there is no one."
"You said boss lady, he may have made a mistake, right? His best friend is missing, and the surveillance also captured your whereabouts."
"Listening to what he said, it seems like his best friend doesn't have the desire she has hidden in her heart?"
"What do you say?" It seemed that some secrets had been discovered during the investigation, so Lu Weiwei also hurriedly asked.
"But... I don't understand." I felt that I was not confused by the question, and I was also vague about the reason why the police asked that question, because they wanted to find my best friend as soon as possible.
"Wait a minute." Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen seemed to have thought of something? He quickly asked again:
"In addition to contacting you when shopping, I often contact you when I have a quarrel with your husband. We are usually busy with our own affairs."
"But really?" After hearing what Yuan Shasha said, the noodle shop owner quickly agreed:
The unexpected disappearance of the pancake proprietress made Lu Gang very alert. Did something happen to the pancake proprietress?
"Ah? Is that so?" Seeing Officer Wang's seriousness, the noodle shop owner's wife was startled, but she quickly reacted and explained:
After a pause, the noodle shop proprietress also thought about it and said, "I guess it's not because your best friend feels tired of that kind of life."
"Ouch." After listening to the explanation from the noodle shop proprietress, Lu Weiwei also held her head and said without words:
"Did he make any new friends during his girlfriend's time? In other words, did he get to know everyone except him and your husband?"
The relationship between the two seems to have become so clear.
"Being reasonable means being lenient, but it's still serious. Even if it's your own fault, you can throw the blame on your husband."
"You do that every time. Maybe the quarrel between the two of you was more serious that time, so I wanted to scare your husband and make your husband forget it, so that your husband would dare to snort at you again in the past.
Yelled."
"Uh..." After a moment of determination, the noodle shop owner shook her head: "You... you know."
"But it's the same now. After those few years of business, you don't have any money outside your pocket."
"No matter how much you mess around, at least you should talk to you often. I felt like you didn't want to mess around anymore that time."
"Every time I get angry for a few days, and then my husband apologizes in various ways over the phone, and then comes to your house to take you back."
"Proprietress." Yuan Shasha met the proprietress of the restaurant. She seemed to have not yet retreated into the state, so she reminded her again:
"Is he so indulging in you?" Listening to the words of the proprietress, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt that it seemed that the proprietress of the noodle shop was too indulging in her best friend.
"Bad." She nodded silently, and the noodle shop owner continued to think about it and said:
