Time passed by, and when all the tour buses left one after another, the bustling wine estate seemed to become quiet again.
Gu Chen and others also returned to the exhibition hall.
After saying goodbye to Wang Jun, everyone also had a new direction, which was to wait until dinner time in the evening and then go find Shu Ke.
But since it was still early, everyone could only spend these boring hours on the balcony outside the exhibition hall.
"You guys want milk tea." The waitress came out of the restaurant with a tray and placed several cups of milk tea in front of everyone.
"Thank you." Gu Chen thanked him and asked the waitress: "Don't you have any tour groups coming this afternoon?"
"Uh, not absolutely." The waitress thought for a moment and said slowly:
"Generally speaking, these tour groups come to visit us in the morning, and then go to Huahai Park in the afternoon. This is usually the arrangement."
"Of course, there are also a small number of tour groups, whose travel itineraries are different, and their afternoon tours will be at our winery."
"Then we are not the only tourists here?" Lu Weiwei also smiled teasingly upon hearing this.
The main reason is that all the tourists have gradually dispersed. Without cover, everyone has to look normal.
Therefore, it is important to increase communication with staff, otherwise you will become the subject of discussion.
"Maybe." The waitress also smiled and continued to ask:
"How long are you going to stay here?"
"Maybe stay for a day? Or maybe leave at night, because we are a small group and there are some problems at several travel locations, so we come here temporarily to visit."
"I don't know what's going on over there? So I have to wait for a call from there." Officer Wang, as the nominal leader of the group, also quickly communicated with the waiter.
"So that's it? Then you can go to the chess and card room in our underground wine cellar. There is an activity room there."
"Oh, no need, we just want to see the scenery here." Hearing what the waitress said, Yuan Shasha quickly explained.
After a brief communication between the two parties, the waitress left.
The reason why Gu Chen and others wanted to stay near the exhibition hall was mainly because the viewing angle here was very good. Here, they could find ways to observe Shuke's situation.
The exhibition hall was deserted in the afternoon, and the so-called other tour groups did not actually exist.
Since the morning was busy, the staff here seemed very leisurely in the afternoon, and there were even significantly fewer staff.
The reason is that many people can take off in the afternoon, after all, it is an optimal allocation of resources.
However, at 5:30 pm, the wine estate will stop selling tickets to the public, so at this time, most employees can go home from get off work.
But many employees seemed to prefer to have dinner in the winery's staff canteen.
Compared with the tourist restaurant, the dinner there is more cost-effective.
The two restaurants here seem to be subcontracted to different businesses.
At this time, the tourist restaurant is deserted, but it still needs to turn on the lights and pretend to be open for business.
But at this time, there are actually not many ingredients for dinner. If you ask, there are none.
On the contrary, the staff restaurant at this moment was overcrowded, and all kinds of noises could be heard.
The meal counter is also crowded.
The seats that were relatively loose at noon now seemed very crowded. Fortunately, Gu Chen and the others had occupied a seat in a corner of the restaurant in advance.
It won't be too conspicuous here, and the viewing angle is excellent.
The few people who pretended to be eating were also always paying attention to what was going on around them.
"Senior Brother Gu, do you think Shuke will show up at night?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously while observing.
"I can't say for sure." Gu Chen took a sip of water and said slowly:
"If according to what the staff member said, Shuke leaves early and comes home late every day, he should be at the winery."
"Moreover, Shuke only eats breakfast and dinner, and lunch is a continuation of breakfast."
"It can be seen that Shuke may show up at the restaurant in the evening. What we have to do now is to wait patiently."
"Yeah." After listening to Gu Chen's words, Yuan Shasha became much calmer, nodded and said:
"I hope this guy can show up today."
As time passed by, the number of diners here began to gradually decrease.
Gu Chen and others continued to wait patiently.
At about 6:20 in the evening, several winery staff were still playing poker in the canteen and shouting loudly.
A man wearing a peaked cap quickly walked into the canteen directly from outside.
And all this was seen by Gu Chen, who also reminded everyone: "Pay attention, the prey appears."
After being reminded by Gu Chen, everyone immediately cheered up, but everyone did not look at the cafeteria window from the beginning, because this would easily arouse each other's suspicion.
So Officer Wang, who had his back to the food window, was also smelling Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen in front of him: "What did you see him look like?"
"He is tall and thin in a black peaked cap, and his figure looks stronger, but his face cannot be seen clearly and the brim of the hat is set very low," Lu Weiwei said.
"Gu Chen, what did you see?" Officer Wang asked Gu Chen again.
Gu Chen lowered his head, but raised his eyes. After a brief observation, he slowly said:
"It seems that the basic characteristics are pretty much the same as Shuke's. We'll have to wait and see."
"Okay, you continue to observe, I won't look back to avoid being noticed." After the officer Wang finished speaking, he also said to Yuan Shasha beside him:
"Xiao Yuan, don't turn around either."
"Understood." Yuan Shasha also nodded silently, indicating that everything was OK.
Just like that, everyone calmed down and waited quietly, pretending to chat about their daily lives as before.
The task of observing each other fell to Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, who were facing the exit of the cafeteria.
Yuan Shasha and Officer Wang mainly provided cover to make everyone look normal.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! While Gu Chen was talking, he also noticed that the other party seemed to be alert.
So he naturally withdrew his gaze and followed Officer Wang and the others as they chatted and laughed, but they reminded him softly:
"This guy is observing the situation around him. He seems to be quite vigilant."
"Be careful not to let him find out the clues." Officer Wang smiled bitterly, but he didn't know what was going on behind him.
He only learned about the situation behind him through reminders from Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
"Attention, he seems to have discovered us." Lu Weiwei suddenly reminded us.
Officer Wang quickly reminded: "Don't look at him and continue chatting."
"He seems to be coming towards us." At this moment, Gu Chen also said casually.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
Gu Chen has been chatting with his colleagues in a calm manner.
Since everyone had practiced before, the issues discussed were all the main scenic spots in Haidong City.
Although I have never been there, in order to be realistic, I checked various information in advance.
Therefore, the performance looks more like a group of tourists.
While Gu Chen locked eyes with the other party from the corner of his eye, he already felt that the other party seemed to be very wary of everything around him.
Perhaps it was because he was an unfamiliar face, so the other person looked very confused. He hesitated for a moment while standing at the food window, and then decided to approach him.
"He's coming, everyone, please pay attention." After Gu Chen gave the last warning, he began to chat with everyone about the tour.
At this moment, Gu Chen didn't have to deliberately avoid looking into each other's eyes.
Instead, he looked at the other person naturally, with even curiosity in his eyes.
At this moment, the man was also observing the movements of Gu Chen and others with his eyes. He hesitated while standing next to Gu Chen, and then chose to sit at the table next to Gu Chen. It seemed that he also wanted to test Gu Chen's background.
"Are you the bartender here?" Gu Chen pretended to be close.
At the same time, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha all looked at the man in unison.
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"So are you a staff member here?" Gu Chen asked again.
The man asked Gu Chen, "Aren't you guys?"
"We are tourists here." At this moment, Lu Weiwei quickly answered.
"Tourists?" The man hesitated for a moment, then quickly looked at Gu Chen and the others, and said teasingly: "I don't think you look like tourists."
"We don't look like tourists? Then what do you think we look like?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously after hearing this.
At this moment, the man who lowered the brim of his hat carefully looked at the appearance of several people, and then said seriously:
"I look at you... you look like police."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, as if the air had become solid.
After a brief stalemate, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, who were all confused, thought that everyone was exposed.
Gu Chen burst out laughing and said, "You really know how to joke."
After a brief stalemate for a few seconds, the other party then said with a smile: "I'm kidding you, what on earth do you do?"
"We are reporters from a daily newspaper, and we came here to travel during the holidays." Seeing that the other party seemed to be cheating on her identity, Lu Weiwei, who had just said that her identity might be exposed, suddenly became sober.
Everyone has faced various difficulties and traps countless times, but they have been able to get through them with strong psychological quality.
The opponent's move just now was indeed quite damaging, and everyone knows it now.
Because the other party didn't know the identities of several of them, and seeing that several of them were new faces here, they wanted to come over and get to know each other and test their identities.
The move just now almost caused everyone to fall into a trap.
Normally, everyone would have just shown their cards and arrested this guy.
But now, how many accomplices does the other party have? Who are the other party’s informants? What is the connection between this winery and him?
Arresting someone hastily before these circumstances are clear is obviously not an appropriate choice.
Fortunately, Gu Chen was able to stay awake enough at the most critical moment. At the last moment, he woke everyone up with one sentence and temporarily avoided the trouble of exposing their identities.
"Daily reporter?" The other party continued to look carefully, especially looking into the eyes of a few people.
After all, whether you have lied or not, if you look into the other person's eyes, a person with a guilty conscience would have already shied away.
Fortunately, Gu Chen's team are all professionals. Faced with each other's doubtful eyes, everyone's eyes revealed a pure and clear look.
The other party couldn't see the problem, so he laughed and asked quickly: "Then where are you from?"
"We came from the capital." Lu Weiwei quickly explained.
"Reporters from the capital, are you here to travel?" Faced with Lu Weiwei's answer, the man also deliberately pretended to be confused.
But he still expressed doubts about the identity of several people, so he asked again: "So are you locals from the capital?"
"I'm from the capital, and they are all from other places. Why, you often go to the capital too?"
At this moment, Lu Weiwei spoke with a standard Beijing accent, which surprised the man. He retracted his doubtful gaze and smiled to ease the embarrassment and said:
"Your Beijing accent is quite standard."
"That's right. After all, I grew up in the capital." After her voice fell, Lu Weiwei quickly asked the man:
"Eh? Who are you from? You look a bit like a foreigner, but you speak Chinese very well, but you look..."
Pretending to observe carefully, Lu Weiwei also thought about it and said, "But the way he looks, he looks a bit like a handsome mixed-race guy."
"Haha." After Lu Weiwei looked at his appearance, the man picked up the drink and took a sip, and then said slowly:
"My mother is from England, and my father is from Haidong City. It's okay if you say I'm mixed-race."
"I feel like you should be a model, right?" At this moment, Yuan Shasha also pretended to be a little girl for a moment, and quickly asked the man expectantly:
"I see that you have clear-cut features and you are not ordinary handsome. You are much better than ordinary celebrities."
"I feel like someone like you should be an internet celebrity, or maybe a model."
Shaking her fingers, Yuan Shasha also said expectantly: "Really? Are you an Internet celebrity?"
"Haha, you have misunderstood." Seeing that the other person seemed to be a reporter who was traveling here and had a strong sense of gossip, the man waved his hand and explained:
"I'm not a model or an internet celebrity, I'm just an ordinary person."
"No, you are not ordinary." Officer Wang looked at the other person's satisfied face, shook his head, and said in denial:
"Among these people, you are the kind of person who stands out at first glance. If you want to say you are ordinary, then how do you expect ordinary people like us to live?"
"Excellent." It felt like this middle-aged man was good at flattering, but suddenly, the man returned to his previous state of concentration, and quickly asked about the situation of several people:
"By the way, why haven't you left here yet?"
"Leave? Why are we leaving?" When Lu Weiwei heard this, she was also very curious.
The man said slowly: "Tourists who come to the winery will leave after lunch at noon, but why are you staying here until now? And why are you eating here in the staff canteen?"
"It's harmful, don't mention it." Seeing that the other party was still testing everyone, Officer Wang, the leader of the elite small team, waved his hand and cursed helplessly: "It's not that bastard who is fooling me."
