The gramophone played soothing saxophone music, and Jiang Xinyu and Hattori Mina sat opposite each other.
Hattori Mina said apologetically: "Xinyu, I'm sorry."
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said: "There's no need to say sorry. It's reasonable for Major to do this. Besides, I don't have an official position and I don't have to go to the police station. Isn't it nice to have a long vacation?"
Hattori Mina sighed and said: "That's what I said, but I still feel that my brother did something wrong. You obviously caught that person and you can prove your innocence, so why should you suspend him?"
Jiang Xinyu took a sip of coffee and said: "The matter will be found out...Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, it is a bit embarrassing."
Hattori Mina: "You are such an open-minded person..."
"You two, won't you disturb me?" A gust of fragrant wind blew towards her nostrils. Chang Hongling stood in front of their table with a smile, holding a paper bag in her hand.
Hattori Mina stood up in surprise and said, "Ayako? Why are you here?"
Chang Hongling said: "I happened to pass by and saw you two sitting here, so I came in to ask for a cup of coffee. Are you welcome?"
"Of course you're welcome. Please take a seat, Miss Ayako." Jiang Xinyu pulled out a chair for her.
"It's so late, where have you been?" Hattori Mina glanced at the clock on the wall, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.
"I ordered a suit a few days ago." Chang Hongling put the paper bag on another chair.
"Suit? Let me take a look." Hattori Mina took the paper bag and inside was a navy blue woolen suit.
Hattori Mina said with a smile: "Is it custom-made for my brother? No wonder my brother said you asked him about the size of his clothes. However, he rarely has the opportunity to wear a suit."
Chang Hongling said calmly: "Major often has to attend some private banquets, and you can't always wear military uniform."
Hattori Mina handed the suit to Jiang Xinyu and said, "Xinyu, what do you think?"
Jiang Xinyu took it, looked at it, and said, "It's made of the best material and the workmanship is very sophisticated."
The clothes fell out of Jiang Xinyu's hands, and a card fell out of his coat pocket. It said "Sihai Clothing, first-class workmanship", and at the end was the address and contact number.
Jiang Xinyu knew that Chang Hongling could "pass by" the Lilac Cafe on the other side of the street from the Sihai Clothing Store. Even by taking a rickshaw, it would take at least ten minutes.
——She was not passing by, but she knew that Hattori Mina and Jiang Xinyu were dating here, so she followed them here on purpose!
Chang Hongling and Hattori Mina were talking. Neither of them noticed the business card that fell on the ground. Jiang Xinyu stepped on it with his feet, then naturally dusted his trousers, picked up the business card and put it into his pocket.
"Ayako, you don't look good. Are you sick?" Hattori Mina asked with concern.
"It's okay. Maybe I had some insomnia last night. I'll be fine in two days." Chang Hongling explained.
Hattori Mina laughed and said: "Who are you losing sleep for?"
Chang Hongling smiled and said: "Whoever you say you are for is who you are for..."
"Du-du--"
A sharp whistle sounded outside, and several policemen riding bicycles passed by the cafe. Half an hour later, a group of RB soldiers on patrol ran past quickly.
Hattori Mina leaned forward and looked outside and said, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Chang Hongling took a sip of coffee and said, "I heard that there have been a lot of robberies recently... Section Chief Jiang, you have the most say, why do you think this is?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "It is like this every year. When the Spring Festival is approaching, people have to buy new year's goods. It is inevitable that they will bring more money with them, so it is especially easy to attract thieves."
Ten minutes later, two gendarmes and a policeman walked into the cafe.
The policeman clapped his hands and said loudly: "Everyone, please take out your IDs, put them on the table, and then stay where you are and don't move."
A manager of the cafe walked over to negotiate and said: "Police officer, we just checked this afternoon..."
The policeman said impatiently: "If you think it's unreasonable, just go and tell Taijun. I'm only responsible for checking documents."
The manager asked: "Do our IDs also need to be checked?"
"Yes, everyone!"
Jiang Xinyu looked out through the window. Police and military police were also coming in and out of other businesses and shops. Routine inspections would not be such a big move, as they seemed to be searching for someone.
Two military policemen stood at the door, one on the left and the other on the right, watching everyone eagerly. There were not many customers in the cafe, and they quickly spotted Jiang Xinyu's table.
This area falls under the jurisdiction of the Hongqiao Police Station. Jiang Xinyu knew the policeman responsible for checking documents and greeted him: "Chen Wu, are you on duty today?"
When the policeman named Chen Wu saw that it was Jiang Xinyu, he quickly bowed and saluted and said, "Chief Jiang."
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said: "I have been dismissed from my post. Don't call me section chief anymore."
Chen Wu said with a smile on his face: "The director has already said that you are only temporarily suspended from your post and you will be reinstated soon."
Jiang Xinyu pushed the three documents on the table towards Chen Wu and said, "These are the documents for the three of us. Please check them."
"We are all our own people, there is nothing else to check."
"You'd better check it out, it's official business."
"Chief Jiang, that's all." Chen Wu picked up the ID, glanced at it hastily, and immediately put it on the table.
"Chen Wu, what happened?" Jiang Xinyu said as he put away his ID.
Chen Wu whispered: "There was a home invasion and murder case in Shangmaqiao, and two RB people died!"
Jiang Xinyu nodded and said: "No wonder there is such a huge formation... Just go and do your work."
Hattori Mina couldn't help but stop Chen Wu and said: "Officer, do you know who died?"
Chen Wu turned around and said respectfully: "I didn't remember the name. I only know that the deceased was a doctor and opened a clinic on Zhongxin Street."
There is only one clinic on Shangmaqiao Center Street, Harada Clinic.
Jiang Xinyu glanced at Chang Hongling and said to Chen Wu, "Is this the Harada Clinic?"
Chen Wu said repeatedly: "Yes, that's Harada Clinic."
Chang Hongling stood up in surprise and said, "The one who was killed was...Dr. Harada?"
"And his wife, they died at home." Chen Wu added.
Dr. Harada lived next door to Chang Hongling. After hearing the news, the three of them had no intention of continuing to drink coffee and hurriedly left the Lilac Cafe. Jiang Xinyu drove them to Shangmaqiao.
Lilac Cafe is very close to Shangmaqiao, less than one kilometer away, and can be reached in less than ten minutes by car.
Parked downstairs are vehicles from various departments, including the police station, gendarmerie, detective team, and even vehicles from the RB Consulate in Yanjin.