Captain Liu had no reason to lie. If Qin Hanchu had truly returned to his residence at 8:39, then the perpetrator was likely not him.
"I can confirm it was 8:30, we three couldn't all be mistaken!"
"Why are you asking this?"
Cao Shu asked, puzzled.
Cao Liren relayed Captain Liu's investigation results: "If your timing is correct, then this matter is quite strange."
Cao Shu pondered for a moment, his eyes lighting up: "Is it possible he's a twin? The person Captain Liu found wasn't the real Qin Hanchu?"
"Your idea isn't impossible." Cao Liren's eyes brightened, and he picked up his phone to call Captain Liu.
...
At noon, Qin Hanchu and Wen Jianing walked into a restaurant.
The cuisine of this restaurant was somewhat similar to Sichuan cuisine, mainly focusing on numbing and spicy flavors.
After ordering their dishes, Wen Jianing asked, "Where did you learn your fighting skills?"
"What? You want to learn?" Qin Hanchu teased with a smile.
Wen Jianing shook her head and smiled, "I couldn't endure that hardship. I'm just curious."
Qin Hanchu took a sip of tea, putting on an air of inscrutability: "Actually, I am an immortal."
"Do I look that foolish?" Wen Jianing gave Qin Hanchu a glare.
Just as Qin Hanchu was about to speak, Wen Jianing's phone suddenly rang.
"Excuse me," Wen Jianing said to Qin Hanchu before getting up to answer the call.
A moment later, Wen Jianing returned with her phone: "A friend of mine wants to come over, is that okay?"
Qin Hanchu nodded: "Of course, no problem."
Receiving Qin Hanchu's consent, Wen Jianing sent a message to her friend.
Since another person was joining them for the meal, Wen Jianing ordered two more dishes.
In less than ten minutes, a long-legged beauty in shorts walked in.
"Jianing!" The long-legged beauty had dark, shiny hair. As she walked over, her gaze fell upon Qin Hanchu.
"Let me introduce you, this is my best friend Zhao Lanqing!" Wen Jianing first introduced Zhao Lanqing to Qin Hanchu, and then introduced Qin Hanchu to Zhao Lanqing.
Zhao Lanqing gracefully extended her fair hand to Qin Hanchu: "Hello."
Qin Hanchu stood up to shake her hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Did I interrupt you? I honestly didn't expect Jianing would dine alone with a man."
"If I had known you were a man, I wouldn't have come," Zhao Lanqing said with a laugh after she sat down.
Wen Jianing glared at Zhao Lanqing: "Don't talk nonsense, we're not the kind of relationship you're thinking of."
Zhao Lanqing looked at Qin Hanchu: "Do you like Jianing?"
"We're just ordinary friends. Although she's very beautiful, I don't like her."
Qin Hanchu already had a wife, though his wife had reincarnated.
As a true god, Qin Hanchu did not easily fall in love.
"Alright, I misunderstood," Zhao Lanqing said with a smile. "I'll punish myself with a bottle of drink later."
"You just want to trick me into buying you a drink."
"How about you treat us today?" Wen Jianing teased.
"No problem, we're practically family," Zhao Lanqing readily agreed.
As the three were chatting, the restaurant began to serve the dishes.
The food at this restaurant was quite good, and Qin Hanchu ate with relish.
Zhao Lanqing was naturally sociable and always found topics to chat with Qin Hanchu.
Time flew by quickly as they chatted. An hour had passed before they knew it.
After they had eaten their fill, Wen Jianing asked Qin Hanchu: "Shall we continue to the shop for coffee?"
Just as Qin Hanchu was about to reply, Zhao Lanqing's phone rang.
Zhao Lanqing glanced at the caller ID, then answered impatiently: "What is it now?"
"Sister, you have to save me," came a tearful voice from the phone.
Zhao Lanqing, who had been impatient, immediately became nervous: "What's wrong?"
"I started dating a girlfriend a few days ago, but I didn't expect her to have a boyfriend."
"And her boyfriend is involved in the underworld."
"That person called me just now and said he's going to kill me."
"I'm very scared right now."
Zhao Lanqing didn't expect her brother to be so reckless.
But now was not the time to lecture her brother. She quickly asked, "Where are you?"
"I'm hiding in the Friendship Hotel."
"Wait for me."
Seeing Zhao Lanqing hang up the phone, Wen Jianing asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Lanqing briefly explained the situation: "I have to go pick him up. I'm leaving now."
"Hanchu, can you accompany Lanqing?"
Wen Jianing was concerned about Zhao Lanqing's safety, which was why she requested Qin Hanchu to go with her.
With Qin Hanchu accompanying Zhao Lanqing, Zhao Lanqing would be absolutely safe.
Qin Hanchu nodded: "Of course."
"Hanchu's skills are very impressive. With him, you'll be safer," Wen Jianing had personally witnessed Qin Hanchu's strength.
Zhao Lanqing, worried about her brother's safety, quickly said, "Thank you for the trouble."
...
Zhao Lanqing's brother was only twenty years old, still a naive young man inexperienced in the ways of the world.
He never imagined he would cuckold an underworld boss.
On the phone, the man had vowed to chop him up.
Although he had changed his hiding spot, he was still afraid of being cornered by the other party.
In his room at the Friendship Hotel, Zhao Lanyu looked out at the street with a face full of panic.
Just then, a white car caught his eye.
This white car was Zhao Lanqing's car.
Seeing Zhao Lanqing arrive, Zhao Lanyu hurriedly rushed out of the room.
Zhao Lanqing was about to call Zhao Lanyu when she saw him running over in a hurry.
He breathlessly got into the back seat: "Sister, hurry up and drive."
"Where to?" Zhao Lanqing asked.
Zhao Lanyu then noticed Qin Hanchu in the passenger seat and looked at Zhao Lanqing in confusion: "Sister, is this your brother-in-law?"
"Don't talk nonsense," Zhao Lanqing said somewhat awkwardly.
"Let's go to your place first," Zhao Lanyu remembered he was being chased and said quickly.
Zhao Lanqing, like Liu Yujing, was also an internet celebrity. She had accumulated over two million fans by covering songs.
By singing on live streams, she also earned a considerable amount of money each month.
Although she had not yet achieved financial freedom, she had bought her own house and car in Fengcheng.
About twenty minutes later, Zhao Lanqing drove into a residential area.
"We're here, get out of the car," Zhao Lanqing said after parking the car downstairs and unbuckling her seatbelt.
Zhao Lanyu, no longer tense, said, "Sister, I'll lie low at your place for a while."
"Lie low? You mean you want a place to eat and sleep, right?"
"I warn you, don't think of using me as an ATM."
"Three days. I'll only shelter you for three days."
"After three days, you either find a job or go back home."
Zhao Lanqing was deeply disappointed in her brother.
Due to their parents' indulgence, Zhao Lanyu lacked any sense of responsibility.
After graduating from high school, he spent his days idly and loafing around.