S.C.I. Special Crime Investigation // S.C.I.谜案集 [English translation] Book 2

[Password Killer 26] Chapter 86 - Main Threads

Zhan Zhao and Bai YuTang came to the door of Yan He Tea Restaurant. The restaurant is not big, and the decoration is relatively simple, at a glance it looked like it was a few years old. As it was not time for dinner, there were not many people in the restaurant. The waiter was cleaning, and a middle-aged man was lying behind the counter while settling the accounts.

Zhan Zhao and Bai YuTang walked in, and the waiter in the shop instinctively raised his head and said "Welcome, how many pax?"

Bai YuTang motioned the two of them, and the waiter took the two of them to a seat near the window and they sat down, then he bring their menu over for the two of them to order.

Bai YuTang didn't look at the menu, but asked the waiter "I heard that your chicken drumsticks rice is very famous?"

"... Chicken drumstick rice?" The waiter seemed a little puzzled, and said "Sir, our restaurant only serves dishes, we don't have chicken drumsticks rice."

Bai YuTang and Zhan Zhao exchanged glances. At this moment, the boss behind the counter raised his head and said with a smile "Chicken drumsticks rice has been around for a long time... But we stopped selling four to five years ago. Haha."

"It's a pity." Bai YuTang looked at the menu helplessly "Our friend is still thinking about it, saying that he came here to eat when he was dating his girlfriend."

"Oh, then it must be an old customer." The boss packed up his things, walked out, and said "Actually we can still make it now, it is minced chicken fried rice and our Yan He Tea drumsticks." He said, and ordered the waiter "Go in and tell Old Man Liu that you want two servings of chicken drumsticks rice, and he will know what to do."

"Okay." The waiter went in, and the boss looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai YuTang with a smile "I run this restaurant for many years, and no one has mentioned about chicken drumsticks rice for a long time, I really miss it."

"Boss, why are you not selling it anymore?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously "Since everyone says it's delicious."

The boss smiled and said "This is not a fixed dish. Several years ago, a group of students always came to my place for a meal, and they liked to order minced chicken fried rice and chicken drumsticks. So I simply made it into chicken drumsticks rice and sold it directly to them, saving my staff from washing more dishes. But then those students probably graduated, one day they stopped coming, and the chicken drumsticks rice is gone."

"Boss, do you still remember those students?" Bai YuTang asked.

"Uh..." The boss frowned and thought for a while, then said "I don't know their names, I guess I can remember it by looking at their looks, but it's been a long time, I don't know if their looks have changed."

"Can you identify them from these photos?" Bai YuTang took out a bunch of photos and spread them on the table for the boss to identify.

The boss looked down, hesitated for a while, then raised his head and asked Zhan Zhao and Bai YuTang "Both of you... Why are you guys asking these questions?"

Bai YuTang took out his ID and showed it to him "We want to ask you something."

When the boss saw that they are police officer, he nodded "So it's police officer investigating case." As he said, he moved a chair over and sat down, carefully looked at the photos one by one, and he first picked out Hao Mo and Ye Ling, then said "These two are lovers and they come here very often. The girl was very lively and talkative, while the boy was dull and silent, I remember them quite clearly.

Zhan Zhao and Bai YuTang looked at each other, nodded, and let the boss continue to identify.

"These guys have been here too." The boss also took out the photos of Hao Mo's four roommates, then pointed to Zhang Hua, and said "This guy even argued with that girl in my store."