Chapter 2: The Golden Card

  Silver Palm Coffee House, No. 9 Building.

  Chu Yan looked at the silver pistol in Wancai Ni's hand, still sipping his coffee, and smiled after sizing her up.

  "Bandit Mr.? Are you talking about me?" Looking at Wan Cai Ni's serious expression, Chu Yan put down the coffee in his hand and asked with a puzzled face.

  "Isn't it? There's a stack of photos in the pocket, all of little kids. How about that? Has the target been chosen?" Chu Yan's reaction made Wan Cai Ni pause for a moment, but she also knew that she had only heard one side of the story from the waitress Tina, so she still needed to further probe to find out if this person was really a suspect or not.

  "How did you know I had a stack of photos? Oh, I see. It was the waitress in white who told you, wasn't it?" Chu Yan instantly understood what was going on. "It must have been the waitress who saw those photos and mistakenly thought I was a kidnapper, which is why she called the police. But looking at this woman's stance and her free choice of firearms, nine out of ten times she's an Interpol agent or something similar. However, what is someone of her caliber doing here in this coffee shop? It can't be that they need someone of her level to catch a kidnapper, right?"

  Chu Yan thought to himself, but Wan Caoni didn't know what he was thinking. However, Wan Caoni did know that the man in front of her, who was slender but exceptionally straight, seemed to really have some photos, and those photos were very meaningful to him.

  "Right, those photos. I'm really curious to know what they mean. A mysterious man with a stack of bloody photos in his pocket? Forgive me, I'm a cop, so I'm naturally curious about these things. If you're not the kidnapper, then why don't we have a chat? If your explanation is acceptable to me, I think others will accept it too, right?" Wan Caoni's smile was full of menace, but of course, the menacing power of her smile couldn't compare to the silver gun in her hand.

  ".51-caliber special bullet, at such a close distance, I think my head would be blown into a rotten watermelon." Almost subconsciously, he said this sentence, and when Wancai Ni heard Chu Yan say this, her heart suddenly became tense, not for anything else, but for that sentence ".51-caliber special bullet".

  Because the most common ones are only three calibers, .357, .45 and .50, this gun was modified by someone at a great cost, and its caliber is just a little bigger than .50, it's .51 caliber, the only one in the world.

  Wancai Ni was certain that Chu Yan had never touched this gun, let alone removed the magazine to check the bullets inside. With just a glance, she could accurately determine the caliber of her own handgun. This kind of eyesight was extremely sharp, and as an international detective, she knew it best. So, for no reason at all, she felt a sense of tension rising up inside her.

  At the same time, waitress Tina followed behind Mo Xiuyao and stood tensely on the stairs.

  "Director Mo, look at that man, his eyes are so cold and cool... how can he not look like a bad guy?" The waitress Tina looked at Chu Yan sitting on the sofa, with a resolute face as sharp as a knife, full of righteousness.

  "Don't be so infatuated, just because a man is handsome doesn't mean he's a good person. Wait here, Captain Huang of the Major Crimes Unit will arrive soon. When the kidnapper arrives, everything will become clear. You go downstairs and greet the guests first, when the police arrive, you're in charge of calming them down, don't cause any trouble." Mo Xiuyao stood on the stairs, carefully sizing up Chu Yan, who was smiling, while her best friend Wan Caoni was already sitting across from him, chatting happily, if it weren't for the large handgun in Wan Caoni's left hand affecting the atmosphere.

  "Police! Don't move! Put your hands up high where I can see them!" Just as Wancai Ni was about to continue questioning, a group of people rushed into the coffee shop, and more than a dozen newly appointed Lolo K17s surrounded Chu Yan and Wancai Ni like an iron bucket.

  "Interpol!" Wan Caoni showed her credentials, and indeed, as Chu Yan had guessed, an elite member of Interpol.

  "Search him!" The first to rush in was Huang Kai, the captain of the Nanshan City Major Crimes Unit. He was the first to retrieve his gun. This captain was over two meters tall, with a robust physique and typical muscular build, but at this moment, his clothes were unkempt and hadn't been changed for who knows how long. His stubbly face was filled with an aura of exhaustion, and his bloodshot eyes stared fiercely at Chu Yan. Without saying another word, he ordered the search. Previously, they had received many false leads, which made him have to confirm the suspect's identity and obtain evidence related to the kidnapping case before making the arrest.

  Looking around at the police officers, Chu Yan's expression didn't change much, but his eyes drifted to behind them, where Mo Xi Yao, the owner of Silver Palm Coffee, was staring at him with a hateful face.

  "Yes!" The officer said loudly and was about to search him, while Chu Yan looked at him calmly, the chill in his eyes made Da Li's spine feel a bit cold, but the more it was like this, the more it proved that the person in front of him was not an ordinary person, maybe this guy was really the kidnapper, thinking so, Da Li still stretched out his hand to Chu Yan's chest.

  "What right do you have to search me?" The strong hand was almost touching Chu Yan's clothes, and it wasn't until then that he calmly opened his mouth. His calm face had a pair of eyes as cold as winter.

  "What's going on? I'm starting to suspect you're involved in the Three Rise kidnapping case, how about that? Is this reason enough?" As soon as Huang Kai heard Chu Yan's words, he immediately got angry, his eyes blazing with fury as he stepped forward and reached out to poke Chu Yan's shoulder.

  "You mean you're just guessing? You look at me like a kidnapper, then search and arrest me, right?" Chu Yan didn't mind Huang Kai's roar, but the chill in his voice was audible to everyone, and Huang Kai's finger also heavily poked Chu Yan's shoulder after he finished speaking.

  "Alright! You're still tough, huh? Since you said you're not a kidnapper, then fine, take out the photos from your pocket and explain their origin. I'll let you off! How about it?" Huang Kai had already gone three days and nights without sleep, now he was like a powder keg, ready to ignite at any moment. So his most trusted assistant Zhang Dechang pulled him aside while he himself cursed loudly at Chu Yan.

  Chu Yan's gaze remained fixed on Mo Xi Yao, who was standing at the top of the stairs in the distance. Although they had never met before, he knew that his target for this trip should be that woman. As for these police officers and the Interpol agent who had somehow already run to Mo Xi Yao's side, Chu Yan didn't pay much attention to them. After all, he was the one who knew whether or not he was a kidnapper, and a large amount of evidence could easily clear him of suspicion.

  "Alright." Chu Yan wasn't going to continue tangling with these police officers, so he reached into his pocket to take out the photo and explain things clearly. However, before he could even pull out the photo, a black card had already fallen out first. The flash of gold on that black card made Mo Xiuyao's head go "boom" as she almost fell down the stairs from where she was standing in the distance.

  "Captain Huang, I think this might be a misunderstanding." As soon as Mo Xiuyao spoke up, everyone was taken aback, especially Captain Huang Kai of the Major Crimes Unit. This report was made by Mo Xiuyao herself, or else he wouldn't have brought so many brothers over to make an arrest.

  "Miss Mo, what the hell is going on? You're the one who made the call, and now you're saying it's a misunderstanding. Are you messing with me?" Huang Kai's anger was growing more and more, and he couldn't help but curse at Mo Xiuyao.

  As soon as Huang Kai's voice fell, everyone in the homicide team was stunned, and those who knew Mo Xiuyao were even more stunned, with sympathetic eyes looking at Huang Kai. Huang Kai himself was also stunned, and then his head buzzed, and the feeling in his heart couldn't be expressed in words. "I... I'm f**ked... How could I have sworn at this woman? Now I'm really in for it."

  Facing Huang Kai's roar and insult, Mo Xiuyao didn't show too much anger. At this moment, all her attention was focused on the black card pinched in Chu Yan's hand. Her mind flashed through countless possible scenes until Wan Cai Ni lightly touched her, and she woke up from her trance.

  "Director Huang, you're the first person in Nanshan City to dare scold me. This time, I know you're under a lot of pressure because of those kidnapping cases, so I won't hold it against you. But let me make one thing clear: if I say it's a misunderstanding, then it's definitely a misunderstanding. I personally guarantee that he has nothing to do with the kidnapping case. Is that enough?"

  As she came back to her senses, Mo Xiuyao stared at Huang Kai. Earlier, when Huang Kai was scolding her, her attention was focused on the card in her hand, but that didn't mean she hadn't heard him scold her. So now, responding like this was already giving him a lot of face.

  "Fall back!" Hearing Mo Xiuyao's words, Huang Kai couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief in his heart. Although he was the head of the Major Crimes Unit of Nanshan City Bureau, he still couldn't put on a good face in front of Mo Xiuyao. After bellowing angrily, he led his men away from Yinzonglu like a whirlwind.

  From start to finish, Chu Yan stood there, calmly watching the development of things. This group of people from the Major Crimes Unit came and went in a hurry, stirring up trouble for over ten minutes before the coffee shop returned to calmness. After Mo Xiuyao had comforted the customers, she finally walked gently to Chu Yan's side. "Sir, please come upstairs to talk."

  Chu Yan nodded and followed Mo Xiuyao upstairs.

  Coffee, fine wine, and night scenes - if the conversation isn't too heavy, tonight will be dazzling.

  "What happened to him?" The wine cup was put down, and her red lips were lightly opened. Mo Xiuyao's expectant expression was somewhat tense.