The middle-aged woman brought the dishes out, not knowing whether she should serve the food or not. The man saw her and frowned. “Knock it off. The dishes are here.”
The woman stopped talking and sat in her chair sobbing.
The man stared at the food without saying a word.
After sized up the two of them, the middle-aged woman put down her plate and turned around to leave.
A moment later, the man shouted, “Rice! Double portions, no, three portions!”
The middle-aged woman filled three bowls of rice, holding one in her each hand, and the third one between her wrists. As she approached the table, the man and woman stood up to pick up the rice at the same time.
The middle-aged woman hesitated for a while. But before she could retract her hand, the young couple had griped onto both of her hands, and then they handcuffed her wrist.
The middle-aged woman struggled in panic and was immediately pressed down on the table by the man. The identification photo of the young man was shown before her eyes.
“Merinda, right? Congratulations, you are arrested.” Joe said.
Only then did the middle-aged woman realize that this couple was policemen!
She shouted at the kitchen in the back room, “Help!”
At the same time, two undercover cops walked out of the kitchen, dragging the boss. The boss was still chattering about the injustice, and the plainclothes pushed him impatiently. “Hurry up!”
The middle-aged woman Merinda finally realized that she was captured.
She was rightly and truly screwed.
Joe took off the wig on Merinda’s head and knocked her out by hand before handcuffing her hands and feet to the middle-aged man, and then carried them into the car.
The brothers were overjoyed, except Joe had a sullen expression, “Don’t get carried away! Before getting back to City Y, our mission is not over! Everyone is on level one alert! Whenever Merinda wakes up, knock her out! She must not have the slightest chance of getting out!!”
“Yes!”
The others drove, with Joe sitting in the back and watching over Merinda and the restaurant owner. Another car following behind them imprisoned Wangle and Pockmark. The last one held Vatsa.
The police knocked out all the suspects before getting in the car because they didn’t dare to make any mistakes.
Until they drove into the downtown of City Y, Joe revealed an excited and nervous expression that matched with his age.
He checked his phone and read the text message sent by Noah again.
“These people are suspicious by nature, so you must do the opposite. Do not follow the rigid rules. If you get the address, do not play the cards according to common sense. You must seize the opportunity and make your move first.”
Joe analyzed the conditions with the knowledge learned at the police academy and concluded that, if Merinda lived here for a while, she must have a job. Since she mentioned the restaurant, it was probably where she worked, and the back door was where she lived. If she went through the kitchen from the front door to the back door, she would definitely meet the restaurant owner and the waiter. Therefore, Joe guessed boldly that Merinda worked in this restaurant. She might even be the owner of the restaurant.
But Joe did not expect that his guess was right.
When Merinda came out with the dishes, Joe and the policewoman kept arguing with each other, not daring to look at Merinda, in case of being suspected. So they only glanced at Merinda and signaled her to put the dishes down.
Meanwhile, Joe instantly determined that she was the one he was looking for. Thus, after exchanging glances with the policewoman, they got ready for the action.
Merinda disguised herself. Ordinary people would not be able to tell, but the policewoman knew well about women. She found out that Merinda wore a wig by a glance. When she looked at Joe, she gave him an eye hint that it was Merinda. So they confirmed with each other that it was the criminal suspect Merinda that they were looking for painstakingly at the moment their eyes met.
If Merinda hadn’t stared at the three bowls of rice in her hand, she would have probably noticed something, for both the policewoman and Joe nervously straightened their backs at that time. Unfortunately, by the time Merinda found out that, she had been arrested.
When the car stopped at the entrance of the police station, Joe finally breathed a sigh of relief. He called Noah and said, “I made it! Noah! I got her! Merinda …!”
After hanging up the phone, Joe collapsed as he was about to open the car door. The sudden relaxation under high tension made him completely powerless. After falling to the ground, he spread out his all fours.
Wangle and Pockmark woke up one after another at the City Y Police Station. As the police were in high tension, he knocked out the suspects the moment they opened their eyes.
“…”
In a moment of awkward silence, a young policeman’s weak voice sounded, “I am too nervous. It’s conditioned reflex.”
“…”
Afterward, the people in the car got out of the tight state and began to cheer in each other’s arms.
The lights of the City Y Police Station lit up all night until morning. Everyone threw themselves into intensive investigation from excitement.
Up to now, all the suspects related to Branden Potter’s case were finally captured.
…
When Ferne received the news that Merinda was arrested, he was in the lobby of the Civil Affairs Bureau for a divorce.
Lili was dressed to the nines today. She wore a silk shawl with a navy-green wool dress, plus a Hermes bag, and UV500 sunglasses. She rarely went out during the day, as she was worried that her face would get sunburned. She took off her sunglasses, and her face was way too whiter than Ferne’s.
This was probably the first time people from the Civil Affairs Bureau encountered such a man and woman who came to divorce.
Ferne put away the sun umbrella and took out the moisturizing spray from her bag and passed it to Lili. Lili received it and sprayed it a few times on her face. Then, she picked up a lipstick and patched her makeup. She turned her head and asked, “How is it?”
Ferne nodded, “Yes, it’s good.”
Lili put away the mirror and moisturizing spray and stuffed them into her bag. Then, she looked at Ferne and helped him tidy his collar. “Alright, let’s go.”
People came and went into the hall. Many couples were filled with envy. A girl looked at Lili and said to her boyfriend beside her, “Look, how sweet those two are…”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the two sweet people stop one passer-by and ask politely, “Where is the divorce registry, please?”
Everyone in the hall was shocked.
They actually came to divorce!
Less than two days after Ferne was discharged from the hospital, Lili gave him an answer. She bought a suite elsewhere and also moved her luggage out, only waiting for Ferne to divorce her.
So Ferne chose today to divorce Lili.
The people from the divorce registry routinely asked the two of them the reason for their divorce and tried to see if there was any way to mediate. Lili shook her head, so did Ferne.
The registrar was curious and asked, “Why?”
“We have personality clashes,” Lili replied.
The registrar looked at their marriage certificates and found out that they got married the year before last, so she asked, “Do you have any children?”
“No,” Lili replied.
The registrar revealed a clear expression. Her gaze swept over Lili and then slipped onto her flat belly. She was probably thinking that this woman was kicked because she could not carry a child.
The registrar reached out and took out a business card from the table and handed it to Lili.
Lili took a look.
Easy Pregnancy Hospital specializes in treating all kinds of infertility! Welcome to call…
Lili didn’t know what to say.
Ferne hurriedly reached out and took the business card. “It’s my problem. I suffer from spermatozoa.”
The registrar looked at him sympathetically and then looked down as if she was considering whether azoospermia could be cured.
Ferne kept silent.
