"Where did you grow up as a kid?"

"Does your biological mother still stay in contact with He Taiyang?"

"Does He Taiyang and his wife quarrel often?"

Lin Qiupu opened his notebook again to confirm these prepared questions. Song Lang had asked him to ask He Jingjing out, get her to drink something and ask some casual questions. It sounded simple, but it was very difficult for Lin Qiupu. He didn't know how to chat “casually” with a female of the same age. As a criminal police officer, if he asked some questions about her family, would his intentions seem impure?

When he got near Taiyang pawn shop, he found that the pawn shop wasn’t open for business. There were three black cars of the exact same model parked in front of the door. Lin Qiupu vaguely had a bad premonition.

When he...