Chinatown.
When Charlie wade and Stephanie arrived at Chen Zhaozhong’s roast goose restaurant, Chen Zhaozhong was busy tidying up with the staff.
It was long after noon and there were no customers in the restaurant. Stephanie was not worried about being recognised, so she just put on a mask and walked into the restaurant with Charlie wade.
As soon as the two of them walked through the door, the sensor at the entrance gave a ding to alert that a customer had come in. The busy staff said without looking up, “Sorry, we are already closed.”
Charlie wade smiled and said, “Feel free to fix us something to eat, we both haven’t eaten until now.”
When Chen Zhao Zhong heard Charlie wade’s voice, he turned his head and saw that he and Stephanie had come together, so he couldn’t help but smile and said, “Why haven’t you two eaten at this hour?”
Stephanie took Charlie wade’s arm and said daintily, “Hello Uncle Zhong!”
Charlie wade also said smilingly, “Uncle Zhong, we went around to Flynn’s house at noon and wanted to have a meal, but in the end we couldn’t.”
Stephanie muttered in a disgruntled manner, “You were the one who insisted on making the Flynn family drink, and ended up getting them drunk, causing them to be in no mood to eat.”
When Chen Zhao Zhong heard this, he said with a smile, “Aiyo, it seems there is a bit of a story here, you two hurry up and sit down upstairs, I will prepare some food for you two, let’s sit down later and talk to me properly.”
Charlie wade nodded and smiled and said, “Uncle Zhong, then we will go up and wait for you.”
Stephanie also smiled and said, “Uncle Zhong, I want to eat roast squab, two of them!”
Chen Zhao Zhong laughed and said, “Good, you guys go upstairs first, I’ll go and get ready.”
Charlie wade and Stephanie went up the stairs together, but before they could reach the first floor, they heard another ding from the door, followed by a somewhat familiar voice saying, “Boss, two of you.”
Charlie wade subconsciously stopped in his tracks, crouched down slightly, and through the gap in the stairs, he saw the two people who had entered.
The one who spoke was none other than his great uncle, An Chongqiu, and the one standing beside his great uncle was the famous Chinese detective Li Yalin.
However, today’s Li Yalin did not have the same elegance as the last time Charlie wade had seen him, and his beard was scruffy and he looked very uninspired.
Seeing this, Charlie wade hurriedly pulled Stephanie and the two of them quickly went upstairs first.
Stephanie had just followed Charlie wade and quietly poked around, and also recognised Li Yalin, but she didn’t know why Charlie wade seemed to be deliberately avoiding him, and hastily lowered her voice and asked, “Brother Charlie wade, you wouldn’t have any clues that that Inspector Li has got hold of, would you?”
Charlie wade waved his hand, “I’m not avoiding him, I’m avoiding that person beside him.”
Stephanie hurriedly asked, “Brother Charlie wade, who is that person?”
Charlie wade shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, “That person is my great uncle.”
“Huh?!” Stephanie asked in surprise, “It’s your great uncle? Then aren’t we going to say hello?”
Charlie wade shook his head and said, “He doesn’t know about me yet, so he’s still missing.”
Stephanie said in confusion, “Why …… my father said that your grandfather’s family is eager to find out where you are, wouldn’t it be nice if we could reconnect?”
Charlie wade let out a light sigh and spoke, “It’s better to forget it.”
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On the other side, when Chen Zhao Zhong saw An Chong Qiu, he couldn’t help but say with some surprise, “Sir, you haven’t been here for a while.”
After saying that, he looked at Li Yalin at the side and first stared, and then said with a shocked face, “This …… person should be the famous Chinese detective Inspector Li, right?”
In fact, Chen Zhao Zhong was more or less nervous at this time because, on the night when Flynn Hao Yang disappeared, he and Li Yalin had met at the Wangfu Hotel.
However, at that time, Chen Zhao Zhong had put on a suit and tie, and had specially shaved and styled his hair, looking like a handsome upper-cla*s uncle, which was a big contrast to his current image of an ordinary restaurant owner wearing an apron, so he deliberately took the initiative to ask, hoping that this would lead Li Yalin to think that they were meeting for the first time, as a kind of attack instead of defence.