As they reached the main gate and everyone else had already left, Meng Xinian slightly raised his voice, "Comrade Xiao Wu."
Xiao Wu quickly stopped, "Officer Meng, is there anything else?"
"You look a bit familiar?" Meng Xinian asked.
Seeing that he seemed to want to chat a bit more, Xiao Wu said to a few colleagues, "You guys go ahead, Iāll catch up later."
The few Public Security Officers left first.
Xiao Wu returned to the courtyard.
Meng Xinian felt he was quite clever, knowing to stay behind while letting the others go first.
"Officer Meng, my aunt is Deputy Liuās wife."
Deputy Liu, of course, lived in the courtyard.
Meng Xinian was very familiar with who lived in the courtyard. Hearing this, he understood.
"Madam Liuās nephew."
So that was it, he had been to the courtyard before, no wonder he felt the face was familiar.
"I want to know, who lodged the complaint today? What evidence did they have for you all to run here and search?"
Meng Xinian asked directly.
Xiao Wu scratched the back of his head, a bit embarrassed, and said, "The person who lodged the complaint was named Nian Che. He said his fiancƩe named Chen Zhu was forcibly taken away at Fuxi Restaurant today. He also invited people from Fuxi Restaurant as witnesses, so we believed him."
"So, thatās why so many of you came to search?"
Xiao Wu was startled.
Could it be that heās still upset about this?
Hadnāt they already apologized, and Meng Xinian said he understood?
Is he now going to settle the score with him alone?
Thatās not good, Officer Meng.
Xiao Wu looked a bit woeful, "Officer Meng, the person who lodged the complaint didnāt mention your identities at all, only this address. He said he followed them here himself and personally saw the person being brought in by you. We didnāt verify your identity first and just came over, which was indeed our mistake."
"Why are you so worried?" Meng Xinian said, somewhat speechless: "Iām not trying to settle a score with you. I want you to think clearly, who suggested bringing people over to search immediately?"
Xiao Wu was taken aback, then seriously began to think.
After a while, he said, "It was Xiao Ma. Indeed, Xiao Ma was here just now. He said that if we were to search, it had to be done quickly; otherwise, if the hostage was moved or something happened, we wouldnāt have time to react. So he immediately brought us along, saying that more people would make it easier, and since the kind of person who would imprison innocent women could possibly be quite dangerous, bringing more people would be safer."
Initially, Xiao Wu didnāt think anything was wrong, but now with Meng Xinianās hint, recalling todayās events, he suddenly felt Xiao Maās enthusiasm was unusually excessive.
Previously, Xiao Ma wasnāt this enthusiastic.
Whatever happened, he always followed instructions and went along with the Alliance, never being proactive.
"This, Xiao Ma..."
Xiao Wu hesitated, unsure whether he should say this.
Meng Xinian asked, "Xiao Ma was present earlier, right? The one with a mole on his neck?"
"Yes, thatās him."
Xiao Wu was shocked, not expecting Meng Xinian to observe so closely. With so many people present, not always in front of him, how did he notice even this small characteristic?
No wonder he always heard that Meng Xinian performed outstandingly in the military, with boundless prospects in the future.
For a moment, Xiao Wu greatly admired Meng Xinian.