Xiao Xun blurted out, "I'm definitely not going. Since the spots are limited and the opportunity is rare, could I have a friend go instead?"
Chu Xiangning was a little displeased. This great opportunity, and you're thinking of someone else.
"What do you mean? Can't you listen to me just once?"
After careful consideration, Xiao Xun decided to tell the truth, "Then I'll tell you the truth! I'm the Technical Director at Saint Roman. You want me to resign from there and become a manager at a property management company that I don't even like. I'm certainly not willing."
Chu Xiangning was first surprised, then looked disbelieving. "Are you bragging? You're a director? The director of Saint Roman? You're joking. Even if Saint Roman's chairman was your own mother, she wouldn't dare make you a director of a major corporation in your twenties."
Xiao Xun heard this. Although Lin Min was older than him, she was definitely not old enough to be his mother. So, he directly took out his employee ID from his pocket and slapped it on the table. "Do you believe me now?"
Chu Xiangning took the ID and looked at it closely, her eyes shining. "It's actually real. Could she really be your mother?"
Xiao Xun retracted the ID with a dark expression. "Stop talking nonsense. You won't make me work as a property manager now, will you!"
Chu Xiangning nodded aggrievedly. "Alright, since you're so capable, how could they possibly make you work in such a place."
"Then, my friend..." Xiao Xun was quite considerate. The person opposite was already unhappy, but he still remembered the internet café attendant.
"You can let him try, but he'll have to be interviewed first. Whether he passes is another matter."
It was enough to let him try; it was better than giving him no chance at all.
After finishing this barbecue, Xiao Xun eagerly asked Chu Xiangning to go to the Golden Gourd Internet Café with him to deliver this good news.
The motorcycle weaved through the streets and soon arrived at the entrance of the internet café. There were a few people playing games inside, and two watching movies. Business was still ordinary.
Xiao Xun looked around but couldn't find Su Xiang.
At this moment, a young man with yellow hair who was watching a movie stood up. "Are you two here to surf the internet or look for someone?"
Xiao Xun sized up the "yellow-haired" person in front of him. "Are you the internet café attendant here?"
The "yellow-haired" man nodded. "That's right. Do you need something?"
"Where's the previous internet café attendant?"
The "yellow-haired" man heard this. "You mean Xiang Ge! He went back to his hometown."
Xiao Xun was anxious. Such a good opportunity. "Didn't he leave at the end of the month?"
The "yellow-haired" man glanced around suspiciously and lowered his voice. "He was fired by the boss. I heard it's related to the murder case here a few days ago."
Xiao Xun suddenly recalled the person squatting at the door on that rainy night. He still felt a lingering fear. So, he asked him, "Do you have his contact information?"
The "yellow-haired" man suddenly waved his hand impatiently. "I'm asking you, are you going to surf the internet or not? If not, get out. This is a place of business."
Xiao Xun didn't know why the other party suddenly changed his attitude. Chu Xiangning was about to scold him, but Xiao Xun pulled her arm and dragged her out of the internet café.
After leaving the internet café, Chu Xiangning threw Xiao Xun's hand away. "What's wrong?"
Xiao Xun's expression turned cold. "Let's go!"
Chu Xiangning hadn't reacted to what happened when the glass of the internet café suddenly shattered.
"Ah!"
Chu Xiangning screamed in fright. Xiao Xun shielded her head and urged her again, "Go!"
The two quickly got on the motorcycle, not even having time to put on their helmets.
As they neared the intersection, a van suddenly drove towards them. The door opened, and several men armed with steel pipes emerged.
Chu Xiangning slammed on the brakes, and with a skid, the men instinctively took a step back. Xiao Xun directly swung the helmet in his hand, hitting the head of the person closest to him.
The motorcycle's accelerator was almost fully twisted, and the front wheel lifted off the ground. Chu Xiangning stood up and pressed it down heavily.
Xiao Xun had never experienced such speed and was about to faint. He could only tightly hug Chu Xiangning's waist and keep his head extremely low.
This speed, coupled with the roar of the sports bike's engine, quickly attracted the attention of patrolling traffic police. After all, a collision at this speed would be disastrous no matter where it happened.
So, they immediately reported to the command center and began setting up roadblocks.
The moment they saw the traffic police, Chu Xiangning immediately slowed down and stopped in front of them.
Although Chu Xiangning insisted they were being chased, the road surveillance only showed her driving the motorcycle with Xiao Xun, and without helmets.
Upon measurement, Chu Xiangning had not been drinking. Xiao Xun tested positive for alcohol, but not to the standard of driving under the influence. Moreover, he wasn't the one riding the bike.
However, based on speeding and not wearing helmets alone, their points were not enough to cover the penalties, and the motorcycle was also impounded.
Xiao Xun was more worried about the pursuers. He told the traffic police, "The people chasing us are at the alley entrance of the Golden Gourd Internet Café."
In front of Xiao Xun, the traffic police opened the surveillance footage. They could only see the van stopping briefly at the alley entrance, then Chu Xiangning's red motorcycle flashed past, and the van turned around and left.
The two remained silent, facing the irrefutable evidence. The traffic policeman held the statement and said, "If you have no objections, please sign."
Chu Xiangning suddenly raised her hand. "Officer, can I make a phone call?"
The traffic policeman saw that the other party was a young girl who looked quite well-behaved and cute, not like a delinquent, so he didn't make things difficult for her and nodded in agreement.
Chu Xiangning took out her phone, as if afraid of being overheard, covered the microphone, spoke in a low voice, hung up, and remained silent.
The traffic policeman was also curious about who Chu Xiangning had called, and why she had become so cold and aloof instantly after the call.
"So, will you sign this statement or not?"
Chu Xiangning glanced at the statement and said nothing.
The traffic policeman smiled. "Perhaps you just called your lawyer, and he told you to remain silent? This is a ticket issued by the traffic police brigade; it doesn't go to court."
Chu Xiangning looked at the traffic policeman in front of her. "Then I won't sign either. Someone was trying to harm us, and we fled in panic. This is a case of emergency escape. Who would be in a state to check if the person behind them is following when they are being chased?"
The traffic policeman had nothing else to say. With experience, he could tell people apart. Chu Xiangning had looked like a good girl earlier, but now she had changed her demeanor, indicating that the person she called was not simple.
The traffic policeman saw Xiao Xun beside her as a genuinely honest person and wanted to get some information from him. However, the clothes he wore indicated his identity, suggesting he was also not ordinary.
Therefore, the traffic policeman didn't say much more, waiting for the person on the other end of the phone to come and pick them up. Saying more would only cause trouble for himself.
About half an hour later, the same traffic policeman walked over and said to the two, "You can go now."
Chu Xiangning stood up and extended her hand. "My driver's license and car keys."
The traffic policeman's expression was displeased, but he still said, "At the entrance."
Chu Xiangning looked at Xiao Xun with satisfaction. "Let's go!"
Xiao Xun sat there, constantly thinking about the "yellow-haired" man's expression and the look in his eyes when he said the last sentence. It indicated that he definitely knew something. But to uncover the truth, they had to go back.
Chu Xiangning called out to him twice, but seeing that he didn't respond, she directly stepped forward, took his hand, and shook it. "What, scared silly?"