I am a super cop

Chapter 1510 One Store, Three Households

"Azhe?" Faced with Gu Chen's question, Tongtong, a girl with dreadlocks, seemed a little surprised.

After bowing his head and meditating for two seconds, Tongtong frowned slightly, and asked Gu Chen directly: "I said brother policeman, isn't Ah Zhe someone from my family? Where is he going? Do you need to report to me?"

"Besides, I haven't seen him since that time when he was injured."

"Yes." A man who was sliding towards Gu Chen on a skateboard stopped a few centimeters away from Gu Chen.

With one step, the skateboard pops into the hand.

"Brother Police, we haven't seen Ah Zhe for a long time, and besides, he doesn't usually contact us very much."

"Okay." Seeing that these people answered irrelevantly, Gu Chen said again: "Among you people, there was a skateboarder before, and later he went to the university city to do business and sell clothes. Do you know this person?"

"sell clothes?"

When everyone gathered together, they also looked at each other, as if they didn't quite understand.

Instead, a small man raised his hand and said, "Brother policeman, is the man you are talking about Hu Junjie? He has been in the clothing business. The last time I met him was half a month ago. He said he was in the Do business over there in the university town."

"Really?" Seeing that someone is clear about it, it will be a little easier to handle.

Gu Chen took the initiative to walk up to the little man, and asked, "This Hu Junjie, are you familiar with him?"

"Uh, also...not very familiar, but he has been skateboarding for a long time, but now he is rarely with us, and he only comes here occasionally for a month."

"As for Ah Zhe, they seem to have known each other when Hu Junjie came that day, and they seem to have a good relationship."

"So that's the case? Do you have Hu Junjie's contact information?" Hearing what the little man said, Lu Weiwei directly took out the note paper, and was about to record Hu Junjie's relevant information.

The little man shook his head: "Hu Junjie is used to being a loner, but I really don't know the contact information."

Seeing Lu Weiwei's disappointed face, the little man turned around and said, "But you don't have to worry, I know his uncle is opening a shop, and it's the breakfast shop with the best business in Old Street, East District."

"If you find his uncle, you may be able to find Hu Junjie. If you find Hu Junjie, you may be able to find Azhe."

After the voice fell, the little man himself felt a little too convoluted.

But the information about these people can only be learned here.

Lu Weiwei patted the small man's shoulder, praised him and said, "Well done, can you tell me now, what is the name of the breakfast restaurant in the old street in the East District?"

"The affordable breakfast should be called this, and it's the one next door that sells roast duck."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation." After learning the information, Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen beside her, and said, "Junior Brother Gu, how are you doing? How about going to have a look now?"

Finding people is like this, you have to keep finding relevant people and looking for relevant clues.

The most terrible thing is to run back and forth, and you may not be able to find someone.

After all, people don't sit there waiting for you to find them.

So finding people is usually a physical job.

After taking a sip of milk tea, Gu Chen threw the empty cup into the trash can beside him, and said, "Let's go to the Old Street of the Eastern District."

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Driving the car without stopping, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei rushed to the old street of the Eastern District without stopping.

The Old Street of the East District can be regarded as the top class in the bustling business circle in the entire Jiangnan City.

Why top stream?

Near the Old Street in the East District, most of them are high-end commercial residential areas, surrounded by schools and hospitals.

The Old Street of the East District is located in the center of the area.

In addition, the Jiangnan water town-style buildings have been well preserved, and the entire area has been a top-notch business district since ancient times.

As for the breakfast shop with the best business that the little man said, this definition can indirectly show that an affordable breakfast shop has a high probability of being a very profitable store.

Moreover, in order to make a name in the old street business district of the East District, without time and excellent craftsmanship, it is difficult to make a name for yourself among the gourmet restaurants in the Old Street of the East District.

After parking the car, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei came to the door of the "affordable breakfast shop".

"It should be here." Lu Weiwei pointed to the roast duck restaurant on the side and said: "The person said just now that it is next door to the roast duck restaurant. It's just the signboard of 'affordable breakfast restaurant'. It feels really out of class. This restaurant Don’t you know how to make it look better and stand out?”

"Maybe they are just selling word of mouth?" Gu Chen looked down at his watch and said involuntarily, "Let's go and have a look."

"Okay." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and followed closely behind Gu Chen.

If everyone hadn't come here to handle the case, Lu Weiwei almost thought she was dating Gu Chen.

When we came to the door, a couple was selling barbecue there.

The business in the store is very good, and there are people shouting from time to time.

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, and they walked forward directly.

"Are you Hu Junjie's uncle?" Gu Chen said.

The middle-aged man stared blankly, smiled and shook his head: "I'm not, maybe you're talking about the boss who sells breakfast?"

"Isn't this an 'affordable breakfast shop'?" Lu Weiwei even took two steps back and looked at the sign again in order to confirm that she had made a mistake.

Then, he glanced at the roast duck restaurant next door.

At this time, another middle-aged woman smiled and said: "We are here for affordable barbecue, not affordable breakfast. We only sell late-night barbecue. The person you are looking for may come after 12 o'clock in the evening."

"It's not that you wait a while." Lu Weiwei was almost confused by these two people, and also raised her hand to signal, and then asked: "Aren't your affordable barbecue and affordable breakfast the same shop? Are you two people?" people?"

"You guessed it right." A female clerk who was busy with barbecue explained to everyone with a smile: "The rent here is so expensive, so several families rent together, and the landlord rents directly to three families."

"No, there is another household?" Hearing the female clerk's words, Lu Weiwei almost collapsed, and she couldn't laugh or cry.

The owner of the barbecue shop pointed to another signboard and said, "See that? There is also a cheap restaurant. We are a non-stop shop here anyway, and this shop is open 24 hours a day."

"We are only responsible for selling barbecue here from night to early morning. The next morning, the couple will come here to sell breakfast, and then there is another couple who are responsible for noon and night and run the restaurant here."

"Then won't you conflict with the time of opening the restaurant?" Gu Chen said.

The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled: "No conflict, anyway, after 8:[-], the store will sell us barbecues, so we will do some evening business."

"Three groups of people?" Lu Weiwei shook her head when she heard what they said, and said involuntarily, "You guys really know how to do business, and you don't waste any time."

"I can't help it." The middle-aged woman who finished the barbecue directly put the barbecue on the tray and handed it to her husband to serve to the customers. She continued to put the new barbecue on the grill, and said in her mouth:

"Now that the rent is so high in the bustling commercial district of Jiangnan City, you can only say that if you cooperate outside, the pressure on each other will be less."

"Besides, land is very expensive here, and the business of those of us does not conflict. We just think of the three families, renting this store together and operating flexibly."

"Well, it's somewhat similar to those stores in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong City. They are basically open 24 hours a day, otherwise they wouldn't be able to earn back the rent at all."

Gu Chen nodded silently, admiring the hard work of these laborers.

But when I came here this time, I made a special trip to find Hu Junjie's uncle, thinking that he was not in the store, and I had to save time.

So I asked the owner of the barbecue shop for Uncle Hu Junjie's mobile phone and called him directly.

After a while, a sleepy male voice suddenly sounded.

"Who is it?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Zhang, the owner of the affordable breakfast shop? I'm from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Furong Branch." Gu Chen directly reported his family name.

When the other party heard that Gu Chen was a policeman, his attitude suddenly became more gentle, and he hurriedly asked, "Comrade policeman, do you have anything to do with me?"

"It's like this." Gu Chen didn't want to go around, so he said bluntly: "We are looking for a man who ran away from home, and this man once said that he wanted to start a clothing business with your nephew."

"So according to his uncle's entrustment, we want to ask Hu Junjie if he has seen the person we are looking for."

"Is that so?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, the boss of the breakfast shop, Zhang, also said in a hesitant tone:
"Comrade police, to be honest, my nephew has been unable to get through the phone these days, it seems that the phone number has been changed."

"However, he often comes to my store late at night and leaves after eating something. After all, I heard that he is doing business outside, and it is quite hard."

"If you want to find him, it may be after 12 o'clock."

"So late?" Gu Chen felt a little troubled when he heard the time.

But the man on the other end of the phone took the initiative to explain: "That's how it is. I will leave for the store after 12 o'clock in the morning."

"Then start preparing the ingredients for tomorrow morning, and you may have to be busy until early morning."

"When Hu Junjie will come, I don't know. Anyway, the first few days were after the early morning, until the next morning. Fortunately, I was able to come earlier, but the time is uncertain."

"So troublesome?" Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei, hesitantly said, "Then you don't have any other contact information for Hu Junjie?"

"Sorry, no." On the other end of the phone, the middle-aged man still answered in the affirmative.

Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei, and also communicated: "Senior Sister Lu, Hu Junjie may come to the store at night, but the time may be after the early morning, and the next morning."

"If we want to find him, we can only wait in the store, what do you think?"

"Wouldn't it be that we have to wait all night?" Lu Weiwei was dumbfounded when she heard this situation.

It feels too unfriendly at this time.

But think about it, I came here this time to help Zhao Feng find his nephew Azhe.

But now, the time of appearance of the key figure Hu Junjie is also elusive.

Thinking of this, Lu Weiwei felt that it was difficult to make a decision, so she had to throw the question to Gu Chen and said, "If Junior Brother Gu thinks it is necessary, then just wait here, and you can have some barbecue or something."

"Okay." Seeing that Lu Weiwei didn't have any big opinions, Gu Chen picked up the phone directly and replied again: "Isn't your store rotating 24 hours a day? We'll wait for you in the store."

"Okay, comrade policeman, then we may arrive at the store around 1:[-] in the morning, and you can go to the store to have a rest."

"it is good."

After a brief communication with the middle-aged man, Gu Chen hung up the phone and took a deep breath.

Hearing that Gu Chen was on the phone just now, it seemed that he was going to wait in the store until the early morning.

The middle-aged woman who made the barbecue smiled and said: "Why don't you come in and sit in the shop? Have some barbecue or something?"

Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei, and said, "Senior Sister Lu, you can order whatever you want."

"Yeah, if you want this, this, this, and this, give me some of that too..."

Feeling like she was going to stay here all night, Lu Weiwei decided not to treat her stomach badly.

After ordering a bunch of barbecues, the two also walked into the store, found a vacant seat and sat down.

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Time passed by every minute and every second, and Lu Weiwei had eaten the barbecue three times, and she lay down at the table for a short rest.

Seeing that the clock hanging on the wall has passed the early morning, the owner of the barbecue shop and his family are still staying in the shop wearing barbecue.

Lu Weiwei asked curiously: "Isn't it time to get off work? Are you still working here?"

"Some ingredients need to be skewered in advance, otherwise it will be too late when the store opens tomorrow." A clerk said with a smile.

Lu Weiwei rubbed her eyes, looked at Gu Chen who was sitting across from her with her eyes closed, and then looked at the situation in the store.

At this moment, the store also sent away the last batch of customers.

The boss, his husband and wife, and the female clerk who is skewered are preparing the ingredients for tomorrow.

Lu Weiwei, who was a little drowsy, also typed and yawned: "Do you usually work so late?"

"No." The proprietress put the ingredients into a small basin, and replied with a smile: "I usually leave early, and I have a lot of work today, and I may be busy until two o'clock in the morning."

"Is that so?" Lu Weiwei was a little distressed, watching the boss bring the ingredients from the other end, she also asked curiously: "Then if you connect like this, won't there be a conflict in time?"

"No." The owner of the barbecue shop sat next to the female clerk, helping to make skewers, and said casually: "The two couples who will make breakfast will be here soon, we can no longer use the kitchen now, as long as these ingredients are prepared in advance Just string it together."

"So, generally speaking, without affecting their work, the three waves of us have cooperated quite tacitly."

"Yes, there were four waves of people before. At that time, time was a bit tight. Later, the landlord felt that it was not suitable, so he persuaded one family to leave. Now the three of us are in a hurry, and the connection will not be very abrupt." The female shop assistant said with a smile.

"This is the first time I know that one store can be rented to three families."

Gu Chen opened his eyes, as if he had rested enough.

The proprietress smiled and said, "It's not to reduce the burden. To be honest, the entire store on the old street in the East District of Jiangnan City is too much to rent."

"Besides, when we open a store, a lot of time is actually wasted. It's better to do it with three companies. In this way, everyone's pressure is less, and the role of this store can be maximized."

"The working people are really smart." Hearing what the proprietress said, Lu Weiwei also sincerely admired her.

I used to only know the prosperity of the catering industry in the business district, but I never knew the hardships of the workers behind it.

Today, I waited all night with these people, and felt that it was the first time that I could get close contact with these ordinary catering workers, and I felt that this trip was worth it.

Chatting with the couple, the owner of the barbecue shop, and the clerk, Lu Weiwei quickly lost track of time.

Just when the clock pointed to 1 o'clock in the morning, a beam of light outside directly shone over.

A white BMW off-road vehicle was parked firmly in the middle of the road.

Normally, parking is not allowed on Old Street, East District, but now it is one in the morning, and there are not many pedestrians on the road.

Therefore, many merchants will also take advantage of this time difference to drive their cars to the door of the store for operations such as unloading.

Looking at the white BMW off-road vehicle at the door, the owner of the barbecue shop glanced at his chin and reminded: "The person you are waiting for is here, and they are the owners of the affordable breakfast shop."

"Really?" Hearing the words of the owner of the barbecue shop, Gu Chen stood up and walked towards the door.

At this moment, a middle-aged couple is moving all kinds of ingredients from the car to the store.

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei stood on the side, paying attention silently.

The middle-aged man who walked into the store with the ingredients glanced at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, and asked as he walked, "Are you the police who called me tonight?"

"That's right, we are from the Furong branch." Gu Chen said.

After the middle-aged man unloaded the goods, he also smiled and said: "I don't know when my nephew will come over, anyway, he will come to my shop for something to eat in the evening anyway, so... I'm really sorry, I knew earlier I'll ask him for his new number."

"It's okay, as long as it doesn't disturb your work." Lu Weiwei didn't care either.

After all, the barbecue just now was all-you-can-eat, and Lu Weiwei didn't care about having another meal of steamed buns at all.

Watching the couple put on their overalls and start entering the kitchen to do their homework.

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei just stood at the door, paying attention silently.

Feeling a little embarrassed, Lu Weiwei also asked, "What time do you get up every night?"

"About 30 in the morning." The busy middle-aged man began to pour the beans into the bucket.

Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and asked again: "How old is elder brother? He sounds like a foreigner, right?"

"Well, our husband and wife are both foreigners, and I am 49 years old this year." Putting the bucket aside, the middle-aged man also took a deep breath, and joked with Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei: "It's an old bone .”

Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei next to him, and then asked the man curiously: "When I called before, brother seemed to be sleeping. What time do you usually go to bed? What time do you get up?"

"Well, go to bed at 8 o'clock every night and get up around midnight."

"Isn't that only sleeping for 4 hours?" Lu Weiwei's jaw dropped in shock when she heard this.

The middle-aged woman on the side smiled and said: "It's the same in our business. In order to have a fresh and sufficient breakfast starting at 5 o'clock every morning, our work and rest time have to be arranged like this."

"Okay." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, watching the middle-aged woman meeting there, thinking that it wouldn't be long before, wouldn't she be able to have another big meal?
As for when Hu Junjie will come to the store?It seems to have become less important.

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