I am a super cop

In fact, Gu Chen could see the helplessness of letting down his friends in Zhuang Pei's eyes.

Just like the button of the eagle totem, it was obviously something left to me by my friend before he died, but now I have to work hard to recover it.

It's like if your belongings were suddenly snatched away by a group of shameless people, and then you have to find a way to get it back.

What's more, the people who took away the friend's relics were a group of strong men from the pawn shop.

In front of this group of people, Zhuang Pei knew very well that he had no chance of winning.

But after all, that thing is closely related to the treasure map. If I don't find a way to get it back, I'm afraid I will just miss out on a huge wealth in the end.

Gu Chen crossed his arms and thought seriously before saying, "So, you tried your best to get the button of the eagle totem, and you found it in the end, right?"

"That's right." Faced with Gu Chen's question, Zhuang Pei responded very cooperatively:
  "That button may or may not be important to me."

"But, I want to give it a try and bet on my luck."

"After all, that thing looks exactly like that. It's something passed down from my friend's ancestors."

"He usually has a good relationship with me. I believe he won't lie to me."

"Especially after knowing the importance of this thing, I decided to give it a try and redeem it even if I spend money."

"What happened next? Then you went to these people to get back the buttons of the Eagle Totem?" Lu Weiwei said.

Zhuang Pei nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "There is no way, I have to come back, but when I came to the other party's pawn shop and wanted to redeem the button."

"I just found out that these idiots had already sold the things to a trendy store."

"Because they felt that this thing was not valuable at all, so when they passed by that trendy store, they casually sold it to the owner of the store at a very low price."

"Then they took the exchanged money and went to a nearby store and bought a pack of good cigarettes."

"A thing passed down from ancestors, just exchange it for a pack of good cigarettes?" Officer Wang was shocked when he heard the result.

But Zhuang Pei disagreed and said, "What if? In my opinion, this thing may be a priceless treasure, but in the eyes of these people, it is nothing."

"They even feel that they can even earn money by exchanging a pack of good cigarettes."

After saying this, Zhuang Pei also laughed twice and said helplessly:

"Sometimes, fate likes to play tricks on people. Later, I found the people at the pawn shop and explained my purpose of coming."

"But they told me that the items had been sold. If you want to get your items back, you might as well go to that trendy store."

"You went?" Yuan Shasha said.

"I'm going." Zhuang Pei nodded fiercely and couldn't help but said: "I must go too."

With a faint sigh, Zhuang Pei tried to calm down his mood and said slowly:
  "To be honest, it was my first time to go to a trendy store like that, and I realized that this store is quite special."

"To be precise, it's something you think is ordinary, but as long as you can find a buyer, it can be sold for a sky-high price."

"He has everything in his store, many of which are personal belongings of celebrities."

"Many celebrities' agents will use their personal belongings to trade in cash at the request of some celebrities."

"Are celebrities also short of money?" Lu Weiwei expressed curiosity after hearing this.

But Zhuang Pei nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Comrade police, you may not understand this circle."

"In the entertainment industry, especially these celebrities, they spend money lavishly on weekdays, and they don't have a reasonable plan at all."

"If you are lucky, you may be able to accumulate some wealth during the years when the market is good, but once the market is bad, you will not be able to receive commercial performances, or performances, or filming."

"Then you're just sitting on your butt, but after all, these celebrities have their own fan circles."

“It’s only natural to harvest a wave of fans and use them as leeks.”

After a pause, Zhuang Pei continued: "So, when many celebrities are in financial constraints, they will choose to ask their agents to help them sell some personal items in this trendy store in Shanghai."

"Wait a minute." Hearing what Zhuang Pei said, Officer Wang thought thoughtfully: "It would be fine if celebrities really sell things in trendy stores like this, but what if they are fake?"

"Humph!" Hearing Officer Wang say this, Zhuang Pei couldn't help but laugh twice and shook his head.

Officer Wang raised his eyebrows: "Am I wrong? Everything is fake nowadays. How do you know which of these things are celebrities' personal belongings?"

"Comrade police." Looking up at Officer Wang, Zhuang Pei also said seriously:

"Any owner who can open such a trendy store has reliable channels behind him. His store is equivalent to a celebrity, or an intermediary between some celebrities and their fans."

"On weekdays, fans cannot come into contact with celebrities or celebrities, but they can buy items from the celebrities' personal collections through this trendy store."

"Sometimes, you can even go to the store and buy some rare celebrity concert tickets."

"Because the celebrity has a good relationship with the owner of this trendy store, he will also release some internal tickets. This kind of channel is only available in this kind of trendy store."

"And this kind of trendy store, at certain times, is equivalent to some kind of endorsement by a celebrity. Once he sells fake goods, his credibility will collapse."

"No matter how good this boss is, he will never make fun of his own reputation."

Taking a deep breath, Zhuang Pei also said slowly: "So, this boss's reputation is a golden sign. Fans will not buy fakes in trendy stores."

"That's why he can open this kind of store that sells celebrities' personal items, but other stores can't open it."

"Because this is the power of channels, the items in his store are sold at sky-high prices."

With a faint sigh, he raised his head and looked at Gu Chen in front of him. Zhuang Pei also shook his head helplessly:

"So, when I knew that the items had entered fashion stores and were sold for the price of a pack of good cigarettes, my heart bleeds."

"I even wanted to scold these bastards, but I had no choice but to shamelessly ask the clerk of this trendy store."

"Then what result did you expect?" Although Gu Chen knew a little bit about what happened next.

It was Hu Shirley and Nie Ping who bought the eagle totem button at a high price, but Gu Chen still wanted to let Zhuang Pei speak out.

Zhuang Pei lowered his head and sighed: "I found out later that this thing was bought by someone not long after it was sold in the store."

"No way?" After hearing this result, Yuan Shasha said in disbelief: "Does this store have such a large traffic?"

"Yes, you have to admit it." Seeing Yuan Shasha's surprise, Zhuang Pei simply told the truth:
  "In this store, whenever there are new good things, the store owner will find a way to sell them, focusing on quick production and quick sales."

"It's also because of this thing that when we first arrived at the store, the clerk also found a delicate box for packaging the buttons of the eagle totem."

"This is their store's specialty, which is to give you various packaging and then sell it at a high price."

After saying this, Zhuang Pei, who was handcuffed, couldn't help but cover his chest, as if he couldn't hide the sadness in his heart.

After a long while, he finally recovered and continued to explain:
  "Only after asking around did I find out that those guys from the pawn shop had sold off the buttons of the eagle totem for more than a hundred dollars."

"As a result, the trendy store immediately packaged and cleaned it, and quickly sold it to customers for thousands of yuan."

"I was completely stunned at the time. I thought this was too incredible, but you have to admit that in the Magic City, anything magical can happen."

"So you went to track down the information of the customer who bought the Eagle Totem Button?" Officer Wang said.

Zhuang Pei nodded fiercely: "Yes, I have to get to the bottom of it. I want to figure out the secret contained in this button."

"I don't want this thing that originally belonged to me to fall into the hands of others."

"So, I went to ask the clerk for information about the customer who bought the Eagle Totem Button. However, the clerk was also professional. No matter how I asked, they refused my request on the grounds of protecting customer privacy."

"Then they refused to tell you, how did you get the customer information?" Listening to what Zhuang Pei said, Lu Weiwei was also curious.

Zhuang Pei rubbed his face with both hands to keep himself calm, and then said slowly:
  "I know that everything has a price. If you ask the clerk for customer information, the clerk will refuse to provide it on the grounds of protecting the customer's privacy."

"That means the price you offered is not high enough, so at this time, you must be willing to invest."

With a sigh, Zhuang Pei also continued: "So, I have no choice but to wait for the clerk after get off work, treat her to dinner in various ways, and then give me my price."

"And I told the clerk the origin of my item, but the clerk was also very embarrassed because if the boss knew about the customer's privacy, she would have to pack up and leave."

Shaking his head, Zhuang Pei also said meaningfully: "So, in order to obtain the customer's information, I offered a relatively high price, and the other party finally compromised."

"But then I discovered that the customer who bought the eagle totem button was studying in the United States."

"So, I tried every means to get the other party's email address, explained the situation to the other party, and wanted to have a good communication with the other party."

"I tried to get what originally belonged to me at the lowest cost, but the other party rejected all my proposals and even thought I was a lunatic."

"I have no choice but to communicate with the other party over and over again, whether it's through emails or phone calls."

"As long as the other party returns to China, I will not miss any opportunity."

"But if you do this, it's already harassment, isn't it?" I had learned from Hu Xueli before that there was a lunatic who was harassing the other party crazily.

He just wanted to get the button of the eagle totem from Hu Xueli, and even told Hu Shirley that the button was an item that the other party had temporarily stored in the store and was not for sale.

He even came up with a lot of excuses to make Hu Shirley believe that it was the clerk's mistake that caused that item to be put on the shelf.

But Hu Shirley is not stupid. As long as there are priced products in the store, they can be sold.

So from Hu Shirley's point of view, the other party might have ulterior motives, so he kept refusing.

But the more Hu Shirley refused to hand over the eagle totem button, the crazier Zhuang Pei became.

So much so that both of them went to extremes, and Zhuang Pei became the person Hu Shirley had the most trouble with.

Although everyone already knew this during the interrogation of Hu Xueli, Gu Chen still hoped to tell the cause and effect of the matter from Zhuang Pei's mouth.

"Zhuang Pei, how did you communicate with Hu Xueli later?" Gu Chen asked.

"Later? How did you communicate with Hu Shirley?" Zhuang Pei thought for a while and continued:
  "I kept calling her and sending emails. At first, she could barely do Tai Chi with me, saying she didn't want to sell this thing."

"Later, maybe she got tired of being disturbed by me in all kinds of ways, so she made an excuse and said that when she returned to China, she would give me the things so that I would stop harassing her."

"But I know that this is her excuse. She has no intention of returning the things to me."

"Even later, I urged her to ask her when I could return to China? She immediately started ignoring me."

With a faint sigh, Zhuang Pei also sighed helplessly: "So, during that time, I felt bad all over. I could only continue to call her and call her from different numbers."

"Then do you know that this will cause trouble to others?" Lu Weiwei felt that Zhuang Pei's behavior did constitute harassment to others.

But Zhuang Pei said indifferently: "There's nothing I can do about it, I have to get the button of the eagle totem."

"In order to get this button, I have paid so much, including money and energy, how could I give up halfway?"

"But Zhuang Pei, have you ever thought about this problem?" Seeing Zhuang Pei's expression at this moment, which was extremely crazy, Gu Chen also asked him:
  "What if, I mean what if, what if there is nothing you want in the button of this eagle totem, do you think there is any point in doing this?"

"No." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Zhuang Pei was also excited. He leaned forward and said:

"I have put so much effort into this button of the eagle totem. This thing is definitely not fake. It must be the key to the treasure map."

Seeing that Zhuang Pei was already in a state of obsession, Gu Chen also sighed and continued:

"You spent so much money and energy on this button, and you made yourself look like a ghost. You even made others think you were a harassing lunatic."

"Do you think it's worth it?"

"It's worth it, of course it's worth it." Seeing Gu Chen ask such a question, Zhuang Pei nodded fiercely and said involuntarily:
  "What I have done is all worthwhile. I am just betting on whether I can turn around."

"I know that my friend will not lie to me. This thing has its own special meaning."

"Furthermore, from the workmanship of the Eagle Totem, it is easy to see that it is a good thing, but not many people understand its secrets."

"What if I get the button of the eagle totem and crack the password of the treasure map, then I can become a rich man, isn't that good?" Seeing Zhuang Pei at this moment, his expression was distorted, even crazy. .

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha looked at each other, feeling that Zhuang Pei now seemed to be completely trapped in a crazy self-imagination.

This situation also made Gu Chen believe what Hu Xueli said before, and felt that this person who wanted to get the eagle totem button seemed really crazy.

It was because of the other party's madness that Hu Shirley and Nie Ping decided to refuse to respond to the harasser, which led to what happened later.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen asked kindly: "Zhuang Pei, what did you do to get this button?"

"What did I do later?" Listening to Gu Chen's words, Zhuang Pei blinked and seemed to be lost in memories.

After a long time, he came back to his senses and said slowly:
  "I remember that I had learned about the other party's identity through various channels. They were international students studying in the United States."

"So, I have been paying attention to and investigating their various developments, especially foreign social software."

"Later, I learned through various channels that the two had broken up, but the woman was getting engaged in Shanghai."

"After learning this, I knew that my opportunity had come, since this thing is a token of love between the two of them."

"Then, if they break up, it means that this thing has no value, and I can definitely find a way to get it."

"Because at this time, the button of the eagle totem has no meaning to them."

"Then what did you do?" Gu Chen asked.

"Haha, how did you do it?" With a faint sigh, Zhuang Pei also looked up at the ceiling, thinking seriously and said:
  "I remember, when I found out that the button with the eagle totem was a love token given to ex-boyfriend Nie Ping by a woman named Hu Shirley, I knew that I should go find Nie Ping."

"As for Hu Shirley's engagement in the Magic City, I was the one who told that Nie Ping."

"What? Did you tell Nie Ping?" Yuan Shasha, who was still taking notes, was stunned when she heard the result. She quickly opened her eyes and asked:

"So, Nie Ping didn't know anything about Hu Shirley's engagement in Shanghai at that time? Did you tell him all this?"

"That's right." It felt like these police officers didn't seem to understand what was going on.

So Zhuang Pei continued to explain: "Actually, the two had broken up at that time. I knew this because I had been following their social accounts abroad."

"Every day I think about these two ancestors returning home quickly. I have to get the buttons of the eagle totem quickly."

"It wasn't until later that I discovered that the two of them had broken up. I felt like there was a prerequisite for my success."

"But as the two broke up, their dynamics became a mystery. It was difficult for me to find their location from clues."

"It wasn't until later that I found out that this woman named Hu Shirley was going back to the Magic City and was engaged to her significant other, so I started asking around."

"In the end, it was discovered that the man Hu Shirley was going to marry was not Nie Ping, but an American with a Wall Street background."

With a faint sigh, Zhuang Pei shook his head helplessly: "I am very sorry that these two people did not get together, so I decided to tell Nie Ping the news."

"Because I knew that the thing must be in Nie Ping's hands, so I found Nie Ping's phone number in China through some channels and called him."

"Then what did you say to him?" Hearing this, Gu Chen was also very curious.

Zhuang Pei leaned back, relaxed his body, looked up at the ceiling, and said slowly:

"I told Nie Ping on the phone that his ex-girlfriend Hu Shirley was getting engaged in Shanghai."

"And we used various methods to force Nie Ping, who couldn't let go, to come to the Magic City quickly."

"Moreover, I also said on the phone that the button of the eagle totem I wanted, I told him that the button of the eagle totem now has no commemorative significance for him."

"So, let him give it to me."

"He agreed?" Officer Wang asked.

"He agreed." Zhuang Pei nodded silently and said involuntarily:
  "He agreed readily and expressed his gratitude to me for telling him the truth and letting him know the news of Hu Shirley's engagement."

"Because Nie Ping has always been unable to let go of Hu Xueli. I know this, so I told him all the details of Hu Shirley's engagement."

"I thought that when Nie Ping arrived in the Demon City, he would give me the button of the eagle totem to thank me."

After saying this, Zhuang Pei's whole mood suddenly became sad, even sobbing a little.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei asked him out of curiosity: "Zhuang Pei, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine?" Zhuang Pei waved his hand, sniffed hard, and couldn't help but say:
  "Originally, everything was clearly arranged. It was even agreed upon. He Nie Ping came to the Magic City, and then he handed me the button of the eagle totem."

"He wants to go find Hu Shirley. He can do whatever he wants. It's none of my business. I just want the button back."

"But I calculated everything, but I didn't expect that this guy Nie Ping would jump into the river and commit suicide for Hu Shirley."

After saying this, Zhuang Pei seemed to be unable to speak any more. He covered his face with his hands, and his sadness seemed to have spread.

Seeing this situation, everyone looked at each other in shock. It seemed that Zhuang Pei had not expected all this.

After all, ever since Zhuang Pei knew clearly that the button of the eagle totem that his good brother gave him before he died was related to the treasure map, he began to become a little paranoid.

To this end, a lot of energy and money have been invested, just to find out.

But after spending so much effort, what I got in the end was not a good result.

Gu Chen also understood Zhuang Pei's mood very well, so he quickly asked:

"Then when Nie Ping committed suicide by jumping into the river, were you there?"

"I'm here." Zhuang Pei sniffed and said with sobs.

"Then can you tell us about the scene at that time?" Gu Chen asked again.

Zhuang Pei nodded silently, thought about it for a few seconds, and said slowly:
  "I remember that when Nie Ping came to the Magic City, we made an appointment. I went to find him, and then he gave me the things. I didn't care about the rest."

"But later, when Nie Ping came to the Magic City, he didn't keep his promise. Instead of giving me the things, he chose to commit suicide by jumping into the river."

Shaking his head, Zhuang Pei also sighed helplessly: "Even now, I still can't figure out why he is so extreme?"

"What does his ex-girlfriend's engagement have to do with him? Does he think he is a love interest? He is just a big fool and is nothing."

After saying this, he seemed to be still angry. Zhuang Pei was so angry that he spat directly on the ground.

Officer Wang frowned and continued to remind: "What happened next? After Nie Ping's body was recovered, did you think about the eagle totem button on his body?"

"Yes." Faced with Officer Wang's questioning, Zhuang Pei said without hesitation:

"I had the idea of ​​​​this button, but I have seen that button. The level of exquisite workmanship cannot be compared with ordinary imitations."

"But when Nie Ping's body was recovered, I, like everyone else, wanted to gather around and see what happened."

"Of course, I went there for the button of the eagle totem. I just wanted to know if I could get that button back."

After sniffing, Zhuang Pei continued to explain: "But at that time, Nie Ping committed suicide by jumping into the river, which alerted the police."

"So, I can't get close to Nie Ping's body at all."

"The police also used various channels to figure out the reason why Nie Ping committed suicide by jumping into the river."

"I just found out that Nie Ping chose to commit suicide by jumping into the river because of the engagement of his ex-girlfriend Hu Shirley. He used this way of sacrificing his life to declare his attitude."

"What a pity." After hearing this ending, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but complain.

When Zhuang Pei heard this, he also said slowly: "Isn't it true? At that time, I felt that this Nie Ping was a big fool."

"When someone else was engaged, he jumped into the river to die in love. Isn't this something wrong with his brain or something?"

"Moreover, this idiot has not kept his promise. He clearly promised me that he would give me the button of the eagle totem."

"But he didn't do that. Instead, he chose to wear the button of the eagle totem and jump into the river together."

"When his body was recovered by the police, it was immediately taken over by the police in the city and no one was allowed to get close."

With a sigh, Zhuang Pei said helplessly: "In this way, I lost the opportunity to contact Nie Ping's body. Even when he was fished ashore, I couldn't get close to him."

"But since I can't get close to Nie Ping's body, I can't get the button of the eagle totem on his body."

"Then what did you do next?" Officer Wang frowned and quickly asked.

"Later?" Zhuang Pei looked up at the ceiling, thinking seriously and said:
  "Later, I had no choice but to choose another time to do it."

"For this reason, I waited until Nie Ping's father came from Jiangnan City to collect his body."

"Later, he also followed Nie Ping's father back to Jiangnan City."

"I used various disguises and pretended to be various identities, and finally convinced Nie Ping's father that I was a staff member of the crematorium."

"In this way, I was able to get close to Nie Ping's body. But when I came into contact with Nie Ping's body, I discovered that the button of the eagle totem he was carrying was simply a replica."

"Can you see this?" After hearing what Zhuang Pei said, Lu Weiwei also asked curiously.

Zhuang Pei nodded silently and said slowly: "Of course, because I have seen this button."

"This kind of button has very fine workmanship and cannot be compared with ordinary imitations."

Taking a deep breath, Zhuang Pei continued: "So, I know that I was deceived by this guy Nie Ping again."

"So, I tried all kinds of solicitude to get some words from Nie Ping's father. I wanted to know where the button of the real eagle totem was?"

"But this old guy doesn't seem to know anything about it."

"Moreover, he lost his son and was in a state of sadness."

"So, until Nie Ping was cremated, I still don't know where the button of the eagle totem is?"

"You don't know where you are?" Seeing Zhuang Pei's sad look, and thinking of a series of strange things that happened recently, Gu Chen also said slowly:
  "You don't know where you are? Then how did you get here in the past few years?"

"Haha." Shaking his head, Nie Ping couldn't help but said:
  "How did I get here in the past few years? Perhaps it can only be described as decadent? Because there is really no other way. After Nie Ping's death, all clues were interrupted."

"Besides, I don't know whether it was the people from the pawn shop who tampered with it or what?"

"But when I think about it, people don't like the buttons of the eagle totem, so I think maybe someone in the trendy store has made a fake product."

"But when I think back, it's not right, because it's impossible for someone to make such a realistic imitation in such a short period of time."

"Furthermore, this trendy store will not sell high-end imitations at all. This is a matter of destroying its own brand."

After a pause and a deep breath, Zhuang Pei looked at Gu Chen with a bitter look and said helplessly:

"So, in the end, I had no choice but to turn my attention to Nie Ping's father again and tested him in various ways, but the results were the same."

"What kind?" After hearing what Zhuang Pei said, Yuan Shasha also asked curiously.

Zhuang Pei frowned and shook his head helplessly: "The result I got is that his father doesn't seem to know about the Eagle Totem at all, not at all."

"So, asking him is a waste of time. Now that the clues are interrupted, all my investigations will be suspended."

"Just like that, I haven't investigated the Eagle Totem in the past few years, and the dream of hiding the treasure map has been interrupted."

"Isn't that the case?" Listening to Zhuang Pei's story, Gu Chen felt more and more that there was something fishy in it.

So Gu Chen asked Zhuang Pei again: "You obviously gave up investigating and tracking the eagle totem button a few years ago."

"So, why did you choose to spend so much financial, material, and energy on re-investigating the whereabouts of the Eagle Totem at this time?"

... (end of this chapter)