Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 401 Is it delicious?
Four days ago, on Lotus Street.

The night was dark and the winter chill was biting. Reeking of alcohol, Sister Hua stood under a dim streetlamp, constantly glancing towards the intersection. Her meticulously made-up face showed signs of drowsiness. She carried a small bag containing common work supplies such as condoms, lubricant, and popping candy.

"Why aren't they here yet? Calling them over in the middle of the night just to stand by the roadside freezing?" Sister Hua complained, hugging her arms and stamping her feet as she shivered from the cold.

She glanced at the time and couldn't help but sigh, "It's already past two o'clock. If they don't come soon, I'm going home to sleep."

While Sister Hua stood by the roadside, looking around and waiting for her customer, little did she know that this customer was standing in a room filled with a fishy, ​​sour smell on the fifth floor of a building not far away, observing Sister Hua and the surrounding situation through his own window with a monocular telescope.

This wasn't the first time; he couldn't afford to be careless.

Be careful to sail the boat that lasts ten thousand years.

"Good luck."

After another twenty minutes or so, confirming that the woman was alone, the customer finally took out his phone and sent her a voice message via WeChat.

"Sorry, something came up and I can't get away right now. I'll be right there! Are you standing where I sent you the location?"

"Okay, okay. I'll be right there!"

That was a blind spot in the surveillance system that he had scouted out long ago.

A moment later, by the roadside.

Sister Hua looked at the man in front of her with a baseball cap and a mask with suspicion, but still refused, saying, "I'm sorry, we don't go to our guests' homes. There's a budget hotel up ahead, it's not bad and it's quite close, why don't we go there?"

The man in the baseball cap smiled and said, "Sure. But I'm a little hungry right now, how about we go get something to eat first?"

Sister Hua, who had been drinking heavily with customers at the nightclub, realized she was indeed hungry after hearing this and nodded in agreement, no longer insisting on her suggestion.

The man in the baseball cap smirked, his lips twitching beneath his mask.

With his special guidance, the two arrived across the street from a steakhouse that was already closed.

The man in the baseball cap pointed to the shops across the street and laughed, "I own this shop. I'll get you a genuine original cut steak later. I guarantee you'll eat your fill."

"Really? Thank you so much!" After learning that the man in the baseball cap had a legitimate job, Sister Hua's vigilance dropped considerably, and her stomach started rumbling with anticipation.

"Haha, now that I've eaten this steak, who knows, next time you'll crave it and come back to me, you'll have to give me a discount. Come on, let's cross the zebra crossing!" the man in the baseball cap joked, implying that the two would be repeat customers.

Then, leading Sister Hua, they deliberately walked more than a hundred meters forward, circled back from the pedestrian crossing, and then turned into the alley next to them.

He walked into the alley first, without turning his head, and said, "We'll go in through the back door; the shop doors can't be opened from the outside."

Sister Hua hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

The two entered the store through the back door. The man in the baseball cap led Sister Hua to a seat in the lobby and then took off his baseball cap and mask.

It was none other than Gao Shou, the owner of the steakhouse.

After the two sat down and chatted for a while, Sister Hua learned that although Gao Shou was nearly forty years old, he had been single since his divorce because his wife cheated on him.

Sister Hua thought of her ex-boyfriend from her hometown who had abandoned her when she was just twenty and married someone else. Her heart softened immediately, and she began to comfort him gently. She also found the thin man in front of her much more pleasing to the eye.

Gao Shou glanced at the phone that Sister Hua was holding, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Let's go, let's go make some steaks together. I'll teach you a few real skills, no charge."

"Hehe, I'll give you a discount next time."

Sister Hua nodded in agreement and followed Gao Shou into the kitchen.

Although it's called a kitchen, it's actually next to the lobby, separated only by a fairly large transparent glass panel. The two of them got up, turned a corner, and went inside.

Gao Shou first opened the large freezer in the corner, bent down and picked through the beef for a while before finally picking out a steak. "There's a trick to this steak. First, you have to choose a good breed of beef, like the Wagyu beef I use in this shop. Besides the type, the freshness of the beef is closely related to the cut it comes from."

"This time I've picked out tenderloin for you, which is the tenderest cut of beef. It's not greasy, low in fat, and has a lot of lean meat with fine marbling."

Gao Shou skillfully turned on the stove and started heating the pan, holding his hand directly above it to feel the heat of the steam. After a short while, he added some olive oil and pepper to the pan.

"Here!"

Slide the steak into the pan, Gao Shou turned around and smiled, "Remember, as long as it's a good steak, you can't use too many seasonings, otherwise you won't be able to taste the real steak."

Watching Gao Shou skillfully prepare steak for her late-night snack, Sister Hua, who had long since developed a cold heart from years of frequenting nightclubs, suddenly had a somewhat dazed and unfocused look in her eyes.

This person seemed to gradually overlap with the image of her ex-boyfriend from her hometown in her memory.

Back then, he would stay by her side every day, cooking and waiting for her to come home.

With his left hand holding the frying pan, Gao Shou wrapped his right arm around Hua Jie's slender waist, pulling her close, and whispered in her ear, "What are you thinking about? You can flip the steak later."

The seasoned woman, Sister Hua, trembled slightly, her cheeks flushing red. She gently pushed Gao Shou away and began flirting.

After a moment, Gao Shou plated the cooked steak and placed it on the kitchen counter. He then took out a knife and fork from the sterilizer and handed them to Sister Hua.

"Eat."

After watching the other person take a few bites, Gao Shoufang finally asked, "How does it taste?"

"It's delicious! It's definitely different from the steak I usually eat outside."

Upon receiving the other party's affirmation, Gao Shou smiled and said, "You're lucky. This kind of ingredient isn't available every day. I usually eat it sparingly myself, so the taste is naturally excellent."

"Hmm, what's this?" Sister Hua pulled a huge black suitcase out from under the table and asked in confusion, "Brother, why did you put the suitcase in the kitchen? It's so dirty."

The suitcase was about 28 inches in size. It looked big and old, but it was probably empty inside. Sister Hua casually pulled it out from under the table.

"Oh, I just left it there randomly. I had completely forgotten about it until you mentioned it."

A ruthless glint flashed in Gao Shou's eyes. He then took out his phone and sent a few messages to Sister Hua, saying, "Look what I sent you. Guess correctly and you'll win a prize. This time, the prize is something delicious."

While eating her steak, Sister Hua looked up at the gentle guest in front of her and said with a smile, "Hehe, I love drinking, even if you can't guess, I'll still have a drink."

After saying that, she picked up her phone from the table, scanned her face to unlock it, and barely managed to tap the screen to enter WeChat when she suddenly felt a "thud" on the back of her head and fainted.

Gao Shou threw the heavy cutting board on the ground, pushed Sister Hua away from the table, picked up the unlocked phone, and scrolled through the call logs, WeChat chat history, and several commonly used payment apps.

"Yes, Not Bad."

Relieved, Gao Shou turned off Hua Jie's phone. Then, he took out a thick rope and strips of cloth stained with blood from the cabinet and skillfully tied up the unresponsive, unconscious Hua Jie while humming a song:
"What is the dappled darkness saying?"

"Can anyone tell me how to choose?"

"Whenever I think of the moment of separation."

"Sadness flows upstream like a river."

"To whom does the warmth you give belong?"

"Who would care?"

Who am I~~

(End of this chapter)