Upon receiving the new clues, the police officers immediately launched an investigation.

The waiter who rushed to the restroom was quickly found.

Upon questioning, it was discovered that there was indeed a problem!

"Manager, I didn't take any watch!" The waiter panicked and immediately recounted the whole story.

"I was about to go to the restroom when I ran into a customer in the hallway. He secretly slipped me a hundred-dollar tip and let me in to pass on a message to Mr. Chen Mo."

"Just say his wife got into an argument with someone in the banquet hall..."

Upon hearing this, the police officer immediately perked up, exclaiming, "There's definitely something fishy going on!"

The restaurant manager standing nearby was momentarily flustered.

"Mr. Chen Mo? That name sounds so familiar..."

The manager was clearly thinking of someone.

But when he turned to look at Lan Yujuan, his thoughts vanished instantly, and he murmured softly:

"How could that be? It doesn't look like it at all; it's definitely just a coincidence of names."

Then, based on the waiter's description, the police officers tried to find the customer.

Unexpectedly, the spot the customer chose happened to be a blind spot for the surveillance cameras.

Not only could I not see her face clearly, but I couldn't even see a glimpse of her clothes; I could only see the waiter's back.

In the surveillance footage, the waiter in front of me was beckoned to a corner and chatted for a few minutes.

A short while later, I saw him walk out, secretly stuffing money into his pocket while looking around suspiciously.

Once she was sure no one was watching, she quickly ran towards the bathroom.

The waiter took out the hundred-yuan note from his pocket, intending to hand it over, while looking aggrieved.

"I didn't even notice that there was a watch on the sink."

"After I went in to give the notification, I rushed to the toilet; I didn't have time to do anything else..."

Judging from the waiter's demeanor, he didn't seem to be lying, and the investigation reached another stalemate.

However, the police officers reacted quickly.

Realizing that this was not an accidental loss, but most likely a trap set by someone, their determination to find out the truth grew even stronger.

"Continue reviewing the surveillance footage to see if we can find out who put the item on the owner's wrist, and how they did it."

Based on the clues provided by Lan Yujuan and the route and time Chen Mo took, the staff in the monitoring room quickly locked onto the footage.

The manager standing next to him felt a wave of dizziness when he saw Chen Mo's face clearly.

Before the police officer could speak, the manager immediately took out a walkie-talkie and called over the intern waiter who appeared in the video.

Seeing how cooperative he was, the police officer immediately turned to Lan Yujuan and said:

"Miss Lan, why don't you call your partner over too?"

"This makes it easier for us to ask for details and saves everyone's time."

Lan Yujuan nodded and was about to make a phone call.

Seeing this, the manager nearby hurriedly came over to stop them:

"It's alright, no need to shout, don't go to that trouble!"

"It won't delay us at all, we're not in a hurry!"

Before anyone else could react, the manager seemed like a completely different person, smiling obsequiously at Lan Yujuan.

"Miss Lan, don't worry!"

"Since your spouse's watch was lost in our hotel, we must cooperate today to get to the bottom of this!"

Lan Yujuan subconsciously took half a step to the side, looking completely bewildered.

Soon, the trainee waiter arrived.

However, this pretty young waitress is completely different from the timid and cowardly person in the video.

Although his appearance hadn't changed, once he arrived at the scene, he became more willful and capricious, and wasn't even afraid of the police.

"I'm busy right now, what do you want from me?"

The manager was clearly also having a headache when he saw this waiter.

He immediately pointed to the paused screen and questioned:

"Explain what happened?"

The waiter glanced at it, but showed no panic or guilt on his face. Instead, he casually picked at his nails and said:

"This was filmed very clearly, didn't you all see it?"

"I lost my balance and bumped into someone!"

"What? Is it illegal for a waiter to not hold a plate properly?"

The manager was so angry that his temples throbbed, and he rushed over, ready to strike.

Fortunately, the staff in the monitoring room got up in time to stop them.

"Manager, please don't be angry, let's talk this out!"

The manager pointed angrily at the waiter, his teeth clenched and his eyes red with rage.

"Aren't you going to confess?"

"You've gotten yourself into a huge mess, do you even realize that?!"

"You've only been here a few days? Do you even know who you hit?"

"Do you know how much that watch is worth?"

"If they really pursue this matter, you won't be able to afford to pay even if you sell everything you own! And I'll suffer along with you!"

When the waiter saw that the manager was really angry, a hint of panic appeared on his face.

"Cousin, don't scare me!"

"They clearly told me that the watch was waterproof, and that even if soup or cold dishes got spilled on it, it could be easily repaired later."

"I, I really know what I'm doing, I just wanted to go up and make myself known."

"Furthermore, I heard from the receptionist that the man is a Diamond Black Card customer of our hotel, young, wealthy, and single..."

As she spoke, the waitress gently stomped her foot, her voice trembling with tears.

Everyone finally understood what had happened.

The young girl, harboring ambitions to curry favor with the legendary young tycoon, deliberately orchestrated this accident in order to gain access to him.

Upon hearing this, the manager's face darkened considerably.

"Don't call me cousin!"

"Tell me right now, who are your accomplices? Where is the watch hidden?"

The waiter was a little confused when he heard that.

"what?"

"What accomplices?"

"I only bumped into him, I didn't have my watch on!"

Not only the police officers standing nearby, but even the restaurant manager didn't believe these words.

"Aren't you going to tell the truth? Do you want to go to jail?"

"You deliberately bumped into someone, then took advantage of their handwashing time to steal their watch, and you dare say you didn't take it?"

This time, the little girl was really anxious, and with tears in her eyes, she cried out:

"Don't wrong an innocent person!"

"When have I ever stolen anything in my life?"

"Even hitting that person just now was because I was out of my mind, listening to what others said, and it was a spur-of-the-moment decision."

Lan Yujuan believed these words.

The young girl was indeed very pretty; the man she had her eye on was Chen Mo.

If I could get her, what kind of watch wouldn't I want?

Why would they go to such lengths to steal Chen Mo's watch by teaming up with someone else?

But at the same time, Lan Yujuan quickly grasped the key point:

"So, who was the person who instructed you to run him over?"

"Do you remember?"

She noticed the little girl frowning, looking her up and down with an unfriendly and wary gaze.

She immediately explained:

The man you just hit is my husband.

"A few minutes after you hit him, the watch on his wrist was stolen in the bathroom."

"If you don't explain clearly, you will also be a suspect."

The little girl was a bit skeptical and turned to look at the restaurant manager.

At this point, the hotel manager was already starting to lose his temper.

"What are you looking at? Speak up!"

"If you don't explain yourself clearly today, you'll get me killed too!"

The little girl trembled in fright and quickly said:

"I said, I remember that man!"

"That man was a guest in the banquet hall. He was wearing a dark blue shirt and light-colored jeans. I heard he was the bride's high school classmate. He was also wearing a watch on his wrist."

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