After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

The investigation into the missing watch case has reached a bottleneck.

The police officer said tactfully, "Ms. Lan, if you have something to attend to, you can go ahead and do it."

"We will do our best to investigate this case. We will notify you promptly of any updates."

"However, you should also prepare yourself mentally in advance."

"After all, the watch was lost in the restroom, which is a public place with many people coming and going. Trying to find it again is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Lan Yujuan nodded, "Understood!"

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Lan Yujuan left the monitoring room.

She hadn't gone far from the monitoring room when the restaurant manager hurriedly caught up with her, apologizing as he walked.

"Miss Lan, I was blind just now and spoke rudely."

"If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me, Miss Lan. I am truly sorry!"

"Rest assured, the hotel will fully cooperate with the subsequent investigation!"

Lan Yujuan stopped and replied calmly:

"There's nothing to apologize for; we just have different perspectives."

"The manager looks like someone with a lot of work experience and strong abilities. I guess he must have had some unpleasant experiences before coming here, which is why he took precautions in advance."

"I'm sorry to have troubled you with this today! Thank you for your help!"

Lan Yujuan's words made the manager blush with embarrassment. He wished he could go back to the beginning and slap himself twice before saying those outrageous things.

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back to the banquet hall now."

"Manager, you can go back to your work now, no need to deliver it!"

After Lan Yujuan finished speaking, she left the manager standing there and went back to the banquet hall on her own.

She knew very well that the hotel manager's initial arrogance followed by obsequiousness was entirely due to Chen Mo's influence.

She would neither feel ashamed or angry because she had been looked down upon due to her weakness, nor would she take advantage of Chen Mo's power to bully others.

Otherwise, she would be no different from that "snobbish" manager.

All she needs to know is the purpose of what she's doing, and do her best to fulfill it.

When they returned to the banquet hall, the little one had already eaten and drunk his fill and was taken to another table by his parents.

Chen Mo and his good buddies were drinking and chatting.

The plate in front of her was already filled with her favorite dishes: peeled crab, deboned fish, and more, all arranged exquisitely together.

"Sister-in-law, have you found the watch yet?"

As soon as Lan Yujuan sat down, Li Huan, who was sitting one seat away, leaned closer and whispered something to her.

"Not found yet."

Lan Yujuan shook her head, her voice still sounding somewhat dejected.

Seeing this, Chen Mo served rice to Lan Yujuan while raising his hand to separate Li Huan, glaring and laughing:

"Drink your wine!"

"My wife hasn't eaten yet, she doesn't have time to talk to you."

To be honest, Lan Yujuan was quite hungry after going out for a long walk.

All the dishes were served, and looking around, everyone had almost finished eating.

Some people who had other things to do in the afternoon finished their meal early and started to leave.

Those still remaining in the banquet hall, drinking and chatting, are basically just a few tables of close relatives and friends.

"Eat slowly, try this soup."

Chen Mo stayed by her side, listening to his friends chat while keeping a close eye on her.

They served rice and vegetables, then soup and tissues, taking meticulous care of her.

Lan Yujuan didn't need to look up to feel the enthusiastic and teasing gazes from the table, and the tips of her ears quietly turned red.

She pretended not to care and, taking advantage of a break while drinking soup, asked softly:

"You said on the phone that you would find a way, what way?"

Chen Mo didn't answer directly, but looked at Lan Yujuan carefully for a while before asking her a question:

"If that watch was taken by someone we know, is it possible to get it back?"

"Nonsense!" Lan Yujuan glared at him. "If we can find it, of course we should find it!"

"The money you and your sister earn didn't come from thin air."

"Let's not even talk about how much your watch is actually worth."

"If the other party clearly knows us and still doesn't return the watch, that alone clearly indicates their intention to embezzle and misappropriate it."

"The other party has already made their choice, so why should we care about their feelings? We're going to put up with it after being robbed? I won't!"

After understanding Lan Yujuan's attitude, Chen Mo's smile became noticeably more reassured.

Li Huan, who was standing nearby, took the opportunity to lean closer and whispered:

"Chen Mo and I suspect that the watch was taken by someone from your high school classmates' table."

"And the person who took the watch will definitely leave beforehand."

After listening, Lan Yujuan turned to look at the table of her high school classmates.

To her surprise, the number of students at that table only increased.

It seems that some acquaintances from other tables have also joined that table.

Everyone was chatting and drinking happily, and a few of the students were clearly a little drunk.

"But no one left early, right?"

Chen Mo gently reminded her, "Take another look?"

"If I remember correctly, at your high school classmates' table, there should have been a boy and a girl who left early."

So Lan Yujuan went through them one by one again, and sure enough, just as Chen Mo had said, two classmates had left early.

One of them was Liu Dong, who had just been called out by the police for questioning.

The other person, Li Shan, is both a distant relative of the bride, Li Rui, and Li Rui's best friend from high school.

The two used to be as close as twins, and they still see each other often.

Lan Yujuan had still held onto hope, but when she heard that Chen Mo suspected these two people, the little flame of hope that had been burning in her heart was extinguished once again.

She shook her head and pouted, saying:

"You must have guessed wrong; it couldn't be Liu Dong."

Next, Lan Yujuan briefly recounted to the two of them what had happened: checking the surveillance footage and the police calling Liu Dong over for questioning.

"Liu Dong admitted that he was indeed the one who did it, and he encouraged the waitress to deliberately bump into you."

"But he was completely unaware that the watch was missing."

"As for why he left early, it's probably because he was worried about an awkward encounter if they met again."

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"I didn't expect you to be so capable!" Chen Mo praised with a smile.

Lan Yujuan raised her hand to touch her cheek, feeling a little feverish. Suddenly being praised by Chen Mo, she felt her ears burning.

"What's so great about it?"

"After all that effort, we still didn't find it, did we?"

But when she looked at Chen Mo, he still seemed confident and composed, and she had no idea what he was up to.

"Sister-in-law, you've only ruled out one man, there's still one woman you haven't ruled out, right?" Li Huan said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"In my opinion, it might have been that woman who secretly took the watch when no one was looking."

Upon hearing this, Lan Yujuan's mouth nearly formed a square with embarrassment. "Huh?"

"Brother Li, are you serious?"

Li Huan laughed and corrected, "Sister-in-law, don't be so formal. Why call me Brother Li? Just call me Brother Huan!"

Lan Yujuan looked up first, glanced at Chen Mo, and then smiled and changed her address: "Okay, Brother Huan."

"But the watch was lost in the men's restroom. Another classmate who left earlier was named Li Shan. She's a girl, so how could she have taken the watch from the men's restroom?"

"Furthermore, among those high school classmates, Li Shan and my sister-in-law have the best relationship."

"Logically and emotionally, she wouldn't do something like this at my sister-in-law's wedding, would she?"

Li Huan immediately retorted, "Sister-in-law, to solve a case, we must first be suspicious. Don't let conventional thinking bind our minds."

"Just like you said, since Li Shan and the bride are best friends, why did she leave early today?"

"This whole thing is very unusual, isn't it?"

Lan Yujuan also insisted on her opinion: "Brother Huan, reasonable doubt is acceptable."

"But I think we need to present evidence, right?"

The two argued in hushed tones, and finally both turned their gazes to Chen Mo:

What do you think?

"Is there any evidence?"

Chen Mo cleared his throat, suppressing a laugh, and said:

"You two stop arguing."

"I modified the watch strap of that watch."

"Not only can it monitor my body data in real time, but it can also pinpoint my exact location and floor."

"However, that watch is connected to software on my computer, so I can only check it after I get home."

The two of them were completely dumbfounded when they heard that!

No wonder this guy wasn't worried at all about losing his watch; he had a backup plan...