I, reborn, really don't want to be a matchmaker!

A dozen minutes later, the jeep stopped in the open space in front of the Jiyu Township Police Station.

After Qin Chaoyang got out of the car, he led Li Mei, Wang Xiaoli, and Wang Xiaojun straight to Wang Bayi's office.

Inside the office, Wang Bayi was eating a meat bun.

Upon seeing Qin Chaoyang, Li Mei, and the others arrive, they greeted each other with a smile and asked, "Have you all had breakfast yet?"

"I didn't eat," Qin Chaoyang replied truthfully.

"I didn't eat any either." Wang Xiaojun's mouth watered as he looked at the meat bun in Wang Bayi's hand.

Although Li Mei and Wang Xiaoli didn't say anything, it was obvious from their expressions that they hadn't eaten breakfast either.

Upon seeing this, Wang Bayi quickly asked the female police officer at the door to buy breakfast. Then, his smile vanished as he said to Qin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, do you know? According to Cao Bing's confession, we've discovered that in recent years, nearly a dozen girls have been trafficked to other places, and their fates are unknown."

"No way?" Qin Chaoyang was taken aback.

Li Mei and Wang Xiaoli also looked rather unwell.

"I'm not lying to you," Wang Bayi sighed. "I called you guys over to give your statements because I wanted to learn more about Cao Bing from the sidelines and dig out all the dirty deeds he's done over the past few years."

"I will definitely cooperate," Qin Chaoyang said.

"Me too," Wang Xiaoli echoed.

"But... but I've only met Cao Bing three times, there's nothing to say about it!" Li Mei said nervously.

"Don't be afraid, just tell the truth." Wang Bayi smiled at Li Mei's expression. "After you're done, I'll send a car to take you home."

"Oh!" Li Mei nodded, her nervousness easing slightly.

She saw Qin Chaoyang move a long bench over and hand it to her, thanked him repeatedly, took it, and sat down in the corner by the window.

Then, under Wang Bayi's questioning, he began to give a statement.

After the statement was taken, the policewoman who had helped buy the meat buns returned empty-handed: "Old Wang, I'm too late. Aunt Li's meat buns are all sold out today."

"Sold out so quickly? When I bought them before, there was still a basket left?" Wang Bayi asked in surprise.

"I don't know the specifics of what happened," the policewoman said, shrugging.

"Then you..." Wang Bayi was just asking the policewoman to go buy some fried dough sticks and soy milk when a thin young man peeked in at the door: "Li Mei, so you're here!"

This gaunt young man was wearing the uniform of a steel pipe factory. His teeth were black and yellow, and his cheekbones protruded because he was so thin.

He was none other than Wu Yang, the younger brother of Wu Chunhua, Qin Chaoyang's blind date.

No, to be precise, it was the younger brother of my blind date who I broke up with.

Wu Yang's appearance surprised not only Qin Chaoyang, but also Li Mei, who was somewhat at a loss: "You... why are you at the police station?"

"I heard from the team leader that you took leave to come to the Jiyu Township Police Station to give a statement, so I came to check on you," Wu Yang chuckled, then placed the dozen or so meat buns in the paper bag on his desk. "These are meat buns I bought for you. Eat them while they're hot."

When Wang Bayi saw the dozen or so meat buns, he frowned.

It turns out that none of his men managed to buy any meat buns; Wu Yang bought them all!

"I don't want it!" Li Mei exclaimed, her watery eyes filled with disgust. "We're not even close, why are you buying me meat buns?"

These words made it clear to everyone in the office that Li Mei disliked Wu Yang.

"I...I..." Wu Yang scratched his head awkwardly, "Li Mei, how could we not know each other? We're colleagues on the same line..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Mei interrupted him: "So what if we're colleagues? We're not close anyway. Hurry up and take the meat bun away."

"We've already bought it, why take it away?" Seeing that Li Mei was about to lose her temper, Wu Yang muttered something and then ran away as fast as he could.

As for Qin Chaoyang, Wu Yang saw him but pretended not to see him and didn't recognize him.

Qin Chaoyang wasn't surprised by Wu Yang's reaction at all. Seeing that the atmosphere in the office was a bit awkward, he smiled and picked up a meat bun and started eating it in big bites: "Li Mei, if you don't eat the meat bun, I will. It's so delicious."

"Then I'll have a few too." Seeing that no one spoke, Wang Xiaojun picked up a meat bun and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Eat! Eat! Eat! Do you even know who Wu Yang is? You're eating his meat buns?" Wang Xiaoli snatched the meat bun from Wang Xiaojun's hand, then looked at Qin Chaoyang: "Honestly, you know Li Mei and Wu Yang don't get along, why are you still eating Wu Yang's meat buns?"

"Because this kid deserves a beating," Qin Chaoyang replied. "I can't beat him up in front of Instructor Wang, but I can vent my anger by eating a few meat buns from him. That's fine."

"Huh?" Wang Xiaoli was stunned, then burst out laughing: "Now that you mention it, it's actually true. But I have a feeling that when you ate the meat buns Wu Yang bought, it wasn't just about venting your anger, was it?"

Li Mei and Wang Bayi also thought so.

But he didn't say anything.

Instead, she looked at Qin Chaoyang.

"You really want to know the reason?" Qin Chaoyang became serious.

"Yes," Wang Xiaoli nodded.

"If I told you that Wu Yang stole my job at the steel pipe factory a few days ago, would you believe me?" Qin Chaoyang said, picking up another meat bun and eating it.

"Really?" Wang Xiaoli was very surprised.

Li Mei was also somewhat incredulous.

After all, given Qin Chaoyang's qualifications—he's good-looking and well-educated—there's no way Wu Yang would take his spot away.

"Of course it's true," Qin Chaoyang replied. "You probably don't know, but before Wu Yang took my job, his sister Wu Chunhua was dating me!"

"So, are you faking it now?" Wang Xiaoli tried her best not to laugh, but eventually she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After all, she never expected that the shrewd and capable Qin Chaoyang would end up in such a miserable state.

"Of course we broke up, otherwise what would we save for the New Year!" Qin Chaoyang was embarrassed by Wang Xiaoli's laughter. "Can you stop laughing? For a materialistic woman like Wu Chunhua, breaking up with her is a relief for me, understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Wang Xiaoli covered her mouth and laughed until tears streamed down her face.

"Is it that funny?" Qin Chaoyang frowned.

"It's certainly not that funny." Wang Bayi coughed lightly and said seriously, "Chaoyang, what was the last time you saw Wu Chunhua, whom you mentioned earlier?"

"When else could it be? The day Wu Yang steals my job!" Qin Chaoyang replied, then looked at Wang Bayi with surprise: "Instructor Wang, why are you asking this question?"

"Because Wu Chunhua was one of the dozen or so girls that Cao Bing confessed to being trafficked, it's highly likely that she has already been smuggled out of the province by his accomplices," Wang Bayi replied in a low voice.

"What?" Qin Chaoyang's eyes widened.

Wang Xiaoli could no longer laugh.

Li Mei was so frightened that her face turned pale.

After all, they never expected that Wu Yang's sister, Wu Chunhua, would be abducted, and that Cao Bing would have accomplices.

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