My game, Orange Flavor, is great!

Xia Zhifei exclaimed in surprise, successfully attracting the attention of everyone else in the milk tea shop.

Lu Zhao remained silent for a long while before finally saying, "Are you afraid people won't hear you?"

The young lady tapped her head sheepishly, "I'm sorry, I just couldn't control myself..."

That makes sense; anyone would be shocked to hear such horrifying news.

Lu Zhao mentally found a reason for her, and then pulled out the newsletter in his hand: "You can take a look at the online debates about this brand of maternity and baby products."

She had only done a quick search out of suspicion, but unexpectedly, she actually found some clues.

The young lady took a look and immediately frowned. "The baby formula caused a headache, the clothes had excessive bacteria levels, and the new baby capsule she developed suffocated a child before?"

Each and every one of these cases is a tearful outpouring of grief from parents.

Casually fiddling with the pearls in his milk tea, Lu Zhao sighed before taking back his phone and saying, "Actually, when I first went in, I didn't notice anything wrong. Even the young parents I met in the store seemed to be there for the first time."

"What about the things they sold..." Xia Zhifei looked troubled. "Should we try to get them back? What if they harm the children?"

Lu Zhao shook his head: "We don't have their contact information, so it's not realistic to find them. Besides, they might not believe us. And what's said online are just isolated cases. Many people have said that they've used their products without any problems."

“How could this happen… If something really goes wrong, it will be their children who suffer.” Xia Zhifei couldn’t help but bite her lip.

“Right now, the focus for us is on the person the radar shows is inside the wall.” Lu Zhao tapped the table twice, leaned closer, and whispered, “The situation just now didn’t allow me to examine it closely, but based on the location display, that Elven race member shouldn’t be inside the wall, but behind it.”

The young lady was taken aback for a moment, then immediately became excited, "Like those locked rooms in TV dramas!"

"Alright, let's just buy one of their products later, and then we can ask the police to help us search the place," Lu Zhao said contentedly after taking a big gulp of his milk tea.

"Huh?" Xia Zhifei blinked in confusion, but quickly she understood. "You want to use the excuse that there's a problem with the product to get the police to come and investigate them?"

Lu Zhao didn't speak, but simply smiled knowingly.

……

After that, things became much easier. They bought a small piece of clothing, attached the invoice and payment screenshot, and, combined with their status as special envoys, quickly got the police involved.

Because a swift resolution was needed, the employees who were in the store were temporarily taken back and forbidden from communicating with the outside world. During this period, Lu Zhao and the others did not show their faces even once.

"Thank you for keeping watch outside." After the entire store was cleaned up, Lu Zhao finally emerged from the shadows, thanked the police officers guarding the door, and then led Xia Zhifei inside.

The young lady followed her all the way to the innermost part, glanced at the security camera on the wall, and asked curiously, "Could there be any clues in here?"

“I asked the monitoring department staff to check for us. The surveillance footage from between 8 and 9 a.m. this morning suddenly disappeared. It must have been deliberately erased.”

Lu Zhao nodded. While the police were handling their business, she naturally didn't stay idle. She asked the girl with glasses, Zhou Yuhan, for help and pulled up the surveillance footage.

At that time, the store had just opened, and there probably weren't many customers. There were also very few employees on duty in the morning, only one or two.

She took out the radar, constantly adjusting its position, and finally fixed her gaze on a baby mural on the wall.

"Here?" Xia Zhifei followed her gaze and subconsciously reached out to lift the mural, where he saw a small, square hidden door, about the size of a palm.

Lu Zhao reached out and pulled her back. "Let me do it."

Xia Zhifei must not be allowed to do something so dangerous.

As she spoke, she carefully removed the mural, then opened the hidden door, revealing a dark red circular button that resembled a bomb button. She hesitated for a moment.

If we press it rashly, will this place be blown to bits?

A little uneasy, she raised her hand and released a white flame barrier around herself and Xia Zhifei before calming herself down and pressing the button.

A series of mechanical clicks rang out, and the floor tiles beneath their feet suddenly shifted. Startled, Lu Zhao pulled Xia Zhifei back quickly until they reached the milk powder shelf, where they finally stopped.

But then the floor tiles were quickly moved aside, leaving an underground passage large enough for one person to pass through.

Good heavens, what normal baby store would make something like this!

Lu Zhao swallowed hard before letting go of Xia Zhifei's hand and turning to instruct her, "You stay upstairs and keep watch..."

"You're worrying unnecessarily. This passage is so shallow, you'll be in in a minute or two." Xia Zhifei rolled her eyes at her and bent down to walk down.

Ah this...

She was taken aback by the young lady's domineering words, and only after the other person had almost walked down did she quickly follow, saying, "Be careful, wait for me!"

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Sure enough, once they went down, Lu Zhao realized how narrow the passage was. Even someone of her size could barely turn around. Fortunately, the outside light could still shine in, so they could see the rough stone walls around them quite clearly and didn't bump into anything.

“There’s blood here.” Xia Zhifei stopped in front of him and pointed to a stone wall that reached just up to his shoulder.

A spark ignited between Lu Zhao's eyes. He moved closer to take a look and frowned slightly. "Indeed, it seems that some members of the Spirit Race have indeed been brought into this place."

She and the young lady exchanged a glance, then continued forward in tacit agreement. They saw another set of steps leading upwards in the distance, which, judging from the location, should lead to the back of the wall of the maternity and baby store above.

At this point, Lu Zhao finally understood that there was indeed a hidden room behind the maternity and baby store, but it was set up as a secret passage to prevent customers from accidentally discovering it.

If a customer stays in the innermost part for too long, a staff member will go over to check and prevent them from discovering the trap.

Well, it's not a smart approach.

The two climbed the steps until they stood on the top, and then they felt that the space around them suddenly became wider. This must be the secret room behind the wall of the maternity and baby store.

Lu Zhao took a deep breath, and with a punch enveloped in flames, he blasted a hole in the small door blocking their way!

Chapter Nineteen: The Reporter

"Tsk, easier to smash than a subway door." She muttered subconsciously, but then froze.

Subway door?

When did she ever smash down a subway door?

Is it the original owner's memories?

Lu Zhao was a little at a loss. He tried to think about it carefully, but found that he couldn't remember anything.

"Ah Zhao, I've opened the door." Xia Zhifei reached through the small hole and quickly opened the door from the inside. Turning around, he saw her lost in thought again and immediately grabbed her arm with concern. "Are you alright?"

She snapped out of her daze and forced a smile: "It's okay, let's go inside first."

As she spoke, she pushed open the door and entered, where she saw a thin body curled up in a corner.

"Ah! This is..." Xia Zhifei covered her mouth in surprise and quickly stepped forward to help the person up. The face hidden under the messy black hair looked extremely pale.

Lu Zhao noticed the wound on the unconscious woman's chest, and looking around, he found a smashed camera not far from where she had fallen.

"Xiao Fei, check if she has any other wounds. If not, get her to the hospital right away." As she spoke, she walked over to the camera that had been smashed to pieces. She tried to identify the parts by the firelight for a while before carefully collecting and packing them up.

Looking around again, the dark room wasn't large, probably thirty or forty square meters. There was nothing inside except for the woman and the camera.

However, this person was clearly knocked unconscious and dumped here this morning. It's impossible for this maternity and baby store to build a secret room just for her, so this place must have been used to store something else before.

What can I put there?

She magnified the firelight, illuminating the entire room, and carefully searched it. Soon, she spotted a small amount of milky yellow powder hidden under the pile of broken door debris.

It's milk powder.

Lu Zhao raised an eyebrow knowingly, then straightened up. "How is she?"

"The situation is not good. She has lost a lot of blood and needs to be taken to the hospital for treatment immediately." Seeing that she was only wearing a shirt and was dressed in thin clothes, Xia Zhifei put his own coat on her after checking her over.

"Alright, let's go then." Lu Zhao originally wanted to smash this place open with one punch, but considering that this place could also be considered evidence, he didn't do it. He picked up the woman and quickly stepped into the secret passage.

Shortly after, a policewoman accompanied the woman into the ambulance. Lu Zhao told the police what had happened inside and asked them to search carefully.

At this point, the mission can be considered to be over.

Looking at the 2% increase in the completion rate, she sighed, thinking to herself that performance was hard to earn, and then looked at Xia Zhifei, whose face still didn't look too good.

"What's wrong? Were you scared just now?" she asked with concern.

Xia Zhifei shook his head. "No, I was just thinking... who exactly is that woman, and why was she there?"

“Oh, that,” Lu Zhao said with a smile, “I already knew that when we were in the dark room.”

"Huh?"

"That dark room was probably used to make tainted milk powder. I read online that some babies get headaches after drinking the milk powder, so I think that kind of milk powder probably came out from here."

Xia Zhifei blinked, "But there are still those substandard clothes, and..."

“This is just one of the production sites,” Lu Zhao reached out and ruffled her hair. “Different products are made in different places and then they all enter the market under the name of this maternal and infant company. That’s why some people online drank tainted milk powder while others were fine.”

"That woman..."

Lu Zhao shrugged. "She must be the reporter who reported on these chaotic situations. She came to investigate because she found that a lot of toxic milk powder came from here. As a result, her camera was discovered, so she was knocked unconscious and temporarily locked up."

As for the machines used to make the tainted milk powder, they were moved this morning. I asked the monitoring department to check the surveillance footage in the area, and they found that when there weren't many people around this morning, a van was parked at the back door of the store, and the store employees were loading some things covered with burlap sacks into the van; those must have been the machines.

Xia Zhifei exclaimed, "That reporter is so pitiful. He went deep into the front lines to collect evidence, and he still got beaten up."

“It’s alright. She’s a Spirit Clan member. As long as the wound isn’t fatal, her recovery speed is much faster than that of ordinary people,” Lu Zhao winked at her. “When she was attacked this morning, the shielding device on her body fell off. It wasn’t until she was taken into the dark room that they realized they had missed it, so they sent it in again.”

That's why her psionic fluctuations only lasted for a short time.

Lu Zhao took out his phone and showed photos he had taken before handing over the camera parts to the police: "The memory card in this camera is missing. I guess she filmed something that led to its discovery."

Now that the store employees have been detained, it's only a matter of time before they find out where the memory card is.

"Oh..." The young lady frowned slightly and responded softly, "The police are responsible for those; we're only responsible for the Spirit Clan..."

“Yes,” Lu Zhao said, putting his arm around her shoulder when he saw her looking down. “After all these years, you should be used to it by now. If we overstep our authority, we’ll only hurt ourselves.”

As far as I can remember, the original owner had conducted a few unauthorized searches before. Some of these were covered up by Minister Tian, ​​while others were not, and he was punished several times.

Xia Zhifei leaned on her shoulder, her eyes lowered slightly. "Azhao, I want to go see that reporter. She's so brave. She dared to come here alone to investigate, but we can only wait here doing nothing."

"Who said that?" Lu Zhao gently patted her head. "If it weren't for you and me, she might never have gotten out after her in-depth investigation. We saved her, and that's the best we could have done."

She disliked Xia Zhifei's self-deprecating manner, and presumably the original owner of this body wouldn't have liked it either.

Whether it was for her or the original owner of the body, a young lady should be pampered and raised without worries. Some tasks were still a bit too heavy for her.

But since Xia Zhifei has now chosen to face these issues, all she can do is try her best to guide him when he's reached a dead end.

"Okay, I'll take you to see that reporter sister when she's feeling a bit better, okay?" Lu Zhao thought for a moment and then coaxed her gently.

Xia Zhifei nodded, and tightened his grip on her arm.

"How about we get something nice to eat tonight?"

"I want barbecue, and beer..."