Chapter 6: Food City

  After a good sleep, her mood improved a lot. She hadn't had a chance to have fun yet after coming back, and yesterday was so tiring, so today she must go out for a big meal! With high spirits and excitement, she went out the door, but when she saw the person standing at the entrance, the corners of her mouth froze, her smile suddenly decreased, and she became expressionless. Ge Yu Feng looked at her series of expressions and felt amused in his heart. Mu Shu pouted, her good mood ruined as soon as she saw this person. Ge Yu Feng also knew he wasn't welcome, but he didn't say a word, just silently followed her.

  Mushu carried a small pink bag and hailed a taxi, "Go to Food City."

  "Wow!" Musu had not yet gotten off the car when he saw many, many delicious food shops. There were cake shops, ice cream shops, Japanese snack shops, French dessert shops, Osaka burnt food, fried chicken balls, jelly rice... just looking at them made his eyes shine brightly, and he couldn't wait to go taste them all.

  Ge Yufeng saw her drooling, a smile flashed across his face, but it was only for an instant before he regained his composure and followed her into a PaPa cake buffet shop.

  As soon as she entered the store, the unique sweet aroma of the cake wafted up and tickled her appetite. It's not so much a store as a castle of cakes. Why do I say that? Because everything here except for the tables and chairs is made from pastries, decorated with flower-shaped ornaments and other crafts. This self-service store is not ordinary, it doesn't seem like those where you pay a fixed amount and then eat as much as you want, but rather you pay for what you eat, and if you take something and don't finish it, you can still take it away. So isn't that just the opposite of self-service?

  The shop has two floors, and what catches the eye is a long, winding aluminum track that displays various pastries. The track is curved like a racing circuit, with a fixed route that passes by the right side of each table, circles around, and reaches the center. In the center, there is a transparent cylindrical elevator for transporting items up and down, leaving behind a warm pink glaze, as beautiful as a fountain. At the farthest corner of the aluminum track, there is a small opening where the cakes start to be transported from.

  Ge Yufeng had never been to these places before. Such a magnificent and interesting place was his first time seeing, he was stunned by the sight.

  Mushu walked upstairs and found a spot by the window to sit down. At this time, everyone was on holiday and resting, so there must be many people, but fortunately, the Food City was very large, and each store had at least three floors. Generally, the top floor was set up with tents, but in such cold weather, she didn't want to go out into the cold wind!

  She sat lazily in the soft chair, her bright eyes staring at each cake that passed by, all with labels showing the brand name and price of the cake. Each type of cake had five pieces, if they were gone, you could only wait for the next round or write it down on a note to give to the waiter. Every one looked delicious, but she couldn't eat so many!

  I casually picked one up and was about to eat it, then I remembered something. I looked up at the man sitting across from me and said, "What are you looking at? If you're not eating, go enjoy the view!"

  Ge Yufeng gently shook her head, took a chocolate cake, she didn't like to eat sweet butter cakes, but seeing her eating so happily, couldn't help but take a bite, just biting one mouthful and frowned, really don't know why girls all like to eat sweets, this chocolate is sweet, he thought it was bitter, Mu Shuqian saw his depressed expression, kindly reminded, "If you can't stand this heavenly punishment, you can order a cup of coffee, or..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when he noticed the passing cakes, picked one up and placed it in front of him, "Here, most of the ones with black letters starting on the sign are bitter chocolate."

  After finishing, he took a syrup cake again. It was too cold, so he ate a mouthful to warm up and drank some more. He glanced at the man in front of him, muttered a few unclear words, got up and walked towards the colorful syrup pools, picked up a crystal cup and scooped up light blue syrup, "This is made from blue strawberry, have it with that."

  "Thank you." First, I took a sip of blue strawberry syrup. French blue strawberries are a new type of synthetic small strawberry that is much less sweet than other varieties, even slightly bitter. When made into syrup, the bitterness stands out, comparable to coffee. Drinking too much coffee is bad for your body, but this is harmless. Next, I took another bite of white chocolate cake, and indeed, it was much less sweet, at least not as cloying.

  Walking out with a full and satisfied stomach, Mu Shu patted his bloated belly, let out a contented belch, and Ge Yu Feng asked in puzzlement: "Can you still eat?"

  She glanced at Ge Yu Feng, "Don't underestimate me!" Came on purpose to eat, how can you not have a few more, best is to try every kind, that's truly too happy. Under Ge Yu Feng's suspicious gaze, she smiled and walked into a Japanese snack shop...

  Another day came to an end, and it was already very late. Mu Shuqin reluctantly left, and Ge Yufeng looked at her with a droopy-eared kitten-like expression, saying: "You can just come back and eat again next time."

  Mushu sighed softly, although there was still a lot left to eat, his heart was already full. Next time? He glanced up at him and gently turned his head to look out the window at the scenery.

  Ge Yufeng remained silent, turning her head to quietly watch the rapidly passing scenery. Her suspicions had not been cleared yet, but each time she was able to bring him different feelings. In his heart, he also wanted to clear her suspicions, and saying that he would protect her was not false.

  In the following days, Musu stayed at home with peace of mind, thinking that he would spend the holiday in this way. However, a phone call broke the peaceful life once again.

  Ge Yufeng received a phone call, Nanqing Amusement Park found a female corpse, very close to here. After Ge Yufeng understood, he immediately went out. This house was soundproof, and Mu Shuqiang didn't bring the key before. The frantic knocking on the door, even kicking the door, made no noise at all. It wasn't until someone called home that they knew there was someone outside the door. So she had no idea that the person monitoring her was no longer next door.

  Today the sunshine is beautiful, family members suggested taking pictures in the neighborhood, standing in the courtyard, Mu Shu looked at the building and didn't come down, forget it, it's good that he's not here.

  Just after taking the photo and entering the building, her phone rang. She frowned at the unknown number, answered it, and put it to her ear. After listening to a few sentences from the other end, Mu Shu's face turned solemn. Hanging up, she composed herself and said expressionlessly: "Mom, I'm going out for a walk."

  Take a taxi to Citiflora Garden, walk straight onto the quiet path, sit down on the long chair, take out your phone and play with it, whispering: "What's going on."

  The woman looked down at the magazine and whispered: "A few days ago, we received an anonymous email saying that if you want to find Noelle, go to 301 Baicheng Street. I let Asha go, but it's been three days and there's no news at all. Today, a female corpse was found in Nanqing Amusement Park."

  "Mu Shu's expression was serious but calm as he said, "Don't panic, it's not necessarily Xiao Sai. Besides, Xiao Sai has been out of contact for three days, so why did the female corpse appear today? This doesn't add up. I'll be in touch with you later. As for that anonymous email, it's not easy to send it to your computer, be careful." After finishing speaking, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked away, unaware of where he was going until he stopped and looked up to find himself at Nan Qing Amusement Park."

  Although the case occurred, Tokyo did not make a big fuss about it, and there were still many people playing. It seems that the news has not been spread yet. The place where the body was found is in Honghu Lake, and the time of discovery was at 5 o'clock this morning. Walking to the edge of Red Lake, she saw some police officers and a forensic doctor, surrounded by yellow tape. She walked closer and indeed saw the man. Although the voice was noisy, she could still vaguely hear their conversation.

  "The time of death was approximately seven hours ago, which is around 3 am last night. The cause of death appears to be drowning on the surface, but there are obvious signs of strangulation on his neck, and we will have to wait for the autopsy report to determine the specific cause of death."

  Ge Yufeng took a look at the scene and found that there were too many footprints on the sandy ground, making it impossible to collect evidence. The Honghu Lake was vast, and it was almost impossible to get any leads. Her eyes casually swept over the crowd, and her gaze stopped in one direction - how could she be here?

  Mushen knew his gaze was fixed on her, but she just rolled her eyes at him, unaware that he was there.

  Ge Yufeng finished speaking and walked out after discovering the body, Mu Shuqin sighed silently, really bad luck, why does he always appear in such things! She seemed to have forgotten that Ge Yufeng was a police officer, wasn't it normal for a police officer to be present at a murder scene?

  Watching him walk step by step in front of himself, directly ignoring his gaze, not waiting for him to ask questions before speaking out, "What are you doing here? Does this matter also fall under your jurisdiction?"

  Ge Yufeng still looked at her with a cold and stern expression, Mu Shuqin's eyes quickly flashed a hint of annoyance, and she explained helplessly: "I just came to see a friend, happened to come over and take a look around, coincidentally heard that there was a murder case here, I'm quite interested in these things, so I came over to join the excitement."

  Ge Yufeng sized up her expression, but didn't find anything unusual, and seemed to believe it, so he didn't say much. Mu Shuqin was about to turn around and leave when a cold and stern voice stopped her footsteps. "You stay here, you're not allowed to leave alone!" Mu Shuqin suddenly turned around, glaring at him with clenched teeth, saying: "I'm not your prisoner!"

  "But you're suspicious!" His tone became extremely cold. Mu Shu's eyes slowly turned indifferent, neither responding nor looking at him, but she didn't leave either, standing quietly on the spot like a obedient person. Ge Yu Feng saw her calm down and went to deal with his own matters.

  The number of pedestrians in the amusement park is increasing, and Ge Yufeng has arranged for them to come out. Mu Shuqin still maintains her posture when she walks, motionless, with a pale face and a hint of guilt in her eyes. Standing in front of her, he says: "Why don't you go to a cooler place?" For some reason, seeing her like this always makes him feel annoyed.

  Mu Shuqiang sneered inwardly, wasn't it you who didn't let me leave? But on the surface, there was still no expression. Ge Yu Feng said softly, "I'll send you back." Mu Shuqiang went crazy in her heart, making me wait for so long, and yet he didn't ask anything and sent me home! Turning around to walk forward, they walked in silence all the way. Seeing that she didn't make a sound, ignoring him, Ge Yu Feng felt a bit stifled in his heart, but it was quickly ignored by him.

  "You're also tired today, take a rest first." After saying that, he walked downstairs again. Mu Shuqin looked at his leaving back coldly, pursed her lips and opened the door.