Word Number：255 Author：紫凝 Translator： Release Time：2025-09-10

　　Mu Yu didn’t hesitate. She immediately called the precinct’s surveillance unit and asked them to pull footage from outside the bar.　　“That fake waiter ditched the uniform and slipped away,” she muttered, playing the video Bai Xiang had sent her over and over. The street had been packed with people, but sure enough, there was no trace of anyone in a waiter’s outfit. However, the camera had clearly captured the bespectacled man she’d spoken to.　　“Senior, can you run a check on the guy I was talking to?” Mu Yu asked Bai Xiang over the phone. “He’s the one I’ve been tailing for a while now, but tonight, he didn’t give anything away. I don’t know when the handoff happened—or maybe he knew I was onto him all along. Maybe tonight was just a setup to throw me off.”　　“Got it. I’ll start digging now,” Bai Xiang replied, already logging the man’s face into their database for a match.　　Back inside the bar, staff had begun ushering customers out. Though many were reluctant to leave, the waitstaff remained polite but firm—tonight, the bar was closing early. Slowly, the crowd dispersed.　　Mu Yu and Qiu Feng stood by the door, scanning every customer as they exited. There was no sign of the “waiter.”　　Once the place had cleared out, the two officers went to the bar owner’s office. A few staff members from that night had been gathered there too, summoned by the