The manager made countless calls in a row.
But every time, she heard the call automatically disconnect.
At first, she had been indignant. Eventually, she grew numb.
She gave a sharp twitch of her mouth.
What was going on?
Why wasn't anyone picking up?
It wasn't as if the calls weren't going through...
The manager couldn't help tightening her grip on her phone.
Huff... huff...
She took several deep breaths in a row.
How could everything possibly go this wrong?
Seriously...
Whatever she tried to do, she ran into one obstacle after another.
As expected...
"Let's call the police."
The manager slowly let out a long breath.
But the gloom in her chest barely lifted.
If she'd known this would happen, why had she gone to all that trouble earlier?
Wouldn't it have been better to call the police from the start?
For a moment, the manager really felt the urge to do something to vent her frustration.
Of course.
It was just an impulse.
She still had her wits about her.
"Xiao Tian."
She turned to the waitress beside her.
"Call the police."
"Have them take this customer home."
"We can't do anything more."
They'd even gone so far as to search the customer's pockets for his phone.
They'd done everything they could.
At this point, there was nothing more they could do.
They'd leave it to the police to handle things from here.
"Ah, okay."
The waitress nodded.
The police arrived soon.
When the uniformed officers came in, even more customers gathered to watch.
The police's efficiency came as a relief to the manager.
She thanked them repeatedly.
"Thank you, thank you."
"Sorry for the trouble, officers."
"We really had no choice but to trouble you..."
The manager