The Script

After hearing that, the Fat Man pursed his lips. He thought those coworkers had gone too far. If they didn't want him there, they shouldn't have invited him in the first place. What was the point of kicking him out afterward?

The young officer looked a little embarrassed. "At the time, Wang Jie had already made it close to the restaurant. Only then did she find out she'd been kicked out of the group chat. Then she saw a bunch of coworkers go into the restaurant. You can imagine how that must have felt."

Jiang Cheng nodded. "Go on."

"Then Wang Jie stood near the restaurant for a long time before finally leaving. She probably went to a bar or somewhere like that to drink her sorrows away."

"Later, she came back to the restaurant where they'd agreed to meet. She was already drunk, reeking of alcohol and stumbling as she walked. The moment she came in, she told the owner she wanted to find her coworkers."

"The owner told her they'd already left—and they really had. He wasn't lying to her!" the young officer emphasized. "But she wouldn't let it go. She insisted on finding them and getting everything straight."

"Seeing how drunk she was and how incoherently she spoke, the owner had planned to call the police. But then he thought about how her coworkers were regular customers. If things turned ugly over this, it might hurt his business later."

"Besides, there were several other tables of customers playing. If the police showed up, it would be hard to handle. So after a lot of coaxing, he finally managed to calm Wang Jie down."

"He told her to rest for a while and promised to help her find them, but that was just a stalling tactic. He wanted