"Consultant Xia, what's our next move?"
While they ate breakfast in the branch cafeteria, Zhang Qun asked about their plans.
"We wait, of course. Whether the organization behind this approaches Yao Fu or Yao Fu goes looking for the people behind it, they're bound to meet eventually."
Xia Xu smiled as he ate breakfast. "But I'd like to see Yao Fu again later. Have the police station call him in. Just say they want to discuss matters related to the case."
"No problem, but you probably shouldn't meet him in person, Consultant Xia. That kid has seen us before."
Zhang Qun nodded first, then asked in puzzlement.
To make routine coordination and personnel deployment easier, the municipal police bureau was actually a short distance from the De City branch. Besides, Yao Fu's parents had just been "killed" yesterday, so calling him in to explain things and ask some questions was perfectly normal.
It was just that they had already met Yao Fu before and had pretended to be his new neighbors who enjoyed cosplay. Meeting under these circumstances would definitely expose their lie, and Yao Fu would inevitably become suspicious. That was why he made a point of reminding him.
"We don't need to meet face-to-face. Just have the police follow their normal procedures. I only need to take a few looks from behind the scenes."
Xia Xu smiled.
He only wanted to look at Yao Fu's Status Panel to learn what happened next in the plot, but there was clearly no need to explain any of that to Zhang Qun.
Zhang Qun nevertheless looked enlightened. "Consultant Xia, are you planning to use that mind-reading superpower of yours again?"
"One correction: it's psychology."
Xia Xu put on a solemn expression. "Please put your faith in science, Comrade Zhang Qun."
"Oh,