My master gave me a death mission: to go down the mountain and retrieve his granddaughter.

The policewoman didn't respond to him, but instead looked at the girl beside her.

"Yinger, tell me, what exactly happened?"

The policewoman's words stunned everyone present. No one expected that the policewoman knew the girl; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to call her by name so readily.

The girl named Ying'er's eyes were red-rimmed. Clutching the hem of her clothes, she said in a soft, aggrieved voice:

"Sister Xiaolu..."

The girl's words confirmed that the two did indeed know each other, and judging from how they addressed each other, they were clearly very close.

The stall owner, witnessing this scene, panicked and turned pale. He hadn't expected the police officer who responded to the call to know the girl; he had really messed with her.

"The truth is not what the boss said. I was just passing by and wanted to look at these little things. The stall owner suddenly handed me this bottle and forced it into my hand. I just glanced at it and when I returned it to him, he said that the bottle had scratches and grabbed me, demanding compensation."

"Sister Xiaolu, you have to believe Ying'er. Ying'er didn't lie. This really has nothing to do with Ying'er."

The girl's eyes welled up with tears as she finished speaking, which made the policewoman feel very sorry for her.

"Yinger, don't be sad. As long as you didn't do it, Sister Xiaolu will definitely stand up for you!"

As soon as the policewoman finished speaking, someone objected. The stall owner, seeing that the policewoman was going to stand up for the girl, couldn't hold back any longer. He immediately put on a righteous and awe-inspiring look and started to criticize the policewoman.

"Officer, you can't side with this girl just because you know her. There are so many eyes watching. You can't bend the law for personal reasons."

"Don't you all agree...?"

The stall owner was deliberately stirring up the emotions of the onlookers, so that no matter how the girl defended herself, or what the policewoman decided, everyone would agree that the policewoman was biased towards the girl.

"Shut up. I don't need you to teach me how to do things. Don't worry, as a police officer, I will naturally handle things impartially. Even if my own family member makes a mistake, I will put justice before family."

The policewoman's single glance was enough to frighten the stall owner into shutting up and obediently standing to the side with his head down.

"Hmph, don't you even look at who's standing in front of you? This is the captain of our city's criminal investigation team. Captain Xu is a well-known iron lady. How could she possibly show favoritism?"

The male officers who came with the female officer all showed indignant expressions when they saw someone questioning her.

Hearing what the male police officers said, Su Muchen was also very surprised. He thought that for such a small matter, the police would only be a few officers from the police station. He did not expect that the people who came were from the city's criminal investigation team, and even a squad leader.

Criminal investigation teams are generally responsible for criminal cases. For civil disputes like this, it is sufficient for the local police station officers to come and handle the formalities and uphold justice. There is no need to dispatch the criminal investigation team.

It's normal for Su Muchen to have this thought. Not only him, but everyone else present had the same idea. Why would the criminal police team need to be mobilized for such a small matter?

Indeed, when the emergency call center received the report, it simply notified the nearby police station to send officers over.

As luck would have it, Xu Lu, the captain of the city's criminal investigation team, happened to be at a nearby police station on official business. Just as he was leaving, he heard about the incident and decided to come and check it out.

"Based on what you two just said, it's obvious that one of you is lying. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Xiao Zhou, you guys go and check if there are any surveillance cameras around here that captured this scene."

"Yes……"

The three male police officers received their orders and left the scene, splitting up to search for nearby surveillance cameras that could capture the area.

Seeing the male police officers leave, Su Muchen shook his head noncommittally, a gesture that was caught by female police officer Xu Lu.

"Sir, were you the one who called the police?"

"That's right. I don't think the scratch on the porcelain vase could have been caused by Miss Ying'er. Seeing that the boss was being aggressive, I couldn't bear to see Miss Ying'er being wronged like this, so I called the police."

Logically speaking, since Su Muchen had already seen through the stall owner's tricks, he could have simply exposed the stall owner and let Ying'er get away. Why did he have to make such a fuss?

In fact, Su Muchen had considered this in his mind. He could indeed help Miss Ying'er prove her innocence, but in that case, wouldn't the stall owner be spared punishment?

I can't exactly slap him to death or give him a horrific experience, can I? This is a busy area with lots of people coming and going, and it wouldn't be good to cause a commotion.

The best solution is to have Uncle Hat come over and arrest this scoundrel who preys on people, so that no one else can be harmed by him.

"Sir, I just had my colleagues check the security footage, and we saw you shake your head in disappointment. What's wrong? Do you think my arrangement was inappropriate?"

Policewoman Xu Lu looked at Su Muchen with a stern expression. Su Muchen's actions just now clearly showed that he was disappointed with her arrangements. She was, after all, the top detective in the city's criminal investigation team. How could she tolerate being questioned by others?

"Um, beautiful policewoman, don't misunderstand. I'm not dissatisfied with your arrangements, I just feel that having them investigate the surveillance footage is just a waste of time."

Seeing that the policewoman Xu Lu's expression was off, Su Muchen quickly offered an explanation, but his words only made Xu Lu's face turn angry.

Normally, whether it's colleagues or members of the public, they would only call her Captain Xu or Police Officer. No one would dare to call a beautiful policewoman so frivolously. In Xu Lu's eyes, Su Muchen was already seen as a lecherous playboy.

"Hmph, what do you know? There were no eyewitnesses at the scene. The best way is to retrieve the surveillance footage to reconstruct the scene. If you don't understand, don't meddle."

Seeing that Xu Lu had a problem with Su Muchen, Ying Er quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Sister Xiaolu, don't be so mean to this big brother. If he hadn't kindly called the police for Ying'er, Ying'er wouldn't know what to do."

Su Muchen felt a little wronged after being scolded by policewoman Xu Lu. He had only meant well by reminding her, so why was the policewoman being so fierce?

"Beautiful policewoman, please don't misunderstand. I'm not questioning your arrangements. The method of retrieving the surveillance footage is correct. It's just that I've already observed that this area is in a blind spot for surveillance cameras, and none of the nearby cameras can capture this spot."

Indeed, the reason Su Muchen was disappointed with the policewoman Xu Lu's arrangement was because he had already looked around and realized that the stall owner was very shrewd, placing his stall in a blind spot of the surveillance cameras.

Policewoman Xu Lu frowned upon hearing Su Muchen's words. She looked around and realized that none of the surveillance cameras she could see were facing them directly, which was very likely true, as Su Muchen had said.

Looking at the stall owner, he turned his head away with a smug look on his face. He had known this all along, so he didn't care at all about the police officers investigating the surveillance footage.

Soon, Su Muchen's statement was verified. When the police officers who went to retrieve the surveillance footage returned to the scene, they all shook their heads, saying that there was no surveillance camera nearby that could capture this area, and they could not use the surveillance footage to reconstruct the truth.

This gave policewoman Xu Lu a headache. Without surveillance footage or eyewitnesses, and with only conflicting accounts from both sides, there was no way to begin the investigation.

"Hehe, officer, I think you don't need to investigate any further. The facts are exactly as I said. It was this young lady who damaged my antique. I was originally going to feel sorry for her and just let her pay a few thousand yuan in compensation, but now, if she doesn't compensate me for the full amount of my loss, I'm going to make a scene at the police station no matter what."

Seeing that the hat-wearing uncles couldn't do anything about him, the stall owner became arrogant.