Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord

Chapter 2337: Chapter 2237: Reporting to the Authorities

The arrest officer crushed the entire bun to check, but didn’t find any issues.

The shopkeeper couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Officer Brother, we really haven’t done anything like murder for money. We’ve been running this restaurant in Fengcheng City for so many years, how could we harm people?"

Several waiters also echoed repeatedly: "That’s right, Officer Brother, we at Spring Breeze Building run our business honestly. It’s impossible for us to harm anyone. Besides, would you believe the nonsense of an outsider?"

The shopkeeper nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Outsiders can’t be trusted."

The arrest officer was also hesitant. Indeed, just based on a few words, it was hard to believe. However, Spring Breeze Building had been in Fengcheng for so many years, if they were really selling human flesh buns, how could it go unnoticed right under their noses for decades?

The arrest officer put down the bun, stood up, looking like he was getting ready to leave.

From the crowd, a woman’s voice shouted: "Officer Brother, you should check a few more buns."

Upon hearing this, the people nearby agreed and started clamoring: "Yes, yes, you should definitely check a few more; one isn’t enough to find anything."

The shopkeeper was furious, thinking who was that foul woman opposing him? He turned to glance at the dense crowd, heads bobbing, unable to tell who was who, let alone identify the instigator.

With the crowd encouraging, the arrest officer casually picked up another bun and tore it open...

Oh! This time he seemed to have seen something, a white piece, stuck in the filling in the center of the bun, without knowing what it was.

The arrest officer took it out, only to find it was a piece of nail, his expression instantly changed.

The shopkeeper’s face didn’t look good either. He turned angrily to the nearby waiter and shouted: "Look at you all, usually I ask you to be hygienic, but you don’t listen. Look at this, dropping something into the buns, what if the customers eat it and get a stomach ache?"

The arrest officer looked at the shopkeeper and asked: "Was it your nails that fell in?"

The shopkeeper quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, it was the colleagues who accidentally dropped it."

The colleagues in the shop were initially startled upon seeing the nail in the bun, fortunately, the shopkeeper was quick-witted and claimed it was their accidental doing.

The colleagues all nodded: "Yes, yes, it was us accidentally dropping it, just accidentally, hehe...!"

Actually, inside, they cursed countless times, wondering which bastard carelessly didn’t crush the nails, getting caught red-handed by the government official. If their act of making human flesh buns were exposed, none of them could escape the prison sentence.

The arrest officer, having investigated cases for years, had sharp eyes. He scrutinized the piece of nail closely, noticing some meat threads attached, not like it was snapped off, but rather cut. So, he looked up at the colleagues and asked: "Let me ask you again, whose nail is this after all?"

"Mine!"

"Mine!"

Several colleagues answered together, seeing their fellow repeat the answer, they exchanged glances, none dared make a sound.

The arrest officer was a bit impatient: "Who is it exactly?"

"Me." One colleague stepped forward.

The arrest officer looked at him and said: "Hold out your hand."

The colleague obediently extended his hand, indeed, a piece of his nail was missing, but it seemed to have just been snapped, as it was uneven and a piece was still exposed.

The arrest officer’s eyes sharply focused on him and asked: "Are you sure the nail is yours?"

The colleague felt somewhat guilty, stammering: "Yes... it is."

The arrest officer suddenly shouted: "You’re lying."

The colleague trembled all over: "I didn’t, I didn’t."

The arrest officer stepped forward, grabbed his hand, raised it high, compared the nail in hand to his nail, and said: "Look at this, your nail snapped unevenly, and there’s a piece sticking out, so the nail in the bun isn’t yours; you’re lying."