Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord

Chapter 2338: Chapter 2338: A Fierce Gale Erupts

The assistant lowered his head fearfully and kept silent.

The Shopkeeper quickly stepped forward, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Officer Brother, actually this fingernail is mine. The assistant was just being kind, not wanting me as the Shopkeeper to be embarrassed, hehe...! Hope Officer Brother can understand."

The arrest officer looked very skeptical, glancing at him, "Is that so?"

The Shopkeeper grinned sheepishly, "Yes!"

"Show your hand!"

"Huh?"

"What ’Huh’? I’m telling you to show your hand."

"Oh!"

The Shopkeeper obediently extended a hand towards the arrest officer, and with a full smile said, "Officer Brother, look, I really did break a fingernail."

The arrest officer glanced at him and sneered coldly, "Shopkeeper, I suspect you have something to hide!"

The Shopkeeper’s smile froze briefly, then he laughed, "Officer Brother, why would you say that?"

The arrest officer said, "If you weren’t hiding something, why are both the assistant here and you so eager to claim that the fingernail is yours?"

The Shopkeeper looked around and smiled awkwardly, "This... this... doesn’t mean we are hiding anything, it just shows our honesty, wouldn’t you say?"

The arrest officer, seasoned in dealing with criminals, had sharp investigation skills. He said, "Seeing a regular fingernail in your buns could easily be dismissed as an accidental occurrence. But your eagerness to claim it has only betrayed your hidden fears."

At this point, the arrest officer turned to the other government officials and said, "Go back inside and search again thoroughly, leave no corner unexplored."

"Yes."

The officials who had just finished searching agreed with a nod and returned to the restaurant to conduct another thorough search.

The Shopkeeper’s heart was pounding with anxiety, unsure if his assistants had hidden things well enough.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn, the officials emerged one by one. Judging by their expressions, there was nothing amiss. The Shopkeeper breathed a silent sigh of relief—nothing had been discovered!

The arrest officer glanced at the emerging officials and asked, "What’s the result? Did you find anything in your search?"

The officials shook their heads, saying there was nothing. They had been thorough and missed no spots.

A trace of a satisfied smile appeared on the Shopkeeper’s face.

From within the crowd, Xuexue saw this and sniggered internally, thinking that escape wasn’t going to happen.

"Xiao Taohong, the government soldiers couldn’t find anything. Go in and help out, don’t let the Shopkeeper get away with it."

"Got it."

From the space, Xiao Taohong responded and floated out from Xuexue’s body, heading into the restaurant.

Of course, no one present could see her.

Inside the restaurant, two officials were still searching the courtyard.

"Forget it, stop searching. They’ve all left, let’s head out quickly. The arrest officer is waiting for us!" One official said to the other.

"Alright!"

The two planned to stand up and walk out.

Suddenly, a powerful wind whipped through the courtyard...

"Whoosh...!"

The trees in the courtyard swayed violently, leaves rustling and falling, dust flying everywhere, and the two officials couldn’t open their eyes, crouching and shielding their eyes with their hands.

"Whoomp!"

A small tree was uprooted.

The wind stopped abruptly, the surroundings returning to normal in a blink of an eye, the courtyard was silent, not even a leaf moving, as if the strong wind a moment ago was merely an illusion.

The two officials were baffled by the sudden calm after being unable to open their eyes due to the wind.

One muttered to himself, "Strange, in this clear weather, why did the wind start blowing suddenly?"

"Indeed, it even uprooted a tree." The officer finished speaking, took a look at the small tree that had been uprooted instantly, and his face suddenly changed.