Zhao Wen asked with a stern face, "Have you explained things properly?"
The guard nodded, "We've explained it many times, but he refuses to leave."
After saying this, he asked with a troubled expression, "Director Zhao, can we... call the police to take him away?"
"Pfft."
The doctors behind Zhao Wen chuckled.
To call the police on someone at a place like this?
A blush crept onto the guard's dark face.
"Disrupting official business is grounds for immediate arrest," Zhao Wen sighed, feeling a slight concern for the guard's thought process today.
The guard pursed his lips, "Director Zhao, he wants to see the woman who is being detained."
"If I arrest him, wouldn't that be exactly what he wants?"
Zhao Wen's mind seemed to falter after hearing this.
What he said seemed to make sense, yet something was also off.
Huo Rou listened carefully to the shouting outside and frowned.
She reached out and opened the car door, and under Qin Ningyi's puzzled gaze, she said, "I'll go take a look."
Zhao Wen panicked when he heard she wanted to see for herself. "Captain Huo, there's no need for you to handle such a minor matter. I can have him arrested and detained for a few days. I have other detention rooms here."
Huo Rou pouted helplessly, "That's not why."
"Then why?" Zhao Wen was confused.
"I think I know the person outside. He's a colleague," Huo Rou said as she walked towards the main gate.
Qin Ningyi, not wanting to be left behind, followed her.
The main gate opened.
Huo Rou immediately spotted Wei Shikang sitting on the ground with a distressed look on his face.
His beard was unkempt, his eyes were bloodshot, and there were dark circles beneath them, suggesting he hadn't rested well in a long time. Seeing the gate open, he stood up as if to rush inside.
The guard and Zou Xiaoxiao, who was nearby, quickly moved to block him.
Another colleague from the project team pulled him back and shouted agitatedly, "Are you crazy? What did you say before we came?"
"What kind of place is this? Do you think you can just barge in?"
Wei Shikang couldn't hear them. He frowned and cried out, "Mei Mei is inside! She's so fragile, so scared, and alone. How frightened must she be in there!"
Zou Xiaoxiao clicked her tongue at his state, not even wanting to speak.
Since Wei Shikang was being held back, he could only look up and plead with the superior who had just come out.
To his surprise, when he looked up, he saw Huo Rou, whom he hadn't seen in days.
"Teacher Huo Rou?" Wei Shikang's emotions seemed to have calmed down significantly with this distraction.
Following his exclamation of "Teacher Huo Rou," his accompanying colleagues also saw Huo Rou.
"Teacher Huo Rou, long time no see. What are you doing here?" the colleague asked, scratching his head in confusion.
Zou Xiaoxiao, however, walked over to Huo Rou in two steps. "Are you feeling better?"
She frowned deeply, appraising Huo Rou from head to toe.
Indeed, her complexion was a bit better than when she was in the project team.
But...
"Brother Qin, why did you bring Huo Rou to a place like this? Is she completely recovered? Why is she running around?"
Zou Xiaoxiao bombarded Qin Ningyi with questions.
Qin Ningyi, who was following behind Huo Rou, raised an eyebrow slightly and remained silent.
"Brother Qin!" Zou Xiaoxiao was a little angry. She had only spoken to a doctor yesterday and learned that even after being detoxified, poisoning victims needed a long period of rest.
Was this a place for someone recovering from illness to visit?
Huo Rou, hearing Zou Xiaoxiao's words, which were a bit harsh but full of concern, couldn't help but curve her lips.
Seeing her smile, Zou Xiaoxiao felt a bit awkward. She turned her head to look at Wei Shikang and said, "What are you smiling about? Both of you are such a handful."
After his surprise at seeing Huo Rou subsided, Wei Shikang quickly noticed Zhao Wen, dressed in a military uniform, following behind Huo Rou.
"Officer! Officer!" he struggled to move forward. "My girlfriend is innocent. Please let me see her."
Zhao Wen reprimanded him, "No noise is allowed here!"
Tears welled up in Wei Shikang's eyes. He suddenly went limp and knelt on the ground.
"Officer, please, let me see her!"
"Dong dong dong—"
Wei Shikang actually began to kowtow.
"Officer, my girlfriend is truly innocent. She's timid and wouldn't do anything bad..."
Seeing him like this, Zou Xiaoxiao also felt a bit strange.
She had found that woman, Shen Xiumei, rather peculiar. If she hadn't been worried about Wei Shikang doing something foolish, she wouldn't have followed him here.
Looking at Wei Shikang's state, Zhao Wen thought, could there be something more to this if it could make a man kneel?
He cleared his throat and asked, "Then tell me, what is your girlfriend's name?"