bookrandom Chapter 136: Accident or Conspiracy?
Chapter 136: Accident or Conspiracy?
"Lin Tian, watch out!"
Lin Tian had just come down from the hotel and was heading towards Fang's restaurant when a loud voice rang out.
Before Lin Tian could even react, his feet continued to move forward out of inertia, when he felt a force lashing out at him from behind.
He turned around abruptly and met the eyes of the hotel owner.
He blinked, looking puzzled.
But the next second, a huge object landed right in front of him, giving Lin Tian a real fright without warning.
Lin Tian's breath hitched.
The hotel owner, enraged, yelled at the upstairs neighbor, "Hey upstairs, what's going on with your signboard? How did it just fall down like that? Luckily nothing happened, otherwise you'd be bankrupt!"
The hotel owner roared angrily.
The man upstairs immediately poked his head out, looking puzzled.
"what?"
The hotel owner immediately bowed her head in greeting.
With just one glance, the boss upstairs instantly understood.
Without saying a word, he came down from the third floor of the building next door, walked quickly to Lin Tian, and asked worriedly, "Are you alright, young man? I'm so sorry, I really didn't know my signboard would fall down. You... you weren't hit, were you?"
Lin Tian shook his head: "I'm fine, thanks to the boss's wife who saw me and saved me. But boss, you really need to check the screws on this billboard regularly! It would be troublesome if someone was unlucky and had a worse time than me next time!"
The boss immediately nodded and agreed.
"No problem, thank you so much, young man. I'll treat you to a meal next time we have the chance."
Lin Tian made an OK sign, but immediately pointed to the restaurant in the distance.
"If you really want to thank me, go eat at Fang's Restaurant. I happen to work there, so you can boost your business and that would be a way of repaying me."
The boss looked up at the direction Lin Tian was pointing and widened his eyes in surprise.
"So you're the young chef who just came to the Fang family! I've been busy out of town, but I've heard about you from the neighbors before. I never imagined that the person in the rumors was a young boy! I thought it was an old man."
Lin Tian scratched his head sheepishly and chuckled.
After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Tian headed towards Fang's Restaurant without giving it much thought.
After chatting briefly in small groups, the two bosses turned and left.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a pair of malicious eyes were peering down from a small alley behind them.
The man angrily pounded his fist on the wall, gritting his teeth.
"This guy is just too lucky! No way, I absolutely refuse to give up!"
"Lin Tian! Just you wait! I'll make you pay!"
...
Inside Fang's Restaurant.
Lin Tian, exhausted from a busy day, was resting in the kitchen when the memory of almost being hit by a signboard that morning suddenly flashed through his mind.
He frowned in thought.
While I was pondering the reason behind this.
Suddenly, Fang's mother's voice came from outside.
"Xiao Lin, someone's looking for you outside!"
Lin Tian responded, hung up the towel, and started walking outside. Just as he was wondering who had come looking for him, he suddenly saw two policemen standing in front of him. At Fang's mother's prompting, they came to Lin Tian.
"you……"
Lin Tian was startled.
He didn't seem to have broken the law, so why did the police come looking for him?
The two police officers, a man and a woman, spoke up: "You must be Mr. Lin? The incident this morning outside your hotel where the sign accidentally fell has been widely reported, so we came here to investigate..."
"Wasn't that just an accident? Why make such a fuss..."
The policewoman shook her head: "An accident? Who told you it was an accident? Our investigation shows that the screws on the sign were deliberately loosened. I came specifically to ask you if you've offended anyone recently. And regardless of whether that sign was aimed at you or not, it nearly hurt you, and no one else has reported this..."
Lin Tian, who hadn't taken the matter seriously at first, suddenly widened his eyes.
"Are you telling the truth or not? That screw looks loose, right? Are you really that sure that thing was aimed at me? Could it have been an accident? Maybe I just happened to be passing by at that time, so..."
Lin Tian tried to explain, but the policewoman shook her head.
“After our investigation, we found that the residents in the vicinity all said that they had recently encountered a person who did not live in this neighborhood. This person went up to that building four or five times in a row. Even the advertising company owner said that the person had come to his store to ask about printing fees before, as if he was scouting the place.”
"What about us? After some investigation, we can only get one result, and it's possible that you won't recognize who it is, but we also want you to try your best to recognize it!"
Lin Tian swallowed hard, and nodded in agreement at the other party's prompting glance.
"Then I'll give it a try."
Under the other person's watchful gaze, Lin Tian took the photo and examined it carefully.
The photo shows a man completely covered up by a hoodie and a mask.
Looking at the photo, Lin Tian genuinely couldn't tell who the person was, so he frowned, smiled, and shook his head: "Just looking at this photo, I really might not know who this person is. Do you have any more detailed photos?"
The policewoman took the photo back and shook her head.
"That's all for now... Since you haven't thought of anyone you've offended before, we won't take up your time any longer. Let's exchange contact information first. We'll let you know the results of our investigation when we have the chance."
The policewoman gave her apprentice a wink.
He immediately came up and exchanged contact information with Lin Tian.
The policewoman walked to the entrance of Fang's restaurant and observed the surrounding situation.
The incident of the sign falling off lingered in Mingtian's mind for a long time.
As a result, he couldn't sleep at night and also couldn't eat.
Because this matter had been on his mind for so long, Lin Tian had neglected many official duties and had to ask his father for a temporary leave, intending to handle the matter properly before returning to work.
Lin Tian went to the police station as soon as he took leave.
Just then, the policewoman was inside the police station. Without saying a word, Lin Tian grabbed her hand and anxiously asked, "Officer, I am Lin Tian, the chef from Fang Family Restaurant whom you questioned last time. I wonder what the investigation results are, whether it was malicious or unintentional."
The policewoman only glanced at Lin Tian, her attitude clearly not as enthusiastic as last time, and her tone was indifferent.
"So it was you! This matter is no longer under my jurisdiction. You can go inside and ask. However, according to the colleague in charge of this case, after investigating, they really can't find out who did it. They may have to classify this case as an accident. Besides, you didn't expect to have offended anyone, right? So... there's no way to continue the investigation."