CSGM - Chapter 49
Chapter 49: The Police Take Notice
Five minutes ago, Officer Xiao Wu was engrossed in watching Our Restaurant.
A ring worth over two million yuan was eaten by a fish? How exciting! Time for some drama, time to watch the show... Huh? That celebrity pulled a fish out and said it was the one that ate the ring. How did she guess that? The probability can't be that high... Holy crap! She actually pulled the ring out of the fish's stomach! Incredible!
This show his friend recommended was actually pretty good! This development was just too brilliant!
Although he had only just started watching Our Restaurant today, after a short while, the person who had unconsciously become the primary focus of his attention was already Chu Xi.
Whenever the camera cut to Chu Xi, Xiao Wu couldn't help but become even more focused than he was a second before.
Hmm? What fish lip prints?
Hmm? She actually figured out which fish ate the diamond ring by looking at its lip prints?! There's a trick like that?!
Damn! She made it sound so easy!
But this person had indeed found the culprit fish in an instant. Xiao Wu had thought he was about to see a massive project involving draining the pond and killing a lot of fish to find the ring!
But in the end, not a single extra fish was killed. Chu Xi had taken an unconventional approach and resolved the accident!
Watching this, Xiao Wu was even more excited than when he was just enjoying the drama of Li Xiling shouting about her lost two-million-yuan ring!
Like many viewers in the live stream, his emotions were stirred up, and he felt as if his whole body was fired up by several degrees!
He liked some of the screaming bullet comments, sharing their sentiment. He just wanted to shout, "Awesome!"
To be able to distinguish even a fish's lip prints, this celebrity named Chu Xi had some special talent. He was so envious. If only he had a unique skill like that.
Officer Xiao Wu was both shocked and filled with admiration.
Five minutes later, something suddenly occurred to him!
There was a case at the police station that had them completely stumped.
It was a home burglary case. The incident occurred in a rural village, and the surveillance camera the victim had installed at home was of extremely poor quality. The footage was incredibly blurry. The thief had crossed the yard in front of the house twice, sneaking in and then running away. Even though the camera in the yard captured the thief's figure, it was of no critical use!
That was because the thief was just a blurry black shadow in the footage. Even after professional technicians tried their best to restore it, the image was still too fuzzy for the police to extract any of the suspect's physical characteristics.
The officers had no leads, and the case had been sitting for three months. The person who reported it was very resentful and would occasionally come to the station to complain, giving the entire department a headache.
That village was remote, and there were very few surveillance cameras around. The only potential clue was the victim's own camera, installed to watch over their chickens and ducks. But the footage it produced was so incredibly blurry that the officers couldn't possibly determine which of the several hundred villagers that black shadow was.
Officer Xiao Wu thought of this case.
Then, looking at the countless bullet comments praising Chu Xi, he had a sudden idea- if she could even see a fish's lip prints, then first of all, her eyesight must be far beyond that of an ordinary person! Secondly, if she could spot a fish's features and find the culprit among hundreds of fish, then could she also...
Yes! Maybe she could also see some features in that blurry black shadow that he and his teammates couldn't!
Whether it would work or not, it was a glimmer of hope, and he had to seize it first.
Xiao Wu immediately called his squadron leader to report the matter and shared his idea of "using a remarkable person to crack a difficult case."
As for the squadron leader on the other end of the line...
His initial reaction was disbelief.
Who would believe it? Isn't the entertainment industry just a place where people get by on their looks? Talented individuals like that were hard to find even in the departments of Peking or Tsinghua University. Could one really exist in the entertainment circle?
Considering Xiao Wu was still young, the squadron leader advised him earnestly, "You have to remember you're watching an entertainment show. Don't take it too seriously."
"Captain, we have to try if there's a chance. This is a live show, it's all real! The reactions of the others around her were also very genuine..."
Under Xiao Wu's persistent recommendation, the squadron leader went to the replay section of the show he mentioned and watched the clip.
And then.
The squadron leader sent a bullet comment: 【Holy crap, is this for real?!】
He paused the screen, staring intently at Chu Xi. Below, a subtitle displayed her line- Sister Ling, there are fish lip prints on your finger. Is it that hard?
A talent! This was definitely a one-in-a-million talent!
For their case, they might have truly found the perfect helper!
Right then and there at the station, the squadron leader immediately called all the team members into the conference room. He projected the clip from Our Restaurant he had just watched from his phone onto the screen for everyone to see.
"All of you, watch this. Pay close attention to this person. Let's discuss whether we can ask her to help us look at the surveillance footage for that Jieqiao Village theft case that's been cold for three months."
The squadron leader pointed at Chu Xi on the screen.
Just as a bullet comment in the live stream had predicted, the topic #Chu Xi Can See Fish Lip Prints# went viral on the hot search list without any surprise.
A large number of surfing netizens saw the clip from the show, and their shocked reactions were identical to those of the audience in the live stream.
-What the hell? This has to be fake, right?
-Holy crap! It's actually real?!
-Good heavens, the talent you've given Chu Xi is strong enough to make people green with envy!!!
The thought process for most netizens followed these three steps. The comment section under the hot search was filled with lemon emojis, as well as fangirl squeals of 【What kind of treasure have I discovered! From now on, she's my new favorite!】
Someone even went into Chu Xi's Super Topic and posted an envious message: 【OMG, so this is the kind of feast you Milkshakes get to enjoy all the time /[sour]】
My idol is that hopeless good-for-nothing who's always messing around in terrible dramas, but your idol has divine skills like this!
Hey, wait a minute-
The casual user who entered Chu Xi's Super Topic saw a nine-photo grid of her beautiful pictures posted by fans and found it a bit hard to look away.
Scroll some more... scroll some more... The more they looked, the more exquisite she seemed. They quickly went back to rewatch the video-
Damn it! Isn't she way better looking than my useless ex-idol?
【Successfully followed Super Topic. Congratulations on becoming the 10,602nd Milkshake!】
Her agent, Yu Yixue, also hadn't expected Chu Xi to be so impressive.
On a show with mediocre traffic, she had managed to hit the hot search list again after just a few short days!
Not daring to slack off, she quickly took advantage of today's rising popularity to create a more presentable version of Chu Xi's personal resume and sent it out to various major production crews.
If she could use the current buzz to find some good scripts for Chu Xi to act in, that would be absolutely wonderful!
Yu Yixue was casting a wide net this time, and some production crews gradually began to reply to her...
During the remaining half-day of food prep, the members of Our Restaurant saw Luo Yangtian repeatedly appear before Chu Xi, asking with sincere persistence.
"Sister Xi, how did you see the fish's lip prints? Can you teach me?"
Unfortunately, Chu Xi could only tell him, "You can't learn it. I'll teach you something else tonight."
Having sharp eyes and ears was truly a special talent, extremely difficult to cultivate through later training.
A little while later, Li Xiling also came over to gossip out of curiosity.
"Hey Xi, when you're at the mahjong table, can you get a glimpse of other people's tiles?"
Chu Xi told her honestly, "Of course not."
Stop thinking about such nonsense.
Xiang Xian watched them working and chatting in the back kitchen, constantly recalling what Chu Xi had said to her-
"I have eagle eyes."
At first, Chu Xi's reply had been so casual that she had thought it was just a joke...
Recalling her interactions with Chu Xi over the past three days, Xiang Xian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"This is no ordinary talent."
"I told you so long ago."
The Director, standing beside her, laughed. He had told her from the beginning, but she hadn't believed him.
Now, Xiang Xian believed it. She believed it wholeheartedly, and what's more, she felt she was quite lucky!
She had originally planned to go back to her hometown to lie flat and rest for a while, but unexpectedly, while wandering aimlessly, she had discovered a potential stock in her friend's show.
That night, Chu Xi returned to her room to sleep.
Sleeping had been rather boring lately. Just because Ren Zhi was angry, she had chosen to stay in the west wing, half a horse farm's distance away, leaving no opportunity for even a chat before bed.
So boring.
As Chu Xi was listlessly washing up, she suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Who could it be? It couldn't be Ren Zhi, could it?
A suspicious thought popped into her head. She went to open the door and saw a slightly plump yet stately figure standing there. It was Xiang Xian.
What was this person doing here so late at night?
Chu Xi raised an eyebrow. "Is something the matter?"
Of course, something was the matter.
Xiang Xian was here tonight to poach her. She was very patient and polite, waiting for Chu Xi to finish brushing her teeth before coming out to talk with her-
"Your agency is absolutely terrible. Terminate your contract and come under my banner. I'll sign you and give you exclusive, top-tier resources."
"Not interested. Besides, I just joined a new company."
It was a real shame. No matter what kind of gilded olive branch Xiang Xian offered, Chu Xi rejected her with calm indifference.
Especially when she heard Xiang Xian say that her company hadn't signed any other artists and would only sign Chu Xi, it became even more impossible for Chu Xi to agree!
Not a single artist? She wouldn't even be able to find any students in the company! What would she do there? Charity work?
"You don't need to say any more. I will not join your company," Chu Xi refused coldly this time, leaving no room for negotiation.
Xiang Xian sighed, quite regretful that she had arrived too late.
"I didn't expect you to be so loyal."
"..." Chu Xi could only ignore her speculation.
"Alright, then I won't disturb your rest. Your agent handles your business, right? I'll contact your agent. We'll still have opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Xiang Xian left with regret. Even so, thinking of the ready resources she had on hand, she was determined to secure Chu Xi before her price went up.
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