When Officer Chen arrived, the elderly lady immediately instructed the servants to fetch an extra chair and invited him to join them for dinner.
Captain Chen strode briskly into the courtyard, not even taking the time to remove his overcoat.
His remaining time was limited; naturally, he had no time to stay for dinner.
He intended to get straight to the point and asked Wen Jingya and Jiang Man for a moment to speak privately.
"Officer Chen, since this concerns the case, please sit down and we can discuss it leisurely."
"Time is of the essence…" Captain Chen first noticed the elderly lady sitting in the seat of honor, obviously the most conspicuous.
Yet, there was another face at the table that he couldn't take his eyes off.
"Jiang...?"
He had just been about to say the word "Doctor" when he swallowed it back.
He remembered the instructions from the research institute that Dr. Jiang was a nationally protected important figure whose identity could not be disclosed lightly.