Chapter 151: Local Topography Centre

Chapter 151: Local Topography Centre

When Jiang Cheng realised Chen Xiaomeng was looking at him, he suddenly covered his chest, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Chen Xiaomeng started. She didn’t want to have any interaction with this pervert outside of the mission, so she changed the subject, “Where do you think the record copy will be stored?”

“The police station,” Jiang Cheng answered easily.

“Do you mean to go to the police station to steal stuff?” Chen Xiaomeng raised her brow. This was clearly not a wise choice. The police weren’t familiar with them, so they wouldn’t lend them the copy for no reason. It might cause a misunderstanding.

“Then... We can try the town’s files centre.” Jiang Cheng scratched his chin. “A town of this size should have one. They should have another copy, but it might not be as detailed as the one at the police station.”

“Okay.” Chen Xiaomeng nodded. “We don’t have much time left. I suggest we split up. You can go to the files centre to look up the woman, while I’ll head to An Ping Ann. When you figure out more about the woman, we will meet up.”

“Don’t even think about it.” Jiang Cheng adjusted his posture and narrowed his eyes. “Even though An Ping Inn sounds more dangerous, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. Before I return with the files, you will not enter the inn. Instead, you’ll stay near it in the pretext of keeping watch over it.”

Chen Xiaomeng, who was exposed, looked innocent. However, internally, she was cursing Jiang Cheng. It was almost impossible to take advantage of this man. “That’s what you’d do!” Chen Xiaomeng said indignantly, “Then, what do you suggest we do?”

Jiang Cheng leaned over to whisper, “How about we swap?”

Chen Xiaomeng rejected it without a thought, “Do you think I’m dumb? No.” Then, she added, “Because you are too shameless and cunning.” After a long discussion, the despicable pair finally reached a gentleman’s agreement. They... would not split up. Furthermore, they had to ensure the other party was within one’s field of sight. After all, one could easily end the mission by triggering a key clue near the end of the mission.

Then, it was time for official business.

Little Ravine Village’s villagers should have noticed their disappearance by then. They had around four to five hours. Jiang Cheng was assigned the job of asking around about the files centres.

He went to pick some wildflowers and munched on them. Then, he slathered the juices over his face. Just like that, a handsome man became an overworked and tired local farmer.

Chen Xiaomeng resisted the disgust in her heart and did the same. Thankfully, An Ping Town was more open than Little Ravine Village. There were occasional merchants who would come to town to purchase local supplies. Therefore, it was not strange to find new faces in town once in a while.

Jiang Cheng chose a man who owned an oil store and came back with the news. An Ping Town had a local topography centre. It was about a 20-minute walk due east.

As they departed, Chen Xiaomeng commented worriedly, “We’ll probably end up with nothing. Normally, local topography centres will only record nearby geographical changes and not civil cases like the missing woman case at Little Ravine Village.”

“That might not be the case.” Jiang Cheng was optimistic, “That might just be a name. The place might store general files.” He added, “This is not our era. The categorisation of work and records won’t be that precise.”

Chen Xiaomeng silently agreed with him, but she still chided him, “I’m surprised someone like you would know so much.”

“This is nothing.” Jiang Cheng puffed up his chest. “If you are rich enough to register for a VIP membership at my workplace, I’ll show you even more things that I know of.”