Chapter 301: Which Mental Hospital Did He Escape From? (1/2)

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“Gold ingot? Did you accept it?” Chen s.h.i.+ said.

“Of course it's impossible to collect, but he insisted on using this as payment. We went to the p.a.w.nshop below to exchange it.”

Chen s.h.i.+ remembered the recent gold store robbery that Lin Dongxue was involved in. “I want to go and see.”

“Wait a moment.” Gu You left and came back a while later holding a mobile phone in her hand. “We haven't p.a.w.ned anything before, so we didn't know if the gold ingot was real or fake. I'm afraid the shopkeeper secretly changed it, so I took photos of it on my phone.”

On the phone, the gold ingot was taken from all angles. From the ratio of the hand to the ingot in the photo, this thing was about the size of a lingjiao.

Chen s.h.i.+ immediately went out and banged on the door of Peng Sijue's consulting room. “Old Peng, come out.”

Peng Sijue appeared impatiently and Chen s.h.i.+ handed the phone over to him. “Is this what was lost in that gold shop?”

Seeing the words Zhoutaifu imprinted at the bottom, Peng Sijue replied, “Possibly. Where did you find this?”

“Don't worry about that. Have you finished the consultation?”

Chen s.h.i.+ wanted to say that when he's finished, Peng Sijue should go to the p.a.w.nshop with him. He didn't expect that Peng Sijue said, “Not yet!”

“Didn't you say you weren't sick?”

“Of course I'm not sick! I'm talking to the consultant about some other topics.”

Chen s.h.i.+ wanted to laugh and said, “Okay, you finish up first. I'll investigate and come back to you in awhile.”

“Don't tell others that I'm here for psychological counseling!” Peng Sijue reminded sternly.

“Relax! Who doesn't have privacy?!” Chen s.h.i.+ pushed him back into the room.

Chen s.h.i.+ said to Gu You, “Miss Gu, can you take me to that p.a.w.nshop? Bring the p.a.w.n ticket as well.”

“Okay, I'll find it.”

The p.a.w.nshop was just across the street. In addition to p.a.w.ning, it also ran a money-lending business. Chen s.h.i.+ also knew that the money to run this industry was not very clean. Many p.a.w.n shops were suspected of helping people to sell stolen goods. Nowadays, the legalization of private loans was legal, so these stores reappeared.

Gu You asked, “That gold ingot is a stolen item?”

Chen s.h.i.+ said, “It's just my suspicion. There have been some robbery cases at gold stores recently. What did you think when you received it?”

“I thought it was a family heirloom or something and didn't think much about it. We didn't see the police announcement either. If we saw it, we would definitely not have accepted it.”

“You shouldn't have too much of a loss.”

“It doesn't matter. It's just the loss of three consulting sessions.”

The two entered the p.a.w.nshop and demanded to redeem the p.a.w.ned product. This gold ingot was p.a.w.ned at 40,000 yuan. Chen s.h.i.+ didn't have so much cash on his body. Gu You took out a credit card and said, “I'll lend it to you for now!”

“I'll pay you back for this money. If it's stolen, the police will reimburse you.”

“If not?”

Chen s.h.i.+ held the gold ingot in his hand. “It's not a loss to buy a gold ingot for 40,000 yuan.” Although he said this, he still felt some pain in his heart.

Chen s.h.i.+ asked Gu You to distract the man in the ancient dress and returned to the bureau with Peng Sijue. When the staff of the gold shop handed over the gold jewelry, he secretly put a box of anti-theft ink tags along with them. Peng Sijue identified it and concluded, “It was the gold shop on Yangquan Road that lost this.”

“That's great. The money hasn't gone for nothing!” Chen s.h.i.+ exclaimed.

Peng Sijue called Lin Qiupu's internal phone, hung up after a brief explanation, and asked, “How much did you spend?”

“I mean, the money that I spent on your psychological counseling was not wasted. I didn't expect this unexpected gain either.”

“How much was it?”

“Not too expensive. Two hundred for an hour. Miss Gu gave me a discount of fifty yuan.”

Peng Sijue took out his mobile phone and insisted on transferring Chen s.h.i.+ the money back. Chen s.h.i.+ was polite for a bit before accepting the money. Peng Sijue only talked to the consultant for two hours today but he transferred Chen s.h.i.+ a thousand yuan.

Chen s.h.i.+ blinked for a moment, then immediately understood. “How many times do you want me to make an appointment for you?”

“I'm not ill. I just feel like I can talk to that consultant and want to just relax occasionally.” Peng SIjue emphasized earnestly.

He didn't admit it, but according to Peng Sijue's reaction, today's consultation was effective. Chen s.h.i.+ didn't press further or tease him.