Chapter 300 - Chapter 300: Chapter 300 Recruiting on the Spot (1/2)

Chapter 300: Chapter 300 Recruiting on the Spot

Chen Yu was somewhat surprised, he subconsciously looked around and noticed that several new murals had been added to the mall.

“Have you been painting here these past few days?” Chen Yu asked casually and then hurried over.

Tang Xiaowei stirred the paint bucket in her hands, “Your dear wife nagged and begged me for several days, insisting that I come over and paint for you, what choice did I have?”

Chen Yu suddenly felt a little embarrassed, as if every time he expanded his shop, Tang Xiaowei would come over to help.

“You’ve worked hard! By the way, now that the expansion into a mall is complete, I want to set up a membership system. When it’s ready, I’ll give you a VIP card, and you can eat for free here for life.”

Tang Xiaowei immediately became excited, “At least you have some conscience! But a lifetime of free meals won’t satisfy me, you also have to reserve a room for me specifically.”

Chen Yu smiled slightly, “Of course, that’s possible!”

Tang Xiaowei put the stirred paint bucket aside and carefully climbed down the ladder.

“By the way, I recently got a case from the relevant departments in the capital, Zhou Team asked me to do the portrait, but from one single image, I ended up drawing thirteen different ones, and each one matched a specific person!”

Chen Yu frowned, having been a portrait artist himself, he was well aware of the intricacies involved. If there was one blurry surveillance image, one could only draw a single portrait through visual restoration. If there were any deviations, the resulting portrait wouldn’t match anyone in the database.

For Tang Xiaowei to draw thirteen distinct portraits in one go, all matching specific people, was simply impossible.

Unless that video was fake!

“There’s something like that? But Zhou Team hasn’t approached me recently.”

Tang Xiaowei sighed, “Originally, he wanted to find you, but it seemed that you were tied up with a task, so they had to call me in to make up the numbers.”

Chen Yu understood, it must have happened during the time he was undercover.

As an outsider, he should be assisting Zhou Shengtao right away, but his shop and factory had been expanding recently. If he didn’t pay attention now, there could be big problems.

“Do you have a copy of the video?” Chen Yu asked after some thought.

“Yes, I do!” Tang Xiaowei immediately took out a USB drive and handed it over.

Chen Yu didn’t hesitate, taking it and putting it in his pocket.

“Then I’ll go back and study it. If I can draw the portraits, I’ll send them directly to you.”

Tang Xiaowei didn’t ask further, simply added some ingredients into the paint bucket and climbed back up the ladder.

Chen Yu then greeted Chu Hong and took Hou Jianchang home.

The next morning at ten o’clock, Chen Yu and Chu Hong arrived at the train station.

Chu Hong’s hometown was in a remote mountainous area of the Sichuan-Shu region, and even if you flew, you could only reach a secondary city nearby, after which there was still a bumpy ride to get there.

Taking the train was different. Three years ago, aiming to support the development of the mountainous area, the authorities built a train station in a small town near Chu Hong’s hometown.

Chen Yu bought two first-class sleeper tickets and then boarded the train with Chu Hong.

Though the train compartment wasn’t very large, the first-class sleeper with only two beds was quite comfortable.

But once Chu Hong entered the compartment, she seemed a bit uncomfortable.

“Brother Yu, we’re just going back to hire people, there’s no need to buy such expensive berths. Let’s return them, and I’ll just take a hard seat.”

Chen Yu smiled helplessly, “The tickets are already bought, and the train is about to leave, how could they possibly issue a refund now? Besides, you’re on a business trip right now, everything can be claimed on your travel expenses, so just sit back and relax.”

Chu Hong was still somewhat uneasy, after all, she came from a poor background and couldn’t help feeling a bit inferior.