Who moved my novel?

"Oh?" Dong Peng, who had just left the hospital building, looked at the person in front of him in surprise: "Xue Mo? Why are you here?"

"I and the people from the Municipal Bureau sent Director Zhou here for treatment." Xue Mo, who was holding a pile of food in his hand, looked away and answered.

"Oh." Dong Peng nodded, as if he didn't see Xue Mo's panic: "Is there anything later? It's been a long time since we haven't seen each other. Since we just happened to meet today, why don't we have a meal together?"

"No, I've eaten." Xue Mo raised the bags of lunch boxes in his hand: "I brought food for the police officers of the Municipal Bureau, I sent it in first."

"Wait!" Dong Peng stretched out his hand to stop Xue Mo who wanted to go in directly: "Since you have eaten, why don't you have a cup of tea together? I know a teahouse nearby, the place is good, the environment is elegant, and of course, the most important thing is, it's quiet."

"This..." Xue Mo hesitated a little, obviously he didn't want to go.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time. We're just having a cup of tea together. Please give me some face?" Dong Peng looked at Xue Mo with a tough attitude and said, "Or do you need me to visit you in a few days?"

"That's not necessary." Xue Mo's mouth twitched slightly and he sighed, "Okay, then wait for me for a while. I'll come down after I send the things upstairs."

"Okay, I'll wait for you here." Dong Peng nodded and watched Xue Mo go upstairs.

About five minutes later, when Xue Mo came down from upstairs, Dong Peng had just finished smoking a cigarette.

"Why did you start smoking too?" Xue Mo looked at Dong Peng in surprise.

"Occasionally." Dong Peng said calmly without explaining in detail.

"It's better to smoke less." Xue Mo sighed and said, "It's not good for your health."

"Yeah." Dong Peng reacted calmly and pointed to the car next to him: "I'll drive you there."

"No need." Xue Mo shook his head gently: "Why not just stay next to it? You don't have to drink tea, just eat something."

"That's fine." Dong Peng didn't care about this and pointed to the side: "I'm familiar with this area. There's a coffee shop over there. Is that okay?"

"Okay." Xue Mo nodded.

"Then let's go." Dong Peng stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, indicating Xue Mo to walk in front.

"You lead the way in front." Xue Mo also made a gesture of invitation: "I don't know the place."

"Just go straight." Dong Peng didn't move forward, but stared at Xue Mo closely.

"I won't run away. If I wanted to leave, I would have just left through the back door of the inpatient department." Xue Mo raised his eyebrows.

"I didn't say you would run away. Please." Dong Peng didn't give in and insisted on letting Xue Mo walk in front.

"Okay, okay." Xue Mo saw that he couldn't hold out against Dong Peng, so he had to move forward helplessly.

...

"Tell me, what happened?" Xue Mo asked impatiently after two cups of coffee were served.

It's not that Xue Mo is very positive, but the atmosphere is very tense now. Xue Mo wants to end the conversation in an instant and leave here.

"What do you think of the kidnapping of Director Zhou?" Dong Peng asked while adding sugar to the coffee.

"Is it the case of Director Zhou being kidnapped?" Xue Moqing sighed: "I know you want to ask this, but I'm just an author, and I don't know why this happened. I think it's just an accident."

"Accident?" Dong Peng frowned: "You don't mean that the murderer kidnapped the wrong person?"

"That shouldn't be the case." Xue Mo shook his head quickly: "I think it must be Director Zhou who was kidnapped. As for the reason, I think it should be because of the cases that Director Zhou is handling. I heard from the police in the Municipal Bureau that the cases that Director Zhou is handling now involve a lot of..."

"That's not what I'm asking." Dong Peng curled his lips: "You know, don't beat around the bush here."

"What do you want to ask?" Xue Mo took a sip of coffee, but almost spit it out the next moment. He quickly added the coffee companion and sugar in front of him to the coffee and stirred it vigorously.

"Why was he locked up for so long?" Dong Peng asked directly: "I believe that as an 'author', you have some ideas about this matter. What do you think?"

"I... Can I say I don't?" Xue Mo smiled awkwardly.

"What do you think?" Dong Peng continued to put sugar cubes in the cup: "You can say it yourself, or wait for others to come and say it together."

"Well, then I will briefly talk about my personal guess." Xue Mo saw that he could not escape, and said helplessly: "Of course, this is just my guess, it can't be taken seriously."

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up." Dong Peng was a little impatient.

"Okay." Xue Mo nodded: "From the current clues, I think the criminal doesn't want to put Director Zhou in danger, otherwise he would just kill him and hide the body there."

"Well, I agree with this." Dong Peng nodded.

"So he probably just wanted to detain Director Zhou for a period of time, and the purpose was to postpone the investigation of certain cases." Xue Mo continued: "This time is probably only three or four days. By the way, I heard from the Municipal Bureau that enough food and water for three or four days were found in the place where Director Zhou was detained."

"Well, I don't object to this." Dong Peng nodded again: "But why was he detained for seven or eight days in the end? This... I can't figure it out."

"This..." Xue Mo shook his head slightly: "I think this may be an accident. I don't know if you agree with my point of view."

"Accident?" Dong Peng folded his arms, obviously not believing this statement.

"Yes." Xue Mo nodded helplessly: "From the current information, when the Municipal Bureau knew, or realized that Director Zhou was missing, there were at least three chances to find Director Zhou: the first was when checking the surveillance, the second was when they found Director Zhou's mobile phone signal, and the third was when you reported the case."

"Yes." Dong Peng nodded, motioning Xue Mo to continue.

"But unfortunately, they didn't find him three times." Xue Mo shook his head: "It wasn't until today when the people who repaired the network went there that they found Director Zhou's whereabouts."

"In other words, do you think this matter was because the Municipal Bureau didn't handle it well?" Dong Peng narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That can't be said completely." Xue Mo pursed his lips nervously, and then slowly said: "But it was so late to find the person, at least half of the responsibility lies with the Municipal Bureau."