When it's time to get off work, Jimmy cleaned up and prepared to go home, there has been no news from Chuck's side, and it's normal, it's impossible to get more news in half a day, and it's definitely still in the investigation stage.

Jimmy drove past Chinatown, this time specifically to refresh his tea. Speaking of which, I didn't feel much when I drank it before, but when I invited Ruiz to tea, I suddenly felt that I seemed to be doing a little badly, and I always had to drink something good to invite someone to drink, and it wasn't that I couldn't afford it.

It's still that tea shop, Jimmy is actually quite lazy, basically as long as there is something wrong with the store that he was not familiar with before, or something that he didn't have, he will generally go straight to the familiar, lazy to look around for peers to experience a new feeling.

It is recommended by the owner of the shop, and the Zhengshan small species that I gave Mary before, although it is more expensive, more than 100 yuan a tael, is not a daily ration, and it is enough to just entertain other people to drink. This time, you don't need to buy a tea set, the set you bought before can make do with it for a while, and then change it later. In addition, I also bought some Longjing tea that can be made into glasses, and I usually drink it myself.

I have spent money to buy tea, and naturally I also need the boss to give a little after-sales service, Jimmy is learning how to make black tea with the boss, and the boss is also atmospheric, and directly went to the same Zhengshan small species that Jimmy bought to teach, the first brew washes tea, and begins to taste tea from the second brew, at this time a Chinese girl walked in from the outside.

"Uncle De, see how it is now?" The girl didn't care about the guests when she entered the door, and shouted directly to the boss.

The boss who was called "Uncle De" frowned and looked at her: "Don't you see any guests?" Get out. ”

Jimmy also turned his head to look over, well, she looks very good Chinese girl, with straight long black hair, melon seed face, and big eyes, but she is not very tall, only about 160cm, and her body is thin.

"Cut, I'll show you the results of the plastic surgery, you're not happy yet. Just go. The girl said a word, shook her head and turned away.

Well, I thought she was a gentle girl when she stood without talking, but it turned out that her temper was explosive enough.

Uncle De said sorry and continued to teach Jimmy to clean the tea set. As Jimmy learned, he thought about what seemed to be something just now, and his mind spun around and he forgot about it.

"Uncle De, who was that just now?" Jimmy picked up the cup of the third shot, and the owner of the shop, Uncle De, taught the complete process, so he naturally had to let Jimmy experience the taste of each bubble. And because Uncle De's ancestral home is in the north, Mandarin is no problem at all, and their communication has always been in Mandarin.

"Hey, my brother's daughter, I don't know what to think, but I like those stick stars, and I have to have plastic surgery to look like them. A good girl, why doesn't she go to school well? Thinking about this mess all day long. Uncle De sighed, their older generation is not used to today's children, and Jimmy looks young, but polite, and does not seem to have the habit of those people on the street, so he will teach him so patiently, otherwise he is just an ordinary customer, who would be so troublesome to teach.

"Plastic surgery? I really didn't see it. Looks like she has a good foundation. Jimmy also shook his head, those film and television stars in his previous life had seen a lot, and he had seen a lot of this kind of melon seed face, and there was nothing particularly amazing.

Plastic surgery, change, Diego is a plastic surgery doctor, no, there are loopholes in the previous speculation.

Jimmy suddenly remembered what the thought had just passed by, this is it, Diego may not have been killed for drug trafficking or entertaining other people in his studio, but his craft, could it be that one of his customers came to kill him after plastic surgery?

Failed plastic surgery, ruined the client's appearance, and found a killer to kill him in revenge? Or successful plastic surgery, in order not to let people find out what he looked like before plastic surgery, kill him? It's all possible.

Jimmy quietly drank the fifth brew of tea, which was already very, very light at this time, and the color of the tea was only a slight pale yellow, Uncle De said: "See, Zhengshan Xiaozhong brews normally, and the fifth brew is almost over, and the taste behind it will be much lighter, so if you entertain guests, it is best to clean the teapot and tea set after the fourth brew is poured, and start over, so as not to give the guests a bad impression." ”

Jimmy nodded: "Thank you, Uncle De, I see." I still have some things to do in the evening, so I won't bother. Good bye. ”

Jimmy grabbed the tea, turned around and left the tea shop, went to the public parking lot and drove home.

It's night now, Chuck and they are not bad at solving the case, let's go to the police station tomorrow to find him, this case is a bit interesting, idle is idle, let's solve the case together. Now there are three directions, drug trafficking, plastic surgery failure, plastic surgery success, it depends on which of the three directions is the most likely.

Jimmy, who had new clues, also came to the spirit, and went straight to the police station early the next morning, Chuck was still at the police station, and did not go out to find clues, good news, Jimmy told his guess, Chuck also asked someone to bring a list of evidence, Jimmy and Chuck checked, there is no case file of Diego here.

Chuck frowned, he must have been to his studio when he investigated before, and if he didn't get it back, it was still a question of whether he could find it in the past.

Chuck puts the list of exhibits back on the table, picks up his clothes, and takes Jimmy to Diego's studio. Thankfully, the studio has been closed since Diego's death, and no one has touched anything inside. Speaking of which, it's been 2 weeks, and Diego's family is still immersed in grief and isn't in a hurry to clean up Diego's things.

Chuck and Jimmy entered the studio, and instead of looking for it themselves, they were waiting for someone, and the front desk had contacted them in advance, and she would come over to help get the information.

Jimmy also took a look by the way, there was no surveillance in the studio and the corridor outside, and it seemed that if there was information, it would be a hassle to find someone.

In other words, Diego's vision is really good, the girl at the front desk is very beautiful, looks about 30 years old, Hispanic, wheat-skinned, and the ends of her long dark hair are slightly curled.

Opening the filing cabinet in Diego's office, the case file was pulled out, "Strange, there's a file folder missing." The girl muttered to herself as she rummaged through the office.

Chuck: "What's going on?" When is the file missing? ”

Girl: "There should be 3 case folders here, but now there are only 2, and the latest one that is currently in use is gone." It should have been recorded in the middle of last year. ”

Chuck and Jimmy glanced at each other, and it seemed that the problem was here, "Look for it again, besides, do you still have the reservation information here?" ”

Girl: "Yes." She pulled a register out of the filing cabinet, handed it to Chuck, and continued to rummage through the latest case file.

In the end, they still didn't find the case folder, there was no way, it seemed that the cases in the case folder should be the target of Chuck and they were looking for, but fortunately, the information in the register was still there.

Jimmy returns to Federation Square, and Chuck returns to the police station with the register, they have a lot of people on their side, they can find all the registration information, and then compare it with the system to determine the corresponding person. Jimmy is not involved in this troublesome matter, and the key information of this case is all found by him, and there is no need to handle everything by himself.

As the long week draws to a close, Jimmy packs his things and gets ready to go home, it's time to relax on the weekend, it's been a long time since I've been out for a long time, and with his own apartment, Jimmy spends significantly more time at home than before.

When I was in Little Rock, it was normal to go out after work, even if it was fine, to kill time, but after coming to New York, it seemed to be a bit of a cautious feeling when I was just reborn, Jimmy didn't go out so often, and after buying his own house, he was a bit of an otaku tendency.

After going home for a brief dinner, Jimmy changed his clothes and went out. Not far from his house there is a speakeasy bar, which I have been to once before, and it feels good, except for the different decoration and structural environment, which unexpectedly reminds Jimmy of Justin's Camlett Bar and the speakeasy of the Continental Hotel.

The difference is that the two bars have live singers, while this one only has music, maybe the time is wrong, Jimmy didn't see the singers in residence, but there was a small stage.

In a dimly lit environment, there is a row of special chandeliers on the bar that only illuminates part of the bar, the lights on the surrounding walls are also very dim, and there is also a small lamp that imitates a candle on the table next to it, but the bar is bright enough to make people see the passages and tables and chairs clearly, but there is no need to worry too much about bumping.

Most of the people here are two or more people together, they are all sitting directly in the table area next to it, there are not many people at the bar, Jimmy sat in front of the bar and ordered a special honey ginger cocktail limited to the day, slowly consuming leisure time.

It didn't take long for the bar to be nearly full, and there were still a lot of people here in New York who came to the bar for a drink or two at night to chat, although there were a lot of people, but there was no particularly noisy situation, Jimmy was still very satisfied, this place could become a stronghold in the future, the environment was good, and the key was not far from his apartment.

After a while, three more girls came in, they looked at the situation, and went straight to the position next to Jimmy, but unfortunately, there were only two places, and only one person could stand in the middle of the two, with his arm on the bar and leaning on the bar, and the three of them chatted in a low voice.

Jimmy was a little amused when he looked at them, when he came, he saw that there was a security guard at the door, and they had statistics on how many empty seats there were in the bar, normally they wouldn't let more people in, standing without seats was too much to affect the mood of the guests, waiting outside was better than coming in without a place, and I don't know how they got in.

After taking a sip of wine, he suddenly noticed that the unlucky girl standing in the middle seemed to be very familiar, and called out tentatively: "Nia? Nia Miller? ”

Nia turned her head to look at Jimmy, she frowned at Jimmy, she didn't expect to go out with her friends and meet someone she knew.

"Hi, Agent Jimmy." Nia swapped her frown for a smile and said hello to Jimmy.

Jimmy raised his glass and touched her lightly, "Is it really you, your friend?" ”

Nia nodded: "My old classmate." The girls next to Nia also glanced at Jimmy, and then the three of them whispered something when they bumped their heads together, and laughed together in a low voice, looking very happy.

It was normal for the police to play in the bar after work, and since Nia had come with her friends, Jimmy didn't bother them, reaching out and flipping the old horse racing board next to him, watching the spinning horses gradually stop. Someone left next to her, and a round table was vacated, and Nia and the others also shifted their places and sat down.

Jimmy ordered another glass of penicillin, well, when it comes to naming the cocktail like this, I don't know whether to say that these bartenders are uncreative or too creative, and the slightly sweet and spicy whiskey base concoction has a completely different taste from the whiskey that Jimmy usually drinks.

After a while, at the invitation of Nia and them, Jimmy also transferred over, and Nia's two old classmates, both models, came to participate in New York Fashion Week, and it seems that the quality of girls in Nia's school is very high.

Jimmy chatted with them for a while, then took his leave and left the bar, unfortunately, by himself.

On Monday, Jimmy received a call from Chuck after he went to work and came to the police station, and Chuck took Jimmy to the conference room, where Nia was already operating the projector.

Nia: "We checked the reservation information of more than 100 of their customers in the past six months through the reservation information of Diego Studio, and the information of most of the personnel has been determined, and at the same time, there are several people who have not found any information in the system, and the phone number left is also anonymous.

This is the surveillance that we got from the surveillance at the entrance of the building for the corresponding scheduled time, because the previous surveillance video has been destroyed, only the last month's video. ”

Jimmy nodded, and Nia continued to play the surveillance, and several people who used anonymous phones and did not find their real identities according to the reserved information looked for the entry and exit footage before and after the corresponding time point in the surveillance video.

Due to the large number of people coming in and out of the building itself, they couldn't be sure which one had gone to Diego's studio, and after watching two surveillance videos, Jimmy waved his hand and told Nia to pause the video.

Jimmy looked at Chuck: "Chuck, there's no point in checking the surveillance like this, Diego is a plastic surgeon, that is, he has surgery on his side, and when he leaves, he is usually wrapped in bandages, and he can't see their appearance at all." As for what they looked like when they came, it doesn't have much reference. ”

Chuck nodded: "Another point, what I'm worried about is that if this person is Diego who was shot after plastic surgery, it means that he has recovered, plus the recovery period, it may be more than a month, and it is completely impossible to capture him in the surveillance video we have now." ”

Jimmy: "That's right, so I have an idea, let's look directly at the surveillance video after Diego's death, and the gunman must have come to get the file as soon as possible, theoretically just look at the surveillance video a few days after Diego's death, and then identify the people inside." Two weeks passed between Diego's death and when we got the file, which is too much time span, so let's identify the people in the video in stages. I think this may also require building security and staff to identify other people in the video, and those who work in the building can be temporarily excluded and prioritized for those they don't know. ”

Chuck nodded and looked at Nia, "Nia, you go and contact the property management staff of the building and ask them to come to the police station to assist in the investigation." ”

Nyoa nodded, cleaned up the files on the table, and left the conference room.

(End of chapter)