Chapter 12: Threat

Lin Shi's voice hit Chu Xiaodie like a heavy hammer on her heart.

Those gold bars were lost under Chu Xiaodie's watch. Although the situation was critical at the time, the bank's leadership didn't care about that; the bank had to take responsibility for the loss of the gold bars.

Not to mention 25 million, even if 100 yuan was lost, it wouldn't be acceptable.

Just at this moment, Lin Shi was pouring oil on the fire.

Chu Xiaodie immediately felt resentful.

She wondered in her heart, since Lin Shi knew about the robbers, why didn't he call the police earlier?

She suddenly remembered that it was Lin Shi who first spotted the robbers, and the robbers just happened to target his gold bars, and it just so happened that he was abducted by the robbers. How could there be such a coincidence in this world?

Unless they were in cahoots!

The more she thought about it, the more she believed it to be the truth!

Chu Xiaodie pointed at Lin Shi and said to the police officer:

"Officer, you must investigate this person thoroughly. I suspect he is in league with the robbers!"

The officer immediately became serious and asked:

"Do you have any evidence?"

Chu Xiaodie stated her suspicions.

The officer looked at Lin Shi with a wary eye and asked, "How did you know someone was going to rob?"

Lin Shi felt the two officers beside him tense up, as if they would pounce and take him down if he made any sudden moves.

Lin Shi was about to speak when he was interrupted:

"Let's discuss this inside."

They were already close to the entrance of the police station; were they afraid he would run?

Lin Shi shrugged and followed the officers back into the station.

Before leaving, Lin Shi glanced at Chu Xiaodie, who looked smug, as if she had accomplished something remarkable.

Chu Xiaodie thought that if Lin Shi was connected to the robbers, naturally, there would be no need to compensate for the gold bars, and she wouldn't have to bear any responsibility either.

Seeing the two officers just escorted Lin Shi out and then brought him back, other officers in the station asked:

"Why did you bring the hostage back?"

"Someone suspects he's related to the robbers. Bring him back for further questioning."

Lin Shi and the officers entered an interrogation room.

An officer outside the door wondered, "The hostage has become a suspect?"

Another officer replied, "It's not impossible. In cases where there is not enough evidence, we must maintain suspicion towards everyone. I'll check Lin Shi's records."

Chu Xiaodie waited outside with anticipation.

But soon, the facts disappointed her.

Lin Shi was just a normal college student with no connection to the robbers at all.

How he discovered the robbers, Lin Shi claimed it was intuition.

When asked why he was buying so much gold, Lin Shi's answer was:

"I like shiny things and wanted to see what a pile of gold would look like."

Although these answers were far-fetched, there was no evidence linking Lin Shi to the robbers.

Without evidence, the officers had to let him go.

"Ma'am, Lin Shi has no connection to these robbers. We will do our best to track down the gold bars and the robbers," the officer stated the fact.

Chu Xiaodie's expression was somewhat disappointed.

Lin Shi was unhappy, and it showed on his face:

"Why, Manager Chu seems disappointed? However, although I am not a suspect, I provided the police with a clue about the motive for the robbery."

"What clue?"

Chu Xiaodie subconsciously asked.

"I suspect a bank employee leaked information about my purchase of gold, which led the robbers to target these gold bars."

Chu Xiaodie's heart skipped a beat, and her face flashed with panic.

"I hope this person is not you. Otherwise, Manager Chu will not only lose her job but also bear criminal responsibility!"

Lin Shi smiled maliciously.

Seeing Chu Xiaodie's expression, Lin Shi's certainty went from fifty percent to a hundred percent.

No wonder the bank robbery that didn't happen in the previous life occurred in this life; it was indeed due to the butterfly effect of his own rebirth.

"It's not me!!" Chu Xiaodie screamed.

But her heart grew more and more panicked.

After receiving Lin Shi's call yesterday and learning about the purchase of 25 million in gold, Chu Xiaodie was very happy. When her boyfriend asked about it over dinner, she proudly mentioned that a client was going to buy 25 million in gold.

In the past, when there were large deposits from clients, she would also show off to her boyfriend, but she never mentioned the client's name.

This doesn't count as leaking customer information at all; how could it attract the robbers?!

However, sometimes things are just so coincidental. At the restaurant where Chu Xiaodie was dining, sitting behind her booth were two of the robbers.

Walking the night road for too long, you will eventually meet a ghost.

Lin Shi didn't bother with the increasingly panicked Chu Xiaodie and turned to leave the police station.

After a day of turmoil, it was already night. Lin Shi walked out of the police station, found his car, and drove to the warehouse he rented.

The warehouse had a small room for the guard to sleep in, but Lin Shi didn't mind at all.

After tidying up, he put the bedding and daily necessities from the space into the room in the warehouse, ate some bread from the space, and went to sleep.

In the morning, Lin Shi was awakened by his phone ringing.

The day's struggles had exhausted him, and he slept until the sun was high. When he woke up, Lin Shi felt refreshed.

The call was from an unknown number.

Thinking it was an advertisement, Lin Shi put the phone on speaker and picked up a toothbrush from the table to squeeze toothpaste onto it.

The call connected, and a female voice came from the phone:

"Hello, is this Mr. Lin Shi? I'm a journalist from xx News in this city and would like to conduct a special interview with you. Do you have time?"

Lin Shi paused with the toothbrush in his mouth, a journalist from this city? Why would a journalist want to interview him?

About to refuse, another call came in.

Still an unknown number.

"Sorry, let me take another call."

Lin Shi hung up and answered the second call.

"Hello, Mr. Lin Shi, we are from xx New Media and would like to..."

Before she could finish, another number called in.

Lin Shi hung up in confusion and continued to answer:

"Hello, Mr. Lin Shi, I'm a journalist from CCTV News..."

...

A dozen minutes later, Lin Shi finally understood the reason.

His name had actually made it to the hot search list because of this robbery case.

Lin Shi refused all the journalists' interviews; he didn't want to be famous.

Netizens in the 21st century are too terrifying; if his small actions were dug up, it would be over.

Although killing the robbers at the time was considered self-defense, swallowing the gold bars was a fact.

The internet's memory is short; as long as he didn't appear again, he would soon be forgotten.

Lin Shi didn't pay attention to this matter anymore.

Although becoming famous was unexpected, it soon brought Lin Shi some good news.

After finishing his morning exercise and going out for breakfast, the bank called.

The bank took the initiative to contact Lin Shi and asked him to come to the bank to complete the transaction that was interrupted yesterday.