The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family

The girl gave it a thought before replying," Well, he was too fast for me to see. I couldn't react in time, so I couldn't get a good look on his face. Still, I'm pretty sure he's an Oskian. He's around the average height and quite thin. He's very agile, too." The police sounded helpless. "An Oskian around the average height, and quite thin... These people are everywhere in Oskiatown! If you don't have any detailed descriptions, it'll be difficult to catch him."

Then, he explained, "As you know, pursesnatching is a common problem in New York. Many had their phone, laptops, and bags snatched. There are at least a thousand cases daily, and it's hard to catch the perpetrators."

The other policeman was looking around the shop while the two spoke. Then, he pointed to one of the surveillance probes facing the door and said, 'The incident happened in front of this store. In that case, this surveillance probe must have captured it, right? If we can have an image of the criminal, it'll be relatively easy to arrest him."

Then, he turned to Janus and said sternly," Mister, we need to bring back the hard disk in your recorder and extract the surveillance video to solve the case."

Right after telling Janus that, he immediately turned to his colleague and ordered, "Go and get the hard drive. We'll head back to the station immediately and take this girl to file a report."novelbin

"Sure." The other policeman nodded and asked Janus, "Mister, where is your surveillance system's recorder? Where is it?"

Janus's face grew awkward. He explained,' Sir, while I do have a hard disk video recorder, there's no hard disk in it..."

"No hard disk?!" The first police frowned.' But the indicator lights are on. How can there be no hard disk?"

Janus took out a connected recorder from the counter and showed it to them. "Look, there's no hard disk. My hard disk was broken, but I didn't buy a new one to replace it. My shop is relatively small, so no one really cares about it. Surveillance didn't matter that much, so I didn't bother changing it at all. I simply switched on the camera as a bluff."

The police walked to Janus quickly and found that the hard disk slot was indeed empty. His face sank gloomily.

He complained, "Hey, mister...

Y-You're so stingy! How expensive

can a hard disk be? A hard disk with large storage wouldn't cost more than two or three hundred dollars! Why do you have to be so stingy?"

Janus replied helplessly, "To be frank, sir, it's hard to do business here. Business in Oskiatown is a struggle. have to pay for many expenses and make money at the same time, so I really can't afford

much."

The police were so angry, he was rendered speechless. He couldn't say a single word. Unfortunately, he knew there was nothing he could do about it.

Since there was no hard disk in the recorder, there would not be any surveillance video at all. Merlin's trick was ruined.

In that case, there was no reason for

him to stay any longer. He

suggested to the girl,' Miss, how about this? You can file a report at the station first. We'll try to look for

other clues in the meantime

The girl looked just as helpless. She nodded and said, "Sure, I'll come with you.'

At last, the police turned to leave. When he was about to reach the door, he turned around and told Janus, "Go and buy a hard disk tomorrow!"

Janus nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Please don't worry, sir! I'll certainly buy one tomorrow!"

The policemen turned to leave the store and entered their car, and told the girl to sit at the back. Then, they started the engine and drove away.

By now, only Charlie and the staff were left in the shop. Janus then told his staff to hang the closed sign on the door.

After that, the staff headed to the basement to have a break. Janus sat across Charlie and explained, "Mr. Wade, the police have their eyes on me. I don't know why, but I'm guessing it's related to you." "Related to me?" Charlie frowned. "Janus, are you saying that the two police officers were coming for me?"