Chapter: 4277

The young man's face turned pale with shock, and he stammered out: "Y-you're saying I'm an illegal immigrant?"

Li Yarlin smiled and said: "To be honest, I know you're not part of the team because your psychological quality is too poor. The reason why you're so nervous must be that there's a ghost in your heart."

As he spoke, Li Yarlin continued: "I can see from your swollen face and thick eyelids that you've been working at night, making irregular schedules. People who work here have very regular schedules, so the only explanation is that you're not officially employed here. You probably just come here to make some extra money for a short time, right?"

The young man's anxiety grew as he listened to this, and he didn't dare speak freely because he was afraid Li Yarlin was trying to trick him.

Li Yarlin saw that he wasn't speaking up, so he chuckled slightly and continued: "Heart full of ghosts, irregular schedules, and making extra money - it all adds up to being an illegal immigrant. You don't have to admit it, but I can give the immigration department a call and send two investigators over to get your identity information. If you're not an illegal immigrant, they won't have any trouble with you. But if you are, they'll definitely send you back."

The young man was shocked by Li Yarlin's words and choked up, saying: "Please, don't send me back... My dad will kill me..."

Li Yarlin nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, I just said it - I'm here to investigate a big case. Catching someone like you is not worth my personal involvement."

As he spoke, Li Yarlin threw his phone in front of the young man's face, saying: "Take a good look at these photos, think about everyone you've seen since you got here, and then tell me if there are any missing faces. If you cooperate well, I can not only let you go but also give you some cash as a reward."

The young man took the phone without hesitation and immediately started looking through its contents.

As he flipped through it, he muttered to himself: "There are so many people in here I've never seen before..."

Li Yarlin emphasized: "You don't need to worry about those you've never seen. Just focus on those you've seen but aren't in these photos."

Cheng Hengying hastily nodded his head and flipped through all the photos, then looked puzzled and said: "Gee... The few Japanese kids who came with me, it seems they're not in here at all!"

Li Yarlin's spirit suddenly surged, and he quickly asked him: "What about those Japanese kids you mentioned?"

Cheng Hengying didn't dare hesitate and hastily said: "I was recruited by the hotel to work temporarily. There were about ten people who came with me, including several Japanese nationals, but none of them are in these photos!"

Li Yarlin asked: "Can you describe what those Japanese individuals look like? Do they have any distinctive features?"

Cheng Hengying thought for a moment and said: "They just looked like ordinary people's faces. As for their characteristics, it felt like their expressions were all quite serious, not smiling or laughing. They never spoke and only communicated through eye contact, giving off an eerie and suspicious vibe that didn't seem right."

Li Yarlin asked in surprise: "You knew they were Japanese even though they didn't speak? How did you know?"

"Cheng Hengying said: 'I accidentally glanced at one of their phone screens on the way here, and they were using Japanese.'"

Li Yarlin asked again: "Did you have any interactions after arriving at the hotel?"

"No," Cheng Hengying replied. "After we arrived at the hotel, we were assigned to help out in the back kitchen. But then a few of them got reassigned to different tasks, and they left together from the back kitchen."

Li Yarlin continued to ask: "So I'll ask you, who was the person who recruited you? Who allocated work to us? And especially, who allocated work to those Japanese individuals?"

Cheng Hengying hurriedly said: "It was Manager Chen who recruited us, but I don't know exactly what he called him. He gave us assignments in the back kitchen, and later on, he reassigned those few Japanese individuals to different tasks."

Li Yarlin took out the hotel staff directory, found Manager Chen's page, and handed it to Cheng Hengying, asking: "Is that him?"

Cheng Hengying looked at the photo on the employee directory and immediately concluded: "Yes, it is!"

Li Yarlin nodded in satisfaction, thinking he had broken through the point. JrNovels.com