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On Christmas Eve, Orlando is full of Christmas atmosphere.People who have been busy for a year choose to give themselves a big holiday on this day.Even the many businesses and restaurants on the streets, and all places that require human work have closed their doors.

So, today's dinner does seem to be a problem.Gloria opened the visor of the mask and observed the closed businesses and various restaurants on the street. "You know, today is Christmas, and all the shops are closed."

Katerina looked at the somewhat deserted streets, "Yeah, where shall we go for Christmas dinner?"

"Uh, do you like Chinese food?"

"Like. What do you mean?"

"All businesses will be closed on Christmas Day, but Chinese restaurants will not."

"Really? Why don't they close the door?"

"Because Christmas is not their holiday. Hurry up, let's find a Chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner." After speaking, he drove Katerina towards Highway 50 in the city.

There are no more than 10 Chinese restaurants in downtown Orlando, but most of them are concentrated on both sides of Interstate 4 in the southwest.Most of the remaining ones are located near Highway 50.

What they didn't know was that Highway 50 was only 13 minutes away from the Paramore area, one of Orlando's high crime rates.In other words, from this moment on, they will encounter various gang members from this area at any time.

When Gloria drove to Zhao's Chinese Restaurant at No. 50 on Highway 1901, the parking lots on the left and right sides of the restaurant were full of private cars of various local residents.

"Wow, there are really a lot of people here for dinner." Katerina asked when she got out of the car.

"Hmm, maybe we can still find a seat." Gloria put down her helmet and gave her a look, then walked towards the restaurant door.

"Hi, Merry Christmas! Do you... have reservations?" A Chinese girl standing at the reception desk inside the restaurant gate greeted them warmly.

"Merry Christmas! Uh, sorry, we don't have reservations," Gloria said, smiling.

"Well, in that case...I can try."

"Thank you."

A few minutes later, the Chinese girl walked back to the gate from the restaurant.Nodding to the two of them, "If you don't mind, how about sitting with my college classmates?"

Gloria nodded, "No problem."

Just when the three of them walked to a Chinese-style round table near the window at the innermost part of the restaurant, a white boy sitting at the table called out to the Chinese girl, "Hey, Regina, come and watch this video."

"Please, I'm working. If my mommy finds out that I'm slacking off, she'll deduct my salary for an excuse," said the Chinese girl.

"One minute, just one minute." The white boy stretched out a finger and said deliberately like a clown.

"I'm sorry, my classmate Matthew is like this. Please sit down, both of you!" the Chinese girl Regina said to Gloria and the two.

"It's okay." Gloria smiled and sat down with Katerina.

"Uh, what do you want to eat? Christmas dinner, or Chinese food?" Regina asked.

"Well, Christmas dinner, do you have any eggnog?" Gloria said softly.

"Of course. What more?"

"Well, another bottle of beer-flavored French Veuve Clicquot champagne."

At this time, the white boy named Matthew came over with a tablet, "Hey, look, this female 'Ghost Rider' is really fucking cool!"

Regina looked at him and snorted softly, "Ghost Rider? Let me see."

"You are from the Haitian gang? What are you doing here?" A French dialogue came out from the tablet.

"Oh, God! It's..." Katerina said to Gloria, her eyes widening in horror when she heard this.

"Take it easy, don't talk," Gloria said softly.

"Excuse me, what did you say?" Regina noticed their conversation.

"Uh, please serve us quickly, thank you."

"Okay, come right away."

Regina turned to the boy named Matthew and said, "Okay, I have to go to work."

Matthew kept focusing on the tablet, "Go ahead."

At this time, the voice of a black Haitian came from his tablet again, "Listen, I don't want to kill you. If you want to live, you'd better give me the money right away!"

"God! What language does this bastard speak? Does any of you understand it?" Matthew asked as he walked back to several classmates holding a tablet computer.

"I don't know. It sounds like French, but it doesn't seem like it." One of the black girls looked at her tablet and replied without looking up.

"Gloria, what's going on? Why did this matter appear on the Internet?" Katerina asked in a low voice.

"I think someone must have seen the whole robbery process. Instead of calling the police, they secretly recorded the incident." Gloria said calmly.

The Chinese girl who led them to dinner earlier was the girl mentioned in the conversation between the motel owner who secretly recorded the robbery scene and his friend Adam.

Regina Zhao is a fourth-year student at Rollins College in Orlando, Florida, and her other identity is a "soldier" in the "Guardian Angel" organization.The white boy was third grader Matthew Norton, the newest "little soldier" of the Guardian Angels.

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