I lost my job
This is a fatal problem for me. In this strange city, if I lose my source of income, I may not be able to survive.
I still remember a few days ago, after I came out of the police station and delivered all my goods back to the store, I found that the boss's wife had been waiting for me in the store. But this time she was not watching TV series, but staring at the computer that had entered the screen saver. Her eyes were red. It was obvious that the boss's wife must have cried for a long time before I came over.
I knew that the boss's wife might have already known about Zhang Peng's arrest and even murder. I didn't know how to comfort her, so I quietly moved the remaining problematic items into the house and started signing for the express delivery orders.
"Xiao Wen, come here for a moment."
I had just finished signing for the order when the boss lady called me over. Perhaps because I was the one who caught Zhang Peng, I always felt extremely indebted to the boss lady, so I walked up to her with my head lowered and asked her what she wanted to do.
The boss's wife took out this month's account book, and my salary for this month had already been calculated on it.
"Check it to see if I made a mistake."
Seeing the boss lady's trembling hands holding the account book, I knew that I could no longer continue to work in this store because of what I had done. I didn't mean to blame the boss lady. I took the account book without looking at it. After a few seconds of pausing, I said to the boss lady, "Boss lady, that's right."
The boss lady took out a stack of my salary that had been prepared long ago from the drawer and handed it to me. She never looked at me from beginning to end and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I have already transferred this store. The new boss will be here tomorrow. The new boss has relatives who deliver express, so I'm sorry, I have to inconvenience you."
I took the money from the boss lady's hand, feeling mixed emotions. I just stood behind her, silently reached out to take out the store keys and electric car keys, and gently placed them on the table.
The proprietress sighed again and stood up from the chair. It seemed that she had been sitting for too long, or maybe she was too sad. Her body suddenly began to shake. I immediately went forward to support the proprietress, but she gently pushed me away. She looked around with confused eyes at the express delivery store that she and Zhang Peng had run for many years. This was her last remembrance.
I also looked around the place where I had worked for more than a year. Many times, when I am about to lose something or someone, I will pay full attention to it, no matter how little I paid attention to it in the past.
"Let's go, close the door, I'll come and do the handover procedures with the new boss tomorrow, so you don't have to come to work tomorrow."
The atmosphere in the courier store seemed extremely heavy. I followed the proprietress out. She slowly closed the door and turned to leave without looking back at me. But the moment she turned around, I clearly saw a tear run down her face and shatter on the ground.
People are all made of flesh and blood, and I was infected by the sad atmosphere emanating from the proprietress. I felt my nose sore and tears instantly flowed down my face. Facing the proprietress's back, I said in a trembling voice what I should have said a long time ago.
"Madam, I'm sorry."
After hearing my apology, the boss lady stopped walking instantly and her body suddenly trembled violently. I didn't know what to say at all. I could only wipe the tears from my face and whispered, "Boss lady, take good care of yourself in the future. Even if not for yourself, you should think more about the baby in your belly."
The proprietress nodded with her back to me and said in a trembling voice, "I will. I will never let my child experience what Zhang Peng went through again. I will live well and watch my child grow up, get married and have children. Ji Wen, I don't blame you. Zhang Peng deserves what he got. Even without you, I think he would not be able to escape the punishment of the law."
"But."
I wanted to tell the boss lady about Zhang Peng's criminal intentions so that Zhang Peng could maintain his position in her heart, but she stopped me with a wave of her hand and said, "Can you understand him as well as I do? I know why he did this. I don't regret marrying him in this life. Ji Wen, go find a better job. I hope you will be safe in this life."
After saying that, the boss lady left. Since then, I have never seen her again. I don’t know how she is doing. Whenever I think of her, I pray for her silently, hoping that God will not play tricks on such a strong and pitiful woman again.
After losing my job as a courier, I went home to rest for a day and went out to look for a job the next day. After much thought, I felt that being a courier was the only job I could do. After all, I was familiar with the business and the salary was not bad. So I went to many courier stores for interviews, but without exception, no one gave me a good look.
Because all the express delivery companies and express delivery branches in the city are extremely well-informed, after what happened yesterday, I have become an ungrateful villain who harmed my boss in their eyes. No one is willing to hire someone like me.
I can only laugh at such opinions. I don't expect them to understand me, I just hope that I can have a clear conscience. Besides, I subconsciously feel that there is nothing wrong with their evaluation of me.
After looking for a job all day and getting rejected, I finally gave up and went back home to become a stay-at-home. Every day, apart from going out to eat, I stayed at home playing games. The comfortable life also made me lazy. I thought that since I still had some savings, plus the 5,000 yuan salary that Bai Qi gave me last time, it didn't matter if I didn't work for the time being.
In fact, only I know that it’s not that I don’t want to find a job. I’m just waiting for Bai Qi to find me again. Maybe it’s because I solved the empty package case, I always feel that it is easier to make money from Bai Qi.
I haven't met Bai Qi since the last time we met. During that time, I went out for a drink with Bai Longfei. I heard that Bai Qi has returned to the headquarters of the special case team in Beijing and is concentrating on investigating the whereabouts of Qiongqi. He has also sent the photo of Qiongqi taken by the surveillance camera to the public security internal network and posted an A-level wanted warrant. However, in my opinion, these practices are of no use at all. If we can really find Qiongqi with that photo, then this Qiongqi will not be as difficult to deal with as we imagined.
After Zhang Peng was executed, Officer Yang did not make the same mistake he had made before. He directly held a press conference and told the public the whole process of concealing the heart-eating demon ten years ago and how the heart-eating demon was captured this time. He just omitted my part. I know that this is also to protect my privacy.
Although Officer Yang's confession involved great risks, his frankness won the public's recognition. Although some people still secretly cursed the police, most people chose to forgive the police. They are not afraid of making mistakes, but they are afraid that you will not admit your mistakes.
After that day, Lin Yingxue also left Zhongwei City with Bai Qi. As for Zhang Qishan, he seemed to have disappeared and never contacted me again. I was filled with emotion, thinking that Zhang Qishan had gotten his share and disappeared? He had lived in my house for free for a few days and never even asked me to come over to treat him to a meal.
I don't know why, but now I am not so afraid of Qiongqi. After such a long time of calmness, I also understand that Qiongqi is a human being after all, not a god. As long as he is a human being, I have no reason to be afraid of him. At the same time, I believe more that what he can do, I can do as well. With the help of Bai Qi, I finally found the confidence to fight against Qiongqi.
During that period, Officer Yang came to see me several times. It was obvious that he still cared about me. He asked me if I wanted someone to protect me. I smiled and refused, so Officer Yang did not insist. Of course, he never mentioned the issue of finding a job for me since I was unemployed.
In this way, I stayed at home for a whole month, and I finally understood why there are so many otakus, because sometimes it feels really comfortable and cozy to stay at home and not go out.
For a month, except for eating and sleeping, I spent most of my time playing League of Legends. I don’t know why, but my skills became worse and worse. Forget about reaching gold. I felt like I was about to drop back to bronze.
Although I was calmly playing games and waiting, I was also extremely anxious. I thought, it's been a month, why hasn't Bai Qi come to find me? Is it possible that the whole world is very peaceful in this month, and no cases have happened? Or is it that Bai Qi is simply lying to me, and all the things he said to make me work hard are fake
After losing again, I turned off the computer in a state of annoyance and lay on the bed, thinking about random things. I kept reviewing the empty package case over and over again in my mind. Suddenly, a question came to my mind: where is the empty package containing Zhang Peng's fingerprint identification certificate now? I wonder if Officer Yang and his team found the empty package in Zhang Peng's home? The next time Officer Yang comes to see me, I must ask him carefully.
Just when I was daydreaming, my cell phone suddenly rang. I picked it up and saw that it was Bai Longfei calling. It was already afternoon, and I guess he was going to ask me out for dinner and drinks again.
"Hey, Brother Long, are there any activities tonight?"
Bai Longfei on the other end of the phone cursed with a smile, then said, "Let's talk about the event another day. Come to my house first. My dad is here and he wants to talk to you about something."
"Oh? Okay, I'll be right there. Remember to prepare dinner."
After hanging up the phone, I couldn't help but smile. The worry that had been hanging in the air for the past few days finally made me feel relieved. My intuition told me that this time Bai Qi contacted me, something interesting must have happened.