After walking out of the manager's office, Chen Xiao saw his lovely female colleague standing at the door, biting her lips gently. Her originally cute and playful eyes looked at her with a hint of disappointment. Own.
"Chen Xiao, are you really leaving?" The cute female clerk's voice was a little sad.
Chen Xiao coughed, turned his head to avoid the other person's eyes, and smiled reluctantly: "Yes, I found a new job. It is closer to home and can be less hard work."
The cute female clerk forced a smile: "Then in the future, even if we are not colleagues, we should keep in touch more. We are not colleagues, but we are also friends. Don't forget that you still owe me a birthday gift."
Recalling that she gave him an MP4 as a gift on his birthday, Chen Xiao naturally knew what the girl was thinking. After thinking about it, he quickly copied a number: "This is my phone number. You must invite me on your birthday. "
After getting the phone number, the female clerk smiled happily, put it away carefully, and asked again: "Chen Xiao, we have been working together for more than two months. You still don't know my name, right?"
Chen Xiao was a little embarrassed - he used to be a little colder and didn't like talking to people: "I only know that everyone calls you Xiaonuo... so I followed suit. Speaking of which, I never asked your name. , I am really rude."
"My surname is Ye, Ye Xiaonuo." Xiaonuo smiled sweetly, with a pair of small pear dimples on her cheeks: "Don't call me Xiaonuo anymore. My friends all call me 'Yi Zi'."
"Okay, I'll call you Ye Zi from now on." Chen Xiao nodded solemnly.
Ye Xiaonuo's eyes lit up, and he stretched out the hand that had been behind his back just now. He held a package in his slender palm and lowered his voice: "Take it, I know you do this every time I haven’t eaten since I came to work, so I left two beef burgers for you, so I’ll treat you to it.”
After saying that, he stuffed the thing directly into Chen Xiao's hand, then turned around and ran behind the counter.
Miss Baicai was hired on the spot and stayed to try out the job. Chen Xiao left the fast food restaurant alone, holding two steaming burgers in his hands, and couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Seeing that it was still early, I planned to go to the bank first to get my bicycle back.
Just as I was about to go to the subway station, the phone in my pocket suddenly rang. He picked it up and took a look...
Um
I recognized this number. It was the same number that Hei San had left for me! I dialed this number last night, but the other party hung up the phone impatiently.
"Hello." After Chen Xiao answered, his voice immediately became cold.
"Chen Xiao?" The other party was still the old man I heard last night. His voice was rough and hoarse, and he still had the same lukewarm tone: "No matter what you are doing now, I will give you half an hour and report to me immediately."
"Now?" Chen Xiao frowned. The other party's voice was very rude, even with a commanding tone, which made people feel uncomfortable. Chen Xiao was a little unhappy: "Didn't you say last night that it would be okay within a week?"
"Where does all this nonsense come from!" The other party's voice was even more impatient than Chen Xiao: "Come when I tell you. I have an emergency now and need help! I'll give you half an hour and come to me immediately! The monthly salary is three thousand, every day Two meals included!”
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Xiao to speak, he hung up again with a snap.
Chen Xiao was really angry—fuck! So cool
But... a monthly salary of three thousand, including two meals... For a part-time job, this kind of treatment is really good enough!
What's more, Chen Xiao's wallet has been bleeding heavily in the past two days, and there is an extra person to eat at home...
Grit your teeth and endure it for the sake of your job!
…
The address is located near the southwest suburbs of K city.
Although K City is actually a big city, the real estate industry has been booming in recent years, causing the housing and land prices in K City to skyrocket, and there are newly developed neighborhoods everywhere. However, in the southwestern suburbs, land and housing prices have never risen.
Because in the past few years, the southwest suburbs were the industrial zone of K City, and several large local factories were located here. In recent years, in response to the development of the real estate industry, most of these factories have been relocated further away. This area in the southwest suburbs has also undergone a lot of development. In the past few years, newspapers and television often advocated the creation of a "new city", but the climate has never been achieved. Developers came one after another, real estates were built one after another, and many commercial districts and communities were built, but they just couldn't gather popularity.
Just because the local people in K City know that that place used to be an industrial factory. Although the factories were later moved away, God knows whether there will be any industrial pollution left on the land there. Although the government has repeatedly refuted the rumors and guaranteed that There is no pollution problem in this piece of land... However, these days, no one believes what Xinwen Network says.
Therefore, this area in the southwest suburbs has become a famous cold spot in K City... but it is still deserted. Although those beautiful new buildings have been built one after another, at night, most of the buildings are pitch black, and occasionally there are a few... There are only a few lights in each house.
The prices of new real estate here have dropped again and again. Although they are about 30% cheaper than houses in the city, there are still few people interested in them. There is a famous joke in K City. Anyone who has taken the driving license test and learns to drive will go to the southwestern suburbs at night to practice driving. Even if you drive with the driver's license open, you don't have to worry about hitting anyone, because at night, you can drive. Throw a grenade on the street and it won't blow up anyone.
When Chen Xiao arrived here from the city, the subway car was deserted. After leaving the subway station, he looked around. For two full minutes, not a single car passed by on the road.
The address in his hand was not difficult to find. Chen Xiao found his destination after walking for fifteen minutes.
Obviously, this is also an unfinished "commercial district". When the real estate company was developing the area, newspapers advocated that it would be built into a large commercial district every day, but then nothing happened. The surrounding real estate seems to be very beautiful, but in fact it is not popular. The sun hasn't set yet, so everything looks deserted.
This place is a "pedestrian commercial street". Unfortunately, this huge street was seven or eight hundred meters long. When Chen Xiao saw it, he saw almost no open shops. Most shop houses are empty. A desolate smell.
After walking half a street, Chen Xiao only saw two stores open. One was a wine shop and the other was a cigar shop... This made Chen Xiao a little funny. Who would come to a place like this to buy luxuries like red wine and cigars
What surprised Chen Xiao even more was that there was a car wash and repair shop at the intersection—opening the car shop in a commercial pedestrian street? It seems that the stores here must be ridiculously cheap!
When Chen Xiao passed by, he saw that the car dealership was still open. A middle-aged man wearing work clothes with black engine oil stains on his body was holding a pair of pliers in his hand and looked at the car dealer walking in front of the door with curious eyes. Chen Xiao passed by, and there seemed to be a playful and weird smile on the corner of his mouth.
Chen Xiao walked to the end of the street and finally found the address.
This is actually a coffee shop? Just one glance at the name of the store shocked Chen Xiao: Ribak.
Hmm... Does this store owner have a grudge against "Starbucks"
However - the business of this coffee shop has been extremely bleak. If we look at it according to common sense, if the business of a store is so miserable, it should be close to bankruptcy.
But this coffee shop actually has a couplet hanging on the door!
Hanging couplets in coffee shops is already very out of place, but what’s even more outrageous is the content of this couplet!
First line: If you want to drink coffee for less than 200 yuan, please go elsewhere!
Second line: Those who are identified as beauties by the shop owner will be free of charge!
Hengpi: Will love come or not
Chen Xiao: “…”
After staring at the arrogant couplet for a while, Chen Xiao sighed and gently opened the door. Amidst the tinkling of wind chimes, Chen Xiao walked into this deserted shop. Looking around, there was not a single table of customers in the huge coffee shop.
Behind the counter, an old man wearing a floral shirt, holding a wooden pipe in his mouth, with silver-white hair, was holding a thread-bound book in his hand, squinting in concentration.
Chen Xiao walked up to him and stood for a full five seconds. The old man didn't even notice that there was someone in front of him, but his squinted old eyes were shining with light, as if he was fascinated by what he saw.
Chen Xiao couldn't help but glance at the book. He couldn't see the title of the book, but only saw a paragraph of content:
"... The old woman said with a smile: 'The official Ximen has a good eye. The young lady of this family had a maiden name of Pan and a maiden name of Jin Lian. She was from a wealthy family, but she was ill-fated to join this Wuhan University... '"
Chen Xiao couldn't help but smile and greeted politely: "Old man, have you watched "Water Margin"?"
The old man then raised his head, as if he had just seen Chen Xiao, with a righteous look on his face, smiled proudly, and replied with three words:
""Jin Ping Mei"!"
Chen Xiao: “…”