According to the address Xu Li gave, Li Kangyi found Cheng Huan's new store smoothly.
The business in the store was very good, and the occupancy rate was close to 60% at 9:00 pm. As soon as Li Kang entered the store, he ordered a few dishes, then sat in his seat, keeping his eyes on his surroundings.
This waited until more than ten o'clock.
The shopping mall closes at 10:30, and the hours of the shops inside have to be a little earlier. At ten o'clock, the customers who eat in the shop have almost left, and only Li Kangyi's table is left.
They can't get off work unless the customers leave. Seeing other employees close their doors and leave one by one, the employees in the store are also a little anxious. A group of people stand by the cashier and make eye contact with each other. Finally, a tall waiter walks out from the crowd. She walked to Li Kangyi's side and said politely, "Hello, customer, do you need anything else? The mall will be closed soon."
Li Kangyi was also anxious. He waited for more than an hour and didn't see the owner. He wondered if Xu Li had given her a fake address, and it was difficult to ask. But he also knew that the other party was telling the truth, so he reluctantly stood up from his seat and went to the cashier to pay.
A lot of employees gathered at the cash register, all waiting to leave. Li Kang scanned the circle, but still didn't see the person he was looking for. He handed the card to the cashier, pretending to be casual and said: "You guys are a bit late after get off work."
It could have been earlier if you hadn't left so late.
The cashier complained in her heart, but her face was still full of smiles. She took the bank card, swiped it, and asked him to enter the password.
As soon as Li Kang paid for the meal, he wanted to inquire about the boss's situation again, but the employees nearby rushed away to clean up, even the cashier was no exception, returned the bank card to him, and took a The rag started wiping the checkout counter.
The words he wanted to ask were squeezed out of his throat like this, and Li Kangyi's face turned ugly again. He put away his wallet, took two deep breaths, and left the shopping mall full of aggrieved.
Li Kangyi didn't plan to give up before he left the teacher. In the next few days, he would run to Rongjiang whenever he had time, and stay until night. It's a pity that he went so many times, but he didn't meet Cheng Huan once. of.
There were few customers at night, so he was so conspicuous. In just two days, all the waiters in the store knew this customer. Occasionally, when there was no one in the store, some people would come over to strike up a conversation.
Li Kangyi was also happy to chat with these people. He looked down on them and felt that working in a restaurant was not self-motivated, but for his own purpose, he behaved very friendly. Within two days, a male waiter called him a brother.
I am familiar with the employees in the store, and the clichés are better, but occasionally the topic turns to work in the chat, and Li Kangyi can know a lot of news about Cheng Huan.
From this, he also knew why he had come here so many times and never met Cheng Huan.
Because she doesn't come at night!
Knowing this matter, Li Kangyi didn't mention how depressed he was, he said a few words casually to end the topic, and got up to prepare to pay.
"Hey, why did you leave so early today?" the employee beside him asked.
"I have something to do today." Knowing that Cheng Huan would not come, Li Kangyi was not willing to waste time here, so he made a perfunctory sound, paid the money, and left without stopping.
Walking out of the shopping mall, the cold wind from outside rushed in. Li Kang shrank his neck, cursed "Damn weather" in a low voice, trotted all the way to the car, got in the car and left.
The employees in the store said that the boss would usually visit the store every three to five seven, and Li Kangyi recognized this time. He is busy at the end of the year, and there is no time to spare on weekdays. Only Sunday coincides with the New Year’s Day holiday. Take a few days off.
For this matter, Li Kangyi called his parents in advance to say that he would not go back this holiday, and drove to Rongjiang Plaza early in the morning on weekends. After waiting for a day, I still haven't seen anyone.
Because at this time, Cheng Huan had already taken his son and his father on vacation.
The New Year's Day holiday is Saturday, Sunday and Monday. In order to save time, they plan to set off on Friday afternoon. When they arrive at the place just in the evening, they can catch up with the sunrise the next day after sleeping.
For this trip, all three people reported different levels of expectations and started preparations several days in advance.
Jiang Mingyuan's car appeared downstairs on time at four o'clock in the afternoon.
He came directly from the company and just finished a meeting. The car was parked downstairs, and the driver got down and opened the door for him.
"You wait here." He ordered and went upstairs alone.
Jiang Mingyuan had the key to the door of Cheng Huan's house, but he hadn't used it. He stood outside the door, rang the doorbell, and footsteps sounded inside the door. After a while, the door opened before his eyes.
Cheng Huan is wearing loose home clothes and family-style fur slippers on her feet. She should have just been putting on makeup, her two eyebrows look a little different, and the wide hairband with pink rabbit ears on her head looks very thin. Age, like a college student who has not left school.
"Why did you come so early?" Cheng Huan was already familiar with him, and he was not polite when he saw it, so he made room for someone to come in, and walked back to the bedroom by himself: "Wait for me, I have to change clothes."
"Take your time, don't worry." Jiang Mingyuan walked into the living room, and saw the two suitcases with a strong sense of presence beside the coffee table at a glance. Those two suitcases were really big. They didn't look like they were on vacation, but instead Like moving.
Jiang Mingyuan was a little surprised: "Why do you bring so many things?"
Cheng Huan stopped and looked at the two boxes: "Not many, I think it's just right."
The two suitcases look big, but they are actually full. There are a change of clothes for both mother and child, swimsuits, bed sheets and quilt covers, her skin care products, Xingxing’s toys, slippers, toothpaste and toothbrushes, and some self-made Snacks, plus eye masks and earplugs. It can be said to bring everything imaginable.
Cheng Huan felt that none of these things in the box would work without them. He wanted to bring the pillow with him at first, but he couldn't fit it, so he gave up.
The eyes of the woman next to him were wide open, with a pure and innocent look, and the rabbit ears on the hair band were shaking up and down with the movement, making people want to pinch and fix it for him.
Jiang Mingyuan looked away, said oh, and didn't worry about it, he was ready to go out with a suitcase in one hand: "Go and do it, I'll take the suitcase down."
"Thank you for your hard work." Cheng Huan said without sincerity, and went to the bedroom to continue working on his makeup. She sits in front of the mirror and draws her eyebrows with a brush. Xing Xing stands aside and watches her make up. Looking at herself, she wants to try: "Mom, I want to paint too!"
He seemed to think that makeup is a very interesting game, so he picked up the lipstick on the side and unscrewed it, and applied it to his eyebrows as well.
Cheng Huan didn't take Xing Xing's words seriously, and continued to paint her eyebrows. When the eyebrows were rendered to perfection, she turned her head and saw her things being fumbled.
The lipstick in Xing Xing's hand has just been bought a few days ago and has not been used yet. Cheng Huan took it out and prepared to use it to match today's makeup.
The little guy has been drawing with crayons these days. Coloring with crayons is not as easy as watercolors. He has to use a lot of energy every time. Now Xing Xing puts this energy on the lipstick. When he moves his fingers, Dao and Dao appear on his eyebrows. Thick and long red marks, looking extremely funny.
Kid Jiang Xingchen didn't think he was ugly, he was very beautiful, he looked in the mirror left and right, and wanted his mother to compliment him, but when he looked up, he saw his mother's sinister face.
"Jiang... Xing... Chen..." Cheng Huan paused, her face was so dark that ink dripped, she gritted her teeth and pressed her throat: "Are you itchy?"
Xing Xing is no longer the fearless child he was before. He has been spanked before, and he knows that spanking hurts. Seeing his mother like this, he feels bad, so he throws his things away in fright, and smashes his unretracted lipstick on It was broken into two pieces on the ground and completely scrapped.
Due to inertia, the lipstick slid a little distance on the ground, drawing a long red mark on the blanket. If Cheng Huan's face was just dripping ink, she would eat people now. She slapped the table and stood up. Rolling up his cuffs, he was about to beat someone up: "I think you can't do it if you don't!"
Xing Xing didn't know what he had done, so he turned around and ran out, yelling to find a backer while running: "Dad! Dad, help me!"
As soon as Jiang Mingyuan stepped out of the elevator, he faintly heard his son's yelling, still calling for help!
What happened? ! In a panic, he strode to the door, took out the key from his pocket, and opened the door.
The door opened, and Xing Xing just ran out of the bedroom. When he saw him, he rushed over as if seeing a life-saving straw, and ran behind him, grabbing his pants and hiding behind.
Before Jiang Mingyuan had time to ask what happened, he saw Cheng Huan also come out of the room. She had a stinky expression on her face, as if I was not to be messed with.
Seeing that the two of them were fine, Jiang Mingyuan felt relieved. He probably guessed that the little kid had done something to annoy Cheng Huan again. He consciously wanted to mediate, so he took Xingxing's arm with one hand and dragged him into the room. out of the house.
Xing Xing didn't want to go in at all, but his father went in. Isn't it more dangerous for him to stand outside? He is very smart and knows who can protect him, so he followed Jiang Mingyuan, clutching his pants tightly, not daring to show his head.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Mingyuan walked into the door and asked the people not far away: "Did Xingxing do something wrong?"
Cheng Huan didn't bother to explain, so he twitched the corners of his mouth at Jiang Mingyuan, walked to the sofa and sat down, raised his chin, and said like a queen, "You can see it when you look at it."
"Huh?" Jiang Mingyuan didn't understand, but he dragged his son out anyway. The little guy was very unhappy, but he couldn't resist because of his weak strength, so he was reluctantly exposed to others.
Seeing his face, Jiang Mingyuan understood everything, and he felt a little helpless. He wiped his son's eyebrows with his hand, staining the red with his hand.
He twirled his fingers, and tapped on Xing Xing's head amusedly: "Why are you so naughty?"
After saying something so nonchalant, Jiang Mingyuan looked at Cheng Huan again, and interceded with his son: "The child didn't do it on purpose, it shouldn't be that he can't move things, just teach him slowly, don't scare him."
Just like what Jiang Mingyuan said, Cheng Huan was just scaring the stars. She was not too angry. It was just a lipstick, which was not expensive. She would buy it after being overwhelmed. The reason why she made such a statement was because her son was too skinny recently. , I want to find an opportunity to teach me a lesson.
Cheng Huan didn't want to let her son go so easily, she snorted coldly: "He is very disobedient now."
"It can always be taught well." Jiang Mingyuan still said that, his tone was gentle, like a good old man.