[Invisible Scarecrow] 04: The person in charge of Jingyi Bookstore in City D
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"You need so much chili pepper to chop the fish head. Hey, eating too much spicy food is bad for your stomach." Wei's mother held a Sichuan cuisine cookbook in one hand and flipped through a few pages while muttering to herself. She flipped through the page halfway with her fingers.
She stopped, turned around and looked behind her, but all she saw was a row of tall bookshelves. It was strange, she always felt like someone was looking at her!
Lin's father said that she has been nervous and a little sensitive recently, and she also feels that she is indeed sensitive. Today is a rare day off. Instead of sleeping at home to catch up on sleep, she came here to read a book, and the book she read was not a professional nursing book.
Check out the recipes specifically.
This may be the same as the fact that a chef rarely cooks at home. She doesn’t want to read any books about work after she comes out of the hospital.
Aunt Wei thought for a while and put the book back. She didn't know what she thought of. She took out her mobile phone from her bag, and the mobile phone in Lin Xuejing's hand, who was standing behind the bookshelf behind her, began to vibrate, and the ringtone rang.
In an instant, Lin Xuejing hung up the phone very quickly, strode away from behind the bookshelf to the other side, and hid herself in the stairwell. The palms of her hands holding the phone were covered in sweat.
There are still people passing by in the stairwell, and there are too many people using the elevator, so some people choose to take the stairs up.
Lin Xuejing took the phone and glanced at Wei's mother, confirming that she was walking in the opposite direction to her. It seemed that she was going to take the down elevator to go downstairs, so she ran upstairs and reached the fifth floor in one breath.
In the bathroom, when I closed the door, I made sure it was extremely quiet in the bathroom and then dialed back.
As soon as the phone call came through, Mother Wei over there said a little apologetically that she suddenly remembered to call her, and she didn't notice the time difference. She said that it was only about three o'clock in the morning over there, so you were still resting. Hurry up and hang up the phone and go to bed.
!
"Mom, I -" Lin Xuejing squatted on the toilet, holding the phone tightly with one hand, and hugging herself with the other hand. Her tone was choked when she spoke, "Mom, I'm sorry for you!"
"Why is your voice hoarse?" Mother Wei asked on the phone, "Hey, Lin Xuejing, let me ask you something, did you stay up late again? I can tell by your voice that you haven't slept at all now. Tell me.
, what kind of job do you do that requires you to stay up late every day?"
Lin Xuejing's eyes turned red. She quickly moved the phone further away from her. She covered her mouth with her hand and took a deep breath. When she spoke into the phone's microphone again, her voice had become a little more lazy and casual.
With feigned impatience, "Oh Mom, you know it's only three o'clock in the morning here. I was woken up by you even though I was sleeping so well. You're so annoying! I've hung up and I'm going to continue.
sleeping!"
"Oh, you -" The phone call was cut off, and Wei's mother's voice disappeared. Lin Xuejing, who was squatting on the toilet, hugged herself tightly with her arms, biting her arm with her teeth, and her face turned red.
Tears flowed uncontrollably from my eyes.
The longing broke out at the moment when she saw her mother but didn't dare to recognize her face to face. She really wanted to go over and hug her and tell her, 'Mom, I'm back!', but she didn't have the courage to go over.
, she misses her father so much, she really wants to go home, she really wants to--
This is why she hasn't changed her phone number two months after she came back. Calls to her are still international long-distance calls, and the cost is several times the domestic phone bill, but she hasn't changed her phone number yet.
Mother Wei, who had already followed the escalator to the ground floor, looked at the phone that was hung up, and sighed heavily. Why is this child still the same as before? No, she and Father Lin must find a way to get her daughter back!
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In Jiangwan City Community, the elevator arrived at the sixth floor. Lin Xuejing, who was holding a plastic bag, stood at the door for a while, and squeezed out a smile to the void. After sorting out her emotions, she took out the door key and opened the door.
He shouted towards the living room, "I'm back!"
What responded to her was the sound of the washing machine stirring on the balcony. Lin Xuejing put down the things in her hands. She didn't even rush to change her shoes. She strode to the balcony and saw the child who was squatting on the ground and pressing the drain pipe of the washing machine against the outlet.
, the water outlet hole on the balcony is just as big as the drain pipe of the washing machine, but because the hole is not easy to fix, it always leaks out during drainage, and the balcony is filled with water if you are not careful. At this time, Chengjia, who was squatting over there, used a pair of small
His little hands held the nozzle in place, and as the washing machine trembled with stirring, his little hands holding the nozzle also began to tremble.
He didn't hear the movement behind him because he usually wouldn't wear a hearing aid when he was at home alone, so he didn't know there was anyone standing behind him at this time.
Chengjia is almost five years old and is a very independent child. He can wash clothes, know how to use the appliances at home, and can cook simple food. Even when Lin Xuejing is busy at work and not at home, he also knows how to take care of himself!
Lin Xuejing looked at the little figure squatting there and concentrating on doing things. She didn't know if it was because the sadness just now had not been healed in her heart. When she saw him, her eyes were covered with a thin layer of mist again.
When the water was drained, she knelt down and picked him up, "Let me do it!"
Chengjia was obviously startled. He only reacted when he saw that the person holding him was his mother. He pointed at the fully automatic washing machine placed in the corner of the balcony, with a trace of frustration on his face.
, “I’m not very good at using it yet!”
Lin Xuejing carried him into the living room, took a dry towel and wiped his hands clean. Chengjia put on the hearing aid herself, wiped away the frustrated expression on her face, and smiled at her mother.
"Just let me wash it!" Lin Xuejing said, looking at the expectant expression on her son's face, and after thinking for a while, she added, "But I can teach you, come on!"
Her child is less than five years old. At this age, other people's children are still acting coquettishly and playing in the arms of adults, but her Chengjia is learning the essentials of life early. This is life. Life forces people to grow. It
We won’t take your age into account, and we won’t pity you because you are young. All you have to do is learn, and if you don’t know how, just work hard to learn!
Lin Xuejing bought this fully automatic washing machine last week when she saw a special offer in an electrical appliance store. The only disadvantage of a fully automatic washing machine is that it wastes water. Little Chengjia also realized this, so she placed it next to the washing machine.
I had a big bucket, and after it was full, I had no room to put it in, so I drained it into the drain pipe.
This water can also be used to mop floors and flush toilets!
Lin Xuejing changed her shoes and took out the washing machine manual from the drawer under the TV cabinet. To be honest, she had not studied the washing machine carefully a week after buying it. However, most of the household appliances nowadays are basically the same.
You can understand it at a glance. The reason why she turned out the instruction manual was because she wanted to take this opportunity to teach her son a few more words!
Lin Xuejing turned out the instruction manual and looked at her son's expectant eyes. She knew that her son's thirst for knowledge was no longer what it was two years ago. Although his knowledge was limited, he always maintained his enthusiasm for new things.
In fact, Chengjia can now recognize more Chinese characters than the average child, because recently Lin Xuejing discovered that he can read other kinds of books. He has neatly collected the children's books that were originally piled on the bed.
, some of the reading materials he reads now are in English and some are in Chinese. After four years in the UK, little Chengjia’s English level is great! For him, English is easier to learn than Chinese characters!
Shu Ran reminded her yesterday that it was time for Chengjia to go to school. Yes, he was already past the age of kindergarten. Children of this age should be in kindergarten. However, Chengjia only stayed in school for less than a month.
Because of physical reasons! Also because--
Lin Xuejing's hand holding the manual suddenly trembled, and her heart felt cramped. The expression on her face did not let her son notice it. She avoided her face and managed to control her emotions. After calming down, she opened the manual.
Standing next to the washing machine with her son, she discussed how to use the washing machine. While talking, she asked Chengjia to try it herself. After Lin Xuejing finished speaking, the child raised her face and said, "Mom, I know how!"
Lin Xuejing looked at her son's smiling face, and he would definitely do it if he said "I can do it". She would never question Chengjia's learning ability! But looking at this smiling face, she felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart. Yes, it hurt a little.
How much time has passed, how long the years have been tempered, the pain has already penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and I can't quit it, let alone forget it!
The mother and son had lunch together. Lin Xuejing was afraid that she would not have time to go home to cook, so she brought back some meat and vegetables, cooked some porridge with a rice cooker, and the two of them gathered around the small table and started eating.
Lin Xuejing put the lean meat into her son's bowl, and threw an egg into it while cooking. She peeled it and put it all into her son's small bowl. When she was about to eat, half of the egg was put into her bowl.
With half of the egg yolk attached, she raised her head and looked at her son who was burying his head in eating, but Chengjia looked up at her and said, "Mom, I don't like eggs!"
Lin Xuejing had no choice but to lower her head and eat the egg. It had been like this from a very early age. Whatever she gave to her son, he would break it in half and give back the more than half. When asked why, he always said, "No."
like to eat'!
She didn't know what happened today, but she was particularly sentimental. After eating the half of the egg her son handed her, she adjusted her emotions and asked the little Chengjia sitting next to her, "Chengjia, do you like it?"
Do you like playing with sister Yangyang?"
Shu Ran was right. It's time for Chengjia to go to school. He can't stay at home like this all the time. The child's thirst for knowledge will become stronger and stronger as he grows older. Her knowledge can no longer satisfy her son's learning and growth. She
She hoped that Chengjia could get a better education. Meiyangyang was now in kindergarten. Shuran suggested that the two children should be together so that they could be cared for at school. For this reason, she wanted to seek her son's opinion.
Lin Xuejing waited expectantly for her son's answer, but she saw Chengjia raised her face and frowned, "I don't like it!"
Lin Xuejing was stunned for a moment. Don't you like it? That kid Yangyang is very cute! His little mouth is as sweet as if it were coated with honey. It's called sweet, and aren't they having a good time?
Lin Xuejing looked puzzled. Little Chengjia had already put down the bowl and chopsticks. Looking at her mother's puzzled expression, she frowned and explained, "She is too noisy!"
Well, Lin Xuejing's heart skipped a beat. Indeed, her son has liked to be quiet since he was a child, and Mei Yangyang has an outgoing temperament. Compared with Mei Yangyang, her son is really too quiet.
If classmate Mei Yangyang heard her beloved brother use this word to describe her, she would probably be filled with grievances!
"But Chengjia, it's time for you to go to school!" Lin Xuejing put away the bowls and chopsticks and looked at little Chengjia who was still thinking. Seeing that her son was just looking at her, she lowered her head and picked up the bowls and chopsticks in her hand.
Walk in the direction of the kitchen.
Chengjia refused to go to school since she was three years old. In the summer of that year, the weather was as hot as in City D now. The water was flowing between her fingers. The dishes and chopsticks in her hands had been washed for the second time, but
Lin Xuejing seemed to be lost in thought, completely unaware that the water in the sink was about to be filled. At the door of the kitchen, little Chengjia's little figure was leaning against the door frame, looking at the thin figure with her back to her.
After a long time, little Chengjia, who was leaning against the door frame, spoke softly.
"Mom, I'm going to school!"
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At noon, there are many people coming to dine at Jinsha Private Dining Restaurant. This restaurant is full of repeat customers because of its good food and delicious taste. In addition, it is a weekend, so diners need to make a reservation in advance to have a seat.
"Lan, how does today's dish taste? This is the chef's specialty!"
In the private room, the beautiful woman sitting opposite was eagerly serving food to the person next to her. When she saw that the other person had no intention of eating, she stopped. She blinked her watery eyes and looked pitifully at the man next to her, "Lan,
It’s been a long time since you had a good meal with me!”
Si Lan, who was sitting on the side, was smoking quietly. He just glanced at the attentive woman next to him, and turned his eyes to the opened curtains of the window. He narrowed his eyes slightly and turned to the woman beside him.
Her thin lips moved slightly, "Jian Yao, have you forgotten the rules?"
Jian Yao's eyes were stunned, and she shivered at the sharp cold eyes that Si Lan sent her over, but she pretended to be calm and coquettish, and put her chopsticks down and wrapped them around his arm, "Lan, we--"
"Get off!"
An understatement also meant that her shelf life had expired. Jian Yao was still stunned and didn't move. By the time she reacted, she had been pushed two steps away by him, almost knocking her down next to the chair.
Obviously, Mr. Si was in a bad mood today, and she happened to bump into him!
Si Lan stood up and walked slowly to the door, threw away half of the cigarette butt in his hand, turned his back and spoke quietly, "Jian Yao, listen, no woman has ever dared to play such a trick in front of me, please remember
There will definitely be no next time!”
Si Lan's voice disappeared at the door of the private room, and as he left, a woman in professional attire walked in, "Miss Jian, Mr. Si asked me to inform you that you don't need to contact me anymore. This is your
The check! Please take it!"
"Secretary Ruan!" Jian Yao didn't seem to have fully woken up from the news. She looked at the check on the table. She bit her lip and looked at Ruan Ni who was patiently waiting for her to speak. "No, it's only been a week."
?He——"
Ruan Ni, the chief secretary of Sijia Group, showed an impeccable official smile on her face, "Miss Jian, this is what Mr. Si means!"
Ruan Ni looked at this young model. The women around Mr. Si were always in good condition. In the past few years, she had dismissed countless beauties. Over time, she began to suffer from aesthetic fatigue.
These standard-level beauties seem to be works of art carved from the same mold.
"And Miss Jian is so smart, how come she doesn't know the reason?"
Ruan Ni looked at Jian Yao, whose face changed slightly, and looked at the young beautiful model seriously, "Miss Jian, if something that shouldn't be published in the newspaper tomorrow, you know what the consequences will be, so please,
Think about it carefully!"
Two days ago, a set of photos was published by China Entertainment Daily. Almost on the same day, this newly debuted model took advantage of this trend and became famous as the newly promoted girlfriend of the company president.
"Secretary Ruan!" Jian Yao stopped Ruan Ni who was about to leave and looked at her expectantly, "I was wrong. Can you tell me in front of him that I -"
Ruan Ni suddenly felt that the young lady in front of her was ridiculously innocent. Did she not pay attention when she signed the agreement? It was Mr. Si who had the final say when the agreement was terminated. Since he had already spoken, how could he leave any room for it?
?And Mr. Si always hates the trouble of cheating!
Everyone is happy with what he can afford, but he doesn't even bother to touch what he can't afford!
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"Director!" Ruan Ni walked to the car, opened the door, got into the passenger seat, and began to report on today's work. It seemed that she didn't take what happened in the restaurant private room seriously at all. Such childishness
Things were handled smoothly and easily, and it was not even a topic for conversation after dinner.
"I received a call from the secretariat of the president of D University this morning. The centenary anniversary of D University will be at the beginning of next month. President Ran sincerely invites you to attend this event!" After Ruan Ni finished speaking, she sighed in her heart, alas, President Ran, why don't you go find her?
Your rich son-in-law solicited sponsorship, but he did it here!
Si Lan, who was sitting in the back row, also narrowed his eyes. Well, what the official said was quite good, but in fact, he just wanted to attract sponsorship.
"You call me back, Si Jia answered it!" If he doesn't answer the call, he won't show respect to Shang Qing. Then that guy won't settle the score with him later?
But how could such an unfortunate thing happen without Zhang Chenchu and Run Laoer? He didn't mind if everyone went into the water together, since if there was bleeding, everyone would go out together.
Zhang Chenchu, who was in the general manager's office of Chengdi Group, sneezed heavily. Langrun, who was drinking coffee in the office of the chairman of Runlang Biological Group, almost choked on the water!
Could it be possible that he was shot even while he was lying down?
Ruan Ni hadn't figured out what their boss suddenly thought of and came to this place midway. As the escalator went up, Ruan Ni didn't ask any more questions. She often comes to this place. Her daughter is in the third grade of elementary school and needs some assistance.
She always buys teaching textbooks here. Hey, what is Mr. Si doing here today?
"Look for that Conan set, preferably one with a separate anthology section of Phantom Thief Kidd!"
Ruan Ni stood behind and was stunned for a moment, ah, Kaitou Kidd? Uh, is this Xiami rhythm?
Si Lan stood in the pile of children's books on the second floor and frowned. The beautiful girl whispered in his ear more than once, "Uncle Lan, when are you going to cash in the Conan you bought for me? You are a liar."
It’s really not the ability of a child to show off. You have to gild your glorious image and save yourself some face!
Si Lan had a headache. She really couldn't figure out why the combination of Shang Qingwen, who always spoke like gold, and Shu Ran, who was rigorous and concise in speaking, gave birth to such a person who couldn't pause for a breath no matter how long a sentence was.
After saying that, let the person listening be the girl with toothache and stomachache?
Is it really the effect of making a positive out of a negative?
He just said at a dinner party that he would give her a gift if he guessed a crossword puzzle correctly. As a result, the girl immediately climbed up the pole. Uncle Lan, you just now thought of giving me a gift. If you really mean it.
I'm not polite when you send me off. I'm polite, but I feel sorry for you. Why don't you give me a set of Conan, preferably one with many chapters of Kaitou Kidd, okay?
Silk - Si Lan feels like her stomach hurts!
Well, he felt that Shang Qingwen’s day should be particularly exciting!
As soon as Ruan Ni received the instruction, she went to the service desk to ask about the specific location of the books. The most effective way to do things was to pursue high efficiency and complete the task in the shortest time. The shopping guide personally took her to the shelf where the books were placed and took out the
A set of books was handed over.
It must have been a long, long time ago that I entered a bookstore!
He was a grown man standing among the piles of children's books, surrounded by children of all sizes. Some of them were standing and reading, and some were sitting on the floor and reading. It was so quiet that they could only hear the central air conditioner fan and the pages turning.
The sound of opening.
When he was a child, he always went to Lang Run's house to read. The study room in Lang Run's house was so big that it was jaw-dropping. Of course, reading was mostly an excuse. He just came to play with Lang Run. The two of them had the same hobbies and liked to learn.
Now in use, when they were six years old, they first dismantled computers, refrigerators, televisions, and air conditioners. Later, they dismantled the classic car in the garage. Grandpa Lang was so angry that he yelled "two prodigal sons." That was a collector's edition of the old car.
The car was actually dismantled by these two boys as scrap!
Thinking that the two of them were studying cars that day, they found a car to test. As a result, Run's second son got slapped, and frowned at him when he got slapped. We will look at construction tomorrow. The director at that time
Lan couldn't help but tremble at the corner of her mouth. You're such a loser. Do you still want to demolish the Lang family's villa?
People really like to reminisce when they get older. Si Lan took out a book from the bookshelf, opened it and looked at it without deliberately selecting it, and found that the book he took down was the fairy tale "One Thousand and Zeros*".
"The books on this floor need to be rearranged and placed according to the drawings I gave you. I'm afraid the employees will have to work overtime!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I'll ask the staff to start sorting it out after the store closes!"
"Remember to hang up the promotional banners. Some books that have had price adjustments have been changed in the system. Let people check to make sure there are no loopholes in the future!"
"clear--"
"By the way, there are still some problems that need to be solved, these-"
.....
The sound was not loud, but it made Si Lan, who was bored with the book and only turned one page, couldn't help but turn around and take a look.
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"Sister Lin, Sister Lin, are you here?" Xia Hui shouted twice into the bathroom. It was strange. Sister Lin's call was connected just now but was hung up again. Now no one answered the call.
!Sister Lin, who has always required employees to have their phones turned on and kept connected, actually couldn’t get through to her own phone!
Xia Hui walked into the bathroom and started to open the doors one by one. He just heard from the store manager that Sister Lin suddenly walked away before she finished explaining the matter. She didn't know what happened. The store manager is still waiting in the office.
!
When he pushed open the last door, Xia Hui was startled by the frightened gasp of the person inside, "Lin, Sister Lin, what are you doing?" Why are you here? And she has been calling for so long, why has there been no response?
Respond?
Lin Xuejing's face was slightly pale. When Xia Hui opened the door, she was startled. Only when she saw the surprised expression of her subordinate did she realize that her mood was abnormal.
"I just felt sick to my stomach!" Lin Xuejing tidied her clothes and made sure that Xia Hui was the only one in the bathroom. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then walked out of the bathroom, but did not go down to the store.
, “Let them come to the office!”
Lin Xuejing stepped on the stairs, her heart almost jumped out of her chest!
Just now, that person just now——
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Ruan Ni had chosen a set of books and was about to take it to the boss to take a look at it to see if this set would work? But she turned around but did not see Si Lan's shadow. She searched everywhere but couldn't find it, so she had to go and pay first. When paying,
I also asked the cashier if she had seen a man about 1.85 meters tall wearing a black business suit.
The cashier said he saw it. After all, this floor is a children's book area, and most of the people here are children. So a striking figure standing inside naturally attracted a lot of people's attention. But the cashier told Ruan Ni that that
The man just walked to the stairwell!
kindness?
Ruan Ni picked up the wrapped books and walked to the stairwell in the direction pointed by the cashier. She didn't see Si Lan from the third floor down. Only when she got to the ground floor did she realize that the boss was at the door of the bookstore.
"Mr. Si!" Ruan Ni shouted softly, picked up her mobile phone and informed the driver to bring the car over. The sun was not small and scorching, and it was very dazzling to stand here.
The Porsche car slowly stopped outside the gate of the bookstore. Ruan Ni looked at Si Lan, who looked a little strange, and found that his eyes were moving a little. The direction of his eyes radiated in the direction of the crowds of people coming and going around. It looked like,
Is he looking for someone??
After getting in the car, Ruan Ni was about to ask Mr. Si if he had anything else to do, when she heard the man sitting in the back seat of the car speak in a low voice, "Go and check, who is the person in charge of Jingyi Bookstore in City D?
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