Of course, the most important reason is that her facade is too small, with an area of only more than ten square meters. There are four tables inside and four sets of high and low stools outside.
Every time customers come to eat noodles, there are no seats available, so they choose other noodle restaurants to eat.
If other people saw the booming business, they would definitely look for a bigger store, but not Zhang Jiali, because she and her husband found this store together, and she was very reluctant to part with it.
Zhang Jiali finished her work and washed the dishes, then sat at the table nearby to rest for a while.
At this time, not far outside the store, a man wearing a mask and sunglasses looked at the faded sign of Lijie Noodle House and seemed to be hesitating whether to go there.
He thought for a long time, then slowly and limped towards the store...
"Is this it?" Ma Xiaotao said to Qin Nan, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"Yes, this is it. The only one that can be found on this map is Lijie Noodle House." Qin Nan looked at his phone and then looked out the window.
"Hey, this... is actually here..." Qin Nan said to himself in surprise.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Ma Xiaotao turned off the engine and said.
"When I brought my cousin and the others to this self-service barbecue restaurant for dinner, I didn't notice that there was a noodle shop here. I thought it was a canteen..." Qin Nan said.
"Oh, okay, get out of the car quickly, I thought you were going to treat me to dinner!" Ma Xiaotao sighed and took off his seat belt and said.
"Okay, I'll invite you next time. I'll call you next time I take my cousin and the others there!" Qin Nan curled her lips and said.
"Oh, that's pretty much it!" Ma Xiaotao opened the car door and walked out. Qin Nan shook his head helplessly.
At this time, after seeing the two policemen, the man in black turned around and walked in the opposite direction. He stood in front of a phone booth, picked up the phone, pretended to make a call, and observed the situation there.
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"Hey, Officer Ma, Officer Qin come and sit here. I just finished what I was doing." Zhang Jiali said to Qin Nan and Ma Xiaotao with a smile.
Qin Nan looked at her noodle shop and it was really small. Even the advertising fonts on the facade had faded. However, since it had been open for such a long time, the business should be pretty good.
"Boss Zhang, is it easy to cook noodles now? If possible, I would like Erliang Zajiang noodles." Qin Nan said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, are there any taboos?" Zhang Jiali asked.
"No, why do you come here if it tastes delicious?" Qin Nan said.
"Hey, Boss Zhang, I'll have two taels of beef noodles, too. Thank you, put more coriander!" Ma Xiaotao said.
"Okay!" Then, he cooked the noodles with his own hands. At this time, Qin Nan noticed the noodle pot and a photo posted on the wall, which seemed to be a wedding photo. The man seemed to be Zhou Junjie.
It didn't take long for Zhang Jiali to cook two bowls of noodles. It took less than three minutes and she worked very quickly.
Zhang Jiali placed two bowls of noodles in front of them, and then made two bowls of bean sprout soup.
After Qin Nan mixed the noodles, he quickly took a bite. I have to say that the spicy noodles in this restaurant taste really good. It is currently the most comfortable restaurant where he has eaten spicy noodles.
The fusion of chili oil and noodles, plus a little bit of minced bean sprouts, is the authentic Shuangqing noodles.
Qin Nan's mouth felt hot, so he quickly took a sip of the warm bean sprout soup. A burning sensation brought by chili peppers came to his tongue, which was very comfortable.
"Oh my God, Boss Zhang, I didn't expect your beef noodles to have so much beef. I haven't had such delicious noodles for a long time." Ma Xiaotao said while eating the noodles.
"Haha, thank you. Actually, my husband taught me to make this braised beef, and the chili oil in the store is also specially made." Zhang Jiali said with a smile.
"By the way, Boss Zhang, I still have to mention some things, I hope you don't mind." Qin Nan wiped his mouth and looked at Zhang Jiali and said.
Zhang Jiali suppressed her smile a little, but then she smiled and said, "Officer Qin, just tell me, it doesn't matter, I'm much better."
"Boss Zhang, in the past year, have you often received some things, and they were all delivered as takeaways?" Qin Nan asked.
"Yes, that's right, and it was very timely. I thought that when I had a cold or a fever, there would be takeout delivery of medicine. I thought it was quite strange at the time. Then I looked at the receipt above,
The phone number is indeed mine, but I checked on the mobile app and found no record of my placing an order," Zhang Jiali recalled.
"Are these delivery guys the same person?" Qin Nan asked.
Zhang Jiali recalled it carefully and then shook her head.
"However, I always feel that Junjie is back, but if I think about it carefully, people cannot be resurrected after death. Sometimes when I am depressed, my head is a little confused, so that day...I'm sorry..."
Zhang Jiali smiled awkwardly.
Qin Nan and Ma Xiaotao saw her longing and love for her husband.
"Boss Zhang, your side tastes so good, why don't you change to a bigger store?" Qin Nan said, changing the subject.
"Ah...because...this is the store my husband and I chose together, so I couldn't bear to change it..." Zhang Jiali said with a smile, but her attention was not on the two of them, but on the wall next to the noodle pot.
Photo posted on.
Qin Nan's lips moved slightly, as if he was wondering whether to ask, because Boss Zhang seemed to be in a bad state at this time.
"Officer Qin, just ask whatever you want, it's okay." Zhang Jiali said with a smile.
Qin Nan coughed twice, then asked:
"Boss Zhang wants to ask you a question, are you really sure that your husband Zhou Junjie is dead?"
When Zhang Jiali heard this, she stopped smiling, then shook her head and said:
"I'm not sure, but I saw him go into the incinerator with my own eyes. I will always remember that day. Is it... hard to say that my husband is not dead?" Zhang Jiali said with some excitement.
"Boss Zhang, calm down first. I'm just asking casually. People have already entered the crematorium, and you saw these with your own eyes. How can people be resurrected after death?" Qin Nan reassured.
"Yes, once you know someone, you will never come back to life...just leave as soon as you leave. Tangible things will wither one day..." Zhang Jiali's expression darkened again, and she seemed to have fallen into grief again.
Qin Nan and Ma Xiaotao looked at each other and sighed helplessly. At this time, Zhang Jiali slowly said:
"I don't know if Junjie can live comfortably down there. His feet are not very convenient... and there is no one to cook for him..."
Qin Nan widened his eyes and said, "What happened to your husband's right foot?"
Immediately, Zhang Jiali told Qin Nan what happened in her previous vocational high school, and Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but frown.
After Qin Nan heard this, he suddenly remembered the man in black who was watching inside the community property surveillance. The man in black seemed to have a problem with his right foot and was limping.
if it is like this……
At this moment, Qin Nan suddenly thought of something, and then said to Zhang Jiali: "Boss, we have something to do, let's leave first."
Immediately, Qin Nan and Ma Xiaotao hurriedly walked out of the store. He seemed to have thought of an important clue.
Zhang Jiali also lowered her head and sighed slightly, looked at the photo on the noodle pot, and murmured to herself: "It would be nice if you were still here."
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"Let's go to Zhang Jiali's community!" Qin Nan said as he got into the passenger seat.
Ma Xiaotao said "oh" and then stepped on the accelerator.
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?" Ma Xiaotao asked, somewhat confused.
"I know who the murderer is! And the 'dead' person..." Qin Nan said with the corner of his mouth raised.
"What? Could it be that Zhou Junjie is not dead?!" Ma Xiaotao said in surprise.
"I don't know about this. Only later can I confirm my guess." Qin Nan said.
It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at the fourth building in Zhang Jiali's community, and then they said to Ma Xiaotao:
"Look, that's the balcony of Zhang Jiali's house. Which building does her building face?" Qin Nan asked.
"I understand. It turns out that the murderer has been lurking in the building opposite Zhang Jiali. Who is the murderer?"
[Author's digression]: The event in this chapter is January 15th