Faced with Officer Wang's complaints, the pancake boss didn't have the slightest confidence. He knew that everything he was experiencing now was retribution for the mistakes he had made before.
Thinking about everything he had experienced before, the pancake owner looked at everyone and choked up and said, "But, that was just an accident."
"Is it an accident or have you planned it for a long time?" After listening to the pancake boss's words, Lu Weiwei retorted directly.
The pancake boss was also very sad at the moment, sobbing and saying:
"I knew that this matter would eventually come, but I didn't expect that the time span would be so long."
As if he had figured it out, the pancake owner sniffed and said in relief:
"That's right, we did secretly learn someone else's secret recipe before."
"Do you admit it?" Yuan Shasha said.
The pancake boss nodded silently: "I admit that it was my fault at the beginning because my wife and I resigned from the company in Hangzhou and lost our jobs for a while."
"I just wanted to find something to do here in my hometown, but I had no direction."
"By chance, when we were traveling, we discovered that the pancakes made by that family were particularly delicious. They were better than the pancakes we had eaten anywhere else."
"We didn't quite understand it at first. It felt like the production processes were similar, so why was there such a big difference?"
"Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that the sauce for making pancakes is an ancestral craft. It is unique."
"That's why our business is so good."
Having said this, the pancake owner sighed heavily and added: "But, then again, that old man is so good at his craftsmanship, but he shrinks to such a small place."
"He was doing neighborhood business there. No matter how good it was, how much could it sell for?"
"I also talked to this boss and asked him to go to a big city, but he is a relatively conservative person. He has lived in that place all his life and is unwilling to step out of his comfort zone."
"Especially because he has retired and doesn't want to bother anymore. He made pancakes because he felt life was boring after retirement, so he started a pancake business using the sauce recipe passed down from his family."
"What happened next?" Although I had already heard what happened from the noodle shop owner.
But after all, this is just a one-sided statement from the noodle shop owner.
Gu Chen still needed to understand the truth of the matter from different angles, so he asked one more question.
"Later?" The pancake owner frowned and continued thinking about it: "Later, my wife and I planned to become our disciples and let him teach us how to make the secret sauce."
"And we don't learn in vain, we pay tuition, but this old man is quite stubborn, saying that it is something passed down from our ancestors and will not be passed on to others."
"In this way, we have been in a stalemate for a long time. No matter how sincere we are, the old man just doesn't want to teach us."
"I can't learn from you secretly even if I don't teach you." Lu Weiwei said angrily after hearing what the pancake boss said.
But the pancake owner sighed and said helplessly: "Comrade police, you have to know that neither my wife nor I have any education."
"I can only do some simple things at work, but now that I don't have a job, my life has suddenly been cut off from income."
"How about making delicious food? We don't have anything special to offer. If this continues, we don't know what to do?"
"So during that time, I was very confused and didn't know what to do?"
After a pause, the pancake owner also took a deep breath and then said again:
"Until we met the man, we felt that it would be a waste to keep his craftsmanship in a place like this."
“That’s why my wife and I thought it would be easy to make money by making this, and with this taste, apart from other things, there’s no way it could conquer pancake lovers everywhere.”
"So, we are also sincere, but the old man is too stubborn."
Seeing everyone staring at him, the pancake owner knew that he had said something wrong, and he immediately said: "There is no other way, we still have to survive."
"We have had enough of working outside in all weathers, so we feel that we can impress this old man with our sincerity."
"Because I heard that his son doesn't like this craft and doesn't like the pancake business."
"And this is his ancestral craft. If it is lost in his hands, then it is not considered ancestral."
"So, as a couple, we put it all together and felt that this might be a money-making opportunity given to us by God, and we thought we should not waste it in vain."
Taking a deep breath, the pancake owner also said frankly: "So we have no choice but to take risks and take a gamble."
"So, we rented a house nearby and did the old man's ideological work every day."
"We feel that with our sincerity, we will definitely be able to impress this old man, so we do nothing every day. We just shamelessly volunteer for the old man and help him for free."
"Haha." Hearing what the pancake boss said, Yuan Shasha also laughed dryly, and then said: "Listening to your tone, I feel you are quite sincere."
"But, do you really get rewards for doing this? Have you ever seriously thought about it?"
"I've thought about it, I must have thought about it." After hearing Yuan Shasha's words, the pancake boss nodded fiercely and couldn't help but say:
"I told myself that this master's skills must be passed on, and who will pass them on? So, I am confident that I can become his apprentice."
"Moreover, the two of us insisted on volunteering for him for a month, working for free."
"Although this old man is a little annoying to us, it can be seen that he also has a good impression of us, but he just refuses to pass on his technology to us."
After saying this, the pancake boss was furious. He sighed heavily and said in pain:
"We did everything an apprentice should do, but he just refused to accept us as his apprentices. I don't understand why he was so stubborn? We didn't learn in vain, we paid for it."
"So you're going to steal your studies? Can't you keep going?" Officer Wang said casually, listening to the pancake owner's cry.
The pancake boss looked up at the crowd and said helplessly: "Then what can I do? Faced with such a stubborn old man, we have already learned everything we should learn secretly."
"Do you think that the two of us who work as free volunteers for this old man every day are in vain?"
"We worked as volunteers for him, and we also secretly learned the production process. Day after day, we actually learned all the steps in three days."
"But we still insisted on making it for a month, so we, the couple, are confident in our pancake skills."
Shaking his head, the pancake owner continued: "What's so hateful is that the old man feels that we deserve it."
"It feels like our work was in vain, so he doesn't mind. Looking back, he can say, I didn't ask you to help. What should we do in this situation?"
"That's what you have to do as volunteers." Lu Weiwei said.
"Yes, we want to warm up to others' cold buttocks, but we also want a way to survive, a way to be self-reliant."
"However, there is no way we can complete all this. What we need is this opportunity, an opportunity that will allow us to have food and drink without worries for the rest of our lives."
Speaking of this, the pancake owner choked up several times and continued to explain:
"Do you know that those of us with little education or education have no chance in any big company?"
"Moreover, the attitude of these leaders towards us makes us feel that we are inferior to others, and they yell at us in all kinds of ways."
"My husband and I also suffered all kinds of humiliation and bullying before we decided to resign."
"But after resigning, we will know nothing except looking for a simple assembly line job."
"But how should we live? We still have a family to support, what should we do? Tell me, what should I do?"
Speaking of this, the pancake boss seemed to express all the repressed things he had suppressed for many years.
It seems that he has been complaining about the unfairness of fate.
Gu Chen took a deep breath and said slowly: "That's why you went to extremes? To steal other people's techniques?"
"Yeah." Faced with Gu Chen's words, the pancake owner nodded fiercely and said involuntarily:
"I know it's shameless for me to do this, but I have no other choice. I can only do this."
"You know? No one wants to be poor all his life, and I am the same. I just want to make some achievements, but this opportunity is right in front of me, and I discovered it. If I don't do it, it will be a waste of opportunity.
"
"So, I feel that if I am extremely kind to you and you are cold-blooded, then don't blame us."
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm down his nervousness, the pancake boss continued to explain:
"So there is nothing we can do. We have mastered all the processes of making pancakes, except for the sauce."
"To this end, we also secretly observed him, what raw materials he bought, and then secretly recorded it."
"But I just couldn't get the taste of his secret sauces out, so I never succeeded."
Speaking of this, the pancake boss also felt a serious sense of frustration. He shook his head and said:
"I had no choice, I was just one step away, so one night, my wife suddenly gave me an idea."
"She said, since the old man is determined not to pass on his skills to us, then we should learn them secretly."
"You can't give him a month's work for nothing, right? It's only natural if you think about it."
"Then what? Are you going to buy surveillance cameras?" Yuan Shasha said.
The pancake boss nodded silently: "There is no other way, we can only do this."
"We bought a set of monitoring equipment, and then secretly installed it in the room where the old man makes sauce."
"In this way, we have observed all processes through monitoring. Although there are still some incomplete data, there are not many problems."
"We can proportion the ingredients and try it a few more times. That's it, everything will be solved. We finally made the same sauce as the old man."
When he said this, the pancake boss was very excited, as if he was just one step away from success.
Gu Chen frowned and said, "So, your theft was later discovered by the uncle?"
"Yes." Faced with Gu Chen's doubts, the pancake owner's mood suddenly hit rock bottom again, and he said slowly:
"I don't know what happened later? Maybe there were some minor flaws when installing it in his room, which led to his discovery."
"When he discovered the surveillance camera, he immediately thought of us, so that night, he ran to our rental house to confront us."
After saying this, the pancake owner seemed a little guilty, and he sighed, shook his head and said:
"Because I was too excited that day, and we also concocted a suitable ratio based on the steps we learned from monitoring."
"That night, I was busy making sauce, so I didn't pay attention to hiding the equipment. The monitoring screen on the computer was always open."
"Until the old man broke into our rental house and saw us making sauce, and the picture on our computer screen happened to be the room where his sauce was made."
"He confirmed that the people who secretly installed surveillance cameras in his room were our husband and wife."
"So, what happened next?" Lu Weiwei had a vague premonition after hearing this.
But the pancake owner smiled bitterly and couldn't help but said: "Later? Then some unpleasant things happened."
"The old man picked up the stool on the table and smashed my sauce to the ground. He seemed to be really angry, so he did such an extreme behavior."
"However, at the beginning, we were still reasonable and let him go. But later on, he got more and more aggressive and started to use the stool at home to chase and beat us."
"That's for sure." After hearing what the pancake boss said, Officer Wang also said slowly:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "This is a craft passed down from our ancestors and will never be passed on to outsiders. Our ancestors have relied on this craft to feed and bless generations of people.
Generations will not starve to death.”
"This craft is the lowest limit of people's lives, but you just secretly learned the craft passed down from their ancestors."
"You have to know that even their own children will only pass on the secret recipe to their descendants when they want to start such a business, or when they are about to die."
"But you, look at what you have done? If people don't fight you, do they still need to congratulate you on your theft?"
"Besides, this is not just a simple theft, it is a crime, do you know?"
"I know." Listening to Officer Wang's scolding, the pancake owner didn't have any temper at all and accepted it completely:
"I know it's our fault, but we still have to live. We have no choice but to do this."
"We can understand that the old man is angry, but when his anger turns into murder, he will definitely have to resist."
"How can he, an old man, kill you?" Lu Weiwei was also very curious after hearing what the pancake owner said.
But the pancake boss lowered his head, pointed in the direction of the back of his head, and said, "You guys touch here and see what's there?"
Hearing what the pancake boss said, Gu Chen and others looked at each other in confusion. Officer Wang still reached over and touched the back of the pancake boss's head a few times. Suddenly his eyes lit up:
"It seems like there is a long scar."
"Yes, it's a scar. The old man broke my head directly, and he didn't mean to stop."
"I tried my best to stop him, but he not only went crazy and beat me seriously, but also attacked my wife."
Having said this, the pancake owner also sighed heavily and blamed himself:
"I know that all this is our fault, but there is always room for redemption. At worst, we just have to pay the tuition. It's not a big deal."
"He set a price that we could afford and we would definitely pay the tuition. But he didn't agree and wanted to kill someone."
"It's okay for him to attack me. He also wanted to kill my wife. I was a little scared to see him, and he also seriously injured me."
"My wife didn't tolerate him and started to fight back. Just like that, she pushed him to the ground."
When he said this, the pancake owner also felt guilty and choked up and said: "There is nothing I can do, and I can't do anything either."
"After the old man fell, he seemed to have hit his head and fainted instantly."
"When we saw a pool of blood suddenly flowing out from under his body, we panicked instantly. We thought it would be a bad idea to kill someone, so we rushed him to the hospital."
"What happens after that?" Listening to the pancake owner's narration, which seemed to be basically consistent with the noodle shop owner's previous narration, Gu Chen quickly asked again.
"After?" The pancake owner thought for a while and said slowly:
"We know that we made a big mistake, but the old man is stubborn and he will definitely hold us accountable."
"We didn't want to make the matter a big deal, so we thought we would hide if we could. Then, after sending him to the hospital, we contacted his neighbors and said that the old man had fallen."
"Afterwards, after discussing with my wife, I decided to leave here overnight."
After a pause, the pancake owner also looked helpless and continued: "There is no other way. We are also helpless. If we stay there, we will definitely face a lawsuit."
"Besides, I was also injured, so my wife said we should just leave the city overnight and go to another province to hide."
"Thinking about it, now that we have this craft in our hands, we will definitely have no worries about food and drink."
"So, we moved out overnight and didn't even ask for the deposit for the rental. We thought about running as far as we could."
"You guys are really good. Do you know that your push will directly kill this old man." Listening to the pancake boss's words, Yuan Shasha couldn't sit still.
It felt like just walking away like that was a bit too much.
But the pancake owner choked up and said slowly: "There is no way, and we have no way. He is determined not to accept us as his disciples."
"Our hearts have gone cold. We feel that this old man is a little greedy. He gave us a month's labor for nothing, but we feel that he should be taken for granted."
"He doesn't know that this is all our sincerity for apprenticeship, but he regards our sincerity as a donkey's liver and lungs, a cold-blooded animal."
"You are wrong." After listening to the pancake boss's words, Gu Chen couldn't help but shake his head and retorted:
"You couldn't be more wrong."
"Am I so wrong?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, the pancake owner was also confused and asked quickly:
"How could I be so wrong? How could I be so wrong? If that old guy hadn't been too stubborn, would we have escaped like this?"
"He can become our master, and we can come and visit him every year."
Speaking of this, the pancake owner also felt cold and couldn't help but sigh:
"I have never seen such a stubborn old man. Our minds are completely numb."
"I said, you are wrong. It's not that I don't want to accept you as my disciples. He has also been testing your sincerity."
"What did you say?" He was originally feeling sad for his injustice, but when he heard what Gu Chen said, the pancake owner's eyes lit up and he said in disbelief:
"You said, the old man is inspecting us? Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure." Seeing that the pancake owner didn't know, Gu Chen simply said slowly:
"Actually, the noodle shop owner also told us that he was called home from out of town by his neighbor at that time to see his father for the last time."
"His father also told everything about what happened at that time. In fact, his father also thought about passing on this ancestral craft."
"After all, it is a craft passed down from ancestors. If there is no successor, then he is a sinner."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also echoed:
"My son doesn't like to pass on this craft. It's not like you don't know that the uncle is actually reflecting on how to pass on the craft."
"Just in time, I met you two and your wife again. I feel that it must be God's pity that allowed him to accept two apprentices."
"Thinking that we are all destined, he agreed to let you shamelessly volunteer for him for free."
"Because he wants to test your sincerity. After all, some people say they want to pass on the inheritance, but in their hearts they are all about business."
"I have seen this kind of people too many times, so I know that people's hearts are separated from each other, so they must be carefully investigated."
Sighing softly, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh: "But you are too impatient. It can be said that just a few days before you stole the old man's ancestral secret recipe, the old man was still thinking of finding a suitable opportunity to have a good chat with you."
"Let's talk about how to recruit disciples, but you suddenly do such a bastard thing. This breaks my old man's heart."
"You know, if I pass this skill on to people with bad conduct like you, I will regret it for the rest of my life."
"He was even prepared to take you as his disciples for free, but in the last moment, you yourself ruined all your previous efforts."
Speaking of this, Lu Weiwei also felt sorry for the pancake owner and sighed.
Officer Wang also continued: "Isn't that right? You two husband and wife have broken the old man's heart."
"The old man would be very angry that day and would do some drastic actions. If you had just been patient and communicated with the old man more, you wouldn't have ended up in this situation."
After the words fell, the scene suddenly became quiet.
At this moment, the pancake owner was dumbfounded, looking at the ground stupidly, and said with a wry smile:
"Is everything you said true?"
"Is there still a lie? Do we need to lie to you?" Yuan Shasha also asked.
But when he said this, the pancake owner's grievance suddenly came to his heart, and he roared in a roaring tone:
"Then why didn't he tell us earlier? Why? Why is he teasing us like this?"
"We are all ordinary people and workers at the bottom. Why do you treat us like this? Why?"
At the end of the speech, the pancake boss also grabbed his scalp with both hands, feeling that this kind of thing made him unforgivable.
Gu Chen also sighed and said helplessly: "You killed your master, but are you so at ease?"
"I was wrong, I was really wrong." Looking up at Gu Chen, the pancake owner had tears streaming down his face, and choked with sobs as he said in a hysterical sobbing tone:
"Officer Gu, I know I was wrong. We really didn't want to kill my master. It was all an accident. It was really just an accident."
After sniffing, the pancake owner also tried his best to explain: "He can hit me. I admit it and secretly learned his ancestral skills. He can hit me however he wants."
"However, he hit my wife, which I couldn't bear. Moreover, my wife just pushed him casually. She just wanted to defend herself and prevent herself from being hurt."
"However, he was weak, so I didn't expect that this push would knock him to the ground."
"I didn't expect that he would be injured so seriously."
Shaking his head, the pancake owner also blamed himself and said: "This is all my fault. I don't care about my wife's affairs."
"But why? Why didn't his son find us and communicate with us alone? But he used such despicable and cruel methods to deal with us?"
Looking up at Gu Chen, the pancake owner had already burst into tears and said with sobs:
"Why would he do this? He is obviously lurking next to us. He obviously wants to take revenge on us and can take action at any time."
"But why did he lurk for so long? Why do we let danger accompany us every day?"
"Isn't it despicable for him to do this? Isn't it shameless?"
"What's the difference between him doing this and a bastard like me? Can't he just retaliate against me openly? Can't he be just and aboveboard?"
Speaking of this, the pancake owner's mood seemed to be on the verge of collapse, and he was almost hysterical.
Officer Wang also reminded: "He does have his mistakes, but have you ever reconciled with the old man's family in all these years?"
Seeing that the pancake boss remained silent, Officer Wang added, "It's been so long, but you don't feel any guilt at all. You haven't even visited the old man's family?"
"After the old man passed away, you used the skills you stole from the old man to make a lot of money, but have you ever thought about it? Can you live with your conscience?"
"Do you think it's possible that his son won't come to you for revenge?"
Also woken up by Officer Wang's scolding, the pancake owner was stunned and fell into a brief self-confusion.
But after a while, he seemed to have recovered from this mental state, and then he said slowly:
"Actually, I know that sooner or later, we will be punished for the despicable things we have done."
"However, we thought retribution would come sooner, or the old man's family would come looking for us, and then our two families would fall into endless torment."
"Moreover, our couple also heard that someone had been to our hometown to look for us, but they couldn't find us."
"We are not sure if they are the family members of the old man? But with this guilt, we dare not go home."
Taking a deep breath, the pancake owner said helplessly: "So, we have been hiding outside all these years, afraid to go home."
"I thought retribution would come soon, but we want to push back the time."
Shaking his head, the pancake owner smiled self-deprecatingly and said with sobs:
"I just didn't expect that things would develop to this extent?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The old man's son has been lurking around us, and he also knows that the murderer of his father is us?"
"He also married my wife's best friend and became friends with us."
Rubbing his face vigorously with both hands to keep himself awake, the pancake owner also said with a wry smile:
"I never imagined that this kind of thing would develop to this extent. Now that I think about it, I'm a little scared."
"The enemy is right next to you and has been lurking for so many years. It's terrible. How did he do it? How much psychological endurance does this require?"
"Moreover, we often get together..."
When he said this, he seemed to be dumbfounded by this kind of fear. The pancake owner actually started laughing, as if he was also dumbfounded.
"What's wrong with you?" Yuan Shasha also saw some clues. She felt that this guy was about to have a nervous breakdown, so she said it casually.
At this moment, the pancake boss, after sobbing silently for a short time, covered his face with his hands and burst into tears.
This operation left everyone at the scene at a loss.
Gu Chen also reminded: "Why are you crying now? He has actually been preparing for revenge on you two, but he is also thinking about it, considering that he needs a suitable time."
"Because, he wants to use his own way to retaliate against you, and he doesn't want to leave any excuse for himself."
"So he has been lurking?" asked the pancake owner.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "That's right, so he has been lurking, just waiting for the opportunity."
"Sure enough, he overheard his lover chatting with your lover and learned about the conflict between you two."
"I also overheard that your wife wanted to find a former colleague, Zhao Deming from the mining area."
"So, I want to deliberately cause a conflict with you so that I can get away easily."
"He feels that in this way, your lover will counter-reconnaissance himself and will not let you discover his whereabouts."
"Moreover, based on the pattern of conflicts between you and your lover, it accurately captures your psychology."
"He knows that according to your rules, you should not take the initiative to contact your lover, and he also knows that your lover must stay at her best friend's house temporarily, because it is like this every time."
With a sigh, Gu Chen continued: "So, just like that, he succeeded and secretly kidnapped your lover."
"However, it is difficult to track your lover's whereabouts, because your lover is tracking you."
"Hidden your whereabouts yourself, and coupled with the mining manager Zhao Deming, this way, even if your lover disappears, he can make Zhao Demin the subject of suspicion and make him the scapegoat."
"It's too cruel." After hearing this, the pancake owner clenched his fists and said involuntarily:
"It seems that this guy is a truly ruthless character. He knows how to retaliate against us."
"Moreover, he also took advantage of the conflicts between our husband and wife."
Thinking of this, the pancake owner also took a breath and said involuntarily:
"He is too smart. We have no chance of winning with this kind of person, but he can manipulate us at will. This guy is simply a devil."
