"Why do you still feel a sense of accomplishment inexplicably?"
Watching Tang Youxin run into the alley, Xia Xu suddenly laughed and shook his head.
It is simply more difficult to give money to a young white flower than to swindle money from others. If he succeeds in getting the money through by deceiving him, it will somehow give him a sense of accomplishment.
"Youxin is back. Why are you back so late today? Did the teacher drag the class?"
"Hehe, little girl, I just saw it. Who is the little boy you talked about just now? Isn't he just talking about friends?"
"No way, Aunt Zhou, don't talk nonsense~"
Accompanied by greetings and jokes from some neighbors, Tang Youxin's slow walk turned into a trot, shyly running to the middle of the alley and ducking into a small shop with a dilapidated "Fangyuan Pastry" sign.
This time Xia Xu finally understood why she was holding buns and chewing steamed buns all day long. It turned out that they were home-produced and sold at home.
Xia Xu chuckled again, looked away, and took a taxi back home.
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A night of silence.
The next day, Saturday.
Since Yang Bowen had been asked to come to work at eight o'clock, the boss Xia Xu naturally had to go there early to open the door, and arrived at the store at 7:30.
But someone came earlier than him.
Tang Youxin had been waiting at the door of the store early, but she couldn't go in because she didn't have a key. She squatted on the steps at the door. The cold morning mist brought with it the chill that made her hug her shoulders and shiver.
But at this moment, Tang Youxin's attire really amazed Xia Xu. This was the first time he saw Xiao Baihua take off her school uniform and put on casual clothes.
A pure white dress that was no longer very new, very simple and without unnecessary embellishments, but it perfectly set off her temperament, as he habitually called it - a pure and delicate little white flower.
No, combined with the appearance of swaying in the wind and the tenacity that seems weak but actually comes from the heart, perhaps the legendary snow lotus growing in the wind and snow of Tianshan Mountain is a more appropriate title.
Tang Youxin, who was squatting with her head down, saw Xia Xu's shoes coming into view, and then she realized that someone was coming and hurriedly raised her head.
When she raised her head, she happened to meet Xia Xu's extremely aggressive gaze. Her fair and delicate little face was even more rosy, and she was so cute that you couldn't help but want to take a bite.
"Didn't we agree to come here at eight o'clock? Why are we here so early? We can't get in and we're freezing here."
Xia Xu pretended to be angry and wanted to knock Tang Youxin on the forehead.
The latter immediately crouched down with his head in his hands, but did not wait for the expected blow to land.
"Come in quickly, you're still squatting there."
It turned out that Xia Xu had already walked to the door at this time, took out the key and quickly opened the store door.
"oh……"
Tang Youxin said "Oh" and walked over, but when she got up, she picked up a small plastic bag from her arms and knees. After entering the door, Ai Ai struggled for a while, and finally handed it to Xia Xu: "Here."
"Baozi? Did you make them?"
Xia Xu took it and saw that they were several steamed buns. She thought they were brought from her own home.
"No, my dad did it."
Tang Youxin shook her head and added: "Just... I just gave it to you to make breakfast."
"That's a pity. I would rather eat what you cook."
Xia Xu said regretfully, which made the already embarrassed little Baihua even more shy. She pretended not to hear and went to the corner to get a broom and mop, and continued the unfinished cleaning yesterday.
Tang Youxin cleaned up, and Xia Xu also cleaned up the furniture inside, throwing all the unnecessary metal stoves, tables, chairs and benches into the community's garbage recycling station.
After a while, Yang Bowen also joined in, and after a lot of work, the store was basically cleaned up.
"Boss, what else should I do now?"
After resting for a while, Yang Bowen looked at Xia Xu, somewhat willing to take the initiative.
The reason for this is that firstly, he feels that it is not good to be idle in front of the boss, and secondly, he is eager to try his 'talent'. After all, he is not here to be a janitor.
"The main skills of a detective are investigation, tracking, and intelligence collection. These skills are very strong, but they are just basic and do not require much theoretical knowledge."
Xia Xu understood what he meant and said: "Of course, you still need to learn the skills and theories that you should learn. I will buy you some professional learning materials later.
But Brother Yang, you are very talented, and you are actually very good at these things. Basically, as long as you think hard and perform as usual, you will be able to perform well, so I prefer to let you practice directly in actual combat.
I believe you should also urgently need to verify what I said yesterday and your own talent, right?"
After hearing this, Yang Bowen was stunned for a moment and hesitated: "Direct combat? Boss, do you mean to ask me to solve the case directly?"
"No, in private detective terms, this is called a commission, completing the client's commission."
Xia Xu corrected his wording, and then said: "Don't worry, I'm not asking you to do anything difficult or dangerous. I'm just asking you to find the best person you can find. If you don't find him, it doesn't matter. Just practice and become familiar with the business."
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"That's okay, boss, I have no problem. You can tell me who you want to find."
Yang Bowen was relieved after hearing this.
Although he somewhat believed Xia Xu's words yesterday, and the salary was impressive enough, he was still a little afraid of being asked to carry out any difficult and dangerous business right from the start.
"This man's name is Zhang Jianmin. I'll mark out his approximate address and activity area for you later. In addition, you may want to start with Xue Mingjie, the owner of the Mingjie Noodle House in front of Star City No. 3 Middle School. Last week, Zhang Jianmin was with him for gathering people to gamble.
Arrested…”
Xia Xu said it was a simple task to try out, but in fact it was a big deal right from the start, and he handed over the most urgent and arduous task to Yang Bowen.
This is a natural-born scout. Even if he does not have any experience or skills, his thinking mode, ability to deal with people, and observation ability will not disappear and be born out of thin air. When used, he can always be countless times stronger than ordinary people.
What's more, as he said, there is no loss even if he fails. Zhang Jianmin is not a dangerous person. If he can't find it, he can't find it. It's just for practicing.
Xia Xu didn't dare to have high hopes after sending Yang Bowen, a novice, out to find a needle in a haystack. He also planned to go out to find the old man at the construction site.
If Zhang Jianmin really can't find it, then he will miss it if he misses it. Whether there will be any benefits in the future is still unclear. Although Xia Xu is unwilling to give in, he won't be too sorry, but the old man at the construction site should have a high probability of picking up the leak.
If he still missed it, he would be so angry that his balls ached.
Besides, if Zhang Jianmin can still be guided back to this part of the plot, finding the old man at the construction site, the core figure of the plot in the second act, will in disguise mean that he has found Zhang Jianmin, the protagonist.
