No matter how Zhang Wei tried to persuade me to stay, I returned to my rental house.
Early the next morning, I showed up at the site on time.
Zhang Wei was already sitting at her work station and didn’t even say hello to me when she heard me coming in.
Throughout the morning, she passed by my desk three times without speaking to me. I knew she was sulking because of what happened last night.
I took out my phone and ordered her favorite frozen milk tea, plus a durian cake that she had been talking about for a long time. When the takeaway was delivered, I personally brought it to her table.
“This is for you.” I put down the meal bag.
She complained and said: "I know this trick."
We tacitly maintain the surface calm. In the afternoon, she finally started working with me normally, but she changed her name from Brother Hao to the polite Station Manager Chen.
At noon, I was about to go to Wang Yan Noodle House to have a look. He Shiyu had been doing live broadcasts there for a few days, and I heard the results were good.
As soon as he opened the glass door of the station, he saw Captain Liu's police car parked on the side of the road.
He lowered the window and waved to me. I opened the door and got in the passenger seat.
"Are you here for Liu Zhijie's case?" Since I last saw that man in the bar and mentioned it to Captain Liu, I almost forgot about it.
Team Liu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This guy is slipperier than a loach. We have been investigating for half a month based on the clues you provided in the bar. We were about to close the net, but he suddenly disappeared last night."
He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, "The surveillance camera last captured him entering the old district in the west of the city, and he disappeared after that."
I was a little surprised. I thought he was just an ordinary little character, but I didn't expect Captain Liu to be staring at him for so long.
"His habit of giving crazy rewards to female anchors has left a lot of clues." Team Liu handed over the phone.
The screen is the interface of a certain live broadcast platform, "Last week alone, I gave rewards of 50,000 to 60,000 yuan to three anchors."
"I will ask the riders to pay more attention." I just try my best to cooperate with this kind of thing. Whether I can catch someone depends on luck.
After communicating with Captain Liu for a while, I got out of the police car and headed to Sister Wang's noodle shop.
“I’ll ask the riders to pay more attention.” I nodded. If you can help with this kind of thing, I'll help you, but whether you can catch the person in the end depends on God's will.
Chatted a few more words with Team Liu, then I opened the door and got out of the car, walking towards Sister Wang’s Noodle Shop.
Before reaching the door, I was shocked by the battle in front of me. There was a long queue winding in the alley in front of the noodle shop, with at least twenty or thirty people in it.
"This business is okay!" I couldn't help but sigh, and when I was about to walk in, I was blocked by a familiar figure.
“You have to queue up to eat noodles!” Luo Ying stood in front of me with her hands on her hips and handed over a plastic number plate.
I looked down at the sign in my hand, which was No. 32, and mentally estimated how long it would take.
“No, Luo Ying, I...”
Looking at her serious look, I couldn't help but laugh. When this girl is serious, she actually seems to be taking charge of things.
"I'm not going to order, so I'll just go over and visit the head office!" I explained to Luo Ying.
Luo Ying looked at me suspiciously, but still stepped aside and said, "Don't affect her live broadcast. This will be the traffic peak."
I squeezed through the queue, the noodle shop was full, and in the corner, He Shiyu was sitting in front of a mobile phone holder.
She was wearing a goose-yellow sweater today, which made her complexion look good. She was smiling at the camera while introducing the signature sausage noodles in front of her.
Under the fill light, the bowl of noodles in her hand was steaming hot, making people move their index fingers just by looking at it.
I didn’t dare to get too close, for fear of being caught in the mirror and causing trouble for her, so I just nodded to her from a few tables away.
She happened to raise her eyes and saw me, and a hint of surprise immediately flashed in her eyes.
She quickly said to the camera: "Family members, wait a minute, a friend is coming over, I want to say hello to him."
She then turned off the microphone temporarily and pushed He came towards me in a wheelchair:
"Why are you here? Have you seen our hot scene!"
"Yes, the queue is over fifty," I smiled and pointed outside.
"I have to queue up according to the rules if I want to eat a bowl. How are you doing here, is everything going well?"
"It's okay!" She responded hurriedly and faced the camera again.
I watched her immersed in the live broadcast again, so I stopped disturbing her and quietly left.
Originally, she was worried that she would be depressed before her leg injury healed, but now it is good to find a new career in mukbang.
What I didn’t expect was that her live broadcast was so effective that it directly made Wang Yan’s noodle shop hidden in the alley popular.
I was about to walk out, Luo Ying caught up from behind and took my arm: "Hey, why are you leaving?"
I shook the number plate in my hand: "There is such a long queue. I don’t have enough time. These thirty or so people have to wait in line for at least an hour or two, and I can’t afford to wait.”
“I was just kidding you! How could I let you line up?” Luo Ying pulled me back.
She pulled me through the crowd waiting for a seat and walked to the table where He Shiyu’s live broadcast was held.
The restaurant was packed, and Luo Ying directly arranged for me to sit in the empty seat opposite He Shiyu.
Luo Ying neatly pushed the bowl of noodles for the live broadcast in front of me: "You eat it first, and make a new bowl later for the live broadcast."
He Shiyu immediately understood and turned the camera slightly sideways to avoid my face and still be able to capture the movements of the bowl and chopsticks.
As I lowered my head to eat the noodles, I heard her chuckle into the microphone: "Look how delicious this customer's food is."
Although this queue-jumping meal was eaten in a hurry, I saw the tacit understanding between the two girls.
After eating the noodles, I left in a hurry. There is only one week left before going to the headquarters for training, and what I can’t let go of the most is the pharmacy that has just started to improve.
On the way back, I passed a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy and I turned in and took a look.
Now the store receives dozens of orders for Huichun Guyuan Decoction every day, which requires a lot of medicinal materials.
I have prepared more than a month's supply at one time. I am going on a business trip next week and I don't know when I will be back.
On the way back to the pharmacy, I contacted two other suppliers and placed additional orders for more than a dozen commonly used medicinal materials.
Qin Xue was surprised when she received the purchase order: "Boss, this inventory can last at least a month."
"Be prepared." I counted the shelves of medicinal materials in the storage room.
"During my business trip, you must keep an eye on the inventory. Any medicinal materials whose reserves fall below 30% must be replenished immediately."
This small store that has just got on track is like a sapling that has just taken root and cannot withstand any disturbance.
What worries me the most is the supply channel of black shun tablets. The source of goods is special and must be handed over to truly trustworthy people.
Although Zhang Wei was introduced by Huang Li and acted steadily, she is still an outsider after all.
Her insidious temptations a few days ago made me feel that this relationship needs to be kept at a distance.
After much deliberation, I finally decided to ask Lin Xiaoyu to help with the connection.
Although there have been some unpleasantness between us, the foundation of our relationship is still there.
What's more important is that the supplier is her cousin, so it's perfect for her to pull the strings.