Grocery Store No.514 - Chapter 133

    At 10:30 p.m. on April 30, 3021, Sun Ming got off work, Jiang Chengyan hadn’t come back, and only Ling Huaan and Ma Xiaohan were left in the store.

    “Mr. Ling, let me out, I will keep calm and actively cooperate with your investigation. I am looking for my daughter, she is waiting for me to save her.” Lin Fanglu came from the bell the sound of.

    Ling Huaan said lightly: “You are a ghost, you have resentment, and your resentment is growing every day, so I can’t let you out.”

    “Mr. Ling, we signed a contract, but what have you done, either staying at home or in the store all day, when did you help me investigate? My daughter only has Five years old, she is only five years old, she has been missing for more than ten days and there is no news, if there is an emergency… you don’t help me, and you still trap me here, how can you be so hard-hearted!”

     , my end is worse than yours. Don’t worry, I cherish my life very much.”

    “Then what about my daughter? You let me out, I’m going to find Miaomiao. Our contract ends here. I’d rather give up the chance of reincarnation and find my daughter.”

      Hearing the sound of the siren fade away, he walked back to the store again, picked up his mobile phone and dialed Jiang Chengyan.

    “Hey, Hua’an, there’s a murder in Hemei Community, I’m going to appear on the scene, I’m afraid it will be all night tonight, don’t worry.”

    “Hemei Community? Who died?”

    “I don’t know, we just left the police station and haven’t arrived at the scene yet.”

    “I see, I’ll wait for you to come back.” Ling Huaan hung up the phone and walked to the location of the recycling silver counter.

    Suddenly, the door of the store was pushed open, and a bell sounded from the door. Ma Xiaohan quickly acted as Ling Huaan’s eyes and said, “Uncle, someone is here, but he is wearing a hat and a mask, I am I can’t see what he looks like.”

    Footsteps sounded, and the person walked straight to the shelf, took a box of braised beef noodles, and a ham sausage, and then came to the cashier to check out.

    As the man approached, Ling Huaan keenly smelled a faint smell of blood, and the necessary resentment entangled in him.

    Put the item on the cashier, and the man said aloud, “Checkout.”

    At the prompt of Ma Xiaohan, Ling Huaan successfully scanned the code, and then a mechanical female voice sounded, “Eight yuan.”

    The man took ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to Ling Huaan.

    Seeing this, Ma Xiaoxiao quickly reminded: “Uncle, he is giving you money, you raise your hand to the height of your chest.”

    Ling Huaan didn’t move, the man shook the money in front of him and said, “Boss, can’t you see?”

    The voice should be a middle-aged woman, Ling Huaan smiled and said: “Yes, I am blind. If it is convenient for you, you should scan the QR code.”

    “I didn’t bring my mobile phone, it’s ten yuan, don’t look for it.” The woman put ten yuan on the cashier, looked around, and said, “I can eat noodles here with you. ?”

    “Yes.” Ling Huaan pointed to the location of the water dispenser, then pointed to the window, and said, “There is hot water over there, and there are tables and chairs over there.”

    Watching Ling Huaan groping to put away the money on the cash register, the woman walked towards the water dispenser with instant noodles, tore the package, and put away the seasonings, she seemed to be receiving hot water, eyes However, he kept peeping at Ling Huaan.

    “Uncle, she has been peeking at you.” Ma Xiaohan whispered a small report.

    Ling Huaan took out two coins from the cash register, held them in his hands, and said, “Is there more water in the bucket?”

    “There’s still half a bucket.” After receiving the water, the woman went to the window and sat down.

    Listening to the movement over there, Ling Huaan turned out of the cash register, groped towards the woman, walked to the table, and was about to hit the corner of the table, Ma Xiaohan quickly reminded: “Uncle, stop , you’ll bump into it if you walk away.”

    Ling Huaan touched forward, touched the table, put the two coins in his hand on the table, and said, “This is change, please keep it.”

    The woman kept looking at Ling Huaan and said, “Aren’t you afraid that I won’t give you enough money?”

    “Isn’t it eight dollars, I believe no one will rely on this money.”

    The woman opened the noodle bucket, stirred it with a fork, and said, “You think people are too good. Don’t talk about eight yuan, even a dime, and some people will be blamed. Have you always been alone in the store?”

    Ling Huaan groped and sat down and said, “No, my shop works three shifts, and I’m on the night shift.”

    The woman took a mouthful of noodles, but did not care that Ling Huaan sat across from her and said, “Are you the owner of this shop?”

    “Isn’t it like?” Ling Huaan smiled.

    “You can’t see, aren’t you afraid they lie to you?”

    “There is surveillance at the cashier, and the things on the bright side are the most deterrent.” The woman subconsciously glanced at the place where the surveillance probe was and said, “Even if there is surveillance, you will If you can’t watch the surveillance video, how do you know if they lied to you?”

    “You can listen. I can hear how much you charge, just do the math to see if they lied to me.”

    “If a person really wants to deceive you, there are thousands of ways, even a wise person can deceive, let alone you.” The woman’s words seemed to mean something.

    “I have opened a store for several years, and I have indeed encountered scammers, but I still feel that there are many good people. For a long time, there will be more money in my book, and more than a few dozen yuan every day, It only appeared when I was on duty. Later, I let people watch the surveillance video and found that an old customer always gave me 100 yuan every time he wanted a bucket of instant noodles, but he always told me that it was 10 yuan. I understand that he is Seeing that I am blind, you are secretly helping me.”

    “And then what?”

    “Later we talked about it, and then we became a couple. Now we are very happy, so as long as we treat people with kindness, there will always be rewards.”

    The woman glanced at Ling Huaan, lowered her head and concentrated on eating the noodles, and said nothing.

    “Sorry, I told you something, but you can eat slowly, I’ll be busy first.”

    Seeing Ling Huaan standing up, the woman finished her last bite and said, “Mr. Ling, sit down and let’s chat.”

    Ling Huaan was startled, then asked, “How do you know my surname is Ling? Are you a regular customer in the store?”

     “Not only do I know your surname Ling, I also know that you are the boyfriend of the captain of the criminal investigation team.”

    Ling Huaan sat back in the chair and said, “Not many people know about this, how did you know?”

    The woman took out a handful from her waist, put it on the table with a ‘dang’, and said, “Mr. Ling, please put all your things on the table.”

    Ma Xiaohan said nervously, “Uncle, she has a gun.”

    Ling Huaan looked in the direction of the woman and said lightly, “I have a grudge with you? What do you mean?”

    “Mr. Ling, if you want Lin Miaomiao to come back safely, I hope you can cooperate.” The woman’s tone was obviously fearless.

    Ling Huaan was stunned for a moment, then said, “Are you Ma Hongmei?”

    Ma Hongmei smiled and said, “Mr. Ling, you are really smart. Don’t worry, as long as you cooperate, I will not hurt you.”

    Ling Huaan took out the phone from his pocket and put it on the table.

    Seeing Ling Huaan stop moving, Ma Hongmei continued: “Mr. Ling, I made it very clear that it is everything on your body.”

    Ling Huaan was silent for a while, then took out the bell and paper charm from his pocket, put them on the table, and said, “This is all I have.”

    Ma Hongmei put all the things on the table into a bag, threw it to the corner, returned to her seat and sat down, saying: “Don’t be nervous, Mr. Ling, although I kill people, I will not hurt You, you and the captain of the criminal investigation team are good people.”

    Ling Huaan asked calmly, “What is your purpose?”

    “I want Mr. Ling to listen to my story, and finally ask Mr. Ling to do me a favor.”

    “I don’t do anything illegal, so I may not be able to help you.” Ling Huaan decisively refused.

    “Although I met Mr. Ling for the first time, I haven’t been staring at you for a day or two. I know Mr. Ling’s character, so Mr. Ling can rest assured that I will definitely ask Mr. Ling to help. Not illegal.”

    “Why should I help you?”

    “Because Lin Miaomiao is in my hands, and Mr. Ling is a good person, he should not let such an innocent child die.” Ma Hongmei was sure that Ling Huaan would definitely help her.

    “Tell me about it. As for whether to help or not, I’ll think about it.”

    Ma Hongmei smiled and said, “Mr. Ling, you should be wondering why I killed Lin Fanglu.”

    “Because of your daughter Ma Qiuping.”

    Ma Hongmei was startled, then smiled and said, “It seems that Team Jiang has found a lot of things. Then did you find out what happened to my daughter back then?”

    “No, Team Jiang tried to investigate, but everyone on the TV station kept silent, so the case has not progressed until now.” Ling Huaan had no plans to hide it.

    “They? They certainly won’t say. The place where the pickled succulents are rotten from head to toe, from the inside to the outside, there is a rotten smell everywhere.” Ma Hongmei’s tone was Slow ridicule and resentment.

    Ling Huaan looked at the resentment entangled in Ma Hongmei, it seemed to be a little thicker than before.

    “What happened then?”

    Ma Hongmei was silent for a while, and said, “Mr. Ling should already know my background. My father Pingping and I are from the same village. We grew up together, and our relationship is very deep. I wanted to marry him, but unfortunately he was short-lived. An accident happened when we just decided to get married. I attended the funeral as his wife. I originally planned to go with him, but I suddenly found out that I was pregnant. I got pregnant out of wedlock. It’s hard to say, but Pingping’s father is dead. If I want to give birth to a child, I have to support it myself. If I want to get married, I can only marry those men who are married for the second time. In the eyes of my parents, it is not only shameful, but also They said that if I dared to give birth to the child, they would cut off ties with me, but even so, I gave birth to Pingping.”

    Although she couldn’t see Ma Hongmei’s expression clearly, Ling Huaan could still hear the emotion in her words, and she had to say that Ma Hongmei had deep feelings for Ma Dezhu.

    “Although my parents are not forgiving, I am their daughter, they can’t let go. And Dezhu’s parents, seeing that I am pregnant with Dezhu’s child, They all treat me as their own daughter. Pregnancy, childbirth, confinement, the elderly from both families are by their side, and I don’t feel bitter at all when I look at the tender and soft daughter lying beside me.”

    Ling Huaan listened quietly without interrupting Ma Hongmei’s thoughts.

    ” But the good days didn’t take long, and the bad days came. My father had liver cancer and borrowed money everywhere for treatment, but I didn’t work because Pingping was too young and had no source of income. Because of borrowing money, the relationship between Dezhu’s family and my family became more and more tense, and this situation became more obvious after Dezhu’s sister-in-law gave birth to a son. Later, I had to give Pingping to My mother took it to the county seat to find a job as a nanny. Later, my dad left. The disease was in the late stage, and it was really incurable. The money handed over to the hospital was wasted. We all knew it, but that It’s my father, I can’t just watch him die.”

    Ling Huaan heard Ma Hongmei’s unsteady tone, and knew that she was sad, she sighed and said, “birth, old age, sickness and death are experienced by everyone, be careful.”

    Ma Hongmei wiped the corners of her eyes and said, “The cycle of life and death. I didn’t understand before, so I was sad, but now I understand, and I still feel sad. This is how people feel. No matter how cold-blooded a person is. It hurts when you lose a loved one.”

    Ling Huaan frowned slightly, looked at the resentment on her body again, and was even more puzzled.