Grocery Store No.514 - Chapter 158

    “Pang Li, how long have you been in the store?”

    Being deftly dodged by Ling Huaan, Pang Li paused, a look of surprise flashed across her face quickly, and said, “It will be a month soon. Boss, are you going to pay your salary?”

    “Well, I forgot when you started to work. Just ask, the time of settlement of wages will not be wrong.”

    “I went to work on the 18th of last month, and it’s only two days away from a month.”

    Ling Huaan nodded and said, “You are busy, I’m going upstairs.”

    “Boss, your eyes are inconvenient, so I’ll take you up there. Anyway, there’s no one in the store now.”

    Ling Huaan hesitated, and said, “I’ll go up by myself, the fruit is gone upstairs, you can help me pick some sugar oranges and bring them up.”

    “Okay, boss, then be careful when you go up the stairs, I’ll send it up after I pick it up.” Pang Li looked very excited.

    Ling Huaan didn’t stay any longer, he groped upstairs as usual, opened the door and walked in, looked at Hua Ting sitting on the sofa, and said hello: “Grandpa, it’s past noon ,Did you have meal?”

    Hua Ting put down the Go in his hand and said, “Eat. How is it over there, what happened?”

    Ling Huaan did not hide it, and explained everything that happened at Ling Ling’s house in detail.

    “According to you, Lu Hao’s child may be more fortunate than good.” Compared with Jiang Chengyan and Ling Ling’s half-knowledge, Hua Ting has a good understanding of these, so he and Ling Huaan’s speculation is the same, At least the time between Lu Hao’s disappearance and the refining of corpse oil completely coincided.

    Ling Huaan looked very calm and had no emotional ups and downs.

    “Grandpa, I want to try to conjure my soul.”

    Hua Ting sighed and said, “Son, I know what you think, what happened to Lu Hao is really regrettable, but it’s not your fault, don’t put the blame on yourself .”

    “Grandpa, Hao Man killed Lu Hao because of me. If he really dies tragically, then I have an unshirkable responsibility. But don’t worry, I won’t do stupid things, at least in Hao Man I won’t let myself have an accident until I’m caught.”

    Hua Ting wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by Ling Huaan, saying, “Grandpa, don’t tell me, this is my cause and effect, I can’t escape, and I don’t want to escape.”

    Hua Ting is a member of Xuanmen, so he naturally understands the cause and effect, so he can only sigh and say, “Hua An, Hao Man is doing this just to anger you, make you lose your calm, and ignore it. to find him.” “I know. Grandpa, don’t worry, I’m not that stupid.”

    “dong dong dong”, a knock on the door interrupted the conversation between the two. Hua Ting wanted to open the door, but Ling Huaan stopped him and whispered, “Grandpa, go back to your room first.”

    Hua Ting frowned slightly, didn’t say anything, turned back to the room.

    Ling Huaan came to the door, opened the door, looked down, looked at the sugar orange in Pang Li’s hand, and said, “Are there any customers downstairs?”

    “No, there is usually no one at this point.” Pang Li’s tone was a little expectant.

    “Then come in.” Ling Huaan let the door open.

    Pang Li walked in with something, looked around, and said, “Boss, is there anyone at home? I remember seeing an old man a few days ago.”

    “That’s my grandfather, he has already gone back. Put things on the table, sit down and I’ll make you a cup of tea.” Ling Huaan slowly walked towards the direction of the kitchen.

    Seeing this, Pang Li hurriedly followed and said, “Boss, it’s not convenient for you to move, so let me come. You can tell me where the things are.”

    “It’s alright, I’m used to it, you go sit down and take a break while you have time.”

    Pang Li, as if she hadn’t heard it, followed Ling Huaan into the kitchen and stood beside Ling Huaan, touching his body intentionally or not. Ling Huaan frowned slightly, avoiding Pang Li, and said, “Pang Li, in the drawer under the coffee table, there is a tea clip, please bring it for me.”

    “Okay.” Pang Li turned and walked out of the kitchen.

    Ling Huaan took out a paper talisman, chanted the incantation silently, and the paper talisman ignited spontaneously. Before Pang Li came in, she put the burning paper talisman into the tea tin and closed the lid.

    “Boss, here’s the tea clip, here it is.” Pang Li took Ling Hua’an’s hand, put the tea clip in his hand, and rubbed it a few times.

      Go and sit, I still have to boil water, so I have to wait a while.”

    Seeing Ling Huaan’s insistence, Pang Li said disappointedly, “Then I will trouble the boss.”

    Ling Huaan nodded, gropingly picked up the kettle to get the water, out of the corner of his eye he watched Pang Li come out of the kitchen, stirred the tea in the tea pot, put it in the teapot, etc. The hot water was poured in, stirred again, and then walked out with the tea tray.

    Ling Huaan poured a cup of tea for Pang Li, pushed it to her side, and said, “I just bought the new tea, how about you help me taste it.”

    “Okay, boss.” Pang Li didn’t think much about it, picked up the teacup and smelled the fragrance of the tea, took another sip and tasted it carefully, and finally finished it in one sip, saying: “This tea It seems to have a strange smell. Boss, where did you buy it from?”

    “Does it have a strange smell?” Ling Huaan took a sip of the tea cup and said, “Although it’s not very good tea, the taste is okay, have you eaten anything before? Something that spoils the sense of taste? Try it again.”

    Ling Huaan poured Pang Li another glass and pushed it to her side.

    “Maybe so, I did eat some snacks just now.” Pang Li picked up the teacup, drank another cup, and said, “Well, the boss is right, the strange smell is gone, it should be the one I was before. The reason for eating.”

    “I didn’t ask before, where is your home, what do you do at home, and do you have any siblings?” Ling Huaan added another cup of tea to Pang Li.

     “Brother? How old are you, are you still in school?” Ling Huaan asked casually.

    “I’m 16, I just entered the first year of high school this year.”

    “Then why didn’t you go to college?”

    “I’m stupid, my grades are not good, I didn’t pass the exam. In addition, my family conditions are not good, I can’t afford two people to go to school, so I didn’t repeat my studies, I came out to work, and relieved some of the burden on my family. .”

    “That’s it. In fact, it’s good to get in touch with the society early. Life is not only a way out of reading.”

    The two chatted for a while, and the pot of tea was quickly drank. There was a sound of the door opening, and then Jiang Chengyan opened the door and walked in. Looking at the two people sitting in the living room, he frowned slightly and said, “Pang Li, there are customers downstairs, why did you come up?”

    “There are customers. Boss, then I’ll go down first.” Pang Li glanced at Jiang Chengyan, got up and went downstairs.

    The door was closed, Ling Huaan looked at Jiang Chengyan, and said lightly, “Why did the Jiang team come back at this point? How is the investigation of Lu Hao’s case, is there any progress?”

    Jiang Chengyan was stunned and said, “I just contacted the police in Nancheng and asked them to obtain the hotel surveillance, but the information has not been sent. I want to take this time to go home and have a look. Huaan, what’s wrong, Isn’t it time for me to come back?”

    Jiang Chengyan’s eyes flashed with hurt and said, “Huaan, I’m worried about you, how can you say that?”

    “Huaan…” Jiang Chengyan looked at Ling Huaan uneasily.

    Slight footsteps sounded, Ling Huaan couldn’t help breathing a sigh of relief, stepped forward and hugged Jiang Chengyan, and said, “Jiang team, what you just said was for others, don’t take it to heart.”

    “Huaan, what’s going on?” Ling Huaan’s indifference just now really scared him.

    “I suspect that Pang Li is not so simple, just acting for her.”

    “Pang Li? Hua An, did you find something?”

    “Since Pang Li came to the store, she always approached me intentionally or unintentionally. I didn’t care at first, but today when she approached, I smelled a special smell.”

    “What does ‘close to you’ mean?” Jiang Chengyan’s brows became even tighter.

    “Team Jiang, your focus is wrong.” Ling Huaan was a little helpless.

    Jiang Chengyan was stunned for a moment, then remembered about Lu Hao, feeling a little guilty, and said, “Huan, sorry, I didn’t mean it.”

    Ling Huaan shook her head and said, “I smelled a faint fragrance on Pang Li, the smell of rhino horn incense.”

    “Rhino Horn Incense?” Jiang Chengyan was a little surprised and said, “Hua An, do you suspect that Pang Li has something to do with Hao Man?”

    “Hao Man knows almost everything about me, but I don’t know anything about his current situation. I have to be careful.”

    “What do you want to do then?”

    “I put the ashes of the tracer in the tea I brewed for her. When she gets off work at night, I’ll follow her.” Ling Huaan let go of Jiang Chengyan and said, “Team Jiang hasn’t eaten yet. For lunch, wait a moment, I’ll give you a bowl of noodles.”

    Jiang Chengyan held Ling Huaan, looked at him aggrievedly, and said, “If I encounter this kind of thing in the future, can you give me a signal in advance, I was really sad just now.”

    “Well, if there is such a thing in the future, I will wink with you in advance as a signal.”

    “Okay. Hua An, have you eaten lunch yet?”

    “Not yet, I’ll do it now, you wait.”

    “I’m with you.” The two entered the kitchen together.

    Lu Hao disappeared, Ling Huaan was in a bad mood, Jiang Chengyan knew what to do and didn’t bother him. After the two finished the noodles quietly and finished eating quietly, Jiang Chengyan returned to the team.

    At five o’clock in the afternoon, Sun Ming came to take over on time, and Ling Huaan also went downstairs.

    Pang Li smiled and walked to Ling Hua’an, “Boss, you’re going downstairs, where are you going?”

    “Don’t go anywhere, go downstairs to get some food, are you going back?”

    “Well, the shift has been handed over.” Pang Li looked at Sun Ming, who was beside him, and whispered, “Boss, before the Jiang team went downstairs, I think his face is not good, you will not quarrel. Well, did he misunderstand something?”

    “It’s okay, don’t worry about him. Then you can go back after get off work, be careful on the road.”

    “Boss, am I embarrassing you? Should I go and explain to Team Jiang?”

    “No, if he doesn’t believe me, it’s useless to explain. You go, you’re tired after a day’s work, go home and have a good rest, and come to work on time tomorrow.”

    “That’s true, couples still have to trust each other, if Team Jiang is a little bit because of this misunderstanding…” Pang Li seemed to realize something, so she stopped and said, “I’m sorry, boss , I said a little too much, that… I’ll go first, and I will go to work on time tomorrow. “

     “It’s alright, don’t worry about it, you go upstairs tomorrow evening and I’ll pay you.”

    “Okay, thank you boss.” Pang Li’s voice was filled with undisguised joy.