Chapter 76 The young man with shifty eyes
"..." Fu Chenan's throat was choked, and he suddenly didn't know what to say.
Since his mother left, Xiao Yingchun was the first woman who cared about his safety like this...
"Thank you, Miss Xiao, for your thoughtful consideration!" Fu Chenan stood up and saluted Xiao Yingchun seriously.
Xiao Yingchun waved her hand to indicate that it was okay, and took the initiative to change the subject: "What's for dinner tonight?"
Fu Chenan opened the lunch box, and today they were eating pancakes again.
Fu Chenan knew that she loved meat, so he asked Bai Lu to make meat pies with thin skin and lots of stuffing. The pancakes with mutton and green onions were very fragrant, and paired with the soup, Xiao Yingchun ate very happily and ate two in a row before stopping.
The remaining ten were eaten up by Fu Chenan.
After eating and drinking, Xiao Yingchun reminded him, "The shop's been busy these days. If you don't have anything to do during the day, don't come."
"Come back tomorrow night to pick up the goods, and then count and bring back the empty skincare and lipstick cans..."
The cosmetics Xiao Yingchun had previously given Fu Chenan all had modern packaging, and Xiao Yingchun couldn't handle the repackaging of so many cosmetics by herself, so she had to let Fu Chenan find a solution.
Fu Chenan did come up with a plan.
"My Fu family's ancestors were actually military commanders. It was only when my grandfather offended the late emperor, he was demoted to a commoner, and then died of illness. That's when my father started selling pork..."
When the Fu family was still prosperous, they placed many disabled and neglected veterans in remote villages.
These veterans were all retired soldiers of the Fu family army, and they had deep feelings for and trusted the family.
In recent years, the Fu family has fallen on hard times and can no longer provide for them, so the veterans have had a hard time.
Last time, Fu Chenan had given them the job of repackaging cosmetics and skincare creams into porcelain boxes.
He directly hauled rice, flour, grain, and oil to the veterans as wages, giving them hope for survival after years without a full meal.
However, with the increasing number of orders, the veterans, even with their families, were overwhelmed.
Therefore, Xiao Yingchun directly requested custom orders from the cosmetics manufacturer. Various lip balms, skin creams, and porcelain boxes were packaged directly at the manufacturer before being shipped.
Fu Chenan, on the other hand, had the veterans make the outermost, most space-consuming packaging. This not only ensured the veterans had work and could earn enough to eat, but also reduced the volume of goods Xiao Yingchun needed to purchase, making it easier for Fu Chenan to transport.
It was another win-win situation.
Fu Chenan heard that Xiao Yingchun hadn't rested well the previous night, so he didn't talk to her much that night. After ensuring she was safe in the warehouse, he told her to get some rest and left.
Late at night, a man in a T-shirt and jeans rode a motorcycle from a distance. Once he arrived, he looked around, parked his motorcycle against the wall, and then pedaled over.
But after entering the dead end, the man was shocked to find that the back door that was open yesterday could not be pushed open today.
The door was obviously not locked, so why couldn't it be pushed open?
He pushed again, but it was no use.
The iron door seemed to be welded shut...
Xiao Yingchun was in the Time and Space Supermarket today, so how could she let someone she didn't know in?
Before she went to bed, she had set the door so that only Fu Chenan could come in.
"Damn it..." The thin man tried very hard but couldn't get in, so he had to go back the way he came and rode his motorcycle around to the front door.
Looking at the second floor under the dim light of the street lamp, the thin man found something wrong.
The windows on the second floor were gone, leaving only two black holes. Looking from the direction of the road, the inside was clearly visible.
Obviously, the doors and windows on the second floor were removed, and there must be nothing inside. If
it's not on the second floor, could it be on the first floor?
The thin man tried to open the front door again, but there was still no response.
The door lock seemed to be blocked from the inside, and even the wire couldn't be pushed in...
"This is weird..." the man muttered to himself, busy and sweating but still failed, so he had to leave in disappointment.
Pubfuture Ads
Xiao Yingchun, unaware of this, woke up early the next morning and, while waiting for the renovation workers to arrive, ordered a soup dumpling for takeout and leisurely ate breakfast.
When a thin, slightly hunched young man walked in, his hands in his pockets, Xiao Yingchun casually asked, "What do you want to buy?"
The young man glanced around, his eyes agile and alert
. "Let me see..."
Xiao Yingchun ignored him, continuing to eat her soup dumpling.
The young man looked around, his gaze fixed on the closed warehouse door. "Are there no goods in here?"
Xiao Yingchun glanced at him in surprise. "That's the warehouse, they don't sell goods."
"Oh..." The young man finally held out a bottle of water for Xiao Yingchun to pay for.
Xiao Yingchun glanced at it and said, "Two yuan."
The young man handed over two yuan in cash.
Xiao Yingchun was stunned: it was rare to see young people buying things with cash these days!
Xiao Yingchun then gave the young man a serious look.
Unexpectedly, he met his intense gaze.
It was a look that was both scrutinizing and greedy.
Xiao Yingchun's heart skipped a beat: This person makes him feel uncomfortable.
The young man's heart also skipped a beat: This little girl looks even prettier up close!
"How old is she?" the young man asked, his chin raised frivolously.
Xiao Yingchun's face darkened: "What does it have to do with you?"
"You're sitting there alone anyway, how boring would you be? I'm a customer, I'm here to chat..."
"I'm busy, buy your stuff and leave," Xiao Yingchun said, and continued eating her soup dumplings.
Perhaps it was because he'd been eating too much of Fu Chenan's pollution-free noodles these past few days, but this takeout didn't taste good anymore!
It turns out people's tastes are picky.
The young man didn't leave either. Instead, he sat at a table in the shop, opened his water bottle, and drank, glancing at Xiao Yingchun from time to time.
Xiao Yingchun ignored him. Soon, the renovation workers arrived.
They were cleaning up the tiles, wall coverings, and other construction debris from the second floor today, and were about to start cementing the walls.
The plumbers were also there to locate and reserve pipes for the kitchen and bathroom.
With time being of the essence and the task at hand, and the money being generous, Zhou Haipeng personally came to take a look at the scene.
Unexpectedly, he saw the young man as soon as he entered.
Zhou Haipeng was stunned for a moment, then looked at him twice, turned his head and nodded at Xiao Yingchun: "Miss Xiao, there's a customer... We'll go upstairs first."
Xiao Yingchun also nodded: "He's here to buy water... You guys go ahead."
As soon as Zhou Haipeng went upstairs, he sent a message to Wang Yongjun: "A suspicious person has come to Yingchun Canteen." The other party
replied immediately: "Who is it?"
"He looks shifty and doesn't look like a good person. Miss Xiao said he came to buy water and sat there and wouldn't leave."
"I'll go take a look," Wang Yongjun replied with four words, and then there was no movement.