Chapter 36: Oolong
"Little girl, your water." The boss's angry voice came from behind, and he abruptly interrupted the girl's ramblings.
The girl turned around, and saw that the boss was holding a large transparent box with his thin arms like branches, three rows and four columns, with a total of two bases, neatly arranged mineral water, he first bent his back and walked out of the small iron door slowly, and then gently hooked down with one foot to close the door again.
Just after the boss took back the foot that closed the door, he lifted the other foot upward, he made the thigh and calf of the foot form a 90-degree right angle, and then pressed the bottom of the big box with the part above the knee, and then pushed it up hard, and the arm and body naturally shrank in the same direction, so that the box of water stayed in the air for about a second, but was immediately hugged again, and finally, the boss put down the foot he raisedAfter his feet were still and his body was stable, he walked towards the girl.
And in this process, the entire action of the boss can be described as in one go, crisp and neat.
Although the boss has always been in a hunched posture, it is precisely the one that seriously does not match his shriveled, lean, seemingly incapable body.
Just from the boss walking to the girl's side and walking to the glass counter for more than a dozen steps, the boss has always been unchanging, his face is not red, and he is not panting, and he walks at a very steady pace and at a very fast speed.
This was really a surprise to the girl, who thought that just because the boss was very thin and not tall, holding this big box, containing twenty-four bottles, and estimated to weigh twenty-six pounds of mineral water, it must be a bit of a laborious thing, but the fact is just a seemingly easy and particularly comfortable action.
Therefore, when the boss walked up to the girl, the girl couldn't help but turn her face sideways and look at it carefully for a moment.
The boss hadn't done all his work yet, he was getting closer to the glass counter, and there was only one box between them, and the big box was still half the size of the glass counter.
In fact, the glass counter was not very low, but it was by no means high, it was only a little above the girl's waist, and besides, because the boss was holding the box in his hand, this made the glass counter lower than half of the box.
"Hey." The boss suddenly called out in a low voice, not loud, but powerful.
I saw that the boss stood on tiptoe on the front half of the soles of his feet, and his whole body was raised a lot because of his vigorous upward lifting, but it happened to raise the whole box above the glass counter, and the boss turned his head to estimate that it was feasible, so he leaned forward a little, and then slowly put one-third of the box of mineral water on the glass counter, he let go of his hand, relaxed his body, and then pushed the rest of the part forward until it was completely placed on the glass counter.
When that's all that is done, it's finally the real end.
The boss shook his forearms vigorously as he quickly bypassed the U-shaped counter, opened the small railing, and walked back to where he had been.
So far, the girl has been staring at the boss's every move, and she has not been able to take her eyes off for half a second, until the boss is facing her again, and the girl lowers her head again.
On the contrary, this time it was the boss, from the time he walked out of the small door to the time he returned to the original place, until he was facing the girl directly, he never looked at the girl again.
Even now, the boss just buried himself in the scissors and ripped open the part of the transparent box that was wrapped in mineral water, and then groped out a medium-sized red plastic bag from the glass counter, and then opened it, and threw two bottles of mineral water bottles out of the box into it at a time.
The girl buried her head, and could only hear the sound of the plastic bag rubbing against it, and she was very confused and anxious at the same time.
The girl's brain was blank, and she didn't know what she should do, so she just simply, simply thought that she should leave as soon as possible, so that the boss would not look at the girl carefully and closely again, so that she might show a shocked look again, and the girl herself could no longer see the boss's scared expression.
"Twenty bucks in total." The boss's voice came from above the girl's head.
After the girl heard the voice, she was completely clear, no longer full of confusion and staring, and finally she could accept the order, and she knew what she was going to do next.
She hurriedly opened her phone and scanned it at the QR code on the glass counter.
The repayment was successful, and I received a payment prompt from my mobile phone, and at the same time, I heard a loud payment prompt sound from the grocery store.
The girl put the phone and the key in the same hand, raised her head slightly, and just saw the red plastic containing ten bottles of mineral water on the glass counter, and she reached out and grabbed the handle of the plastic bag without thinking.
But before the girl could lift it up, a pair of hands gently grabbed her wrists.
The girl looked up in confusion and looked directly at the boss face to face again, and after the boss made eye contact with the girl, he panicked and let go of his hand that was holding the girl's wrist.
However, this time, the boss did not avoid looking at each other with the girl, more precisely, at first, the boss did subconsciously look away, but he immediately raised his head and insisted on looking at the girl.
This time, there was a lot less fear in the boss's eyes, although, at first, when the girl raised her head, the boss was indeed frightened.
However, this fright was soon replaced by another kind of suspicion and pity.
Just when the girl was puzzled by the pity and sympathy for herself in the boss's eyes.
"That, little girl, you, you ......" The boss had a look on his face that wanted to say nothing, but he quickly swallowed again, and his eyes suddenly became firm.
"Have you been subjected to domestic violence?" The boss leaned closer to the girl and asked in a deliberately low voice.
"What?" This time, the girl was stunned, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.
"Because of you, your face, and the ...... on your arms" The boss Xu realized that he had guessed the truth wrong because of the girl's expression. He fell back again, not deliberately lowering his voice, but really whispered and said without confidence, and pointed to the girl's face and arms.
The girl also looked in the direction pointed by the boss, and saw that there were several scattered blue and purple marks on her arm, and even the girl herself was startled.
At this moment, the girl seemed to suddenly realize that she was wearing a pair of slippers on her feet, and she was only wearing a nightdress.
"Ahh The girl snorted softly, and only then did she realize that she had gone out without washing or changing her clothes.
In other words, all the self-mutilating methods that the girl did to herself early in the morning were not covered.
After slapping his head a few times, his hair was unkempt, and there were several deep, dried tear stains left by his constant crying, and after squeezing his arm, the red marks had now turned blue-purple.
Therefore, now the girl is such a haggard, unkempt, embarrassed image in front of everyone, it is no wonder, not surprising, but everyone who sees the girl will show a frightened expression, they probably treat the girl as a madman.
Just after the girl reacted, she looked at the boss, who still had a suspicious expression.
The girl wanted to explain, and tried to defend herself, but when she was about to speak, she felt like she was stuck in her throat, and she seemed to find no decent excuse to prove that she had caused the injury in one of her arms.
Besides, if the girl really told the truth like this, I'm afraid no one would believe it, and even if someone really believed her, she might be more convinced that the girl's mental condition was indeed a problem.
Therefore, the girl also dispelled the idea of explaining herself, and she didn't care about the boss's suspicions, so she just picked up the red plastic bag and ran out of the door of the grocery store quickly.
But just as the girl ran down the steps, she hadn't run a few steps far, but the red plastic bag suddenly broke a big hole, and the mineral water bottles contained in it were scattered all over the place, and even several of them hit the girl's feet, and when they fell to the ground, they all made a loud dull sound, which aroused the curiosity of the few people around.
The girl hurriedly squatted down and put the mineral water bottles back into the plastic bag with one hand, while the other hand used to carry the hole in her arms and hold all the mineral water bottles she had picked up.
The girl quickly picked up all the mineral water bottles, except for one that was behind the girl, farther away, near the steps of the grocery store.
Just as the girl stood up and wanted to pick up the bottle of mineral water, the owner of the grocery store suddenly walked out.
When the girl saw him, she turned around as if she were on the verge of a great enemy, and ran away as if she were fleeing, ignoring the remaining bottle of mineral water.