Chapter 33: The Pendant
That night, both me and the fat man were left in the hospital for observation. Liu Rumei left after making arrangements, and soon asked the driver to bring food and clothes. The fat man and I were hungry for a day, and the clothes on our bodies were not good in the cave, so we didn't politely accept all the orders.
The next day, the driver came to deliver two more meals. During this period, the fat man asked him about Liu Rumei's background, but he only smiled and said nothing. In the afternoon, he delivered fruit again, brought me a note, and left.
I opened it and looked at it, Juanxiu's font looked a little familiar, and it was written an address: XX Pedestrian Street XX. It looks like it's an address, but why I was given it is unknown.
"Love letters?" The fat man asked me as he peeled a banana.
I gave him a blank look and handed him the note. The fat man took it and looked at it, then handed it back and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"I don't know." I took the note and put it in my pocket, and then said, "Like you, I am not familiar with the roads in Hedong City, and I don't know what this is just by looking at the address. ”
"Shops? Cafe? Restaurant? After thinking about it, the fat man said, "The note is for you, and I won't join it." ”
"Hmm." Hearing him say this, I could only nod my head and say, "I'll take a look later." ”
"Don't go later, go now." The fat man lay down on the hospital bed and said, "I guess the little girl is waiting for you." ”
I thought about it and felt that what the fat man said made sense, maybe Liu Rumei did have something waiting for me. So, I didn't delay any longer, changed my clothes and said goodbye to the fat man, and went to the address alone.
The pedestrian street is bustling with shops on both sides. Soon I found the address on the note, and after confirming the grade on it, I was confused again.
Unlike the shop next to it, the roller shutter of this shop is locked. I didn't see the plaque at the door, so I couldn't tell what kind of store it was. What did Liu Rumei ask me to do here? Could it be that I'm here early and the store hasn't opened yet? I hesitated to leave and come back later. Out of curiosity, I inquired about the shop next door, but the owner's words made me even more confused.
"Next door? In the past, the business of that store was very good, but it closed a few days ago, and it seemed that someone took over, but I haven't seen anyone come over in the past few days...... Are you going to rent a shop? I can help if I rent a shop. ”
"No, thank you."
After coming out of the shop next door, I found a person standing in the middle of the pedestrian street looking around, this person was none other than Liu Rumei.
"Koyanagi." I hurriedly said hello.
She turned around, smiled when she saw me, and said, "I didn't expect you to come over so early, your eyes are okay, right?" ”
"It's fine." I smiled and said, "You didn't ask me here just to ask about my eyes, did you?" ”
"How can you?" Liu Rumei continued to smile and said, "I thought you would come later, but it just so happened that my mobile phone was turned off after a day of meeting today, so I gave you an address in advance." ”
"Meeting? I'm delaying you, am I? ”
"It's okay, it's all trivial, it's all arranged."
"Oh, that's right." I nodded.
Just as we were chatting, the shopkeeper I had just talked to walked out of his shop, and then saw him politely to Liu Rumei: "Mr. Liu, what kind of wind blew you here...... Went up to the house for a cup of tea......"
Liu Rumei smiled and excused herself, indicating that she still had something to talk about with me. At this time, the shopkeeper noticed me, was stunned for a moment, and then said to me: "Young man, it's not honest to rent a house, it's all neighbors in the future, and I can still earn your ......benefits."
I smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say. I was still observing the words and expressions that the businessman understood, and when I saw that I was a little embarrassed, I smiled and left.
"Mr. Liu?" I looked at Liu Rumei with a smile, and looking at the shopkeeper's respectful energy, I felt that Liu Rumei was very unusual at least in this area.
"It's not always the same, let's call me Xiaoyanagi."
"Okay." It's just a title, I really don't care about this, what I care about is what Liu Rumei is looking for me to do, so I then asked: "Xiaoliu, then what are you looking for me?" ”
"It's not a big deal." Liu Rumei said, taking out something from his pocket. I took a look, and I knew this thing, it was a remote control key for an automatic roller shutter.
"Bang la-la-la......" Liu Rumei casually pressed the remote control key, and the locked roller shutter next to it slowly rose.
I suddenly had an idea in my heart, could it be that this store used to be Liu Rumei's, and it has been closed for archaeology in the past few days? It makes sense to think about it this way, otherwise how could the owner of the shop next door be so familiar with her, this approach is probably in line with the temperament of the rich second generation, how can business be capricious or important......
I was pondering on the sidelines, and the roller shutter next to it was completely open. Liu Rumei patted me who was stunned and said, "Let's go in and have a look." ”
“…… Oh...... "I came back to my senses and followed Liu Rumei and the two of them to push the door in.
"This ......" I looked at the furnishings in surprise and was speechless for a long time.
At this time, Liu Rumei handed over the remote control key in her hand and said, "Take it, it's yours." ”
I didn't pick it up, and continued to look at the furnishings around me in a daze, and my heart was even more mixed.
Mr. Liu...... Mr. Liu ......" I muttered repeatedly, turned to look at Liu Rumei, and asked, "It turns out that you packed my store ......"
Liu Rumei smiled silently.
The answer was already too obvious for me to ask again. But I don't understand why Liu Rumei did this, you must know that when she asked people to buy my store, we didn't know each other at all, and the first time I met her was in my hometown a few days ago. Let's not talk about this for now, she looks like she wants to hand over this shop to me, what does this mean? Spend money to buy it from me, turn around and send it back?
I couldn't figure it out, so I asked, "Xiaoyanagi, ...... you?" ”
"Take it......"
"Let's talk about what's going on first."
"I can't say a sentence or two, this shop is still yours, you take the key first."
I shook my head, noncommittal.
"Hey! Sure enough, so stubborn......" Liu Rumei sighed and played with the key in his hand.
I frowned and said, "Xiaoyanagi, I don't mean anything else, if you really want to give it to me, it's okay, wait for me to return the money to you, and the rent here......"
"Hey! What do I want your money for? Liu Rumei continued to sigh and said, "That's it, the store and things are still mine, I'll hire you to do things, okay?" ”
"But......" I still wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Liu Rumei. She said, "Don't be, I hired you, I'm the boss now." ”
"I haven't said yes yet......" I said weakly.
"It's the same whether you say yes or no, take it." She said that she had already forced the key into my hand, and then continued with a cold face: "In the future, you will be the professional manager of this store, the employee is a worker, and you should do business......
"I haven't said yes yet...... "I raised my voice.
Liu Rumei completely ignored my statement and continued: "...... As for your treatment...... What do you think of the annual salary of 200,000 yuan? ”
"I haven't said yes yet!" I raised my voice again, and I always felt that today's Liu Rumei seemed to be a different person, full of queen style.
"Too little, huh? In this way, in addition to last year's salary, add a year-end dividend of 10% of the total turnover, what do you think? Liu Rumei continued.
I smiled wryly and joked with her: "Miss, are you trying to support me?" ”
Liu Rumei was stunned for a moment, then cleared his throat and said, "What a mess, this is employment, please call me Mr. Liu in the future." ”
I shook my head and said, "Xiaoliu, Mr. Liu, let's not tease, tell me what are you going to do to spend money to keep me here?" If I think you have a point, I'll stay, or I won't agree. ”
"Hey!" Liu Rumei sighed and said, "There are some things that can't be said, so let's do it, I'll show you something, and then you have to listen to me." ”
"Huh?" I felt more and more confused, and asked, "Why do I have to listen to you when you show me something?" ”
Liu Rumei looked at me seriously, nodded and said, "After I let you see it, you have to listen to me." ”
"Okay." I saw that she was serious, so I simply nodded in agreement.
I think she has done so much before and after, it shouldn't be a whim, and it is estimated that there is a hidden secret that I don't know, and then looking at her hidden appearance, this hidden situation is estimated to be quite complicated. If I don't follow her, I guess she won't tell me, so I can only retreat and take a look first.
"Wait a minute." Liu Rumei said as she took off her necklace, she first held it in her hand and looked at it for a while, and then handed it over.
"Necklace?"
After I took it, I found that this chain is not much precious thing, look at the shape of the object about the late Qing Dynasty or the beginning of the Republic of China, in terms of material, it is only made of sterling silver, and the craftsmanship can not be said to be very good, but the pendant below is more chic, is a rare heart. I have seen a lot of pendants at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, with gossip silverfish magpie unicorn and the like, like this heart shape I have seen for the first time, I estimate that the original owner of this pendant should at least stay in the ocean, stay overseas to create such a thing.
I looked through my hand and found that this heart-shaped pendant still has some oddities, and after looking carefully, I realized that there was a small mechanism in the middle of this pendant, and the two petals of the pendant can be rubbed open after being opened. This is obviously something for my lover, why did Liu Rumei let me see this?
"Can you open it?" I asked Liu Rumei's opinion, and she didn't speak, just nodded with a brow.
Seeing that she agreed, I didn't hesitate anymore, curiously picked out the small mechanism in the middle of the pendant, and gently staggered the two petals. After the two pendants were rubbed open, a small black and white photo was revealed, the photo was a little yellowed, and it was a half-length photo of two people.
When I took a closer look at the people on it, I couldn't help but stay in place. Because I found that one of them was like Liu Rumei, and the other was like me.