At 21:36 on July 12, 2045, in the copper hot pot, the boiling water is driving thin slices of meat and vegetables of various colors, constantly tumbling.

Although the heat coming out of the pot made more beads of sweat from the people who already felt the heat of the day. But in order to enjoy the delicious taste in the pot, people still firmly gather around the pot and watch the food slowly turn from raw to cooked.

The name of this hot pot restaurant is "Lao Majia Hot Pot Restaurant". It is a very traditional charcoal hot pot business. The furnishings are almost exactly the same as those of a hot pot restaurant thirty years ago.

The name of this shop is beautiful: we are in pursuit of authenticity. But the actual reason is that the proprietress is too diligent and thrifty, resulting in a budget for opening a store is not very sufficient.

The hostess was a warm and down-to-earth woman who looked to be around fifty years old. She was carrying several plates of food to the cupboards at each table.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell" After a bell rang, another customer walked into the store from outside the open door, a very beautiful girl with blue eyes.

She stuck out her tongue and licked the few skewers she was holding, which had long been naked, and then reluctantly threw them into a trash can next to the door of the store. His eyes widened and he looked with envy at the diners around him who were enjoying the hot food in the hot pot.

"Girl, what do you want to eat?" The proprietress wiped down a table, motioned for the girl to come over, and put another menu on it.

The girl seemed to be very entangled, standing at the door and shaking her head and saying, "No, no, no, I don't eat it, I just walked down the street and smelled the fragrance, and it felt good, and my body involuntarily walked in and wanted to smell it carefully." Yes, just smell it. The girl rubbed her hands together and said against her will, "I don't want to eat it, I don't want to eat it at all." ”

"Girl, what can you do, I think you are hungry, you can satisfy your hunger by eating, come and sit down, the price of things in our store is very cheap." The proprietress came over and grabbed the girl by the arm, trying to pull her to the seat.

The girl suddenly shook her head more violently when she heard the word "price", and pointed to the sign in the trash can: "No, no, no, I actually just-"

When the proprietress saw the sticks, she interrupted the girl and said, "Oh! You must have just finished eating barbecue and then eating hot pot, afraid of getting fat, right? It doesn't matter, we have a special fat loss package that won't be high in calories. ”

"No, I am—" Before the girl could explain, the proprietress grabbed her by the arm, pulled her to the edge of the seat, and then pressed her shoulders and pressed the girl to the seat.

The girl looked up, looked at the proprietress with pitiful eyes, and said, "But I—"

"But what, you don't have to worry too much about your figure. Don't care about the willow waist, Ying Ying grasps it, these old-fashioned concepts of A4 standards, women can't be bound by old-fashioned concepts, they want to eat. ”

This sentence is constantly repeated in the girl's heart: "Don't be bound by old-fashioned ideas, don't be bound by old-fashioned ideas, right!" I can't be bound by the old-fashioned notion that I have to pay for something, I want to eat! ”

The girl's blue eyes flickered suddenly, and she pointed to the menu and said to the proprietress "I want this, this, this, and that." ”

The proprietress looked at her with wide eyes: "Girl, you can order more vegetables and meat, why are you ordering so many pot bottoms?" ”

"I want to taste every taste." The girl said confidently. Looking at the confident girl, the proprietress nodded her head with relief and thought, "She has finally broken through the shackles of old-fashioned concepts!" ”

22:13. From time to time, a few pedestrians pass by on the street. Wu Chen was entangled at the door of the soul companion pet store. He has two choices at the moment, one is to observe secretly, and the other is to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

To observe secretly is to hide in a dark corner and observe Ma Gan's investigation. Abandoning the darkness and turning to the light is to bravely go in and greet Ma Gan like a big husband, and then explain to him that he lied to him that he was not feeling well because of emotional reasons, and then fought side by side with Ma Gan to investigate.

Comparing the two options, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious. Of course, Wu Chen, who is upright, chose to observe secretly.

He crept over and lay down at the door of the pet store. Here, he can hear the conversation inside.

He learned that the owner of the pet store and one of the clerks hadn't been there for days. The boss is said to have been talking to a breeding kennel about cooperation, and the other clerk has been lazy. He heard Ma Gan ask another question.

Doesn't he be suspicious? Or is there too much to confirm? Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Ma Qian and the pet store clerk walking from the business area to the rest area inside.

"I'll help him confirm a few things." He thought as he picked up his phone, looked up the number of the breeding kennel, and called.

"Hey, hello Wang Xingren breeding kennel, professional dog production, can I ask if there is anything you can help."

"Hey, I'm Wu Chen of the mecha team in Majiazhen, and I want to investigate some things with you."

"Huh? Is there anything I can do to help? The person on the other end of the phone asked with some confusion.

"Recently, the owner of a soul buddy pet shop has contacted you about cooperation?"

"Wait a minute, I'll check." "Okay." While waiting, Wu Chen looked at the business area of the pet store that was no longer empty.

"Ah, I found out, there is indeed this one, I contacted it ten days ago, because of the price, it was not negotiated at that time."

Wu Chen asked nervously: "Did the owner of this store go to talk to you face-to-face about cooperation after that?" ”

"This shouldn't be possible, after the conversation ten days ago, the owner of our breeding kennel took the Wu Gang 8 tourist spacecraft to the moon for a vacation. I don't think the owner of the pet store will buy a ticket to chase the moon for the sake of cooperation. ”

Wu Chen hung up the phone, "It seems that the boss lied, but it is also possible that he went out to do something inconvenient to say, so he casually told his employees a reason." Therefore, it cannot be concluded that there is a problem with this boss. Can you reach out to another employee and ask? ”

Wu Chen scratched his head: "Do you want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light in the end, and go in directly to ask the clerk's contact information?" Wait, now the clerk who claims to be uncomfortable is at his brother's house, his brother, his brother! ”

Wu Chen suddenly clapped his hands violently, remembering an incident that happened in his home one night half a year ago......