Chapter 24: Hidden Taboos
The search for Zheng Xin did not go as smoothly as expected, too much time has passed, and the address registered in the personnel department has long been demolished.
Director Yu was very enthusiastic, and when he learned that they had no clue, he helped contact a few colleagues who had a good relationship with Zheng Xin at the beginning, and asked them to inquire much easier than Wu Ning and the others casting their nets everywhere.
Zheng Xin's road was temporarily blocked by traffic, and Wu Ning decided to go to the place where Sun Qian worked-Shang Library.
The Shang Library is not far from the "Return to the Source Owner", separated by two streets, on Nagato Road. The two of them followed the directions to find it.
When he came to the destination, Wu Ning was stunned, he had been to this place, when he was looking for a part-time job before.
But at that time, the store was not a shokan, but a café called Nagato.
Moreover, the name Shang Shukan always feels a little familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere.
With doubts in their hearts, the two walked in.
The interior of the store is retro-style, very charming, probably too early, no customers in sight, only a young girl sitting behind the bar dozing off.
"Hello." Wu Ning stepped forward to say hello.
"Huh?" The girl opened her sleepy eyes, raised her head in a daze, with a round face, about twenty, "You guys, drink coffee?" ”
Wu Ning was both funny and angry, the coffee shop owner didn't want him to pick such a little fool? What's wrong with him?
"yes, coffee."
Wu Jiu interjected: "Two glasses of American, thank you." ”
Wu Ning's heart was cold, the boss used the word thank you, did he want him to pay for it?
"Wow, that's handsome!" The girl saw Wu Jiu awake instantly, and held her face like a nymphomaniac, "Okay, you guys sit first." ”
A moment later, the girl came over with a plate.
Putting down the coffee, she actually sat on the chair next to Wu Ning, staring at Wu Jiu without blinking, her eyes full of little stars.
Wu Ning was angry again, is the coffee shop owner blind? He's inferior to her!
"What do you call it?"
The girl didn't reply: "Mianmian, everyone calls me Mianmian." ”
It's straight...... Wu Ning secretly complained: "Noodles, I remember that this place was the Nagato Cafe before, when did it change to the Shang Library?" ”
stared at Wu Jiu with a face, and said absentmindedly: "The boss has changed, the new boss is going to change his name." ”
Wu Jiu was impatient with her staring, so he simply got up and went to the bathroom.
There was no beauty to see, and his attention returned to Wu Ning, "I came late, this is what Sister Sissi told me." ”
She took the initiative to mention Sun Qian, Wu Ning couldn't ask for it, and hurriedly asked, "Sister Qianqian is your boss?" ”
Shaking his head, Xiao Yuan's face wrinkled: "Sister Sissi, like me, also works here." I haven't met the boss, only by phone. The boss only contacted Sister Sissi if he had something. ”
She looked around the store and said helplessly, "Sister Sissi left suddenly a few days ago, the boss's phone couldn't get through, I don't know who to buy when the coffee beans run out, these two cups of American style are the last stock, I don't know what to do." ”
It can be seen that the face is really worried, otherwise he would not pour bitter water on strangers.
"Didn't you meet your boss during the interview?"
"No, it was Sister Sissi who interviewed me."
Wu Ning asked tentatively: "Could that Sister Sissi lie to you, in fact, she is the boss here?" ”
Mianmian's head shook into a rattle: "Impossible, Sister Sissi often talks to her boss on the phone, and the two had a quarrel the day before leaving, and I accidentally heard it." It's like asking the boss to give her an explanation or something......
Sister Sissi's family conditions are not very good, and she is reluctant to spend money on rent, so she has been living in a small warehouse in the store. ”
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Wu Ning's mind, and he remembered where he had seen the Shang Library, the group photo of men and women that fell out of the cardboard box that Fang Ziqing was holding was the Shang Library in the background.
A coffee shop that was temporarily renamed, a young girl from a poor family, a similar dress and conversation, the reincarnation of a deceased wife......
Wu Ning felt that he seemed to understand something, and it seemed that he might not need to look for Zheng Xin.
The door of the store was pushed open, and a few young people who were talking and laughing walked in, and they had no choice but to go to entertain them.
Wu Jiu watched his face leave his seat, and then slipped over, muttering about how troublesome women are.
"Boss, you said that the character of the reincarnated person has changed, but Sun Qian's appearance has not changed." Wu Ning's eyes were shining, "She is definitely not Li Juan's reincarnation, she is disguised." ”
Wu Jiu took a sip of coffee, and his handsome face distorted: "It's really bitter...... How so? ”
Wu Ning said the guess just now and touched his nose:
"It is very likely that Sun Qian is pretending to be Li Juan's reincarnation, after all, Chen Baiyan is quite rich...... Now the question is who the real owner of this shop is, is Sun Qian's accomplice or is it just being used by her.
I think we can give up Zheng Xin's side and find out this boss, and many problems can be solved. ”
"The commission we accepted was to find Sun Qian, not the boss." Wu Jiu said unceremoniously.
Wu Ning grabbed his hair and sneered: "If the owner of the coffee shop is Sun Qian's accomplice, maybe he knows her whereabouts." ”
For the sake of satisfying curiosity, that is something that cannot be said to death.
Sent away the wave of guests, and rubbed their faces against them again.
Wu Ning glanced at Wu Jiu's face, and hurriedly opened his mouth to reveal his identity:
"Actually, we accepted the commission of Mr. Chen Baiyan to investigate Sun Qian's whereabouts, you said that Sun Qian usually lives in the warehouse, please take us to see."
Mian Mian opened his mouth in surprise: "In, in the back." ”
It is not appropriate to say that the warehouse is not appropriate, it should be called a storage room.
The storage room, with only one bed and a bedside table in addition to one shelf, was messy and shabby, and it was hard to believe that this was where young girls lived.
"Sister Sissi cleaned up very well, a couple came over to make trouble a while ago and smashed a lot of things, and I cleaned up all the broken things."
Mian Mian explained, and after saying that, she seemed to remember something, turned around and ran out.
Wu Ning knew that the husband and wife who made trouble should be Chen Song and Fang Ziqing.
There are still spilled coffee beans on the shelves, of all sizes, but one of them is particularly eye-catching, ridiculously large and very round.
Wu Ning picked it up, wiped off the dust on it, and took a closer look.
Not a coffee bean, a bead of wood?
Mian Mian ran back again, carrying a paper bag in his hand: "These are all Sister Sissi's things, do you need them?" ”
She saw the wooden bead in Wu Ning's hand and exclaimed, "It turned out to be here." ”
"What is this?"
"It's the beads on Sister Sissi's hand, a total of 13, she is very precious. On the day of the quarrel, it was torn off by Chen Song, and the two of us looked for one less for a long time, but we didn't expect it to be here. ”
Mian Mian handed over the paper bag in his hand, "Put these together, and you can find Sister Sissi and hand it to her when you go back." ”
Wu Ning took it and looked through it, it was full of bits and pieces, skin care products, jewelry boxes, knick-knacks, photo frames, etc.
He picked up the photo frame, and the girl in the photo looked really similar to Li Juan at a glance, but it was not her appearance, but her dress.
The girl was dressed very simply, with a white T-shirt and black slacks, with a ponytail and no powder on her face.
A girl as old as her, who is still a college student, is rarely seen without even light makeup, let alone this simple look.
This is Sun Qian?
Leaving the Shang Library, Wu Ning chased after Wu Jiu with a paper bag.
"Boss, are you sure you don't smell it? It's good to make a comparison with Li Juan. ”
Wu Jiu looked up at the sky, did he really have to hack him to death once to have a long memory?
"If we can't find the owner of the coffee shop, we'll have to count on your nose. Do you say that if you go directly to the industrial and commercial bureau, people will check? ”
Wu Jiu walked faster and faster, and he had to trot to keep up.
"Boss, slow down."
"A letter through the heavens, a book of ghosts and gods, too high and three clear, urgent as a law. A letter through the heavens, a book of ghosts and gods, too ......"
The sudden sound startled Wu Ning: "What the hell?" ”
"Phone, yours." Wu Jiu snorted and said.
Wu Ning took out his mobile phone from his pocket in surprise, and the words "Director Yu" were dancing on the screen, and this damn sound came from his mobile phone.
"Who changed my ringtone?" Wu Ning was furious.
"Me." Wu Jiu put his hands behind his back, and the clouds were light and the wind was light.
"I don't bring a phone and change someone else's ringtone." Wu Ning's arrogance dissipated instantly, and he muttered to the phone, "Hey, Director Yu, I just wanted to contact you, so I don't need to inquire about Zheng Xin's address......"
"I've found it." Director Yu's voice came,
"Zheng Xin left her job because of an unexpected pregnancy, she returned to her hometown and gave birth to a daughter, it seems to be called Sun Qian, and then she has been living in her hometown and has not returned to R City, the address is ......"
Wu Ning didn't have the heart to listen to the next words, his head buzzed, and the word "Sun Qian" kept echoing in his ears.