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"Miss, it's time to get up." Mother Qi knocked respectfully on the door a few times outside the door, reminding her young lady.
"Got it."
Zhang Jiao straightened her instep, raised her arms, stretched her waist, and sat up slowly.
In fact, she woke up early, but she didn't think about it, and fell asleep again in a daze.
Today's breakfast is made of soup dumplings, mille-feuille cakes, and a bowl of egg tea. It looks like the tastes are very mixed, but they are all what Zhang Jiao likes to eat.
She had just eaten a few mouthfuls of soup dumplings, and the bell rang eight times in a row.
It's eight o'clock.
"It's annoying!" I knew what dessert shop she opened, isn't it fragrant to be a salted fish lady in An An'an! Now, the dream has come true, but she has also suffered.
Qi's mother smiled and persuaded, "Miss, don't worry, just eat slowly." ”
It's a big deal that the dessert shop won't be open today, and it's just that it won't make money for a day, and it can afford it.
Zhang Jiao opened a dessert shop on Pearl Street in West Kowloon, specializing in coffee, pastries and some Hong Kong-style desserts, and the business is doing well.
"Hmm." Zhang Jiao deserved to be relaxed, but in fact she sped up the speed of eating breakfast.
said that the store would only be closed for three days, although she was a salted fish, but a salted fish with credit.
"Miss, you're not going back to Repulse Bay this week, are you? Later, I'll take someone to the big house in Tsim Sha Tsui. ”
The dessert shop was open for half a month, and Zhang Jiao gave herself a three-day holiday, and dragged her family back to the old house in Repulse Bay for a vacation.
Zhang Jiao thought for a while, "Don't go back." ”
It is very troublesome to go back to Repulse Bay, you have to take a car to the pier to take the Star Ferry, and then take the car to the destination.
"Alright, don't eat it. Tell Ziber to prepare the car. ”
She Shi Shiran got up, and she had to change her clothes when she wanted to go out. As a proprietress, it's not okay to wear home clothes, it's a shame.
"By the way, is there any mille-feuille? Pack one serving. Chu Chan's girl was talking about it last week. ”
"Yes, I'll have someone put it on."
Mother Qi made a gesture and asked the people in the kitchen to hurry up and prepare, don't delay the young lady's business.
Zhang Jiao picked out a light green shirt in the cloakroom, thinking that there were many things to do today, and it would be more convenient to wear pants. He put on a black suit and pants, and after he was dressed neatly, he went downstairs with a gold chain shoulder bag.
"Ziber, let's go." She sat down and glanced in the rearview mirror with Zieber in the driver's seat.
"Yes, miss."
Qi Bo and Qi's mother are two people, one husband and wife are in charge and the other is outside, helping Zhang Jiao to keep the house in order.
"Miss, this month's rent has basically been collected, and there are a few special circumstances that can't be collected for a while. You see? ”
Zhang Jiao hummed casually, "The rent is still the old rule, half of it is deposited in the bank, and half is exchanged for gold." ”
Rent is Zhang Jiao's biggest source of income, and if she wants to save money and make money, she naturally has to find a way. The money deposited in the bank will be used to buy the property she looks at, and the real estate will definitely increase in value.
In the long run, banknotes are just pieces of paper, and the economy may be worthless as long as it fluctuates.
And the troubled times gold, the prosperous antiques.
Zhang Jiao does not understand the high-end atmosphere and high-grade investment methods, and the best means to maintain and increase the value is to buy a house and buy gold.
She has a small personal space, about ten square meters, in which all the gold she has saved over the years is stored. That's probably enough for her to finish the floor of the space.
"What's going on with those who haven't paid it? Deliberately defaulting on the debt? ”
I have heard from Ziber in the past that two of the tenants are in difficult conditions, and the rent payment will be delayed for a few days.
Qi Bo's expression was not very good, "These few families that didn't hand in were all dock workers, and a few days ago there were a few small gangs fighting on the dock, and they were unlucky to be swept away by stray bullets." ”
Zhang Jiao frowned, "Forget it, let's get rid of their family's rent for these three months, it's not easy." ”
Qi Bo sighed, "Miss is a kind person. ”
Zhang Jiao turned her head to look out the window, sneering in her heart, she was not a kind-hearted person, she was just sympathetic to each other.
She was also a humble low-level social animal in her previous life, and she knew how hard it was to work hard for her livelihood. She was just lucky in this life and was reincarnated as a young lady.
"By the way, miss, when will you take a look at the rent book?"
Ziber is a good bookkeeper, and the rent of each building has a separate ledger.
Zhang Jiao was impatient to reconcile accounts, but especially admired Qi Bo. She felt that if Ziber lived in the 21st century, with his ability, the bet would definitely be easy.
"You can keep it first, and I'll see it when I have time."
Today, I want to deliver mille-feuille cakes to Chu Chan, and I have to open a store. How can I have time to look at the ledger?
Qi Bo shook his head, the couple had taken care of the young lady for more than 20 years, and they didn't know her yet. It is said to look back and see who knows which day to go back to. If she urges her again, she will definitely say that she will not read it, and she will say something like believing in Qi Bo.
You can say a long list of things without duplicates. Qi Bo felt that the old man had many advantages, and the young lady had not learned anything else, and the subject of speaking was indeed excellent.
The car arrived at the dock quickly, and then Zhang Jiao had to take the Star Ferry by herself.
"Miss, please pay attention to safety on the road." Every time he sent Miss to the docks, Ziber would be worried. I all know that the dock is messy, and Miss Bias's dislike bodyguards to follow,
"Don't worry." Zhang Jiao patted her handbag, and Browning was still inside.
The Star Ferry has two tiers, and Zhang Jiao prefers the seats on the upper deck. The scenery is nice and the sea breeze on the face is particularly pleasant.
After getting off the boat, Zhang Jiao called a car and went straight to the West Kowloon Police Station without stopping.
By the time I arrived, it was past the point where the police station went to work.
Zhang Jiao looked at the busy appearance of the police officers, and spontaneously felt a sense of pleasure.
Well! Fortunately, she is no longer a social animal.
The sense of happiness is really contrasting! Zhang Jiao walked happily towards the office of the Serious Crime Team.
Chu Chan is the cousin of Zhang Jiao's aunt's family, and her inspirational experience is in stark contrast to Zhang Jiao's attributes of salted fish.
The little girl's family is young, and the police rank has been promoted to inspector, and now she works in the West Kowloon Crime Unit.
The officers of the Crime Squad have been working on a major case recently, and they stayed up all night in the morning before returning from the outside. At this time, everyone went out for morning tea, and Chu Chan was the only one left in the huge office who leaned back on the chair to make up for sleep.
Zhang Jiao stretched out her finger and tapped on her desk.
"Hey, no. How many days have you not slept in? The circles under the eyes are so dark! Zhang Jiao was shocked by her cousin's dark circles, "If you keep up, you won't lose compared to pandas." ”
Chu Chan woke up suddenly, covered her face and wailed, she had been staying up late for several days, there was a big case in their jurisdiction, and they couldn't find any clues, and the whole group was so busy that they didn't have time to rest.
I finally squinted here for a while, but an annoying spirit came!
"It's been three days, and I haven't closed my eyes for a few hours. What are you doing? I'm so sleepy! ”
Zhang Jiao shook the lunch box in her hand and asked her to open her eyes and take a look, "I brought you something delicious, do you want it?" ”
"Of course, bring it!" Chu Chan rubbed her face with both hands, so that she could be sober.
Zhang Jiao disliked, "Do you want to be so sloppy?" You can walk a few steps to the bathroom to wash your face. ”
"Oh, it's okay! I'm going to starve to death, and I don't care so much. Chu Chan didn't care, let her say.
"Okay, let's eat it, you've been thinking about it for a long time, and I brought it to you. Why are you so busy? Is it still the same case as before? ”
She opened the lunch box and pushed it in front of Chu Chan.
I still had time to go to the dessert shop for coffee last week, and after only a few days, I was haggard like this.
"yes, you didn't see the newspaper. Those tabloids report every day that we royal policemen have a false name, and a cremation case cannot be solved for so long. Calling us all rubbish, and reporters holding cameras at the door of the police station to stare at us when we will be able to solve the case, I am annoyed to death. ”
None of this is anything, and the most annoying thing is that every time a new clue is found, it will be reported. In this case, let alone the murderer, as long as the brain is not stupid, he will run away early when he hears the news.
Chu Chan pinched a piece of cake and sent it to her mouth, "The director has given a death order, and if the case can't be solved within ten days, they will all go home." ”
Zhang Jiao smacked her tongue, it's so miserable.
"Then you hurry up and eat quickly, and if you leave urgently, you won't have anything to eat."
Chu Chan glared at her, "You don't want a crow's mouth, beware of me beating you!" I've just taken two bites. ”
"I'm not afraid of you." A few of their sisters played Wing Chun together and learned from a teacher, Zhang Jiao was born with great strength, and it is not certain who will lose and who will win in a real fight.
Zhang Jiao raised her eyebrows, besides, she didn't make up nonsense.
Just now, she saw with her own eyes that Zhong Sir of the Serious Crime Team went to Madam Chen's office.
Who doesn't know that Madam Chen is the boss of the criminal investigation team, and at this time, Sir Zhong entered her office, either to report the new situation, or to be criticized.
In the end, Chu Chan has to work in the field.
Chu Chan ate several pieces of bread in a row, and after suppressing the burning sensation caused by hunger in her stomach, she opened her mouth to remind Zhang Jiao.
"My uncle sent you an invitation."
Zhang Jiao nodded, "Yes, didn't you mean celebrating your sixty-third birthday." I'm still hesitant to go. ”
"Phew, what a birthday! Sixty-three is not a whole birthday, what is there to celebrate. Don't go, it's really giving him face, where is he celebrating his birthday, it's clearly to celebrate Aunt Na's wife. ”
There are melons to eat!
Zhang Jiao dragged a stool and sat next to Chu Chan, "What's the situation?" ”
Chu Chan couldn't help but scolded again, "My uncle, who is old and endless, married a young and beautiful aunt at the end of last month, this time he is looking for an excuse to show off to others that he is old and strong." Yue, what a shame for our Chu family! ”
Zhang Jiao didn't know what to say, this uncle of the Chu family was really a romantic figure. "But if you marry your aunt's wife, you will marry your aunt's wife, why do you have to use the birthday banquet as a disguise?"
Chu Chan was choked, and even took a few sips of water to calm down, "Have you forgotten, when was the year before last, didn't you promulgate an edict prohibiting concubines?" They want to celebrate, of course, not in the open. ”
Chu Chan really doesn't like the uncle's family, and the moths come out one after another. Even if they have already divided their families and property, they are all surnamed Chu after all, and which rich family in Hong Kong City does not know that they are born to a father.
Zhang Jiao sighed, "Your uncle is really affectionate." "But no, if you don't really like this new aunt's wife, how can you marry home against the law.
Chu Chan: "......"
Chu Chan smiled, "Have you forgotten that you only attended his youngest son's first birthday banquet in October last year?" The sixth aunt is too raw. ”
I just married my seventh aunt last month.
Zhang Jiao was dumbfounded, well, he is very affectionate to every aunt's wife.
"Anyway, don't go, this kind of banquet is not for us. I've already told my mom and sister that none of us will participate. ”
"Then I won't go, you won't go, it's not interesting for me to go alone." Zhang Jiao didn't like to participate in banquets in the first place, let alone this kind of unclear banquet.
If it weren't for the sake of the world, she might not have read these miscellaneous invitations.
"Yikes! Miss Zhang, long time no see! ”
"Good morning, Miss Zhang!"
The detectives of the Serious Crime Unit who went out to eat came back, and when they saw that there was one more person in the office, they greeted them warmly.
Obviously, it's not the first time I've seen Zhang Jiao.
"Good morning, everyone!" Zhang Jiao smiled and beckoned, and saw a new face behind her with sharp eyes.
"Yikes! There's a new police detective again, pretty boy! ”
"yes, I came last month, and it's called Akai." Uncle Zeng, the old detective in the group, introduced, "Akai, say hello to Mi Si Zhang, and go back to her dessert shop to give you a discount." ”
"Good morning Miss Chang!" Akai looks like a white scholar, smiling shyly like a student.
"Good morning, Akai." Zhang Jiao smiled, and turned her head to look at Uncle Zeng, "No, Uncle Zeng, you greeted me just so that I could give you a discount, then I will increase the price next time you come." ”
"Hahaha, just kidding, I know that Miss is beautiful and kind."
……
Zhang Jiao looked down at her watch, "Achan, I'll go back first, and we'll talk next time when you're free." ”
There are many men in the serious crime team, and they also like gossip, so it is inconvenient for them to chat and eat melons.
Chu Chan waved her hand and asked her to hurry up.
Zhang Jiao rolled her eyes, what a white-eyed wolf with no conscience!
"Don't bother you, I'll go first. Next time you have time to come to my store for coffee, I'm in for a treat! ”
"Then thank you Miss Zhang, bye-bye!"
"Bye-bye!"
Seeing Zhang Jiao walking away, the new trainee police detective Akai couldn't help but speak, "Miss Zhang is so beautiful, and he has a good personality, there must be many people chasing him." ”
"Yes, the people who chase her can be ranked in country F, and most of them are rich sons, so don't think about it, there is no chance." There was a direct-speaking detective who poured cold water on him.
Akai pursed his lips and gossiped his elbow to touch Brother Tian, who was sitting next to him. "Brother Tian, why did Miss open a dessert shop come to our serious crime team?"
Brother Tian glanced at him strangely, and pointed to Chu Chan, who was wiping her hands after eating the cake. "Now, Miss Zhang and our eldest lady are cousins, what did you say you came here for? It's not going to come to see us. ”
The eldest lady is the nickname they gave Chu Chan, and there is no malice. When I first found out about her background, the big guy called to make fun of her, and then slowly called away.
"Huh? Then her family should be very powerful, right? "Akai has been here for so long, of course he knows Chu Chan's origin, the eldest lady of Chang'an Jewelry.
"You're asking me, you're asking the right person. I heard that the Mies Zhang family used to be old-school Hui merchants and the richest man in Haicheng. Although I don't have a family now, it's a little worse, but it's countless times stronger than our family. ”
Brother Tian sighed a little, "Repulse Bay, Happy Valley, Deep Water Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, these are all good places that we can't think of." She, there are buildings in almost every place. There is more than one building, which is specially used to collect rent! ”
Brother Tian rubbed his fingers, "Rich woman! Let's know the Ningguo Hotel on Pearl Street in front of us, right? She drove it too! ”
"Wow, that's amazing!" Akai had some extravagant hopes just now, but now he swallowed it all back into his stomach.
Brother Tian shrugged, "Yes!" He is still a top student of HKU, not only with a strong family background, but also with strong ability. ”
He leaned over to Akai and said softly, "Also, have you taken a closer look at Mi Si Zhang's appearance?" Hybrid! Do you know who her uncle is? ”
Zhang Jiao's facial features are three-dimensional, her complexion is fair, and the most obvious thing is her golden-brown curly hair. If you look closely, you will also find that her eyes are also lighter than the average person's eye color.
Akai turned his head curiously, "So obviously, who can't see it!" Could it be that her uncle is also a big man? ”
"You also know who is in charge of our port city now. Her uncle is the Earl of Notting in Country Y and is also in charge of Acer Shipping. Are you a big shot? ”
Brother Tian is really envious, "Her grandfather is even more powerful, the former minister of the House of Representatives!" Tell me, who dares to provoke her in this port city! ”
Akai was amazed, how many good things this Miss Zhang had done in his previous life, and he actually cast such a good fetus in this life.
"Boom!" The door of the office was pushed open, and Zhong Sir stood in the middle of the office with his waist crossed and said loudly, "Have you finished chatting after eating?" Let's go! There's a clue! ”
The big guys in the office suddenly howled.
Chu Chan couldn't wait to vomit blood in her heart, and kept scolding Zhang Jiao, "What a crow's mouth!" Good spirits do not work bad! ”
She rubbed her face in pain again and hurried to follow the group.