Chapter 252: Being Calculated

Xia Mi walked Li Haoming out of the store. After walking along a shady road, she turned around and prepared to go back to the store.

"Xiao Mi, are you really here?" Jiang Shengmei's tone was unexpected.

Xia Mi was also surprised. She didn't expect to see Jiang Shengmei's family again.

"sister in law."

I just heard the second half of Jiang Shengmei's sentence. It seems that they know that I am in Shen Zhihui's shop.

"Old Jiang said you were in Shen Zhihui's shop, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to be there. Are you two so familiar with each other? You look even more familiar than us. If I didn't know, I would think you two were running a business together."

Jiang Shengmei's joke accidentally revealed the truth.

Xia Mi's expression didn't change, she just smiled and said, "I'm free anyway, so I came over to help."

Jiang Weidong thought his wife had suddenly become smart, but after Xia Mi said two or three words, Jiang Shengmei didn't think about it any further.

On the other hand, Jiangling has already noticed something is wrong.

She didn't keep up with her mother and Xia Mi, and walked to the back to ask her father, "Dad, could Mom's joke be true?"

"You are smarter than your mother." Jiang Weidong replied with a smile.

Jiang Ling clutched Jiang Weidong's arm tightly, her words filled with shock at the news. "When did this happen? How could Sister Xia Mi hide it so well?"

"You ask me? I only found out about it two days ago." Jiang Weidong looked at Xia Mi with admiration, "I really didn't expect to find such a treasure for Jingchen."

Xia Mi learned from Jiang Shengmei that they would have lunch together later.

A group of people took a short break in the store and went back to the store to prepare for dinner when it was time.

The seats are reserved in advance, so you just need to go into the private room and wait for the food to be served.

Huo Jingchen and Shen Zhihui arrived half an hour later, and the dishes started being served as soon as they arrived.

Jiang Shengmei was the only one in the room who was kept in the dark. "Zhihui, you stay close to Xiao Mi. If she has any problems in the future, you should pay more attention to her. If anything happens, call me."

Shen Zhihui paused while pouring water and nodded under Huo Jinchen's gaze.

"That's for sure. Xia Mi is my benefactor. I wish I could worship her."

Xia Mi laughed out loud when she heard this answer. "Forget about offering it. What you said is too serious. I can't afford it."

No one else reacted much, only Jiang Shengmei felt strange, but she didn't dare to ask, so she just looked at Huo Jingchen's expression.

Huo Jingchen was serving soup to Xia Mi and didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.

Jiang Shengmei was curious, "My dear?"

"Yes, my dear, if it weren't for Xia Mi, I might not have made it to this level." Chen Zhihui bravely admitted that everything now was closely related to Xia Mi.

Jiang Shengmei realized belatedly that something was wrong, considering her husband's mysterious words that morning.

"Are you doing this business with Xiao Mi?" Jiang Shengmei's eyes explored the two of them, waiting for an answer.

"Not together, she gave me the money so I could have the initial capital,"

Jiang Shengmei didn't understand. Isn't this just a business partnership? She calculated the time and found that Xia Mi had started doing business with Shen Zhihui at least last year.

She was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. "Xiao Mi, you are braver than I thought."

"Strictly speaking, it's not a business partnership. Partners are supposed to help each other do things. I just give the money and don't worry about anything else."

Although they said they didn't worry about it, Huo Jingchen and Shen Zhihui knew that what Xia Mi helped with went far beyond her role as an investor.

Chen Zhihui knew what she was worried about, and shamelessly imitated Wang Po to sell melons.

"Yes, I achieved all of this step by step. As for Xia Mi, she has good vision and bet on the right horse."

Xia Mi raised the corners of her lips, amused by Shen Zhihui's words.

"Wait a while until it cools down before drinking it. It's a little hot at the moment." Huo Jingchen reminded Xia Mi when he saw her holding a spoon.

He took the spoon and stirred the soup with it, hoping to dissipate the heat and cool it down faster.

Xia Mi nodded and gave him the spoon, then picked up the chopsticks again and started eating the cold dishes.

Jiang Shengmei slowly digested the shocking news. She looked at the food in the bowl and suddenly lost her appetite. She was still in shock.

Jiang Weidong picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs for her and said, "Eat it. If it were you, they should have paid for this meal. They hid it so well and didn't even consider you as one of their own."

"What nonsense are you talking about? We were strict last year, and this isn't something to be ashamed of. Are you trying to kill Jingchen by saying this?"

Jiang Weidong looked helpless, "I'm helping you fight them, why are you so ungrateful?"

"I'm not that angry. I'm very happy for Xiao Mi. I just find it incredible."

Jiang Shengmei picked up the ribs and stuffed them into her mouth.

Jiang Weidong shook his head. The good thing about his wife was that she was never petty.

After lunch, everyone went home, but Shen Zhihui was still busy delivering goods.

After leaving the restaurant, the sun was at its highest point of the day. Huo Jingchen took out a straw hat from somewhere and covered her head with it to block the sun.

“When did you buy it?”

"It belongs to Shen Zhihui. I saw he wasn't wearing it, so I took it."

After wearing a straw hat, the top of my head is obviously not as sunburned.

Xia Mi and Huo Jingchen walked hand in hand, and they tried to walk in the shade of trees. Fortunately, there were trees planted on both sides of the street, so the weather was not as hot as Xia Mi had imagined.

On the way, Xia Mi mentioned Li Haoming and asked Huo Jingchen to go with her in the evening.

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"Is it convenient for you to go to the factory? Otherwise, I will take you there later?"

Shen Zhihui was busy dealing with after-sales service, with calls coming one after another, and he was extremely busy.

Xia Mi visited the factory a few days ago and was very satisfied. Li Haoming was also a straightforward man. He gave her the factory key on the spot and said that she could sign the contract when he came back.

As for when he will come back, there is no definite news.

Xia Mi planned to take advantage of the cool weather today to go over and confirm the areas to be renovated.

While she was still thinking, the phone in the store rang again.

Chen Zhihui picked up the phone and the person on the other end of the phone was shouting angrily, "What kind of broken refrigerator are you selling? It's either leaking electricity or it's out of power. Last time, my hand was numb from the electric shock, and this time it ruined my entire refrigerator full of vegetables, and I even froze fifty yuan worth of meat..."

"Comrade, don't get excited. I'll arrange for someone to come check it out right away. Don't worry, I'll compensate you for the vegetables you ruined."

It took Shen Zhihui a long time to appease the other party before he gave up.

Before one crisis is over, another crisis arises.

"This is right here. The refrigerators and fans they sold us were all broken, and they sold them to us at exorbitant prices. We must investigate this thoroughly."

Four or five people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau came towards the store door.

Xia Mi frowned, realizing that something was wrong. The refrigerator had only been sold for two or three days, and from yesterday until now, there had been five calls complaining and demanding compensation.

Shen Zhihui hung up the phone and looked up to see someone from the Industry and Commerce Bureau.

The woman walking in front pointed at Shen Zhihui.

"Comrade, this is the owner of this store. He also owns a shop that repairs home appliances. Who knows if he's deliberately selling us defective products so we'll send them back to his shop for repairs? He wants to make two bucks from one person. He's really ruthless!"

The man in the lead, wearing a red armband, looked at Shen Zhihui and asked, "Are you Shen Zhihui?"

Shen Zhihui remained calm in the face of danger. He stepped forward and admitted, "Yes, it was me."

"We've received reports from the public that your store is selling a large number of problematic products, which is suspected to constitute fraud. From today on, your store can no longer operate. You can only continue operating after the investigation is complete."

Shen Zhihui panicked and explained too quickly, "Comrade, I only get the goods from regular factories, and I have invoices."

"Don't worry, if it's not your fault, we will clear your name and let you resume business as soon as possible."

The leading man ordered the people following him, "Put on the seal."

“Comrade Shen, where is your store’s warehouse? We need to check it.”

Shen Zhihui accepted his fate and looked at the seals in the hands of others, “I’ll take you there.”

"Comrade, you can't buy things from this store anymore. They are all scammers. Go away quickly and don't be fooled." The woman who had just cursed saw Xia Mi and mistakenly thought that Xia Mi was a customer.

Everything happened so fast that Xia Mi finally reacted.

"The things you bought from his house were bad?"

The woman gnashed her teeth in anger. "Yeah, it looks fine on the surface, but it's actually not cold at all. I even saved some milk for my two children, but it was useless. The two children drank the bad milk and now they are so exhausted that they can't even stand up!"

How could this happen? The previous one had a leakage and power outage, and this one has no cooling.

The problems are all different.

Staff have already come to drive away Xia Mi and another person.

"Comrade, please leave the scene. Once we have completed our investigation, we will announce the results in the newspaper."

The woman was unconvinced. "I reported it, but I can't stay here, right?"

"No, please cooperate with our work."

Xia Mi and the woman were kicked out of the store, and then a seal was put on the door and someone closed the door, completely isolating the inside from the outside.

The arrival of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau undoubtedly caused a stir, and a group of onlookers gathered in front of Shen Zhihui's store.

"Everyone, don't buy anything from this place anymore. Everything is broken. My child is still on an IV drip at the clinic. The one I bought next door had a leak and the old man didn't know how to use the refrigerator, so he almost got electrocuted. Whoever is lucky enough should go buy from this place!"

The woman was very resentful of Shen Zhihui, “If I had known this would happen, I would have taken the refrigerator and returned it first. How can I return it if it has been sealed?”

"They provide after-sales service and don't charge for it, so why don't they send someone to come and take a look?" Xia Mi asked the woman.

The woman sneered, thinking Xia Mi was too naive. "Sister, my refrigerator stopped working just two days after I bought it. If it hadn't worked for two years, I wouldn't have bothered him. But it's only been two days. He's obviously treating us like fools. Do he really think we're easy money?"

The woman stirred up the atmosphere with a few words, causing the people watching outside to curse at Shen Zhihui.

Xia Mi knew that asking would not give her any useful information, so she left the crowd and prepared to go back to inform everyone else in the store to be prepared.

Xiao Wang is responsible for training new apprentices and stays in the repair shop.

When he learned from Xia Mi that his master and others had been detained, he was very emotional.

"Impossible! How could we possibly buy a defective product? Someone must be trying to rip us off."

Xia Mi shook her head and told Xiao Wang to calm down. "Don't worry. How many refrigerators have you sold since the store opened?"

"There are fifty."

Xia Mi thought carefully and found that there were many problematic items written on Shen Zhihui's list today. She was not sure of the exact number, but there were definitely five or six.

Fifty units, so many problems, it must be the merchant's problem.

"Which factory did you import these refrigerators from?"

"Qingcheng Second Light Machinery Factory."

Fortunately, Xiao Wang was brought to Shen Zhihui to deal with things, otherwise she and Xiao Wang would be like two headless flies, flying around everywhere.

The incident happened suddenly, and the person was detained, so Xia Mi's mind is a mess.

"Don't worry, send someone over to check the situation. Report any problems at any time."

According to the frequency she just calculated, there was a high probability that there were still defective products in the warehouse, and there should be quite a few...

"Sister Xia Mi, Master shouldn't be arrested and imprisoned, right? This isn't our fault. We got the goods from the factory."

Xia Mi raised her hand to stop him. "I'm not from the Industry and Commerce Bureau. It's useless to tell me, and it might not be helpful to tell them either. What we need now is evidence. Where is your purchase order?"

"In the store over there."

"Don't worry too much if there's a purchase order. It's just that my reputation might not be very good recently. If you hear about it, don't start an argument."

The first person who came to cause trouble directly brought people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. If the people who came later could not contact Shen Zhihui, they would probably come to cause trouble again.

Xia Mi got a headache just thinking about it.

"Sister Xia Mi, have some water." Zhou Xiumin saw that Xia Mi was upset, and was also surprised that Xia Mi had such great power that she could transfer the store manager at will.

Xia Mi took the water and said, "Thank you."

It was almost evening before we got any news about Shen Zhihui. He was temporarily detained at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau for investigation. All the refrigerators in the warehouse were inspected, and a total of 14 were found to have problems.

"So many? How many refrigerators are left in the warehouse?" Xia Mi's tone was filled with uncontrollable surprise.

Xiao Wang's face turned grim, "There are less than fifty left..."

Fourteen out of less than fifty units were defective.

"Isn't there a purchase order? Has anyone from the compressor factory been investigated?"

Xiao Wang shook his head. "I didn't get any information. The security guard is very tight-lipped. I had someone watch them all afternoon, and they were all employees leaving get off work. I hardly saw anyone carrying a briefcase."

"Someone from the Industry and Commerce Bureau did go, but they came out very quickly, and those same people left as well."

Xia Mi's heart skipped a beat, and she was sure that Shen Zhihui had been set up.

She didn't have time to think about who it could be.

"I'm afraid the purchase order is lost." He went to the factory but didn't take anyone with him.

"How could that be? The purchase order master always keeps it locked in the cabinet, and he carries the key with him at all times. It's impossible for anyone to see it. Besides, if someone tampered with it, the master would definitely notice it immediately."

Xia Mi didn't distrust the two new employees, but in the current situation, apart from Xiao Wang, the other two were the people most likely to come into contact with the purchase order.

"Do you know the family backgrounds of the two people in the store?"

Xia Mi doesn't like going to home appliance stores and is not familiar with the two new employees.

"The store has been very busy since it opened until yesterday. They were hired a week ago and I haven't had a chance to get to know them yet."

Xiao Wang looked at Xia Mi, "Sister Xia Mi, do you doubt them?"