Chapter 15

"It's okay. It's my own fault for not paying attention." The man she bumped into smiled innocently and patted his right arm. It was obvious that he didn't mean what he said.

Boss Jiang, who was walking ahead, stepped back after hearing the noise. After confirming that Luo Jingyao was indeed fine, he smiled warmly at the man opposite him and said, "Thank you for making this special trip, Brother Zhao. A lot of the spotlights in this area are broken. Could you please replace them all with new ones today?"

"What are you talking about? Why are you being so polite to me?" Brother Zhao showed his white teeth, pulled out a ladder from the corner where miscellaneous items were piled up with ease, and started working.

Seeing Luo Jingyao's curiosity, Boss Jiang explained as he led her to his office, "Brother Zhao works in logistics at the mall. Last year, when I first opened a shop here, I happened to see him falling from the second-floor railing to the first floor."

"I only called an ambulance for him once, but I didn't expect him to be so grateful. Since then, he's been eager to do any work in my shop."

As they were talking, the two finally arrived at the office. Boss Jiang first gestured for her to sit in the chair by the entrance, then he walked around to the desk and sat down in the executive chair. "I see Miss Luo is a straightforward person, so let's get straight to the point! Our training camp's salary package is a base salary plus commission. Junior coaches can expect a monthly salary of around 8,000 yuan."

"The company provides three meals and accommodation. The internship period is one month, and only 50% of the salary will be offered for that month. If Ms. Luo finds this acceptable, she can start work officially tomorrow."

Is this... so careless?

Under the woman's expectant gaze, Luo Jingyao stumbled and began to speak: "Um... I don't know much about our company..."

"Understand?! Ah, yes, yes." Boss Jiang picked up his phone as if he suddenly understood something and sent a message to someone.

Less than two minutes later, there was a knock on the office door, and then a furry head poked its head in: "Sister Jiang, are you looking for me?"

Boss Jiang waved his hand and said, "This is Coach Luo, who came here to apply for the job today. First, take her to familiarize herself with the environment of our training camp. Be sweet-talking and make sure you keep her here for me, okay?!"

"I guarantee to complete the mission!" The man raised his hand and saluted, then turned his head and smiled brightly at the person sitting on the chair: "Coach Luo, then I'll show you around?"

Luo Jingyao was obviously not used to such enthusiasm. She wanted to shake her head to refuse, but after glancing at the other person's appearance, she swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth: "Then thank you for your help."

After leaving the boss's office, she walked behind him at a distance, quietly looking at the profile of the person in front of her.

It would be better to say that he was a boy rather than a man. He looked much younger than her, only about twenty years old. However, his muscles were quite big and looked quite intimidating.

Of course, the above are not the main point. The main point is why she feels that this face is inexplicably familiar?

"Coach Luo, actually, the places you can see now are just the daily training areas for our training camp students. Go out from the front door and turn left to reach the dining area. It was converted from the original employee restaurant of the shopping mall, so the environment is quite good." Coach Xiaohaige began to introduce very responsibly.

"Oh, there's also a student accommodation area, which is also the dormitory for our coaches. It's in the residential building behind the mall. Coaches and students all share double rooms, but you're the only female coach right now, so you have a 15-square-meter single room all to yourself. How enviable."

In response to this, Luo Jingyao could only forcefully curl the corners of her mouth in response.

"Oh, right!" The kid's coach suddenly slapped his forehead and motioned for her to follow.

The two walked straight through the training area and came to a door. The room behind this door was located on a standard diagonal line with the boss's office.

Reaching out his hand and unceremoniously pushing open the door, the kid's coach continued, "This is the coaches' locker room and lounge."

"Everyone, please pay attention! This Coach Luo is our new colleague. Please give him a warm welcome!"

The next second, there was sparse applause and cheers.

Or maybe Coach Xiaohaige is an employee of Boss Jiang. The two of them have the same attitude of only believing in what they believe.

Before today, Luo Jingyao never thought that getting along with others was a very difficult thing. Until now, she discovered for the first time that she might have social difficulties.

Even so, she still gritted her teeth and waved politely to everyone in the room.

When she raised her head again, she finally had time to see the people wandering in front of her.

!!!

The instantly dilated pupils were completely inadequate to express the turbulent waves surging in her heart at this moment.

Trying hard to maintain her composure, Luo Jingyao checked her gaze several times between the burly coaches. Finally, unable to contain herself, she turned aside and whispered, "Excuse me, where is the bathroom?"

Afterwards, she followed the route given by the coach and successfully reached the bathroom.

After confirming that there was no one else in the entire space, she entered one of the cubicles and locked it. She sat on the toilet in a trance and began to slowly sort out her thoughts, which were a little messy due to shock.

"Coach Luo? Are you okay?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in her ears, which not only brought her back to her senses but also helped her breathe again. It was the communicator she had worn before coming in.

After paying close attention to the noise outside the cubicle, Luo Jingyao didn't dare to take the risk of responding. Instead, she took out her cell phone and briefly reported to Lin Jiafan that she was safe.

After a few minutes, she finally calmed down and left the bathroom.

But before she got close to the coach's locker room, Luo Jingyao saw Boss Jiang standing outside the door, with his hands on his hips, yelling something at several people in the room.

As if sensing her footsteps, Boss Jiang quickly suppressed his outward anger and turned around with a warm smile, "Coach Luo, what are your thoughts? With so many training camps in this city, I wouldn't say we have the most students, but the compensation is definitely top-notch. Most importantly, there's management freedom and plenty of room for advancement!"

While listening to the person in front of her trying to persuade her, her eyes kept wandering to the coaches in the locker room.

Finally, under the woman's extremely expectant comment, Luo Jingyao nodded gently: "Then I will come over and try it tomorrow."

When Boss Jiang heard that she had agreed, he immediately smiled and even attentively sent her to the gate of the mall. He held her hand and talked to her for a while, but was finally called back.

Only after making sure that the other person's back had really disappeared from her sight did Luo Jingyao quickly leave the mall, walk all the way to the familiar jeep, open the back door without hesitation and get in.

Lin Jiafan, who was in the driver's seat, did not ask any questions in a hurry. Instead, he watched her quietly through the rearview mirror as she took off the communicator and threw it aside.

Pang Guang, who had come over out of nowhere, couldn't wait to turn around from the passenger seat and asked, "Coach Luo? How was it? Did the interview go well? Do you feel like there's anything wrong with this training camp?"

"They're doing this kind of business on the underground floor of the mall, so it's definitely not up to standard fire safety. It just so happens that our colleagues from the local police station are here. How about we follow them in and sneak in under the guise of a fire safety inspection to see if we can get through?"

When he said the last sentence, he looked at Lin Jiafan, obviously asking for his opinion.

It was a pity that the man didn't even bother to pay him any attention, and just stared at the second row without blinking the entire time.

Luo Jingyao, having just finished sorting out the information in her head, spoke crisply, "Is there something wrong with the training camp? I think there must be something wrong. I'm just surprised that with their training methods like this, why haven't any students reported them?"

"But these are secondary." Having said this, she lowered her head and took out from her mobile phone a few photos she had taken at close range when Wang Guifen was making trouble in front of the Public Security Bureau that day.

Lin Jiafan and Pang Guang both looked at the phone screen, but unfortunately they couldn't see anything.

Seeing this, Luo Jingyao kindly pointed at the burly men behind Wang Guifen who were holding up banners and photos. "I just saw them inside. They're all coaches from the training camp!"

"Ah?" Pang Guang really couldn't control his subconscious reaction, and his mouth opened wide.

In comparison, Lin Jiafan was much more profound. Although he was also surprised, he did not lose his composure.

He examined the photo carefully again: "Are you sure all five people in the photo are here?"

"At first, I didn't recognize them when I saw them alone. Only after seeing all five of them together could I confirm it." Luo Jingyao said, frowning slightly. "The five of them helped Wang Guifen cause trouble before, and now they've appeared together at this training camp that's connected to the two deceased people..."

Pang Guang clapped his hands upon hearing this. "Why don't we summon the five of them back to the police station for questioning? Considering the behavior of this copycat who even stole someone else's mother, it's not surprising that he's overly involved in Wang Guifen's daily life. Perhaps the person who wrote the letter is one of these five!"

In response, Lin Jiafan remained silent, with his slender and powerful hands placed on his legs with his fingers crossed, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"Actually..." In the silence, Luo Jingyao's hesitant voice successfully attracted the attention of the other two people.

"I've already promised Boss Jiang that I'll come to work tomorrow. Anyway, your Special Case Investigation Team has been busy with cases lately, so I still have time to do some part-time work."

"Even if you really brought her back to the police station, you probably wouldn't get anything out of her. A single photo isn't enough to warrant the police entering the training camp to gather evidence. And if you startle Boss Jiang again... these people are known for their cunning ways. They'd definitely disappear overnight, along with the store itself. Finding her then wouldn't be so easy."

"Yes, yes, that's what Coach Luo said..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Pang Guang nodded frantically, but after glancing at his captain's expression, he quickly shut up and sat up straight again.

Lin Jiafan pressed the car start button with an expressionless face.

The moment the car started, a cold "I disagree" was heard amidst the roar of the engine.

"ah?"

Luo Jingyao's eyes widened in surprise, and she looked even more like a rabbit.