Chapter 274 Lucky Star 9

"Just now, twelve people at the hot pot restaurant next door suffered from food poisoning. After our investigation, we found that someone had poisoned the noodles. The noodles were sourced from a place called Qin Family Noodle Workshop. We heard that everyone on this street eats their noodles, so we came here specifically to investigate."

Nie Jiu really didn't know anything about this, but the noodles definitely couldn't be served to the guests anymore. Regardless of whether they were poisonous or not, they had to be taken off the table first.

Just as he was about to give the order, the manager came over and said, "Boss, don't worry, there's absolutely no problem with the noodles in our shop."

You forgot? The day before yesterday, someone delivered meatballs. Manager Ning said that with so many chefs at our company, we could easily make the meatballs ourselves, at least ensuring the freshness of the ingredients.

We stopped buying semi-finished products from outside; the noodles are all made fresh by our chefs when customers order them.

As he spoke, he led the police to the kitchen. The arrival of the group was quite coincidental, as the chef in charge of staple foods was rolling out noodles because a customer had ordered seafood hand-pulled noodles.

The police were relieved, and the family didn't linger, immediately heading to the next house.

After the police left, the people in the shop heard that in that afternoon, a total of thirty-two people had been taken away by ambulances on this street, all of them poisoned by Qin's noodles, and three of them died from severe poisoning.

As many as 29 restaurants in the vicinity were affected and all were forced to suspend operations for rectification.

All the diners were kicked out. Only two restaurants on the street were still open: Zijin Yunding and a high-end ramen restaurant. Zijin Yunding was booked out, so no one came, but the ramen restaurant was packed with customers.

Now, not only Nie Jiu, but everyone in the shop, including Tang Jiayou, felt that Ning Yan was a bit strange. Perhaps she really was a lucky star descended to earth!

Tang Jiayou had drunk some wine, but he was definitely not drunk. "Brother Jiu, you have to hurry up and get her in as soon as possible. If she gets away, where are you going to find another wonderful woman like her?"

Even if we don't end up dating, I'll still stay at your shop. To be honest, if I didn't know you were interested in her, I'd be interested in pursuing her myself. Even if I didn't like her, I could marry her and treat her like royalty. I'm so lucky.

Nie Jiu was too lazy to listen to his drunken ramblings and slammed the phone down.

The next afternoon, Ning Yan received a call from Zhu Qingge.

After arriving at the hospital yesterday, Zhu Qingge underwent a comprehensive examination as soon as possible. Because the results would take a day to come out, she didn't sleep a wink last night. She received the results this afternoon and immediately called Ning Yan.

"Yanyan, the results are in, I'm fine. I'll treat you to dinner one of your days off!"

No one knew that when Zhu Qingge found out she was alright, she couldn't walk anymore. Her legs were weak, and she sat on a chair in the rest area, crying loudly for a long time. Her eyes were swollen by now.

Luckily, she listened to Ning Yan and broke up with that guy surnamed Sun. Otherwise, she'd probably be standing on some rooftop right now, ready to jump.

She is most grateful to Ning Yan now; Ning Yan is her savior!

"It's good that you're alright. Focus on your studies. I've been a bit busy these past few days. Let's get together again when I'm less busy."

"Okay, then be sure to contact me when you're done with your work!"

Ning Yan wasn't just giving her a perfunctory answer. Because of the poisoned noodles incident, Zijin Yunding's business had indeed improved considerably. When the police came to question them, someone from Tang Jiayou's company happened to record the conversation and post it online.

No wonder Zijin Yunding is expensive. They don't use any processed food and focus on completely handmade products. Some people just want to join in the fun and come here because of its reputation.

When the shop is really too busy, she will help with things like collecting payments and serving dishes; she is indeed quite busy.

Three days later, the noodle poisoning case was also solved. The matter was very simple. Because the Qin family's noodle processing workshop was doing well, the family had some money. The Qin family's daughter had a boyfriend whose conditions were average, and her parents did not agree to the two being together.

The girl was obedient and broke up with her boyfriend.

As a result, the man was unwilling to accept it; he had studied pesticides.

So I made a bottle of paraquat myself.

Paraquat water-soluble form is originally a colorless and odorless liquid. To prevent accidental ingestion, warning colors, odorants, and emetics are often added during production, resulting in a green or blue water-soluble liquid with an irritating odor.

He's really something, he reverted paraquat to its ancestral form, creating a large bottle of colorless and odorless first-edition paraquat.

Having visited the Qin family's workshop before, he went again. While the Qin family members were all out having breakfast and no one was watching the machine, he added a whole bottle of his homemade solution into the mixer. Afraid that too much water would make the dough too soft, he kindly added some flour as well. After adding the solution, he ran away.

As a result, this batch of noodles ended up in the mouths of customers within two hours, resulting in three deaths and many more being hospitalized due to poisoning. Not only was he finished, but the Qin family was also brought back to square one by his scheme.

He showed no remorse whatsoever when he was arrested. He even asked his ex-girlfriend when she confronted him, "Didn't your dad think I was poor? Now that your family is poor too, is he happy now?"

So, be careful when dating. Getting involved with a lunatic like this is really bad luck!

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On Friday, Ning Yan received a call from the police station saying that her reward money had been awarded. It wasn't much, just five thousand yuan. Ning Yan was very satisfied; after all, it was free, and five thousand yuan wasn't a small amount.

A month passed quickly. Now she had money and was preparing to move out of the hotel because the hotel's young owner kept calling her to invite her to dinner. Although she had clearly refused, it was no use. Today was even worse. He called at noon, and since Nie Jiu had arrived early, he overheard the call.

He handed Ning Yan a key and an access card, saying, "I have a small apartment across the street. You can move in if you don't mind."

He then described the house: two bedrooms, two living rooms, two bathrooms, over 140 square meters, fully furnished, and never lived in after purchase; she could move in immediately.

Ning Yan was somewhat interested, mainly because the house was close to her workplace, only a few minutes' walk away.

"There's not much going on at the shop this afternoon. Would you like to come and take a look? I happen to be free and can take you there."

"Okay, but how should the rent be calculated?"

Nie Jiu thought to herself, "If you're living in my house, why would I ask you for rent?"

"Just consider it an employee benefit."

What company offers such generous employee benefits, providing a free apartment of over 100 square meters?

Those who say they don't know others like them, regardless of gender, are faking it!

It's so obvious, even outsiders can see it, how could the person involved not know?

Ning Yan knew exactly what was going on, but she wouldn't say anything unless Nie Jiu spoke up. She wanted to see how long Nie Jiu could hold back.

Thank you Lily for the 1500 Qidian Coins!

(End of this chapter)