"Closing down?" Chu Yue smiled and shook her head. "It won't close down. I have hired employees and the store has inventory. It will still be open even if I don't go."
Chu Yue runs a grocery store, a small business in daily life. This kind of small store needs to be open 365 days a year to do good business. If it is closed for one day, customers will think it is closed and will not come again.
Besides, Chu Yue felt that Ye Zhaodi was a good girl from the moment she met her. They had been together for such a long time, and she had a deeper understanding of Ye Zhaodi's character and trusted her very much. So during the nine days she was away, Chu Yue never worried about anything in the store.
If she was really worried, she would definitely ask someone to take a look.
Even though Wang Chunling mentioned it, Chu Yue still had never thought that something would happen in the grocery store.
So what happened next shocked her.
Wang Chunling looked at Chu Yue with a strange look, frowned and asked, "Ah Yue, don't you know that the grocery store is closed?"
"...Close the door?" The gentle smile on Chu Yue's face suddenly disappeared, her brows furrowed, and she quickly asked, "When did it happen?"
It seems that Chu Yue really didn't know. Wang Chunling quickly said, "I went down the mountain to the city the day before yesterday and saw that your store was closed. I thought you were not there, so you temporarily closed it. Don't you know?"
Chu Yue kept silent.
Chen Fengying was shocked and said, "Sister Chu, you are the boss, you don't know about the closure of the business? We thought you knew, three days ago... Yes! I went to the city three days ago, I wanted to buy something in your store, but when I walked over, I found that the door was closed and it was not open for business."
Chen Fengying thought hard and remembered, "...more than three days! Xiaolan mentioned to me a while ago that she was...let me think about it...she went there five days ago in the afternoon! When she came back she said your store was closed, I didn't believe it at that time..."
Based on the testimonies of both Chen Fengying and Wang Chunling, the closure of the grocery store was an ironclad fact and Chu Yue no longer needed to doubt it.
Moreover, it has been closed since five days ago and has not reopened yet.
If Ye Zhaodi occasionally feels unwell one day and needs a day off, that is understandable.
But now it's been five days! Five days!
It is impossible for Ye Zhaodi to disappear for five days without any reason...
Wang Chunling saw Chu Yue remained silent for a long time and her expression became more and more serious. She asked worriedly, "Ayue, is the employee you hired reliable? Could it be that she took your goods and ran away?"
"Yes, yes, yes. People's hearts are secretive nowadays. Who knows if they are good or bad?" Chen Fengying nodded quickly, echoing Wang Chunling's concerns, "Maybe that girl is unreliable. Seeing that you haven't been there for such a long time, she has evil intentions."
"No, Ye Zhaodi is not that kind of person."
Chu Yue didn't know what had happened, but she still flatly denied Wang Chunling's guess.
She firmly believed in her own judgment of people and also believed in Ye Zhaodi's character.
At this point, there is only one possibility left - something happened to Ye Zhaodi.
The reason why Ye Zhaodi was absent from work for five consecutive days must be that something happened to her and she couldn't come, and she couldn't even ask someone to pass on a message to her.
Lu Yuanbao noticed Chu Yue's tense expression, pulled Chu Yue's hand, and looked at her worriedly, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"Yuanbao, Mom has something to do and needs to go out for a while. Sister Chen, if I don't come back later, please take care of Yuanbao."
Chu Yue didn't wait for the words to finish and was already walking out in a hurry.
Chen Fengying shouted, "Sister Chu...you...you should be careful on the road..."
They couldn't call Chu Yue back, so they could only remind Chu Yue to be careful and come back safely.
Lu Yuanbao looked at Chu Yue who had finally come back, and then left again all of a sudden, and there was a look of disappointment on his little face.
His mother is so awesome, she always has something to do.
But he was better than Lu Zhanlin. At least he saw the person. Some people didn't even know that their wife had returned.
…
Chu Yue hurried out of the compound. She wanted to go down the mountain to the city, but she didn't ride a bicycle.
Because the bicycle was too slow and the bus was too slow, they would be delayed on the road for a long time. The only way Chu Yue could think of was to find Lu Zhanlin. If Lu Zhanlin could arrange a car to take her down the mountain, it would be the fastest.
But she was not on a mission this time, and she didn't know if she could borrow the army's vehicle.
Just as she was thinking, Chu Yue hurried forward, and after leaving the compound, she saw a car on the side of the road.
The person sitting in the driver's seat was not a little soldier in military uniform, but Fang Xiuli, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Ever since Fang Xiuli accidentally suffered facial paralysis last time, she has been hiding in the house and never going out. Chu Yue has never seen her again, and neither have the other sisters-in-law in the compound.
Chu Yue had contact with Fang Xiuli's husband Tan Siqi several times.
Now Fang Xiuli is willing to go out. I guess it’s because her facial paralysis has almost recovered. She can make normal expressions and is no longer afraid of being laughed at.
After all, Fang Xiuli is a girl from a large compound in Beijing. Commander He and Sister Song are willing to give her face. It is not surprising that she can borrow a car and can drive.
The vehicle stopped on the side of the road, started the engine, and officially drove down the mountain.
Chu Yue walked over without saying a word, opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
Fang Xiuli, who was fastening her seat belt, suddenly heard the door open. She looked up and saw an extra person sitting on the seat next to her. She was so scared that she pressed her palm directly to her chest.
After seeing clearly that this person was Chu Yue, he was even more surprised and embarrassed.
She had such an ugly quarrel with Chu Yue, but later it was proved that she was wrong. Chu Yue still saved her life regardless of the past grudges. Not only was she wrong, she also owed Chu Yue a huge favor.
Although an apology gift was sent, it cannot be compared with Chu Yue’s grace of saving people.
Logically, Fang Xiuli should have personally said thank you to Chu Yue after she recovered from her illness, but Fang Xiuli was too proud to say it.
Tan Siqi did a lot of ideological work on her, and Fang Xiuli took him to heart. She understood all the reasons, but for Fang Xiuli, who had never bowed her head before, to suddenly bow her head, especially to someone she originally looked down upon, this psychological process cannot be achieved overnight.
Fang Xiuli heard from Tan Siqi that Chu Yue became a military doctor and went on a mission on the first night after the report came in, and has not returned yet.
Therefore, Fang Xiuli was given some more time. Perhaps she could wait until Chu Yue came back. She was mentally prepared to say thank you sincerely and say sorry at the same time.
But their meeting happened in a way Fang Xiuli had never expected.
"...Chu... Yue?"
Fang Xiuli looked at Chu Yue in astonishment, as if she was hallucinating.
Chu Yue then said anxiously, "Are you going down the mountain? I also want to go down the mountain to the city. I have an urgent matter. Please give me a ride, Fang Xiuli, thank you."
Fang Xiuli couldn't say thank you, but Chu Yue said it so easily, and to her...
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