Chapter 253 Someone is causing trouble
Xia Mi's mind was in a mess now, and she could only suspect the person who was most likely to have done it.
After all, if it was a thief, he would have left some traces. Shen Zhihui is not a careless person. If he couldn't find it, she felt that it was most likely related to the two employees in the store.
"Then I will send someone to inquire about it now."
Xiao Wang was also skeptical at first, but then he remembered what his master said, "Don't employ someone if you doubt him, and trust someone if you employ him." He felt that his master had passed the test and he should not question his master's judgment.
"Go and check if they have any relatives working in the machinery factory."
After Xia Mi finished speaking, Xiao Wang raised her leg and walked out. As she walked out the door, a guess flashed through her mind.
She stood up from the chair, walked to the door of the store and called out to Xiao Wang, "Wait, come back."
Xiao Wang froze, turned around and went back into the store.
"Sister Xia Mi, is there anything else you want to investigate?"
"Not just the compressor factory, check the TV factory as well." After calming down, Xia Mi's thoughts gradually became clear. "Also check if there is any contact between the surrounding machinery factories and the compressor factory."
"There are a lot of things to check. It doesn't matter if you spend a little more money. Your master will reimburse you later. If you don't have it, I have a hundred here. Take it first."
Xia Mi took out ten folded reunion cakes from her pocket.
Xiao Wang refused, "I have money on me, Sister Xia Mi, don't worry, I will find someone to find out as soon as possible."
"good."
Xia Mi stood at the door, looking at Xiao Wang's determined back, and realized that people change more and more. If this matter is resolved smoothly, it will probably help Xiao Wang's growth.
"Sister Xia Mi, has Boss Shen been framed?"
Zhou Xiumin finished her work and walked out of the office. She had just heard the conversation between Xia Mi and Xiao Wang.
"pretty close."
"How could this happen? Boss Shen is such a nice person."
Xia Mi smiled, looked at the innocent Zhou Xiumin, and explained, "People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. The more he does well, the more people will become jealous and want to pull him down and step up themselves."
Although it sounds a bit cruel, the reality is often a hundred times crueler than this.
In her previous life, Xia Mi often heard her business relatives complain at the New Year dinner table.
Zhou Xiumin looked worried. "What if we don't find any evidence and we're really framed? Will Boss Shen be unable to escape?"
"I don't know either."
In the early days of opening up, many laws and regulations were not perfect, especially in economic law, and many rules were added based on real cases.
Xia Mi realized at this moment the importance of finding a lawyer.
Nowadays, most people are ignorant of the law. If there is a lawyer, they should be able to restrain themselves well and avoid giving others loopholes.
"Sister Xia Mi, it's getting late. You should go back first. Manager Wang won't be back no matter how hard he checks."
Xia Mi looked up and saw the night sky dotted with stars, and the street lights on both sides of the street were lit up.
"Okay, I'll go back first. You guys should go back and rest early."
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Xia Mi returned to the yard and saw Huang Lirong sitting in the yard picking vegetables as soon as she entered the door.
"Auntie, why are you still picking vegetables so late?" She greeted her casually and prepared to open the door to enter the house.
Huang Lirong stood up quickly when she saw Xia Mi, "I was waiting for you."
Xia Mi's hand froze as she turned the key. She remembered that Huang Lirong also bought a refrigerator. "Is there something wrong with the refrigerator?"
"Nothing's wrong, but I noticed you haven't come back yet so late. I heard about what happened to Boss Shen today. Is it serious?"
When Xia Mi heard that there was no problem, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good."
"It's a bit serious, but if there are shipping orders, it shouldn't be a big problem. This is all the manufacturer's fault."
Huang Lirong nodded and agreed, "I said it was the factory's problem, but that group of people didn't listen at all. They said Shen Zhihui was helping the factory to cheat people and deliberately selling defective products to cheat them."
"I know Boss Shen well. He would never do such a thing."
Huang Lirong's tone was high, filled with anger, confusion, and more of heartache.
Xia Mi knew that she was worried about Shen Zhihui, and stood at the door and talked to her for a long time.
"By the way, you haven't eaten yet, right? I'll make you a bowl of noodles. I made buns for lunch today, and I'll heat up two more for you."
Huang Lirong saw that Xia Mi looked tired and realized that she had said too much.
Xia Mi wanted to refuse. She really just wanted to lie down and have a good time. Her brain was tired after a day and she had no time to deal with people.
"If you don't eat, think about the baby in your belly. You are two people now."
Xia Mi lowered her eyes, looked at her bulging belly, and after some hesitation she agreed, "Then I'll trouble you, Auntie."
It was rare to see Xia Mi accept her kindness, and Huang Lirong was extremely happy.
"You sit down first. I'll go to the kitchen to cook noodles. You don't need to come in and help me. The kitchen is small, and there's not much space for two people to stand. It's not convenient."
Huang Lirong's voice became increasingly distant, ending in the kitchen.
In fact, she knew that the kitchen was more than enough to accommodate two people. After all, it was built by the factory for two or three families to use together, so how could it be small?
Huang Lirong was worried that she would get tired if she went in to help.
Xia Mi sat in the yard, looking at the bright stars in the sky. From time to time, a cool breeze blew, taking away the boredom left in people's hearts during the day.
Cheng Quan's father is the deputy director of a machinery factory.
It has been a while since Cheng Quan's incident, and I think Shen Zhihui must have forgotten about it, which is why he was able to get the goods from the machinery factory book so easily.
Otherwise, how could a state-owned factory cooperate with a small shop so easily?
There are so many people in the factory. Can Mr. Cheng be sure to cover everyone's mouth?
As Xia Mi thought about it, she gradually felt sleepy.
"Come on, come on, eat it while it's hot." Huang Lirong brought out the noodles and placed the bowl on the small table that had already been set up. "You eat first. I'll go in and get the buns."
The noodles were just ordinary vegetarian noodles with a little lard added. A layer of fat could be seen on the noodle soup, and there were two poached eggs in it.
Xia Mi didn't feel hungry before, but now that the food was in front of her, she began to really enjoy it.
Huang Lirong took out the buns and steamed six in total.
"Auntie, I can't eat so much." Xia Mi was frightened by the big bowl of noodles and six fist-sized buns.
"It's okay. Leave the leftovers for your uncle. He'll be off work soon."
No wonder Xia Mi thought it was all warm for her.
Huang Lirong was picking vegetables on the side, and Xia Mi was eating noodles. The two of them chatted casually.
Seeing Xia Mi's exhausted face, Huang Lirong felt distressed. "Xiao Xia, don't blame me for being nosy. You're pregnant now, and you have to run around all day. Look how tired and thin you are. If your husband sees you, he'll be heartbroken again."
Xia Mi swallowed the noodles in her mouth and touched her cheek, "Have you lost weight? My sister-in-law said I was a little fat a few days ago."
"Yeah, haven't you lost weight in the past two days? Your face was round before, but now your chin is getting more and more pointed."
Huang Lirong looked straight at Xia Mi.
After dinner, Xia Mi returned home and looked in the mirror again and again. Had she really lost a lot of weight? It had only been two days. How much thinner could she have gotten?
Xia Mi looked in the mirror every day, but couldn't find any subtle changes.
But there are always people whose eyes are microscopes.
Huo Jingchen came to the city for a meeting. After the meeting, he went straight to Shen Zhihui's new store. Seeing the store sealed, he hurried back to the repair shop.
Xia Mi was still wearing a loose dress. She tied her hair into a low ponytail today, and it hung behind her waist.
She spoke to Zhou Xiumin seriously.
When Huo Jingchen entered the store, he immediately attracted the attention of the customers and Zhou Xiumin, and naturally became the focus.
Seeing that no one responded to her words, Xia Mi raised her eyes to look at Zhou Xiumin's dazed expression, and she followed Zhou Xiumin's gaze.
Huo Jingchen was standing at the door, their eyes meeting in the air.
When Xia Mi saw Huo Jingchen, the corners of her lips curled up. She was not as happy to see him as she had imagined. Her tense nerves finally had time to relax. As soon as she relaxed, she suddenly felt very tired.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Huo Jingchen saw that the smile on Xia Mi's face was bitter, completely different from before.
Huo Jingchen immediately held her hand, and his tender eyes turned into worry.
"No, why are you here today?" Xia Mi remembered that Huo Jingchen would not come for a few days.
“I came to the meeting today and came to see you. I just went to Shen Zhihui’s home appliance store. How…”
Xia Mi knew what he was going to say. Before he finished speaking, she nodded and interrupted him, "I'll explain this to you later. Have you eaten?"
The unit that organized the meeting provided meals, but Huo Jingchen didn't eat them.
He calculated that at this time, Xia Mi should not have eaten yet, so he wanted to have lunch with her.
"No."
"Then wait for me for a while, we'll go eat later." After saying that, Xia Mi began to talk to Zhou Xiumin about precautions.
Shen Zhihui was detained, and Xiao Wang left yesterday and has not returned to the store yet.
The two people in the repair shop are new, and Xia Mi is worried that they won’t know how to deal with emergencies.
Just when I was thinking about it, an emergency occurred.
It was the same woman from yesterday. She organized a group of other people today. They didn’t look like they were from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and they didn’t have armbands on their hands.
"Everyone, listen to me. The owner of this store is a profiteer. All the things he sold us were bad. My husband was almost electrocuted by his refrigerator yesterday."
She took the lead, and then a group of victims followed and supplemented hers.
Xia Mi was blocked by Huo Jingchen and the woman didn't see her.
Xia Mi took the initiative to show up, "Comrade, what a coincidence, we meet again."
The woman's eyes sparkled when she saw Xia Mi. "If you don't believe me, she can testify for me. She was the one who saw Shen Zhihui being taken away by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau yesterday."
The three or four customers in the store looked at Xia Mi with strange eyes.
They knew that Xia Mi was also from the store.
"Comrade, I was there yesterday, but you clearly said that your elderly family member didn't know how to use the refrigerator and was almost electrocuted. How come overnight your elderly family member became your husband? Is this a nickname between you two?"
Xia Mi didn't plan to defeat them one by one, she just needed to expose the lies of the leader.
The woman never expected that Xia Mi would not stand on her side, "How is that possible? You must have remembered it wrongly. I have always been talking about my old man, my husband!"
The woman didn't expect Xia Mi to expose her, and she was so panicked that she said the wrong thing.
After this mistake was made, the others began to waver. They didn't trust these people much in the first place, and now there were so many loopholes.
The woman cleverly changed the subject, "If you get your stuff fixed here, they'll definitely make it worse, shortening the lifespan of your machines. Then you'll have no choice but to buy new ones from them. They're so ruthless, they'll do anything to make money from us."
"Then ask these people, is there anyone who came back less than a month after the repair?" Huo Jingchen said.
He stood in front of Xia Mi, worried that these excited people would do something bad to her.
"Others will judge for themselves how well it's done. This shop has been here for a year and hasn't had any trouble. Why are you acting like a scalp plaster? Not enough for causing trouble yesterday, but you're here again today with people causing trouble."
Huo Jingchen's eyes were cold and sharp, like a blade, staring at the woman.
"Tell me how much money they gave you. If it's a lot, I can join you. What I say will be much more unpleasant than what you say."
The woman was stunned and retorted loudly, "You're talking nonsense. I didn't take anyone's money at all. I just want an explanation."
"An explanation?" Xia Mi sneered. "You witnessed Boss Shen being taken away yesterday. You knew he wasn't in the store, yet you still brought so many people here to demand an explanation. Tell me, who are you asking for an explanation from?"
The woman was not stupid. She could see that Xia Mi was not in the same camp as her.
Faced with the questions from Xia Mi and Huo Jingchen, the woman obviously didn't think so much.
She brought people here today because she wanted to take advantage of Shen Zhihui's detention and ruin the reputation of his repair shop. That way, even if he gets out, he will never have a chance to turn things around.
"Wang Haojie, go close the door."
As soon as Xia Mi gave the order, Sister Wang Hao, who was closest to the door, rushed over and closed the door, not allowing anyone to go out.
The woman looked at the closed door and panicked, "What do you want to do?"
"Even if you don't want to do anything, didn't you say you wanted an explanation? The boss is not here now, but you have to give your explanation. Report it to the police and let them give you an explanation." Xia Mi walked to the phone and dialed it.
A group of people watched Xia Mizhen call the Public Security Bureau, and the scene instantly fell into chaos.
In contrast, the few customers who came to the store to repair things were not afraid at all. Instead, they were a little excited because they could see the excitement up close.
After Xia Mi hung up the phone, she looked at the woman with a sneer, "It's really not certain who will give it to whom."
"Jinfeng, what should we do? Didn't you say there would be no problems? Why did you alert the police now?"
Someone asked Xu Jinfeng in a low voice, with guilt written all over her face.
"Shut up. Why don't you just stick to your guns later? When the police come, they'll definitely open the door. Then we can see if we can take advantage of the chaos to escape."
Xu Jinfeng pretended to be calm.
Xia Mi seemed to have seen that they had a problem before and reminded them, "Don't think about running away. Don't think that I have a bad memory."
"Xiumin, go get the camera."
When they heard about the camera, the group of people became visibly anxious and started clamoring to go out.
"Jingchen, go help Wang Haojie. He may not be able to handle it alone." Seeing that the man showed signs of wanting to escape.
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