The little girl trembled, raised her tear-stained face, and placed her hand on the black box with trembling hands.
After two seconds, a black card popped out.
Without waiting for Jiang He to make any move, the old man impatiently pulled out the card and gave her a flattering smile.
"Boss Jiang, I'll do it myself. No need to bother you."
After saying that, he took the girl to the food area.
Jiang He stared at the backs of the two people in surprise, saying that they must be a grandfather and a grandson, but the atmosphere between them always felt a little off, as if they were just strangers who got together casually.
She reached out, grabbed the mouse, and operated on the computer, bringing up all the surveillance footage from the first floor.
At this time, the two were squatting in front of the shelf. The old man twisted the girl's arm and warned in a low voice:
"Don't waste time, act naturally, and don't cry all the time. If anyone finds out, I'll throw you into the river to feed the snakes."
The little girl bit her lower lip hard and nodded slightly under the man's threatening gaze.
The old man looked up and observed the goods on the shelves, and finally set his sights on the bear biscuits.
This thing is small in size and easy to hide. Even if you take a few of them, it will be difficult to be discovered.
He pretended to take out two loaves of bread and two rice balls and put them in the shopping cart, then winked at the girl behind him, indicating that she should hurry up and start.
The little girl's cheeks flushed, and she walked over nervously, one hand slowly reaching for the bear biscuits. Just as she hid the thing in her sleeve, a red light suddenly lit up above her head.
“Drip—drip—drip—”
The urgent sound of the alarm instantly broke the silence of the supermarket.
The old man's eyes flickered and his heart skipped a beat.
How come this can be seen?
In the panic, a white bear head appeared at the other end of the shelf.
"You guys really disappoint me. How could you steal things from the supermarket?"
The old man tried his best to remain calm, raised his hands and explained: "Misunderstanding, we are not thieves!"
"The supermarket has surveillance cameras. There's no way my owner would wrongly accuse a good person."
Little Bear ignored his excuses, walked up to them, grabbed one of them each, and led them towards the cashier counter.
The old man frowned. Who would have thought that this bear, although looking like a short and fat man, was so incredibly strong that he couldn't break free at all.
"Master, I brought them here. Do you want me to throw them out now?"
There was a hint of excitement in the little bear's words. It was time to show his bear style!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Xiulong hurriedly shouted: "Boss Jiang, this is really a misunderstanding. I didn't do anything. If you insist on saying it's stolen, then it must be my granddaughter who was playing around and accidentally put it in her pocket."
Jiang He raised the corners of his lips in a half-smile, "Oh, it turned out to be an accident."
After a pause, she looked straight at the man and said nonchalantly, "Then I can give you a chance. Pay the points for the cookies and other things, and I'll treat it as a misunderstanding."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiulon looked embarrassed. He didn't have any points in his card, so how could he possibly afford it?
"Boss Jiang, please be magnanimous and have mercy on us, considering we are orphans, old people and have no one to rely on."
The little girl received the man's gaze, gritted her teeth, and knelt on the ground with her hands clasped together.
"Sister, Grandpa and I don't have any points, and we're so hungry. Can you give us something?"
Jiang He narrowed his eyes, his cold gaze moving between the two of them.
Did he fail to steal and resort to begging?
She took two steps forward, squatted in front of the little girl, and said in an almost gentle tone:
"Little friend, let me ask you, is he your real grandfather?"
After waiting for a long time and not hearing her speak, Jiang He shook his head and decided not to meddle in other people's business anymore.
"Don't play the victim to me. Shuguang Supermarket is not a charity. We can't give things away for free to anyone. Just give up on this idea."
If he couldn't get the food, the flattery in Zhang Xiulong's eyes instantly turned into hatred. He gritted his teeth and glared at Jiang He, saying confidently:
"Your supermarket has so many things, and we just wanted to take a few cookies, but you refused to give them to us. You are such a jerk!
The mutant snake is not an ordinary snake. You ask us to catch it in exchange for points. You just want us old people and children to die!
You, woman, are more terrible than a natural disaster. You are only happy if you kill us all!"
Before Jiang He could say anything, the customers queuing at the door started to speak up for her.
"Are you fucking psychotic? Boss Jiang kindly opened a supermarket so that ordinary people like us can buy cheap food and medicine, and yet you're here slandering him. Aren't you afraid of getting struck by lightning?"
"You have no skills at all, and you only know how to take advantage of small things. If Boss Jiang gives it to you for free, what's the point of all the hard work others put into earning points? You might as well just beg for food at the supermarket."
"Boss Jiang, I know him. He's a selfish bastard who exploits his son and daughter-in-law. He's dragged the whole family down with him, and now he's even kidnapping other people's children to help him beg for food!"
Hearing this, the little girl raised her head and tears fell uncontrollably.
She had seen that uncle before; he was her parents' former teammate.
Regardless of the man's obstruction, she ran over and choked up, "Uncle Xiang, do you know where my parents went? Grandpa Zhang said that if I listened to him, he would take me to find my parents."
Xiang Guohua paused, his eyes showing some reluctance, but he still told her the truth.
"Yuanyuan, they...died. They were bitten by snakes while on a mission and were poisoned by them."
He originally wanted to notify his teammates' families, but when he arrived at their homes, no one was there.
Xiang Guohua originally thought that the child might have had an accident, but he never expected that the child was threatened and abducted by the old man of the Zhang family.
The little girl was already sobbing. She raised her head, wiped away her tears, turned around and ran back to the cashier, apologizing guiltily:
"Sister, I'm sorry. It wasn't a misunderstanding. We just wanted to steal cookies from the supermarket. Go ahead and hit me. I'm a bad kid."
Zhang Xiulong, who was betrayed, was so angry that smoke came out of his nostrils. He pointed at her nose and cursed:
"You silly girl, what are you talking about? Go back and see how I'll teach you a lesson!"
Sensing the little girl's resistance, the man snorted coldly, "Your parents are dead. In this world, don't expect anyone other than me to be willing to take you home.
Yuanyuan, let's go. Grandpa will teach you how to be a good child. "
The obscene smell that came towards him made Jiang He frown.
What a piece of rubbish! He doesn't even let such a young child go. He is worse than an animal.
Yuanyuan stared at the hand Zhang Xiulon extended to her, and her heart sank. With her parents gone, what else was there to be afraid of?
The worst that could happen is that you'd be thrown into the water to feed the snakes.
She grabbed the man's hand and bit it hard. Her movements were so fast that Zhang Xiulon had no time to react and he cried out in pain.
"Let go of me, you bastard!"
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