I took the sunflower seeds he gave me and looked over the newspaper they were wrapped in. It was dated half a month ago. I cut the old newspaper and rolled it into a cone, then placed the sunflower seeds inside and folded it tightly.
The bags are coded and waiting for people who want to watch the movie to buy them.
"Where did he get this newspaper from? Is there any news hidden in the paper bag containing the melon seeds?"
She was just guessing, assuming all kinds of possibilities.
"You go back later, I'll ask them to check it out. Be careful at night and don't go out, okay?"
Brother Ning reminded her again with concern, and seeing her nod obediently, he felt relieved to accompany her out.
This park is quite large. She had just come here in such a hurry that she hadn't noticed it. After she caught the bad guys, she wanted to take a good look at the scenery here.
Standing at the door of the guesthouse, he reminded her again.
"Don't you think I have no credibility here? I've told you several times that I won't go out today. I'll eat something and go to bed later. Don't worry!"
He made a lot of promises at the door before letting her go back. Nagging men are so scary.
"It's great to be young. Women are happiest when they are single. Oh, I wonder what this man will become after he gets married."
As soon as I open my eyes, I'm faced with a family affair. There's endless work to do, endless meals to cook, endless children to look after, and endless laundry to do. And if I run into someone who drinks and hits people, my life is doomed.
A head popped out of the window and complained a lot to Jiang Cha. Before she could react, the eldest sister continued;
"You don't know, there's just this person in our guesthouse. She hasn't come to take over yet at this hour. It's become her habit."
Every time she takes over, she is late. The whole family does nothing but wait for her to cook. She always comes after she finishes cooking. No one is willing to take over from her. I am the only one who is kind and will come late.
If her husband gets violent, he'll have to cover for the next few days. If he gets beaten to the point of being unable to get out of bed, and she's the only one earning a salary in the family, shouldn't she cover for two days?
It's so late today, she must have been beaten at home. Every day, you should be careful when you get married.'
Probably because she came too late to take the night shift, the elder sister caught her and sighed. Good man, why would you want a man like this? If you dare not divorce me, I will beat you three times a day.
There are only zero times and countless times of domestic violence. Any excuse becomes a pale lie the moment you raise your fist.
After hearing a lot of gossip, I went back to the house to check my equipment. The more careful I was at this moment, the more I had to be. Now I didn't know who was in the open and who was in the dark.
At night, she didn't use the sack to hold the door shut. She moved the table in the room to the door, placed the cup on the windowsill, and then went into the space to take a shower and change clothes.
When I came out, my hair was dry. I lay down on the bed with my clothes on, then got up again and put my bedding into the space.
I found an old bed sheet, spread it on the mattress in the guesthouse, tucked a corner of the quilt over it, and fell asleep.
She was awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of a door opening, which sounded like someone using a knife to tighten a bolt. She touched her belt, quietly put on her shoes, and sat there watching what was going on outside.
After waiting for a while, the door was pushed open a little, and he probably hit the table and couldn't move it anymore, so he cursed softly.
Jiang Cha sat by the bed and watched him push forward little by little, not daring to use too much force for fear of waking him up.
Holding the thermos on the bedside table, when the door was about halfway open, he suddenly opened the curtains and windows, threw the thermos at the person at the door, and shouted towards the window;
'Help! Help! Someone! There's murder! There's a fire!'
He didn't even notice what had happened to the person at the door, he just kept shouting. Soon he heard the sound of a door opening, footsteps, and a humming sound.
"Big sister, we are all guests of the guesthouse. The bad guys at your door have been caught. It's okay. Come out when the police come. We brothers will watch over you."
A voice from the doorway told her everything was fine. This was the code they had agreed on; if anything unexpected happened, they would shout it out loud to prevent everyone from rushing up the stairs. This would expose their identities and disrupt the normal operation.
'Who called the police?'
"We reported it. The girl living in this room was crying for help in the middle of the night, so we rushed out. We caught one and even pried open the girl's door."
'Dangdang, come out for a moment.'
Jiang Cha then pretended to be frightened. When he came out, his eyes were red and his hands were shaking.
'Can you tell us what happened?'
The police took the notebook and asked her what happened at that time.
"I'm having a bit of insomnia today. I can't fall asleep no matter how hard I try. I just heard something scratching at the door. It wasn't a loud sound, and if I were asleep I probably wouldn't have heard it.
I came to visit my boyfriend, who always uses a table to block the door every night. He's such a coward, always afraid of the worst, and today he did it! I saw him halfway open the door and then he threw the thermos at me. I didn't even dare to see where he hit me, so I quickly called for help, but when I realized no one was coming out, I called for fire.
"Let me see your letter of introduction. Where is your partner from?"
"Here's the letter of introduction. My partner is a cook at the silk factory. I just got there and am learning how to cook from him!"
Luckily, Brother Ning had prepared a letter of introduction for her in advance. He didn't even register on the day he checked in, nor did he look at her letter of introduction. He just took the money and gave her the key. Looking at the man on the ground, he was the one who took the money.
"Uncle policeman, it's him. He was the one who gave me the key when I checked in. He works at the guesthouse."
"My dear, little girl, this is not from our guesthouse. Police comrade, I am the person in charge of the guesthouse, my last name is Gao. He is the husband of our employee Li Lai Di. Every time they have a fight, he comes to take over."
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