Midnight Life Museum
As for the obvious clicking sounds I heard just now, they were actually the sounds of the lamp holder switch being turned on.
On normal days, no one would come to the store at this time, let alone now that it is closed for rectification.
The goods are still in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the blankets they brought for warmth are still draped over their bodies.
The overhead light coming on caused a brief shock, and even though everyone knew that their voices would not be heard, they immediately fell silent.
Movement will make noise. There is a curved corner from the switch to the floor-to-ceiling window. Although I don't know who the person coming is, I can't go around the corner to check. I can only wait silently there.
Hearing the very regular footsteps coming from afar, everyone's heart started to lift.
We can only hope that the other party came here with a purpose and left after doing their own thing, rather than wandering around aimlessly and noticing the very conspicuous pile of goods in the rest area.
"I'll go see who it is." Ding Can whispered, laying his body flat on the floor, and sliding out lightly along the smooth tiles without making any sound.
Several others followed closely behind, trying to determine which aisle the footsteps came from, and then followed that direction, continuing forward along the gap at the bottom of the shelf that was very spacious for them.
Then they stopped under the shelf closest to the sound of footsteps. In order to avoid being discovered by the newcomers, they used the cover of the shelf. Their vision was also affected and they could not see the full picture of the newcomers.
The footsteps were getting closer.
The first thing that caught my eye was a pair of clean leather shoes, and then further up, I saw clothes made of a somewhat familiar material.
Ding Can's memory flashed through his mind. Isn't this the Ai Bao whom he had just seen during the day?
As the boss of a lifestyle store, why would he come to the store in person at this time?
"Why is he here? Is there some secret in the store?" Gao Wenwen was a little surprised. With Ai Bao's identity, he didn't need to do many things himself.
So, is he here to do something particularly important? Perhaps he could get some useful clues from him.
Ai Bao looked straight ahead. He came in through the small door that employees used to enter the store. Judging from the direction he was heading, he was heading to the door.
It's just that there are always a lot of customers coming in and out of the store. Ding Can doesn't think he would put any important items in the store. Besides, Ai Bao probably doesn't come here many times a year, so it's not safe to put things in the store.
Just as she was thinking, the shoe stopped in front of her, then turned around, with the tip of the shoe pointing towards her.
Ding Can moved slightly to the side and used the exposed corner of the tag as his main field of vision, so that he could see Ai Bao's expression clearly again.
He raised his chin slightly. Because he was tall, he could even look directly over the top floor and look towards the rest area where the goods were.
There was a hint of doubt in the corner of his eyes, and he obviously noticed the scene that looked very abrupt.
Some of the products had already noticed Ai Bao's gaze and let out a few soft exclamations.
Oops, we've been discovered.
Gao Wenwen swallowed, hoping that Ai Bao would not take it seriously.
When he came today, he only met with the investigation team and held a brief meeting with the store staff. He did not patrol the entire store.
There was a storage room next to it that was used as a temporary warehouse. Maybe Ai Bao would think that the store clerks had just finished sorting the goods halfway.
Sure enough, Ai Bao raised his foot the next second and walked towards the French window, saying in a puzzled voice, "Why are you leaving get off work before you finish cleaning up?"
Ding Can and others followed him silently from behind and went to the bottom of the row of shelves closest to the goods to observe the situation.
Aibao lifted a blanket, revealing the items underneath. They were placed together very casually, so it looked very messy to the naked eye.
He also unfolded several blankets nearby and casually placed them on the round chair next to him. He had no intention of doing anything further, nor did he plan to call the employees to question them.
The goods finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the people left, they would return to their respective places.
Hongba's two round black eyes painted on the wood turned a few times.
"I was scared just now. Luckily it was only the boss who came."
If the person who came over was a clerk who was familiar with the store environment, he would definitely have a lot of questions in his mind.
"What do you think he came here for?" The butterfly headband was hanging on one of the raised shelves of the vertical clothes hanger, looking at Ai Bao who was still standing there.
In the accessories section, most of the people I frequently deal with are young women, and my aesthetic taste is influenced by them, making me more of a visual animal.
When you see Ai Bao's appearance, your first impression is that he is a very handsome man.
But when I think about the disgusting things such a person did behind my back, and that maybe I was created at his instruction, I feel that this person has two faces and is very divided.
It seemed as if the gentleness displayed was fake, and the eyes were actually cold and distant.
"Who knows? Let's just wait and see here. He doesn't know we are here anyway." Mr. Football stayed at the edge. Ai Bao wandered around for a few steps and accidentally kicked him with his foot.
It rolled a little further away and came to the shelf where Ding Can and the others were, bumping back and forth a few times before stopping.
Even though it knew that humans could not perceive its conscious existence, being stared at like this was still a little different from being picked by customers normally, and the product began to feel uncomfortable all over.
I don't know how this person could watch for so long.
He came late at night and felt that the things he needed to do could not wait until tomorrow morning, so he could not believe how much time he wasted on them.
Hong Ba felt his eyes sting, but he didn't dare blink. "Why hasn't he left yet?"
"Why do they all seem to be the products mentioned in the post~" Ai Bao murmured, looking at them more carefully than before.
Mr. Football reminded: "Everyone must keep quiet and don't get discovered."
Ai Bao is the only one in the store now. Apart from his breathing, every little sound can be heard clearly.
Don't make any noise and scare Ai Bao, making him think there's a ghost in the middle of the night. It would be bad if he gets scared to death.
Even though they didn't like Aibao, they still thought about him.
Orange sat on the cushion close to the floor, and said in a muffled voice: "Okay, let's wait a little longer, it will be fine once the person leaves."
A voice echoed: "That's right."
So everyone stopped talking. After about half a minute, Ding Can realized that the last sentence did not come from any of the products.
She has always had a good memory, and after listening to each product speak, she was able to record their voices completely.
She had heard that sentence before, so she didn't pay attention to it at first.
But Ding Can forgot that there were more than just commodities present.
"He can hear us talking!" That was clearly Ai Bao's voice.
The commodities were shocked by these remarks and reacted one after another. They ignored their previous words about staying still and looked in the direction of Ai Bao in horror.
Ai Bao's lips curled up into a complacent smile, but there was no warmth in his eyes.
"Why, you didn't expect me to hear you talking?"
He lowered his head slightly and saw that several commodities had trembling eyes due to shock. He looked much more relaxed and paced on the spot, not worried at all about what the commodities would do.
After noticing this, Mr. Football rolled in front of all the goods and protected them like a patriarch.
Because I don't know what the other party's purpose is, I choose to keep silent first. Sometimes taking the initiative is not a good move.
What's more, the fact that humans can hear products talking is already incredible to them, and they don't know how to deal with it for a while.
Ai Bao ignored all this and started talking to himself.
"The post appeared strangely, so I asked my people to check the IP address. During the day, I received a call saying that it was sent from the store's network line. I was also shocked."
"Who on earth would take the risk of sneaking into a store late at night to release this information?"
Xia Jialian's expression was stern. He had actually overlooked this point. Since he was able to trace the source of the public account comment through the IP address, naturally others could also use the same method to trace the source of the post.
The specific owner of a virtual number cannot be found, but the IP address cannot be faked. Even if it is covered with several layers of overseas URLs, it can still be found as long as you are determined and spend some time.
In addition, they also browsed a lot of web pages using the computer network, so it is difficult to completely erase the traces.
"But the doubt didn't last long," Ai Bao said, his voice slowing down. He turned his head as if in suspense, "because you were too careless. I heard you talking during the day."
During the day, when the store manager was in a meeting, Ai Bao heard everything the customers said when they were angry that the manager did not admit the black-hearted industry chain.
In order not to alert the enemy, or perhaps everyone was just getting carried away at the time.
In short, no one noticed anything unusual about Aibao.
"Are you wondering why I can hear your voices?"
Ai Bao spoke with such ease that his ending tone was slightly raised, like some cold-blooded animal spitting out its tongue. Just listening to him speak made the hairs on the back of my head stand on end.
Directly create an atmosphere of confidence in victory.
Mr. Football swallowed hard, but couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
"I'm not going to say it first. How about we exchange it? You tell me how the post was sent out first."
The existence of the tag is the secret and trump card of all other products. No matter how curious you are about Ai Bao's identity, you can't reveal it to him directly.
Looking at the silent commodities, Ai Bao did not feel offended and there was no displeasure on his face.
"You were the ones who refused to cooperate first~" He suddenly raised his hand and pointed towards the ceiling.
Following his fingertip, Ding Can noticed that there was a camera installed there.
"Since you've been following my movements during the day, you should remember that it was me who asked to turn off the last switch, right?"
There are many places in the store that require electricity. According to different categories, several sub-switches are divided under the main switch.
Lighting fixtures, monitoring circuits, and electricity used by other electrical appliances are completely separate.
Ai Bao knew that something was wrong in the store, and when he told the customers to turn off the main switch, he was telling them to do so.
In fact, he went to the distribution room and only left the monitoring line.
This means that from the beginning of the store renovation to the time when everyone left, and then to the series of actions of the customers going to computers to search for news after the mall closed, all were recorded by the camera.
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