This text message was written by Zhenniang, the manager of Zhaoji Snack Shop. She said that things in the store had been stolen recently. She specially arranged people to guard the store, but still failed to catch the thief. She could only write a letter to report the matter to her.
Thief?
Xue Huan decided to go to the store to take a look in person.
Ever since she auctioned off the recipes for cakes, spicy hot pot, spicy noodles, and other snacks, business has clearly declined. This is because those who bought the recipes have opened shops selling cakes, spicy hot pot, spicy noodles, etc.
Fengchi County's snack industry has also become more prosperous as a result.
More types of snacks have emerged.
This is exactly what Xue Huan wanted to see.
It is not a good thing for one company to dominate the market. Only when the entire industry prospers together, and even drives other industries and promotes the entire economic industry, can it be worthy of praise.
However, after the initial period, Zhao Ji's business picked up again.
After all, Zhao Ji is the leader in this industry. Its brand has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts and has accumulated a group of loyal customers.
Secondly, the ingredients used by Zhao Ji are all from the Xue family’s vegetable garden. They taste much better than ordinary ingredients, and the snacks made from them are naturally more delicious.
Finally, Zhao Ji has been constantly innovating, launching a new snack every once in a while to always keep customers feeling fresh.
No matter how much other shops imitate, they can never surpass it.
One month after launching a new variety of snacks, Zhao Ji will auction off the recipe.
Zhao Ji made a lot of money just by auctioning the recipe.
Sometimes, the more tightly you keep a recipe, the more curious others become, and the more likely they are to send people to steal your skills. If you auction the recipe as generously and openly as Xue Huan, others will not risk coming to steal your skills and will just wait for the recipe to be auctioned.
For the auction of the formula, Xue Huan adopted a secret bidding method, that is, there was no public bidding. Instead, those who were interested in buying were gathered together, and they were asked to write down their desired price on a piece of paper and then put it in a box.
When the time comes, the boxes will be opened in public, and whoever bids the highest price will get the formula.
This method tests one's predictive ability, but it also avoids the occurrence of deliberate bidding to lower prices.
Today, Zhao Ji’s business is still booming, after all, its reputation has been established.
As soon as Xue Huan entered, several shop assistants came up to her and bowed to her.
"Don't worry about me, just do your own thing. Where's Zhenniang?"
Chun Yan replied, "The manager is in the back entertaining customers."
The two side rooms behind the shop were originally used as workshops for processing food. Later, Xue Huan bought a small courtyard on a street behind the shop and moved all the snack processing work there. The two side rooms were cleaned up and used as a place to entertain guests.
Put a few rattan tables and chairs, separate them with screens, and add some flowers and plants, and the atmosphere will be created.
It's very relaxing to get together with a few good friends, drink milk tea, eat cake, etc., and chat.
Xue Huan lifted the bamboo curtain and came to the backyard. Zhen Niang just came out of the side room and said, "Miss."
The two came to the hall which served as an office, and Zhenniang told them in detail about the recent theft in the store.
When did it start and what was stolen?
Xue Huan asked, "Do you have anyone you suspect?"
Zhenniang nodded.
She could only suspect him, but if she hadn't caught him in the act, she couldn't arrest him. Otherwise, if she made a mistake, wouldn't it seem like they were bullying their customers?
"Has the store been robbed today?"
"not yet."
"Okay, I'll stay here today and see who dares to steal from our store."
Arriving at the front shop, Xue Huan sat behind the counter, chatting with the cashier Xia Xue while keeping an eye on the situation in the store.
In this era without surveillance, she can only act as a human surveillance.
After waiting for a while, Xia Xue winked at her. Xue Huan knew that it was the suspected thief who came in, so she looked up.
When she saw the person, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised, because she had seen this girl before. When she was taken away by Yuan Huai that day, the girl was also in the carriage she was riding in, but she was still asleep at that time and never woke up from beginning to end.
Besides, this girl's appearance... doesn't really conform to the aesthetic standards of ordinary people, so she was quite impressed by her.
At that time, she was surprised that people like Yuan Huai had such strange vision that they actually chose someone like her in the talent show. But after thinking about it, she understood that she, Ye Fu and this girl were probably all chosen by Yu Jue.
Yuan Huai and others said it was a talent show, but in fact they might secretly want to bring them back to Beijing to do something.
Xue Huan followed the girl with her spiritual consciousness, watching her walk around in front of the shelves, and then she came to the transparent glass counter that specially displayed bread and cakes. Her eyes lingered on the breads with attractive colors and cute appearances.
That's all.
When there was no one around, she grabbed a palm-sized loaf of bread with lightning speed, stuffed the whole thing into her mouth, and swallowed it in a few gulps. Then she walked away with her hands behind her back as if nothing had happened, and started chewing facing the shelf.
Xue Huan, who had seen all of this, said: "..."
She stood up and walked towards the girl, patting her shoulder from behind.
Needless to say, the girl who was eating secretly was Wu Qi. She immediately stopped chewing and turned her head away with an expressionless face.
Xue Huan asked her, "Is the bread delicious?"
Wu Qi: “!”
How could she be discovered when she moved so quickly!
He ran out as fast as he could.
Unfortunately, her arms were clamped and she couldn't break free.
Seeing that she was still struggling, Xue Huan cast a talisman to immobilize her and brought her to the office. Then, she cast a truth talisman and began to ask, "What's your name?"
Wu Qi was surprised to find that he couldn't move and couldn't help but speak: "Wu Qi."
"Were you the one who stole something from our store before?"
"...That's not stealing. I just took a few of your things. Your human rules are so troublesome. You have to pay for this and that. It's nothing like where we are. We don't need money to get anything. We can just grab whatever we want."
Xue Huan's heart moved. If she heard correctly, this girl was talking about "you humans"?
"You're not human?"
Wu Qi's face was filled with panic. "Oh no! I let something slip! The clan leader and elders warned me not to reveal my identity before I left. Otherwise, I'd be caught and skinned alive by humans! What do I do now?"
Xue Huan: “…”
Very good, this girl has exposed herself completely.
She looked Wu Qi up and down, and the more she looked, the more she looked like a monkey. "Are you a monkey spirit?"
"What monkey spirit! You are the monkey! Your whole family are monkeys! I am a three-eyed spirit ape! I am a spirit beast!"
Okay, she is not a monkey, she is a smart ape.
From what she said about the clan leader and elders, it seems that their clan is quite civilized, and they have class divisions just like humans.
Xue Huan leaned back in her chair. "Since you are a spirit ape, why did you come to the human world?"
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