Liu Jun, who had been secretly observing Song Jia, did not come over immediately upon hearing the commotion. Instead, he waited for a moment and only came over after seeing that Song Jia had indeed lost consciousness.
He was about to take the lunchbox away to destroy the evidence, and he said maliciously:
"Song Jia, don't blame me for being heartless. Blame yourself for hooking up with He Xiao. He's too dazzling, overshadowing all my brilliance. If it weren't for him, I would be the deputy factory director now, instead of being stuck in the finance department as a lowly accountant."
and......"
Just as he picked up his lunchbox, the office door was kicked open, and several police officers pointed their guns at him.
Caught red-handed, there was no way to deny it.
Song Jiahe slowly opened her eyes and stood next to He Xiao.
However, even so, the case did not proceed smoothly.
Liu Jun insisted that he was the one who planned the poisoning and that it had nothing to do with anyone else.
But when asked to name the woman in red, he refused, insisting he didn't know her.
The police took the photo to the factory to look for Xue Mei. Someone provided a clue, saying that Xue Mei was wearing a red dress that day.
Xue Mei was summoned to the police station. She was very determined. She didn't eat dinner and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Someone can testify to that.
And so, Gao Xiaolan unwittingly became a witness for Xue Mei.
"Officer, I can testify that she was indeed in the bathroom around dinner time, and she almost fell. I even saved her..."
The others seemed to have collectively lost their memory, and had no recollection of whether Xue Mei had gone to the cafeteria or not.
Even more surprisingly, on the second night after Xue Mei was questioned, Liu Jun suddenly died of a heart attack.
Regardless, the person who poisoned them is dead, and Song Jia and He Xiao both breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Ning and Lin Chen came to visit them, bringing a special thank-you gift.
Jiang Ning took out two jackets, one for men and one for women, in matching colors. The style was her own design, the most popular style in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with padded shoulders and a nylon shirt underneath.
"It's too hot to wear it now, but you can wear it in a while." Jiang Ning held up the women's dress and let Song Jia try it on, and it fit her perfectly.
Song Jia loved it so much that she took the men's version and made He Xiao try it on.
The two of them, wearing padded-shoulder jackets, looked quite pleasing to the eye as they stood together.
After Jiang Ning finished giving the gift, Lin Chen also took out a small box containing a Parker pen.
These pens are very hard to find; even at foreign exchange shops, it's a matter of luck.
One costs eighty yuan.
He Xiao held the pen, not daring to put it away:
"This is too valuable."
Jiang Ning took the pen back. "Alright, don't cause trouble for Director He. In the future, if there's anything we need to discuss, be accommodating if you can, and don't make things difficult for those you can't."
It seems that He Xiao is quite principled.
If He Xiao's approach doesn't work, then the only solution is to find a way through Song Jia. From now on, she will increase Song Jia's commission for each piece of clothing to 50 cents.
However, Song Jia will be going to the city for training next month, so she handed over the orders to her father. The group of them may not be able to see each other for a while.
To celebrate Song Jia's safety being over, several people ate and drank at a restaurant.
After dinner, Jiang Ning and Song Jia went shopping at a department store, leaving Lin Chen and He Xiao to continue drinking at the restaurant.
They happened to arrive just in time for a new batch of socks, nylon stockings in various colors, the latest trendy item, which cost three yuan a pair.
Jiang Ning picked out a pair from the plastic baskets displayed on the shelf, but before she could take them out, they were snatched away.
Jiang Ning and Song Jia glanced at her from the side and realized, "Isn't that Gao Xiaolan?"
Song Jia had never dealt with her before and didn't want to bother with her. Jiang Ning also didn't intend to get entangled with such a person. After giving her a disdainful look, she chose another pair.
Unexpectedly, these two pairs were snatched up again.
"Oh, this is one I like too."
As soon as Gao Xiaolan entered the mall, she saw the two of them and couldn't help but feel contempt. So they were friends. Neither of them were good people.
When she saw Jiang Ning buying socks, she thought she'd annoy them by not buying them herself.
Seeing Gao Xiaolan snatch the second pair of socks, Song Jia's anger flared up. Just as she was about to question her, Jiang Ning stopped her and gave her a wink.
Song Jia understood immediately and decided to wait and see.
In just a short while, Gao Xiaolan had seven or eight pairs of socks in her hands.
At this moment, Jiang Ning turned her head and said deliberately in a huff,
"Gao Xiaolan, are you doing this on purpose?"
Gao Xiaolan feigned surprise, "What's wrong? I just wanted to buy a few pairs of socks. You two aren't trying to gang up on me, are you?"
That's right. Your friend is trying to frame Xue Mei as Liu Jun's accomplice, isn't he? How could someone from a high-ranking family like Xue Mei do something like poisoning someone? Someone must be jealous of her good family background and her good job!
Jiang Ning watched her performance quietly, smiled gently, and called the sales clerk over.
"Comrade, she wants to buy socks. Can you give her a receipt? She needs to pay."
Jiang Ning pointed to Gao Xiaolan's hand.
The sales clerk, noticing her unassuming attire, asked suspiciously, "You want all these socks? They're three yuan a pair, eight pairs would be twenty-four yuan!"
In front of Jiang Ning, her tone was dismissive, which immediately angered Gao Xiaolan.
"What do you mean? Are you saying I can't afford it? I work at a textile factory. Here's thirty yuan, you can write a receipt!"
The sales clerk wrote out the receipt, clipped it to the wire above her head, and with a deft push, sent it to the cashier.
"Go pay the bill!"
Gao Xiaolan was a little confused, "Where do I pay?"
The salesperson suppressed a laugh and pointed to the other end of the wire.
Gao Xiaolan had wanted to show off, but the mall's payment method revealed that it was her first time there.
After paying and receiving the socks, she walked out of the mall and started to feel uneasy. When she turned around, she saw Jiang Ning and Song Jia laughing together and realized she had been tricked.
Jiang Ning did it on purpose.
She was so angry her chest ached. How could she ever wear all those socks? And thirty yuan was almost all her savings. In a moment of impulse, she just spent it all.
After Jiang Ning left, she quickly returned to the mall and asked the sales clerk to return the item.
The sales clerk asked her, "Are the goods damaged? Are they short-weight?"
"How could the socks be short of weight?" Gao Xiaolan had had enough of her arrogant attitude.
"That's settled then, no refund!" the salesperson insisted.
It's good enough that they didn't start cursing; they didn't force her to buy it at gunpoint, and besides, they checked it several times before buying it.
Gao Xiaolan was furious, and her hatred for Jiang Ning deepened even further.
When Jiang Ning and Song Jia returned to the hotel, they found the two men chatting animatedly, and Jiang Ning told them about the prank they had just played.
Lin Chen pulled Jiang Ning to sit down in a chair and said with a smile:
"Never mind others, guess what broadcast we just heard? The government is studying the possibility of reinstating the college entrance examination."
Jiang Ning wasn't surprised, but seeing Lin Chen so happy, she couldn't help but feel excited as well.
"Really? Has the specific date been set?"
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