Chapter 109 Unexpected Received
When she turned around, she saw early risers riding bicycles hurriedly passing by her, heading towards the unknown distance.
She subconsciously raised her wrist to check the time, only to find that the watch on her wrist was missing. It was taken away by Zhang Guanhua when she was "unconscious".
There was already a glimmer of white in the sky; it was almost dawn.
Thinking about how worried her mother and elder brother must be about her since she had not returned home all night, she did not hesitate and walked quickly towards the store.
Sure enough, when she returned to the shop, Liu Zhaodi had two big dark circles under her eyes from not sleeping all night.
Seeing her coming back, he raised his hand and hit her: "You stupid girl, you run around everywhere all day. Where did you go all night? Tell me, tell me!"
"Mom!~"
Huang Xinran hurriedly grabbed her hand: "Hush! Mom, haven't we rented the shop? We need a lot of fabrics. I'm going to find the source..."
On the way back, she came up with this excuse. Taking advantage of the fact that Liu Zhaodi was now unfamiliar with everything, she made up a lie.
"You...you can't stay out all night."
Liu Zhaodi glared at her fiercely, clearly very dissatisfied.
"That's right. Some things are not convenient to put out in the open."
That's right.
Liu Zhaodi then let her go: "Alright, it's going to be light soon, close your eyes for a while, there are a lot of things to do today."
Huang Xinran then noticed that his mother was sleeping on the familiar bed with a cozy mat on it, while his eldest brother was resting in another shop.
Huang Xinran was indeed exhausted and fell asleep on the bed.
While she was sleeping, the police finally took action.
After receiving the news brought back to the Public Security Bureau by An Lan, they quickly realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly mobilized personnel to rush to the place mentioned by Huang Xinran in the report.
Unfortunately, they were still a step too late.
When they arrived, the house was empty except for the big wolfhounds lying in the yard, dead as a rock. But they only found a tiny wound on the heart of each wolfhound, and the wounds were the same on each one, and the cause of death seemed to be the same, which was really shocking.
What’s even more surprising to them is yet to come!
Soon, the police found the basement of the house, and they discovered numerous traces inside.
In the following days of searching, they even found a lot of bones in the flower pots in the yard. According to the forensic examination, those bones were human skeletons, some of which were women's and some of which were children's. They also found a baby's skull in the flower pot.
And everything points to one thing.
These bones should be the remains of the victims. The person who killed them was someone who lived in the house. The gnawing marks on the bones should have been left by the dead wolfhounds.
They quickly issued a wanted warrant, searching for the suspect everywhere.
At the same time, the woman living in An Lan's home was also taken away by the public security authorities as a witness and secretly protected.
Huang Xinran had been waiting anxiously.
She suppressed the urge to go back and take a look at the house, and repaired the house step by step, painting the walls, adding display shelves, purchasing daily necessities, and stocking the shelves.
She was busy, and once she was busy, she couldn't take care of anything else. But she couldn't stop. Once she stopped, her mind was full of the follow-up of those scumbags. She wanted to know whether Zhang Guanhua had been caught, whether that woman had woken up, and whether An Lan had been retaliated by the scumbags in the Public Security Bureau...
She tried hard not to think about it. After everything was ready in the shop, she took her eldest brother Huang Hongyi and went straight to an old acquaintance to buy another batch of fabrics.
Actually, the fabrics they used to make clothes were obtained from this old acquaintance.
Although we are old acquaintances, we are not very familiar with each other.
He is very famous in the South Street area and controls the goods of several large and small markets near South Street.
It is said that his goods are all good stuff from Shenzhen, and they are not even transported by land, but by water. Therefore, he can easily take out so much fabric and sell it to Huang Xinran.
When Huang Xinran came to him again to ask for the goods, Hao Ge didn't think it was strange. He just asked about the quantity and pattern she wanted, and then winked at his subordinates. After the subordinates left, he picked up a cigarette and lit it, "Do you still have the fruit you gave me last time?"
Huang Xinran hesitated for a moment before she remembered, "Brother Hao, you are joking. How can there be cherries in this season? However, if you like it, I will bring you some more fruits next time."
"That's fine."
Brother Hao took another puff of his cigarette and found it unbelievable himself.
Actually, he didn't like eating fruits very much. In other words, he didn't have the habit of eating fruits. But after exchanging goods with Huang Xinran that day, he tasted a few cherries for some reason, and he couldn't stop eating them. He actually ate all the cherries in two days.
It was on that day that his martial arts skills, which had been unsuccessful, made great progress.
This also made him accidentally remember Cherry Fruit in addition to his joy, and also remembered Huang Xinran, with whom he had bartered.
Strangely enough, he bought cherries twice after that, but he only ate a few and then stopped. They no longer had the taste he once liked.
Maybe he just liked eating cherries from this woman's house, he thought.
Huang Xinran didn't ask for a lot of fabric this time.
She also had her considerations. One was that she didn't have much money left after buying the store. Another was that it was already midsummer, and the four seasons were distinct here. By the time autumn came, summer fabrics would be piled up on hand. It would be better to buy some now and then buy more when the weather got cooler.
While the fabric was being brought out, Brother Hao went to greet other customers. Huang Xinran walked around casually to see if there was anything else he wanted to buy.
I unexpectedly discovered that there were still quite a few cigarettes in his warehouse. I was stunned for a moment.
"Can you also sell cigarettes here?"
"You want to sell cigarettes?"
Hao looked at her in surprise. After all, she was a woman, a woman selling cigarettes...
But looking at Huang Hongyi beside her, he thought it was normal: "Selling cigarettes is not that easy. Either you sell them secretly at the night market, or you go through the normal procedures and apply for approval through formal channels before selling them. At that time, it won't matter if you mix it with other goods."
After Brother Hao said this, Huang Xinran understood immediately.
It turns out that the other party was selling fake cigarettes!
She just felt a chill on her back and nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll finish it first."
But I made up my mind that even if I wanted to sell cigarettes, I would buy them through legal channels. I would try not to buy goods from this Hao brother in the future.
Now she faces another problem. If she doesn't buy the fabric from Brother Hao, where will the fabric for the store come from?
Huang Hongyi acted as a porter and a younger brother throughout the whole process, and he had not yet recovered from his joy until he returned carrying the heavy cloth.
"Sister, can I buy other things from Brother Hao in the future? I saw before that the price of rice and flour in his shop is better than outside. Although it is more expensive, it does not require tickets..."
"Brother, Brother Hao's shop is so far away from our shop. It's not cost-effective for you to go there alone just to buy some rice and noodles. It will waste your time and you won't be able to do business. It's better to buy nearby."
"Too……"
Huang Hongyi was a little embarrassed. He felt that the man named Hao was very loyal and he had a good impression of him. The reason was that his sister would support him and Hao's relationship, but he didn't expect that they were so far away. It seemed that he could only wait until the next time he bought more goods.
But soon, he perked up again, came over and spoke mysteriously: "By the way, sister, I just heard a piece of news. Brother Hao's subordinates said that a man named something was found. Anyway, they said that those people were catching pigs and pigs, and I heard that they were chased by the police and ran everywhere. They also hid in Brother Hao's place..."