It took her a long time to stop crying.
After crying and releasing her emotions, Lou Xiao'e realized she was a little embarrassed, her face flushed.
"Alright, you two sit down. Da Mao, tell me what happened."
"It's because of those twenty air conditioners."
Xu Damao helped his wife sit down and then said.
"Air conditioner? Don't you have a receipt for that? Besides, it's been so long, why are you only now thinking of checking this?"
"It wasn't that they thought of investigating this; someone reported me, saying I was selling smuggled goods."
A while ago, Chaoyang police cracked a case involving the sale of smuggled goods, but the owner of the goods escaped. That person used this as a pretext to report me.
"Chaoyang cracked it? Then why was it Taifeng that arrested you?"
"What else could it be? It must be because the whistleblower is more familiar with the area over there."
Li Chu nodded knowingly after hearing this.
"What did Jiadong say?"
"I'll give him the invoices for this batch of air conditioners tomorrow. Once he's settled this case for me, we'll investigate who reported it."
Do you have a clear idea of what's going on?
"I'm still feeling confused."
Lou Xiao'e, who was sitting next to Da Mao, said, "Could it be...could it be the owner of that Sichuan-Hunan restaurant?"
"Who? You mean Ma Lao Er from Chuanxiangyuan?"
"Hmm, I vaguely remember someone mentioning to me that one of his elders used to work at Taifeng."
"What is this Chuanxiangyuan you're talking about? Is it also a restaurant?" Li Chu asked curiously.
"Yes, it mainly sells Sichuan cuisine, and it just opened recently. It's not far from my shop on Qianmen Street. But that's not the point. The point is that Ma Lao Er took 5,000 yuan and wanted to invest in my shop, wanting half of the shares. I completely ignored him."
Not long after that incident, he found a partner and opened this current shop, which opened in May of this year. Business was pretty good for the first two months, so it didn't really affect me much. However, after I installed air conditioning in July, it had a big impact on his business.
Of course it's big!
Nowadays, the taste of restaurants is almost the same, and the prices are almost identical. If you have air conditioning at home in the middle of summer, wouldn't everyone come to your house to eat?
"Tell Jiadong about this. By the way, which organization does his elder work for now?"
He needed to find out the truth; he didn't want to bring any trouble upon Jia Dong.
"I don't know exactly which department he used to work for, or what their relationship is, but it seems he's already retired," Lou Xiao'e said.
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Xu Damao didn't know these things either; she only heard them from others. Since she thought they wouldn't have any further contact, she never told her man about these gossips.
Li Chu nodded: "Okay, Da Mao, explain all this to Jia Dong. Then think about whether there are any other possibilities."
Xu Damao didn't speak, but frowned and seemed to be thinking about something until Lou Xiao'e nudged him, which made him startled.
"Brother Chu is talking to you, what are you thinking about?"
"Oh, Brother Chu, I was just wondering if it could be that Guo Xiangyang."
"who?"
"Guo Xiangyang, that's the guy who sold you the house."
Why did you think of going there?
"He was completely scammed when he was trying to go abroad, and now he seems to have some mental issues. After that incident, his wife disappeared without a trace."
I heard that the creditors who lent him money are coming to his door every day demanding repayment. He's barely scraping by. I saw him twice a while ago near Qianmen Street, but since we didn't go to any restaurants, I didn't think much of it. Now that I think about it, their factory is in Taifeng.
Neither Ding Qiunan nor Lou Xiao'e had ever eaten this melon before, and it was guaranteed to be ripe and sweet. At the same time, a strong fire of gossip ignited in their eyes.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Ding Qiunan quickly asked, "How did he get scammed? Who scammed him?"
"Uh..." Seeing this, Xu Damao could only recount the whole story from beginning to end.
Upon hearing that they had been scammed out of several thousand dollars, the two of them clicked their tongues in amazement.
This gossip got the two of them so full that they stopped caring about the two men and started chatting amongst themselves.
"Da Mao, I'll have someone else handle Guo Xiangyang's matter tomorrow. You don't need to worry about this. If it really is because of him, I'll give you an explanation."
"Brother Chu, that's not what I meant." Xu Damao quickly waved his hand: "I only said this because I suspected him."
"I know. In any case, I'll find someone to take a look first. You don't need to tell Jiadong about this."
"Okay, to be honest, I can't really think of a few people who would report me right now. Over the years, running a restaurant has indeed offended quite a few people. Business rivals are bound to be enemies, and with my business doing well, there are bound to be many who are envious."
"It's okay, we can solve problems as they arise."
"Well, if I can't solve the problem, I'll just take care of the person who created it," Xu Damao said resentfully.
Li Chu didn't say anything after hearing this. No one would believe that he hadn't done anything illegal or disorderly in all his years of business; it was just a matter of how big or small the matter was.
These past few years have been an era of rampant growth; if you don't have some tricks up your sleeve, you might have been devoured long ago, leaving not even bones behind.
Li Chu didn't want to get involved in these matters, nor could he, given his special status.
However, if the matter was caused by him, then he can't ignore it even if he wants to.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Don't act recklessly. At the very least, don't let this get you into trouble."
"Don't worry, Brother Chu, I won't do anything reckless, and I certainly won't get involved."
"Yes, as long as you know it."
"Oh right, how's He Yuzhu's situation going?"
Xu Damao gestured with his chin to Lou Xiao'e beside him: "After my wife told Cui Chunmei about it last time, Chunmei seemed to have a big fight with him. After that, He Yuzhu didn't dare to have any more thoughts about that kind of thing. In addition, the master that my mother-in-law found also made him a little worried about his status. He has been quite well-behaved during this period."
However, Qin Huairu didn't seem to give up. She came to see him twice more. I guess He Yuzhu lent her money and also introduced his apprentice, surnamed Ma, to her.
Li Chu raised an eyebrow: "You mean Qin Huairu is still determined to open a restaurant?"
"Brother Chu, it's not that we've decided to open it, it's that we've already opened it," Lou Xiao'e, who had been paying close attention to the situation, said.
"It's already open?" Ding Qiunan felt like she was going to be stuffed to death by melons today.
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