Song Anmin took some time to tell his uncle and parents about Guo Tong. He was worried, so he went to the factory to ask for leave and went to the store to observe Guo Tong.
Xu Guiying squinted slightly and asked Xu Songyuan, "Have you heard Guo Tong mention his girlfriend?"
Xu Songyuan looked exhausted after staying up all night, and he shook his head.
"Guo Tong is a dishwasher and rarely goes near the stove."
Song Anmin suddenly said, "Uncle, what if he touched that dish yesterday? What if he served it?"
Xu Songyuan said to Song Anmin, "Go to the shop later and ask Geng Zhuang to recall what happened yesterday."
"Uncle, I understand."
Xu Guiying then instructed, "Don't be too conspicuous when you go, and observe carefully."
After so long, Song Anmin finally heard a word of concern from his mother.
"Mom, I promise to complete the mission."
Song Jianmin leaned closer, "What? What?"
The third brother pushed Song Jianmin's head away, "Then I'll go to the shop first."
Song Jianmin left with his third brother.
Xu Guiying and the Tan family's parents still need to go to the police station to give statements.
Tan Ya needs to continue receiving intravenous fluids today, and like her parents, she keeps complaining that there's something wrong with the food at Phoenix Pavilion.
...
The third and fifth brothers left the hospital together.
The third brother told him about Guo Tong's incident last night and told Song Jianmin, that big mouth, to keep the secret and not to utter a word about it.
"Third Brother, I understand, don't worry."
Song Jianmin couldn't help but ask, "Third Brother, do you think it's possible that Geng Zhuang cooked the dishes and Guo Tong took them to the window?"
Song Anmin: "I'll ask Geng Zhuang when I get back."
By nine o'clock in the morning, almost everyone in Phoenix Pavilion had arrived.
Under the pretext of smoking, Song Anmin pulled Geng Zhuang outside the small warehouse to smoke.
Geng Zhuang's heart pounded, "Third brother, you son of a bitch, you won't suspect me, will you?!"
Although Geng Zhuang was burly and fierce-looking, his personality was completely at odds with his appearance. "I went to cook yesterday—"
Song Anmin: "Brother Zhuang, keep your voice down. I just want you to recall if anything seemed amiss yesterday. Besides you cooks and food preparers, did anyone else go in?"
Geng Zhuang squinted. "Third brother, didn't you say the food inspection was fine?"
Song Anmin: "Are you asking me a question or am I asking you a question?!"
Geng Zhuang: "..."
Okay then.
Geng Zhuang recalled for a moment, then frowned and said, "Yesterday I went to the toilet to poop, then stood here for a while and smoked before going back. A few minutes later, the person in front asked me to cook two dishes. Xiao Xu cut the shredded pork, and Guo Tong handed me the wood ear mushrooms. Xiao Ba also came in once at that time."
"What is Xiao Ba going in for?"
"Xiao Ba went to buy supplies and came back late, so I asked Ping Ge to heat up the food for him."
Xiao Ba is in charge of purchasing goods for the main store, and he drives around in a small van every day.
Ping Ge was another cook, who arrived two months later than Geng Zhuang.
Song Anmin hummed in agreement, then subtly asked, "Then why was it Guo Tong who handed you the wood ear mushrooms?"
"Hey, Guo Tong is so diligent. Yesterday at noon, after washing the dishes, he also washed the big stew pot and handed it to me right away."
"And then what happened?"
"Then I started cooking, really, third brother, it's definitely not our shop's problem. Yesterday's commotion definitely affected business, damn it."
Song Anmin nodded, "By the way, don't tell them what I asked you. I trust everyone in our shop, so don't let them down."
Geng Zhuang clicked his tongue, "Don't worry, I definitely know."
Outside, the fifth brother was helping wash the dishes, while Guo Tong, that grandson, was squatting there, trying to prevent him from ruining the third brother's plans.
Soon, Song Anmin came out.
Song Jianmin pretended to complain of back pain twice, stood up, and said, "I can't take it anymore, I need to go have a smoke."
At the main gate, Mao Cheng was calling out to Song Jianmin, "Chen Zhou is here."
Song Jianmin ran out, "Why are you here?"
Chen Zhou frowned: "I only found out about the incident at the store this morning. How is it?"
Chen Zhou didn't have classes this morning, and after hearing about it from Song Rongrong, who was on her way to work, he quickly came over.
Song Anmin winked at Lao Wu, "We haven't had breakfast yet, let's go get some."
Song Jianmin pulled Chen Zhou along, saying, "Come on, let's have breakfast first."
Chen Zhou felt that the two brothers were acting strangely.
The three of them randomly chose a breakfast shop. It was already past ten o'clock, and there weren't many people in the shop.
The fifth brother lowered his voice: "Third brother, how is it?"
Song Anmin: "Guo Tong did indeed go into the kitchen yesterday!"
Song Jianmin slammed his fist on the table in anger, “Damn it, it was Guo Tong who caused all this trouble! That little brat is ungrateful. If it weren’t for my uncle keeping him here to wash the dishes, he would still be sleeping on the street. Finding a girlfriend? What a load of rubbish!”
Song Anmin said sternly, "Let me tell you, this only proves that Guo Tong touched the ingredients yesterday, but there is no physical evidence."
Yesterday, Officer Zhao and Wang Ya searched the store's staff, including Guo Tong, but found no nitrite on him.
"Third Brother, you did a pretty professional job..."
Song Jianmin stopped mid-sentence, staring intently at the Hunan restaurant across the street. Chen Zhou was also looking in that direction with him.
Song Anmin exclaimed, "Damn it!"
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