Chapter 165: Scouting and encountering an accident
"Okay, okay, you young people know how to use the internet. You'd better post it online to expose her. I really can't do anything about her!"
Aunt Wu quickly raised her head and told Xia Lili the specific location.
Aunt Wu's granddaughter, Xiao Haikui, also seemed dissatisfied with this elder Feng Jinyan: "Sister, this aunt is so bad!"
"I was playing on the beach a few days ago and heard her trick a mute girl from our village into working in her shop, paying her 50 yuan a day with food and accommodation included."
Xia Lili's mouth twitched when she heard this. 50 a day?
Given Feng Jinyan's greedy personality, wouldn't the employees in her store be exploited to death?
"Actually, the food there is terrible. Last time, she hired a helper and said that food and accommodation would be provided, but she only prepared two steamed buns and a glass of boiled water for the meal. The bed was made of stools put together, which scared the guy away."
Little Anemone was indignant: "She even complained to our villagers that girls nowadays can't endure any hardship."
Xia Lili: 6
The working meal consisted of two steamed buns and a cup of boiled water, which made the capitalists cry.
She couldn't help but ask, "Then the mute sister wasn't deceived at the end, right?"
Little Anemone shook her head: "No, everyone in our village is really fed up with Auntie now. Everyone knows what kind of person she is."
Xia Lili pinched Little Anemone's cheek and said, "Thank you. The information you provided is very important to me."
Feng Jinyan's laundry shop seems to be short of staff now.
Xia Lili couldn't help but ask Aunt Wu, "Feng Jinyan's shop is short-staffed, so why did she go back to Qingshan Island?"
Aunt Wu pointed Xia Lili in the direction of a famous temple on Qingshan Island. "Feng Jinyan comes back one or two days every week to worship at our temple and pray for the gods' protection."
Xia Lili was even more speechless. He was so bold as to blackmail a murderer. Even a great immortal couldn't save him!
Besides, Feng Jinyan is so wicked, how could the gods save her?
Xia Lili quickly asked, "So Feng Jinyan is going back to the city tonight, right?"
"Right, the last boat back to the city tonight is at 8:30 pm."
Aunt Wu recalled Feng Jinyan's habit: "She always took this bus and brought some seafood back to the city from the island to resell."
8:30 pm!
Xia Lili looked at the time on her phone. It was now 7:10 in the evening.
She quickly stood up and said, "Auntie Wu, I'm full. Thank you, your cooking skills are amazing!"
"I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do today. I'm leaving now!"
Aunt Wu was surprised that Xia Lili, who had been so leisurely these days, suddenly became so anxious.
"Okay, slow down and be careful on the road!"
Xia Lili waved without even turning around: "If there's any news about the reward for bravery, I'll call you and let you know!"
Aunt Wu was moved when she heard this: "Okay, Lili, thank you, you are such a good person!"
Aunt Wu and security team leader Lao Wang helped stop Yang Yidan from committing a crime last time, and Xia Lili applied for a bravery bonus for them.
Xia Lili didn't have much luggage, so she packed it up quickly and took the hotel shuttle bus to the pier.
On the way, she sent a message to Li Qihan, informing him of Feng Jinyan's misfortune.
It is really troublesome to handle cases in other places.
Li Qihan asked Xia Lili to go to the old city of Haicheng and stake out near Feng Jinyan's laundry shop while he contacted the relevant departments.
After reporting the news, Xia Lili felt a little relieved and boarded the ship back to Haicheng Pier.
These days of vacation on the island seemed like an illusion. Aunt Wu and Little Anemone took us out to play, and we also experienced surfing lessons and sea fishing.
Xia Lili was relaxed both physically and mentally. Now that she met a new person who had misfortune, she felt that she had endless energy.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Xia Lili arrived in Haicheng. She took a taxi to the vicinity of Jinyan Laundry and found a small hotel to store her luggage.
Then I asked about the location of the laundry shop.
"Oh, Jinyan Laundry? I'm familiar with that!"
Xia Lili booked the most expensive room in the small hotel, and the hotel owner enthusiastically showed her the way.
The laundry shop was located in a very remote place. Thanks to the proprietress for showing her the way, otherwise she might have had to wander around in this dark and damp alley for a long time.
This store is really unremarkable.
The laundry shop deep in the alley is huddled on the ground floor of a row of old residential buildings. The faded blue sign is missing a corner, and the neon tube of the word "wash" has long been extinguished.
Jinyan Laundry, located deep in the alley, is huddled in the corner of an old residential building. Under the faded sign hangs a crooked light box with the words "Machine Wash, Dry Clean," and half of the light tube is flashing with a buzzing noise.
The shop's iron door was rusty, a bubbling price list was stuck on the glass, and several bulging laundry bags were piled by the door, emitting a pungent smell mixed with bleach and mold.
Xia Lili's mouth twitched. Are there really any customers coming to this store in this environment?
She vaguely felt that Feng Jinyan was involved in a lot of shady business.
Walking around the narrow path of the side wall, you can vaguely see the old well surrounded by blue bricks in the backyard. The well rope hangs on the wheel, swaying slightly in the night breeze.
Xia Lili's heart trembled when she saw the well!
In the hallucination, Feng Jinyan died in this well!
The fumes from the food stall next door mixed with the smell of damp moss at the alley entrance drifted in, swallowed up by a puddle of water beside the well that reflected the oily sheen, and reflected the dark shadows of the clothes hung out to dry by the residents upstairs.
This kind of environment was a bit creepy. After Xia Lili familiarized herself with the environment around the laundry shop, she was about to leave. Unexpectedly, she bumped into someone head-on at the corner of the alley!
“It’s you!”
A sharp female voice sounded, Xia Lili looked up and saw that it was Feng Jinyan!
She cursed inwardly, what kind of luck is this...
Feng Jinyan greeted her with confusion and enthusiasm: "Miss, why are you here?"
"I remember you were Sister Wu's guest, right?"
Xia Lili was now able to come up with excuses easily. She said calmly, "Sister Feng, I finally found you. I was lost in the alley."
Feng Jinyan narrowed her eyes, a glint in her eyes: "What do you want from me?"
"Look, I heard from Sister Wu that you were running a laundry. It just so happens that my family is planning to open a courier station and is looking to do some other business to make money. So, I'd like to start a laundry business and set up a laundry room."
Xia Lili smiled and said, "I just wanted to learn from you. But when I asked around, I found out you'd already returned to the city. It just so happens that I'm also going back to the city tonight, so I came here uninvited."
"Are you still hiring apprentices? I'd like to learn how to run a laundry business."
Xia Lili had already made a plan in her mind. If she was watching the store and happened to come across the carpet that was delivered, she would secretly hand the carpet over to the police station for identification, and then arrest the customer when he came to pick it up. Perfect!
In this way, Feng Jinyan will not get into trouble.
Feng Jinyan smiled in surprise when she heard this: "So that's how it is, you want to be an apprentice?"
She rubbed her rough palms, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes showed a hint of warmth. "We have no shortage of apprentices in our shop right now. I can handle it all by myself, and I don't have the energy to train more people. Running a laundry requires a lot of attention to detail."
"Besides, how can you learn a skill for free these days? Aunt Li from the street ahead sent her daughter here to learn beauty, and she gave me 8,000 yuan in red envelopes just for the apprenticeship."
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