Chapter 245 Dwarf
As they walked downstairs, Lin Zhixian asked the restaurant owner, "The ghost money and paper money appeared in your restaurant. Does it mean that food is often lost?"
The boss was stunned: "Lost food? Is there any?"
He couldn't remember it for a moment and turned to look at the restaurant waiter.
An old man said hurriedly, "Did the divination predict this? Indeed, before the ghost money appeared, some food was often missing from the restaurant's kitchen, but we couldn't find it no matter how hard we tried. Later, we simply put the food away, but food was still often missing. In fact, it has always been like this during this period of time, but everyone's attention was on the ghost money, so they didn't pay attention to this matter. Could these two things be related?"
Lin Zhixian nodded.
The boss was surprised: "Is there really a thief? But the restaurant is so crowded, how did the thief get in? And in such a short time?"
Lin Zhixian said nothing and led everyone to the cashier counter in the lobby on the first floor.
The cash register is made of mahogany, with delicate carvings on the front. There are lucky cats, abacus and other items on the counter, which looks very low-key and simple.
Lin Zhixian looked at the cash register.
The boss couldn't figure out Lin Zhixian's intention, so he could only introduce: "This restaurant was passed down from my grandfather. My grandfather used to be a chef. Later, he came to Hong Kong City and opened a restaurant here. After my grandfather passed away, he passed it on to my father. My father later passed it on to me, and I have been running it for several decades. It has a history of nearly a hundred years."
"This cash register was passed down from my grandfather, and it has a history of nearly a hundred years."
The boss touched the cash register with a hint of pride in his eyes.
Yes, after all, it is passed down from ancestors. It represents history, inheritance, and is the foundation of their lives.
Lin Zhixian nodded and waved to the boss: "Come here."
The boss hurried over, and Lin Zhixian whispered in his ear: "Open the cabinet inside and search carefully."
"Okay." The boss just agreed, but suddenly stopped and looked at Lin Zhixian in surprise: "What did you say?"
Lin Zhixian nodded calmly: "Be careful."
The boss was immediately suspicious, but he also knew that Lin Zhixian would not do this without a purpose, so after thinking for a while, he waved to the staff beside him and said, "Come over here."
Lin Zhixian asked the waiter beside him: "Do you have a flashlight?"
“Yes, yes, yes.” The clerk quickly went to get a flashlight.
The boss felt even more annoyed: "What a divine calculation."
Lin Zhixian nodded.
The boss's hands were shaking, but his eyes were filled with excitement.
He winked at two young and strong men, who went into the cashier's counter with flashlights, opened the counter under the cashier's counter, and saw a terrified face at the back.
"Ah, a ghost." Perhaps because he had never seen such a terrifying face before, one of the guys lost his balance and fell backwards to the ground, screaming and dropping his flashlight.
Another guy also stepped back in shock, "Who are you?"
people?
Who?
The people guarding outside all had inexplicable thoughts in their minds.
After all, there is only one cabinet. Even if someone could be hidden in it, it is impossible for the people in the restaurant to have been unaware of it for such a long time, right?
Just when everyone was in doubt, a small black shadow emerged.
Lin Zhixian shouted: "Catch him."
Everyone came to their senses and panicked. It took them a lot of effort to catch the man.
The man struggled and screamed, "Let me go, let me go!"
The sound is very hoarse and sharp, making people feel very uncomfortable.
"Is this a human?" Xu Hongmian hid behind Li Jinlun, her voice filled with fear and uncertainty.
The so-called person who was caught was less than one meter tall. He was dark and thin like a piece of dry wood. I thought he was a child, but his face was full of haggardness and he looked like he was in his forties or fifties.
Where are the people here?
This is simply a ghost, right?
"I don't know." Li Jinluan's heart was beating fast: "Is it possible?"
Although it is a little small, it has a head, face, hands and feet, and is no different from a human.
"What is this, a dwarf?" Chang Chunning was surprised and then saw it.
Lin Zhixian nodded.
"Who are you? How did you get into my store?" The boss put everything together and said, "Could it be that you are the thief who stole food from our store before?"
The dwarf said nothing, but kept struggling and cursing.
Lin Zhixian said calmly: "He was also the one who exchanged the ghost money."
"Him?!" The boss's eyes fell on the dwarf, thinking that if it weren't for Lin Zhixian's reminder, they would never have noticed from the beginning to the end that the dwarf was hiding in the counter of their cashier.
In this case, it is possible that the dwarf secretly changed the money into ghost money while they were not paying attention.
"Why did you do this?" The boss thought about how the restaurant business was greatly affected by the ghost money issue, and he was worried every day, so he couldn't help but get angry: "What hatred do I have with you? Why do you want to hurt me like this?"
The dwarf remained silent.
The boss became even angrier when he saw this and rolled up his sleeves to beat the dwarf.
Lin Zhixian stopped him and said, "He is a habitual thief. He hid in your restaurant to recuperate because he was injured. He usually just stole some food. Later, he got inspiration from the ghost money found in your restaurant, so he copied it. There must be something behind this."
The boss was still very smart: "You mean, he was hired by my competitor to mess with me?"
Lin Zhixian nodded, then shook his head: "It is true that your competitor paid him to deliberately mess with you, but your competitor did not specifically invite him. Instead, he came to your competitor and proposed cooperation."
The dwarf seemed to have not expected that Lin Zhixian knew so much. He turned around and looked at Lin Zhixian with a vicious look in his eyes: "Who are you? How do you know all this? It's you, you ruined my good thing! You die!"
The dwarf suddenly broke free from the restraints on his body and pounced towards Lin Zhixian fiercely like a ferocious beast.
"Ah Xian." The Three Fairies were shocked and ran over without thinking to protect Lin Zhixian behind her.
Chang Chunning also moved quickly. He took a step forward and kicked the dwarf away with one kick. The dwarf hit the table and chairs heavily, and curled up into a small ball in pain.
The boss saw him and shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and catch him and tie him up."
After doing such a wicked thing, he still dared to hurt others.
It's extremely evil.
The guys came to their senses, one of them grabbed the dwarf tightly, and the rest quickly found ropes to tie him up.
The boss then looked at Lin Zhixian and said, "Master Lin, what is going on? You seemed to have said before that he was not the one who put the money there the first time. Then who put it there?"
Xu Hongmian also stared at Lin Zhixian closely: "Yeah, Ah Xian, what's going on?"
She is still a mess.