Chapter 3360 3372 [Relics] Ask for monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
"You know exactly what I want to ask." The store manager was about to say something, but was interrupted by Mao Lilan. He had no choice but to say, "No. Besides, I'm not in the store all the time. Even if I was in the store, I couldn't keep an eye on the employees."
"Um..." Another clerk had been tidying up the shelves nearby, arranging the goods neatly over and over again, until they were almost glowing.
Hearing this, he finally couldn't help but whispered, "I do know one thing - every time Xiao Xuan is on duty, the store becomes especially tidy."
As he spoke, he pointed to the dim warehouse and said, “These cartons filled with goods are usually delivered to the store before closing.
"To be honest, I and other store employees usually just pile these boxes in the warehouse and leave them there, leaving them for the next day's shift to clean up. But every time Xiaoxuan is on duty, she always sorts out the cartons before leaving."
The veteran employee looked at the store manager and said, "We all admire Xiaoxuan's diligence. So when you said she was a thief, we didn't really believe it. We always thought it might be a misunderstanding."
The store manager snorted, "Maybe she just felt guilty after stealing, so she wanted to redeem her conscience by working hard.
"The bento boxes, too. The ones that get stolen are those that are nearing their expiration dates. Nanakawa probably convinced himself that those bento boxes would soon be thrown away because they couldn't be sold, so he only stole those kinds of food."
"As a thief, you're quite conscientious, but stealing is stealing anyway." The store manager looked at Nanakawa Aya and said, "If you admit your mistake now, return the things you just stole, and promise never to do it again, I'll let you continue working in the store."
"But if you still persist in doing so, I can only call the police and let them handle it!"
"Call the police?!"
Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran were shocked. Although they had seen many policemen in their daily lives and were even experienced in calling the police...but as a kind passerby, asking the police to handle the incident and being treated as an incident by the police were two completely different feelings.
For a moment, Suzuki Sonoko seemed to understand why Teacher Judy always had a distorted face every time she encountered a murder case: maybe it was because she had been mistaken for the murderer too many times in the past, and she had a psychological trauma.
The atmosphere in the warehouse was a little depressing for a while.
The store manager stared at Nanakawa Xuan, hoping that this employee would stop being stubborn and honestly admit her mistake.
At this moment, a customer suddenly rushed in. He shouted "Excuse me!" while passing through the four people and rushed into the restroom on the other side like the wind.
After a while, several more people came in and lined up at the bathroom door.
"Why are there suddenly so many people?" Suzuki Sonoko walked out of the warehouse puzzled, took a look into the store, and was surprised to find that there were several times more people here than before.
"Maybe a train just arrived and a lot of passengers got off." Mao Lilan looked at the crowded aisle and suddenly realized that she seemed too optimistic. "With so many people, even if there are surveillance cameras, there will inevitably be blind spots..."
The store manager couldn't ignore the situation any longer. He looked at Nanakawa Aya and said, "Go back to work first. We can deal with the theft after the peak period is over."
Nanakawa Xuan nodded and walked towards the counter dejectedly.
After sending the employees back to work, the store manager glanced at the three uninvited guests and said, "You guys aren't here to buy anything, are you? In that case, please leave. I don't have time to entertain you."
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In front of the convenience store at the station.
The female high school students and female foreign teachers who were unfortunately kicked out stood in a row outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, each worried about different things.
Judy's reason told her that she should find the murderer as soon as possible and end this annoying episode.
But on the other hand, she always felt vaguely uneasy in her heart, and her mind was always distracted by various things: for example, could she successfully capture Vermouth this time?
She couldn't help but think back to the uninvited guest who stood next to her father's body 20 years ago, and the fire that burned down the entire villa.
"...Teacher? Teacher Judy?" Two familiar voices came from the side.
Judy, who was rubbing her nose, opened her eyes and turned to look at the two high school girls. Suzuki Sonoko asked worriedly, "Teacher, do you have a headache? Are you catching a cold too?"
Judy smiled and said, "No, I was just thinking."
Suzuki Sonoko felt relieved after hearing this. She looked at the foreign teacher she had been working with for a while with a sense of wonder: "Come to think of it, after all these years of knowing each other, this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses."
Mao Lilan looked at the glasses in Judy's hand and said, "This style is so rare, and it looks like it has been used for many years."
"Yes." Judy looked at the glasses in her hand and whispered, "I will continue to wear them in the future - they are the only trace left in this world by a person who is very, very important to me."
"A very, very important person?" Suzuki Sonoko's eyes lit up, and her gossipy thoughts took over again. "Is it from my first love, or my ex-boyfriend?"
Judy looked speechlessly at the high school girl whose head was full of pink bubbles. She put her glasses on her nose and tried to change the subject.
However, at this moment, a voice came from the front: "It should be my father's."
Judy: “?!”
She looked up suddenly and saw a motorcycle screeching to a stop in front of them. The rider, straddling the sleek, jet-black bike, removed his helmet, revealing a face Judy didn't want to see at all.
Before she could recover from her shock, Jiang Xia continued nonchalantly, "Or maybe it belonged to my mother—but judging by its size, shape, and material, it should have belonged to a middle-aged man from over 20 years ago."
"Jiang Xia!!" Unlike Teacher Judy, who greeted the detective with a sudden cardiac arrest, Suzuki Sonoko rushed over with her heart racing. "You're just in time! If you hadn't come sooner, Xiao Xuan would have been arrested by the police."
Mao Lilan looked at Jiang Xia in surprise: Why, why did you come here suddenly! Is this okay?
She was originally worried that the increasingly suspicious teacher Judy would do something bad to Jiang Xia, but when she turned around and saw Judy's expression, Mao Lilan became confused again.
...Why does Teacher Judy look like she's seen a ghost? Hasn't she always been interested in Jiang Xia?
"No, it seems that Teacher Judy is not simply afraid of Jiang Xia." Mao Lilan used all her detective power to observe secretly. "When she saw Jiang Xia, she instinctively revealed an expression of resistance that was hard to describe. Then her face quickly returned to normal, but her eyes began to secretly look around..."
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