Meng Bai was not satisfied with the interrogation results given by Yu Shengchun. "You just believe what they say?"
"Alright, alright, let's leave it at that for now. Mr. Mai sent word that we'll meet on the high seas the day after tomorrow."
"Let's put these minor matters aside for now and investigate them later after the transaction is complete."
“This group of people definitely can’t participate in the operation this time. You should give your subordinates a proper talking-to in the next couple of days and bring them up to use for now.”
"If we don't have enough manpower, we can borrow people from Zhou Liang, Kong Liu, or Lan Chengyong."
At this point, Meng Bai hesitated for a moment. If the people inside had become suspects, the people below were probably even more of a mixed bag.
This transaction cannot afford to have even the slightest mistake.
"Forget it, let's just use their trusted confidants to load the goods onto the ship this time. Our people aren't reliable enough to participate for now."
"We'll split into two groups. I'll go talk to them and give them some instructions. You go back and prepare yourself. There's a tough battle coming up that you'll be fighting. Don't let me down at this crucial moment."
Yu Shengchun nodded, "Yes!"
Su Qingci finally came out. She felt sorry for Meng Bai, who had lost a lot of weight recently. She dragged her good mother out to shop, ready to show off her skills to everyone.
The good mother was overwhelmed by her sweet talk and had no choice but to reluctantly take her out.
She kept nagging Su Qingci to stay close to her, not to wander off, and to hurry back after buying the groceries.
"Mom, Mom, wait a minute, come with me somewhere!"
"What are you doing?"
“When I was at the Kong family’s house, I went with my cousin Yuzhen to a shop called ‘Wu Cheng Trading Company’ to buy newspapers. I left the jewelry that my cousin had bought for me there. I’m too scared to go alone. Can you come with me to ask about it?”
Su Qingci had to go to Wu Cheng Trading Company again, but if she went alone, she didn't know if her mother would agree, and her mother might even suspect her.
So she took the initiative to ask her good mother to accompany her.
“I’ve heard that you locals in Shanghai look down on people from other places. Maybe they’ll bully me because of my accent. Why don’t you come with me?”
Seeing that Su Qingci didn't seem to be faking it, Good Mother hesitated and said, "Is it far? It can't be too far, or we won't have time to cook, and Master Meng will be angry."
"Not far, not far. I remember it's right next to Friendship Shopping Mall."
"Didn't you say the other day that you wanted to buy the family's expenses for next month? We can take the tram to the surrounding area and buy all the expenses for next month. I can also carry some things for you so you won't be unable to carry them next time you go out alone."
Su Qingci's ramblings eventually managed to lure Good Mother to Wu Cheng Trading Company.
The waiter inside looked at the two people who walked in, his gaze lingered on Su Qingci's face for two seconds before he asked.
"Serving the people, comrade, what do you need?"
Su Qingci looked flustered, as if she were timid, and nudged her mother's lower back to get her to speak.
The good mother glared at her, then smiled and said, "Hello comrade, not long ago, my daughter came to your house to buy a newspaper. I wonder if you remember her?"
The other person looked Su Qingci up and down seriously, then avoided her gaze, "With so many people coming and going every day, how can I remember so many things? Just tell me what you need."
Looking at the man's expression, the good mother knew he remembered Su Qingci. "It's like this, my daughter left a bracelet at your house when she went to buy a newspaper. I don't know if you've seen it?"
Su Qingci chimed in at the opportune moment, "Yes, I remember it clearly. It was at your house. I took it off with my handkerchief and wallet. I opened the handkerchief to take out money when I bought the newspaper at your house. I haven't used the money anywhere else. It must have fallen here!"
"Give me back my bracelet right now! My brother bought it for me, and it was very expensive!"
The shop assistant's fake smile was almost impossible to maintain. "Go away, go away, don't interrupt my business. Who has ever seen your bracelet before? If you're going to scam people, at least come up with something new. If everyone were like you, coming to my door asking for this and that out of the blue, how would I ever do business?"
As she spoke, the shop assistant looked Su Qingci up and down with a look of disdain, "Judging from your accent, you must be from out of town, right? No wonder you can do such annoying things."
Su Qingci held her breath, "What do you mean? Are you looking down on people from other places?"
"Good mom, see, I told you he would bully me!"
The good mother was also unhappy. "Young man, we really did lose something, otherwise we wouldn't have come all this way for no reason. If you really found it, you should return it to us. It was given to us by a young lady or gentleman. Honesty is a traditional virtue of Chinese people!"
The shop assistant looked impatient. "I already said no, no, no. Get out! Are you out of your mind? Are you deliberately trying to cause trouble?"
In front of Su Qingci, the good mother felt humiliated.
"Let me tell you, you're embezzling other people's property without cause. If you don't hand it over, I'll report you!"
"Hurry up and go! I'm so scared! Go quickly, go quickly, go report it!"
"Are you coming or not? If you don't leave, I'll hit you with a broom."
The shop assistant looked angry and stepped forward to shove the two of them. Su Qingci hid behind her mother with a timid expression. Just as the shop assistant reached out, Su Qingci quickly stuffed the note she was holding into her hand.
As their hands crossed, the note was quickly snatched away, and a small, hard object was stuffed into her hand.
Su Qingci quickly gripped the object in her hand and tossed it into the farm with a flick of her wrist.
Hearing Su Qingci's scream, the good mother instinctively opened her arms to protect Su Qingci behind her.
"You call yourself a public servant? Look at your attitude! I'm definitely going to file a complaint against you! I'm going to file a complaint against you..."
Seeing that the other person had actually gone behind the door to grab a broom, the two of them dared not act wildly anymore and ran away hand in hand.
When they reached the alley entrance, Su Qingci and her mother-in-law supported each other, panting. "Mother-in-law, this man is so wicked. My bracelet is definitely in his hands."
"Let's go call the police. I refuse to believe there's nowhere in Shanghai to seek justice."
"Hey hey hey~", Good Mom quickly pulled out Su Qingci.
Do you have evidence to prove that someone actually took your things?
Su Qingci looked completely bewildered. "No, but it's definitely in his hands~"
"Come on, you're calling the police? Do you think the police have nothing better to do than play around with you? You don't have any evidence. Do you believe they'll just sue you for false accusation?"
Su Qingci looked at her good mother with a look of fear.
"Then, what should we do? File a complaint?"
"Still complaining? What a load of crap! I'll say it again, do you have any evidence?"
"Just consider yourself unlucky. It's been almost half a month and he's still complaining. I was just bluffing him. I'm leaving now. Learn from this experience and take better care of your own things in the future."
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