"What's the matter with the inexplicable sense of accomplishment?"

Watching Tang Youxin run into the alley, Xia Xu suddenly shook his head with a dumbfounded smile.

It was even more difficult to swindle money to Xiao Baihua than to swindle money from others, and it gave him a sense of accomplishment inexplicably to successfully swindle the money.

"Youxin is back, why did you come back so late today, did the teacher procrastinate?"

"Hey, little girl, I saw it just now. Who was the little boy on the opening just now? Could it be that he was talking about friends?"

"No way, Aunt Zhou, don't talk nonsense~"

Accompanied by some neighbors' greetings and jokes, Tang Youxin's slow walk turned into a trot, and she ran shyly to the middle of the alley, and got into a small shop with a dilapidated "Fangyuan Pastry" signboard.

This time, Xia Xu understood why she ate buns and steamed buns all day long. It turned out that they were home-grown products.

Urban residents naturally have a source of income. If they have no income at all, they will not only be poor, but will live on the streets or even starve to death. Therefore, it did not surprise Xiao Baihua to start a business at home.

On the contrary, it was this situation that made him vaguely understand that the situation in Tang Youxin's family might really be not good.

Having a certain income and falling into extreme poverty, saving to the extent that you are not even willing to eat your own buns, this can only show that you can’t make ends meet, or you are burdened with huge debts and loans, or there are some long-term and huge expenses.

After staring for a moment, Xia Xu looked away, and took a taxi to go home.

...

Nothing to say all night.

The next day, Saturday.

Since Yang Bowen had been asked to come to work at eight o'clock, Xia Xu, the boss, naturally had to go to open the door earlier, and arrived at the store at half past seven.

But someone came earlier than him.

Tang Youxin had already waited at the door of the store early, but she couldn't go in because she didn't have a key. She was squatting on the steps of the door, and the cold morning mist made her shiver with her shoulders hugged.

But at the moment Tang Youxin's attire really surprised Xia Xu, this was the first time he saw Xiao Baihua take off her school uniform and put on casual clothes.

A pure white dress that is not very new, it is very simple and has no extra embellishments, but it will set off her temperament to the fullest, just like what he used to call her - a pure and delicate little white flower.

No, coupled with the swaying appearance in the wind and the toughness that seems to be weak but comes from the bones, perhaps the legendary snow lotus growing in the wind and snow in Tianshan Mountain is a more appropriate name.

Tang Youxin, who was squatting with her head down, saw Xia Xu's shoes step into her eyes, and then realized that someone was coming, and raised her head hastily.

When I looked up, I happened to meet Xia Xu's aggressive gaze, and her fair and delicate face was even more rosy, so cute that people couldn't help but want to take a bite.

"Didn't you agree to come here at eight o'clock? Why are you here so early, and you can't get in? You're freezing here."

Xia Xu made a gesture of reproach and wanted to knock Tang Youxin on the head.

The latter immediately covered his head and squatted in defense, but he didn't wait until the expected knock fell.

"Come in quickly, still squatting there."

It turned out that Xia Xu had already reached the door at this time, took out the key and quickly opened the store door.

"Oh……"

Tang Youxin let out an 'oh', and walked over, but when she got up, she picked up a small plastic bag from her lap in her arms. After entering the door, Ai Ai struggled for a while, and finally handed it to Xia Xu: "Here."

"Buns? Did you make them?"

Xia Xu took it and saw that it was a few steamed buns, which she presumably brought from her home.

"No, my dad did it."

Tang Youxin shook her head, and added: "Just...just to make you breakfast by the way."

"That's a pity, I want to eat what you made more."

Xia Xu said regretfully, making the already embarrassed Xiao Baihua even more shy, pretending not to hear, went to the corner to get a broom and mop, and continued cleaning that was unfinished yesterday.

Tang Youxin cleaned up, and Xia Xu also cleaned up the furniture inside, throwing all the unnecessary metal stoves, tables, chairs and benches to the garbage recycling station in the community.

After a while, Yang Bowen also joined in, and after a lot of work, the store was basically cleaned up.

"Boss, what should I do now?"

After resting for a while, Yang Bowen looked at Xia Xu, with the intention of volunteering.

The reason for this is that it is not good to be idle in front of the boss, and the second is that he is eager to try his 'talent'. After all, he didn't come here to be a cleaner to clean up.

"The main skills of a detective are detection, tracking, and intelligence gathering. These skills are very strong, but they don't require much theoretical knowledge if they are just basic."

Xia Xu understood what he meant, and said: "Of course, you still need to learn the skills and theories that should be learned, and I will buy some professional learning materials for you later.

But Brother Yang, you are very talented, and you are actually very good at these things. Basically, as long as you think hard and play as usual, you can have a good performance, so I prefer to let you train directly in actual combat.

I believe you should also urgently need to verify what I said yesterday and your own talent, right? "

After hearing this, Yang Bowen was stunned for a moment, a little hesitant: "Direct actual combat? Boss, do you mean to let me solve the case directly?"

"No, in the words of a private detective, it's called a commission. Complete the client's commission."

Xia Xu corrected his wording, and then said: "Don't worry, I'm not asking you to do difficult and dangerous things, but just asking you to find someone who is the best one, and it doesn't matter if you don't find it. .”

"That's okay, boss. I'm fine. Tell me who you want to talk to."

Yang Bowen heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Even though he believed Xia Xu's words yesterday, and his salary was attractive enough, he would still be a little bit discouraged if he was asked to do any difficult and dangerous business as soon as he came up.

"This person's name is Zhang Jianmin. I'll mark his general address and activity area for you later. In addition, you may start with Xue Mingjie, the owner of the Mingjie noodle restaurant at the gate of Star City No. 3 Middle School. Last week, Zhang Jianmin had gathered with him for gambling. Arrested..."

Xia Xu said it was a simple task for a tryout, but in fact it was a major event right away, and he handed over the most urgent and difficult task to Yang Bowen.

This is a natural scout. Even without any experience and skills, his thinking mode, ability to deal with people, and observation ability will not disappear or be born out of thin air. When used, he can always be infinitely stronger than ordinary people.

What's more, as he said, even if he fails, there is no loss. Zhang Jianmin is not a dangerous person. If he can't find it, he can't find it.

Sending out Yang Bowen, who was a novice on the road, was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Xia Xu didn't dare to have too much hope, and he planned to go out to find the old man on the construction site.

If Zhang Jianmin really can't find it, if he misses it, he will miss it. It is still unknown whether there will be any benefits in the future. If he still missed it, he would be so angry.

Besides, if Zhang Jianmin can still be guided back to this part of the plot, finding the old man on the construction site, the core character of the second act plot, means finding Zhang Jianmin as the protagonist in disguise.

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