Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

Hua Feifan and Chen Youyou were not making excuses to visit friends and wish a happy new year, they really did leave Sand City, and of course they did not go very far. As the head of Huaman Pavilion, Hua Feifan naturally received news about Ji De from his subordinates.

Although he has some interest in Ji De, he is not willing to disrupt his schedule and arrangements for him. After all, it is his territory in Sand City, so he can wait for him to go back and listen to his subordinates' reports on the situation.

Hua Feifan and Chen Youyou continued on their way to visit friends and wish them a happy new year, and did not turn back.

Hua Muxin said he was going to inspect, but who would inspect the shops before the New Year was over? He just wanted to appease the Hua clan leader and prevent him from getting suspicious and doing anything that would affect Yan Yiyi's investigation. He went around the nearby town and came back the next day.

As for Ji De, he had only heard about it from Hua Bei and others, and he was not very interested. He felt that Ji De must have done something to do such a mysterious thing. And it was hard to tell how much truth there was in the words spread by the people.

But, you can still go and see the excitement.

Hua Muyu, who also wanted to watch the fun, was very curious about Ji De and kept pestering Hua Yiming to tell him what Ji De was doing in Liangguan County.

The parties involved were kind-hearted, so Yan Yiyi and Xin Ye decided to follow the two brothers to watch the fun openly.

Hua Murong, the only bystander who witnessed Ji De committing the crime, came back immediately after hearing the news. He arranged people to observe in secret in an orderly manner and prohibited them from taking action with Ji De.

Others may not know, but he knows clearly that even if Ji De is not an ordinary thief, he can really empty a whole warehouse in an instant, enlarge his figure out of thin air and project it into the night sky to talk to people.

Hua Man Ge should try not to provoke someone who possesses such strange skills. If they anger him and empty out Hua Man Ge's data room, there will probably be chaos in the world.

Hua Man Ge still considers collecting information about Ji De as the best choice. He has a hunch that Ji De will not be the last action, and someone will definitely inquire about Ji De's news in the future. The more information they can collect, the more price they can sell it for in the future.

Seeing the layout of Huaman Pavilion, Yan Yiyi and Xin Ye couldn't help but secretly rejoice that they were now in Huaman Pavilion. Otherwise, if they continued to wander around as before, they would probably be caught by the people in Huaman Pavilion and then find them.

Oh, I dare not think about it...

Today, people in the Hua Mansion had dinner half an hour earlier than usual. To be exact, people in Shacheng had dinner quite early today. After dinner, they walked in one direction tacitly, as if they were going to attend a temple fair. People were talking and laughing along the way.

Human joys and sorrows are not shared. The common people were naturally happy as they were watching the fun, but the other parties involved, the Gao family and Chen Xiaoxiao, had faces as dark as ink, and they had no appetite at all when looking at the delicious food in front of them.

Suddenly, a young man said, "Could it be that Ji De has sneaked in and put drugs in our food?"

After these words were spoken, the other boy couldn't swallow or spit out the food he was chewing in his mouth, and his face looked very ugly.

The others all turned their eyes to the boy who was bold enough to eat. The boy was frightened by their looks and swallowed the meat raw with a gulp. The meat got stuck in his throat accidentally and he rolled his eyes and looked around for water.

"Ah! Fourth brother is poisoned!"

Hearing this roar, the Gao family members immediately dropped the bowls and chopsticks in their hands, stood up in fear and retreated away from the table.

"Water~" The boy pounded his chest and asked for help from the person next to him.

It was the maidservant who was serving at the side who had the foresight to see the situation. She hurriedly brought over some tea. The young man took it, gulped down the whole bowl of water, and finally swallowed the meat.

"Hu——" I almost died without catching my breath.

When the others saw this, they immediately realized that the kid was choked and was not poisoned at all, and the stone in their hearts finally relaxed.

The boy who shouted that he was poisoned touched his nose embarrassedly, lowered his head and tried to reduce his presence.

But I didn't have the heart to continue this meal.

The old man of the Gao family had a gloomy face and said seriously, "Everyone sit down! Wait for a quarter of an hour. If Xiao Si is fine, continue to eat. If you don't eat enough, how can you fight against that Ji De tonight?"

The head of the family has spoken, and everyone else can only respond with "yes".

Xiao Si, who is in the spotlight again: …

After an incense stick of time, seeing that Xiao Si was still energetic, he knew that the food was fine. At this time, it was gradually getting dark. If he asked the servants to heat up the food, there was no guarantee that Ji De would not put drugs on the way when the servants were not paying attention.

As a result, the whole family could only eat cold meals, and eat until they were half full. The other half was filled with resentment towards Ji De.

The Gao Mansion was brightly lit tonight. Even the small paths that were usually seldom walked on were now hung with lanterns, which greatly reduced the number of thieves who could hide in the dark and carry out their operations.

At the same time, arrange more guards and slaves to patrol together. The slaves may not be very good at martial arts, but they have eyes, and as long as they see a thief, they can just shout.

Mr. Gao presented several thousand taels of silver to the prefect as a gift, and the prefect agreed to arrange all the yamen runners to help the Gao family.

Chen Xiaoxiao was in a miserable situation. The Gao family was so busy that they had no time to spare to look after the business, and the few shop assistants she had were of no use at all.

Spend money to hire someone from the escort agency to guard the place. The escort agency doesn't know anyone named Ji De. All the information comes from Hua Man Ge, a mysterious person that even Hua Man Ge can't find. The Lu family is not stupid and didn't take the order.

Chen Xiaoxiao wanted to ask some people from small sects to come and guard the place, but those people would not compensate for lost items, and if the people they sent over were injured, they would have to pay for medical treatment. Isn't that like asking for help from the ancestors?

Helplessly, Chen Xiaoxiao could only go to the Chen Mansion for help and borrow most of the guards and servants.

Uncle Chen was not stupid. He signed a contract with Chen Xiaoxiao in advance, stating that he would not take any responsibility. If the guards were injured during the period, she would not have to pay compensation, but if something life-threatening happened, she would need to take responsibility.

It makes sense and is considered to be a little bit better than the people from small sects.

The guards of the Chen Mansion would not do nothing because she was the aunt of the Chen family. If they helped to catch someone, they would get good rewards and promotions.

However, Chen Xiaoxiao has more than a dozen shops, and they are scattered in several places in Shacheng. The people in the Chen Mansion are also divided into more than a dozen teams, and each shop only adds five people at most.

Chen Youyou thought about it and finally made a decision. She would abandon those worthless shops and concentrate the guards on the most profitable shops. In this way, the three most profitable shops would have at least ten guards and servants.