After living a new life for my neighbor's grandmother, I traveled through the book again

Hearing that he had what Pan Meiying wanted, Tong Jia felt that his chances of survival were a little greater.

She obediently washed her face. Since she had no makeup remover, she washed it with water alone. One basin of water was not enough to wash it clean. It was not until the fourth basin that her natural and unpretentious face was revealed.

Pan Meiying studied her face for a while and said, "I thought you hadn't had a very good life these past six months, but I didn't expect your face to be so smooth and shiny. It seems you've been having a pretty good life, haven't you?"

Tong Jia smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I wear makeup every day, so my skin isn't directly exposed to the sun or rain. So after washing it off quickly, my skin looks so good."

"Why do you always wear makeup? And such old-fashioned makeup?" Pan Meiying suddenly asked.

Tong Jia said, "Commander Pan, you also know that the world is not doing well now.

I didn't wear makeup before, and I know that I was targeted by human traffickers at least twice.

Once, there were kind-hearted people who helped him, and people from the police station rescued him.

Another time, we realized something was wrong in advance and ran away quickly.

With these two experiences, how could I not think of a solution?"

"You are only eighteen years old. Are you willing to act old and ugly?" Pan Meiying asked again.

Tong Jia resisted the urge to roll her eyes and explained, "I'm not going on a blind date or participating in a beauty pageant, so why would I be unhappy?

Isn't it better to live a long and healthy life than to shine for a moment and then fade away? "

Pan Meiying nodded and said, "Twice. Once in Northwest China and once in Shanghai. Every time you showed up, there was a shooting.

I let you go the first time, this is the second time.

If you were me, do you think I should doubt you?"

Tong Jia bit her lip and then analyzed: "If I were you, I would definitely be suspicious. But I won't convict someone based on coincidence.

The first time, we were just passing by.

The second time, this time, I still don’t even know who the dead person is.

And the most important point, as you said, both were shootings.

Since it's a shooting, there must be a gun.

Did your men find the gun and bullets from me?

As the saying goes, to catch a person, you have to catch his dirty laundry. There isn't even any evidence here. We can't solve the case based on coincidence alone, right?

"And... Commander Pan, if my presence both times was a coincidence, then weren't you there both times as well? If that's also a coincidence, should I classify you as a suspect as well?"

Pan Meiying smiled and nodded, saying, "That's what I thought before I recognized you. Without finding a gun or bullets on you, I really can't just convict you.

The question I want to ask now has nothing to do with this case.

I just want to know that there are no cosmetics in your and your cousin's luggage.

Can I ask, what do you usually use for makeup?"

What this means is that Tong Jia's gun was probably placed together with the cosmetics and thrown away along with the evidence.

Tong Jia said: "After I finished using them, the bottles and jars became a nuisance, so I threw away the empty bottles and planned to buy new ones when I got to Shanghai."

"Really? Then write down what you need and I'll send someone to buy it for you." Pan Meiying immediately responded.

"You sent someone... to buy it back for me? It's so embarrassing that you have to spend money on it." Tong Jia was a little confused about what Pan Meiying was up to.

"I'll let you use it first. Once you've proven you're really useful, you don't have to pay me back. Otherwise, I'll get every penny back no matter how much you've spent.

"But you're really careless, putting all the money in your cousin's pocket, and you're not worried about him losing it." Pan Meiying glanced at Tong Jia and said.

Tong Jia was stunned, thinking of the thirty silver dollars Pei Yingxue had given her before. She gave them to Tao Junle and asked him to keep them with him for emergency use.

There are still a lot of gold bars and silver dollars in my RV, so I don't have to worry about having no money if I get lost. I just don't usually take them out and put them in public.

I didn't expect that Pan Meiying would be misunderstood like this.

Tong Jia smiled guiltily and said, "I'm not worried about getting separated from him. He has money on him, so he won't have a miserable life.

As for me, why can't I find a way to make some money?"

Pan Meiying didn't say anything else. She stared at Tong Jia for a long time before leaving the interrogation room.

She didn't show up again for the whole day.

It was not until noon on the third day that she appeared in the interrogation room with Tao Junle, carrying a set of cosmetics.

As soon as the door opened, Tao Junle rushed in and hugged Tong Jia.

Tong Jia could no longer distinguish between day and night. As soon as she left the interrogation room and saw the sunlight outside, not only did her eyes feel uncomfortable, but her hands and feet also became very weak.

Tao Junle wanted to support her, but due to his limited height, he couldn't do it at all.

In the end, it was Pan Meiying who helped Tong Jia into a black car.

In the car, Pan Meiying said, "The murderer has been found. You are innocent. Now go and let me see. Did you pay for this set of cosmetics you asked me to buy, or did I give it to you as a gift?"

Tong Jia looked at her weakly and said nothing.

She spoke only when the car passed a pan-fried steamed bun stall.

She said, "Officer Pan, could you please stop the car and let my brother buy me some steamed buns?"

"Don't be in a hurry to eat. Wait until I see your skills. Not only will I have pan-fried buns, but I'll also have a full banquet." Pan Meiying disagreed.

Tong Jia was anxious. She said, "Commander Pan, you haven't taken care of me for two days. During these two days, all I had was a bowl of clear porridge in the morning, a steamed dumpling at noon, and a bowl of water in the evening.

I don't think I can show you any skills when my hands are shaking with hunger."

Although she had a lot of food in her RV, she was worried that there might be some secret compartments in the interrogation room that could monitor the situation inside.

Apart from putting some small energy bars in my mouth while drinking porridge or water, I didn't dare to eat anything else.

She was really hungry these past two days.

Upon hearing this, Pan Meiying turned his gaze towards her. A hint of guilt suddenly flashed across his usually aloof face, but it was only a fleeting one, so fleeting that Tong Jia thought she was hallucinating from hunger.

Tao Junle felt very distressed. He had been recognizing people at the train station with Pan Meiying these days.

To be precise, it was to let the people on that train recognize him.

He ate three meals a day with Pan Meiying, so he thought Tong Jia ate the same as him. He didn't expect that Tong Jia had such a miserable life in the past two days.

He glared at Pan Meiying with resentment, and when she didn't stop the car, he started kicking the seat.

Pan Meiying immediately said, "If you kick me again, I'll send you two sisters back to jail.

If you are hungry, just bear with it. When you get there, you will be given two hours to eat and wash up.

Now everyone sit still and quiet down. If anyone makes any trouble, I will send him back to live with only two bowls of water and a bun a day."

Tong Jia quickly hugged Tao Junle with both hands, shook her head at her, and said pitifully: "Lele, this person has to bow his head under the eaves.

It's just two days of hunger, it won't kill you, just bear with it."

Pan Meiying didn't say anything else, but just gestured to the driver to drive faster.

The car stopped in front of a pure white European-style villa. For some reason, when Tong Jia looked at the villa, the three words "Baigongguan" suddenly flashed in her mind.

Although the time and place were wrong, she felt that once she entered the villa, it would be difficult to get out.

But as she said to Tao Junle in the car, when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

After Pan Meiying smiled and extended her hand to invite her into the villa many times, Tong Jia had no choice but to bite the bullet and pull Tao Junle in with her.

The interior is very simply decorated. Apart from the dining table and ten chairs, there is no other furniture in the entire living room and dining room.

There are four rifles hanging on each side of the fireplace, and many cold weapons such as bows, crossbows, long swords, and short knives are hung on the walls.

The knife flashed coldly under the sunlight, causing Tong Jia to feel the greatest fear since coming into this world.

Tong Jia pointed at the things on the wall and asked stutteringly, "Pan...Pan...Commander. What do you mean by bringing...bringing us...here?"

She felt a little regretful for being so rude to Pan Meiying just now.

Looking at the bows and crossbows hanging on the wall, there is nothing historical about them. It is obvious that Pan Meiying did not arrange them like this because she has a hobby of collecting.

The only possibility is that... the violent factor in her body needs to be released after get off work.

At present, she knew too little about the situation in this villa, and she didn't understand what Pan Meiying wanted to do. It was not the time to resist, so she could only deal with it calmly.

Pan Meiying sat on a chair at the front of the dining table and said, "Please sit wherever you like. The food will be brought to you shortly."

Tong Jia and Tao Junle looked at each other, then walked over to Pan Meiying and sat down.

Soon, two tall twins wearing cheongsams came down from the stairs carrying trays.

One tray contained a bowl of millet porridge, two empty bowls with soup spoons and a small plate of pickles. The other tray contained a plate of pan-fried steamed buns and two bowls of chicken noodle soup, with chopsticks placed on the noodle bowls.

After the tray was placed, Pan Meiying said, "Eat it, it's not poisonous. When you've finished eating, show off your skills and we'll talk in detail."

Tong Jia was really hungry, so she didn't say anything more. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating noodles. One bowl was not enough, so she ate another bowl, three pan-fried steamed buns, and drank a bowl of porridge.

Tao Junle was shocked by the appetite.

Pan Meiying said, "It seems like I've really treated you badly these past two days.

Now that we've finished eating, let's get to work.

All of you come down."

Immediately afterwards, eight beauties in cheongsams came down the stairs one after another, four in a row.

Only then did Tong Jia discover that among these eight people there were two pairs of twins, and they looked exactly the same.

She turned her gaze to Pan Meiying and asked, "What kind of work do you do?"

Seeing so many charming and beautiful girls looking at me, even though I am a woman, I feel a little uncomfortable because of their gazes.

Tong Jia thought to herself: Could it be that Pan Meiying wants to develop a second career because her salary is too low?

Although that industry is legal these days, Tong Jia can't get over the hurdle in her heart.

Whether she did it herself or helped the evildoers, she couldn't do it.

She was just trying to figure out how to escape when she heard Pan Meiying say, "These eight of them are my secret weapons that I've been secretly training. They live here, and I've invited experts from various fields to teach them.

The cosmetics you specified are on the table, and you are given two hours to make them all look like old ladies.

If the results satisfy me, you will be their makeup teacher from now on.

Food and accommodation are provided, and the salary is 80 silver dollars a day, but within two months you must teach them everything you know about makeup.

If I'm not satisfied with the results, then... the money I spent on these cosmetics will need to be compensated by your work.

Cleaning the villa, twenty silver dollars a month.

These cosmetics cost a total of 1,700. When you pay back the money for the cosmetics, you two sisters can leave."

Tong Jia checked the cosmetics on the table one by one. She didn't realize that she only mentioned those cosmetics that appeared in her memory a long time ago in order to delay time.

There are all kinds of products such as red honeydew and baked blush, all of which are imported from abroad.

The price of each item is indeed not low, but it shouldn't be so high as to add up to seventeen thousand. There must be some fees for personal relationships included.

Tong Jia calculated how many years she would have to do housework in the villa in the latter scenario and said, "Commander Pan is really wasting his talent in politics. He is truly a business genius."

Then she picked up the cosmetics on the table and started applying them one by one according to the order arranged by the cheongsam beauties themselves.

Two hours later, the eight cheongsam beauties turned into eight cheongsam old women.

Pan Meiying examined the faces of the eight people one by one and then asked, "What do you think?"

After looking in the mirror one by one, the eight people nodded to Pan Meiying.

So, Tong Jia and Tao Junle stayed as a matter of course.

Compared to working like a slave in the villa for seven or eight years, these two months of being paid did not seem so difficult for Tong Jia to accept.

Pan Meiying had a lot of things to do, and after she settled this matter, she left.

Before leaving, she said, "There are still many empty rooms in this villa. Let the eight of them take you siblings to choose a room.

That’s all for today. Classes will officially start tomorrow.

I will come again in half a month, mainly to check their learning results.

If you learn well, I will send someone to make clothes for you and your cousin for all four seasons, at least two sets per season.

If you don't study well, you must pay me back, along with the cost of your meals for half a month."

Tong Jia had no choice but to smile and nod, watching Pan Meiying leave the villa.

Just like that, regardless of whether Tong Jia and Pan Meiying were truly willing in their hearts, they were temporarily trapped in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

According to the time calculation, she would not have much time left to go to the Soviet area in two months.

In just a few days, so many emergencies happened on the road. Tong Jia really felt that the task of reaching southern Jiangxi within three months might be a little difficult to accept in the face of reality.

In order to complete this task as quickly as possible, Tong Jia felt that he needed to put all his efforts into completing this task as soon as possible.

Therefore, when she was teaching eight cheongsam beauties how to put on makeup, Tong Jia was really attentive from the bottom of her heart.