With global currency devaluation, I'll wear these back and take my whole family flying!

"Sister..." Shen Xing said in a cheeky and coquettish tone, "You haven't been home for a year, why do you interrogate me as soon as you come back?"

Shen Ci glanced at him and snorted, "You're not making Mom worry, so I won't let you have an easy time either. I originally brought you a lot of gifts, but now I've decided to give them to Guangrong."

Glory is her cousin, her aunt's child.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xing's eyes widened immediately: "No way, sis! Second sister said you bought her a lot of things, what did you buy for me? Let me see!"

"Let's talk about it after we finish tomorrow."

After saying this indifferently, Shen Ci ignored Shen Xing's cute attempts to cling to her and left him to go back to her room.

Lying in her own little bed, the smell and feeling made Shen Ci feel at ease, and she slept soundly through the night without any dreams. This was the most restful and peaceful sleep she had had in recent days.

The next day, the sun shone brightly.

Shen Cigang groggily opened her eyes when she heard a gentle knock on the door: "Cigang, Mom's gone to work. I've put your breakfast in the microwave. Remember to eat it when you get up."

"Okay, Mom," Shen Ci replied.

Hearing that her daughter was awake, Shen Jingjing pushed open the door and looked at her daughter gently, saying, "What do you want to eat tonight? Mom will go to the market after get off work and buy it for you."

Shen Ci smiled, her heart as warm as the morning sunlight, and after thinking for a moment, said, "Bak Kut Teh."

"I knew it." Shen Jingjing looked like she had guessed it, glanced at the time, and said, "Mom has to go. If you don't want to get up, you can sleep a little longer. Remember to eat breakfast."

After her mother left, Shen Ci got out of bed and was about to go to the bathroom to wash up when she heard a crisp "ding" sound.

Having read many rebirth novels, she instinctively froze on the spot, thinking to herself, "The 'system' has arrived?"

But after waiting for a while without hearing any other sounds, she realized what was happening and blinked.

Oh, the breakfast in the microwave is ready.

After washing up, I was enjoying a delicious bowl of poached chicken and steamed buns when my mother suddenly sent me a voice message on WeChat.

Shen Ci directly converted it into text: "Ah Ci, Mom left her work badge at home. It should be on the cabinet in the entryway. Remember to bring it to Mom after you finish breakfast."

Shen Ci quickly replied to the question, "Is it urgent?"

"No rush, just deliver it before noon."

Around 10 o'clock, Shen Ci found her mother's work ID and took a taxi to Ruili International Hotel in Xiang'an District.

My mother works as a housekeeping attendant at this five-star international hotel. She has been working there for over a decade and is now the team leader of a group in the housekeeping department.

My daily work involves cleaning guest rooms and promptly addressing the needs of guests.

It's not an easy job, but fortunately the working environment is acceptable, and you don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun, so Shen Jingjing is quite satisfied with her current job.

The only drawback is that she is not highly educated, only having a junior high school education, so she can't reach a mid-to-high-level position like manager; team leader is the highest position she can be promoted to.

At the hotel reception, Shen Ci politely approached and asked, "Hello, I'm looking for Shen Jingjing from the housekeeping department. She forgot her employee ID."

"Are you Sister Jingjing's daughter?"

Seeing that Shen Ci was pretty, the receptionist couldn't help but ask her an extra question.

Shen Ci smiled and nodded.

"Jingjing should be cleaning the guest rooms on the floor she's responsible for at this time. Use my card to swipe the elevator to the 26th and 27th floors and look for her. If she's not there, go to the housekeeping department on the fifth floor and ask."

The waiter handed over an elevator card for an employee, reminding them, "The rooms waiting to be cleaned all have their doors open. Please be careful not to knock on the doors and disturb the rooms with guests inside. Remember to return the elevator card to me when you come down."

Shen Ci took the elevator card and nodded her thanks.

She first texted her mother to ask which floor she was on, but her mother didn't reply for a long time, so Shen Ci had no choice but to go to find her according to the instructions of the front desk staff.

She went up to the 26th floor first and quickly walked around the corridor looking for her mother. When she saw a room with a staff member in the door, she would check to see if it was her mother. The hotel was very large, with dozens of guest rooms on one floor alone.

At this moment, the sounds of an argument could be heard coming from suite 2788.

"Isn't that strange? It's not some tiny trinket; how could a brooch the size of the bottom of a cup fly out of the room?"

"Do you think it's possible that one of your own people kept it? Or perhaps they forgot about it somewhere?"

"What do you mean by that? Are you implying I'm the thief crying 'stop thief'? Don't you even know who's staying in this room? Do we need to make things difficult for a waiter?"

"Sir, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to ask if it's possible that our initial intention was the same as yours—to help you find your lost items, wasn't it?"

In the middle of the living room, the housekeeping manager, dressed in a suit, seemed to be dealing with a crisis, while a lean man opposite him had an angry expression on his face, clearly in a state of rage.

Standing next to the housekeeping manager was Shen Jingjing, the service staff member who had come to clean the room early that morning at the guest's request.

Just half an hour ago, a guest in this suite called to say that a valuable item had been lost and requested that housekeeping staff come and handle it, which led to the current situation.

The lean man pointed at Shen Jingjing and questioned loudly, "From the time we checked in until we just discovered that something was missing, you were the only staff member who entered this room. Do you dare to say that you didn't see the diamond brooch on the table?"

Shen Jingjing looked at the other person, and even though the other person's attitude was aggressive, she did not show the slightest fear or timidity. She said politely but firmly, "I'm sorry, sir, I really didn't see any brooch."

She had worked at this hotel for over ten years, and this wasn't the first time she'd encountered something like this, so she wasn't flustered.

Seeing her attitude, the lean man flew into a rage: "You won't admit it, huh? If you don't admit it, I'll call the police. Stealing a large sum of money is a crime punishable by imprisonment. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"

“Sir, you cannot conclude that I stole it without evidence. Since you lost your valuables in our hotel, we support your decision to report it to the police, and we are willing to fully cooperate with the police,” Shen Jingjing said calmly.

The lean man held a cell phone in his hand, intending to scare the waitress into handing over the food, but she wasn't having any of it.

At this moment, the person who had been sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face finally stood up and said to the lean man, "We can't call the police now, otherwise we'll have to go to the police station to make a statement. The event starts at 12 o'clock, and there's no extra time."

The lean man looked worried and said, "Junhuan, what do you suggest we do? That brooch was lent to us by the brand and it costs over five hundred yuan. If we lose it, we'll have to compensate them!"