Xingnian Tea House

The next day, Qiao Xingnian got up early. Not only did he run for an hour in the morning, but he also bought breakfast on the way. Jiang Mohan had just woken up when he got home.

Jiang Mohan looked at him strangely, and asked, "I came back so early last night and got up so early today, what happened?"

"Hu Jing resigned, and I haven't found a suitable salesperson yet. I'm afraid I have to stay in the store all day until I can find someone."

"Resign? The treatment you gave is so good, why did she resign suddenly? And didn't you just pay her a year's salary two days ago?" Jiang Mohan keenly sensed something was wrong, and asked: "Tell me the truth, What the hell happened?"

Qiao Xingnian saw Jiang Mohan's appearance of breaking the casserole and asking the truth, so he helplessly told the truth about what happened yesterday.

"Are you injured?" Jiang Mohan looked Qiao Xingnian up and down.

"No. Brother, it's not that you don't know my skills. How could they hurt me?" Qiao Xingnian let him look at him, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease, and said, "If you don't eat, this breakfast will be cold."

Seeing that he was indeed not injured, Jiang Mohan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said dissatisfiedly: "I asked you last night, why didn't you tell me? You have to let me see that something is wrong before you tell me the truth, right?"

Qiao Xingnian quickly confessed, saying: "My fault, I admit it, I promise not to be an example!"

Jiang Mohan gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "You say that every time, and you will do what you should do next time. I think you just don't change after repeated admonitions."

"Brother, stop nagging. I have to visit the store all day today. I have to eat and drink enough to survive. Let's have breakfast."

Hearing what Qiao Xingnian said, Jiang Mohan didn't hold back, and said, "Have you sent out the recruitment advertisement?"

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "I posted it online last night, and I will print another copy and stick it on the door this morning."

"If you can't recruit suitable people in a short period of time, you can shorten the business hours. Anyway, it's your own store, and you don't need money for a day or two."

"It's because of my own shop that I can't fool around casually. I don't want to be affected by such a trivial matter."

"Your salesperson is not simply recruiting someone, but also needs to be trained. This training will take several days. Can you stand it every day?"

"The store is usually not very busy, and there are regular customers. I should be able to handle it by myself. If it is really too busy, brother will come and help me on weekends."

"also."

After the two had breakfast, Jiang Mohan drove Qiao Xingnian to the store first, and then went to work in the hospital.

In the afternoon, Qiao Xingnian had just finished his lunch when two policemen approached the door, and he let them go to the individual guest area.

"Comrade police, please sit down, I'll make you some tea."

Li Chang said with a smile: "No need, we have to leave after we finish talking, the office is very busy, we will come over for tea when we are free."

Qiao Xingnian nodded without forcing, and sat across from the two of them.

"They all recruited?"

Li Chang nodded and said, "The case has been basically investigated, and I went to Hu Jing's house to verify it. The thing is like this..."

Hu Jing's younger brother, Hu Lei, was infected with gambling and lost 20 yuan. The creditor was the man who came to the store to make trouble yesterday, named Hu Shengli.

Hu Jing's family had no money to repay the debt, so Hu Shengli threatened to chop off Hu Lei's hands and feet. When Hu Lei's parents heard this, they quickly said that they had a daughter who worked in the city and asked her to find a way to pay back the money. Li drew a salary of [-] yuan.

When paying the money, Hu Shengli took a fancy to Hu Jing, went to Hu Jing's house, and said that he didn't have to pay back the remaining [-] yuan.

But if Hu Jing was to be used to pay off the debt, Hu Jing's parents agreed without hesitation.

Later, Hu Shengli came to find Hu Jing and told her about it. Hu Jing liked Qiao Xingnian in her heart, so she naturally looked down on Hu Shengli, so she said that she would pay back the 10 yuan as soon as possible.

But although Hu Jing has worked in the city for three years, she doesn't know many friends, they are all friends on the surface, and whenever she hears about borrowing money, she finds various excuses to shirk.

Hu Jing originally hoped that after confessing her love to Qiao Xingnian, if he could accept herself, the 10 yuan debt would be solved easily.

It's a pity that she was rejected twice in a row. While Hu Jing was desperate, she felt resentful towards Qiao Xingnian.

Hu Shengli came to the door again and tried to force Hu Jing, so Hu Jing came up with a way to defraud Qiao Xingnian.

But he didn't expect Qiao Xingnian to see them through as soon as they entered the door, and he didn't even have a chance to speak.

"The thing is like this. They are suspected of intentionally hurting people. Although they attempted to do so, they have already violated our country's criminal law. They will be punished according to law."

"Thank you, I understand."

"Since you already know, let's go first."

"Trouble both of you, I'm really sorry. If you have time in the future, I'll treat you to tea."

Li Chang said with a smile: "Although your store is in our jurisdiction, I have never been there. I didn't expect the atmosphere inside to be so good. I will definitely come to drink tea in the future."

"Sure, I'll make tea for you two myself."

"Okay, then let's go first, goodbye."

Hu Jing wasn't here, and today's business was surprisingly good. Qiao Xingnian was really busy. Fortunately, all the customers who came here were regular customers. It was not easy to drink the tea made by the boss, so even if he had to wait, he was willing to wait.

"Sorry, I'm a bit busy today, so I kept you guys waiting for a long time."

"At this point in the past, I couldn't drink the tea made by the boss. Today I have a good taste, and we will be happy later."

"A few please."

Several people picked up the teacups one after another, watched the color of the tea, smelled the fragrance of the tea, tasted the taste of the tea, and tasted the taste of the tea step by step.

"Good tea! Sure enough, the tea made by the boss is more delicious!" Everyone praised.

"Thank you, as long as you like it."

These are tea drinkers who understand tea. They often come to drink tea, mainly because of the quality of tea here and the atmosphere of drinking tea.

"If the boss is okay, please sit down and chat with us."

Qiao Xingnian saw that most of the customers in the store had already taken their seats, and there was nothing else to do for the time being, so he sat down and said, "Everyone knows that I have ear problems, so please forgive me if I'm not careful."

"We are all regular customers, the boss is welcome, we just sit around and chat like old friends."

"Yes, yes, just chat casually, people who love tea are peaceful, this boss doesn't have to worry."

Qiao Xingnian nodded, and poured himself a cup of tea. Everyone found a topic and chatted while drinking tea. The afternoon passed quickly. Seeing that it was evening, everyone left with a lot of satisfaction.

Qiao Xingnian also had a great time chatting, he didn't ask for the tea money this time, and everyone felt sorry for it, and each of them bought a catty of tea before tomorrow, and made an appointment to have tea again tomorrow.

Qiao Xingnian was thinking about what to have for dinner, when he received a call from Jiang Mohan telling him not to buy food, he would bring it over and have dinner with him.

Half an hour later, Jiang Mohan's car parked outside the store and walked in with two thermos buckets.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian went around the counter and said with a smile, "Brother, what shall we have for dinner?"

"Fish with pickled cabbage and rice is the one we ate last time."

Jiang Mohan came to the individual guest area, put the thermos bucket on the table, and unscrewed it casually, and the tangy vegetable aroma came out instantly.

"It smells so good! Don't tell me, I haven't eaten it for a few days, so I really miss it."

Jiang Mohan slapped Qiao Xingnian's hand away and said, "Wash your hands."

Qiao Xingnian smiled helplessly, and said, "I'm just looking at it, I don't intend to eat it."

"Stop talking nonsense, wash your hands quickly, and come over to eat. Otherwise, when the guests come, you will have no time."

Qiao Xingnian responded and went upstairs to wash his hands. After going back and forth, there was actually one more person in the store.

Looking at Lin Nanyue who was talking to Jiang Mohan, Qiao Xingnian said curiously, "Captain Lin, why are you here?"

Lin Nanyue replied casually, "I get off work early today, so I'll come over to see if I can help."

"Team Lin hasn't eaten yet?"

Lin Nanyue looked at the thermos on the table and said, "I've eaten it."

"Team Lin, it's only 06:30, and you said you've eaten, who would believe it?"

Lin Nanyue smiled awkwardly and said, "Then I'll go next door and ask for a bowl of noodles."

"Team Lin is here to help, and we should have dinner together. Besides, this is my brother, and my friend is his friend, so there is no need for Team Lin to be embarrassed."

Seeing what Qiao Xingnian said, Jiang Mohan followed suit, "Xiao Nian said, let Team Lin eat here, the fish is enough for the three of us."

"Okay, then it's troublesome." Lin Nanyue didn't refuse anymore.

"Brother, let me introduce you. His name is Lin Nanyue, the captain of our Hucheng criminal investigation team."

"I heard him call you "Team Lin" just now, and I wondered, it turned out to be Comrade Police, hello, hello. "Jiang Mohan stretched out his hand politely.

Lin Nanyue shook hands with Jiang Mohan and said, "Doctor Jiang can just call me Nanyue."

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "Talk, I'll go next door and ask for some more rice."

Lin Nanyue said aloud: "I'll go, if guests come later, neither of us know how to receive them."

"Alright, then trouble Team Lin."

Lin Nanyue went out to buy rice, Jiang Mohan asked curiously: "Xiao Nian, when did you have a police friend?"

Qiao Xingnian helped set the meal up, and said, "It's because of the case that my brother and I talked about, we didn't know each other without fighting, and that's how we got to know each other."

"This man is a policeman, and he looks very decent. You can make friends with him."

Seeing Jiang Mohan's serious look, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help laughing, and said, "Brother, I really think you should find a girlfriend so that you don't have to stare at me all day. I mean I'm under a lot of pressure."

Jiang Mohan slapped him on the head, and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, you think I'm annoying, you really have no conscience!"

"Brother, if you really don't have someone you like, then I'll sign you up for a blind date show. I guarantee that with my image and talent, there will be thousands of suitors."

"Don't make bad ideas, I'm busy enough now, I don't have time to fall in love."

"Brother, you are almost thirty, and your parents have been urging you a lot. If you don't bring a girlfriend back, they will prepare a blind date for you."

"I don't go home very often. If they urge you, just urge me. I just go in one ear and out the other. Don't meddle in this matter, or I'll make you look good!"

"Don't dare!"

While the two were talking, the store door was pushed open, and Lin Nanyue came in from the outside, carrying two lunch boxes and a plate in his hand.

"What did Team Lin buy? It smells so good!"

"Boiled beef."

Lin Nanyue put the things in his hands on the table and said, "I was afraid that I wouldn't have enough food, so I ordered an extra dish."

"Team Lin ordered a good dish, which is exactly what I want."

Looking at the bright red boiled beef in front of him, Jiang Mohan frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

The three of them sat down one after another, took a portion of rice each, and ate.

Jiang Mohan asked curiously: "Team Lin, I heard that your criminal investigation team is very busy. Do you really have so many criminal cases to deal with?"

"There are not many cases, but some are more difficult to detect, so a lot of police force is needed."

Lin Nanyue answered seriously, as if the person sitting across from him was his leader.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian was a little amused, and said, "Team Lin, they are all our own people, so you don't have to be so nervous."

Jiang Mohan also smiled and said, "Team Lin should have contact with a lot of people, right? Are you as cautious as you are now when investigating cases?"

Seeing that Lin Nanyue was a little embarrassed, Qiao Xingnian said, "Team Lin is usually not like this. He is very strong when facing a suspect, but he is the one who is nervous."

"It seems that Team Lin attaches great importance to you as a friend, so he will be nervous when he sees me." Jiang Mohan also gave Lin Nanyue a step.

Lin Nanyue took a deep breath and said, "I have been weak and sick since I was a child, and I often went to the hospital. Every time I got an injection, it left a psychological shadow, so I was nervous when I saw the doctor."

What Lin Nanyue said was half-truth and half-false. When he was young, he was really weak, and he had a cold and fever at every turn. Going to the hospital was like going home, but he was not afraid of injections, and he didn't have any psychological shadows. He just found a reason and followed them. Take the steps to go down.

"I said why Team Lin is so abnormal today, it turned out to be like this."

Jiang Mohan suddenly felt a little dumbfounded, and said, "I didn't expect Team Lin to be afraid of doctors. My mood is really complicated."

The three talked and laughed, and Lin Nanyue relaxed from his nervousness.

After the meal, Qiao Xingnian made tea, and the three chatted while drinking tea.

"Team Lin, is there any progress in the case?"

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "The identity of the deceased has been determined, it is Liu Zhaoqian."

Qiao Xingnian's eyes lit up, and he said, "Have you found Feng Yu's plastic surgery records?"

"I found it. It's at Hongmei Plastic Surgery Hospital, which is a private plastic surgery hospital."

"The death of Liu Zhaoqian and the death of Ma Guojun can all be proved to be the hands of Feng Yu, and now only Tao Hui's death cannot be connected."

Lin Nanyue looked at Jiang Mohan, pondered for a while, and said, "We interrogated Yu Xiaoxi and Zhang Qi again, and you guessed it right, it was Yu Xiaoxi who tampered with Tao Hui's car."

"It's gone?" Qiao Xingnian was a little surprised, and then said with a smile: "Team Lin's case handling efficiency is high!"

"Without your help, I'm afraid the case would not have been solved so quickly."

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "So the reason Team Lin leaves work so early today is to tell me the news of the case detection?"

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "After two days of interrogation, Yu Xiaoxi finally opened her mouth. The case involving three lives has finally come to light. It's all thanks to you."

"The night Tao Hui had an accident..."

Qiao Xingnian stopped talking suddenly, he almost forgot that Jiang Mohan was still by his side, and said, "I'm right here, it's so miserable!"

Lin Nanyue was a little puzzled, but quickly figured it out, and said in harmony, "Indeed."

"Are you at the scene? Why are you here?" As expected, Jiang Mohan asked.

"When I was going home that day, I happened to meet him on the way. I was the one who called the police."

Speaking of this, Qiao Xingnian suddenly remembered the family of three that had the car accident, and asked, "By the way, Team Lin, what happened to the family of three that collided with Tao Hui's car?"

"They were all seriously injured. They are still in the hospital. The driver was the most seriously injured. Fortunately, none of them were life-threatening."

"That's good."

Qiao Xingnian looked up at the clock on the wall and said, "Brother, it's almost nine o'clock, you go back. You're tired enough after working all day, so don't stay here with me."

"I'm fine. I'll wait for you to go back after get off work."

"It's still early for me to get off work. You have to go to work tomorrow morning. It's okay if you don't have the energy. Go back quickly. Team Lin is here to help me. What else do you have to worry about?"

"I'm fine. Team Lin also works all day, so how can I bother him?"

"Brother, your job is different from ours. It takes a lot of energy. You have to be energetic and responsible for your patients."

Lin Nanyue also chimed in and said, "Doctor Jiang, the case at hand is over. I have a few days off and I don't have to go to work tomorrow. I'm here, so you can go back at ease."

Jiang Mohan heard what Lin Nanyue said, so he didn't insist anymore. After a few words of advice, he drove home. Qiao Xingnian was right. His job was of a different nature, and he really needed to maintain plenty of energy.

Seeing Jiang Mohan's car slowly disappearing from sight, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "My brother's aloof personality, as long as he is here with me, he will fall to pieces."

Lin Nanyue smiled and said, "It can be seen that he really cares about you."

"By the way, my brother was here just now, so it's inconvenient for me to say more. On the night of Tao Hui's accident, Ma Guojun's soul should have suddenly appeared. Tao Hui was frightened and slammed on the brakes, and the brakes of his hands and feet were broken due to force. Normal If you are driving, this kind of situation usually does not happen, and she has a certain amount of leeway, so Yu Xiaoxi dared to get in that car."

Lin Nanyue looked at Qiao Xingnian and sighed again: "I can only say that it's a pity that you don't become a policeman."

"So accusing Yu Xiaoxi of murder is not wronged at all."

The two returned to the tea house and sat down opposite each other.

"The police station called me today and told me about Hu Jing's case."

"She's too cowardly! She didn't know how to resist before, but later she used the wrong method. In the end, it's all the fault of the original family. Whoever has such a family will live a very painful life. Maybe this incident will wake her up." .”

"Her brother was arrested for gathering a crowd to gamble."

"Didn't he just participate in gambling? How could he be arrested for gathering a crowd to gamble?"

"At the beginning, he participated in gambling. Later, after his family Hu Jing picked up Hu Shengli, he followed Hu Shengli to work in the casino. That's why he was arrested for gambling crimes."

"So he has to go to jail, too?"

"A fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years."

"Can I say happy?"

"He really deserves it."

The two couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Looking at Qiao Xingnian's bright eyes, Lin Nanyue suddenly felt uncomfortable, looked away and said, "Where is Tao Hui, did he go to reincarnation?"

"No, he is determined to be a errand. I have taught him some simple spells, and he is practicing."

"A errand? Like you?"

"It's a little different. The spirit crossers are all living people, and the ghosts are ghosts. This is a special case for me."

Lin Nanyue nodded half-understanding, and said, "I see you posted a job advertisement on the door, is there anyone here to apply?"

"No." Qiao Xingnian took out his mobile phone and said, "I'd have forgotten if you didn't tell me. I also posted recruitment information online. I'll see if anyone has submitted their resume."

Qiao Xingnian was checking the recruitment information when the store door was pushed open and Yan Huai walked in.

Seeing him looking down at his phone, Lin Nanyue didn't pay attention, so he stretched out his hand and pushed him.

As soon as Qiao Xingnian looked up, he saw Yan Huai with a haggard face, "Mr. Yan?"

Yan Huai looked at Lin Nanyue and said, "Boss Qiao, I have something to ask you, can I take a moment to talk to you?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Then let's talk outside the door."

Lin Nanyue said wittily, "I'd better go out, I just want to get some air."

Qiao Xingnian responded, watched Lin Nanyue walk out of the store, and said, "Sir, please sit down."

Yan Huai took Lin Nanyue's seat and said, "Boss Qiao, Yan Feng has already recruited, and you promised to protect him for trial."

"Recruited?" Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue outside the glass window, and found that he was standing in front of the car on the phone.

"Wait a minute, old man. I have to check. If it is true as you said, I will keep my promise."

Yan Huai frowned slightly and said, "Verify, how are you going to verify?"

Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue outside the window, and said truthfully, "He is the captain of the criminal investigation team, and he is responsible for Yan Feng's case."

"Him?" Yan Huai was a little surprised, but then he was relieved and said, "Check it out."

Qiao Xingnian got up and walked out of the store, walking towards Lin Nanyue.

Seeing him coming, Lin Nanyue felt a little strange, said "wait" silently, and continued talking on the phone.About 2 minutes later, Lin Nanyue hung up the phone, looked at Yan Huai who was sitting in front of the glass window, and said, "Is the matter over?"

"No." Qiao Xingnian asked bluntly, "Captain Lin, how is Yan Feng's case going?"

"Yan Feng?" Lin Nanyue was surprised for a moment, then remembered what Qiao Xingnian called Yan Huai just now, and said, "That old gentleman is Yan Feng's family?"

"It's his grandfather." Qiao Xingnian didn't hide it.

"I just received a call from the bureau. Half an hour ago, Yan Feng turned himself in. He said that he had tried to rape a girl, but the girl resisted fiercely. The girl was killed by mistake under the two people's fight. The body was thrown into the East Lake."

"Manslaughter?" Qiao Xingnian frowned and said, "Okay, I see."

"What does Yan Feng's grandfather want you to do?"

"The girl he killed came to the door. He was haunted by the ghost. His grandfather came to me and wanted me to save him. I said that as long as he pleaded guilty, I would protect him from being haunted by the ghost." Qiao Xing In a few words, Nian told the story between him and Yan Huai.

"It turned out to be like this. I said why he turned himself in suddenly." Lin Nanyue seemed to have thought of something, and said: "When he was arrested, he was indeed in a daze, but after he was locked in the detention center, he stopped for a few days. Could it be you Helped him?"

"Before I gave Mr. Yan a spell to exorcise ghosts, but the validity period was only three days. Yan Feng was lucky and didn't plead guilty. Later, Mr. Yan came to me again and begged me to do it again. I didn't agree, saying that if I will act only if he pleads guilty. He came here this time to keep his promise to me."

"Yan Feng turned himself in, saying that the girl's body was dumped in Donghu Lake. I have to go over to preside over the work. I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you. You'd better get off work early."

"Wait, I'll go with you."

"Are you going with me?"

"Since ancient times, great rivers and rivers have been full of yin, and this is the middle of the night. With me following, at least the corpse can be recovered smoothly. Maybe we can meet the girl who was killed by Yan Feng."

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go together."

Qiao Xingnian took out a charm from the bell, and went back to the tea house with Lin Nanyue.

Seeing them coming in, Yan Huai got up and looked over, and said, "Boss Qiao..."

Qiao Xingnian handed the talisman to Yan Huai, and said, "This talisman is only valid for three days. Come to me again after three days."

Yan Huai took the spell, took out a wad of money from his bag, and said, "Boss Qiao, this is the fee. I'll come back in three days."

Qiao Xingnian nodded, and Yan Huai left the tea house with a spell.

Lin Nanyue asked puzzledly: "You can make better amulets, why did you give him a charm that is only valid for three days?"

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