Chapter 29 Two Clearances
As time went by, Xia Qing, Lin Guzhi and Xiao Xi had developed a tacit understanding.
During these days, Xia Qing completely became a stay-at-home girl who never left her house. At most, she would open the window to get some fresh air, and when the sunlight was right, she would find a spot where she wouldn't be photographed by the paparazzi and bask in the sunlight from outside.
Lin Guzhi took charge of the task of buying groceries. Every night, he took Xiaoxi to the warehouse of Jinlong Supermarket to work the night shift. When he came back in the morning, he would buy groceries on the way.
Lin Guzhi would sleep during the day, and Xia Qing would take Xiaoxi to her bedroom and teach her to play the harmonica.
Although many days had passed and Xiaoxi had made no progress and still couldn't play in tune, Xia Qing still enjoyed teaching her.
She seemed to find pleasure in her interaction with Xiaoxi, and even gained some inspiration from it, writing a beautiful song with a fairy-tale style.
The iron bars on the windows of the supermarket warehouse have been repaired. Yao Anxin finally kept Lin Guzhi. She didn't think he was suspicious and fired him immediately. But she also talked to Lin Guzhi and told him clearly that she could only let him work here for a month at most.
Ever since Ao Dagu was killed by Lin Guzhi that night, there had been no more thieves near the warehouse. People speculated whether the thief had fled to another place, or more in line with people's expectations, he was hit by a car somewhere, drowned in the toilet, or choked to death while drinking water.
In short, as time went by, people gradually felt relieved, and the nights near the warehouse were no longer so tense.
Later, Yao Anxin even felt that there was no need to arrange two people in the warehouse, so she arranged Dong Xiaoduan to work during the day and only let Lin Guzhi watch there at night. This made Dong Xiaoduan very disappointed, and the good job that allowed him to be lazy just for a reason was gone.
Ten days later, Lin Guzhi's ID card was reissued. He went to the police station to get his ID card, worked a night shift at the supermarket warehouse, and when he was about to get off work the next morning, he saw Yao Anxin.
"Manager Yao, why are you here?"
Lin Guzhi, who was planning to take Xiaoxi to the market to buy vegetables and then go home as soon as the person who was taking over the shift arrived, asked curiously.
After working here for more than half a month, he rarely saw Yao Anxin coming over early in the morning.
Yao Anxin said, "There aren't many people here right now, so just call me Sister Anxin. You don't have to call me Manager Yao, it sounds strange."
When she got to this point, she paused, as if there was something on her lips that she didn't know how to say.
Lin Guzhi guessed it, and smiled, "Is the position here going to be withdrawn, Sister Anxin?"
Yao Anxin was slightly stunned, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "You guessed it..."
She was indeed in a dilemma. As a manager of a supermarket chain, she basically didn't manage the entry and exit of people herself, and she didn't need to personally step in to dismiss employees. But now the one who needed to leave was Lin Guzhi, so she thought it would be better for her to do it herself.
But facing Lin Guzhi, she didn't know how to start.
Now that Lin Guzhi had taken the initiative to say it, and looking at Lin Guzhi's expression, she knew that she didn't need to say anything more, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Lin Guzhi smiled and said, "Do you need to guess? Sister Anxin, this job of mine was originally temporarily added because of the theft case at night. Now that the thief has disappeared, the position here should naturally be withdrawn. This is normal, there is no need to guess. You can give me this job and let me earn a month's salary. It has already helped me a lot. Thank you."
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to learn about Ao Dagu's situation...
But he couldn't say this out loud. Lin Guzhi could only thank him in his heart.
"Then what do you do next..."
Yao An only said half of what he wanted to say.
Lin Guzhi waved his hand and said, "Sister Anxin, don't worry. I can find work by myself, and I have a classmate who has a lot of resources and can introduce me to someone." Yao Anxin suddenly remembered something and opened her purse to take out her cell phone: "Oh, by the way, if you hadn't mentioned your classmate, I would have almost forgotten. I saw that the phone your friend bought for you cost 9,000 yuan, right? I'll transfer 10,000 yuan to you, and you should pay your friend back and pay off the money you owe."
In the past ten days, Lin Guzhi had found time to apply for a mobile phone card and re-register for WeChat. He and Yao Anxin added each other as friends, and Yao Anxin had also seen his phone, so she knew the price.
Lin Guzhi said: "No, it's not appropriate to do it again and again..."
Although he didn't mind other people's help, he felt that it was not good to receive help again and again, with the amount getting bigger and bigger each time.
Yao Anxin said, "Just take it if I ask you to. If something happens to my child, this amount of money will not be enough. I only gave you one thousand last time, which was too little. Three thousand and five hundred is your salary. This time is my way of thanking you. I don't remember you being a hypocritical person."
Since she said so, Lin Guzhi had no choice but to accept the transfer and said with a smile: "Then we are even now."
Yao An was happy: "We are even now."
As a result, Lin Guzhi only worked for more than half a month and earned 13,500 yuan.
And the work at the Jinlong Supermarket warehouse was completely over.
He said goodbye to Yao Anxin, took Xiaoxi to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and then returned to Heping No. 1.
He returned to the community and took the elevator upstairs. When he got out of the elevator on the 17th floor, he received another WeChat message from Yao Anxin: Tell me if you have any difficulties, and keep in touch in the future.
Lin Guzhi replied with an "OK" gesture, opened the door and entered the house.
Xia Qing stayed in the house as usual.
Lin Guzhi was just about to talk to Xia Qing about paying back the money for Xia Qing's cell phone when he suddenly noticed that Xia Qing's face turned red and her expression was embarrassed. He didn't know what was wrong.
"anything?"
he asked proactively.
However, Xia Qing opened her mouth, but eventually closed it again. After hesitating for a long time, she still couldn't say anything.
Lin Guzhi saw that she was embarrassed and said, "If you are embarrassed to say it, just tell me on WeChat." After he reissued his mobile phone card and registered a new WeChat account, he added Xia Qing's WeChat account. He also saved Xia Qing's personal mobile phone number.
He had never seen Xia Qing like this. How brave this woman was when she said she wanted to live with him and Xiaoxi. How could she be so embarrassed?
He was a little curious for a moment and wanted to know what was wrong with this woman that made her act like this.
Xia Qing was embarrassed and said angrily: "I am too embarrassed to talk about it on WeChat."
Lin Guzhi ignored Xia Qing for the time being and went to the kitchen to put down the dishes. He planned to transfer money to Xia Qing after putting down the dishes and then ask about the matter.
Xiaoxi followed him into the kitchen and asked him, "Xiaolin, did your sister wet her pants?"
In the living room outside the kitchen, Xia Qing: "..."
Thanks to qingyabailu and icedknife for the tips.
(End of this chapter)