Chapter 4 Newspapers
Li Changqing put on a black windbreaker, took off the fedora on the other side of the clothes rod and whipped the whisk, put it on, then picked up the cane by the wall and walked to the door, and opened the door for Tang Xiaoyu very gentlemanly.
The latter had already turned the cartoon pajamas on his body back to the white long skirt, but hesitated after just walking two steps: "Why forget it, I always feel a little scary when I go out for a walk like this."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Changqing to respond, he turned into a wisp of blue smoke and crawled into his fedora.
Then he sneezes, "Li Changqing, you haven't washed your fedora for two weeks, it's so smelly inside!"
"coward!"
Li Changqing complained weakly, no longer forced the other party, but locked the door of the detective center.
After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, "Have the money been hidden?"
"Hidden, it's impossible for thieves to steal it in the old place, right? It's smelly and heavy..." Tang Xiaoyu said confidently.
...
The "two people" leisurely walked to the bus stop two hundred meters away. After waiting for more than ten minutes, they took bus No. 13 and headed to Dongcheng District.
There is the largest incense and candle ancient player equipment market in Nanlin City. Tang Xiaoyu insisted on buying bargains at a roadside stall near the detective office last time, but suffered a great loss and did not find the problem in time. What the straight man in his previous life, Li Changqing, who was most unbearable in his life was to make a shame in front of a girl.
Even though the other party is actually a female ghost, she is only more beautiful than Joey Wong and Liu Yifei in her previous life!
Although Li Changqing has often been influenced by the deep-rooted frugal thinking engraved in his bones in the memory fragments left by this body, the pride of machismo in his previous life still made him decide to buy the highest-end incense and candle.
You must buy the face you once lost!
When I arrived at Babao Street Station in Dongcheng District, I got off the bus and saw many shops selling incense, candles and paper money.
Li Changqing walked for nearly a hundred meters casually, chose the most gorgeous decoration store and walked in.
In addition to incense and candles, the goods sold in this store also include rosary, jade artifacts and statues of gods.
There seems to be no Buddhism or Taoism in this world, but there are some similar religions. However, Li Changqing didn't have time to pay attention to the meaning behind these props that were skewed from the previous life. He walked straight to the incense counter, pointed to the four rows of incense in the counter and asked, "Can you take it out and let me see it?"
“I wonder which one you want to see?”
The sales lady smiled and introduced: "All the incense in our longevity sacrificial shop is imported from the Hongshan Kingdom and is qualified to be worshipped by the highest-end temple sacrifice!"
Li Changqing: "Can you take it out and see it? I want to smell it all."
The sales lady hesitated: "Customers, we can usually only get three types from the counter to compare them. The grades of these incense vary greatly..."
Li Changqing said lightly: "I promise to buy at least one, and the amount will not be small."
The sales lady immediately put all her fingers and feet on her face...
Just as Li Changqing was about to choose, a whine came from his hat: "Li Changqing, you are so stupid! How can you bargain later? And these fragrances are so expensive..."
"This time you made great contributions, and the institute decided to improve your welfare and add your meal supplements to your monthly budget. In the past, you did not have a meal supplement, but it was a dereliction of duty in the institute. Now this is the fairness. This is a matter of principle." Li Changqing said seriously.
It also added: "You smell it all and see which one or more you like."
"Is that true? Then... OK..."
Successfully fooled!
Li Changqing picked up the incense one by one and put it on his nose and pretended to smell it. His movements were very slow, and his expression seemed to be very enjoyable. He wondered, "This customer's requirements are so high and so detailed, so he understands it very well, but his gesture of pinching the incense is very amateur, and it is easy for the incense to collide and rub against each other. Moreover, this incense is not cigarette, how can he take a deep breath? Aren't he afraid of sucking the pellet powder in? But he doesn't understand. Every time he chooses incense, he is the one with the longest research time, and they are the experts with good quality and reputation..."
Time passes by minute by minute.
Fortunately, today is Thursday, and there are fewer customers at night, otherwise the smile on the sales lady's face would have been no longer able to hold on.
Half an hour passed without realizing it.
When Li Changqing finally put down the incense in his hand, stopped doing any movement, and showed a thoughtful expression on his face, the sales lady's originally stiff expression suddenly relaxed, and she said expectantly: "Have you chosen the customer?"
Li Changqing did not answer immediately because Tang Xiaoyu was still struggling in her hat:
"That deer should taste very sweet, but what should I do if I eat too much and become fat..."
"That Qiongxiang No. 3 tastes very unique, but I feel that it will get tired of it after a long time..."
“…”
Li Changqing was speechless and raised his hand to look at his watch.
Tang Xiaoyu understood in seconds: "Then choose... choose... choose Pi Wenxiang, that is clear but not light, the taste is just right..."
"If I buy 15 kilograms of gentian fragrance, 2 kilograms of orchid fragrance, and 3 kilograms of Fanshi incense, will it be 50% off in total?" Li Changqing seemed to have not heard Tang Xiaoyu's scream and continued to point to several of the high-end incense on the table.
Tang Xiaoyu was entangled and selected some relatively cheap incense, but the ghost energy fluctuations she had in the process of selecting incense, Li Changqing, who already had a certain level of magical power, could clearly feel it. After all, the other party was hiding in her hat.
And the fragrances he chose at this moment are truly the ones that are most soothing when Tang Xiaoyu savored them, which means that these are Tang Xiaoyu's favorites.
But these are expensive:
First-grade gentian fragrance, 20 Lang coins/jin.
Special orchid fragrance, 50 Lang coins/jin.
Specialty burning incense, 60 Lang coins/jin.
Moreover, they are all high-end storage boxes for buying incense and get free of charge. They are introduced in the product description. As long as they are well kept, they will not regain even if they are stored for one or two years.
The poor sales lady across the counter was originally happy when she heard the variety and pounds the customer wanted to buy, and thought to herself that her uncle had met the God of Wealth tonight.
But when he heard Li Changqing's final request for a 50% discount, his face suddenly collapsed.
"Customer...Guest, we are a high-end store here, and we don't use wholesale. Your discount is even more harsh than the wholesale price..."
"Beauty, look, what about me, after choosing from you for half an hour, I must have really wanted to buy it. Are you right?"
Li Changqing continued with a smile: "Customers like me who have fixed and high demand and are in high demand should be paid more discounts appropriately, so that I can be a repeat customer, and even look forward to me helping you attract more customers in my life circle. Isn't this better?"
"But……"
"Oh, forget it, I won't make things difficult for you, so let's get a 60% off, let's take a step back..."
Five minutes later, Li Changqing left Babao Street with three exquisite merchandise bags with satisfaction and took the bus to the next target location - Anran Restaurant.
Tang Xiaoyu was so happy that she couldn't even explain clearly along the way:
"Li Changqing, 60% off, you are so awesome, this time it's really worth it... it's really worth it!"
"I made a lot of money tonight. 20 kilograms are so expensive. Li Changqing actually cut off 200 coins in just a few strokes..."
"Li Changqing, I...I thought you were not buying, but robbing, and you were almost holding a knife!"
"Li Changqing..."
Li Changqing ignored her and pretended to be calm and admired the scenery on both sides of the road.
Actually, I felt a little happy in my heart because this was the first time he had taken a "girl" to shop for two lives.
The Anran Hotel is on the way home of Li Changqing and the others, and is actually less than three kilometers away from Changqing Detective Office.
I got off the bus and came to the entrance of the hotel.
The door servant opened the wooden door and Li Changqing walked into the lobby. This is a restaurant with great rural characteristics. The fresh and natural decoration style is in the words of Li Changqing's previous life, which is a petty bourgeois mood.
A waiter greeted him with a standard professional smile on his face: "Sir, do you have an appointment?"
"Ms. Fang."
"Please wait."
The waiter walked to the front desk and came back, "Guest, Ms. Fang is waiting for you in the A08 private room, please do it here."
"Trouble."
Li Changqing followed the waiter up the escalator to the second floor and walked to the fourth room on the left.
I raised my hand and looked at my watch, it was exactly eight o'clock.
Knock on the door.
When he entered the private room, Li Changqing politely nodded to the young lady opposite the table who stood up to greet him, "I've been waiting for a long time."
"Hello, Tan Li."
"Hello."
Li Changqing said politely, then took off the fedora hat and hung it on the clothes rail beside the door, while observing the other party without leaving any trace. This was a professional habit developed by his predecessor and he inherited it.
This Ms. Fang was wearing a black female workplace suit, short hair, and light makeup. She looked very young and had a refined temperament.
After pulling the chair open and sitting down, Li Changqing noticed that there was a trace of anxiety hidden between her eyebrows and eyes.
After Li Changqing finished ordering, the waiter left the private room with the menu, Ms. Fang said, "Tan Li, my name is Fang Qing, I am the general manager of Linmei Property Group. Let's talk about the main business."
Li Changqing smiled and said, "Manager Fang, please tell me?"
Fang Qing took out a newspaper from her bag and put it on Li Changqing's desk. Her expression became solemn: "Li Zhen, a community under our company encountered a strange thing. I wonder if you have read this newspaper from yesterday..."
"Yeah, I've reported it?"
Chapter completed!