met free Chapter 453 Someone Didn’t Come Back
Chapter 453 Someone Didn’t Come Back
Anjiu was a little uncomfortable with Boss Zhang's uncharacteristic enthusiasm.
Besides, there was Pu Huai standing next to him, who was silent and had a cold look in his eyes.
She wiped the sweat off her forehead and refused: "That's not necessary. I can just borrow a small cart and transport it a few times. Business is not good now. What if you come back with a big order?"
Boss Zhang seemed to be convinced by her, and his face flushed with excitement.
"That's right. Then I won't close the shop. If I close the shop too much, there will be a reason... Here is the cart, take it and use it."
Anjiu reached out to grab the handrail and pulled it, but it didn't move.
Boss Zhang held the handrail tightly and said with a smile: "There are a lot of goods, you have to run several times. If I go in later and can't see me, don't worry, no one here dares to take my goods."
An Jiu responded, "I almost forgot to pay the balance. Come, collect the contribution points."
Boss Zhang's smile deepened. After making sure he heard the money being deposited, he let go of his hand and even helped carry a piece of water.
"Take your time on the way back. There's no rush. If you can't finish moving it today, it's okay to leave it here. We're already partners now. This little favor is free. I won't charge you any extra fees~"
"…Thank you."
Just at this time, someone came, and Boss Zhang naturally followed the customer back to sell goods.
After placing the wine and water, she pulled them towards the elevator. After they entered the elevator and there were no surveillance devices, she put the bottles of water into the space.
Pu Huai sat on her shoulders, crossed his arms, and asked casually, "Are you planning to have Boss Zhang deliver the goods to your door?"
"No, why are you asking?" Anjiu pretended to be evasive.
"From what I know about him, he only does things for a profit, and he often uses his fat body to show off his affluence. How could he be willing to do such hard labor as delivering water? I'm afraid he has other motives."
"...I guess it has something to do with contribution points? We agreed to pick up the goods in three days, but I broke the appointment. Maybe he wants to know where I live?"
But the contribution points have been paid, does he know what the point is?
An Jiu shrugged, "Or, as you said, based on his personality, that sentence might just be said casually."
If he really had a purpose, he wouldn't have agreed so readily when she refused.
Moreover, Boss Zhang's performance after receiving the contribution value was no different from before.
She concluded: "So you're overthinking it."
“…” Pu Huai was speechless for a moment.
Later, when Anjiu went downstairs to fetch water, he paid special attention to Boss Zhang's actions.
The other party sat back behind the counter, eating a sweet and creamy cake. When An Jiu saw him, he just raised the cake and promoted it: "Would you like one? Double the frosting, only 28 contribution points each~"
"No, I'm allergic to sweets."
Anjiu picked up the water and stacked it neatly on the cart, then pulled it away.
She glanced at Pu Huai, but the other party didn't say a word.
On her last trip to the Cailutong store, she returned the rented shovel and paid the deposit.
"I'll come back to get water in a week. Can you give me two more this time?"
Boss Zhang was embarrassed. "No, this is a small business. I don't even earn any contribution points. If I give away two more, I will have to pay for them. I can't do that."
——It tastes just right.
Anjiu was completely relieved and continued to chat for a few more words before leaving the shop with the gift of water.
"Xiaojiu, do you feel that the weather has become cold again these two days?"
Grandma opened the window to ventilate the room, and frowned as she watched the hot white air flying out.
"It may be related to the iceberg," An Jiu wrapped his collar tightly, his mouth and nose felt cool when he breathed, "It will only be cold for a few days at most, and then it will get warmer day by day.
"By the way, I remember there was a grandmother who injured her leg and stayed at the iceberg. Is she back now?"
As they were riding in the car towards the portal, everyone was so exhausted from working intensively all night for four consecutive days that they could not even straighten their backs. They had completely forgotten that there were people on the other side of the iceberg.
But now I think about it, for four days, there was no food or water, and it was getting colder day by day...
Anjiu glanced at her grandmother, who looked a little sad.
An Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard his grandmother say, "He hasn't come back yet. The door is locked and there's no sound."
That means... I can't come back.
She stood up, "Grandma——"
"It's okay," grandma slowly closed the window to keep the cold air out, and said in a heavy tone, "This kind of thing is not your fault or mine, it's just her bad luck..."
Grandma doesn't want to talk about this. It can be said that she has seen many people die in her life.
This is so common on the 48th floor that it's not surprising.
She just felt a little uncomfortable and didn't want to talk. She wanted to be quiet for a while.
Seeing his grandmother like this, Anjiu made an excuse to go downstairs to fetch water and went out with the empty bucket.
The staff at the water sales counter hadn't seen her for a long time and actually smiled, a rare moment.
"It's just right that you're here! I'll leave this to you. I'm going to run something. As usual, wait for me to come back."
Anjiu: “…Oh, okay.”
After he left, Anjiu skillfully adjusted the water flow to the maximum, tied a rope to the clean Klein faucet, and threw it into the bucket.
Then she sat on a chair, called Pu Huai out, and used her fingers as a comb to comb his hair.
It is called emotional communication.
Pu Huai: “…”
That evening, Anjiu went to see A Ling after dinner.
"Is your foot feeling better?"
When the car slid sideways and fell into the deep pit, the people in the car were pressed together by the thrust, and A Ling's foot seemed to have been injured at that time.
At that time, she said that nothing was wrong, there was no redness or swelling, and except that she felt a little uncomfortable walking, it didn't affect anything else, so she wanted to follow Anjiu and her grandmother to the ruined city.
But four consecutive days of high-intensity work seemed to have caused her feet to start to swell.
Anjiu took out the medicine for bruises and injuries that he had collected from his pocket and asked her to spray it several times a day.
"And this red pill, just take two."
A Ling thanked her and used it on the spot. An Jiu was there and could tell her the correct way if she used it incorrectly.
She gave the two children two candies and coaxed them to eat them slowly under the quilt so as not to disturb the adults who were talking.
"This is the candy I found in the ruins. I hid it secretly and they didn't find it." Ah Ling said in a low voice with a hint of pride on her face, "I still have some. Do you want some wine?"
An Jiu shook his head, "I just had dinner, and I can't eat anything else."
After they said this, there was a bit of silence. It wasn't that there was any conflict between them. Just a glance at each other made it clear that they were both thinking about the grandmother who was left behind.
"If only I had brought her with me back then! How could I have forgotten about her when I came back?" A Ling sighed with regret.
Anjiu didn't always go to the kitchen as she was busy with her life, school and working in the mines. In fact, she didn't have a deep impression of the grandmother. She felt sad, more because the grandmother had lost a sister and she could empathize with her.
A Ling is different. After suffering so much, she remembers everyone who is kind to them. The death of her aunt is equivalent to the permanent loss of a person who is truly kind to her and her children.
Her sadness came from the bottom of her heart, and she could not accept the idea that she could have brought her aunt back.
Anjiu came to see her, actually wanting to give her a place to vent her emotions.
"I can't blame you. I forgot too."