Mu Siyu checked the recent design drawings, picked up the teacup next to her and took a sip of tea.
"This tea is good..." she said to Zheng Shuyu, "try it."
Zheng Shuyu was looking at the account book. After hearing her words, he stopped what he was doing, took a sip, and let out a long hum: "Not bad, it's better than your and my tea."
The person standing below smiled and said: "There is a new tea shop opened in Suzhou City. The owner wants to order furniture for our dream home. We can buy tea from him at a discount. If the owner and shopkeeper like it, I will go to him immediately.
Order another batch of goods and take them back to Shanghai and North City to taste them slowly."
"Okay, you can go buy it!" Mu Siyu said, "We have to watch for a while. You don't need to guard here. You can continue to do whatever you need to do. I will call you if I need anything."
"Yes, boss."
After the man left, Mu Siyu looked at Zheng Shuyu: "How is your place?"
"The accounts are false."
"This man is very smart. What is true and false is false, and there is truth within the false. If his brain is not flexible, he still cannot see this trick."
"Nine truths and one falsehood, and this falsehood can't be seen. He is indeed smart. Unfortunately, his cleverness is useless in the right place. This kind of cleverness will only make him fly."
"You know the situation of the branch. When we first came in, how many familiar faces do you think the waiters in the store still have?"
Zheng Shuyu thought about it carefully and said uncertainly: "Is there a group of people who are not in the store?"
"You'll know what's going on if you ask Zisu Ziyuan later." Mu Siyu put the design aside, "This design is not Jiang Zhong's, and I haven't seen him today. It seems like something happened here.
"
Zisu Ziyuan came over to report the situation.
"The slaves asked the female clerks in the store that Mr. Jiang has not come to the store for two months. When the slaves asked the reason, they didn't know. They only said that Mr. Jiang had said before that Ji Qiaoyan would be responsible for the store's affairs, but he didn't come.
They just thought he wanted to rest and didn't take it seriously."
"Ji Qiaoyan is the young man just now." Zheng Shuyu explained to Mu Siyu at the side, "When I left, he was just a little boy. I didn't expect him to climb so fast."
"It seems that we need to find Jiang Zhong first before we can figure out what happened here." Mu Siyu looked at her, "It is useless to find out these things now. It treats the symptoms but not the root cause."
"right."
"Zisu, Ziyuan, you don't have to follow them anymore, pack your things and go back to the inn where I'm staying."
Mu Siyu knew where Jiang Zhong lived and took Zisu Ziyuan to visit him.
It was Jiang Zhong's sister who opened the door. When she saw Mu Siyu, her expression changed drastically.
Mu Siyu: "..."
There seems to be a real problem.
"Mother, mother, my boss is here." Jiang Tong shouted inside.
An old woman came out and saw Mu Siyu, her calves were trembling.
Mu Siyu couldn't stand it.
She is not an evil spirit. Does this family need to be so scared and guilty when they see her?
"I'm just here to ask for a drink of water." Mu Siyu said, "Can you come in?"
"Of course, come in quickly." Zhuang said tremblingly.
Mu Siyu sat in front of the stone table.
One of the two women from the Jiang family poured water for her, and the other brought her dried fruits.
The two of them were very polite to her, but they were afraid that she would speak. As long as she showed signs of speaking, they would look frightened.
Mu Siyu felt that if she continued to scare them like this, they might not be able to bear the pressure and collapse. But they had to speak, otherwise they wouldn't be able to find out Jiang Zhong's whereabouts.
"I came to Suzhou City this time mainly to attend a friend's wedding banquet." Mu Siyu said, "I will stay here for two days by the way. Where is Jiang Zhongren? Why didn't I see him?"
"His aunt is sick, so I went over to see him. It's a bit far there, and I have to go back and forth. I don't know when I can come back. But he has arranged things in the store, so there will be no delay." Zhuang explained nervously.
"So that's it!" Mu Siyu said again, "I told him before that I was going to the capital to develop, and the new store would definitely require a lot of manpower and material resources, so I asked him to come with me. If he never comes back, what will happen to him?
You can’t follow me anymore, right?”
"This..." Mr. Zhuang was stunned and looked at Jiang Tong beside him.
Jiang Tong didn't know how to answer either.
Where is the capital? It is a holy land that poor people like them have never thought of. If Jiang Zhong can follow Mu Siyu to the capital, the future is obvious, but now...
"My brother will be back soon," Jiang Tong said.
"Well, I'll leave first. If he comes back, tell him that I came to see him." Mu Siyu stood up.
After leaving Jiang's house, Ziyuan said: "Master Jiang is not at home, so why is his new daughter-in-law not at home either? I heard that they have a child, but they didn't hear the sound."
Zi Su followed up and said: "The clothes hanging out are only those of the aunt and the little sister, and there are no men's things. There are dried vegetables in the dustpan. It seems that they are very poor!"
"Jiang Zhong has been with me for so long and has been a steward here for so long. Even if he is not rich and powerful, his life should not be like this. Something must have happened to him." Mu Siyu said, "You two should inquire separately.
Let’s find out what happened two months ago.”
Some time ago, she sent someone to Suzhou City to investigate the matter, but she didn't come in person, and she never doubted her shop no matter how suspicious she was, so she missed this detail.
Is there a possibility that Jiang Zhong was also a victim of that fraud case?
Zisu and Ziyuan separated to inquire about the news.
"The neighbors said that Mr. Jiang's wife took her children to visit relatives and did not come back."
"The person I asked said the same thing. First, Mr. Jiang's wife did not come back with the child, and then Mr. Jiang also went out."
"Is something going to happen to them?"
Mu Siyu said: "I'm going to the Qin family. I can only ask Mr. Qin, a local wealthy businessman, about this kind of thing."
Qin Wenhan was about to go out when he heard that Mu Siyu was coming. He said to the entourage standing by: "Go and tell the master and let him go first. I will go directly to Jin's house later."
"Things with the Jin family are more important. You can tell Boss Mu directly. She can understand." The attendant said.
"She knows my situation, and she came to me at this time. It must be an important matter. To me, the Jin family is just a marriage that can't be made, so what's important? Besides, the Jin family has given our Qin family a shame.
, Even if he is an official, he still can't make me feel emotional? My Qin family has never been vegetarian." Qin Wenhan sneered.
When Mu Siyu came in, she saw Qin Wenhan dressed up and said, "Did I come at the wrong time? How about you go about your business first and I'll come back later?"
"It's not an important matter. If it were an important matter, I would tell you directly and I wouldn't be polite to you." Qin Wenhan said, "Just tell me, is there something wrong?"