diymy Chapter 29 Funds
Chapter 29 Funds
"Xiao Chen? Hello, sister-in-law." Lu Shi really didn't expect to run into a colleague here.
"Ah Shi, what a coincidence!" Xiao Chen's smile changed, adding a touch of surprise.
There were two people beside him.
One is Xiao Chen's wife. She has an ordinary appearance, but the moment you see her, you can describe her with one word—virtuous and kind.
Lu Shi usually addressed her as Sister-in-law Chen or Sister-in-law Chen.
The other girl, holding her mother's hand in one hand and her father's hand in the other, is named Chen Cheng.
She was looking up at Lu Shi, her chubby face beaming with a smile: "Uncle Lu, are you here to buy me a gift too?"
Xiao Chen had invited Lu Shi to his house for dinner a few times before, and they had also gone out for late-night snacks together, so Lu Shi had met Xiao Chen's daughter, Chen Cheng, before.
"Little Orange!" Upon hearing this, Aunt Chen's voice immediately rose a little.
"Yes, I came to buy you a gift," Lu Shi replied to Chen Cheng with a smile.
"Don't be angry, sister-in-law. Chen Cheng is just naturally straightforward and adorable," Lu Shi praised.
Later, while shopping at the supermarket, Xiao Chen pushed the shopping cart behind her, while Xiao Chengzi stared intently at all the products with her bright black eyes, as if trying to find something interesting about them.
Aunt Chen took Xiao Chengzi around and bought her some daily necessities or little gadgets that Xiao Chengzi was interested in.
"I haven't seen you at work lately, so I didn't expect to see you during the holiday," Lu Shi asked.
This matter shouldn't involve any secrets, since the personnel specifically assigned to the "weapon anomaly" incident were their third group. Xiao Chen's strange behavior these days is most likely related to the mission.
If it's something within the scope of the mission, then we can talk about it.
"I'm always busy with work," Xiao Chen said with a smile, taking the bag of toys from her daughter and putting it in the shopping cart. Then she said seriously, "I found some things here."
After pausing for a moment, and waiting for the passersby to walk away, and after the two sensed that no one was around, Xiao Chen continued, "I was caught up in a simulated horror event before, and I have a disfigured mark on my body."
"I've been branded with something abnormal—'Employee Xiao Chen.' Anyone who sees me will be influenced and think I'm a company employee."
"You can quickly become an employee of any company and make yourself 'familiar' to others."
After Xiao Chen explained, Lu Shi roughly understood the situation.
This is similar to the excuse he used before, "the phenomenon of overlapping victim elements".
The victim possesses too many relevant elements, and once spiritual awareness is awakened, they can easily acquire metaphysical abilities.
Xiao Chen's case is simply that the perpetrator has transformed from an ordinary person into an individual simulating terror.
Originally, the marks formed in this simulated terror would belong to the host, but if the host dies, the simulated terror fails, and the sacrificial offering may also accumulate incomplete marks.
Xiao Chen is in this situation.
In theory, metaphysical abilities can be actively controlled, but Xiao Chen cannot. So when Wang Zijian joined the company, he clearly wanted to address him as "Senior Brother Chen" but was influenced and called him Xiao Chen instead.
"Given your situation, it would be incredibly convenient for you to infiltrate the company and gather information." Lu Shi immediately thought of Xiao Chen's usefulness.
They naturally possess the identity of a company employee, allowing them to quickly join any company and become a "veteran" within it.
In this situation, if the company really has a problem, Xiao Chen should be able to find out quickly with his abilities.
"You've found some clues..." Lu Shi quickly grasped the key point: "There are currently two key areas of focus regarding unusual weapon movements."
"An absolutely amazing online celebrity shop, and the No. 1 Steel Plant in Changshi City."
"The captain has been investigating you lately, so you've joined the First Steel Factory?"
It's not difficult to deduce these things; in the entire southern district, there are only these two places that are highly related to unusual weapon movements.
In other places related to cold weapons, either nothing related to rituals was found, or the elements did not match.
"Yes, the mastermind behind this does have some connections with the steel mill." Xiao Chen nodded and said, "I've found out that the steel mill has several unusual financial transactions."
"But I can't find the specific direction of the flow."
Hearing this, Lu Shi also understood the problem with the steel plant.
It's perfectly normal for large factories or companies like these to have financial problems.
But the key issue is that it can't be found.
While metaphysical abilities have various limitations, they are a devastating blow when dealing with ordinary people.
If even Xiao Chen, who infiltrated the steel mill using metaphysics, couldn't find anything, then there must be something special inside the steel mill.
While it cannot be said that the existence of anything special proves that there is a mastermind behind the steel mill.
But at times like these, suspicion against the steel mill rises sharply.
After all, everyone associated with the popular online store "Jue Shi Hao" has been investigated, and apart from Gao Mi, who is suspected to be a core sacrifice, no one else has been found to be particularly related to metaphysics.
The next phase of the investigation will also focus on the steel mill.
After exchanging ideas for a while, the other side had also completed their purchase.
A pleasant supermarket shopping trip finally ended on the fifth floor of the mall.
"Let's eat barbecue! Let's eat barbecue!" Little Orange hugged the magical girl transformation device that Lu Shi bought for her, which emitted a "biubiubiu" sound effect, and happily shouted about today's lunch destination.
The barbecue restaurant on the fifth floor of Dajifa shopping mall is quite famous in the southern district.
Three adults and one child found a square round table, but Little Orange refused the baby stool.
Plates of marinated meat and vegetables were served.
With Captain Fu absent, Xiao Chen naturally took over the responsibility of grilling the meat today.
This barbecue restaurant doesn't use butter, but rather frozen pork fat.
The lard sizzled on the hot plate, and the fat was fried out.
As freshly sliced pork belly was placed on top, a wisp of smoke rose up and was then drawn away by the smoking pipe above.
Along with the meat slices, there were onion rings, pineapple slices, garlic, and other items.
Mrs. Chen, who was standing next to her, had prepared all the side dishes of rice noodles and lettuce.
Soon, as the first batch of grilled meat came out of the oven, Lu Shi picked up a piece, dipped it in the seasoning powder, and then wrapped it in lettuce along with garlic slices and onion rings.
Lettuce insulates against heat, and its crisp, cool texture forms the first layer.
The aroma of onions and garlic forms the second layer.
The seasoning powder on the pork belly serves as the third layer.
The natural meaty aroma of the pork belly serves as the fourth layer.
The texture is very layered, and when the meat flavor of the fourth layer becomes a bit greasy as the oil spreads, the presence of lettuce takes away this greasiness.
Delicious food can take away all negative emotions.
Lu Shi and Xiao Chen's family all enjoyed their meal very much.
Xiao Chen paid for the meal, and he said he would have Lu Shi treat him to it next time.
Lu Shi waved goodbye to Xiao Chen.