Page 201
Ah Cha spat out a mouthful of blood foam and said calmly: "Then come."
……
"Bao'er, are you stupid? At least let the workers move the flowers in, and then chase them away. Now we have to do the hard labor~"
Aunt Liu held a pot of flowers and squatted beside the door of the flower shop.
"Just put it there and I'll move it myself."
"I feel sorry for you~"
"Then you'll continue moving?"
"I'm tired~"
Li Tao: “…”
"Kiss, come here and give me a kiss. One kiss will make you stronger~" Aunt Liu said, waving her little fist.
"If you're tired, take a break. Let's plan in the flower shop first, which flowers to put in which place. Aunt Liu, it's a good opportunity for you to use your recent research on psychology to some effect."
Yoo In Na glanced at the flower shop, seemingly wondering if she could really make a difference.
"what happened?"
Aunt Liu shook her head, squatted on the ground and opened her arms towards Li Tao: "Hug~"
Li Tao lifted Aunt Liu up by her arms, and Aunt Liu instantly clung to Li Tao like an octopus, and the two of them walked into the flower shop in a sweet voice.
Although the decoration is not yet completed, it is almost there.
The tiles have been laid and painted. To be more precise, it is called water-based paint. It does not contain toxic gases, but has the same magical effect as paint. You can move in after painting.
What's missing are some air conditioners, freezers, tables and chairs, as well as the decorations that a flower shop should have.
"Aunt Liu, this is what I think. I hope the flower shop can create such an atmosphere..."
Li Tao briefly stated his previous thoughts. He hoped that every customer would be willing to buy a flower that belongs to her alone and have the desire to talk about it.
This requires a very high level of environment, which must be quieter and more secure than when they buy flowers and take them home to talk.
Liu Renna nodded her head, looked around the surroundings, and said with some difficulty: "I can adjust the lighting, and then set up some small psychological hints to guide the guests' thoughts."
"But, after all, I have never thought about flowers. Their growth habits will affect the environment. I need to hire someone to do gardening or flower arrangement."
Li Tao rubbed his nose and nodded in agreement, "That's right. I think there must be someone in our Art Academy who can do it. I'll look for him when I have time."
"Well, let me see how to set up some psychological hints first."
Li Tao looked at Aunt Liu's plump figure from behind, and for a moment he felt a little emotional. Serious women are indeed attractive.
"Speaking of being serious, it seems like I could use someone to talk to about art."
Xiangxue is a model worker. Didn’t she graduate from the Art College of Luma University?
Even though she has been stranded for many years and changed her career to become a secretary, I believe her business ability will not be much different.
After all, she is always a very reliable girlfriend at critical moments.
Chapter 191 The Shocking Truth
"Buzz~"
The mobile phone on the bedside table gradually shifted due to the vibration.
A pair of round white legs were draped over the goose yellow quilt, but the little head covered in the quilt rustled a few times and showed no sign of looking at the phone.
"The number you dialed is currently unanswered. Please call again later."
Unfortunately, Li Tao’s call did not wake up Xiangxue who was sleeping soundly.
"Forget it, I guess he didn't get up."
Li Tao rubbed his panda eyes, walked out of the flower shop, and stretched lazily towards the glaring sun.
Luma University is located on an island. Although it is still hot and sunny in mid-September, the gentle breeze is no longer like a heat wave like in the past. Instead, it brings a hint of coolness.
"Ah sneeze~"
Li Tao rubbed his nose and sneezed, squeezing out tears.
Hearing the sound, Aunt Liu came out with a tissue.
"Do you have a cold?"
"Probably not. I didn't feel any stuffy nose or anything. I just sneezed."
Li Tao thought: Maybe someone is nagging me again?
He took the tissue from Liu Inna and wiped his nose, then walked towards the trash can at the intersection.
When throwing the paper, Li Tao suddenly stood there with a serious look.
Liu Renna saw something was wrong, wiped her hands, and followed.
"what happened?"
“How often is this trash can emptied?”
Liu Renna shrugged amusedly and said, "How would I know? You should ask the sanitation workers."
"It hasn't been cleaned for at least three days." Li Tao muttered, and reached out to put his hand into the trash can.
Seeing this, Liu Renna quickly slapped his hand away: "What are you doing? You don't just have a cold, you have a fever. It's so dirty, how can you dig through the trash can."
"It's okay, I'll get these sunglasses out and see if they're the ones."
Liu Renna didn't understand what Li Tao said, but he insisted on doing it. Liu Renna could only look up at the sky with a look of despair: "I will wash your hands myself later, I'm afraid you can't wash them clean by yourself"
"Yes, I threw that one."
Li Tao held up a pair of sunglasses and looked at them under the sun. There were gray coffee stains on the lenses of the sunglasses. This was the one that Gao Yuying had worn before.
Li Tao threw his sunglasses into this trash can three days ago, which was Friday. He had asked the eyewear shop at that time, but they said they couldn't repair them, so Li Tao bought the same model and threw away the old one.
But the street is very clean and tidy, it doesn't look like the trash cans are not emptied every three days.
"Is there anything special about this pair of sunglasses?" Aunt Liu asked curiously.
"Gao Yuying's is the woman who died on the island."
"Oh! I would have forgotten it if you hadn't mentioned it."
Liu Renna slapped her thigh. She forgot to tell Li Tao what she had asked Qin Keqing.
"Maybe you will meet Gao Yuying in a few days. I learned from Qin Keqing that the strange pattern left on the mud is the plum blossom K of the Reef Organization..."
Except for what Qin Keqing said about the secret fusion, Liu Renna relayed everything else to Li Tao, including Qin Keqing's suggestion that Li Tao take advantage of the situation and follow the clues to find the culprit.
"But why does this King of Clubs use Gao Yuying's identity?" Li Tao looked puzzled.
Liu Renna scratched her lips, she couldn't figure it out: "Didn't you first contact Gao Yuying because of Bai Muzhen? Maybe there is something special about it."
Li Tao stared at Aunt Liu's pink lips, and after a moment he said, "It looks like we're back to the original cause of Bai Muzhen's death. Maybe I have to go to the apartment they rented."
"I am coming too!"
Li Tao shook his head and said, "I can go by myself. Aunt Liu, you stay in the flower shop and figure out how to arrange it."
"I don't want~"
"Listen, I've paid you my salary in advance, and now it's all in your pocket. This flower shop is screwed up, and our family has no income again."
Li Tao couldn't help but think of the huge sum of money he still had hidden in his hands, which was the balance of more than 200,000 yuan.
When he calls Qiulan later to report the situation, should he also take credit for it and reward himself with some of the points?
"Ah, it's so boring to be alone~"
Liu Inna scratched her hands, her face full of reluctance.
"I'll call Xiangxue later and ask her..."
"No! I can do it alone!"
Aunt Liu didn't even let him finish his words before sternly rejecting him. It seemed that the relationship between her and Li Manzi, the master and servant, was becoming increasingly tense.
"Uh... it's all right, as long as you're happy..."
Li Tao pushed Liu Renna back to the flower shop, drank a glass of water inside, and walked out alone at about eleven o'clock.
As he walked on the street, he began to think. He had never asked Gao Yuying where she lived before, so how should he find her now?
The moment he looked up, Li Tao happened to see the sign of the coffee shop. His eyes lit up and he knew a solution.
Li Tao walked straight into the coffee shop, where he overheard the secret conversation between the three sisters last time.
Gao Yuying is dead now, but to her two sisters, she is missing, so those two best friends will be happy unless they are extremely heartless.
They would start looking for her, searching for her in all the places where Gao Yuying would appear, and leave their contact information.
Walking to the bar, Li Tao asked the front desk if anyone was looking for someone recently. As expected, Li Tao got Wang Chunman's contact information.
According to the front desk, on Saturday morning, Wang Chunman and another lady came to the store looking for someone and left their contact information, asking them to call and inform Gao Yuying if she came to the store.
"dudu~"
"Hey?"
"Hello, are you Wang Chunman?"
"Yes, who are you?"
"My name is Li Tao. Uh, I accidentally spilled coffee on your bestie's sunglasses at the coffee shop."
"Oh, I remember now. Do you know where Gao Yuying is now?"
Li Tao stared at the floor and thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know. I called her just to return her sunglasses, but the call never got through."
"Then I went to a coffee shop just now, and the waiter there must have seen me talking to Gao last time, so he asked me if I had met Gao Yuying, and left me your contact information."
"Is that so..." Wang Chunman's voice was also filled with fatigue.
After a moment of silence, she said calmly, "Gao Yuying is missing. She has been missing for three days."
"Missing for three days?" Li Tao pretended to be surprised.