Chapter 232 Follow the clues
Chapter 232 Follow the clues
Since the incident that night, there have been no more window smashing incidents in Sihai for two consecutive days. This has made everyone in the company feel relieved, and they hope that this calm can continue.
The new semester has arrived as scheduled, but for many international students, this year has not been a satisfactory one.
They all complained that they did not have a good Chinese New Year celebration in China. Some students even did not return home during the entire Spring Festival, but chose to stay in Australia and have a simple meal with friends.
For them, traditional customs of the Spring Festival, such as setting off fireworks and watching the Spring Festival Gala, have become an unattainable luxury.
Most international students came to Australia during their university years. This is their first New Year in a foreign country, so they miss the New Year flavor and atmosphere in China very much.
In comparison, an old hand like Chen Xi, who has been in Australia for so many years, doesn't care about the Chinese New Year at all. Anyway, his home will be deserted with few people during the Chinese New Year.
This time, since I selected my courses in time, I signed up for subjects that were easy to test for, and even chose a Chinese language course.
This is a course that many international students will choose, and it is free.
If a Chinese fails even this course, he can hang himself, because some foreigners will choose this course, which is relatively less difficult than Chinese language courses in China.
However, when it comes to classical Chinese, foreigners generally have a headache reading it.
Today is accounting class, which is Chen Xi's least favorite class. Although he doesn't like it, it is a required course. Thinking back to his previous life, he had failed this course three times. It was simply a nightmare.
Xiao Ming majored in accounting, so he was naturally familiar with the subject. Today, the three of them - Xiao Ming, Chen Xi and Li Yuqing - were all taking accounting classes, which was a required course for almost every business student.
Chen Xi also met an old friend from his previous life - Shi Tao. Shi Tao's aunt is the owner of a well-known accounting firm in the Boxhill area. This firm was also one of the options Chen Xi considered when transferring money to the Internet cafe.
However, since they didn't know each other yet, Chen Xi was naturally embarrassed to ask Shi Tao for help.
Shi Tao is handsome and has inherited a good voice. He is also good at flirting with girls and is proficient in singing and guitar. He has many girlfriends and naturally attracts a lot of girls' attention when he enters the classroom.
During class, Shi Tao chatted with several girls enthusiastically, and soon they started calling each other brother and sister. Li Yuqing stared at Shi Tao with her eyes wide open, not knowing what she was thinking.
Chen Xi was listening to the lecture carefully. He didn't want to fail this course again in this life.
"Cough~" At this time, the classroom door was pushed open. The teacher looked at the two late students and couldn't help coughing lightly.
The people who came in were Chen Xu and Ouyang Ming. Ouyang Ming failed a course and had to repeat it, so the teacher naturally remembered him. Chen Xu had previously returned to China to take a leave of absence, but now he is back to study, so the two of them are classmates again.
"Hey! How's your year going!"
"What else can I do? I don't have many relatives in Xinlu, so we'll just be celebrating the New Year with just a few of us."
Chen Xi responded unhappily.
Li Yuqing pricked up her ears and listened to their conversation. She had never met Chenxu and had no idea about their relationship.
"My dad asked you to come to Yongcheng to celebrate the New Year next time."
"…If you want to go, go to Wulin! I don't know anyone in Yongcheng except you. My cousins are there in Wulin, and we can visit West Lake while we're there."
"There's nothing good to visit in West Lake. I didn't have enough fun there when I was a kid! My cousins are all studying abroad! They basically don't come back to China. I heard they are planning to immigrate."
"Haha, girls don't want to come back after they go out."
Chen Xi shook his head helplessly and said that the immigration process for this cousin and his elder cousin was quite difficult. They both bought houses abroad, and it took his cousin many years to complete it due to work and other reasons.
My cousin changed several countries. One moment she felt that the United Kingdom was not good, so she went to the United Kingdom. Then she felt that the security there was also bad. Then she complained that there were too many black people in France. Her family was annoyed by her.
"Stop talking about family matters. I'm telling you, Chen Xi, I've made my first successful business. Under my guidance, baby Liya has successfully sold wine to the country..."
Hearing Ouyang Ming's words, Chen Xi covered his mouth and just wanted to laugh. How could he not know that it must be Liya who was busy. This guy must be sleeping in and playing games at home.
“How much did you earn?”
"It's not much, just a few hundred thousand Chinese yuan. I asked her to increase the amount, but she disagreed."
"Hmm? Hundreds of thousands? The quantity is not that large? How much is it exactly?"
Ouyang Ming's words seemed to be full of water. The red wine business was not large, so they probably couldn't make much money.
"One hundred and ten thousand……"
"How much exactly?"
"After deducting all expenses, I probably made 7 to 8 yuan."
Ouyang Ming blushed and answered shyly.
He wanted to exaggerate the number to trick them into getting on board, but he was found out.
"Don't be discouraged, take it slow!" Chen Xi did not discourage Ouyang Ming, but encouraged him seriously.
"Listen carefully in class! You're still talking when you're late!"
Just as everyone was thinking about their own things, the voice of a female teacher suddenly came from the podium.
They looked up and saw the female teacher with her hands on her hips, staring at them sternly.
This female teacher was a Chinese from Shenzhen, so she was naturally very strict with Chinese students.
Upon seeing this, several people immediately collected their thoughts and listened attentively.
The classroom suddenly became quiet, with only the clear voice of the female teacher explaining.
Li Yuqing was listening intently when she was suddenly interrupted. She couldn't help feeling regretful.
In the following time, everyone listened to the lecture attentively, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.
They didn't dare speak loudly until the get out of class was over and they walked out of the classroom.
"Let me tell you, those guys in China don't know anything about wine. I sold him three grades of wine this time, high, medium and low, but he couldn't tell them apart. When I told him it was good wine, he believed it..."
Ouyang Ming said proudly as he walked.
Chen Xi sighed. They were showing the chat records to other buyers! Bad wine could also be sold at a high price.
"I'm going to ship out a few more batches of goods. Once they're stable, I'll go take care of the winery. Don't just stand there and watch. If you don't get in the car now, it will be too late."
"Yes Yes."
"sure."
Chen Xu and Chen Xi looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
They were all ready to see how long Ouyang Ming could hold on.
Chen Xu was afraid of Ouyang Ming because he was not very active.
"Max said that the housing prices in Mo Village are rising!" Chen Xu patted Chen Xi's shoulder.
"Oh, by the way. Speaking of buying a house, my mother plans to buy a house for me in Mo Village."
Chen Xi thought about buying a house, luckily Chen Xu reminded him. In the past two days, because of the Sihai Company's affairs, he had forgotten to buy a house.
"Ah! Buying a house? Aren't you going back to your country?"
"I'll sell it when the time comes, so I don't have to pay rent."
"That makes sense. Then I'll go talk to my dad too."
Chen Xu nodded, thinking that Chen Xi’s idea was good.
"No! Why buy a house? Invest all your money in me and it will multiply several times over." Ouyang Ming excitedly grabbed the arms of the two men.
"Brother Ou, buying a house and investing in yours don't conflict."
“Yes, there is no conflict.”
The two of them were afraid and quickly explained that if they gave the money for buying a house to Ouyang Ming, he might even think of building a rocket to the sky.
He only wants to do the red wine business because he doesn't have the funds. If he had money, he would look down on this business. Ouyang Ming's ambition is too big, and small business does not meet his ideals at all.
"Did you bring your girlfriend from Sakura Country back home to give your family a surprise during the Chinese New Year?"
"Forget it. I'm afraid it will turn into a shock."
Facing Chen Xu's teasing, Chen Xi shook his head. It hadn't come to that yet. But his family was relatively open-minded and not conservative. Chen Caiyue even joked at the time, asking him to bring back a big foreign horse!
"Haha, Brother Shi Tao, you are such an interesting person."
"Haha, there's no guitar today, so I didn't sing well just now."
"Wow, you can play the guitar too."
"Well, there's an electric guitar at home."
"Then I'll come to your house to play next time."
"I'll go as well."
Just as Chen Xi was smoking and relaxing outside the teaching building, he saw Shi Tao walking out with two girls, talking and laughing.
Shi Tao's humor obviously made the two girls very happy. They laughed so hard that they were shaking with laughter and kept clamoring to go to Shi Tao's house to play.
Chen Xi still can't understand why Shi Tao is so good at picking up girls. He succeeds every time.
There are so many girls around him that he can’t count them with his hands and toes.
Chen Xi did not talk to Shi Tao because he knew that they would definitely meet again.
In his previous life, Shi Tao met Wang Li and others by going to an Internet cafe, and Chen Xi also met Shi Tao through Wang Li. Now that Geto has closed down, Shi Tao can only go to Orange and Beyond Internet cafes to play.
It won't be long before Orange will be closed due to violence, so he will meet Shi Tao sooner or later.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Xu poked him.
"Nothing, I just think that guy is really good at picking up girls. He only took one class and he got two girls."
Chen Xi couldn't help laughing.
"Ha, I think you're not bad! You have several people around you!" Dongdong smiled.
In his eyes, Chen Xi is the master. He doesn't need to pick up girls, they will automatically come to him.
"Nonsense, I only have one girlfriend."
"Yes, yes, yes. One is the main wife, and I don't know what the rest are." Xiao Ming immediately stepped forward to finish off the enemy.
When thinking of the main wife, Chen Xi thought of Saori. It was time to go to her house today. Little Chen Xi was already feeling pent up, and she was probably feeling the same way.
Several people walked towards the parking lot. Xiao Ming had already passed the driving test and bought an Audi car, acting like a leader.
"Has this guy been planning to go to Saori's house for a long time, so he asked you to drive out today?"
"Ha, I thought you understood! I didn't say anything."
"Heh, there will definitely be a lot of gunfire at Saori's house tonight, let's go to the Internet cafe to play some games?"
"Let's go to the company. I've been so nervous lately that I don't have the energy to play games."
"When did you become so ambitious?"
"After all, I am the nominal boss of the company. I can't mess up the company that my uncle left to me."
"You bought an Audi and you talk like a boss. Hey, hey, do you know how to drive? You didn't buy your driver's license and you didn't even release the handbrake."
As Dongdong was chatting, he felt something was wrong with the car. He looked down and found that it was a problem with the handbrake.
Doncater, 7-11 convenience store.
"Hey! Give me another helping of that shit from last time."
Chen Xi greeted the clerk who was well versed in the product.
"Hmm? Oh, okay. It worked well last time!" The clerk obviously didn't remember Chen Xi, but when he saw him standing in front of the shelves with special items, the young man immediately remembered what happened before.
"Yeah, the dam exploded in an instant, comparable to a C4 bomb." Chen Xi nodded.
"A new product has been released. This one is even more powerful. Don't use it too much. I'm afraid the little girl can't handle it."
"I understand, I understand." Chen Xi paid the money impatiently, took his things and got in the car.
Chen Xi did not go directly to Saori's house, but drove to Balwyn because he wanted to verify his hypothesis.
Chen Xi stood quietly in front of a villa in Balwyn, staring at the house deeply. This was the place where the last arrest took place, and it was also the house where the guest who caused trouble by taking drugs stayed.
Chen Xi's thoughts could not help but drift back to that night, the chaos and tension at that time seemed to be still vivid in his mind. He clearly remembered how the police broke through the door and took them away.
Chen Xi looked at the house carefully. It had obviously been vacant for a long time.
Through the fence, he could see that the yard was covered with dead leaves, a desolate scene. The entire yard looked like it had been unattended for a long time, which further confirmed his guess.
He looked around and made sure no one was paying attention, then he took a deep breath and nimbly climbed over the fence.
He walked quickly to the swimming pool in the garden, searching the ground with his eyes.
Soon, he found a stone with a peculiar shape. He was delighted and picked it up quickly.
Then he took out another almost identical stone from his pocket.
The two stones collided lightly in his hands, making a crisp sound. Chen Xi looked at the two stones, his mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a satisfied smile.
There were many such stones on the ground, and he had seen them before when he was cleaning here. He didn't know if there were such stones in other places, or maybe it was just a coincidence.
After walking for a while, he found that the garden was littered with these things, and there were even a few pieces in the swimming pool.
He clearly remembered that there was no such thing when he cleaned the swimming pool last time. He had cleaned the swimming pool so clean that there was not even a leaf left, so how could there be a stone?
When he came to a wooden fence, he found that there were a lot of stones here.
Looking inside through the gap in the fence, the ground over there was also piled with the same stones.
This discovery gave Chen Xi an idea. He carefully observed the ground on both sides of the fence and found that the stones on this side did show signs of being thrown over by humans.
"Mm~Great!"
Just as Chen Xi was lost in thought, a shirtless man suddenly walked out of the house opposite.
The man looked like he had just woken up, with messy hair sticking up on his head, obviously he hadn't combed it for a long time. He stretched his muscles lazily and stretched his waist.
"Look at my three-quarters!" The man picked up a stone from the ground, swung his arms, and made a slant shoulder pitch, which is also called the three-quarter pitch in baseball.
The stone spun in his hand, then flew out of his hand like a cannonball, drawing a sharp arc and flying over the fence.
Chen Xi watched the stone whizzing past his head and then falling accurately into the swimming pool. The sound of a crisp splash announced the success of the man's pitch.
"Haha! Next week I can attack from a long distance." When the man heard the sound of water splashing, he immediately bent down excitedly and made a victory gesture, his face filled with complacency and pride.
"Where did you die again?"
"I'm coming!"
Another man's voice was heard from inside the house. The guy who had just thrown the stone ran into the house immediately. Soon, there were clanging sounds in the house, as if someone was moving furniture.
It’s probably this bastard!
Next week huh?
Ok, waiting for you!
Chen Xi clenched his fists. There was no evidence now, so he could only wait until this guy went to Sihai to commit crimes next week before catching him.
Chen Xi, in a good mood, immediately slipped back into the car and drove towards Saori's house.
"Saori, isn't this too revealing? I've never worn a nightgown like this before."
"It's already a nightgown, why do you care if it's leaky?"
"This is too sexy, it's like having nothing on."
"Look, I'm dressed pretty well!"
"It's... too embarrassing. I can't cover it up anymore..."
At Saori's house, two women were discussing a scene. Jin Nana looked at Saori wearing an almost transparent nightgown, swaying in front of her eyes and posing in various seductive poses. She blushed and covered her eyes, not daring to look.
The two of them went shopping before, and after Saori's constant persuasion, she bought the same nightgown. However, when she tried it on after returning home, she was too afraid to put it on.
Jin Nana used to be like a tomboy. Although she started to learn Saori's dressing style in the past few months, she thought this nightgown was too open.
"Isn't this pretty!" With the help of Saori, Jin Nana put on the nightgown. Looking at herself in the mirror, she felt a little embarrassed. The two beauties stood in front of the mirror, looking like a pair of sisters.
"Ding dong~"
"Saori, open the door! Your husband is here to love you!"
Chen Xi pressed the doorbell, but when no one opened the door for a long time, he started shouting at the top of his voice.
"Why is he here?" Jin Nana was so scared that she quickly put on her pants and coat. Saori was shocked and ran to the door, forgetting that Nana was still changing clothes in the bedroom.
"Baby, look what good things I brought you?"
"Damn it, you kept thinking about that. It almost killed me last time."
Saori took a look at what was in the plastic bag and immediately rolled her eyes at him.
"Don't you want to? If not, then I'll leave."
"I miss you so much."
Seeing Chen Xi preparing to leave, Saori quickly stepped forward and grabbed his arm.
"You're going to die again! In broad daylight! The lesson from last time wasn't enough." Jin Nana walked over wrapped in a coat, still wearing the nightgown underneath.
She yelled at the two of them, then blushed and quickly walked out the door.
"Okay, the outsiders have left and the blaster is ready. It seems that you, baby, can't wait and have changed your clothes." Chen Xi looked at the nightgown that Saori was wearing and clicked his tongue.
"Hmph, I want to be a Q-soldier today."
"Oh, just your small body?"
"Don't believe it? Then try it?"
"Let's try it!"
After a conversation, both of them began to breathe rapidly.
(End of this chapter)