Soul Patch

Chapter 49 Someone Died

Huang Weiwei snapped her fingers at Jia Nan.

When Jia Nan looked up at her, there was a hint of something in her eyes that she couldn't understand.

In his gentle voice, he asked, "Cappuccino, perhaps?"

An indescribable feeling welled up in Huang Weiwei's heart. She shook her head, her voice hoarse: "Come here!"

Jia Nan stuffed her phone into her work uniform pocket, picked up a towel from the workbench and carefully wiped her hands before slowly walking towards Huang Weiwei.

The morning sunlight was warm and comfortable, shining through the shop window onto Jia Nan and dispelling the aloofness in his bones.

This caused Huang Weiwei to be momentarily dazed.

"what's up?"

Jia Nan had already walked up to her; his tall figure stood out wherever he was.

"Ahem, ahem... It's like this, there's no supervisor in the store right now. Would you be willing to temporarily take over the supervisor's position?"

Huang Weiwei used a cough to cover up her momentary lapse in concentration. Her usual domineering and arrogant demeanor was completely suppressed by Jia Nan.

But he clearly didn't do anything!

"I don't want to," Jia Nan replied softly.

He glanced out the window; Weiwei Bakery was located at the southwest corner of the intersection, and the situation at the intersection could be clearly seen through the window.

A boy carrying a backpack was rushing to catch a bus when he bumped into a young woman next to him.

The two exchanged a brief glance, seemed to discuss something, and then went their separate ways.

That's just how this city is; the pace of life is incredibly fast. No matter how early you get up today, you can't catch up with yesterday's setting sun.

Leaving their cramped urban village in the morning, they often lose their way home amidst the towering buildings that rise up in the evening.

Huang Weiwei looked in the direction Jia Nan was looking, but saw nothing except a group of people squeezing onto the bus opposite.

She couldn't understand where the distant look in Jia Nan's eyes came from.

"I'll give you a 2000 yuan raise every month." She played her trump card.

Jia Nan withdrew her gaze, turned around and went back behind the beverage bar to continue making coffee.

Huang Dongheng's words echoed in Huang Weiwei's ears: He is a murderer, he is a murderer, you must keep your distance from him!

She wanted to ask "why," but she held back.

The shop assistants held their breath, watching intently as the situation unfolded.

Seeing that Jia Nan didn't appreciate the boss's kindness at all, and refused simply and decisively without even giving an explanation, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Awesome!

To have this kind of class in your job is so cool!

What puzzled everyone even more was that Ms. Huang, who is usually so proud and arrogant, didn't get angry at Jia Nan for making her lose face like that.

The shop assistants glanced at the aloof Jia Nan one moment and the unpredictable Huang Weiwei the next; they could all tell there was something fishy going on!

Huang Weiwei slowly stood up. The metal buckles on the riveted motorcycle gleamed arrogantly, clashing with Jia Nan's reserved and calm temperament from a distance, causing the sweet aroma emanating from the various desserts in the bakery to ferment into an ambiguous atmosphere for no reason.

Jia Nan seemed to sense that something was wrong. He placed the coffee he had prepared on the counter and looked up at Huang Weiwei.

Huang Weiwei walked over without hesitation, picked up her coffee cup, and gave Jia Nan a meaningful look.

The look in her eyes was extremely complex, so complex that Huang Weiwei herself couldn't explain what she was thinking about Jia Nan at that moment.

Even after Huang Weiwei got back into the car and drove it two intersections away, her hands on the steering wheel were still trembling slightly.

She pulled the car over to the side of the road, looked in the direction of her bakery, and held the coffee cup that Jia Nan's fingers had just touched in her hands.

Take a small sip, sip it gently.

She had never realized that coffee could be such a bitter beverage. It tasted like bitter melon upon first sip, and after swallowing, a bittersweet flavor rose from her stomach, permeating every part of her body until it seeped into her very soul.

Unbeknownst to me, something dripped into the coffee cup... The street and pedestrians in front of me gradually became blurry.

Huang Weiwei felt terrible, weak all over, she was definitely sick.

After getting home, I took some cold medicine and slept soundly in bed.

She didn't reach out from under the covers until her phone rang loudly, and fumbled to answer it.

"Hello, this is Officer Cao. Are you the owner of Weiwei Bakery?" A middle-aged man on the phone said a long string of words.

Huang Weiwei was still in a daze. She mumbled an "Mmm," pondered for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "Who did you say you were?"

"This is Officer Cao from the East District Police Station. Something has happened at your bakery. Someone has died. You need to get here right away!"

Huang Weiwei instantly snapped out of her sleepwalking state.

She rolled out of bed, but her legs gave way and she almost fell to the ground.

Why does my body feel so weak and powerless? She quickly sat down, holding onto the edge of the bed.

"Who died?" she asked in shock, her voice trembling with the news.

“Just a passerby!” the other person replied, their voice calm and composed.

Oh, passerby, not Jia Nan!

For some reason, when she heard that someone had died, her first thought was that something had happened to Jia Nan.

She wanted to slap herself.

"I...I'll be right there!" she stammered on the phone, then grabbed her clothes and threw them on. Slipping on her heels and slinging her handbag over her shoulder, she headed for the underground parking garage.

As I sat in the car, preparing to start it, I remembered to call Huang Dongheng and Yang Shanshan.

Unexpectedly, Huang Dongheng arrived at the scene even earlier than her. From the moment Huang Weiwei's car appeared at the intersection, Huang Dongheng stared intently at her car as it slowly drove towards them.

Watching Huang Weiwei get out of the car, this girl... her style of dressing has changed! When did it start?

Huang Dongheng glanced at Jia Nan, who was giving her statement.

For some reason, I suddenly had the feeling that my younger sister had been taken away.

Huang Weiwei staggered out of the car, and Huang Dongheng stepped forward to support her, raising his hand to pat her head.

Looking at Huang Dongheng's broad and powerful chest, Huang Weiwei slumped into it, looking dejected.

Jia Nan caught a glimpse of Huang Weiwei out of the corner of her eye, took out her phone from her pocket, and glanced at the time.

Huang Weiwei slept for six hours.

At this moment, Yang Shanshan also arrived by taxi. As soon as she got out of the car, she looked around and paused briefly at the area cordoned off next to the bakery before running towards Huang Weiwei.

"Weiwei, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

She saw Huang Weiwei leaning against Huang Dongheng's chest looking weak and listless, and asked anxiously.

"She's fine, she just arrived at the scene!" Huang Dongheng smiled and said to Yang Shanshan.

"Oh, that's good! Weiwei, look at you, you scared me to death! You didn't even explain things clearly on the phone," Yang Shanshan scolded Huang Weiwei.

Only then did she notice a gaze fixed on her, and it was Huang Dongheng! Huang Weiwei's brother!

She looked at Huang Dongheng and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I... I'm Yang Shanshan, Huang Weiwei's best friend. Um... we met at Weiwei's house last time, right?"

Huang Dongheng stared intently at Yang Shanshan. In fact, Yang Shanshan had left a deep impression on him when they brushed past each other last time.

As a lawyer, he has met all sorts of career elites and powerful businesswomen, and to be honest, some of them are more beautiful and charming than Yang Shanshan.

Yang Shanshan seems to possess a pure, natural, and untainted quality.

This was incredibly precious to Attorney Huang, who had witnessed countless acts of greed and the ugliness of human nature; it was truly one in a million.

His eyes gleamed as he softly spoke to Yang Shanshan:

"I was rude last time. My name is Huang Dongheng, Huang Weiwei's brother. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

(End of this chapter)