Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1348. Yunjin Tailoring Workshop (5)

“No. 3 Chengxi Lane? That should be Ah Zhen’s place!” Han Xinyi guessed. “She made part of the grape-shaped button from the cut-out brocade and left her address.”

“Let’s go take a look together!” Han Xinyi said.

"We need to leave someone here, so I'll stay. I don't want to move," Bai Yueming said lazily.

—Vegetables, you've changed.

—Nothing has changed; the vegetables have always been the same.

Vegetables prefer stimulating content, not this kind.

—He didn't enter the dating segment, otherwise he would have found it even more boring.

—Maybe he won't be bored, he'll flirt with other people!

"Whatever you want," Lin Xi said.

Bai Yueming stayed at the tailor shop, while Lin Xi and Han Xinyi walked towards Chengxi Alley.

Chengxi Lane is not far from Jinxiu Tailor Shop; it takes about ten minutes to walk there.

Number three was a small courtyard house with the gate ajar, and coughing could be heard coming from inside.

Lin Xi gently pushed open the courtyard gate and saw several pots of roses planted in the yard. A boy dressed in coarse cloth was sitting under the eaves coughing. His face was pale and he looked very ill.

"Are you Ah Zhen's brother?" Lin Xi stepped forward and asked softly.

The boy looked up, saw them, and became somewhat wary.

"Who are you? Where is my sister?"

“We’re your sister’s friends, here to help her,” Han Xinyi said gently. “Where did your sister go?”

The young man shook his head.

“I don’t know. My sister went out this morning, saying she was going to buy me medicine. She told me to wait at home and not to wander off.” He coughed a few times. “My sister said that when she comes back, I’ll be better.”

Lin Xi looked at the boy's pale face and felt a pang of pity.

Did your sister leave you anything? Or say anything to you?

The boy thought for a moment and then took a small cloth bag out of his pocket.

“My sister gave me this and said that if anyone comes looking for her, I should give this to them.”

Lin Xi took the cloth bag, opened it, and found half a silver coin and a note inside. It read: "Yun Jin is in the secret compartment of the Jewelry Bureau. Please don't make things difficult for my brother. He's just a child."

“Yun Jin is in a hidden compartment in the Jewelry Bureau,” Lin Xi said. “Let’s go to the Jewelry Bureau and meet up with Zuo Ting and the others.”

Just then, footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

Lin Xi and Han Xinyi went outside and saw Lin Bei and Zuo Ting.

"You're here too?" Zuo Ting asked in surprise. "You found clues here too?"

"Yes, we also found other clues here. Yun Jin is in a hidden compartment in the jewelry bureau." Lin Bei handed the note to Lin Bei.

"What a hassle." Lin Bei couldn't help but shake his head. "Let's go back to the jewelry bureau."

The four of them walked into the jewelry store together.

The owner of the jewelry store, a middle-aged man with a mustache, was talking to Lu Ze.

Upon seeing them enter, they immediately greeted them warmly.

"Gentlemen, what would you like to buy? We have gold and silver jewelry, jade and emeralds, all of the finest quality!"

Lin Xi didn't waste any time and directly stated her purpose, which immediately changed the boss's expression.

"What brocade? I don't know! Have you come to the wrong place?"

Zuo Ting realized the boss was lying, so she stepped forward and took out the copper key she had just found in the tailor shop from her pocket.

“We have the key and know where the hidden compartment is. If you don’t want trouble, you’d better take us there obediently, or we’ll report you to the authorities!” The shopkeeper’s face turned pale and then red, but he finally gave in.

"follow me."

He led everyone behind the counter, lifted a floor tile, and revealed a small hidden compartment.

Sure enough, there was a cloth bag in the hidden compartment, containing the small piece of brocade and a silver hairpin.

"This hairpin belongs to Miss Shen, doesn't it?" Lin Bei picked up the silver hairpin, which was engraved with a plum blossom pattern, matching the Shen family crest. "Ah Zhen not only stole the brocade, but also Miss Shen's silver hairpin?"

The boss sighed.

“This hairpin was brought to us by Ah Zhen this morning. She said she urgently needed money to treat her younger brother’s illness. She also wanted me to help her sell that small piece of brocade, but I thought it was top-quality brocade and didn’t dare to accept it, so I let her put it in the hidden compartment.”

"Where is Ah Zhen now?" Lin Xi asked.

The shopkeeper shook his head: "She left after pawning the hairpin, saying she was going to buy medicine for her younger brother. I don't know where she went."

The group of people, carrying brocade and silver hairpins, returned to No. 3 West Lane.

The boy was still sitting under the eaves when he saw them return and hurriedly asked.

"Where's my sister? When is she coming back?"

Lin Xi handed the silver hairpin and half a silver coin to the boy.

“Your sister went to buy you medicine and will be back soon. These are things she left at the jewelry store; we retrieved them for her.” She looked at the boy. “Your sister did some wrong things for you, but she had no choice. When she gets back, we’ll help you figure something out.”

The boy took the item, nodded, and then started coughing again.

Han Xinyi took out a bottle of cold medicine from her backpack and handed it to the boy: "This is cold medicine. Take it first, it will relieve your cough."

At this moment, footsteps came from outside.

Ah Zhen is back.

She was holding a medicine bottle, and when she saw Lin Xi and the others in the yard, her face immediately turned pale.

"You...why are you here?"

"We found the brocade and the silver hairpin." Lin Xi looked at A-Zhen. "Why did you steal things from the Shen family?"

Ah Zhen put down the medicine bottle, walked to her younger brother's side, and hugged him tightly.

“I have no choice. My brother’s illness can’t wait any longer. The deposit from the Shen family isn’t enough to buy medicine, so I had to steal Yun brocade to sell for money,” she said, crying. “I originally planned to return the rest of the Yun brocade to the owner once I had enough money, but I didn’t expect him to report me to the authorities. I had no choice but to lock him up.”

“The young lady of the Shen family is getting married the day after tomorrow, and the cheongsam isn’t even finished yet. What you’re doing will not only harm the boss, but also the Shen family,” Han Xinyi said.

——5555555, Ah Zhen and Ah Zhen's brother are so pitiful!

--yes!
Even if you're pitiful, you can't steal.

She can talk to her boss, and he will help her.

—The boss has already helped her.

—Yeah, she even tied up the boss.

Ah Zhen shook her head.

“I know I was wrong, but I can’t live without my brother.” She looked at Lin Xi. “Can you help me? I will return the money from selling the hairpin to the Shen family, and I will also return the remaining brocade to the shopkeeper. I only beg you, please don’t report it to the authorities, and please don’t hurt my brother.”

Lin Xi looked at Ah Zhen and her brother, feeling conflicted.

Their task is to pass the level.

But Ah Zhen's situation was indeed pitiful; if she reported it to the authorities, no one would take care of her brother's illness.

Although they are all NPCs, this is just a game world for them, but for Ah Zhen and the others, everything is real.

(End of this chapter)