Reborn in 97, I solved a cold case at the Municipal Bureau

Chapter 275 Etiquette Company
Many shell companies like to use high-salary recruitment offers as a pretext to lure people into coming for interviews.

At the very least, they use interviews to scam people out of registration fees, material fees, and other charges.

In more serious cases, they will raise various complaints during the interview process, and then turn around and ask you to purchase expensive training fees. After the training, you will be successfully hired and receive a high salary.

But in reality, you are the one with the "high salary".

Even worse, they might directly trick you into joining a pyramid scheme, promising all sorts of amazing projects, but once inside, you'll be sleeping on the floor, eating cabbage, and having your personal freedom restricted.

Zhou Yi asked Lu Xiaoshuang if she had gone, and Lu Xiaoshuang nodded and said, "The part-time job he applied for had a pretty high salary. I asked where their company was located, and I was afraid it was in a very remote place."

Zhou Yi nodded; Lu Xiaoshuang's sense of safety was quite high.

"He said it was nearby, in an office building, so I went with him. When we got there, the man explained things to me, and it seemed pretty legitimate, so I said I could give it a try, and even asked if I needed to pay anything. After all... I didn't have any money..."

"I didn't expect them to say I didn't need to pay. They called over a female assistant and said they would take me to take two photos for work later."

Zhou Yi had a vague feeling that something was off about the photo shoot. Why would ordinary hostesses need to have their photos taken? It's not the internet age anymore; these kinds of etiquette companies just take orders and promise to send a certain number of people. "Are they passport photos?"

Lu Xiaoshuang shook her head: "At first I also thought it was an ID photo, but they told me it wasn't. Then they took me to a dressing room, gave me a set of clothes to change into, and said they would do my makeup after I changed."

Something was wrong, very wrong.

"It turned out the dress was a cheongsam. Brother Zhou, you have no idea how outrageous it was; it was completely transparent from here up," Lu Xiaoshuang said, gesturing to her chest.

Then she pointed to the upper part of her thigh and said, "The slit in my cheongsam goes all the way up to here."

In the 1990s, a simple high school graduate had seen few people who had ever seen such a sexy cheongsam.

Lu Xiaoshuang said that she immediately said she was not going to film anymore and was leaving.

"I've hardly ever worn a skirt in my life, how could I possibly wear that kind of clothing? It's obviously not something a respectable person would wear."

"So you just left?"

Lu Xiaoshuang nodded: "I was about to leave and ask them for my ID card."

"ID card?"

"Well, before taking the photo, they said I needed to register with my ID card, so I gave it to them. But when I was about to leave, they said my ID card was with their boss and that I had to go get it myself."

Lu Xiaoshuang took a sip of water and said, "Their boss is so scary, he looks so fierce. I asked him for my ID card, but he wouldn't give it to me. He even asked me if I was short of money to be out looking for part-time work at such a young age. I told him that if he didn't give me my ID card, I would call the police."

"and then?"

"Then the boss smiled, threw my ID card at me, and said that if I needed money in the future, I could come to him and he could help me make a lot of money."

"Pah, it's obviously not a legitimate company. I won't fall for it. That's why I went to work as a caregiver at the hospital, just to avoid running into bad people like that again."

Zhou Yi admired Lu Xiaoshuang's ability to handle this kind of situation. Most girls who have just graduated from high school have very poor problem-solving skills, and Lu Xiaoshuang's performance was already very good.

It's remarkable that she can quickly detect abnormalities and make the right decisions. Many people her age are easily tricked and threatened without even realizing it.

This so-called etiquette company sounded very suspicious to Zhou Yi.

They claimed they were recruiting hostesses, but they demanded that I take sexy photos first and even tried to confiscate my ID card.

Moreover, the boss's words to Lu Xiaoshuang were highly targeted, implying that he was guiding her to engage in illegal prostitution.

If Lu Xiaoshuang had reacted a little slower and taken the photos, she might have made even more outrageous demands.

They led her step by step into a trap.

"Xiaoshuang, do you remember what this event planning company is called?"

What happened last June should theoretically have little to do with the Hongda case, since it's been almost a year, but this company definitely has problems.

“I don’t remember.” Lu Xiaoshuang shook her head. “But I remember where their company is. It’s on the fourth floor of an office building on Dawangxi Road in Qingshan District. There’s a big pharmacy with a blue sign next to that building.”

Zhou Yi nodded and remembered.

"By the way, do the clothes my aunt bought you last time still fit?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoshuang lowered her head and mumbled a few words, not wanting Zhou Yi to worry about such a matter.

When she returned to her dorm last night, she found that her sweater was torn, and that it had been deliberately cut.

She immediately questioned who did it, her eyes reddening.

Their dormitory was an eight-person room, with six other girls besides her and Youyou.

When Youyou saw the sweater that had been cut into pieces, she immediately pointed the finger at Xu Liu, because she had just had a conflict with Lu Xiaoshuang during the day.

But Xu Liu acted like it was none of her business, and said, "Go ahead and call the police if you dare. You have a police officer brother, right? Let him back you up."

The incident even alarmed the dormitory supervisor, who asked them if they had any evidence or if anyone had seen it. After asking around, it was confirmed that no one knew who did it, and the matter was dropped.

Lu Xiaoshuang was saddened by this for a long time. She wrapped up the sweater and put it at the very bottom of her closet.

Youyou was even more furious, making veiled accusations that people who do such despicable things will eventually die a horrible death.

"Brother Zhou, thank you," Lu Xiaoshuang suddenly said.

"It's just a meal, why thank me? It's not like you're eating alone, I was watching you eat," Zhou Yi said with a smile.

Lu Xiaoshuang smiled and didn't say anything more. She knew that Zhou Yi remembered what she had said that night.

"Do you think this Western food is good?" Zhou Yi asked. Lu Xiaoshuang leaned closer and whispered, "Actually, I think fried eggs with noodles are better."

Zhou Yi smiled knowingly and asked, "Would you like to try the pizza again next time?"

Lu Xiaoshuang shook her head repeatedly.

Zhou Yi thought to herself, "Did this meal shatter all my expectations of Western food?" But wait, the food actually tasted pretty good, except for the price.

Thinking about the price, Zhou Yi suddenly realized that Lu Xiaoshuang was saving him money.

This really suits her personality.

"Xiaoshuang, let's go hiking after the storm has passed. We'll go hiking and watch the sunrise." That was something she wanted to do too.

"But Hongcheng doesn't have any mountains. Is it the one that borders Taicheng?"

Zhou Yi immediately thought of Sanpo Village and Long Zhiqiang, and shook his head. "No, let's go to Wuguang City next door and climb Yunxia Mountain."

"Yunxia Mountain? That's a beautiful name."

“My mother is not from Hongcheng. My maternal grandmother’s family is from Wuguang next door. When Ergang Steel was recruiting at Wuguang, my mother applied and was introduced to my father by someone in the factory.”

"Oh, no wonder I've never met any of your mother's relatives."

“When I was little, my grandfather told me that he had seen the sunrise and the clouds when he was hiking in the mountains. I kept pestering him to take me up the mountain to see the sunrise.”

Lu Xiaoshuang asked expectantly, "Did you see the sunrise?"

"What are you looking at? I was only eleven years old then, spending my summer vacation at my maternal grandma's house. I slept until the sun was high in the sky every day, how could I possibly get up?"

Lu Xiaoshuang laughed so hard she was shaking.

Zhou Yi said, "Then it's settled, we'll go see the sunrise then."

Lu Xiaoshuang nodded in agreement, but a faint unease lingered in her heart. What did "calm and peaceful" mean? She had a feeling that Brother Zhou was hiding something from her, and that it was related to her.

After finishing their meal and paying the bill, the two passed by Han Jiajia's table as they were leaving.

Zhou Yi noticed that only the young man in the suit was eating; he didn't see Han Jiajia.

Zhou Yi and the young man exchanged a glance and smiled at each other, though the young man's smile held a hint of helplessness.

It seems their blind date has fallen through.

After leaving the Western restaurant, Zhou Yi pushed his old bicycle and walked side by side with Lu Xiaoshuang.

“Brother Zhou, that girl we met while eating just now, she…” Lu Xiaoshuang hesitated before continuing.

"What's up with her?"

"I noticed she kept looking at you. Does she... like you?" Lu Xiaoshuang lowered her head, finally mustering up the courage to ask.

"I think she's so pretty..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was suddenly tapped on the head.

"oops."

"What are you thinking? She's my good friend's girlfriend's classmate. Her family was threatened before, and I helped her arrest the person who threatened them, so that's how we met. She's definitely very grateful to me, that's all."

“Oh…I see.”

"Oh what? I'll take you back to school," Zhou Yi said, getting on his bike. "Get on."

"I can go back by myself. Brother Zhou, you should go back and rest early."

Zhou Yi gripped the handlebars, raised his chin, and said, "Get on, I need to digest my food."

In the darkness of night, the old bicycle moved steadily forward along the road. Lu Xiaoshuang sat on the back seat, humming a soothing and relaxing tune, the one her mother used to sing to lull her to sleep when she was little.

That night, Zhou Yi slept exceptionally soundly.

I don't know if it's because the case was solved, Xiao Qi found a good home, or because Lu Xiaoshuang's singing had magic.

In short, I had no dreams tonight.

When Zhou Yi woke up again, it was broad daylight.

Meanwhile... the alarm clock didn't go off.

Looking at the time on the alarm clock, Zhou Yi felt the urge to skip work for the first time since his rebirth.

But that's just wishful thinking. There's still a lot of work to be done in Huang Jianhui's case, and we can't really leave it all to Qiao Jiali to do alone.

That would solve the problem; you haven't even climbed up the ladder yet, but you already have the airs of a leader.

I had just gotten up when someone knocked on the door.

"Son, are you still home?"

Outside the door, it was the voice of her father, Zhou Jianguo.

(End of this chapter)