My girlfriend isn't as cute as me.

"Uncle Yang, please play it normally. I'll stop it again when I say stop."

"Okay!"

Uncle Yang obediently followed Lin Jiu's instructions, while also kicking the new employee and cursing, "What are you doing crammed here? Nothing to do? If you have nothing to do, go find something to do! Go wash the oden machine, and then restock it. You have no sense at all! Don't you know how to clean when there are no customers? Go now!"

The new cashier was thus ushered out of the checkout area and stood blankly at the oden machine.

What kind of differential treatment is this?

They've already been fired!

Can't you even look at me?!

The new guy, feeling inexplicably jealous, scrubbed the pot with extra vigor, as if the reflection in the pot wasn't him, but Lin Jiu's delicate, porcelain-doll-like face, as if he wanted to scrub it until it sparked with a steel wool pad.

Lin Jiu had no idea that he was being watched for no reason; his attention was focused on the monitor screen.

His own image appeared on the surveillance footage. He was nodding and smiling at the customers around him as he walked into the warehouse. In the footage, Liu Hua secretly grabbed a handful of snacks, intending to stuff them into his dark green jacket. However, upon unzipping the jacket and seeing the bloodstains on his yellow-green jacket, he hesitated for a moment and then put the snacks back.

"I fucking—"

Uncle Yang's eyes widened.

If someone steals something from this store, the employee on duty has to pay for it!

Once, when Uncle Yang was on the early shift alone, an older woman stole two packs of Okamoto 003 condoms! Lin Jiu felt something was strange when she was on duty that day. There were usually few customers buying condoms at the convenience store, so how could two of the most expensive packs suddenly be missing? After checking the inventory and confirming that they were really gone, she immediately checked the surveillance footage and finally found that a woman of about fifty years old had stolen two packs.

In the end, Uncle Yang cried as he bought two packs of Okamoto 003 and put them back.

He himself had never used anything this good.

Lin Jiu reminded him, "Pay close attention here."

Officer Li's eyes widened. In the surveillance footage, the bespectacled man sitting in the rest area made eye contact with Liu Hua again. The man put something into a disposable coffee cup, then got up and left, taking the daily newspaper with him. After he left, Liu Hua rushed over, grabbed the coffee cup, and stormed out the door.

Officer Li immediately shouted, "Wait a minute, can we zoom in here?"

Uncle Yang was startled by the loud shout and quickly did as he was told.

“Not here.” Lin Jiu glanced at Officer Li, understanding his point, and said helplessly, “Go back five seconds and notice what the man with glasses put in the coffee.”

"well."

"Pause, this is it! Hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel up... It's done."

After Lin Jiu finished giving the instructions, he raised his eyebrows slightly. That was... a circle candy? It was something like a whistle candy, a round, flat candy with a small hole in the middle. When you put it to your lips, it makes a whistling sound. It was from the area near the elementary school.

"Type of gate—"

Officer Li launched into a tirade of profanities.

He couldn't contain his anger, and veins bulged on his forehead.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jiu asked.

"...That's a new type of psychotropic drug. As our country makes progress in drug control, criminals are becoming increasingly extreme. They've developed all sorts of new drugs and are very good at disguising them. Recently, we seized a variety of health products, energy drinks, and these drugs disguised as snacks, but no matter how hard we investigate, it's impossible to completely prevent them."

Officer Li's eyes burned with fury as he said in a low voice, "These new types of drugs haven't been detected by customs yet. Their manufacturing location is unknown. They're far inferior to the addictive drugs that circulated in Hong Kong in the past. They're cheap, circulated quickly, and are extremely potent. Once you get hooked, you'll fall into an abyss of addiction that's impossible to break. Plus, the target group is students. Many are lured in by bad people due to excessive exam pressure, ruining their future. These are the future pillars of our nation!!"

"..."

Lin Jiu silently clenched her fists.

Li Linchen's eyes were red as he thought of the young people he had personally sent to the drug rehabilitation center.

Some of the people there were the same age as the convenience store employee next to him, who was diligently washing pots and pans. They had just started college and were tricked into going to some shady places. They ended up being drugged without even realizing it, and by the time they came to their senses, they had already said goodbye to their daily lives.

After twelve years of hard study, I finally got into my dream university.

He should have had a brand new life, but in the end he read about loneliness and suffered greatly.

Ordinary people's willpower is simply no match for addiction. There was once a soldier who was unfortunately injected with addictive drugs by drug dealers while on a mission. He spent the rest of his life suffering in hell and was forced to separate from his wife and children.

Even the steely will of soldiers struggles to withstand it, let alone students just entering society.

Those college students poured their living expenses into it, becoming thin and listless. When they ran out of money, they borrowed, cheated, stole, and sold their bodies, gradually degenerating into something unrecognizable.

Such tragedies happen every day.

Chapter Seven: Hu Gua's skull is shattered, and then he finds a male high school student.

"Manager, I need to make a copy of the surveillance footage."

"This...this doesn't quite comply with the store's rules..."

"Uncle Yang, give it to him."

Lin Jiu knew that Uncle Yang was worried about violating company rules. This middle-aged man was getting on in years, with a wife and daughter to support, and couldn't handle the ups and downs of changing jobs. Uncle Yang wasn't very capable; he just wanted to work diligently and occasionally slack off. Before going home, he would light a cigarette downstairs in his apartment complex to relax, which was his happiest time of the day.

Lin Jiu explained, "This is a special situation. According to the company contract, we have a responsibility and obligation to assist the police. If the company makes things difficult for you in this regard, I will defend you. Trust me, I am very good at persuasion."

—The physics kind.

Lin Jiu silently put away the second half of the sentence.

"But……"

Uncle Yang was still somewhat hesitant.

Lin Jiu said calmly, "Besides, you wouldn't want to see your daughter grow up and be deceived by a bespectacled man like this, would you?"

"I'll make a copy for you right away! Officer, we absolutely cannot let drug dealers get away with this!!"

Uncle Yang immediately perked up, becoming incredibly energetic, and even mastered computer operation without any instruction.

For my daughter, I might even defeat the Demon King.

"Thank you very much for your cooperation. Please contact us if needed."

After obtaining the backup of the surveillance video, Officer Li immediately returned to the Public Security Bureau to open a case for investigation.

Judging from the resolute expression on his face as he left, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

This world is chaotic, but this country is safe. Unlike some country across the ocean, where birth is random and death is free. But none of this is taken for granted; rather, in the dark corners you can't see, there are always people lighting torches, keeping those beastly creatures out and protecting order.

With the dust settled, this matter has finally come to a temporary end for ordinary people.

Uncle Yang finally relaxed. He glanced at the time and his eyes widened.

"Damn, if we don't leave now, we'll miss the last bus! Xiao Dong, I'm leaving this place to you. Someone else will be on duty later, so feel free to ask him if you have any questions. I'm off now."

The new delivery guy was given a nickname, and he waved and said, "Goodbye, manager."

"Bye-bye—oh, I almost forgot! Kobayashi, come here, this is for you."

Uncle Yang turned around and ran over, taking something out of his bag and placing it in Lin Jiu's hand.

It was an egg pudding, retailing for five yuan, and as big as Lin Jiu's palm.

Xiao Dong watched silently, his eyes filled with resentment and grievance.

"It's already been reimbursed, so just eat it. It'll expire if you don't," Uncle Yang said with a simple smile. He had originally intended to keep it for himself as a dessert; after a long day at work, he always needed a little reward to treat himself, otherwise he absolutely couldn't make ends meet. But now he felt that Lin Jiu needed the pudding more than he did, even though he didn't know that Lin Jiu had severed ties with her family.

"Thank you."

Holding the pudding in her hands, Lin Jiu said to herself, "This is the best birthday present I've received today."

Wang Yuting, who was drying her hair with a towel, heard Lin Jiu's mutterings. She paused for a moment before putting the towel down.

After seeing Uncle Yang off, Lin Jiu strolled around the convenience store and picked up a pair of slippers, placing them on the cashier's counter.

The new employee, Xiao Dong, glanced at Lin Jiu and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

These slippers are sealed in a box and have a barcode that can be scanned!

"Hello, twenty yuan."

That's damn expensive, why don't they just rob someone...

Lin Jiu thought to himself, silently rummaging through his soaking wet backpack, unzipping it from a hidden compartment, and taking out his drenched wallet. He didn't know whether to be relieved or upset, because his wallet contained no cash, saving him the trouble of drying banknotes. He worked part-time at the convenience store, and after paying for utilities, he could actually save a little bit of his monthly salary.

Lin Jiu once wanted to go to university.

The reason it's "in the past" is because he lost all his savings that year.

Part of the money was taken by that man to pay off his gambling debts, and the other part... was used for the funeral.

The red envelope in the wallet's inner compartment was soaked and rotten, revealing half of a photo of a kind old man.

Her temples were streaked with gray, and time had left its mark on her face, but one could still see how beautiful she had been in her youth. A kind smile graced her face, and her eyes were gentle and serene; even through the photograph, one could feel her compassion.

Lin Jiu silently picked out the crumbs from her wallet, put the photo away, and then took out a card.

Wango convenience store gift card.

The denominations are 20 yuan, 50 yuan, 100 yuan, 1000 yuan, and 5000 yuan.

Clearly, the gift card in Lin Jiu's hand had the lowest denomination.

"Use a gift card."

"..."

This touches on Xiao Dong's area of ​​ignorance.

What's a gift card? I've never seen one before! During training... Lin Jiu seemed to have mentioned it, but I didn't hear it!

"When the night shift staff comes over, remember to ask them for advice. Saving face is secondary; the customers are the priority." Lin Jiu glanced at him calmly, then reluctantly began to guide him step by step, teaching him how to process the payment for gift cards and membership cards.

"After your internship is over, the company will give you a gift card every month as a reward. The gift card is valid for one year, so don't forget."

"Yes……"

Xiao Dong lowered his head somewhat reluctantly.

He was being lectured by this short guy again, but Lin Jiu's words made so much sense that he couldn't refute them.

Lin Jiu glanced at him, silently swallowing back the reminder that was on the tip of her tongue, and said no more.

Some people and some things are better left unsaid than to be talked about.

Lin Jiu processed the reimbursement for the voucher with a limit of only twenty yuan, and then came to Wang Yuting with the slippers in hand.

"for you."

"Eh?"