Chapter 1348: The Christmas Thief

On December 25, afternoon, Iwata Convenience Store, office.

In order to prove that the anti-theft camera is useless, Mei Daizi and Yamazaki each took a bag, and then walked around the convenience store, asking the store manager Iwata to watch from the monitor to see if they had taken anything. Take it, what did you take.

Store manager Iwata stared at the video tape for a long time, but didn't see what Yamazaki and Mei Daiko took, because either Mei Daizi blocked the camera's view for Yamazaki, or Yamazaki covered Mei Daizi.

"Look, this thing is completely useless." Mei Daizi said proudly.

Yuanzi said curiously, "Let me see what you took."

Yamazaki and Mei Daizi turned the bag upside down, and poured out a bunch of things, including chocolate, chewing gum, comics, nail clippers, etc. There were about dozens of things that were not bulging.

Judy whistled, "Wow, that's amazing."

"You, it's you," the store manager Iwata called out, "it's you who stole it."

"Shut up," Mei Daizi shouted, "If you talk nonsense again, I'll have a lawyer sue you."

Manager Iwata opened his mouth, but did not speak again.

"Shop Manager Iwata," Yamazaki asked, "Do you think we are thieves because the things we took are similar to the things you dropped?"

"That's right." Store Manager Iwata said, "Game software, DVDs, CDs, lunch boxes, rice balls, mineral water, oolong tea, cola, and a lot of chocolate and other sweets."

"Ah, it's easy to imagine that the young people gathered together for a party." Sonoko said, "While playing music, playing games and watching TV, it looks like they are having fun."

"Indeed," Lan said.

"It's impossible." Mei Daizi said, "Mineral water, oolong tea, cola, lunch boxes, rice balls, these things can't be packed away at once. It needs a big bag, and it will be easy to find."

"That can be divided into many times." The store manager Iwata said, "We have a lot of people coming in and out during rush hours in the morning and evening."

"Sir, I believe you must have been watching, right?" Yamazaki asked, "Have you noticed any people who come and go frequently?"

"No." The store manager Iwata said.

Lan asked, "Could it be a group of people?"

"Then there will be more things to steal." Mei Daizi said.

"Okay," Yamazaki asked, "Master Iwata, do you have a video of the days when you lost things? If you don't mind, can you let us have a look?"

"Only from yesterday." The store manager Iwata said.

"Then watch it first." Yamazaki asked the store manager to retrieve the video.

"What, you lost something yesterday, so many of you don't suspect it, why do you suspect Xiao Xuan?" Sonoko asked, "It's not that you stole it yourself, and then you want to do something nasty to Xiao Xuan, right? "

"How is it possible!" Store Manager Iwata jumped, "Don't talk nonsense here."

Lan asked, "Then why do you doubt Xiao Xuan?"

The store manager Iwata said: "This incident happened a month ago, but the video here can only be saved for one week."

Yamazaki asked, "How many times did that happen?"

"Three times," said store manager Iwata, "and then I installed these four anti-theft cameras, and then I found that no customers were stealing sheep."

"That's because you didn't see it." Mei Daizi said.

"But I found that every time I lost something, it happened when Xiaoxuan was on duty just like yesterday," said store manager Iwata.

Yuanzi said, "Maybe it's a thief."

"It's not a thief," said store manager Iwata. "I once watched outside all night, and I didn't find anyone sneaking in."

Yamazaki asked: "Since you kept watch all night, what day did you watch?"

The store manager Iwata said: "That happened to be the day Xiao Xuan was on duty.

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Lan asked, "Did you see that Xiao Xuan was carrying a lot of things when she left?"

"No." The store manager Iwata said, "But when I ordered the goods the next morning, I found that there were fewer items."

"You won't have Xiaoxuan alone on duty here, right?" Mei Daizi said angrily, "Why do you only suspect Xiaoxuan alone?"

Store manager Iwata said: "Because she is always the last to leave."

"What kind of reason is that?" Sonoko said angrily.

"Then please explain to me," asked the store manager Iwata, "Why is Xiaoxuan on duty every time something happens?"

Lan asked, "Xiao Xuan, did anything special happen when you were on duty?"

"This," Qi Chuanxuan thought for a while, "it's nothing special."

"Think about it again." Mei Daizi said.

"I..." Qi Chuanxuan hid behind Lan with some fear.

"Hey, what's going on?" Mei Daizi asked, "Xiao Xuan, what are you doing? You seem to be very afraid of me?"

Teacher Judy asked: "Oh, Miyamoto-san, have you ever bullied Xiaoxuan before?"

"How? How is it possible." Mei Daizi retorted.

"Could it be inadvertently?" Sonoko asked with a smile.

"Then I can't even remember." Mei Daizi said, "Let's ask Xiaoxuan directly."

Lan softly asked: "Xiao Xuan, did Mei Daizi do anything to you before?"

Qi Chuanxuan nodded, "Yes."

"Ah?" Mei Daizi was stunned.

Sonoko asked, "What did she do to you?"

"She, Mei Daizi," Qi Chuanxuan lowered her head, peeked at Mei Daizi, and said in fear, "She once sent someone to my house to look for me."

Lan asked puzzledly, "Is there any problem?"

"Because, because..." Qi Chuanxuan hesitated to speak in fear.

"Mei Daizi?" Yuanzi asked, "Is there such a thing?"

"Don't make noise, I'm just thinking about it." Mei Daizi said with a headache.

Lan asked, "Xiao Xuan, when did that happen?"

"Just, that was when I graduated from junior high school." Qi Chuanxuan said in a low voice.

"Ah, that's right." Mei Daizi clapped her hands and said, "There is such a thing."

Yuanzi asked, "Why did you send someone to find Xiaoxuan?"

"Didn't Xiaoxuan go to high school or vocational school at the time?" Mei Daizi said, "So when my mother found out, she sent someone to Xiaoxuan's house to see if her family had any difficulties. It turned out that her whole family had moved out, so I didn’t look for it.”

"That's it?" Sonoko asked.

Qi Chuanxuan was surprised, "Really, really?"

Lan said, "I believe in Mei Daizi."

"Of course it is." Mei Daizi said, "After all, you are my classmate, so if you can help, of course you have to." She then asked, "Otherwise, why do you think I am looking for you?"

"That, that," Qi Chuanxuan whispered in embarrassment, "I, I thought you wanted me to join a violent organization."

"What?" Mei Daizi was surprised.

Teacher Zhu Di asked with a smile: "Xiao Xuan, why do you have such an idea?"

Realizing that she might have misunderstood, Qi Chuanxuan whispered guiltyly: "Because, it is rumored that Mei Daizi often fights, and there are also rumors that she is with violent organizations."

"What? That's why?" Mei Daizi said angrily and amusedly, "Please, I'm just going to teach them a lesson and make them be more honest."

Yuanzi smiled and said, "Your hands are itchy."

"If you say that, it's all your fault, Mei Daizi." Lan laughed, "You always fight, Mei Daizi, so Xiaoxuan misunderstood you."

"Oh," said Teacher Judy, "Miyamoto-san, fighting is not a good hobby."

"Hey." Mei Daizi laughed dryly.

"I'm afraid she won't be able to change it." Yuanzi laughed.

"It's long-winded." Mei Daizi complained angrily, and then changed the subject, "Xiao Xuan, it's also very strange to say, why didn't you go to high school? Are you still working here as a child laborer?"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense," store manager Iwata said hastily, "There is no such thing as child labor, I gave it to Xiaoxuan according to the standard of regular employees."

Sonoko asked, "Are you so kind?"

"You guys misunderstood, the store manager Iwata is a good person, if he hadn't taken him in..." Qi Chuanxuan lay in Lan's arms and began to cry before finishing her sentence.

Mei Daizi asked the store manager Iwata, "Do you know what's going on?"

Store manager Iwata sighed, "At that time, Xiaoxuan's parents were in a car accident, one died and the other was injured. Her grandma passed away from grief, and her grandpa also fell ill. Xiaoxuan's family needed a lot of money, so they sold the house. After a lot of money was spent, her mother still left, and her grandfather's illness did not improve, and her grandfather felt that he was a burden and committed suicide."

"How could this be?" Lan and Yuanzi also cried with Qi Chuanxuan.

"What's more," store manager Iwata sighed, "because suicide is not covered by insurance, so her grandfather pretended to be a suicide, but the investigators from the insurance company found out and lost a lot of money instead, Xiaoxuan He was almost arrested and sent to jail as an accomplice."

"I'm really speechless." Mei Daizi smiled wryly.

"My father was in the same ward with Xiaoxuan's grandpa," said store manager Iwata. "Xiaoxuan had been taking care of her family in the hospital. I saw her often, so after her grandfather left, I asked her to work here. In this way, before she gets married, at least she can have a stable life."

"If you say that, I really want to thank you." Mei Daizi said with some embarrassment, "I was rude just now, I'm really sorry."

Lan and Yuanzi wiped away their tears, and said to the store manager Iwata, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Store Manager Iwata said, "No need to say I'm sorry."

Mei Daizi said: "Next, leave the matter of Xiaoxuan to us."

"Okay," Store Manager Iwata thought for a while, "Then forget about it."

Qi Chuanxuan sobbed and said, "Manager, I really didn't steal anything."

"Don't cry, don't cry, we believe in you." Lan said.

"Yeah." Qi Chuanxuan replied wiping away tears.

Sonoko asked, "Yamazaki, did you watch the video?"

"There is no video for reference, so I can only say that this person is suspicious." Yamazaki freezes the video. On it is a man in his thirties, with a medium build, slightly thinner, wearing a windbreaker, with a kind smile.

Mei Daizi asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"He was always in this convenience store during the morning rush hour and the evening rush hour, and then disappeared." Yamazaki said while tuning the video.

"This must be where he passed by on and off work." Yuanzi asked, "What's so strange?"

"Of course it's strange." Teacher Judy said, "Because judging by his age and the time he's been here, he should be an office worker."

"By the way," Lan said, "he's been here all the time, which means he's not in a hurry."

"If you put it that way, it's really strange." Yuanzi said, "It stands to reason that when you come to the convenience store, you should leave quickly after shopping, but he stays here all the time."

"I see," Mei Daizi said, "he must be observing the situation here, and then waiting for the opportunity to strike, it happens that he is wearing a loose windbreaker, he can put the stolen things inside the clothes, it looks ugly from the outside come out."

"It makes sense." Store Manager Iwata said, and then looked at the video carefully, "Ah, I remembered, this person is really not in a hurry at all, I remember that every time he queued in front of the bathroom, he would give way to the person in front of him .”

"Isn't it?" Mei Daizi smiled, "He's not afraid of making mistakes."

"I remembered it too." Qi Chuanxuan said, "It seems that he bought a towel, a toothbrush set, a pack of razor blades, and a dry battery yesterday."

"It's all daily necessities," Sonoko said.

Mei Daizi said: "It's almost time to get off work. If it's really this guy, he should come here. Let's go outside and wait for him."

"If it's really this guy," Lan Qi said, "he must make him apologize to Xiaoxuan."...

Qi Chuanxuan stayed in the convenience store as an internal response, and the others left the convenience store, found a hotel nearby, and asked for a room that could see the entrance of the convenience store.

It’s impossible to make dinner by yourself. Mei Daizi simply ordered a table from the hotel, and Yamazaki also asked Mr. Zhu Di to rent a few camcorders so that they could record the entrance of the convenience store so as not to miss the person during dinner. possible associates. ...