Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 823 Life Gate (2)

Luo Qiu followed Song Haoran's footsteps, and not long after, he arrived in front of a commercial building.

This building is not too tall, it only has six floors, and the sign on the door is the appearance of a certain joint chamber of commerce.

Song Haoran didn't go up right away, but walked around in front of the chamber of commerce building, a full circle.

"Is the new speaker of the Chamber of Commerce your niece?" Luo Qiu asked suddenly.

Song Haoran shook his head, "It's not Song Ying, but her uncle, that is, my brother-in-law's brother. Nepotism, do you feel that way?"

Luo Qiu just smiled and didn't speak.

Song Haoran said: "Speaking of which, you are really amazing. I don't know why, every time I'm with you, I always feel like I don't have any troubles. No matter what I want to say, don't restrain myself. It's really quite Relax."

Luo Qiu looked up at the layers of the commercial building, "Maybe it's because I don't give opinions to others very much. If I don't give opinions, I won't influence other people's thoughts."

Song Haoran didn't take it seriously... because he understood that it was because this blood relative living outside had a quality that could make people feel at ease.

In the noisy 'China Street', just because he was standing next to Luo Qiu, he felt like he was in an open field.You don't particularly notice his presence, but you don't ignore his presence either.

After thinking about it, Song Haoran just thought of a word that can describe this eldest nephew: just right.

"Are we going in now?" Luo Qiu looked at the door of the chamber of commerce.

Through the glass door, one can find the clerk sitting at the reception desk of the chamber of commerce, who is already looking at them standing outside the door curiously.

"No, let's go back to the back door." Song Haoran shook his head, and then led Luo Qiu to the back alley of the commercial building again.

What made Luo Qiu curious was that Song Haoran didn't come directly to the back door, but stopped five or six meters apart.

There is also a kicking door here, a very ordinary iron door, Song Haoran reached out and knocked on the iron door, it was a way of knocking with a strange pattern.

And he only knocked once, and after knocking on the door, he stood still and looked at his watch at the same time.He then said: "This door is called 'Shengmen', do you know why?"

Luo Qiu shook his head.

Song Haoran said indifferently: "This building was originally built according to the direction of the eight trigrams. Father specially asked people to leave this door, and named it 'Shengmen'."

"The door of life, the door of life." Luo Qiu touched the iron gate with his hand, and said slowly: "Life represents life. Live means hope. Therefore, the door of life is the door of hope, and it is for people to hope. Door."

Song Haoran's lips moved slightly, and after looking Luo Qiu up and down, he nodded and said, "I didn't expect that you would be able to comprehend the original intention of the old man for the first time... That's right, the name Shengmen is the place of hope. I mean. Dad left this door just to give those people in Chinatown who are really in trouble a way out."

Song Haoran paused for a moment, then continued: "My father often said that good people deceive the sky. Although we are doing some bloody business, when it is time to speak morally, we will speak morally."

"Blessings." Luo Qiu nodded and said with a smile, "Master Song is planting a field of blessings."

Song Haoran was stunned and said, "How do you know that Dad believes in Buddhism?"

Luo Qiu smiled and said, "There is a statue of Buddha enshrined in front of the door. Since Mr. Song is the founder of this place, I think it has something to do with it."

"Your observation skills are quite good." Song Haoran looked at Luo Qiu with more and more appreciation.

Luo Qiu said at this time: "Since this is the door that needs to be opened to give people hope, why are you knocking on the door now?"

Song Haoran sneered, "If I don't knock now, I'm afraid it won't open in the future... here it comes."

The hinges creaked.

Song Haoran put down his watch, and the iron door in front of him suddenly opened.A middle-aged man in his forties with gold-rimmed glasses appeared in front of the two of them slightly out of breath.

He looked a little nervous, but he wiped his face with a handkerchief to cover it up, "Master Haoran, why are you here! You didn't notify me beforehand, let me pick you up!"

"Three minutes and 18 seconds." Song Haoran said with a smile.

The middle-aged man was startled, "What three minutes and 18 seconds?"

Song Haoran said: "From the time I knocked on the door, it took three minutes and 18 seconds before the door opened. And the person who opened the door was you, the head of the chamber of commerce. Do you think I should be happy or disappointed?"

"Master Haoran... There is also a reason for this, I can explain it." The middle-aged man said hastily.

"Yes, please explain to me immediately." Song Haoran nodded.

The middle-aged man subconsciously said: "This...how about we go in and talk? It's not convenient here."

"I think it's very convenient here. It's cool and cold and there are few people, so it's quiet enough." Song Haoran smiled, and even made a gesture of invitation, "President Baishuitang, please tell me."

President Baishuitang hurriedly said: "It's like this. The people from the chamber of commerce noticed your arrival, but you seemed to have something to do and didn't go in. They reported it to me, so I hurried down to pick you up. And this Didn't you walk away again at that time? Then the 'door of life' was knocked. I thought it might be you who knocked, so I ran over to open the door for you again, and time wasted like this."

"Oh...then you mean that it's because I didn't greet you beforehand, right?" Song Haoran smiled.

"Don't dare...it's because I'm too slow." President Baishuitang bowed his head frequently and said, "I'm too slow, I should exercise more."

Song Haoran smiled in relief, and suddenly patted Chairman Baishuitang's stomach, "Well, you should exercise more."

With that said, he walked in from the side of Baishuitang.

The destination is the office of the president of the chamber of commerce.Song Haoran sat in the chairman's seat of Baishuitang without saying a word. The current chairman of the chamber of commerce could only stand awkwardly in front of the desk.

Baishuitang knew who Chinatown belonged to.If the father is described as the emperor, then the one in front of him is naturally the current prince, and Baishuitang is at most a foreign relative.

"Master, who is this?" Bai Shuitang glanced at Luo Qiu who was sitting on the sofa next to him.

Song Haoran waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about him. Actually, I don't have any special reason for coming here today. It's just that I just came back today and passed by on a whim, so I came here to have a look."

"It should be, it should be." President Baishuitang hurriedly said: "It's our honor that the young master can come and have a look here!"

"Is the recent development of Chinatown okay?" Song Haoran casually picked up the documents on the desk and scanned them.

Chairman Baishuitang said with a natural expression: "It's not bad. Recently, we have attracted investment and built a new supermarket. The business is very good."

"Supermarket?" Song Haoran asked curiously, "If a supermarket is built here, won't it affect the business of other businesses?"

"Of course not." President Baishuitang said: "There are many shops in this supermarket. We plan to gather all self-employed retailers in the outside retail industry. This will not only facilitate management, but also increase efficiency. Young Master You see, although the Chinatown used to be very prosperous, but the various retail stores are too scattered, whether it is tourists or locals, it is often inconvenient to buy things, but if they can be concentrated in one place... Oh, here is a supermarket performance report for the past two months, you can take a look."

Chairman Baishuitang took out some documents and reports.

"Are you well prepared?" Song Haoran smiled and looked at it seriously.

Chairman Baishuitang said: "Actually, it was a coincidence that Ms. Ying just came to see the ledger today. These are actually prepared for her to see. I didn't expect you to see them too."

"Oh, has Song Ying read it?" Song Haoran nodded, then casually threw the document report aside, "Since she has read it, then I won't read it."

"Actually, Ms. Ying also said that there is no problem." President Baishuitang said hastily.

Song Haoran stood up suddenly, "Actually, there's nothing else to do, I'm still in a hurry, so don't send me, I'll just go by myself."

"Well, okay." Chairman Baishuitang hastily opened the door to Song Haoran's office.

Before going out, Song Haoran suddenly stamped his feet and said, "By the way, the door hinge of the 'Shengmen' is a bit rusty, so let someone put some oil on it when you have time. Otherwise, think about it, those who come to knock on the 'Shengmen', every day It’s kind of scary to hear the creaking sound every time you open the door.”

"I see, I will immediately call the master to repair it!"

After watching Song Haoran and Luo Qiu enter the elevator, Baishuitang hastily closed the office door, and then made a phone call, "Find someone to put some oil on the door hinge of the 'Shengmen'."

Just after finishing this call, President Baishuitang frowned, and then quickly opened a drawer of the desk. There was also a mobile phone in it. He picked it up, thought for a while, and then called again. There was a phone call.

"There is something... Song Haoran suddenly came..."

……

The lady clerk at the front desk was very curious about who these two people who came out of the president's office were.

Song Haoran is the suave type, always with a charming and beautiful smile on his face, the lady clerk couldn't help but take a few extra glances - as for the one next to him, he looked much more ordinary.

I always ignore it inadvertently, but I can't ignore the past, just like... like a chic decoration handicraft placed in the living room.

Song Haoran sincerely added incense in front of the Buddha statue in the lobby of the chamber of commerce, then lit a few more, and delivered them to Luo Qiu, "Believe it or not, it doesn't matter if you pay your respects, please feel at ease."

Suddenly a breeze blew in the lobby, and the curling cigarettes in front of the Buddha statue suddenly became chaotic.

Luo Qiu held the incense and asked, "This Buddha statue has been consecrated by someone."

"Well, it's a master from Thailand. My father invited him with a lot of money to consecrate it." Song Haoran nodded: "How do you know?"

Luo Qiu said: "Some Buddha statues that have been consecrated will have more things, here is an extra magic weapon."

"You know a lot." Song Haoran didn't care.

Luo Qiu said indifferently: "Because there is a very knowledgeable person beside me recently, she taught me a lot of things."

"Good thing." Song Haoran nodded.

But Luo Qiu extinguished the incense in his hand, put it back, and said calmly: "Since it has already been consecrated, then I will not offer incense. Buddha statues have spirits, so let's leave them for those in need."

"Is there something to pay attention to?" Song Haoran was stunned for a moment, and then he said amusedly: "Weird... well, it's about time we go back, Dad should be anxious. If he doesn't go back, he's going to get mad... Let me tell you, old man It's scary for Dad to go crazy."

Luo Qiu nodded, "Buy some apples when you turn around."

……

Oni and Lluvia were still waiting at the car at the intersection, and seeing Song Haoran and Luo Qiu approaching with a bag of apples, Lluvia quickly opened the back seat of the car.

Song Haoran asked Luo Qiu to sit in first, and then he walked to the other side. At this time, he whispered something in Lluvia's ear: "Check the Baishui Pond."

Lluvia nodded, and followed into the car as if nothing happened.

……

……

Caroline slipped away quietly when the restaurant opened in the morning and when people were busy.

As for the expressions of the restaurant staff after they found out that something had been stolen from the kitchen, Caroline no longer wanted to think about it.

A night's rest allowed her to recover a lot of energy.

But she suddenly didn't know where she should go—she didn't dare to go back to her house, maybe the police and Boston's people would squat her there.

As for the hospital, she didn't dare to go there either. 'Big cousin and second cousin' knew about the affairs between her and Lawyer Carlo, so going to the hospital might be a trap of their own accord.

Her wallet and her documents are not with her at this time.She didn't even have a coin on her - originally, she planned to smash the cash register of the restaurant where she was hiding to get some cash, but the cash register obviously had an alarm system, and she couldn't leave the restaurant, so she could only wait for the police Come and take her.

It's just that she was born in a slum, and under the influence of her ears and eyes since she was a child, Caroline still has some skills to make a living-except for selling herself.

The target is right in front, an office worker reading a newspaper and walking, a very worthy target—Caroline's target is the other party's wallet.

But she was not a professional, she just knew a female thief who taught her a little stealing skills, and Caroline herself hadn't worked hard in this area.

Stealing is not as fast as getting money when she lies on the bed—especially when she is still young, and men like her body.

Caroline bumped into this office worker who was looking down at the newspaper on purpose. She planned to quietly take out the wallet from his pocket when the other party was distracted, but at this moment she suddenly felt dizzy dazzled.

She therefore missed the best time.

She fell to the ground, and the office worker saw her and reached out to help Caroline up.It's just that Caroline seemed to have lost her soul at this time, and sat on the ground in a daze.

She stared blankly ahead.

A woman is crossing the street with a pram...it's a green light and the woman is on the phone.However, at this time, a red car seemed to be unable to stop, and perhaps because of other reasons, it directly hit the woman.

The woman's body was knocked far away on the road, and the baby carriage was completely crushed by the wheels and turned into a pile of tatters, bloodstained...

"Miss, ma'am, are you alright?"

The sound of calling.

Caroline was startled suddenly, her whole body trembled, she stood up suddenly, looked at the sidewalk in front of her, and blurted out: "Save..."

Only then did she realize that there was a red light ahead, and there was no woman pushing a stroller at all.Caroline rubbed her forehead, "I... I'm fine, thank you."

The office worker looked at him suspiciously, and said, "That's fine, be careful yourself."

It seemed that she was rushing to work——Caroline watched the other party walk away, feeling annoyed in her heart, she still couldn't take out the wallet from the other party's bag, and missed a good opportunity.

Caroline shook her head, sighed, and planned to find a new target.

She was suddenly bumped lightly by someone.

"Oh, sorry."

It was a woman, talking on the phone, pushing a stroller, walking past her.

After accidentally bumping into Caroline, the woman quickly apologized, then started talking on the phone again, pushing the stroller past.

"Oh...it's nothing, I just bumped into someone accidentally, where did we just talk about? Doing hair? Let me think about it. Do you know a new shop? Interested..."

go away.

Crossroads ahead.

Caroline watched in horror, her eyes staring very, very wide.
(End of this chapter)