2: A steal at 1314!
Chen Kai's heart skipped a beat as he watched the man holding a phone stand and livestreaming, about to take the several bouquets of roses home to unwrap one by one.
He quickly parked his little electric donkey, not even having time to pull out the key.
He trotted a few steps quickly toward the trash can, feeling a bit headache looking at the bouquets on top of it; how to get the flowers from this man's hands was a problem.
How to determine which bouquet held the over one thousand yuan was another problem!
The man holding the selfie stick saw Chen Kai walking toward him, his smile instantly vanished, and he moved the bouquets closer to himself, somewhat protectively.
Seeing this, Chen Kai's heart tightened. He took the initiative to pull a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes from his pocket and offered one to the man who was livestreaming.
The man holding the selfie stick and still livestreaming showed an expression of disdain, but he still accepted the cigarette.
Chen Kai was delighted; as long as he accepted the cigarette, it would be easy to talk! Sometimes cigarettes are the social lubricant among men; once a cigarette is accepted, as long as you don't make excessive demands, they will basically agree.
He deliberately put on a relaxed expression and initiated the conversation, while his eyes scanned the bouquets of roses.
None of the bouquets looked like they had anything hidden under the ribbons.
"Brother, I just delivered an order of flowers. The boss who ordered them probably broke up with his girlfriend, and I didn't expect his girlfriend to refuse them and throw them in the trash. He specifically called me and asked me to pick them up and return them to the shop to save some money. Otherwise, he would give me a bad review. Can you believe this guy? Sigh."
Chen Kai deliberately made a helpless expression, looking up from time to time to observe the man's expression.
His heartbeat involuntarily sped up a bit; it was equivalent to snatching money from someone else's hands, so it was hard not to feel a little nervous.
"Fine, go ahead and see if these bouquets are the ones you just delivered. The flower shop shouldn't have put anything else inside the flowers, right?"
The man pointed to the bouquets still placed on the trash can lid and took two steps back. His eyes were still suspicious, but seeing this slightly dirty delivery uniform, the trust in his eyes increased a little.
"Probably not. The boss who placed the order didn't tell me to check if anything was missing from the flowers."
As Chen Kai spoke, he didn't know if the man believed his made-up story or if he just didn't want to say anything because he was livestreaming.
He walked forward two steps and picked up a bouquet of roses.
Fortunately, the delivery receipt for the roses was mostly tied to the ribbon, so he could take advantage of checking the order receipt to secretly extend two fingers and pinch the rose stems under the ribbon.
"Not this one... still not this one..."
Chen Kai was a bit confused. Did the system make a mistake? There were five bouquets on the trash can in total, and he had pinched all the stems; they all felt hard, with nothing unusual.
If money had been rolled onto the stems, the feel would definitely be a bit softer.
He looked up at the man standing by the leftmost trash can, whose face clearly showed a trace of impatience, and Chen Kai couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Just at that moment! His peripheral vision suddenly glanced at the leftmost trash can, and inside, there was actually a bouquet of flowers emitting a faint bright yellow glow.
Chen Kai quickly moved to the leftmost trash can, not caring if it was dirty or not, and directly reached out to lift the cardboard covering a small bouquet of roses.
He picked the colorful roses out of the trash can and held them in his hands.
Pretending to check the delivery receipt, he pressed hard with his fingertips on the stem hidden under the ribbon. The feel was different!
"Found it, it's this one."
"You can take those other bouquets, brother. It's not those. I hope you open a big gift."
Chen Kai said with a smile, gripping the small bouquet of roses, which was comparable to a hand-held bouquet, firmly in his hand.
The male streamer holding his phone was stunned for a moment, then completely relaxed his vigilance and began to educate the audience in his livestream.
"Hey guys, there's no point in picking up small hand-held bouquets like this. It's impossible to hide gifts inside, and there's nowhere to hide them."
"What? What if a gift really was hidden in this kind of small hand-held bouquet? If you guys really find one, I, Little Lulu, will eat this phone screen right on the spot!"
"If you like the streamer, please follow. We are going home now to unbox these bouquets like a blind box!"
The man left, happily holding the bouquets, and Chen Kai stood there and smiled.
Turning around, he secretly lifted a corner of the ribbon. Sure enough, over a dozen red banknotes were rolled onto the stems hidden under the ribbon!
"I'm rich, I'm rich."
Chen Kai clutched the flowers excitedly, looking around with a very guilty feeling. Finding that there were still people around, he simply took the flowers back to his little electric donkey.
He took Sister Liu's delivery out of the thermal box behind the little electric donkey. It wouldn't be too late to unwrap the flowers after delivering this order and returning to the Rental House.
After all, it was his first time doing this kind of Score a Bargain thing, and he felt a little panicked and surreal inside.
He carried the delivery upstairs, his right hand firmly clutching the roses, and gently knocked on the door of 301.
In less than half a minute, the door was opened.
A woman wearing cyan loungewear silk pajamas opened the door.
The woman casually draped her long hair over her snow-white shoulders. Even in pajamas, it couldn't hide her perfect figure. Her pair of snow-white, long legs were wrapped in the bathrobe, yet it was still easy to see they were extraordinary.
Her delicate face was still painted with bright red lips; clearly, she hadn't been home long and hadn't had time to remove her makeup.
Every time Chen Kai saw Liu Yunshang, he had to exclaim that this woman was truly too beautiful—a kind of unreal beauty, and her temperament was mixed with a quality that ordinary beauties didn't possess.
"Sister Liu, your delivery is here."
He respectfully handed the delivery to Liu Yunshang.
A flash of surprise clearly crossed Liu Yunshang's beautiful face. Why was Chen Kai still holding a bouquet of flowers? And today was a rather special day.
She became nervous all of a sudden.
"Little Brother Chen, the flowers in your hand are quite pretty. Is that for your next delivery? It's been quite hot lately; don't work so hard, give yourself a break when appropriate."
As soon as Liu Yunshang finished speaking, she stared at Chen Kai with inexplicable nervousness, picked up an iced Evian water that had been prepared on the shoe cabinet, and handed it to Chen Kai.
"It's not for the next order. Thanks for your concern, Sister Liu. I'm just thinking that summer is coming soon, so I want to run as much as I can."
Chen Kai gave an awkward laugh, took the ice-cold mineral water, and felt a bit touched inside.
"It's not flowers to be delivered for the next order? Then what is this?"
"I picked them up on the road just now. They looked quite pretty, and it would be a pity to throw them away. I plan to take them home as an ornament."
Chen Kai casually made up a story, not noticing the strangeness on Liu Yunshang's face at all.
"Oh, I see. I thought you were taking them home to give to your girlfriend."
"Where would I have a girlfriend? What girl would be willing to be with a delivery guy? Well, Sister Liu, I won't disturb you anymore. I'll close the door for you."
Chen Kai laughed at himself.
Liu Yunshang also smiled, and her whole demeanor relaxed a lot. "Don't say that, someone will definitely like you. Drive safely on the road."
Chen Kai responded, eager to return to the Rental House to unwrap the flowers and take out the red banknotes hidden inside. He quickly said goodbye and closed the door.
He trotted all the way downstairs, got on his little electric donkey, and headed toward the Rental House.
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After Chen Kai left, a woman with disheveled hair and wearing pajamas ran down from upstairs. She ran to the trash can, pinched her nose in disgust, and flipped through it casually with her fingertips.
Finding that the flowers were gone, she seemed somewhat indifferent and clapped her hands in disgust.
"Forget it, if they're gone, they're gone. I'll just punish him by making him transfer 5200 to me again."