PFC Chapter 45: Mutation - C3
Chapter 45: Mutation - C3
"This is not the place for you, hurry up and leave! Why are there so many of you here today? Hey, I'm talking to you, why are you still walking here? Do you know where this is?"
He walked to the door but did not come out rashly. Instead, he opened the door a crack, leaned forward and sniffed, as if to confirm the smell.
Then he opened the door wide and stepped out.
He was two heads taller than Anjiu and also stronger. He took out an air freshener from his pocket and sprayed it with his hand.
A strong, stinking floral scent wafted into my face.
Anjiu pinched his nose and bent down to bypass the air.
"Where are you going?" the security guard stretched out his hand to stop him and asked relentlessly.
Anjiu felt like every time he took a breath, his lungs were filled with air freshener, and it was so smelly that he was almost poisoned.
She pointed at the sign and uttered two words: "Supermarket."
"Ah?" The security guard couldn't believe it and looked at him questioningly, "Do you have money? Everything inside costs money!"
"Of course I do."
Being stopped again and again, An Jiu, who had a good temper, began to get annoyed. What's more, she was very hungry now, and her mind was full of thoughts about hurrying in to eat something.
He took out a red bill from his pocket and unfolded it.
"Can we go in now?"
The security guard didn't expect that she, who was dressed in rags, could actually come up with money, and his face looked unhappy for a moment.
Seeing that he was still reluctant, An Jiu started to attack: "Who said that you can't go shopping in the supermarket if you don't have money? If you were rich, you wouldn't be working as a doorman here, and you wouldn't be looking down on others like this?"
They are all people living at the bottom of society. They make things difficult for others when they have a little power. What can they get? A bubble-like dignity?
The security guard was embarrassed by her venomous words and tried to make amends, "...you are such a venomous girl. You don't even look at what you are wearing. You are such rags that no one would pick up if you were thrown on the street. If I let you in, my boss will definitely criticize me."
"Stop it," An Jiu raised his hand to stop him, "What I wear has nothing to do with you? You only see that my clothes are torn, but do you know where I came from? You don't have to worry about being seen by your boss. Go and call your boss now. I want to ask him if he has money in his pocket and if I can go in and spend money!"
When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.
Anjiu seemed resolute and confident in her attitude, and the security guard was frightened, fearing that she would really make a scene and call the leader.
The leader is already having a headache because of employees taking sick leave during this period. Now if he makes a special trip here just for such a small matter, he will probably be scolded in front of the customers and criticized by name at the morning meeting.
Anyway, if this person went in, it was the salesperson inside who was upset, and it had nothing to do with him directly. At worst, he could just say that he went to the restroom and didn't see her go in...
It's not worth making a fuss about.
After figuring it out, the security guard's attitude changed 180 degrees.
"Well, little sister, don't blame me for my bad attitude. The main reason is that for some reason, several homeless people came here today and barged in without saying a word. If I hadn't been careful, wouldn't your shopping experience have plummeted if they had really sneaked in?"
An Jiu's mind was moved, and he pretended to be surprised and said, "It can't be such a coincidence, you are all wearing the same clothes as me, right?"
The security guard squinted his eyes and took a half step back. "You probably look... not quite the same. I guess you are a field worker, right? Even though you are darker and thinner, at least your eyes have light and you can communicate. Those guys can't listen to me at all. I asked them what they were going to do and where they were going, but they couldn't answer a word. I guess they can't read from the looks of it."
"That's a coincidence. Where are they now?"
"They've all left. I—" As he spoke, the security guard suddenly covered his throat, his face ashen, "Why do I feel like vomiting again…"
He let out a dry burp and hurried towards the trash can.
An Jiu walked into the glass passage and looked back when he was about to turn the corner. The security guard was almost buried in the trash can. Looking at his posture, he looked like he could vomit bile.
Looking past him and into the distance, there was no homeless person like he mentioned in the entire square. Maybe he had run away to some other place.
The supermarket is on the second floor. Take the escalator up and then walk a distance according to the direction of the sign.
There were not many people in the mall. The sales clerks in the stores on both sides had nothing to do, so they gathered at the door to chat. Anjiu, who was wearing tattered clothes, had obviously become their new topic of conversation.
The hidden look of disdain looked at Anjiu from head to toe. When he saw them exchanging meaningful glances, Anjiu silently memorized the name of their store.
There were shopping carts at the entrance of the supermarket. Anjiu pushed one and walked straight in.
The washing and care area was right next to the entrance, and the shelves were filled with a wide variety of goods. Smelling the faint aroma of soap, her calm heart became excited, and she wished she could just squeeze into the space - if there wasn't a salesperson following closely behind her.
"What do you need? I can recommend something to you." The young salesperson smiled and had a piece of paper in his pocket with the product introduction script written on it.
“不用了，close to me.”
Anjiu originally wanted to go straight over, but when she accidentally glanced, she saw the discounted goods...she happened to need them, so she took a box of twenty toothbrushes for 9.9 yuan and quickly pushed the cart away.
The young salesperson looked at her leaving back, wiped the sweat from her forehead, sniffed the air and frowned.
Across the street, an older salesperson walked over and tapped her on the shoulder, "What are you looking at?"
The young salesman called out to the master and said in confusion: "That man looks quite young, how could he be so dirty and smelly?"
The master looked in the direction she pointed, and first he uttered a “whoosh”, then sniffed the air, looked at her blankly and said, “Does it stink? Why do I feel it smells sweet?”
"Ah?" The young salesperson's face wrinkled into embarrassment.
This floor has daily necessities and snacks. Anjiu went straight downstairs. On the booth in front of the delicatessen area, there was a tray specially for tasting.
Probably because there were few people today, the amount of food to taste was not much, so Anjiu poured out a toothpick and put a piece of smoked sausage into his mouth first.
Salty, fragrant and juicy.
As soon as she took a bite, she felt her whole body was activated. Eating a freshly baked sausage when she was hungry was simply a delicacy.
Glancing at the price tag on the box of sausages next to him, Anjiu quickened the pace of stuffing the sausages into his mouth.
A bit expensive, can't afford it.
While there was no staff coming to chase him away, Anjiu ate all the food on the tasting plate one by one.
After being hungry in the beehive for a long time, her stomach became very small and she would feel bloated after eating very little. The salt content was also very high. Soon she was standing at the free drinking water station and drinking water loudly.
The water here is clear and sweet, without any peculiar smell.
After eating and drinking, Anjiu began to think about how to make rational use of the limited space.
She now has two spaces to use, one her own and the other official.