Chapter 840: Jiang Ran: Who Stole My Delivery?
Tonight at seven they were holding a welcome party.
This was the first time Manager Wu Wen of Building No. 1 hosted a welcome party at Alice Apartment.
About what to eat tonight,
he had asked assistant manager Jiang Ran and the other manager, Manager Wu Meiling.
Normally, the welcome party’s menu should be decided and hosted jointly by the two managers.
But as before, Manager Wu Meiling and Jiang Ran chose to assist, leaving the decision to Manager Wu Wen.
In the end Manager Wu Wen decided to celebrate Hua Country cuisine.
Dumplings and wontons for dinner.
The procurement fell to Jiang Ran.
Half of the ingredients would be store-bought frozen, the other half raw ingredients for handmade wrappers and fillings.
Jiang Ran naturally objected — why was he always the one sent out to buy things?
In the end, Manager Wu Meiling understood him and gave him a three-hundred-yuan errand fee.
Jiang Ran thought that was reasonable, and happily rode his electric bike out to shop.
As he left the gate, he bumped into a group of about ten young men and women coming in.
He glanced at them and paid little mind.
Among the ten or so young people was one of this round’s lab rats — Zheng Zihan.
These people were all Zheng Zihan’s friends.
Zheng Zihan had been assigned apartment 503 in Building No. 2.
When the group entered 503,
they were instantly stunned by the low-key, luxurious decor.
One boy asked Zheng Zihan, “Whoa, Zihan, this place is nice. How much is rent a month? It must be expensive, right?”
Zheng Zihan, with long straight black hair and wearing a JK uniform, waved her hand: “Don’t ask about the price. You guys just live here.”
Another girl shouted happily: “This is awesome. This is way more comfortable than stuffing into a hotel with all of us!”
“Exactly, and hotels are small, not comfortable at all. Hey Zihan, did you win the lottery or something?”
Another girl asked.
Zheng Zihan waved her hand: “Don’t ask so many questions. Just move in.”
The others, hearing this, didn’t pry any further. Like bees buzzing around a hive, they drifted through 2-503, exploring and laughing.
Everything was full of curiosity.
At that moment, the Far Neighbor live stream.
Viewers first saw Zheng Zihan bringing a group to the apartment,
and assumed she was showing off her new place to friends.
They never expected she’d brought them to live there.
Fairy Sister: I just counted. Including Zheng Zihan, there are fourteen people. Fourteen people in one apartment? This place is small even for me alone. How could fourteen people squeeze in?
Middle-aged Uncle: You rich second-generation kids were probably never poor. I’ve lived like that before — though it was a single-story house with cement walls, not this nice.
I am the Hero: Rather than marveling at whether fourteen people can fit, shouldn’t you wonder why they want to live together? Doesn’t that bother you?
Little Dragon Girl: Of course they can fit. Didn’t they say earlier that more than ten of them used to stay in hotels? Hotels are even smaller than this apartment…
As for why more than ten people live together…
Probably because they’re broke.
Little Aunt: What? Even if they’re poor, more than ten people crammed together?
Evil Wolf: Big deal. Their way of living is normal for trendy young guys and trendy young women — pooling money to stay in a hotel…
Ultimate Rich Kid: I think I saw something like this on TikTok, but I didn’t expect it to be real. But who would do this? Fifteen or sixteen, maybe eighteen or nineteen-year-olds? These people are a bit old for that.
Evil Wolf: That’s nonsense. The world’s full of unusual things. Some legends slack for a day and laze for three — people in their thirties do this. What’s the big deal?
After touring the apartment inside and out,
the group poured out, saying they were going out to celebrate with a meal.
So they left Alice Apartment.
…
Jiang Ran shopped pretty fast and was back at Building No. 1 with big bags by early afternoon.
He handed over the frozen dumplings, frozen wontons, sheets of wrappers, and the various meats and vegetables he’d bought — a whole heap —
to Manager Wu Wen.
After handing everything to Manager Wu Wen, Jiang Ran said, “I’ll come back to help at three in the afternoon. I need to rest a bit; I haven’t eaten lunch.”
Manager Wu Wen nodded in agreement and waved him off.
Jiang Ran went back to his place.
After resting for ten minutes, he opened the Lightning Delivery app and started looking for food.
He quickly ordered three dishes and one soup with rice.
With a coupon it cost him twenty-nine yuan.
Although Jiang Ran had at least two million in his bank account now, thrift was drilled into his bones.
He wouldn’t go on a spending spree like those suddenly rich people who squander money.
After ordering, he waited for the delivery to arrive at Alice Apartment, then planned to pick it up from the delivery rack.
Twenty minutes later, while scrolling his phone, he suddenly remembered his order. He opened the Lightning Delivery app and found a message from the rider: five minutes ago, the rider had delivered the order and left it in slot 1 of delivery rack No. 1 at his apartment.
He dashed out of his home and ran down the stairs.
He hurried to the delivery rack.
When he looked at slot 1 of delivery rack No. 1,
he found it empty — there was no delivery.
“What the hell?! Where’s my order?”
Jiang Ran was stunned and messaged the rider to ask where his food was.
The rider replied quickly: “I put it in slot 1 of your apartment’s delivery rack. It’s not there?”
Jiang Ran answered: “It’s not there. It’s completely empty!”
The rider: “Damn, your apartment has people who steal deliveries? I remember last time I delivered to your apartment, somebody told me their order was missing too.”
The rider even sent a wry laughing-cry emoji.
Jiang Ran scratched his head.
He opened the rider’s profile and saw he was an old regular rider.
These types usually don’t mess with customers’ food — it’s how they earn a living.
So—there really was a delivery thief?!
Still not fully convinced, he looked over the other deliveries on the rack. There were seven or eight orders in total. He checked them one by one and indeed couldn’t find his own.
“Cameras! Check the cameras!”
Jiang Ran turned to check surveillance to see which thief had stolen his delivery.
Then he remembered the apartment’s surveillance system had a virus and was still broken!