THE MOVE (1)

-Saturday 25 March 2023

"Xuan Fei go move the boxes of cereals from the storage room to shelf 016" A man in his 40s said to a young man.

"Okay boss" Xuan Fei made a move right away.

Xuan Fei just barely 22 last December was a school drop out, working in a grocery store just to make ends meet. as the youngest child of his divorced parents he had a lot on his mind everyday. His mom had four kids to their father before he eventually left them.

By working in the store he could help his mom afford some of their daily needs, with some quick step he arrived in the storage.

"oh, here it is" Xuan Fei after searching for about three minutes.

with the box in hand, he made his way down the aisle in the store to drop arrange the cereal boxes.

Turning around around the corner he bumped into a customer. a man wearing a hood.

Xuan Fei "oh sorry about that".

"...". the man just looked at him and moved on.

Xuan Fei "well that was strange".

3 hours later Xuan Fei was on his way home after closing from work.

"Aunt Mai" Xuan Fei.

"hello Fei Fei, how are you?" asked Aunt Mai, Aunt Mai was the friendly neighbor who sold "I'm good Aunt Mai, good afternoon". "did you have a good time at work today?" "yes, I did. my mom asked me to come over to get something from you" "ah, yes wait let me go get it"

Aunt Mai went to the back of her shop, coming out just 5 minutes later with a box on hand. the box had some scribbles on it, it felt weird when Xuan Fei held it.

"Oh, Xuan Fei, have you heard the news? there seems to be a murderer on the lose"

"Oh, I heard about that this morning at work, I heard some went to the new apartment building in town and murder a family of five"

"yes you have to be careful dear, go home straight and don't move in a less crowded areas"

"okay aunt Mai"

"pass my greetings to your mom, tell her I'll come over for a visit soon"

"okay bye aunt Mai, see you later"

Xuan was on his way home just barely 10 minutes from his home, from work to aunt Mai's shop was a 5 minutes walk, with a total of 20 minutes Xuan Fei would be back home or to work everyday.

it wasn't that far so the need for a transport wasn't in his agenda.

at the street intersection he saw a man looking at him with a hood on, 'that man seems like the weird fellow at work today. is he stalking me?' Xuan Fei thought in his mind.