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After Cheng Xiao and lawyer Zhang had dinner at the restaurant, they went straight to Dongzhu Avenue.

Cross two streets, go left for another 200 meters, and stop in front of a variety of grocery stores.

His gaze swept over every item displayed in the store, which looked a little old, or more like a second-hand transaction.

"Excuse me, what do you want to buy?" an old man with white beard wearing reading glasses asked.

Cheng Xiao turned his head, "My friend came here to look at the goods a few days ago, and told you that you must keep the goods. It was said that he would come to pick them up on the tenth, but he couldn't come because of some things. It was entrusted to me!"

Upon hearing this, the white-bearded old man bent down and took out the account book from the drawer behind him, "What's your friend's name? What did you order?"

"Lin Dawei!" Cheng Xiao paused and said, "He didn't tell me what it was, he just told me to come and get it from the boss!"

Although these were made up by Cheng Xiao randomly, he had thought carefully before coming here, if what he said was different from what Lin Dawei had confessed before, then this person would not be polite at this time.

But now the old man just glanced at him lightly, "No more! That thing was bought by someone else!"

"Didn't you agree earlier? Why do you..."

Before Cheng Xiao finished speaking, the old man spoke again, "I told him at the time that I would keep that thing for two days at most!"

That's right, when Cheng Xiao called here a few days ago, the man on the phone, that is, the white beard standing in front of him, did tell him clearly that after today, I will no longer Keep it for you.

And he didn't come here to take away what Lin Dawei left behind.He just wanted to know what Lin Dawei bought here!
Looking along the old man with white beard, his eyes fell on the pile of rusted knives piled up at the foot of the wall. At this moment, Cheng Xiao suddenly understood what Lin Dawei bought here!
Cheng Xiao turned around and walked out. After walking two steps, the old man's voice came again, "499 is gone, I have others here!"

Cheng Xiao suddenly turned around.

"If you really want, I can sell you this 377 at a discount!" The old man took a handful from the pile of rusted iron.

This is a machete that is 499 centimeters long. The back of the blade is full of rust. "Although it is not as good-looking as [-], it is made of cold iron. You only need to sharpen it when you take it back, and the blade is very sharp."

Cheng Xiao was just guessing at first, but he didn't expect it to be confirmed so quickly.

Lin Dawei bought a machete in this grocery store, why did he buy a machete?And who wants to hurt him?

Many, many problems are all intertwined at this moment.

He wanted to sort it out, but it took him a lot of time to figure it out, and he looked at the old man standing opposite him hesitantly.

"You made a mistake. I came here to pick up things for a friend, but you just said..."

The old man with a white beard insisted: "This 377 is made of rare cold iron. If you miss it, you may not be able to buy it next time!"

At this moment, Cheng Xiao suddenly understood.

This grocery store lives in the innermost alley of Dongzhu Avenue, and it is also the most dilapidated in this alley. There are not many customers who want to come to the store on weekdays, and even fewer people like him buy second-hand knives.

The old man with white beard was afraid of missing out on this business, so he recommended it to him again and again.But he just wanted to know about Lin Dawei.

"377, I can! But before I buy it, I have a question!"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on the old man's face, "What?"

"My friend, the one who asked you to buy 499 before, have you heard him explain why he bought knives?"

"Need to say?" the white-bearded old man said disapprovingly, "Either he offended a big man he couldn't afford to offend, or someone wanted to harm him! In terms of the current security situation in Petersburg, it's always useless to buy a knife and keep it by your side for self-defense." Incorrect!"

Cheng Xiao nodded in agreement.

When he was taking money out of his pocket, the old man with white beard suddenly said: "I remembered! He used the phone in my shop to call a man named Bobo. The two of them had a terrible quarrel!"

"Bobo?" Cheng Xiao paused, "Then do you know what the two of them are arguing about?"

"It seems to be for money!" The white-bearded old man looked down at the money in Cheng Xiao's hand, "Oh, I'm getting old, and my hearing and memory are not as good as your young people's. I can only remember so much Already!"

Cheng Xiao handed over the money in his hand, thanked him, and left with the newly purchased 377.

Zhao Xiran saw Cheng Xiao come back carrying a long iron box, and asked, "What are you carrying?"

He took it from him, put the long iron box under the tea table, and bent over to open it.

After seeing the machete inside, Zhao Xiran was startled, "Cheng Xiao, you, you are..."

After being imprisoned by the Petersburg police for four or five days, Zhao Xiran couldn't help but start thinking wildly when he came back with a machete.

But Cheng Xiao said indifferently: "I went to the grocery store, and I couldn't bear the enthusiasm of the boss, so I brought this thing back!"

"Cheng Xiao, this is not like you!" After a while, Zhao Xiran said: "No matter how bad the situation was before, you would never do this!"

"That was before!" Cheng Xiao said, "Aren't we in Petersburg now? It is also necessary to keep a knife by your side for self-defense."

Zhao Xiran couldn't deny that the law and order in Petersburg was indeed comparable to that in China, and it was not illegal to hold a knife. He looked down at the unsharp knife in the long iron box, and reluctantly accepted it.

Poured a glass of water for Cheng Xiao, and asked after he finished drinking, "Are we going to find Ji Yanfeng next?"

Zhao Xiran has always been worried about Cheng Mo's safety.She just wanted to find Cheng Mo quickly and bring him back from Ji Yanfeng.

Cheng Mo squinted, "Now we don't have any clues about him. It's not easy to find him!"

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Xiran asked anxiously: "Cheng Xiao, Momo is still in his hands! Do you think he will..."

"Mo Mo is very smart, I believe he can find a way to deal with Ji Yanfeng!" Cheng Xiao said: "If we want to know where Ji Yanfeng is hiding, we have to find out about Lin Dawei first! You didn't tell me before that Lin Dawei had a girlfriend Alisa, she works in a bar?"

Zhao Xiran nodded.

"It seems that now we can only start with her!"

The two had a general discussion, and at dusk they went out one after the other.

Arriving at Walton East Third Lane, hearing the crow again, Zhao Xiran instinctively hid where Cheng Xiao was.

"Don't be afraid, there's nothing here!" Cheng Xiao stretched out his hand to support her.

Zhao Xiran looked up and found nothing, so he quickly followed.

Came to the bar where Alisa worked again, but didn't see her at the bar.

"When I came here before, she was selling wine here!" After finishing speaking, Zhao Xiran waved to the bartender not far away, and when he came over, he asked, "Why didn't you see Alisa today?"

The bartender obviously hesitated, and then said: "Alyssa, I'm on leave today!" After speaking, the bartender hurried to the other side to greet other guests.

"How come seeing us is like seeing an enemy? Before I finished asking, he left!" Zhao Xiran was about to shout again, but was stopped by Cheng Xiao at this moment.

"Hey, even if you ask him again, you will still get the same answer!" Cheng Xiao stared into the distance.

At this moment, Zhao Xiran suddenly remembered that when she first came to this bar that day, Alisa regarded her as a debt collector, and said a lot of inexplicable things to her.

"Could it be those creditors of Lin Dawei? They came to Alisha for money?"

Cheng Xiao watched silently and didn't speak.

"It must be so! Otherwise, Alisa has no reason not to come to work!"

As soon as Zhao Xiran's voice fell, Cheng Xiao continued, "Maybe it's not that you didn't come at all!" Looking up and seeing the bar where the guests were greeted just now, and now walking towards the passage in the bar, Cheng Xiao stretched out his hand to hold Zhao Xiran, "Let's go !"

Zhao Xiran didn't react for a long time, struggling all the way, nagging all the way, "Cheng Xiao, we haven't found Alisa yet, how can we leave now?"

As soon as Cheng Xiao let go, Zhao Xiran ran inside.

Had to hold on again, "Of course, only if we leave, Alisa, she can come out!"

Cheng Xiao slowed down and said, "Come with me!"

He led Zhao Xiran to the alley next to the bar, and found a relatively hidden place to hide.

After waiting for about an hour, the back door of the bar opened, and a woman in leather jacket and pants walked out with a bag.

Although he couldn't see the woman's face clearly, but only through her figure and walking posture, Zhao Xiran recognized it at a glance, "It's Alisa!"

Cheng Xiao and Zhao Xiran hurriedly followed at this moment, but they didn't expect that when they chased to the entrance of the alley, they saw Alisha being blocked by a group of men from a distance.

Seeing the group of people flustered, Alisha kept backing away, but within a few steps, people surrounded her.

Slowly, little by little, surround Alisa in the center.

"I've already said, I have nothing to do with Lin Dawei!"

The leading man with a tuft of yellow hair said: "I don't care if you have anything to do with Lin Dawei, I just know that Lin Dawei owes our boss money. We can't find Lin Dawei, so naturally we can only come to you!"

"But I have no money!" Alisa hissed.

"No money?" Huang Mao looked at him coldly, caught off guard and grabbed Alisa's neck suddenly, "You have someone if you don't have money!"

Seeing him approaching slowly, Alisa kept struggling, "Bobo, do you dare to touch me?"

Zhao Xiran watched from a distance, anxious, wishing he could rush out at this moment and shave the yellow hair's ears.

Cheng Xiao beside the rascal kept holding her tightly, let alone rushing out to save Alisa, it was difficult for her to even take a step forward.

Just looking at it from such a distance, I thought that the yellow hair would be frivolous to Alisha in the next second, but I never thought that the yellow hair suddenly stopped at the moment when it was about to approach.

The man sneered twice, then let go, and turned to the people standing beside him, "Bring me back!"

Cheng Xiao glanced at Zhao Xiran who was standing beside her, and she instantly understood.

After the group walked away, Cheng Xiao and Zhao Xiran secretly followed.