Urban Night Returner

Shen Gu was standing on the lawn of Yinhai Hotel with a glass of red wine.The banquet that started at eleven o'clock in the afternoon did not end until two o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Gu was very, very upset, so now he got up late all over his body and exuded the aura of "don't get close to strangers".

There are many eyes on Shen Gu.For a family like the Xiao family, all weddings and funerals are actually opportunities to expand their network of relationships.Therefore, for Xiao Nan's engagement banquet, there may not be many relatives, and most of them are people who have interests with the Xiao family.Xiao Shiqi did not formally introduce Shen Gu to the outside world.It wasn't that he didn't want to, but because he wasn't sure if he changed "Shen" to "Xiao" during the introduction, whether Shen Gu would give him a whimper and leave on the spot, it would be a joke.However, most of the well-informed people already know that Shen Gu is Xiao Yifan's illegitimate son.Although he came from a disgraceful background, it is an indisputable fact that he is Xiao Yifan's only heir.According to Xiao Shiqi's old-fashioned thinking, Shen Gu's inheritance rights are far greater than Xiao Yifan's widow who has nothing to do, so those who also came with the purpose of marriage naturally focused on him.Moreover, among the three or four hundred guests at the scene, needless to say, those middle-aged people with potbellies and half-bald heads, even those sons and boys who drive sports cars and wear famous brands are far from Shen Gu's natural aura.Especially at this moment, Shen Gu's aura is fully open, and it is polite to say that he stands out from the crowd.

Shen Gu ignored all the eyes around him.Whether it is contempt or jealousy, admiration or calculation.All he was thinking about now was when this damn banquet would end.You must know that he rarely has a rest day now, and he really shouldn't waste his good time on such occasions.

The phone rang, and Shen Gu picked it up to have a look. It was a short message from Zhong Lecen: "Le Yang and I are going to Jilian, when are you coming back?"

Shen Gu frowned, and replied: "Soon." At most another 10 minutes, if the banquet is not over at 02:30, he will leave directly.

"Then we'll wait for you at Ji Lian."

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Shen Gu's mouth.Then he heard footsteps approaching him.

It was Xiao Qingfan, or another soul lurking in Xiao Qingfan's body.Shen Gu has noticed Xiao Qingfan a long time ago, as the last king of the Xiao family, he is also very popular, and he is like a fish in water among a group of women.Like everyone else, he would look at Shen Gu from time to time, and that look was no different from others, it was nothing more than a bit of disdainful curiosity.But it's different now, Shen Gu could tell that Xiao Qingfan had probably been stuffed into some corner by looking at that person's eyes, and it was that unknown soul that occupied this body now.

"one person?"

Shen Gu felt that the opening remarks were very vulgar.A vacuum zone was formed within ten meters around him. Could it be that this person couldn't see it?Such an old-fashioned approach to strike up a conversation has long been out of fashion, right?

Xiao Qingfan just smiled slightly at Shen Gu's silence: "I heard that you are now a criminal police officer, so be careful."

Shen Gu frowned almost imperceptibly.Xiao Qingfan's tone was full of concern, and his eyes were so lingering that it was a little weird.Not wanting to play charades with him anymore, Shen Gu asked bluntly: "I know you?"

Xiao Qingfan's eyes dimmed, but he didn't answer.After a moment of silence, he smiled bitterly: "Yeah, you haven't remembered yet. But it doesn't matter, the time is not yet, I haven't adapted yet—"

"Qingfan—" the delicate female voice interrupted Xiao Qingfan's following words.A trace of disgust flashed across Xiao Qingfan's face, and he smiled wryly again: "I'll go first, you, take care of yourself."

Shen Gu narrowed his eyes slightly, and watched Xiao Qingfan turn around and walk towards the woman. After walking a few steps, his body shook slightly, and then he joined hands with the woman with a smile on his face, and walked towards the other side of the lawn in a whisper. up.

Shen Gu stared at Xiao Qingfan's back for a moment, and was sure that it had changed back.But who would that be?Such a familiar tone, as if we have known each other for a long time...

"Grandpa told you to come over." Xiao Nan's lukewarm tone interrupted Shen Gu's thinking, "Hurry up, I'm waiting for you."

Shen Gu glanced at Xiao Shiqi in the distance.Xiao Nan's fiancée was standing there talking to him, Xiao Pingping was standing on the left with Jian Pin, and on the right was Xiao Mofan who rarely showed up, it looked like a happy family picture.Xiao Zhengfan's wife was obviously very satisfied with her future daughter-in-law, and was holding her hand, interjecting a few words from time to time.Looking up and seeing Xiao Nan, she smiled even more, and beckoned her son to stand beside her fiancée.Xiao Shiqi narrowed his eyes and looked at his grandson and grandson-in-law, the smile on his face deepened, and then his eyes fell on Shen Gu, his expression froze slightly, and he coughed dryly: "Come here." Although the words were somewhat commanding , but his tone was very gentle, so that the Xiao family, who were used to his command tone, showed somewhat surprised expressions.

Shen Gu frowned slightly, and took two steps forward: "When will the banquet end? I still have something to do."

Xiao Shiqi was about to speak, when suddenly a waiter came across the crowd with a box in his arms: "Mr. Xiao Nan, someone sent you a parcel."

Xiao Shiqi nodded with his chin, and immediately a bodyguard appeared beside him and took the box, checked it carefully, and then opened it.The box was beautifully packaged and stuffed with shockproof foam plastic. The bodyguard put on gloves and fumbled in the box for a while before taking out something.It is a white porcelain sculpture the size of an ordinary pillow.The base of the sculpture is a lotus flower, and there is a little doll lying in the heart of the flower, with two chubby legs upturned, an innocent smile on the face, and a few hairs on the smooth head, which shines golden in the sun .

"What is this?" Xiao Zhengfan's wife asked suspiciously, "Boy of good fortune?"

Xiao Shiqi snorted softly: "What kind of good boy, you have no eyesight! This is a baby pillow."

Xiao Nan's fiancée was very interested in this porcelain doll, and she had already received it: "Grandpa, is this a pillow?"

"That's right." Xiao Shiqi smiled lovingly at his granddaughter-in-law, "This is called a baby pillow. Look at the back of this child, it's just a pillow to use. The baby pillow is a thing with a history. It is said that a baby pillow can give birth to a baby early. Woolen cloth."

Girls nowadays won't blush when they hear that they have a baby, and Xiao Nan's fiancée is no exception. She holds the baby pillow and looks at it for a while, then smiles: "Grandpa, this is very hard, can I use it as a pillow?"

Xiao Shiqi laughed loudly: "The ancients used hard pillows. Bamboo pillows, jade pillows, and porcelain pillows are all hard. No one has used these things for pillows. You can just put them at home and have a look. Just a lottery. Who gave it to you?"

The bodyguard bowed and replied: "I asked, and the waiter said that it was delivered by a courier company. There is no address or name on the box. But the things should be safe."

Xiao Shiqi frowned, didn't say anything, but turned to Shen Gu: "Come with me, I have something to tell you."

In fact, there is no need to "come here", the others have already retreated knowingly.Xiao Shiqi nodded to the audience: "Anyone you like?"

"What?" Shen Gu didn't understand what he meant for a moment.

"You are also 30 years old. At [-], it's time to start a family—"

Shen Gu directly interrupted him: "Have you met Le Cen?"

Xiao Shiqi choked for a moment, then lowered his face: "A man, let's just play around, pass on the family—"

Shen Gu turned his head and left.How many hours were wasted just to listen to what he said to carry on the family line?Completely ignoring Xiao Shiqi's angry roar, he walked out of the Yinhai Hotel all the way, waved for a taxi, and went straight to Jilian.

Feifei glared at the man across the bar with almost ferocious eyes.He really didn't expect that this guy who didn't know whether it was Tsingtao Beer or Lao Beer would dare to show up in Jilian with a big swagger.But he could only stare at the other party with his eyes.In terms of beatings, he couldn't beat them, and in terms of scolding - he was really afraid that the man would reveal what happened that night, it was not a glorious history.

The man smiled lightly, completely ignoring the murderous eyes, drinking beer and listening to the noise in the bar.The two young men were pestering Konghua, "Konghua, help me, if this place is ruined, we will never find a job in the future!"

Kong Hua frowned: "I haven't touched the violin for many years."

"You will do it no matter what. We really have nothing to do. Xiao Zhang broke his arm in a car accident, otherwise we wouldn't bother you." The young man was sweating profusely, "If there is time, we can find you Personally, but now—”

Kong Hua's eyes were gloomy, and he didn't speak.Ever since he smashed his beloved violin on the day he went abroad, he has never touched this instrument again. The last time he drank too much alcohol and played casually for a while, but he was missed by someone unexpectedly.But he really doesn't want to pick up the bow again, because there are too many memories and pains in it.

"Brother Le Cen—" Feifei saw the person coming in at the door, and hurriedly greeted him, "Why are you here at this time today?" It was afternoon, and there were still no customers in the bar.

Zhong Lecen smiled: "Le Yang wants to come and have a look. Kong Hua?"

Konghua had a flash of inspiration, and immediately grabbed Zhong Lecen: "Lecen, can your brother do me a favor?"

"What's the matter?" Zhong Leyang's ears were sharp, and he immediately came over, "What can I do for you?"

Konghua smiled slightly: "I have two friends who are going to catch a performance, but their violinist has a car accident and can't come, can I trouble you for a favor?"

"Oh——" Zhong Leyang nodded, "Let me fill in the vacancy? No problem. But, what's the reward?"

"Appearance fee—" the young man next to him hurriedly said, but was interrupted by Zhong Lecen: "Le Yang was just joking."

Zhong Leyang laughed, and patted the man's shoulder familiarly: "Brother, tell me first, what song?"

Zhong Lecen watched his younger brother get along with others very quickly, smiled slightly and turned to Konghua, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of the person sitting by the bar, and couldn't help being slightly startled—he had seen this person before.By the way, I met him in Fanhai Community, Shen Gu said that he might be that Pai Gow.

"Brother Le Cen, what would you like to drink?" Fei Fei graciously took out the juice, "There is freshly squeezed mango juice." Everyone knows that Zhong Le Cen doesn't drink alcohol.

"Give me a glass of beer!" Zhong Leyang yelled from the other side of the bar, having already started training with two young people.

Feifei went over with a beer, Zhong Lecen stirred the juice with a straw, glanced sideways at the person next to him, and said to himself, "Pai Gow?"

With a bang, the bar stool almost fell over. Zhong Lecen was startled, and someone grabbed his wrist: "What did you say?"

This time Zhong Lecen had a solid idea: "Are you Pai Gow?" He wanted to withdraw his hand, but although the other party didn't pinch him, it held it very firmly, and he couldn't break free at all.

Pai Gow stared at him sharply: "How do you know?"

After Feifei finished delivering the beer, she turned her head and saw this scene, and immediately rushed over, the stainless steel plate in her hand was about to greet Pai Gow: "What are you doing!"

Zhong Lecen hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "Feifei, don't!"

The plate stopped not far above Pai Gow's head, Pai Gow didn't care at all, just looked at Zhong Lecen: "How do you know my name?"

Zhong Lecen smiled: "Shen Gu told me."

"Shen—" slowly loosened Zhong Lecen's fingers, "You are the team leader—"

Zhong Le hesitated for a moment.Even though he was in Lonely Lotus, he was still embarrassed to disclose his relationship with Shen Gu.On the contrary, Feifei made no secrets: "Brother Shen is Brother Le Cen's boyfriend!"

Pai Gow was stunned, with a complicated expression on his face: "The team leader——"

Feifei felt a little belated: "Team leader? You know Big Brother Shen? Then you too—" Special forces?Well, no wonder it fell, it was not wronged.

Pai Gow stood up suddenly, almost brought the stool down again, took out a banknote and slapped it on the bar, he turned and left.Zhong Lecen was stunned for a moment: "You—" Didn't you see Shen Gu?

Pai Gow rushed to the door in a few steps as if fleeing. Just as he stepped out with one foot, he suddenly jumped back backwards, with flexible and smooth movements.Feifei was delighted to see it, and thought that he was worthy of being a special soldier, and his movements were agile and free.So at this time, he has temporarily forgotten this person's bad behavior.

The expression on Pai Gow's face was far less chic than his actions at this time, and it took a long time before he uttered two words: "Team leader?"

Shen Gu stepped into the door: "Pai Gow? It's really you! Why did you come to Binhai? A mission?"

Pai Gow hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "Team leader, I'm retiring."

Shen Gu raised his eyebrows suddenly: "What?"

Pai Gow couldn't help taking a step back, and said bravely, "I, I'm retired."

Shen Gu stared at him, and asked in a deep voice, "Why?"

Pai Gow smiled wryly, but did not answer.Shen Gu's eyes were piercing, and he didn't intend to relax.Zhong Lecen had already walked over, and felt that the atmosphere was not quite right, so he coughed lightly: "Shen Gu?"

Shen Gu glanced at him, and exhaled: "Forget it."

The atmosphere suddenly relaxed, Pai Gow glanced at Zhong Lecen, and said softly: "Team leader, you have grown."

"Really?" Shen Gu replied indifferently, and put his arm around Zhong Lecen, "What is Le Yang busy with?"

Zhong Lecen smiled, and glanced at Pai Gow: "Forget about Le Yang, he has something to do, and he's helping people out. I think, let's find another place, you and this--you and your comrade-in-arms have a good chat about the old days? "

Shen Gu smiled and pushed him forward: "Pai Gow, this is Zhong Lecen, my wife. Le Cen, this is Pai Gow, my partner. Pai Gow is a nickname, and his name is Shao Fei."

Pai Gow closed his eyes slightly, and then smiled: "So this is my sister-in-law?"

Zhong Lecen blushed, turned back and gave Shen Gu a hard squeeze, still talking about Pai Gow: "Hello, Shen Gu mentioned you, saying that you used to be his—observing hand?"

Pai Gow's face was full of spring breeze: "Yes, I was the team leader's observer when I first joined the team."

Zhong Lecen looked him up and down.For some reason, although Pai Gow was smiling all over his face, he felt that the man's smile didn't reach his eyes, but his eyes were cold and gloomy.

Shen Gu had heard enough of the "noise" made by Zhong Leyang and the others, he pulled Zhong Lecen with one hand and Pai Gow with the other: "Let's go, find a quiet place."

Not far from Ji Lian is a Korean barbecue. Now that the meal time has passed, there are not many people in the shop, but it is very quiet.Zhong Lecen ordered food, and Shen Gu and Pai Gow had already chatted: "Why did you come to Binhai?"

Pai Gow smiled, lit a cigarette, and the smoke rose, covering his eyes: "I'm now looking for a job in a private detective agency in Chengdu. I received a commission, so I came here on a business trip."

Shen Gu frowned: "Detective agency? This industry is still gray, right?" Private detectives are still a bit embarrassing, because most of them involve some illegal methods.

Pai Gow spit out a smoke ring: "It's nothing."

Shen Gu waved the smoke away: "Since you retired, why don't you go home?"

Pai Gow sneered: "What are you doing at home? Waiting to hear my dad scold me? Or look at my brother's stern face?" He leaned his head on his arm and leaned back on the chair as if his whole body was boneless, " It's fine now."

Shen Gu sighed.Pai Gow has been a headache for the captain since he joined the team, and it also made him worry a lot when he was his observer.He knows something about the situation in his family. After all, it's not easy for outsiders to intervene in housework.

"What commission?"

Pai Gow smiled: "It's very vulgar. There was a coal mine owner who hired a mistress outside, and the original wife found out that the trouble was serious. The man took the mistress and ran out for a trip. Who knows what disease he contracted outside and came back within a few days. He died. When the original wife checked the inheritance, she said that some antique was taken away by the mistress and entrusted us to get it back."

Shen Gu is really not interested in this kind of thing: "One thing, what about it?"

Pai Gow scratched his head: "Who knows. People say it's a treasure, what can we say as a worker? Anyway, we pay for it. Here——" He took a photo from his pocket with two fingers and threw it on the table, "Just This, is it Song Dynasty porcelain?"

Shen Gu glanced at it.The thing in the photo is pitch black, like a small gatehouse: "What is this?"

Zhong Lecen leaned over and took a look: "Oh, black porcelain."

"Black porcelain?" Shen Gu wrapped his arms around his waist, "Just this black thing? Is it very valuable?"

Zhong Lecen nodded seriously: "Black porcelain flourished in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and then gradually disappeared. If this is really black porcelain from the Song Dynasty, it is indeed valuable."

"What kind of thing is this made?" Pai Gow listened to Zhong Lecen's words with squinted eyes, and interjected, "That woman doesn't understand either, she can't tell what it is just by saying it's porcelain."

Zhong Lecen picked up the photo and looked at it carefully for a while: "This, it seems to be a soul bottle."