Reading Agreement

The two drove all the way to Fengji Noodle House.Half an hour later, the car passed Fengji, but it didn't stop. It just kept going, heading for the outskirts of the city.

After bumping along the way for nearly another hour, Shi Zhen's car finally drove into a villa area and followed the signs into the underground garage.This residential area was newly built, and the occupancy rate was not high. The garage was empty, with only two cars parked, making it even more empty.

Skipping the hassle of finding a parking space, Shi Zhen quickly parked the car in an open space on one side, got out of the car, and walked leisurely towards the house number marked District 6 and 16.

The two stopped at the door of a gray rolling door. Shi Zhen pressed the doorbell. After a few minutes of waiting, the intercom on one side responded. The two sides made some simple exchanges. Open.

"Where does this lead? It's not the main entrance." Gao Yang said curiously in a low voice.

"It looks like this door is the garage. Private cars are parked inside, and the public garage with a lot of cars is parked outside." Shi Zhen replied lightly.

"I thought private garages were all on the ground." Gao Yang said in a low voice, because he was a bumpkin.

"Yes, it depends on how the design is designed, and whether there is enough space on the ground." Shi Zhen watched the door slowly go up and said lightly: "Nowadays, many of them are planned for the separation of people and vehicles. .”

"This house must be amazing." Gao Yang looked inside and said.

At this time, the door has been completely rolled up, presenting a large space.There is indeed a private garage here, which can roughly accommodate two cars. It is completely empty now, except for some sundries piled up in the corner.

"Do you like it?" Shi Zhen smiled, and said indifferently: "It's not very expensive, a townhouse, you can work for me for a year, and I'll pay you with the house."

"You're so boring." Gao Yang blushed at the tips of his ears, walked quickly through the garage, and walked straight to the door.

The door was wide open, as if waiting for them to arrive. Looking in from the outside, one could only feel that the inside was light and plain, without a piece of furniture, and it was spacious from the beginning to the end.

"Sorry, the decoration is just finished, and there is still some smell. Please follow me, both of you." A middle-aged woman in an apron ushered them into the elevator and sent them directly to the second floor.

After getting out of the elevator, turn right and walk for a while. The middle-aged woman stopped at the door of the study and invited the two of you to enter.

"Thank you." Shi Zhen walked in with Gao Yang.Inside is a large study room, which is divided into two areas, one is the office area, and the other is the private reception area.

The light in the study is a bit dim, making it hard to tell the color of the sky outside at the moment, and the dark-colored decoration style suppresses the atmosphere in the room very low, making it a bit suffocating.

"Come on, please sit down." A voice came from a corner of the reception area, and an elderly woman in a gray sweater slowly walked out. Her hair was already gray, and the traces of time could not be concealed, but her smile was hard to conceal.She is Jin Shen, the current head of Fengji.

After a few polite words, Shi Zhen and Gao Yang sat down on the sofa in the reception area.After a while, the aunt knocked on the door and came in, brought two cups of hot tea, and left again.

After Auntie went out, there were only three people left in the living room. Everyone had plans in their hearts, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

There was a moment of silence, and in the end, it was Jin Chen who spoke first, breaking the calm: "Mr. Shi is young, and his methods are very powerful. Only a few people know about my personal mobile phone, but you found it, no see. "

Shi Zhen smiled and said: "The number in use is always traceable."

"Okay, let's not talk about the phone number. Let's talk about the business." Jin Chen took a sip of tea, with some reproach in his eyes, squinted at Shi Zhen and asked, "You sent me so many keywords, it really aroused me." I have many memories that are almost forgotten. It's just that I don't understand why you suddenly want to bring up the old things again about your relationship with Jin Fengze?"

"It doesn't matter, we have never met." Shi Zhen said truthfully: "I can only say that it was not a coincidence. I am investigating a case recently. I never thought that I would be involved with Mr. Jin of the Jin Group. His whereabouts are hard to find. , and his family can't provide information about his whereabouts, so it can only disturb his limited circle of contacts."

"It's good for you to find me. In fact, I've been waiting for someone to ask me for almost 30 years." Jin Chen put away his blame, and his tone was not disgusted. Instead, he looked forward to it: "Finally someone came to me because of Jin Fengze. His The whereabouts may be deciphered."

Shi Zhen looked at Jin Chen, blinked and said deliberately: "You mean...Mr. Jin is missing, not leaving as rumored?"

"You should have researched a lot about Jin Fengze's disappearance. Do you believe that a person will completely disappear from the city he worked so hard for without giving any reason? He didn't even see his children, and he didn't even contact his family." Jin Shen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Even his parents passed away, and he didn't show up. What is it that forced him to disappear so completely, to completely cut off contact with everyone?"

"What do you think it is?" Shi Zhen asked.

Jin Chen said bluntly, "Dead."

Shi Zhen raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.

Gao Yang was shocked, he didn't expect Jin Chen to give such an answer.

"Don't mind, this is the most accurate answer I can think of." A trace of sadness flashed in Jin Chen's eyes: "Really, it's good that someone investigates this matter, otherwise... probably Fengze will never appear, Completely disappeared."

"How did you and Mr. Jin meet?" Shi Zhen asked.

Jin Chen's eyes were a little empty, as if her thoughts had flown back to 30 years ago, her eyes slowly fell into the teacup, and she said thoughtfully: "When I met Fengze, our noodle shop was still called Jin's noodle shop. , the business is not bad, in addition to living, I can earn some money every month. He came to eat noodles more often, and he became acquainted. After that, he gave me an idea to change my noodle shop from a shop to a brand .do you know what it is?"

Shi Zhen took her words and said: "Mr. Jin helped you sell brown eel shreds and help your Jin's Noodle Shop become a well-known noodle restaurant brand. You are grateful to him, so after Jin's Noodle Shop became a brand, you changed its name to Feng. Remember the noodle shop. This is actually a risky approach. The brand that was finally established will suddenly change its name and cause customer loss. Regular customers are better, and new customers may not return at all.”

"There are indeed some risks." Jin Chen did not deny it. She was still remembering, with a smile on her face: "When this problem first started, Jin Fengze also considered it and was unwilling to change the name. However, our passenger flow at that time was mainly It is a regular customer, and the store is not far from the original location. It has also made sufficient notices to inform customers of relocation and name change in advance, and issued a large number of discount coupons for the new store in advance, so the problem of customer loss is not too serious. In addition, the shredded eel with brown skin is still the original, and the taste has not changed, so the impact of the name change is not too great, and everything is developing well.”

"May I ask, is it because you are all from Manze Village that you are closer?" Shi Zhen asked.

"Yes, we are in the same village. We don't get very close at the head of the village and at the end of the village, and we just met each other in the village." Jin Chen sighed and said: "Fengze lived more than ten years earlier than our family. When we went to Yunshi, I met him in our noodle shop, and his eldest son was already 11 years old at that time."

"Healing each other from the same hometown?" Shi Zhen blinked. Although he had to be polite in order to investigate the case, he couldn't agree with the so-called "love" who sought various reasons.

"Yeah, coming from the same place and being nourished by the same Manze Lake, we, who were almost strangers in the village, want to hug each other tightly for warmth in the bustling city. A bitter smile crossed the corner of Jin Chen's mouth: "He regarded me as a close friend from the same village and helped me tirelessly for three years, but I mistakenly regarded him as a love interest."

"His eldest son was already in his teens at the time, even if he thought something out of place, you probably wouldn't take any action, would you?" Shi Zhen said bluntly.

Jin Chen shook his head: "I didn't do anything, I'm just happy that he came to our shop occasionally to be a chef for a day, and let me see how he focused on making brown eel shreds. Now that I think about it, he should have noticed it, but he Not saying a word, and not necessarily crossing the line, that is, he politely refused."

According to Jin Chen, Mr. Jin is also a person with a clear mind, knowing what to do and what not to do, why did he become confused later?Shi Zhen was puzzled, but he didn't ask directly, but brought the topic to the eldest son of the Jin family: "He often makes eel noodles in your shop for the eldest son?".

Jin Chen nodded: "Yes. At least twice a week, sometimes five days."

Shi Zhen was puzzled: "I have a question, why doesn't he buy some brown skin eels himself, and copy them for his son to eat at home? How convenient." There is actually a subtext in these words, and he is asking why Jin Fengze doesn't cook them at home. I want to come to your noodle shop specially to make it. Isn't this approaching on purpose?

Jin Shen understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Oh, this can be explained. The brown eel is delicious, but it is very fishy before it is fried. He used to make it at home, but his family strongly opposed it, so he stopped doing it. , just fried some common shredded eels. Later, when we got to know each other well, he came to my shop to deal with the brown skin eels and cook them for his son. For a period of time, his son was studying nearby, and he often came here. During that time He does come quite often."

"Understood." Shi Zhen nodded, and then asked: "Mr. Jin came to your store, did he talk to you about his family life?"

Jin Chen thought for a while and said, "I didn't talk too much. His hobby is in the kitchen, and he prefers to cook dishes. But the best one is fried shredded eel, and the others are just so-so."

Not talking about family life?Is there nothing to criticize in family life?Shi Zhen thought to himself, and asked, "You and Mr. Jin have known each other for a long time. Before he disappeared, did anything special happen or show some special emotions or remarks?"