winter past

Zhao You drove Yin Miaozai's car between a Volkswagen and a BMW, and blocked it on the narrow street of Ping'anmen.After waiting for a long time, unable to move, he simply turned off the engine, opened the window and sat in the car.

There was only one street lamp on the street, but now it is full of cars, and the light of the headlights is also full. The red, yellow and yellow lights dazzle people's eyes, making it hard for people to see the road conditions at the end of the street.Suddenly, someone honked the horn, and shouts and curses came from the nearby residential building: "Fuck your mother! You still don't go home to sleep in the middle of the night!"

The traffic lanes quieted down, but the residential buildings on the left and right became bustling. Many windows were lit up. Someone put a broom and dustpan outside the anti-theft window to knock on it, shouting: "Live broadcast! I want to break the news! Swift The dim sum shop sells black heart fried dough sticks! I want to break the news!"

Someone howled dryly, someone whistled, and someone shouted: "Zhao Xiaozhen, I love you!"

The engine of the car was humming, hot air was constantly being emitted, and heat was constantly pouring in. Zhao You wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, closed the window, turned on the car again, and turned on the air conditioner.The air conditioner is also buzzing.

Ping'an Gate is a one-way street going north, and the car lights are still very dazzling. This car line with no end and tail seems to be extending infinitely towards the north and south. to infinity.It was humming.

Everyone in the car seems to be trapped in the car forever, parked here forever, with nowhere to go.

Zhao You took out his mobile phone to locate his current location. Going out of Ping'an Gate is Jixiang Street. Most of the surrounding areas are residential areas. There is an indoor vegetable market that opens at 05:30 in the morning. There is a People's Hospital within 10 minutes by car. Above is a Wal-Mart, there is a bus stop in front of the hospital, twenty buses will stop here.Some go to the city center, some go to Montenegro, some go to the bus station, train station, and there are many night buses that start operating after ten o'clock.The bus route is radial, extending to all areas of Qingshi.

When Zhao You was concentrating on studying the surrounding environment of the People's Hospital, two news headlines popped up on the mobile news client:

"Shocked! The Aegean Sea serial killer in Qingshi ten years ago was not the real murderer?!"

"Retired criminal police explain the case of the blue female corpse in Huangguozi Village, the death of an old couple! Be careful!"

There is a noodle restaurant at the south entrance of the People's Hospital, which has a high score. The noodle restaurant provides a free noodle refill service if you buy a set meal.

Zhao You put down his mobile phone, yawned, and glanced outside. Many young men and women were standing outside an iron gate not far away, looking out.They either held their mobile phones high, or held their cameras and portable fill lights.A young girl was walking backwards from the gate to the blocked convoy, holding her mobile phone upside down.She said in a serious manner: "Look, everyone, there is really a long queue here. It's super exaggerated. The cars can't move at all. Many cars are parked here. The drivers don't know where they are. Here, Jenny Si would like to remind everyone, don’t hinder traffic and hinder the normal life of nearby residents just because you are doing live broadcasts, grabbing headlines, and grabbing news.”

The young girl passed by Zhao You's car happily, and the strong light from the rear camera of the mobile phone shone into the car. Zhao You couldn't help closing his eyes. At this moment, Dai Rou shouted from outside: "Stop taking pictures, Stop taking pictures! Let it go, let it go! Whose car is this? Whose car is this Volkswagen, A67555? Just tow away the car without anyone! You can’t park here!”

Zhao You opened his eyes, lowered the window, and shouted, "Dai Rou."

The bright light disappeared, and several auxiliary police officers in uniform surrounded the young girl who was broadcasting live.Dai Rou stood beside Zhao You's car and asked him, "Why didn't you accompany your girlfriend in the hospital?"

Zhao You rubbed his eyes and said: "Her car is parked here, I'll help her drive there." He looked forward: "Your car is also parked here?"

Dai Rou also pointed forward: "I parked on the main road of Jixiang Street outside."

Zhao You smiled: "There is a foresight." He said, "The inspection is over, do you want to go?"

Dai Rou looked at Zhao You, put her hand on the car window, and said, "I'm planning to go to the hospital and ask your girlfriend about the details. You can go there in my car. How long will this traffic jam be? Give our colleagues the key. I called the traffic police over to deal with it, and I will drive you to the hospital later.”

Zhao You said: "Don't bother, since the traffic police are coming, they should get through soon."

He asked, "Do you want to go to the city bureau to make a record?"

"Look at her condition, is she okay?"

Zhao Youdao: "I was a little frightened, and it was hot. The doctor said it might be a little bit of heat stroke."

"Don't go to work tomorrow, just rest at home for a day."

"That's what I said too." Zhao You said.

Dai Rou nodded: "Then I'll go and have a look first, let's call." She turned around and took a few steps, ran back, patted on the car door, and said to Zhao You: "By the way, I remembered, what did you say before?" In the Qingshui Garden that I told me on WeChat, someone went door-to-door to ask about installing wheelchair rails on the corridor without the property owner’s consent. Some news came back, and there was indeed such a company that did such a thing. The list of employees The photos and photos have been sent to us, and tomorrow we will arrange someone to check with the residents to see if they are those employees."

She raised her chin at Zhao You, waved her hand, said: "Thank you." and left.

Zhao You also waved to her, closed the window, lay down on the steering wheel, and fell asleep.

When he woke up, half an hour later, there were two traffic policemen standing outside, and the BMW parked in front of him started to move slowly, and he also started to move.It was more than 30 minutes later, and he finally drove the car out of the safety gate.When he was about to arrive at the People's Hospital, Zhao You glanced at his phone. Yin Miaozai sent him a text message an hour ago, and she and Dai Rou went to the city bureau to take notes.He hurriedly made a phone call, Yin Miaozai answered it quickly, she said with a smile: "You are really clever, I just finished the transcript."

Zhao You asked, "Are you okay?"

"Ah? I'm fine. I'm not a criminal. Dai Rou is very polite to me." Yin Miaozai giggled, "She even praised me, saying that I provided them with a lot of valuable information. Send you those videos or something."

Zhao Youdao: "I mean, are you in good health? Are you feeling better? The doctor will let you out of the hospital now?"

Yin Miaozai was quiet for a while before saying, "I'm in your city bureau, come and pick me up."

"Okay, I'm near the People's Hospital. You can wait for me at the 24-hour supermarket across the street. The air conditioner there isn't very cold," Zhao You said.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

He drove to the Municipal Bureau and found Yin Miaozai in the opposite supermarket.She was sitting in the dining area staring at a piece of strawberry cream cake.Zhao You walked over, she raised her head, looked at him with blinking eyes, and said with a smile: "You bought too much, I can't finish it, so I'll share it with your colleagues in the office." She put down the fork, Sitting with his hands under his legs, he said, "I didn't see Yan Boyuan, didn't you work with him? He's not in class, isn't he in your group?"

Zhao You sat down opposite her and said, "He has gone to help the third team."

Yin Miaozai looked at the piece of cake and murmured: "I still don't have much appetite, I can't eat it..." She said to herself, "I know it's delicious, it's not easy for you to buy it, but it's okay Two to three days in the fridge, but too long and the strawberries on top won't be fresh, the cream won't taste good, and the cake will be dry...”

Zhao You comforted her and said, "It's fine if you don't have an appetite. Don't force yourself. I'll buy it next time. I'll buy you a bottle of water."

He went to buy a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the cap and handed it to Yin Miaozai.Yin Miaozai looked at him, holding the bottle of mineral water in one hand, unscrewed the bottle cap with the other hand, holding the bottle cap, not drinking water, she asked Zhao You: "What did I see in 404, don't you want to know?"

Zhao You said: "I am not in charge of this case. Team Zhan asked us not to interfere with other teams' cases." He immediately added, "Can I make an appointment for psychological counseling for you? There is a Hongfeng stationed in our bureau." Doctor, I heard it was very good."

Yin Miaozai took a sip of water and smiled again: "You are still so thoughtful."

She smiled and said, "I wanted to introduce that detective to you. He's amazing. You know, when he saw the video posted by that pervert, he saw that it was room 404 in Aegean Sea. I asked about that at the hotel." Boss, I said, is the decoration of each of your rooms the same? He said, it’s not the same, the wallpapers and carpets are different.”

Zhao You listened, Yin Miaozai's interest was suddenly very high, and he kept talking energetically: "He came to the hospital to see me just now, and he said he was going to the toilet, so I just waited, and even Dai Rou came and he didn't come back He just disappeared. Do you think these private detectives usually help people investigate cases through some informal channels, so they don’t want to have direct contact with the police? Dai Rou is not surprised. I guess she has encountered many cases before. Without this kind of private detective, I don’t want to have too much contact with the police.”

Zhao Youdao: "Dai Rou will look for him, do you have his contact information?"

Yin Miaozai said: "I gave Dai Rou his mobile phone number and address." She drank two more sips of water and said, "I called him just now, and the shutdown has already occurred. You said, he won't run away, right? No record Is a confession a crime?"

Zhao You brought the cake in front of him, picked up a plastic fork and ate it.Yin Miaozai said with a smile: "Alright, don't waste it, or I will take it home and eat it tomorrow. What I eat is not fresh, not delicious, and has an unauthentic taste. I will think of this strawberry cake in the future. I will eat it." Maybe I don’t love it that much anymore.” She patted the back of Zhao You’s hand and said, “Don’t tell my parents what happened today.”

She gently held Zhao You's hand.

Zhao You nodded, and solved the cake three times, five times and two times, then pulled out the hand held by Yin Miaozai, took out a handkerchief, wiped his mouth and the sweat on the back of his neck, got up and said, "I'll take you back .”

The two walked out of the supermarket.Zhao You was driving, and as soon as he got in the car, Yin Miaozai even listened to the car music on his mobile phone, no one said anything, Yin Miaozai sank in the chair, and looked out the window sideways.From time to time, she fiddled with the seat belt and hummed to the music.

When she was approaching Gaocheng District, she asked, "You said that the house in University Town will be rented out or sold?"

"What do you think?"

"If you rent it, it will cost more than 2000 a month."

"Then it's sold?"

"It's selling now, and the house price hasn't risen much. It's a different matter if the new subway line is opened."

Zhao You nodded.

Yin Miaozai's voice was a little lower: "Are you feeling bored?"

"No."

Yin Miaozai was quiet, and no one spoke again.Classical music flows in the car, this is a melodious piano piece.Yin Miaozai sat holding the seat belt, facing out of the car.

When the car drove into the university town, the road was wider and more empty, and tall real estate billboards could be seen everywhere along the road.The new real estate is about to go on sale. It is close to the future subway line. It has three bedrooms and a large flat floor. Three generations live together and share a family relationship.

Yin Miaozai spoke again: "You don't even ask me what I'm talking about, just give me a general answer."

Zhao You didn't make a sound, and the car drove into the Meicheng community of Xuefu. He swiped the key card hanging on the car key in front of the electronic door, looked at Yin Miaozai, she stroked the ring on her left hand, lowered her head, and held it in her hand. He kept his face shut, suddenly began to sob, and said intermittently: "Why would a person want to take another person's life? What right does he have to do this? If he is a woman, a mother, a woman, she She is pregnant, she can have an abortion, she has the right to do so, maybe she has made a mistake, she reluctantly accepted it, because she has no reason to refuse, it is hard to say no, she is confused, but she Vaguely, that kind of sixth sense told her, the kind of sixth sense that women only told her, that she made a wrong choice...

"She didn't want to make the second mistake..." she said.

Zhao You stopped the car, put his arms around Yin Miaozai's shoulders, and handed her a handkerchief.Yin Miaozai pushed him away, sucked her nose hard, lowered her head and asked, "Are you there?"

"Sit down a little longer."

"I'm going down." Yin Miaozai said holding the purse.

"I'll take you up." Zhao You glanced outside, "Is it okay to park here? I'll drive into the underground parking lot."

"You are not allowed to move." Yin Miaozai grabbed her hair twice, untied her seat belt and jumped out of the car.Zhao You followed: "Your key."

Yin Miaozai had already run to the door of the 16th apartment building, and ran back after hearing the words, grabbed the car keys in Zhao You's hand, got into the car, and drove the car into the underground parking lot.

Zhao You stood at the bottom of the 16th building and looked up. At this time, almost no one had their lights on. After waiting for about ten minutes, he saw a window on a very high floor lit up. After a while, that The lights dimmed, and Zhao You walked out of the beautiful city of the academy.He hailed a taxi on the road, went to the People's Hospital, and drove his car out of the parking lot. After checking the time, it was past midnight, and he went directly to the five-star braised meat shop in the open area.

The lo mei shop is located near a farmers' market, with a small frontage, and there are crayfish sellers on both sides, and the business is booming.The lo mei shop's business was not bad. There were two wooden tables at the door, and several shirtless and fat men gathered to drink.On the glass sliding door of the lo mei shop, there is a line of business hours: 11:[-] p.m. to sold out.

Zhao You went in and asked for a menu. The shop was small, with three tables in total, all of which were occupied by diners.The back kitchen takes up a lot of space, and you can see someone cutting the lo mei inside.The counter is also very large, and there are two large stainless steel beer barrels placed against the wall.

Zhao You looked at the diners out of the corner of his eye while looking at the menu. Two of the five young people sitting at a table were wearing clothes from the Blue Heart Jewelry Factory.

"Handsome guy, eat in or take out? Alone?" asked the middle-aged man standing behind the counter.

"Are you the boss?"

The man nodded.Zhao You said: "If you want two servings of lo mei, let's put it together and take it away."

The boss yelled to the back kitchen: "Come on, take it away!" He asked, "Do you want wine? You want a pint of beer to count as your set price."

"Okay, how about a pinch? How do you pack a pint of beer?"

The boss took out a plastic bag and opened the valve in front of the beer barrel to receive the beer, and smiled at Zhao You.Zhao You also laughed, and asked, "Are there a lot of people from the nearby factories?"

"It's okay, kids nowadays like to run to Xingfu Street."

Zhao Youdao: "There are many bars on Xingfu Street, and there are many kinds of grilled fish with milk tea, grilled fish, but lo mei is the best to go with wine."

The boss took a bag full of beer, quickly tied it in a plastic bag, and handed it to Zhao You.Zhao You looked at the few plastic bags on the counter with the receipts stuck to them, and they were filled with take-out boxes, and asked again: "You still deliver take-out, don't you?"

"Send it, of course."

"The price hasn't changed, has it?"

The boss patted his chest, stared and said: "Let's not do this kind of thing, the price is the same as in the store."

"Send it to the factory?"

"Give it away, look at them, Lan Xin, Jenny, and Starfish, they often call our set meal."

"Anyone with wine?"

"correct."

"Send it to the dormitory?"

"The dormitory, the guard, the monitoring room, and the factory director's office have all been delivered." The boss looked at Zhao You and said with a smile, "Handsome guy, are you planning to find a job nearby?"

Zhao You followed him and asked, "Do you have a good introduction?"

The boss handed him a business card: "My cousin is looking for a truck driver. The basic salary is [-] a month. If you run around, you will get a commission."

Zhao You looked at the business card, it was printed on the front: Sincere Seafood Transportation, Zhao Fa, Team Director, and there was a QR code on the back.He said: "Shipping? Qingshi...doesn't have a sea?"

"Isn't it available across a province? If you are interested in transporting seafood, give him a call, and you can find it quickly." The boss said.

At this time, the back kitchen shouted: "Zhongpin is ready!"

The boss went to get Zhao You's takeaway. Zhao You paid and said, "I heard that Lan Xin's treatment is good. It seems that there is a shortage of people on the security side recently, and they are recruiting people."

The boss said: "Lan Xin's group of security guards are also regular customers. They haven't called in the past two days. They called every day from the end of last month to the beginning of this month, and they were all called by the same number. Every day is the same set meal. Add a pitcher of beer."

"This is the most affordable." Zhao You poked at the menu and said, "Zhongpin can eat everything. Xiaopin doesn't give away peanuts, but Zhongpin will give you a portion of peanuts and edamame."

"You have to dine in, there is unlimited supply."

Zhao You mentioned takeaway, and said goodbye to the boss: "Come to eat next time." He put away the business card, "Thank you for introducing the job."

He took the takeaway and went to Lanxin Jewelry Processing Factory. There were still a few familiar faces sitting in the guard room. The guards recognized him and let him go.He distributed a bag of lo mei to them, and took the other bag to the monitoring room.

That night, Xu Achang and the tall and thin man were guarding the monitoring room.When the two saw Zhao You, they were a little impatient: "Why is it you again..."

Zhao You nodded, put down the takeaway on a small wooden table with a smile on his face, and said: "This is not the last time I ordered takeaway. I didn't eat it myself. I just smelled the aroma. I passed by today and bought some more. I don’t think it’s a good feeling to eat alone, so I thought of coming here.”

With a soft voice, he leaned forward and asked, "After we left that day, your lady boss didn't come over, did she? It's about that Xiaoya and your director Su..."

The tall and thin man chuckled, and said, "Are you policemen so idle?" He slid his chair to the wooden table, looked at the beer in the takeaway bag, and called Xu Achang: "Brother Chang, take two glasses."

Xu Achang took two mugs, one red and one blue, from a drawer. Zhao You looked in the direction of the drawer. Xu Achang smiled, turned around and went back, took an extra green mug, and said: " Zhang Li usually uses this one, but now that the others are gone, you can make do with it."

The tall and thin man shared half a bag of beer, opened the takeaway box, and distributed chopsticks.The three of them gathered around a wooden table and ate the lo mei.

Zhao You said to the thin and tall man, "You are on the night shift again tonight? Thank you for your hard work."

The thin and tall man said: "Don't mention it, a while ago, I didn't even have a night shift, and now I work night shifts every day, day and night upside down." He drank a big mouthful of beer, stuffed a large duck intestine with chopsticks into his mouth, and chewed with.

Xu Achang also drank, so he took a sip and said, "That's because Zhang Li made shifts before, and he took the evening shift by himself."

The thin and tall man lamented: "Brother Li is good. The night shift is the most boring and tiring, just staring at the screen. The last time I did it, my eyes hurt like hell. Did he work the night shift for four consecutive days?"

Zhao Youdao: "Night shift for four consecutive days? Does he spend time in the United States?"

The thin tall man and Xu Achang both laughed, Zhao You said: "I heard that he is very generous and likes to treat everyone to supper. I think this lo mei shop is only open at night, so he can eat it when he is on night shift. Maybe he likes it. Only one mouthful is willing to work the night shift every day."

The tall and thin man laughed harder with Xu Achang, and the tall and thin man shook his chopsticks up and down at Zhao You: "After all, he is a policeman, and his reasoning ability is top-notch."

Xu Achang hiccupped, blushed a little, and said, "You're right, he's number 28, 29, 30, 31, 1, eh, no, this is five consecutive days of night shift... ..."

He also said: "If you want to talk about Dafang, let's just say that. He got some small money from somewhere recently."

Xu Achang added some wine to his glass, Zhao You looked at his mug, he just drank half a glass of beer.Now Xu Achang is still talking, his tongue is a little big, and his eyes are not too sharp: "He invites us to eat lo-mei every day."

"A set meal?"

"That's right, the set meal is the most cost-effective. Zhongpin plus beer is only more than 50." Xu Achang said.

The tall and thin man said, "If you use the coupon, it only costs more than 20!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Achang clinked glasses with the tall and thin man, and wanted to clink glasses with Zhao You. Zhao You raised his mug, but didn't drink. He smiled and watched them drink, eat stewed meat, break edamame and peanuts.

After drinking a glass of wine, the tall and thin man asked about looking for you: "I heard that you are looking into things about Xiaoya and Lao Su?"

Zhao Youdao: "Do you all know about the two of them?"

"It has been spread in the factory for a long time! Who doesn't know that Xiaoya belongs to Lao Su." The tall and thin man slapped his thigh, drooling: "During the daytime, our lady boss almost demolished the female workers' dormitory!"

Xu Achang compared his thumbs, admiring and admiring: "Old Su is amazing, he made two of Xiaoya's dormitory at once."

The thin and tall man snorted: "Isn't that because he has rice? Otherwise, look at him, if I were Miao Ruirui, I would definitely choose Zhang Li!"

Xu Achang said: "Everyone says they won't recruit female workers in the future."

"I see, they are going to divorce."

"What about the factory? Who does it belong to?"

Zhao You interjected: "Miao Ruirui is also Lao Su's?"

The tall and thin man showed a mysterious smile, elbowed him, and smiled without saying a word.Zhao You thought for a while, and asked in confusion: "Su Weidong is the uncle of Zhang Li's wife, so what kind of relationship do they have?"

Xu Achang hiccupped again, laughing while hiccupping.The tall and thin man laughed loudly, Zhao You shook his head and said, "The relationship is too complicated."

He said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

When he came out of the toilet and returned to the monitoring room, Xu Achang had already fallen down.The thin and tall man didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, he'll be fine after a short sleep, and he'll be awake when he wakes up."

Zhao You sat in the monitoring room for a while, and accompanied the tall and thin man to finish the leftover lo mei before leaving.

After leaving the factory, he walked along a small road to Xingfu Street.There are many bars on Xingfu Street, and it is the bustling time when the road is bustling with people, and there are not a few men in black clothes and black hats. They either guard the entrance of some bars, or come out of the bars in groups. Hanging out on the road, chatting up some girls occasionally, stuffing some leaflets and the like into the hands of passers-by.Zhao You drove around this street several times. Among those guarding the bar, some were wearing yellow clothes and hats. There were also some people dressed in yellow wandering on the road, striking up a conversation, and handing out tissues or leaflets. of.

These black and yellow factions often look at each other across the road or the crowd.

Zhao You found a place to park the car, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw a group of four young boys in black short-sleeves, tattooed hands, and black peaked caps fighting and entering a small supermarket.

They were joking around the store, hitting each other with potato chips for a while, and drinking beer in the store for a while.The cashier hid behind the counter, lowered his head and played with his mobile phone without saying a word.

One of these boys, who wore several gold chains around his neck, was on the phone all the time, and he said, "That's for sure, no problem boss, all right, all right, they're all on their way, all right, all right."

"Hey, what are you looking at??" A black boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes suddenly ran up to Zhao You, staring at him, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"Tropical fruit fudge, [-]% off." Zhao You looked at the shelf behind the boy and said.

"Fuck, you are still pretending to be stupid with me..." The boy became even more angry, spat out, and stretched out his hand to grab Zhao You.

"Hey! Daqiang! Let's go!" Someone shouted, and the boy immediately withdrew his hand, stretched his neck in response, gave Zhao You another look, and ran away.He went to meet the one with the gold chain and the other two boys who were smoking cigarettes, and the four of them walked out of the supermarket with great swagger.

Zhao You took a pack of fruit jelly to pay.The cashier said with a sigh: "If you don't learn well at a young age, you will hang out with others in the underworld."

"They all dress like this? Black clothes, black hats? How long have they been here? I remember that there were no such people here before." Zhao You asked.

The cashier said: "Then you haven't been here for a long time, right? It's been like this since Pearl Sea opened. It seems that all dragons and gangs are dressed like this."

Zhao You didn't ask any more questions, just took the bag of fudge and left the supermarket.He saw the group of boys in black go into a barbecue restaurant.He followed.