The dry and cold air scraped off the dead branches with a bang, as if they were frozen into ice cubes, and fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces. Although there were many pedestrians on the street, it still couldn't cover the depression of winter.
There are all kinds of small advertisements on the cracked electric poles, for unlocking, for changing gas, for collecting tatters...
There is a brand-new missing person notice that is set off particularly conspicuously.
The people living in this area are old, weak, sick and disabled, and people often get lost.
Xu Tao glanced at it but didn't bother to look carefully, walked straight into the dilapidated building with a cigarette in his mouth.
His old uncle, Yu Jian'an, was busy counting the new year's goods just issued by the unit, and when he saw someone asking for a cigarette, he lit it for himself: "What's the trouble?"
"Look at what you said, you can't visit your uncle without getting into trouble?"
Stacks of missing person notices were placed on the desk, Xu Tao picked up one and looked at it casually: "The ones outside are all posted by you just now?"
"I let you post it before, isn't it too busy to take care of printing, and there are not enough people, so there are too many things to do during the Chinese New Year..."
Xu Tao skipped the photo and looked directly at the bonus number on the single page. He counted the long string of zeros behind and couldn't believe his eyes.
"Send people back to give this number?! Fuck, with this money, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food for eight lifetimes."
Yu Jian'an waved his hand: "I've been missing this person for a long time. There are so many people up there that I can't find them. It is said that the person is either gone or may not be in the imperial capital anymore. We don't want to solve this big case in this small place. Just post a few missing person notices to deal with the Chinese New Year."
Thinking of something, he lowered his voice and said to Xu Tao: "This person's family is rich, I guess this person was taken away or kidnapped by the enemy."
Xu Tao put down the leaflet in his hand, and took a deep puff of cigarette: "Why didn't you contact that company to ask for money after being kidnapped?"
"Think about it, the longer the person is lost, the more anxious the family members are, and the more anxious they are, the more they want to get."
Xu Tao narrowed his eyes: "Then let's think of a way to get him back."
"What about daydreaming?" Yu Jian'an sneered, "The big shots can't do anything about it, so we can still ask us to find it? Let's leave the mess to others..."
Oddly enough, Xu Tao felt that he had missed something, so he was not reconciled, so he picked up the missing person notice again.
This time he looked carefully, and his eyes straightened after seeing the face of the high-definition portrait.
There are not many people who are so good-looking in this life, especially the one above who happened to be met by him some time ago, and he was beaten for no reason.
"Grass."
He couldn't help cursing, with ecstasy brewing in his eyes, he couldn't help shaking his hand holding the single page: "Maybe this guy is so fucking good that we can find him!"
The other party thought he was losing his mind, stared at the game on the phone and threw four king bombs, and waved his hand perfunctorily.
"If you can find you, then take your brothers to look for it. If you find it, bring it to me."
Xu Tao let out a foul breath, put the single page into his pocket, and walked out the door in silence.
Although he wasn't sure if the person was still in this place, it didn't prevent him from knowing who to go to first.
Walking, the steps under his feet unconsciously took longer, he simply started to run, and ran all the way to the front of Lu Youyuan's gate in the small gray building.
The iron door was smashed and rattled, but Lu Youyuan was not at home at all, and there was no movement in the house.
He ran back downstairs and stretched his neck to look at the other party's balcony, which was tightly covered by the curtains.
Xu Tao picked up a brick and smashed the window, but still no one came out.
On the contrary, the elder sister next door raised her head and scolded: "Fucking bastard, why are you so crazy when you come here so early in the morning?"
Xu Tao acted as if he hadn't heard of it, and his head was filled with the joy of being hit by the money. He went upstairs again, looked at the closed door, and wanted to break in.
But after thinking about it, that little beauty might not be here with Lu Youyuan, he had to ask what happened after Lu Youyuan took her away.
Xu Tao took another cigarette from his pocket and took two puffs to regain his sanity.
He can't mess with Lu Youyuan, the Hades king now.
After making a phone call to the other brothers, Xu Tao walked along the alley where he met Shizhou. The street was full of small shops, because many of them were closed for the Chinese New Year.
He walked to the door of the breakfast shop within two steps.
Xu Tao threw the cigarette butt under his feet and stamped it out, opened the heavy curtain in his trouser pocket and walked in: "Is anyone there?"
The boss was cutting meat, and seeing that the notorious hooligan leader didn't stop, he didn't even want to give him a straight look: "Collect protection money?"
At this time, Shi Zhou was connecting with the back kitchen of the store to burn the stove with the proprietress, and the proprietress rolled her eyes when she heard this annoying voice: "It's this group of troubles again."
The conversation outside was still going on: "Have you seen this blind man named Shi Zhou? Just like in the photo..."
Shi Zhou felt that the voice was a little familiar, his eyelids twitched, and deep anxiety overflowed from his heart.
He stood up suddenly, and said to the proprietress in a low voice: "He is not a good person, don't tell him that I am here."
There were several bags of coal on the aisle from the back kitchen to the store, leaving only a distance of one person's width, and there was a stove blocking it. Xu Tao couldn't see the people in the kitchen clearly when he poked his probe.
Before the boss could answer, the lady boss walked out quickly from behind, gave her husband a wink, then smiled apologetically, "What's the matter, what's the matter, tell me what's the matter, he's stupid."
Xu Tao endured the fire and repeated it.
The proprietress said in embarrassment: "In this place where we do business, we see a lot of people every day, and I really can't remember their faces."
"I saw him on this street. At that time, he was wearing a hospital gown and he couldn't see." Xu Tao became impatient, "I can't remember seeing him when he grows up like this, you two are middle-aged and demented?"
The proprietress leaned closer and took a good look: "Oh, don't tell me, I seem to have seen this before."
Xu Tao hurriedly asked: "Where did I meet you, when did you meet him, do you know where you are now?"
"Isn't this a star on TV?" The proprietress patted her thigh, "He looks so handsome, isn't he the one from the TV show?"
The corner of the other party's mouth froze instantly, turned around and left in anger: "Fool."
Shi Zhou hid behind the disinfection cabinet for the dishes, his heart was in a mess, he didn't know why the other party knew his name, he didn't know why he suddenly came looking for him.
Thinking of the series of weird events he had experienced, Shi Zhou's first reaction was that those who lied to him in the hospital were coming.
This is not a good sign.
When he woke up in the hospital, he couldn't see his eyes strangely, and when he thought about the people who pretended to be his parents and friends to lie to him, that hospital might be a black industry that sells human organs...
The more I think about it, the more I panic, and the more I think about it, the more outrageous it becomes.
Shi Zhou tried his best to hold back his wild guessing mood, but someone patted his shoulder lightly, and he shivered.
It was the proprietress who came in, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "It can be regarded as fooling people away."
Only then did Shi Zhou loosen his clenched fist, grateful in his heart: "Thank you."
The proprietress reassured: "Don't be afraid, we all know that he is not a good guy, and it is definitely not a good thing to come to you. I will tell him when your brother comes back..."
"Don't tell him." Shi Zhou raised his eyes suddenly and begged, "Don't tell him someone is looking for me."
He was afraid that when Lu Youyuan knew that someone was looking for him, he would be tricked by those who claimed to be his family members and send him back to the hospital.
"I'll stay at home from now on, I won't come to the shop anymore, if people come to ask you, just say you haven't seen me." Shi Zhou bit his lip, "Is that okay?"
No one who is easily soft-hearted would be able to refuse his state of mind.
"Okay!" The proprietress agreed after hesitation, "Just tell me if you have any difficulties, and we will help if we can."
Afraid that someone would come to the door again, Shi Zhou didn't even dare to go out of the kitchen, and sat in the corner hoping that Lu Youyuan would come back soon.
It was finally afternoon, and on the way home, Lu Youyuan was sensitive to the fact that the child's condition was not good today, even worse than when he had a fever yesterday.
His brows were furrowed, looking preoccupied.
Lu Youyuan asked: "What's wrong?"
Shi Zhou got closer to him: "The cold is not good."
Lu Youyuan looked at the pharmacy in front of him: "Let's go buy some cold medicine."
Shi Zhou just shook his head: "Let's go back quickly."
Unexpectedly, the two of them were blocked by a group of people before they entered the corridor.
One of them saw Shi Zhou hiding behind Lu Youyuan, took out his mobile phone and made a call: "Brother Tao, we have seen the person you are looking for, and he is here with Lu Youyuan."
Lu Youyuan pushed Shi Zhou into the building, and said in a deep voice, "Go up first."
Shi Zhou's face turned pale, knowing that he was just a burden next to the other party, so he ran directly upstairs.
Lu Youyuan blocked the entrance of the corridor, raised his foot and kicked the rushing people back.
Xu Tao didn't know where he came from, he looked around but didn't see the person he was looking for, he cursed in his heart, it's really fucking picked up by Lu Youyuan.
If Lu Youyuan sends him back, he won't get any of that money.
Lu Youyuan heard the sound of the door closing on the second floor, so he stepped forward: "What do you need from me?"
Xu Tao simply said, "I'm not looking for you, I'm looking for that little blind man you picked up."
Lu Youyuan frowned: "Why are you looking for him?"
"To tell you the truth, that child is the young master of a rich family. The family is so anxious that they can't find anyone. My uncle and the others are also looking for them. They haven't been able to find them for so many days. I didn't expect to hide with you."
Xu Tao said in a high-sounding way: "You give him to me, and I will ask my uncle to send him back, so that he can have a reunion year."
Lu Youyuan looked at these gangsters, and said in a calm tone: "Do you think I will believe you?"
Xu Tao was a little impatient.
Facing Lu Youyuan, he couldn't beat him again and again, and he couldn't contact other policemen to take him away. In this case, he would not even get a fraction of the reward, and he and his old uncle had to send this person back.
Thinking of the missing person notices that will be plastered all over the street, the reward should not be hidden from the other party.
Xu Tao became ruthless, and took out the leaflet in his pocket to show the other party: "You hand over the person to me, and the money will be divided between you and me, how about it?"
Lu Youyuan looked at the missing person notice for a long time.
His eyes were pitch black, and the color of ink was like a deep pool, and no one could see what he was thinking.
Xu Tao was the first to be unable to restrain himself, and broke the silence: "You seven and I three! It can't be less, I told you this news, let me share [-]% of the head office!"
Lu Youyuan raised his eyes and looked at him when he heard the words.
Being stared at by the sharp eyes like a blade, Xu Tao actually felt a little shivering, he resisted to speak again: "You are eight and I am two, if this is not enough, then I really..."
"Don't get out yet," Lu Youyuan calmly took a step forward, "Go to the hospital or the mortuary, it's up to you to choose."
Seeing that none of his subordinates dared to act rashly, Xu Tao said angrily: "Don't be ungrateful, don't forget, I was the first to discover this person!"
Lu Youyuan said indifferently: "So."
"So don't try to keep this money to yourself," Xu Tao swallowed inexplicably, "I'll just keep watching you here to see how you secretly send people back..."
Lu Youyuan's tone was flat: "Who said I want to send it back?"
There was no hint of teasing in his tone, and Xu Tao couldn't tell whether the other party was serious or not: "No one can get the money if you don't send it back!"
The other party slightly hooked his lips as if feeling ironic.
It's just that when he raised his eyes again, there was only a ruthless cold light in his eyes, which was even colder in such a world of ice and snow.
"It's a pity that I want people not money."
There are all kinds of small advertisements on the cracked electric poles, for unlocking, for changing gas, for collecting tatters...
There is a brand-new missing person notice that is set off particularly conspicuously.
The people living in this area are old, weak, sick and disabled, and people often get lost.
Xu Tao glanced at it but didn't bother to look carefully, walked straight into the dilapidated building with a cigarette in his mouth.
His old uncle, Yu Jian'an, was busy counting the new year's goods just issued by the unit, and when he saw someone asking for a cigarette, he lit it for himself: "What's the trouble?"
"Look at what you said, you can't visit your uncle without getting into trouble?"
Stacks of missing person notices were placed on the desk, Xu Tao picked up one and looked at it casually: "The ones outside are all posted by you just now?"
"I let you post it before, isn't it too busy to take care of printing, and there are not enough people, so there are too many things to do during the Chinese New Year..."
Xu Tao skipped the photo and looked directly at the bonus number on the single page. He counted the long string of zeros behind and couldn't believe his eyes.
"Send people back to give this number?! Fuck, with this money, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food for eight lifetimes."
Yu Jian'an waved his hand: "I've been missing this person for a long time. There are so many people up there that I can't find them. It is said that the person is either gone or may not be in the imperial capital anymore. We don't want to solve this big case in this small place. Just post a few missing person notices to deal with the Chinese New Year."
Thinking of something, he lowered his voice and said to Xu Tao: "This person's family is rich, I guess this person was taken away or kidnapped by the enemy."
Xu Tao put down the leaflet in his hand, and took a deep puff of cigarette: "Why didn't you contact that company to ask for money after being kidnapped?"
"Think about it, the longer the person is lost, the more anxious the family members are, and the more anxious they are, the more they want to get."
Xu Tao narrowed his eyes: "Then let's think of a way to get him back."
"What about daydreaming?" Yu Jian'an sneered, "The big shots can't do anything about it, so we can still ask us to find it? Let's leave the mess to others..."
Oddly enough, Xu Tao felt that he had missed something, so he was not reconciled, so he picked up the missing person notice again.
This time he looked carefully, and his eyes straightened after seeing the face of the high-definition portrait.
There are not many people who are so good-looking in this life, especially the one above who happened to be met by him some time ago, and he was beaten for no reason.
"Grass."
He couldn't help cursing, with ecstasy brewing in his eyes, he couldn't help shaking his hand holding the single page: "Maybe this guy is so fucking good that we can find him!"
The other party thought he was losing his mind, stared at the game on the phone and threw four king bombs, and waved his hand perfunctorily.
"If you can find you, then take your brothers to look for it. If you find it, bring it to me."
Xu Tao let out a foul breath, put the single page into his pocket, and walked out the door in silence.
Although he wasn't sure if the person was still in this place, it didn't prevent him from knowing who to go to first.
Walking, the steps under his feet unconsciously took longer, he simply started to run, and ran all the way to the front of Lu Youyuan's gate in the small gray building.
The iron door was smashed and rattled, but Lu Youyuan was not at home at all, and there was no movement in the house.
He ran back downstairs and stretched his neck to look at the other party's balcony, which was tightly covered by the curtains.
Xu Tao picked up a brick and smashed the window, but still no one came out.
On the contrary, the elder sister next door raised her head and scolded: "Fucking bastard, why are you so crazy when you come here so early in the morning?"
Xu Tao acted as if he hadn't heard of it, and his head was filled with the joy of being hit by the money. He went upstairs again, looked at the closed door, and wanted to break in.
But after thinking about it, that little beauty might not be here with Lu Youyuan, he had to ask what happened after Lu Youyuan took her away.
Xu Tao took another cigarette from his pocket and took two puffs to regain his sanity.
He can't mess with Lu Youyuan, the Hades king now.
After making a phone call to the other brothers, Xu Tao walked along the alley where he met Shizhou. The street was full of small shops, because many of them were closed for the Chinese New Year.
He walked to the door of the breakfast shop within two steps.
Xu Tao threw the cigarette butt under his feet and stamped it out, opened the heavy curtain in his trouser pocket and walked in: "Is anyone there?"
The boss was cutting meat, and seeing that the notorious hooligan leader didn't stop, he didn't even want to give him a straight look: "Collect protection money?"
At this time, Shi Zhou was connecting with the back kitchen of the store to burn the stove with the proprietress, and the proprietress rolled her eyes when she heard this annoying voice: "It's this group of troubles again."
The conversation outside was still going on: "Have you seen this blind man named Shi Zhou? Just like in the photo..."
Shi Zhou felt that the voice was a little familiar, his eyelids twitched, and deep anxiety overflowed from his heart.
He stood up suddenly, and said to the proprietress in a low voice: "He is not a good person, don't tell him that I am here."
There were several bags of coal on the aisle from the back kitchen to the store, leaving only a distance of one person's width, and there was a stove blocking it. Xu Tao couldn't see the people in the kitchen clearly when he poked his probe.
Before the boss could answer, the lady boss walked out quickly from behind, gave her husband a wink, then smiled apologetically, "What's the matter, what's the matter, tell me what's the matter, he's stupid."
Xu Tao endured the fire and repeated it.
The proprietress said in embarrassment: "In this place where we do business, we see a lot of people every day, and I really can't remember their faces."
"I saw him on this street. At that time, he was wearing a hospital gown and he couldn't see." Xu Tao became impatient, "I can't remember seeing him when he grows up like this, you two are middle-aged and demented?"
The proprietress leaned closer and took a good look: "Oh, don't tell me, I seem to have seen this before."
Xu Tao hurriedly asked: "Where did I meet you, when did you meet him, do you know where you are now?"
"Isn't this a star on TV?" The proprietress patted her thigh, "He looks so handsome, isn't he the one from the TV show?"
The corner of the other party's mouth froze instantly, turned around and left in anger: "Fool."
Shi Zhou hid behind the disinfection cabinet for the dishes, his heart was in a mess, he didn't know why the other party knew his name, he didn't know why he suddenly came looking for him.
Thinking of the series of weird events he had experienced, Shi Zhou's first reaction was that those who lied to him in the hospital were coming.
This is not a good sign.
When he woke up in the hospital, he couldn't see his eyes strangely, and when he thought about the people who pretended to be his parents and friends to lie to him, that hospital might be a black industry that sells human organs...
The more I think about it, the more I panic, and the more I think about it, the more outrageous it becomes.
Shi Zhou tried his best to hold back his wild guessing mood, but someone patted his shoulder lightly, and he shivered.
It was the proprietress who came in, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "It can be regarded as fooling people away."
Only then did Shi Zhou loosen his clenched fist, grateful in his heart: "Thank you."
The proprietress reassured: "Don't be afraid, we all know that he is not a good guy, and it is definitely not a good thing to come to you. I will tell him when your brother comes back..."
"Don't tell him." Shi Zhou raised his eyes suddenly and begged, "Don't tell him someone is looking for me."
He was afraid that when Lu Youyuan knew that someone was looking for him, he would be tricked by those who claimed to be his family members and send him back to the hospital.
"I'll stay at home from now on, I won't come to the shop anymore, if people come to ask you, just say you haven't seen me." Shi Zhou bit his lip, "Is that okay?"
No one who is easily soft-hearted would be able to refuse his state of mind.
"Okay!" The proprietress agreed after hesitation, "Just tell me if you have any difficulties, and we will help if we can."
Afraid that someone would come to the door again, Shi Zhou didn't even dare to go out of the kitchen, and sat in the corner hoping that Lu Youyuan would come back soon.
It was finally afternoon, and on the way home, Lu Youyuan was sensitive to the fact that the child's condition was not good today, even worse than when he had a fever yesterday.
His brows were furrowed, looking preoccupied.
Lu Youyuan asked: "What's wrong?"
Shi Zhou got closer to him: "The cold is not good."
Lu Youyuan looked at the pharmacy in front of him: "Let's go buy some cold medicine."
Shi Zhou just shook his head: "Let's go back quickly."
Unexpectedly, the two of them were blocked by a group of people before they entered the corridor.
One of them saw Shi Zhou hiding behind Lu Youyuan, took out his mobile phone and made a call: "Brother Tao, we have seen the person you are looking for, and he is here with Lu Youyuan."
Lu Youyuan pushed Shi Zhou into the building, and said in a deep voice, "Go up first."
Shi Zhou's face turned pale, knowing that he was just a burden next to the other party, so he ran directly upstairs.
Lu Youyuan blocked the entrance of the corridor, raised his foot and kicked the rushing people back.
Xu Tao didn't know where he came from, he looked around but didn't see the person he was looking for, he cursed in his heart, it's really fucking picked up by Lu Youyuan.
If Lu Youyuan sends him back, he won't get any of that money.
Lu Youyuan heard the sound of the door closing on the second floor, so he stepped forward: "What do you need from me?"
Xu Tao simply said, "I'm not looking for you, I'm looking for that little blind man you picked up."
Lu Youyuan frowned: "Why are you looking for him?"
"To tell you the truth, that child is the young master of a rich family. The family is so anxious that they can't find anyone. My uncle and the others are also looking for them. They haven't been able to find them for so many days. I didn't expect to hide with you."
Xu Tao said in a high-sounding way: "You give him to me, and I will ask my uncle to send him back, so that he can have a reunion year."
Lu Youyuan looked at these gangsters, and said in a calm tone: "Do you think I will believe you?"
Xu Tao was a little impatient.
Facing Lu Youyuan, he couldn't beat him again and again, and he couldn't contact other policemen to take him away. In this case, he would not even get a fraction of the reward, and he and his old uncle had to send this person back.
Thinking of the missing person notices that will be plastered all over the street, the reward should not be hidden from the other party.
Xu Tao became ruthless, and took out the leaflet in his pocket to show the other party: "You hand over the person to me, and the money will be divided between you and me, how about it?"
Lu Youyuan looked at the missing person notice for a long time.
His eyes were pitch black, and the color of ink was like a deep pool, and no one could see what he was thinking.
Xu Tao was the first to be unable to restrain himself, and broke the silence: "You seven and I three! It can't be less, I told you this news, let me share [-]% of the head office!"
Lu Youyuan raised his eyes and looked at him when he heard the words.
Being stared at by the sharp eyes like a blade, Xu Tao actually felt a little shivering, he resisted to speak again: "You are eight and I am two, if this is not enough, then I really..."
"Don't get out yet," Lu Youyuan calmly took a step forward, "Go to the hospital or the mortuary, it's up to you to choose."
Seeing that none of his subordinates dared to act rashly, Xu Tao said angrily: "Don't be ungrateful, don't forget, I was the first to discover this person!"
Lu Youyuan said indifferently: "So."
"So don't try to keep this money to yourself," Xu Tao swallowed inexplicably, "I'll just keep watching you here to see how you secretly send people back..."
Lu Youyuan's tone was flat: "Who said I want to send it back?"
There was no hint of teasing in his tone, and Xu Tao couldn't tell whether the other party was serious or not: "No one can get the money if you don't send it back!"
The other party slightly hooked his lips as if feeling ironic.
It's just that when he raised his eyes again, there was only a ruthless cold light in his eyes, which was even colder in such a world of ice and snow.
"It's a pity that I want people not money."
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