straight to heaven

Going home in Pei Yanlai's car was like a dream.

I asked him to stop at the entrance of the community. The road inside was narrow and uneven, so it was inconvenient to turn around.He didn't listen at all, but he was very weird. First he turned the steering wheel and then asked me what building I was.

Anyone who knows me knows that it is difficult for me to refuse Pei Yanlai, and this moment is no exception.I looked at the destination that was approaching smoothly in front of me, and reported a number meaninglessly. Fortunately, he had excellent driving skills and stopped smoothly at the door of the unit.

When I got out of the car, the passenger window was still half open, and I leaned over to look at him from the window.My thoughts along the way were difficult to calm down, and it was only at this moment that I wanted to say something: "That..."

Pei Yan came to see me.He suddenly smiled and interrupted like he was deaf: "See you on Wednesday."

The engine hummed, the windows were closed tightly, and the car quickly started and disappeared from my field of vision.

I stared blankly at the exhaust of the last gun car, until the newly revived mosquitoes circled and whipped my neck, I realized that today is the May Day holiday, and there are still four days before I see Pei Yanlai on the next working day.

Four long, difficult days.

But even after a long time, I think I will relive this short May Day holiday again and again.It was as calm as the ebb tide before a tsunami. I stood on the beach unconsciously, and then collapsed in an instant and was swallowed up by Wednesday.

That morning was anything but ordinary.

I got up at 10:48, packed up my breakfast 300 minutes later, scanned the QR code to enter the subway station at [-]:[-], swiped my card and opened the gate of Dingrun at [-]:[-], I put down my bag, and Xie Yi was eating [-] meters at that time The pancakes made by the breakfast shop outside are thin and crispy and make a crisp sound when bitten down.

If I had to say something changed, it would probably be that after the He Weisi incident, some people saw me and began to take a detour, while some remained the same.As for Pei Yanlai...

Xiaomi quietly approached with a blushing face, and showed me the phone screen.

--Shen Lufei, Class 03 of Criminal Law: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, please push your lawyer Pei’s WeChat account to me.

In the eyes of Ding Run, Pei Yanlai's image has indeed undergone some subtle changes, but there is no doubt that to outsiders, his charm has not diminished.

"Brother Lin," Xiaomi said nervously, "I...what should I do?"

My wisdom teeth are a little itchy, and my tone is a little cold: "Do you still need me to teach you this?"

Xiaomi said "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhAfter half a minute, I came back to my senses and asked him with mixed feelings: "Your classmate asks you, why do you come to ask me?"

"..."

I seemed to ask some century-old question, and Xiaomi was stopped by me.He stared at his watery eyes, blinked repeatedly, and looked at me without saying a word for a long time, but the exposed skin became more and more red, so that there was no white patch on my neck.

I didn't mean to embarrass him, just as I was about to change the subject to clear the siege, I heard the door of the office inside slamming shut with a deafening sound.

It was Pei Yan's office.

If it was in the past, there would probably be people who would gossip and talk about it, but after that incident, it is obvious that most people have a deeper understanding of what is under the symbol of Pei Yanlai.After the commotion broke out, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, just communicating with eyes for a short time as if the sound had been silenced.

Fear makes people surrender—even though Pei Yanlai didn't intend to do so.

The person who came out of the office was Director Chu.As soon as he appeared, everyone's eyes swept over him intentionally or unintentionally.

His face was a little ugly, Director Chu licked his lips awkwardly.

"I'm sorry, everyone, I'm busy with you." He smiled apologetically: "I just slipped my hand, it doesn't matter how serious it is, the voice may be a bit loud."

More than a little.

No one in the room didn't think so, but no one dared to say so, and they all said that it's okay, don't take it to heart.

Not to study deeply, not to be curious, is the admission principle of the workplace, and even Xiaomi knows this.But it's about Pei Yanlai, I can't help it.

Director Chu's condition is really not good.I chased after him and stopped someone at the corner of the stairs.

"Director Chu, what happened?"

He was restless, and at first he just said "it's all right" without raising his head, but when he saw it was me, his face moved slightly.He hesitated to speak for a few seconds, and finally squeezed Shan Gen and sighed, saying, "Don't mention it, you've caused trouble."

When Pei Yanlai arrived at the office this morning, she found something missing.He didn't say anything, after checking the surveillance in the house, he found that a cleaning had entered his office last night, but because the lights were not turned on and the curtains were all drawn, so according to Pei Yanlai, it was not clear what the cleaning was doing in the video. what.

The administrative department was in charge of the logistics, so Longyan's furious thunder naturally fell on Chu's head.

"Is there... monitoring in the office?" I asked hesitantly.

Director Chu smiled wryly: "Ah, yes. Our lawyer Pei is as careful as a hair, otherwise we wouldn't be able to catch people so quickly, you say so."

Dingrun's monitoring coverage is very high, but there is no uniform installation in the independent office, I almost thought I heard it wrong.But thinking about it, it was Pei Yan who came here, holding the photos of his mother and the secrets of his father's love in his hands, with a deep scheming mind, and using his strength to play thoroughly, he didn't think it was strange.

But apparently I'm the only one who thinks so.

Director Chu continued with a sad face: "Zhu Lin, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to arrest him quickly. Pei Lu looks like he's going to get angry, so let me send that old thing to his office immediately."

I have another question to ask: "What the hell did he lose?"

Without hesitation, Director Chu replied, "A box."

box.

No need for more modifiers, I understood almost immediately that what Pei Yanlai had thrown was the small wooden box—the precious treasure that I threw on the ground as a firecracker on the first day of our reunion.

Probably no one in the world is more curious about it than I am.

Pei Yanlai cherishes it very much, but unfortunately with my poor eyesight, I can only preliminarily judge that it is a bargain.But it's hard to say, a few years ago it was revealed that the bricks and stones built by villagers in a certain village were still fucking antiques worth thousands of dollars.

There are so many possibilities, I would rather die than admit that it has a certain imprint on Pei Yanlai that I don't know about at all.

Director Chu took the security guards and suppressed people from the logistics.

The cleaning was wearing a lake-blue vest. The old man was crooked, and was being restrained by two tall security guards. His whole body was shaking.

I looked closely and it turned out to be a familiar face.

One eyelid drooped, and ten fingernails were thick and yellow.In the stairwell after the New Year's Eve, and at the door of the office where Li Nan's gifts were processed, I passed this face.

I didn't expect to meet again in such a situation.

Pei Yan came to open the door of the office in person, and I followed in, thinking about the box.

Pei Yanlai got straight to the point: "Where is the thing?"

"What does this mean? What are you doing and what are you arresting me for?" Baojie's Mandarin is not standard, and she opened her mouth to show her teeth that have taken tetracycline.

"My time is limited, so don't pretend to be stupid." Pei Yanlai spoke slowly. He asked the security guard to go out, smoothed the creases on the cleaning shoulder with his hands, and said calmly: "Return the things, I won't hold them accountable."

The weather is getting hotter in May, and beads of sweat flow from the forehead of the cleaning staff.He swallowed, but still shook his head: "...I don't know what you're talking about."

I recalled that last time, Pei Yanlai’s method of solving problems was efficient but unattractive. Although the possibility of reappearing the scene is very small, I didn’t expect Dingrun to have a second "What is thinking", so I picked up cleaning first. collar.

The cleaner's lips trembled in fright, and I reminded him.

"The surveillance has captured it. You came to this office last night, and then something was lost here. Say, what are you doing here?"

"Don't wrong good people!" Cleaning woke up like a dream: "I just received a notice from the director to clean up! The company has been empty for several days, and the house is full of dust, boss! I have never done anything bad in my life!"

Limbs are stiff, eyes are wandering, even a fool can see that there is something wrong.

But Director Chu admitted slowly: "Yes, yes, a notice was indeed issued yesterday to let the logistics clean up."

I took a look at the surname Chu.Negligence is lighter, intentional is heavier, and the competent department is jointly and severally responsible. He is probably the one who most hopes that this is just negligence rather than theft.

Pei Yan looked at Director Chu: "I'm not in the office. Director Chu let people in without permission. We'll settle the bill later." He turned his gaze and landed on the cleaning body.

"I'll give you one last chance." Pei Yanlai easily pushed my hand away, and said softly, "Where is the box?"

Pei Yanlai looked at him calmly, but his deterrent effect was greater than my physical actions.

The cleaning defense line seemed to be destroyed at this moment, his legs softened, and he was about to fall.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry boss, I didn't mean it! I really didn't mean it! I drank a little wine last night, and it was too dark at night, and I didn't turn on the light to save electricity. It's in the trash bag. I just remembered this morning when I woke up from the wine... My God, I don't want to admit it, boss, it's the first time I made a mistake drinking, I'm scared!"

Pei Yanlai didn't say a word.

Director Chu smoothed things over: "Hey, it's a mess. I don't think he did it on purpose, Pei Lu, otherwise the matter of calling the police is still..."

I raised my wrist and looked at my watch, it was nine twenty-two.

Dingrun's garbage is usually thrown in the sorting bin on the corner of the street, and the time for the garbage truck to collect it is about 09:30.

...with less than 8 minutes left.

I cursed secretly, and said to Pei Yan, "It's too late. I'll go there first."

Director Chu wiped his sweat: "Zhu Lin, you don't mean to go..."

Not in the mood to see Pei Yanlai's reaction, I rushed out the door impatiently, and the last sentence before leaving was to Director Chu.

"With this skill, you might as well call a few more people to help me."

Director Chu's expression suddenly turned ugly.

Garbage trucks don't arrive on time and on time every day, like today.

I rushed to the garbage sorting place, and the four and a half person-high bins were already empty, only the overnight garbage smell lingered like flies.The noise of the garbage truck engine was very loud, and I could hear it hundreds of meters away. I listened intently, but there was no such roaring sound nearby.

I gritted my teeth and kicked the trash can, and the big words "non-recyclable" wobbled.

Director Chu arrived 2 minutes later with his men. They were fully armed, with masks, gloves and hooks all in place, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Huh? The car has already arrived?!" Director Chu asked.

In my anger, I glanced at him coldly and didn't speak.

Director Chu is wrong, but not in front of Pei Yanlai is another way of saying: "Lin Zhu, to put it bluntly, these are lawyer Pei's personal belongings, and have nothing to do with our Dingrun operation. Let it go like this, don't worry too much about it." Just take it to heart and make sense, and if the situation expands...it won't be appropriate."

I find it funny.

Even if this box is a token of love between Pei Yanlai and someone, I will go through the trash if I can, but I don't need to say this to him.

During the stalemate, the phone in my pocket rang.The caller's note is "Pei".

"feed me……"

"Don't look for it," Pei Yanlai interrupted, "Come back."

The garbage truck is gone, and it's useless to stay downstairs.But I was inexplicably unwilling to open my mouth awkwardly.

After a short silence, Pei Yanlai repeated: "Lin Xiaoshan, don't look for it anymore."

I quickly realized there was more to his words: "What do you mean?"

"He stole it, he didn't throw it away at all, it's not in the trash."

"What? Steal it?" I was taken aback, and ran back.

Pei Yanlai continued: "He thought the box was very valuable, and when he saw the money last night, he gave it to the little boss of the antique city overnight after stealing it."

As I ran, I asked, "Sell the stolen goods? The action is very fast."

"It is said to be sent to the eye of the palm," he laughed inexplicably: "who knows."

"... Chase?" I asked.

Pei Yanlai can always see through me, without asking any unnecessary words, and said directly: "You come back, I will drive."

ancestors.

I had already returned to the gate of Dingrun. When I stopped, I wondered if it was because I was running so fast that I had a headache: "The customer came at one o'clock in the afternoon. This time it was the people from above. Big list, you have to be here."

The other side was silent for a few seconds.

I seized the gap, stepped back and moved to directly under the floor-to-ceiling windows of Pei Yanlai's office.It's privacy glass and I can't see anything.

"Pei Yan is here, you open the window." After I finished speaking, I hung up the phone.

The window was half open, and Pei Yanlai just moved the phone away from his ear.

I waved at him, and he was by the window, looking down at me.

After a moment of silence without any communication, he dropped a bunch of car keys.

I was prepared and jumped up to catch it.It's just that the key is too tight, and the key is a little bit tight.

Before turning around to leave, I met his eyes from a distance of one floor away.

His face was calm and he didn't say anything.