Cat and mouse game

Kangbian is the nearest small town beside Zheton Canyon. It has high altitude, harsh climate, inconvenient transportation, low degree of development, and retains the original flavor of the snow-covered plateau.

Zhang Shuxiang is a Han Chinese who has lived here for half his life. He is 32 years old this year. His parents are aid workers to Tibet. Then he took him to settle here and opened a small noodle shop. In the past, it was repaired and beaten to prevent it from being damaged by the too harsh climate here.

Later, the country developed, and Zhang Shuxiang's parents were getting old. After discovering the situation here, the higher-ups quickly sent more people to help them retire and enjoy their old age. They also issued a pennant to commend them. That flag is still hanging high in the The center of their living room was wiped daily by Zhang's parents and Zhang's mother.

Zhang Shuxiang did not inherit the family's railway business. He was not interested in these things since he was a child, and he was too playful. Pedestrians traveling from south to north live the life they want to live.

In the early morning, there was still a bit of Liao Xiao's coldness, Zhang Shuxiang shivered with a cigarette in his mouth, a few tables of people sat in the inn, most of them were solo travelers from the Northwest and a few local residents came to have breakfast.

His family's noodle shop has been open for more than ten years. It is cheap and delicious, full of Northwest flavor, and the locals are familiar with it and like to come to join in.

There was a table of people muttering and talking in low voices, with the obvious characteristics of foreigners. After a while, someone stood up. She was a tall, thin and beautiful woman with shrewd eyes, but her face was a little pale. Too haggard, she walked over holding an old-fashioned mobile phone, and asked politely, "Boss, have you seen this person?"

Zhang Shuxiang glanced lazily, there was a little girl in her twenties, she even looked pretty in her ID photo, but she was a little cold all over.

Such an eye-catching person Zhang Shuxiang would not fail to remember it, he put the cigarette beside him and asked: "I haven't seen it before, what's the matter?"

The woman paused for a moment, then exchanged glances with the people at the table behind, and then smiled sadly: "This is a girl from my elder sister's family, and she brought a bag here after a fight with her." side travel."

"We were worried about the little girl going out alone or going to such an inaccessible place, so I quickly called her to come back, but this dead girl blocked us all, and her mother was crying at home, terribly worried , a few of us came to look for it.”

Zhang Shuxiang frowned. It is normal for Daxibei to disappear a hundred or eighty people every year, especially those inexperienced young people. It is really worrying that this girl can't be contacted now. He is a warm-hearted person. He heard the words and asked. : "The girl didn't say where she was going in the northwest?"

"No," the woman shook her head, "The last thing we did to locate her was around here."

"Where exactly is it?"

"It seems to be called Zheton Canyon? Then the mobile phone has no signal anymore."

Zhang Shuxiang hissed, Zhedun Canyon is a well-known restricted area, and most of the people who went there never came back, so it's probably a little suspicious that the little girl disappeared there.

After all, he didn't express what was in his heart, and if he couldn't help, he was not qualified to open his mouth to tell unknown bad news.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Shuxiang said, "Do you have any other photos? Leave one for me, and I will ask for you when the time comes? I will contact you if I have any news."

The woman quickly took out a photo of her ID that was the same as on her mobile phone, and kept saying, "That would be great."

"That girl has a wild temper. Several times when good-hearted people saw her, she told us that we were bad people. She even hurt the good-hearted people and ran away."

Speaking of this, the woman's eyes turned red, "You said we came to her day and night, how could she say such a thing."

The grievance was only for a moment, and the woman suppressed her emotions and said politely: "I'm really sorry, if you see her, please help us keep her. The 200 yuan is considered as a help fee."

Zhang Shuxiang didn't want to take the money, but the woman stubbornly gave him the money, she shied away for a while and Zhang Shuxiang nodded to accept it, the woman breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her several times, then sat back and talked with the person at the table in an incomprehensible dialect Frowning and muttering for a long time, after finishing the porridge and paying the bill, he left in a hurry.

He pulled up his big black glasses, looked at the picture of the little girl, and sighed silently.

He has been here for a long time, and he has seen this kind of looking for people a lot. The final result is often not satisfactory, leaving only thousands of tears and a lot of sadness. Some couldn't even find the body, and then went home sad.

Just halfway through the sigh, a thin white hand pulled the photo over.

Zhang Shuxiang raised his head along this hand, and couldn't help being stunned.

The man was wearing a pair of sunglasses that covered half of his face, and his half-long hair was pulled back, revealing only light red and well-shaped lips, holding the photo and asking softly: "It's broad daylight, where is the girl? "

Zhang Shuxiang came to his senses, and quickly said: "What nonsense? This is the little girl who disappeared from someone's house and asked me to help pay attention!"

As he said that, he squinted his eyes and glanced at the woman in front of him again, and became curious: "Qiao Nan, why are you here, and you're taking on work again? Aren't you going to come back even after returning to demon?"

He and Qiao Nan have known each other for four or five years. The other party's way of making money has always been here, and he would come here to live here for a few days from time to time.

But three years ago, Qiao Nan disappeared suddenly and hadn't been here for nearly half a year. Later, when he reappeared, he was alone and looked haggard. He sat with him and drank wine for half the night, leaving a farewell and then left completely.

Seeing her resoluteness, Zhang Shuxiang thought she would never come to Kangbian in this life.

Qiao Nan didn't answer his words, glanced at the photo in his hand expressionlessly, and threw a cigarette from his pocket to him, "I didn't accept the job, I need your help."

Zhang Shuxiang heheed, took the cigarette and lit it, "It's rare, what can I do? Your brother Zhang will definitely help."

"Help me rent a car locally," Qiao Nan added slowly while tapping his fingers on the table: "I want it today, the sooner the better."

Zhang Shuxiang agreed without hesitation, it was just a car, it was very simple for him.

There are a few principles for Zhang Shuxiang to be able to make friends with so many people from all over the world. Smile first when you see people, try not to ask about personal matters that you can not ask, and help as much as you can.

Don't look at the simple three sentences, but there are many points that Zhang Shuxiang summed up.

In his eyes, the people in the first line are divided. Seeing ordinary passengers, they just smile politely and do business. Duck soup, getting the admiring eyes of a bunch of young men and girls who have not been deeply involved in the world, it is a flattering smile to see the poor and vicious people, it has to make them comfortable so as not to bring bloody disasters to this small broken inn, and there is another kind of seeing Capable people, that is a sincere friendship, everyone admires capable people, and it is beneficial and harmless for me to know more such people.

Qiao Nan is one of the people he thinks has the ability.

This woman is mysterious and bold. He doesn't know where she came from, but he has heard her name occasionally from various friends, and knows that she has done many things and is a very powerful person. She is worthy of his admiration for the fact that she can enter the uninhabited Zheton Canyon and come out intact.

At the same time, he also implements the second and third principles, don't ask about personal matters, some things are not good for him, and it may even be disgusting and bring disasters, if people need help, try not to ask the reason for help , This is also a favor owed by the other party, maybe I will need help from others in the future.

So for the first time in so many years, Qiao Nan asked him for help, and he immediately responded.

Zhang Shuxiang moved quickly, and within an hour he rented a car for Qiao Nan. It was a Santana with a square head, a black body, a retro shape, and some scratches from the years. He paid a deposit of [-] yuan and rented it for [-] days. .

While rubbing his hands, he said, "The place is small, and this is the only car I can find for you for the time being. You can see if it suits you."

Qiao Nan sat on the ignition and saw that there was no major problem with its operation. He ignored its appearance and said indifferently, "It's fine if it can be driven."

Paying the bill, Qiao Nan quickly rented the car for a month, handed Zhang Shuxiang a pack of cigarettes as a thank you, and drove the car out. Black smoke spewed out from the rear of the car, and drove slowly against the crowd. out of the way.

Zhang Shuxiang smoked a cigarette, hummed a little song in a good mood and walked in the opposite direction. Qiao Nan gave him a high-end brand, and he himself was reluctant to buy it. He finally got a pack and wanted to enjoy it.

It wasn't until he returned to his own inn that he glanced at the front desk before he slapped his head and remembered——

"This woman, Qiao Nan, took the photos on the table?"

Qiao Nan drove the car with a blank expression. The shock absorption system of this Santana was not very good. There were many bumps along the way, but she didn't feel anything, probably because she was used to this kind of life.

Her eyes flicked past the photo taken by Zhang Shuxiang, her eyes didn't change, but she could vaguely see some sarcasm.

But she didn't say a word, she just threw the photo on the co-pilot, and drove all the way out of the small town of Kangbian before stopping in front of a hidden small broken house.

The small dilapidated house is still a rough house. The square body has been exposed to wind and rain for so many years. The wall is surrounded by milky yellow paste, and several corners have been rounded, and one of them is broken. The hole looks dilapidated and cannot accommodate people.

This was a temporary residence built by hunters who used to go hunting by Zheton Canyon. Later, because Zheton Canyon ate a lot of people and animals, they didn't dare to go up again, and this dilapidated house fell into disrepair.

Qiao Nan didn't get out of the car, but honked the horn. After a while, a figure wrapped in a military coat walked out slowly from behind the house.

It's a girl with a white and delicate face, a slender figure that can't be blocked by a military overcoat, and a thick curly hair like seaweed. When she gets close, she spreads her rosy lips and smiles at her. It's been so long on the plateau. Even without any makeup, even wearing ill-fitting clothes, she still looks pretty like going to a catwalk.

Qiao Nan looked at Fei Jiao indifferently, but the depths of her eyes moved, she just waited for her to come over, and then motioned her to get in the car.

Fei Jiao opened the car door and said casually: "The scenery behind this house is pretty nice."

She paused when she saw the red background photo on the co-pilot, and then regained her composure. She raised the face that was exactly the same as the girl in the photo and asked, "Why do you have my photo?"