Los Angeles West

On a sunny day at the weekend, Qin Zhuang asked the driver to park the car on the side of the road. As soon as the door was opened, his nephew rushed out.Qin Zhuang also followed helplessly, in front of him was a small bookstore, a two-story hut, on the west side of the street lined with two rows of plane trees, the weather was getting hotter, this small bookstore looked like Small and cool.Qin Zhuang leaned on the car and looked at his nephew who was looking around in the store. The nephew was just 5 years old, and he was in a curious grade.Because I went to kindergarten the next day, the teacher had to hand in the origami homework, so I stopped at the door of this small bookstore.My elder sister is a strong woman who manages a publishing house. She and her brother-in-law got married on a blind date. They are a good match and have a good relationship, but when it comes to passion, he doesn't see it.

"Hurry up, your mother is waiting." Qin Zhuang yelled. At this moment, he saw a figure flashing down from the wooden stairs. It was a slender boy. He was wearing a white shirt and black. He was wearing trousers, his face was in the shadows, he couldn't see clearly, and he was holding a stack of books in his hand.Qin Zhuang raised his feet unconsciously and walked into the shop.There are two small bookstores, with a row of bookshelves along the wall, and two large tables in the middle. One is covered with stationery, and the other is covered with delicate cards and colored paper and gadgets.My nephew is lingering in a stack of colored paper, especially when there are some origami besides, there is an airplane, a dinosaur, a princess dress, and an origami crane...

At this time, he was holding the paper airplane and couldn't put it down. When he saw the shop assistant walking over, he raised his head and said in a childish voice: "Brother, brother, can you teach me how to fold this?"

"Okay, kid..." The clerk put down the book in his hand.

"I'm not a child, my name is Tang Heng..." The little boy raised his round face with a serious expression.

"Okay, little friend Tang Heng..." The clerk smiled, took two pieces of light blue paper, and handed one of them to Tang Heng.

The clerk taught patience, and Tang Heng learned it seriously.

Qin Zhuang stood aside, staring straight at the clerk's face. He had neat black hair, fair skin, slightly raised eyes, amber pupils, a straight nose, and moist lips. He was talking one by one. This word.He was very patient, correcting Tang Heng's tricks and giving appropriate encouragement, which made people feel good about him unconsciously.

"I've folded it..." Tang Heng raised the plane in his hand with a proud face.

"Really smart." With a smile in the corner of the clerk's eyes, the clerk touched Tang Heng's little head. Tang Heng, who never liked people touching his head, was not unhappy this time. Instead, he smiled happily and leaned on the clerk.

"Brother is the one. Did you fold these? None of our kindergarten teachers know..." Tang Heng picked up a dinosaur.

The clerk smiled, took an origami book and said, "My brother also learned from books."

Tang Heng took the book, turned to Qin Zhuang and said, "Uncle, I want this..."

Qin Zhuang didn't answer the words, and his eyes still fell on the clerk.

Seeing that Qin Zhuang didn't answer him, Tang Heng turned his head and picked some more origami, and asked the question Qin Zhuang wanted to ask, "Brother, what's your name?"

"West of the city, west of Los Angeles..."

"Then I'll call you Brother Luo, okay..."

"Okay..." Luo Chengxi smiled and nodded.

"Uncle, I want these..." Tang Heng showed the things in his hand to Qin Zhuang.

Qin Zhuang took a look, then looked at Luochengxi, before he could speak, Luochengxi's pleasant voice rang out, "A total of 20 yuan."

Qin Zhuang took out his wallet from his pocket, flipped through it, took out a 100 and handed it over, "You don't need to look for it..."

Luo Chengxi didn't look happy or unhappy, the expression on his face was still indifferent, he took the money and the things Tang Heng chose, then flipped through a small iron box beside him, He took out one 50 yuan, one 20 yuan and one 10 yuan bills, all of which were brand new. He took a bag with Ultraman printed on it, put the money and things into the paper bag, and handed it to Tang. Heng smiled, "Thank you for your patronage."

At this moment, several little girls walked into the store chattering, and they looked curiously at the one big and one small who seemed out of place with the small bookstore, but soon the little girls focused on the stationery and West Los Angeles bookstore. on the body.

"Brother Luo, I'll go." Tang Heng looked reluctant and unhappy.

"Okay, then goodbye Luo..." Luo Chengxi walked over and sent Tang Heng to the side of the road.

"Thank you..." This was the first sentence Qin Zhuang said to Luo Chengxi.

"You're welcome..." Luo Chengxi nodded slightly, turned around and returned to the shop.

Looking at Luo Chengxi's back, Qin Zhuang realized that he didn't know him. At first he thought that Luo Chengxi was pretending not to know him, but from the strange look in his eyes, and his calm and unmoved demeanor, he knew whether he could Fake it out.

On the way back, Tang Heng kept flipping through the origami book in his hand, and stuffed the change inside into his uncle's pocket. He pointed out earnestly that his uncle looked like a rich man, saying that he was like a little fish with gold in a kindergarten. chain daddy.However, Qin Zhuang couldn't listen to a word. In his mind, it was still Luo Chengxi's face. The peaceful and friendly appearance hadn't changed at all, but after all, he was still different from before.

For several days in a row, Qin Zhuang was a little absent-minded, and he was a little distracted during the meeting this day. It was his assistant Zhang Yi who reminded him that the meeting was over.

"Zhang Yi..." Qin Zhuang put the pen in his hand on the table.

"Yes, Mr. Qin..." Zhang Yi put down the document in his hand.

"Help me find someone..."

"Okay..." Zhang Yi waited for Qin Zhuang to say who he wanted to investigate. After waiting for a while, Qin Zhuang didn't open his mouth. When he couldn't help but ask, Qin Zhuang opened his mouth again, "A small family on Qingxi Road The clerk in the bookstore is called Luo Chengxi..."

"Luo..." Zhang Yi opened his mouth wide in surprise, but he didn't finish speaking the name. However, Zhang Yi quickly recovered his expression, and doubts appeared in his heart. , this name is like a taboo, no one dared to mention it in front of Qin Zhuang, not even his best friend Zuo Dongzhi, but now Qin Zhuang mentioned it himself.

"Tell me as soon as you have any news." Qin Zhuang said.

"Uh... Got it..." Zhang Yi quickly agreed.

Within two days, Zhang Yi came to Qin Zhuang with the investigation information, but there was very little news about this Luochengxi, which made him doubt whether this Luochengxi was just the same name.

"That's all I found?" Qin Zhuang frowned as he looked at the materials that were not counted in his hand.West Luocheng, male, 23 years old, graduated from university, temporarily living on Qingxi Road...

"This is the information registered in the household registration survey not long ago. The community said that the ID card of Luocheng West was lost, and the basic information was only temporarily registered." Zhang Yi explained.

"What else?" Qin Zhuang asked.

"The other thing is that Luo Chengxi has been working in Wutong Bookstore. The owner of the bookstore is a retired middle school teacher named Wang Degui. According to the neighbors next door, Luo Chengxi has been working in the bookstore for almost a year."

"One year..." Qin Zhuang silently calculated in his heart, it has been a year since that incident.

"That's all?" Qin Zhuang asked again.

"I know this now..." A trace of surprise flashed in Zhang Yi's eyes, but he didn't dare to ask anything.

Qin Zhuang narrowed his eyes slightly, pointed his slender fingers on the table, and said to Zhang Yi, "This Luochengxi is that Luochengxi..."

Surprise flashed across Zhang Yi's face, and he was even more surprised than when he heard the name again before. He always thought that Qin Zhuang didn't care about Luo Chengxi for a long time...