drowning tide

Today, Yi Huai didn't ask his assistant to order takeaway from the hotel, so he took the elevator to the cafeteria downstairs.

Probably because of the bad luck of the year, there is something wrong with the coffee machine in his office, and the coffee he makes cannot be eaten at all, and it is too much trouble to go to the staff pantry downstairs, so the lack of sufficient caffeine intake makes him feel a little nervous all morning. sleepy.

In the staff pantry outside the cafeteria, he was about to enter with a cup when he heard the discussion inside.

"My God, the smoke is so heavy that half the sky is red, can it really put out the fire and save people?"

"Stop talking, I won't even be able to eat anymore..."

"After the fire is extinguished, it is best for the authorities to investigate the cause of the fire. I think it should be a natural gas explosion."

Yi Huai pushed open the half-hidden door, and seeing that it was him who came, the three women and one man in the tea room froze for a moment, looked at each other with a bit stiff and embarrassed expressions, and then quickly scattered.

"what are you guys saying?"

"No, nothing."

There are two coffee machines in the pantry, and four people crowded on the left side, leaving the right side free.

Yi Huai put the cup on the bottom, "Am I so scary? The company's articles of association at most only ask you not to be distracted during working hours, not right now."

It's lunch break now, it's not a big deal to gossip, not to mention that he has always behaved calmly and politely outside of official business hours, the young female employees think about it, it's reasonable to say what they just said Say it to him.

"A demolition building suddenly exploded at Liudaokou, and now the media and firefighters are rushing there."

"Liudaokou?" Yi Huai's expression changed when he heard the place name, "Exploded? Do you know which building it is?"

Once the chatterbox was opened, it could not be closed again. The little girl stretched out her mobile phone in front of him, "Here, I didn't write the specific address, so it said it was a certain residential building. I remember there was a live video... I found it, you can find out after looking at it." Anyway, the fire has not been brought under control."

Anything that happens in the information age can be known to everyone. One or two videos are nothing at all. There was the whistling sound of the wind, and the violently leaping flames engulfed most of the buildings. The thick black smoke covered half of the sky, and the picture alone revealed powerless despair and tragedy.

"It doesn't matter if the fire brigade comes?" He probably knew which building it was.

"I don't know. Anyway, it was burning very badly. At the beginning, there was only the third floor. Now it is estimated that the whole building cannot be kept."

God knows how many inflammable materials are piled up in the corridors of this old residential building. Even if the fire brigade comes, the fire will still be difficult to control.

"I feel that the people inside are basically unable to survive." The man next to him interjected, "Fortunately, this house has been said to be demolished since last month, and most people have taken compensation to move out, and only a few nail households are left to follow the development. Shangruan grind hard, otherwise something really big will happen."

"What are they trying to do? This time they even lost their lives for some money. It's so miserable."

"They don't know that the house will blow up? To put it bluntly, it's greed."

The discussion quickly shifted from the explosion itself to whether the nail households were seeking money. Yi Huai was not interested in hearing them argue about it. After thanking them, he returned the phone to the little girl and went out with the cup.

Before the assistant who went to buy food came back, he found a seat and sat down, drinking coffee and watching the media reports on this matter.

The fire was barely contained, but he had other things on his mind.

Sure enough, he did it.

No matter what the final official statement is, the fire in the residential building in Liudaokou is definitely not an accident.He knew better than anyone else that this was murder, and the target of the murder was none other than the lawyer He Zhang who had defected.

He received a call from He Zhang more than half a month ago. He Zhang said in great panic that there were always strange people wandering around their law firm recently, and one of them looked familiar to him. The death of Wen Zhicheng's former confidant Wu Xin Just be inseparable from this person.

"What to do, I'm going to die... I'm really going to die! Didn't you say you're going to send me abroad?! Send me away, I don't want to stay here for a minute! I'm really going to be killed kill!"

He Zhang's panic was not unreasonable—Wen Fan was a narrow-minded person who would repay every grievance, He Zhang took his favors and then turned around and sold him out, how could Wen Fan swallow this?While comforting He Zhang and telling him not to be too scared, he sent someone to take He Zhang to a relatively safe place to protect him. He changed his address six times in half a month. The residential building in Liudaokou is one of the safe houses.

Should he say that he really deserves to be Wen Fan?The result of the distribution of the inheritance has been finalized, and the popularity of the media has gradually decreased. When he separated from Nie Xicheng in the morning, he thought that there would be a big move in the near future, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, and the accident happened before half a day.

Suddenly his cell phone vibrated, the sender was one of his personal bodyguards, and the whole message only had three words "It's done".

Seeing the only good news, Yi Huai sighed, thinking about how he would tell his assistant that he would leave early this afternoon for the third time this month.

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From [-] pm to [-] pm is usually the most deserted time of the day in entertainment clubs.

After sending away the last batch of guests who had been having fun until the morning, the person in charge began to urge the cleaning aunt to clean the guest room boxes and prepare for the evening business in advance.

After Yi Huai entered the door, he reported Uncle Chen's name, and the person in charge handed him a card after verifying that it was correct, "He's on the eighth floor."

"Thank you."

Yi Huai put the magnetic card in his pocket, turned around and led the bodyguard into the elevator.

The inside of this unremarkable building from the outside is actually one of the best selling gold caves in Rongcheng. From the resplendent crystal chandeliers down to the milky white marble floor tiles, there is nowhere that does not reveal extravagance. On the contrary, it is Yi Huaihe who wears simple clothes and looks plain The surrounding environment is extremely out of place.

Even if it was not during business hours, they didn't see a single person along the way, and they really took privacy protection to the extreme.

Yi Huai opened the door with a magnetic card. There was no light in the dim room. Walking forward was a wool carpet that was so soft that even the instep would sink into it.

"Lawyer He, are you awake?"

no respond.

He pressed the switch on the wall in the front hall, and the moment the light came on, a man's hoarse panting came from the depths of the room.

"Who?" With just one word, it can be heard that the speaker's mental state is on the verge of collapse.

Yi Huai knew he couldn't force him anymore, so he left the bodyguards outside and went in by himself, "Lawyer He, it's me, Yi Huai."

"Yes...it's you."

There was a big bag on the bed in the bedroom, and after a long time, a corner of the quilt was lifted, revealing the head of a middle-aged man.

He Zhang's face was horribly haggard, even under such dim light, he could see that the color was gray. He looked at Yi Huai in horror, his eyes were like X-rays, as if he wanted to see through whether this was a delicate photo. Human skin mask.

"Who else but me?"

Yi Huai put the things he brought on the bedside, and the sound made He Zhang tremble again.

"Morning...?" There were so many things that happened during this period, his mind was almost at a loss, and he had to make several detours to react to such a little thing.

In the morning, he was forcibly dragged out of the quilt while he was still asleep, and sent to this place blindfolded. During the whole process, he screamed every day and was ineffective. All his patience was bit by bit during the long wait. spend time.

"It's mine. I felt unsafe temporarily, so I asked someone to change the place for you. The time was tight, and I couldn't tell you clearly. It was my fault." Yi Huai opened the chair and sat down, smiling Pointing to the kraft paper portfolio, "Aren't you going to open it and have a look?"

He Zhang crouched down from the bed timidly, picked up the file bag and tore it open hesitantly.

It contained air tickets and necessary documents including passports. He Zhang opened his eyes wide and looked at these things over and over in disbelief.

"is this real?"

Just a moment ago he was still waiting for his fate, but now he is waiting for a good thing that he can't even imagine. If the leather texture of the passport book is not too real, he would have thought he was dreaming.

"Of course it's true. How could it be false if we use our relationship with Mr. Luo. Do you want me to pinch you?"

"You... pinch me, I'm afraid."

Yi Huai cut his arm back behind him, saw him screaming in pain, and asked helplessly, "Do you believe that?"

"I believe it." The more his arm hurts, the happier He Zhang is. He frantically touched his passport again and again, and he almost kissed him twice.He could finally leave this terrible place of right and wrong.

Yi Huai saw his reaction in his eyes, and it was time to interrupt his ecstasy, "Are you curious why you were suddenly willing to let you go? Lawyer He, come and see this."

He handed his mobile phone to He Zhang, and the page stayed at the place he had read at noon, and He Zhang began to tremble again after looking at it.

If there is anyone in this world who is more familiar with the burning building than Yi Huai, then this person must be He Zhang.He recognized in an instant that this was the old residential building where he lived, and the blood on his face finally faded away.

"It is said that a household on the third floor caused the gas tank to explode due to careless use. What do you think?"

He Zhang clenched his wrist tightly, his teeth chattered, and squeezed out word by word from the gap between his teeth, "It's not an accident, it must have been done by Wen Fan, he wants to kill me, he wants to kill me!" I!"

If he hadn't been brought out this morning, even his body would be burned to ashes now.From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the passport beside him, and he was never so glad that he didn't go all the way to the dark with people like Wen Fan.

"Since the things have been delivered, I should go back. After all, I have to find out from which link your location was leaked."

Yi Huai stood up and tidied up the wrinkles on his clothes to make himself look more decent.

"During this time, I will send two new bodyguards over, and you don't trust anyone but them, do you hear me?"