memory hole

Her language is rich.She wanted to cry again.

"How did your father treat you?" Zhong Xian chased after him.

The girl was struggling to figure out how to answer.

"Did he let you go?"

The girl shook her head, tears streaming down her face.

"What's the matter?"

"He's married again. I have two younger brothers." The girl wiped all the tears away with her palm. "My grandma passed away, and my mother never heard of it." She said it all, and she burst out with her tears.In this way, Zhong Xian doesn't have to ask each sentence.

Zhong Xian never thought that such a thing still exists in this era.Although I occasionally see the living conditions of rural people from the news.But the reports are still good.Farm houses are built like villas, and rural household registration can get state subsidies.Isn't it much better than before?This girl must have had bad luck, and met such a useless person like Xiao Zhu again.Although Xiao Zhu likes to brag, he is generally harmless, because no one will believe him.But when I saw this girl, she might be Xiao Zhu's only 'win result'.

Zhong Xian didn't want to guess how Xiao Zhu boasted about his ability to this girl on the Internet, making the girl think that she had found support, and left the new home of the father who made her feel neglected and discriminated against without hesitation.

The momentary sadness made the girl forget her shyness and nervousness. "Do you know where he is, Mr. Zhong."

Bell shook his head.

"What did you say?" Deng Yi stared at the girl.

"I said... you should have found him, right?"

Officer Deng pointed to Zhong Xian and asked the girl, "What's your name? Do you know him?"

The girl looked at Zhong Xian, and Zhong Xian suddenly came to his senses, looking at the girl suspiciously.

The girl's face turned red again, as if she didn't dare to speak for a while, for fear that she would answer something wrong again.

unfortunately

27

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Zhong Xian never felt that there was any serious problem with his memory.Although he may find that he has forgotten the name of an acquaintance, or a string of frequently used numbers, these are trivial matters, and those forgotten may suddenly be remembered.But important things, such as every day's experience - the specific things that happened and the people he met, how could he forget, and he couldn't forget.

He has never seen this girl.This girl should have never seen him either.She was able to call out his name, probably because Xiao Zhu once told her, or she saw the group photos taken during company activities, and then the girl remembered him.This is the most reasonable explanation.

The girl only needs to confess like this, but she just doesn't say a word.When Deng Yi repeated the questioning for the third time, Zhong Xian felt that he might be suspected again, which made him deeply annoyed.

Zhong Xian reminded the girl directly: "Xiao Zhu mentioned me to you, right?"

The girl hesitated, her eyes wandered quickly, and she leaned forward, as if planning how to escape.Then she nodded.

"That's it." Zhong Xian finally waited until she nodded, and immediately turned to Deng Yi and said. "Otherwise there is no other possibility."

Deng Yi stared at the girl, his dark pupils remained motionless, he still wanted to confirm: "Is this the first time you've seen this Zhong Zhong? Are you going to hide it?" He confirmed to the girl for the fourth time, his tone a little tougher .

The girl looked scared, she shook her head. "No...it's not the first time we've met."

Zhong Xian was stunned, and then looked at her helplessly.He thought the kid was talking nonsense out of fright.

"Where did you see him last time?" Deng Yi continued to ask.

"It used to be...in a hotel."

"What?" Zhong Xian felt his brain congest.

"In the hotel? Speak slowly, don't worry." Deng Yi's voice became gentle, and he moved closer to the girl, which was like standing between Zhong Xian and the girl, as if he was afraid that someone would interfere with the girl's answer.Zhong Xian had no choice but to remain silent, watching the scene silently.

"Brother Zhu, he took me out... Once, in the first two months of my arrival here," the girl mumbled, "He said he wanted to take me to meet his buddies, and he wanted to be with his buddies. Let’s talk about business and cooperation... If we can make his buddies happy, we will have money... He said that I should also contribute as his wife..."

"Is the buddy he took you to see the one in front of you?" Deng Yi stretched out his right index finger backwards, pointing at Zhong Xian.Zhong Xian put his hands in his pockets in annoyance.

The girl nodded.

"Nothing!" Zhong Xian muttered in protest.The girl was too scared to speak anymore.Deng Yi turned his head and stared at Zhong Xian, Zhong Xian immediately waved to him, "You keep asking. I'll stay away." He took a few steps back.

"You forgot." The girl looked at Zhong Xian who was five steps away, "Brother Zhu also bought two bottles of wine for you, because you like to drink." She began to fumble in the side pocket of her skirt, and after a while A black old Huawei mobile phone.Deng Yi moved lightly to her side.The girl fiddled with the phone for a while, and then let Deng Yi watch it.Gradually, Deng Yi stared at the girl's mobile phone screen more and more seriously. Then he took the mobile phone from the girl's hand and slid it back and forth with his index finger. Walking towards him with the girl's mobile phone.

"Look at it." Deng Yi handed the phone to Zhong Xian, and put his arms around the latter's shoulders, as if afraid that he would run away.

When Zhong Xian took the phone, he saw a picture on the screen of the phone—the background was a certain hotel room, there were wine bottles and glasses on a long table beside the bed, and several people sat on the bed in a mess , only the faces of three people can be seen clearly in the photo, the one in the middle is Dake, and behind him is Zhong Xian who is drinking with his head held high.Dake put one arm around Xiao Zhu, and the other person next to Xiao Zhu took only half of his body.

Zhong Xian swipe his fingers to view other photos. Swiping backward is a selfie of the girl's own life, and forward is still a photo in that hotel. The people in the photo seem to have been photographed without knowing it.Finally found a different one, it was a selfie of the girl in the hotel, she stretched out two fingers to make a cute gesture, only her head and bare shoulders were photographed in the photo, as if she was not wearing any clothes, the people in the background were is the clock string.

"This is?" Zhong Xian was puzzled, and hurriedly swiped the screen backwards, and finally saw a half-length selfie of the girl.Then it dawned on him.It's not that he forgot, it's that the girl's appearance has changed dramatically.The girl in the photo is much more fashionable than she looks now. She wears a black tube top and has long hair reaching to her waist like a waterfall. It makes her round face look narrow and small. She wears heavy makeup and wears false eyelashes .The photo didn't show what he was wearing on his lower body.Her figure is much thinner than now, and she is completely different from the round and earthy village girl in front of her.

Zhong Xian handed the photo back to Deng Yi to see. "I saw it, but I didn't expect it to be a person. And..." He hesitated for a moment, but decided to say it directly, "Also, I didn't know who brought her. Look at her dressed like this ?I thought who brought the chicken. This... What is Xiao Zhu doing? I have a girlfriend who doesn’t know how to make trouble. I also saw a photo of Xiao Zhu showing off among colleagues, which is not like now at all, nor is it It looks like the one in this photo. That one is much purer and more beautiful. If you don’t identify them carefully, it’s hard to see that the three are the same person.”

Deng Yi took the phone and didn't look at the photo of the girl with heavy makeup, obviously he had already seen it just now.He just stared at the clock string with a pair of shining eyes. "What were you doing?"

"You mean in the photo? A normal party."

"Colleague party?"

Zhong Xian shook his head: "No, it's to accompany the client. Only me and Dake, and the others are related to the GT company's project. How could Xiao Zhu be there? If I remember correctly, he shouldn't be there. But the photos are also It can't be fake, maybe he came later, after we had dinner and drinks, we changed places, and he came here."

"That is to say, you were entertaining customers, and after dinner with you, you went to the hotel to accompany you again."

"That's what it means."

"What are you going to do with me at the hotel?"

"Just keep playing and make them happy. It's all for work. Those people..." Zhong Xian shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Is it a collective call for chickens?"

Zhong Xian was stunned.At this time, Deng Yi became a policeman again in his eyes.He immediately denied: "No!"

"Then why do you think who called this girl? And you chose to continue playing in a hotel? Why is it a hotel? Isn't KTV bad?"

Zhong Xian opened his mouth and closed it again, as if he had been greatly wronged, "Is there no chicken in KTV? God, you just look at me like that."

"If your client had this special request, would you not satisfy it?"

"Yes. I admit that I will. No matter what the client asks, how can I give up the opportunity. But I will not go to the battle in person. I will leave this kind of thing to Dake...to others." This seems to be It became a difficult question, and no matter how the answer was answered, it was full of loopholes. "I myself...wouldn't spend money to find a woman." He had no choice but to say so.

"I believe you don't need it." Deng Yi said. "In order to please customers, for the sake of luxury cars and famous houses, and the interests of the future, it is not impossible to endure some nausea and put aside some principles."

Zhong Xian didn't want to say more.It will only get darker and darker. "It's fine if you don't believe it. Does this have anything to do with Xiao Zhu's disappearance?"

Deng Yi didn't say anything anymore, he turned around and walked back to the girl.The girl was still standing cautiously in the corner.Officer Deng returned the phone to her.

"Did your brother Zhu tell you how to be happy with his buddies? What did you do?" Deng Yi asked gently.

"I do whatever he asks me to do. I don't understand