memory hole

.Sir.I feel sorry for him. "

Police Officer Deng showed serious thought, and murmured after a while: "If you talk about charm, you are far better than him. He has a good appearance, but you don't just have skin. You must have a lot of girlfriends."

"Thank you for the compliment. There is none. Finding a married woman here is like finding a missing person. It's so difficult. What's the charm?" Zhong Xian said with a smile.

Officer Deng looked at Zhong Xian: "Understood. Is this the case—you see the sea, and women see the city. You want to find the person who also saw the sea."

This metaphor is quite novel.Zhong Xian suddenly had a feeling in his heart. "It's great to chat with scholars." He laughed and looked out the window.When I turned back again, I saw his and Police Officer Deng's equally radiant faces in the rearview mirror in front of the car.

He thought of his dream.Whose eyes are those eyes looking at him quietly in the rearview mirror in the dream?

After thinking for a while, he asked seriously: "If you want to find a forgotten person, what should be the most effective way."

cold city

9.

Zhong Xian didn't know Xiao Zhu's personal situation at all.

He couldn't even recall where Xiao Zhu was from, Jiangxi?Hubei?

That guy is not tall, with a thin body and a thin face. He always wears a middle-parted hairstyle with black and shiny hair. That's why Dake said he looks like a traitor.

Xiao Zhu is usually polite.There is a lack of sincerity behind too much politeness, and the eyes always reveal a kind of alienation.

Zhong Xian can only recall so much, and he has no interest in recalling this person.It was only because of Officer Deng's interrogation these two days that he passively searched for his memory.

But now, with the familiarity with Officer Deng, the initial nervousness has receded, and he is even more unwilling to force himself to think about Xiao Zhu again.

"He is a very humble person." This is his evaluation of Xiao Zhu.He began to tell Officer Deng his true opinion.

How inconspicuous is it?Just like those harmless and unlovable people who are often seen on the street, this kind of person suddenly disappears from the world one day, and no one will pay attention to it, and no one wants to pay attention.

"Your colleagues probably think so." Officer Deng murmured.

"Isn't it impersonal?" Zhong Xian laughed at himself.

It was past eight o'clock in the evening, and the congested lane gradually cleared up, and the Crown car drove into the central area of ​​LU.The most glorious side of the city began to wake up like a sleeping beast, with neon lights and festive fireworks blooming everywhere, and the extremely prosperous and meandering night lights pierced people's eyes like a shot in the arm.In the central area of ​​LU at this time, Kingkey 100 is the most shining one, like a slender, towering diamond, with a huge phone number of China Merchants playing on the shuttle-shaped side in a loop, and every number is shining ——0755XX88888.

This is what you see every night.But every time I am in it, my heart still can't help but stir.

"I'll get off here." Zhong Xian said.

Officer Deng was slightly surprised: "Is it here?"

"Yes. I want to walk back. Take a walk."

"The KKMALL bar is right next to it?" Officer Deng pointed in the direction of Kingkey 100.

"It used to be there. Now it's gone. I don't know where it moved. You thought I was going to a bar?" Zhong Xian smiled and motioned the driver to stop. "Thank you, brother."

The driver nodded with a smile.

Officer Deng also nodded to him: "Thank you for your help today."

"Goodbye, Sir. It's a pity that I can't really help you." Zhong Xian opened the car door and took a step.

Officer Deng said behind him: "I always feel that it's different here at night."

"Yes. A city that begins at night."

After Zhong Xian got off the car.Standing on the side of the road for a while, watching the crown drive into the crowded driveway, then turned and walked into the gate of CUCCI, passed through, and walked towards the brightly lit Vientiane City.

Near the escalator leading to the underground exit of the subway, there was a huge crowd, and many young faces passed him by. These are a group of creatures that are only energetic at night.

Will there be such an unremarkable person among them, who has been among the nightlife crowd for a long time every day.One day he suddenly disappeared, but no one would feel it.

This is a cold place.Zhong Xian thought in his heart.

10,

"Probably a girl."

"What?" Dake was puzzled.He had already been waiting in the dining area on the fourth floor of Vientiane City.On a dining table near the corner, he ordered grilled fish on an iron plate. The rectangular iron plate was covered with fish covered in red oil and piled up with various side dishes. It was bubbling under the baking of the induction cooker. .

Seeing Zhong Xian approaching, Dake pointed to the plate set on the other side of the table with a little dissatisfaction, and motioned him to sit down quickly. "Thought you were arrested by the police. So long!"

"Traffic jam."

"What girl did you just say?" Dake looked at him curiously while holding his chopsticks.

Zhong Xian sat down on the seat opposite Dake, leaned his back against the high chair back, paused for a while and said, "The one in my dream."

Dake sneered disdainfully: "Are you free recently? What is there to think about in a dream. Didn't you say it was a man before—maybe it was a friend or classmate or something? Why did you become a woman again today?"

Zhong Xian stared at the boiled fish: "I don't think there is any reason for me to keep dreaming about a man."

"Could it be that you made out with that unlucky guy who was forgotten in your dream?" Dake's small eyes began to shine, and he laughed: "You mean your ex-girlfriend? You are really not human, can you forget your ex-girlfriend too?"

Zhong Xian was silent.

"I remember all your girlfriends of the past three years." Dake said energetically, "Let me count for you. How about counting backwards?"

"You are the real idler." Zhong Xian brought the teapot on the table to his eyes, and rinsed the empty plates in front of him with hot tea. "I've waited so long because I want to hear about the progress of Xiao Zhu's case."

"It's been too busy recently, and Xiao Zhu's business is just to relieve boredom. What did that Sir say?" Dake eagerly wanted to know the progress.

Zhong Xian put the chopsticks on the plate, rinsed them carefully with tea, and said, "I've let you down. I don't think there's been any progress today. Apart from voicing bitterness, Ouhang didn't give any useful clues. Deng Sir was running in vain. one trip."

Dake didn't seem surprised: "How is that boy Ou Hang? I haven't seen you for so long. What did he say to you?"

Zhong Xian stared at the grilled fish, feeling that he had no appetite, and after a short pause, he proposed: "Would you like some wine?"

"I came here by car!" Dake had an exaggerated regretful expression on his face. "Unless you let me live at your house."

"My living room is being partially renovated. It hasn't been finished yet. The wall paint is half painted. You have no place to sleep."

"Isn't it okay to share the bed with you?" Dake said provocatively with round eyes. "I don't dislike you."

"I hate you!" Zhong Xian laughed. "No more. There won't be any good wine here either."

Dake put a large piece of fish on his plate and ate it for a while.Then he said, "Is Ouhang still pestering you?"

Zhong Xian said calmly, "Why is he pestering me?"

"Isn't he just your follower before? Didn't he pester you to lead him into a project in the end."

"Didn't that project also bring you? Besides, we really needed him to fix the kid on the construction site. We can't both spend our time."

"I can work on the construction site in the future. I won't be as useless as him and waste so much time." Dake paused for a while and said. "What kind of work is he doing now? Is he still in this line?"

"It seems to be doing something with relatives." Zhong Xian said.

Dake nodded his head and muttered in a low voice: "You can't be soft-hearted. That guy can't be trusted."

"You've said it eight hundred times. Don't tell me I don't know how to look at people?" Zhong Xian poured all the tea that had washed over the saucer and chopsticks into a cup, pushed the cup to the corner of the table, and motioned for the waiter to take it away.Then he took a deep breath and fell into a daze.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Dake looked at him with a frown.

Zhong Xian shifted his gaze to the fish that Dake had already eaten half, and said, "I was thinking that Deng Sir is actually quite an interesting person."

"Really? Let me meet you if you have a chance." Dake said.

Zhong Xian said with a smile: "You still want to know the police? I'm not afraid that he will see through you and arrest you."

"Tch, who doesn't know? The words of the police and gangsters' family are absolutely true. Our little things are joys. In the eyes of the police, they are pediatrics. They have seen the big world." The more Dake talked, the more excited he was, and he said to Zhong Xian mysteriously Blinking, "They don't need to spend money to do bad things! Hehe, this Sir Deng is no exception. Bet if you don't believe me!"

11

Night Breeze is very comfortable.

After saying goodbye to Dake, Zhong Xian walked back slowly along the clean stage-like street.On a clear night, the lights are so beautiful, unconsciously, Zhong Xian recalled the feeling when he first came to this city.The strange thing is that he can't remember which day he came here four years ago.

It seems that in June, I arrived by plane, and the airport was surrounded by heavy rain that day.

He was waiting for someone to pick him up, and he waited for a long time, as if no one would come, he still remembered the feeling.He just waited inside the glass door of the airport exit, bewildered and terrified.

It didn't seem to be that time again, he seemed to have taken a long-distance bus.It took a night from Guilin to arrive. When I got off the bus, I found that my coat was lost.Wearing a white vest and carrying a backpack, he stood awkwardly in the station, asking passers-by for the direction of the subway.He was looking for someone, the feeling that he would never find anyone, he still remembered.At a loss, with fear in my heart.

He's about to forget that feeling