After the dregs

Gu Yuxiu bought a plane ticket and went to Lancheng in the afternoon. At that time, Han Zhibai was still awake, so he told Uncle Chen to take care of people first.

He got off the plane at the airport, put his luggage in the hotel, and then found Li Haidong's former address based on the address Sheng Du gave him.

Hutong, No. 96 Lancheng West Street.

This place is located on the fringe of the city. During the construction in the 90s, the developer ran away with money, resulting in a lot of unfinished buildings. Now it has not been developed for many years and there are rows of low-rise houses attached to it. It is already very dilapidated and completely mixed. gray lot.

When Gu Yuxiu arrived, several five or six-year-old children were squatting by the well to wash their hair, and the dirty water mixed with white foam dripped down the center of the stagnant water.At the intersection, two boys with tattooed arms were sitting in front of the barbershop, lighting a cigarette and turning their heads to look at him. One of them stared at him, squinted his eyes and dusted off the cigarette ash, slowly exhaling white mist.

That kind of look is not kind, it has the taste of being unable to hold back when a wild animal is hunting.

Gu Yuxiu made up his mind, he didn't look any more when he came back to his senses, he searched one by one according to the address, until it was completely dark, and finally found a tin house in the south of the inside with a few turns and turns.

He stood outside the door and knocked on the door for a full minute before the door "creaked" opened half a crack.

It was an old woman who opened the door. She leaned out from behind the door vigilantly, stared at Gu Yuxiu closely with her gray eyes, opened her mouth after a while and asked: " Who are you looking for?"

Gu Yuxiu took a few steps back, and asked with a light smile, "Old man, may I ask, is this Li Haidong's house? I'll come to him to do something."

After hearing what he said, the old woman shook her head first, then nodded again, her whole face twisted strangely: "Is Dongzi here? He hasn't come back for many years. Who are you? What do you want from him? You Is it Gaj's?" The old woman leaned against the door and asked nervously.

"Mr. Li, isn't he at home?" Gu Yuxiu seemed to be taken aback before explaining: "It's such an old man. I'm not a jc. I came here because an uncle in the family knew Mr. Li before. The two have a good relationship. I also asked him to borrow some money over the years, the old man has been unable to let go of this matter, and he was still thinking about it when he left, so he entrusted me to come and settle this matter."

The old woman swept him up and down. Seeing that the young man was well-dressed and clean-looking, she probably felt a little confident in her heart. She smacked her lips and let go of her hand: "Oh. He came to pay back the money? How much is it? Ah? Can you just give it to me? I'm his mother."

"Old man," Gu Yuxiu glanced into the room, looking back a little embarrassed: "It is written in the will that it needs to be confirmed by Mr. Li in person to take effect, and it has legal effect. I really can't promise you. Since he If I’m not there, I’ll go back first, wait a few days, and come back when he comes back.”

He made a gesture to turn around and was about to leave when the thin man who had been hiding under the lamp in the room just now couldn't bear it anymore. Suddenly, a cat came out and licked his lips and called him: "Wait! I'll take you to see Brother Haidong !"

Gu Yuxiu turned around, and by the light, he could clearly see the man standing behind him, he was very thin, his slender eyes were full of shrewd and greedy light, and at this moment, his eyes were all looking at the prey look.

"You are?" Gu Yuxiu pretended not to notice his expression, and asked with a smile, "Who are you, Mr. Li?"

"Don't ask too much," the man rubbed his hands, his body wrapped in dirty clothes unconsciously leaned over, but his eyes were surprisingly bright: "I'll take you to see him, okay?"

Gu Yuxiu looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Okay."

At 07:30 in the evening, the night of Lancheng just became lively.The people of Lancheng are tough and enthusiastic, and they are very lively at night. At this time, the lights of various colors are so beautiful that they are dazzling.No wonder some people say that Lancheng is a happy paradise.

Right now, Han Zhibai has no time to pay attention to these things.He dialed the number again.

Still can't get through.

The phone has been disconnected.

After he got off the plane, he made a dozen or so phone calls in a row, but Gu Yuxiu's phone was always disconnected, and the phone was always on the phone.Before he left, Chen Shuhu stopped him with a serious face, but accidentally missed the address of the hotel he had booked.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is in the middle of a call, sorry..." The mechanical voice reminded again, Han Zhibai frowned and hung up the phone. He directly ignored the taxi drivers who were blocking him, and went straight from the airport to the hotel.

Uncle Chen talked about it, and he knew the hotel room number without asking. The elevator turned around and knocked on the door for about ten times. When Gu Yuxiu opened the door and saw that he was surprised: "Mr. Han? No good..."

Han Zhibai's expression finally became a little loose, he stood at the door and glanced at him, pursed his lips and walked inside.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Yuxiu followed behind, not knowing why.

"Your cell phone has been disconnected, what's the matter?" Han Zhibai scanned the room and turned to ask him, but his tone trembled slightly imperceptibly.

Gu Yuxiu understood when he heard the words. He first went to the glass of water and handed it over: "The phone is out of battery, and I didn't realize it. You know everything about it? Sit down and drink some water. Your illness is still not healed. I'll tell you everything."

Han Zhibai took the cup and nodded: "Yes."

After waiting for him to sit down, Gu Yuxiu told him exactly what happened just now, including the man just now.

When Han Zhibai heard that he promised to see Li Haidong, his whole body tensed up, his spine was tense and ready to get up, his eyes were fixed on him, "You promised him? You..."

"I don't know much about Lancheng, and it's night again. And before I'm sure, I won't gamble with my personal safety." Gu Yuxiu shook his head, he thought for a while and said: "I'll show him His will is false. However, I gave him a sum of money in advance to satisfy his appetite."

This family refused to tell the truth to the jc who visited repeatedly, but bit the bait regardless of the money, it was really greedy.

"I've already contacted the local jf in Lancheng and I'll go tomorrow..." Han Zhibai had been listening quietly while he was speaking. Yu Xiu was stunned, lowered his eyes and asked uncomfortably, "What... are you doing?"

"Don't move, just for a while, just for a while." Han Zhibai's tone was inexplicably pleading, and Gu Yuxiu felt a sudden shiver in his heart, so he let him not move.

After a long time, Han Zhibai looked at him and said slowly: "I was very scared just now."

Gu Yuxiu looked up at him: "What are you afraid of?"

Han Zhibai kept looking at him greedily, without leaving his eyes, and wanted to touch his face with his fingertips, but suddenly retracted, and only told him softly: "I'm afraid I won't find you."

Gu Yuxiu listened, lowered his voice and lowered his head: "I'm already here."

"Yeah..." Han Zhibai stared at him and suddenly laughed at himself: "And I'm very jealous now. You will take risks for...for others. You really like him."

Gu Yuxiu's face suddenly changed when he heard this, his lips moved a few times but he couldn't say anything, so he turned his head and simply remained silent.

"Sorry." Just as he was thinking, Han Zhibai let go of his hand first, his emotions seemed to have calmed down, and his expression was very calm.

"It's ok."

"Go to bed early." He seemed to have forgotten what happened just now, turned around and closed the door, and said.

Gu Yuxiu nodded: "Yes."

After Han Zhibai left, he went to clean up the teacup, and when he heard the door open, he lowered his head and asked, "Why are you back again?"

Hearing that Han Zhibai didn't speak, Gu Yuxiu raised his head and was about to ask him, when he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

That kiss as light as a feather fell on his lips, it was Han Zhibai holding his face, the kiss was precious and nostalgic.

Gu Yuxiu moved his hands, and suddenly found that the man in front of him had a ring of eyelashes hanging down completely covering his expression, somehow, there was a kind of glass-like lightness and fragility.

At a loss, Gu Yuxiu didn't know whether to push him away or hit him again.

After more than 30 seconds, Han Zhibai slowly let go of his hand and took a few steps back.

He looked at Gu Yuxiu, suddenly smiled, his Adam's apple rolled up and down several times, and seemed to spend a lot of effort to say: "Don't be angry, I promise I won't pester you again when I go back, and I won't see you again." In front of him, I won't make you angry again, you and that person, you... have a good time as a family. "

Gu Yuxiu's face turned pale when he heard the words, he closed his eyes tightly, opened them after a long time and nodded: "Okay..."

"Good night."

Han Zhibai closed the door, he leaned on the table and slowly returned to the sofa.

No one will mention what happened tonight.

The next morning, there was a mist like evaporated milk on the river, and special wontons were sold at the morning market beside the river in Lancheng.

Gu Yuxiu specially bought two bowls of wontons and brought them back to the hotel. He took them back and took them apart, only to find that both bowls were filled with shredded ginger and shallots. It seems that the proprietress was too busy, so she probably got them mixed up.

Han Zhibai didn't react much when he saw it. He sat down and ate half a mouthful gracefully without blinking his eyelids.

Gu Yuxiu looked surprised, and unconsciously asked, "Can you eat it?"

"What's wrong?" Han Zhibai looked up at him, his expression normal.

"It's nothing." Gu Yuxiu shook his head and stopped worrying.

There are text messages.

It was sent by the man, and the map he was given was an old underground garage, asking him to bring half of the cash to this place before three o'clock in the afternoon.

However, according to the information given by Sheng Du, Li Haidong has an extremely weird and dark personality, and his whereabouts are erratic. Most of the time, even the people under him are not sure about his actions, so I don't have much confidence in this matter. .

Gu Yuxiu looked at the time and said, "I'll notify the local jf, in case something happens, you..."

"I'll go with you." Han Zhibai put down his chopsticks, looked at him and repeated, "I'll go with you."

At nine o'clock in the morning, Jiangcheng Criminal Police Brigade.

"you can go now."

jy helped him untie his wrist, Shi Yan loosened his wrist, and his expression did not change from the beginning to the end.

When they walked outside, Uncle Chen and the others had already been waiting, and eagerly stepped forward: "Brother Ninth."

Shi Yan didn't make a sound, he turned his head and saw Ji Shu leaning on the car and waving to him, smiling happily with his eyes squinted.

Shi Yan frowned and looked at him, then cursed coldly: "Crazy!"

Ji Shu rested his chin and was not angry, but was so happy that he wanted to lick his paws, and smiled brightly: "Little uncle, happy to be released from prison, I prepared a surprise for you to wash away the dust."

Shi Yan ignored him and turned around to leave.

"go home."

Shi Yan searched around after returning home, but did not see Gu Yuxiu, so he went downstairs and asked Uncle Chen coldly: "Where are the others?"

As soon as Uncle Chen heard this, he lowered his head and rubbed his hands. When he became nervous, he stuttered and said in a few paragraphs: "Brother Ninth... what, Mr. Gu, he doesn't know yet, you come out, that one went yesterday, go , look for... find Li Haidong..."

"Idiot!" Shi Yan understood, he opened his eyes wide, looked at Uncle Chen in disbelief, and scolded: "Which one of you let him go?! He doesn't know who Li Haidong is, but you don't?! "

"Forget, forget," Uncle Chen looked at him, his head almost dropped to the bottom of his pants: "Also, Mr. Han also went... the one from the Han family."

"Ji Shu!"

Shi Yan was really furious.

He greeted his nephew's family with a rare and unimaginable swear word.

"Well, you can figure it out."

Ji Shu sat on the leather seat, hung up the phone on his legs, stubbed out his cigarette, and changed the song.

He is in a good mood.

The music became more and more passionate, and when it was close to the climax, it stopped suddenly, followed by a "bang".

Suddenly there was a gunshot under Lancheng's garage.

[The author has something to say]: Have I been forgotten?

The protagonist group is destroyed, ye