Chapter 618: A Smoke-like Street Scene
Liu Chen fastened his seat belt, took out his mobile phone and looked at the photo, thinking about whether to send it to Tong Xinyan, but after thinking about it, the current Tong Xinyan may be in a state of intoxication, and he can't accept it at once, so it's better to tell her later, and remind her first.
Wu Sheng stepped on the brakes, turned his head and said, "Brother Liu, I saw the news this morning, saying that you are going to resign from all of Roman's positions? ”
Liu Chen put away his mobile phone, turned his head and responded: "This kind of thing should not be too high-profile, and I also decided it temporarily, that Sun Quan suddenly arranged the treatment of me on the front page, and I couldn't resist it for a while." ”
Wu Sheng thought of the news he saw when he got up this morning, so he continued: "I also saw the news in the morning, I thought it was not a big deal, I thought I would meet you today to have a chat, but I didn't expect you to respond to this matter so quickly and announce your resignation without warning." Immediately afterwards, various media rushed to report the news of your resignation, and I feel that the headlines on the front page of these articles are going to be dominated by you, hehe. ”
That's why I made this decision, when other people's attention is all in one direction, I can step away and do something else. "When others take the first step, Liu Chen has already thought about the matter after the third step, so for this morning's matter, he has already calculated everything by himself through Zhao Mengran's phone call last night, as for the resignation from Roman, it is actually not a temporary decision, this has always been in his plan.
"What do you want to do next?" Wu Sheng never let go of the brakes, waiting for Liu Chen to inform him of his destination.
Liu Chen thought for a while and said, "Let's go see Lang Song first, is he okay there?" Are there any suspicious characters?"
Wu Sheng frowned slightly and replied: "That's not true, it's good, it's just that he feels like he is under house arrest by us, and he has some doubts about our motives." ”
Liu Chen seemed to have been mentally prepared, shook his head and said calmly: "It's okay, I'll talk to him later." ”
Wu Sheng drove to the southwest of the river, this is a direction out of the city, there is no traffic control these days, since Ouyang Lan's incident, the city's vigilance has dropped several notches at once, Liu Chen looked at the building outside the window that was rapidly falling backwards, enjoying the pleasure of smooth all the way, but suddenly his smile froze, he saw the familiar level, remembered the familiar figure, all this, in fact, Ouyang Lan exchanged his life, for a while, infinite emotion and sighing.
After leaving the city, they continued to drive forward for about 20 kilometers, and Liu Chen and Wu Sheng came to a small village, this village only has one street passing through the middle, this street is quite lively, and the local customs are very strong.
A neat row of small vendors on the street are selling their wares, and in the breakfast shop, fragrant fried fritters waft the whole street. In the fruit shop, the owner is introducing his own fruits to customers, picking up a fruit knife and cutting half a watermelon, and hooking a corner for customers to taste and test. In the clothing store, several slim girls are picking out a dazzling array of new clothes, swinging in front of the fitting mirror. Cars coming and going in the crowded streets, shuttling with difficulty, horns sounding from time to time, but none of them sounded rushed, as if life here was so slow and so harmonious.
The scene in front of him reminded Liu Chen of the Chang'an town where he had tracked Tao Guangren to go. Although it has only been more than half a year since I last went to Chang'an Town, it feels like a long time has passed, because too many things have happened in between, Sun Quan has not appeared at that time, Ouyang Lan was still the deputy captain of the heroic criminal police brigade at that time, at that time, Xingchen Sand Field was just an inconspicuous start-up company, and at that time, the sky was not as dark as it is now.
Liu Chen and Wu Sheng crossed the entire street, detoured ten miles inside, and almost reached the innermost part of the village, in a dense woods, a dilapidated house on the second floor, which seemed particularly silent, and even the rustle of leaves could be heard in the wind.
This time this place is Wu Sheng is looking for, it is the home of a fellow villager in the past, the whole family went south to work, the house has been idle, it will age quickly after a long time, no one takes care of it, recently Wu Sheng contacted this fellow countryman, rented a house for a month, the fellow happily agreed, it is better than idle.
Wu Sheng took out the key and opened the door, there was a musty smell inside, and the furniture was full of dust, leaving footprints on the ground.
Liu Chen followed Wu Sheng cautiously up to the second floor and walked towards the room at the end of the corridor.
"He's in this room. Wu Sheng said and opened the door of the room.
After walking into the room, Liu Chen saw a surprised scene, only to see Lang Song lying on the bed with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, breathing evenly, but he still didn't wake up when he made a movement, not like an ordinary sleep.
Liu Chen asked, "What's wrong with him?"
Wu Sheng walked up to Lang Song, looked at it and said, "It's okay, I gave him a hypnotic pill, and the effect of the medicine is two hours." ”
"Why are you giving him this medicine, it's going to be life-threatening. Liu Chen asked suspiciously and puzzled, and there was a trace of worry, Ouyang Lan's matter was caused by this, Liu Chen didn't dare to do something similar again.
Wu Sheng said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry, Brother Liu, he can't die, this medicine is brand new and improved, which can not only ensure the efficacy of the medicine, but also reduce the side effects." If he doesn't give him this, he will find a way to escape from here, and I don't watch him every step of the day 24 hours a day. ”
Wu Sheng's concerns are also understandable, and when he thinks of Lang Song's doubts about this arrangement, it is inevitable that he will want to escape.
Liu Chen pouted and said, "Okay, I hope it's okay, we have to transfer him to the provincial capital as soon as possible, I'll make a call and ask Qin Si when he's leaving." ”
As soon as Liu Chen picked up the phone, another call came in, and coincidentally it was Qin Si calling.
Liu Chen hurriedly picked up the phone and asked, "I was about to call you, what are you looking for me?"
Qin Si's voice was a little excited and happy: "I'll tell you, I can go to the provincial capital this afternoon." ”
Liu Chen was pleasantly surprised after listening to Qin Si's words: "I was about to ask you about this, okay, what time is it in the afternoon, let's make an appointment to meet, and I'll bring Lang Song out." ”
"Well, about 13:30 p.m. ”
"Well, then wait for me at the exit of the city. ”
After agreeing on the time and place, he hung up the phone, since Qin Si's side was ready, then Liu Chen's actions on his side could also be advanced, he made a few more calls to arrange other things, and waited for Lang Song to wake up.
After waiting for a while, Liu Chen asked a little eagerly, "Wu Sheng, when did you give him a hypnotic pill?"
"It's almost an hour, and we'll have to wait another hour or so. Wu Sheng looked at Lang Song lying on the bed and replied truthfully.
"What a waste of time. Liu Chen complained, and then walked around the room, he rarely had such a moment of complaining.
Wu Sheng was stunned and looked at Liu Chen in shock, this was the first time he remembered that Liu Chen had lost his temper with him.
Liu Chen walked back and forth a few times, and probably realized that his words were serious, so he took the initiative to apologize: "I'm sorry, I was a little emotional just now, I'm just afraid that Ouyang Lan's tragedy will happen again." ”
So that's the case, Wu Sheng knew that Liu Chen's friendship with Ouyang Lan was very deep, and it was normal to have this reaction, and he also took the initiative to apologize to Liu Chen: "I'm sorry Brother Liu, I was careless." ”
"It's okay, just pay attention to it later, let's wait for him to wake up." With that, Liu Chen sat at the end of the bed, took out two cigarettes from his pocket, and threw one to Wu Sheng.
Wu Sheng noticed that when Liu Chen said the word "slowly", his eyes were a little unhappy, which seemed to confirm the previous complaint. Wu Sheng originally wanted to light a cigarette for Liu Chen, but as soon as he took a step, he found that Liu Chen had lit it himself, so he embarrassed and silently withdrew his fire.
Liu Chen smoked the cigarette in his hand fiercely, but his eyes kept staring at his feet, his heart was melancholy, and it seemed that he had encountered some difficulties, but Wu Sheng believed that Liu Chen was planning something important, so he also smoked silently and did not disturb Liu Chen.
In the whole room, three people, one lying on the bed, one sitting on the edge of the bed, and one leaning against the table, did not say a word, three different states, three different thoughts, just like their respective destinies.
In such a state, more than half an hour has passed, and a whole pack of cigarettes has been burned, and Liu Chen only likes to smoke at two times, one is when he wants to be ruthless to some people, and the other is when he thinks about problems wholeheartedly.
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Lang Song coughed a few times, opened his eyes, and slowly got up from the bed, he looked around with hazy eyes, and saw Wu Sheng leaning on the table, staring at him, he was startled, shifted his gaze, and found that Liu Chen was facing away from him, although he couldn't see his face, he was afraid and scared of Liu Chen's sudden arrival.
"You're awake. Liu Chen put away his cigarette and said with his back to Lang Song.
Lang Song heard Liu Chen's cold voice, and trembled unconsciously, he moved back and asked, "You...... Why are you here?"
Liu Chen turned around, leaned over and asked, "Why are you so scared? Am I like a ghost?"
Lang Song shrank and said, "No...... No, you're scarier than a ghost. ”
Liu Chen's face sank, "I don't like to hear what you say." ”
"Aren't you going to put me under house arrest here?" Lang Song looked at Liu Chen, and then at Wu Sheng, his heart full of fear.