"Don't touch it. ”

The woman's voice pulled him back to reality at once, and when he looked at him again, he couldn't help but be startled, his right hand had been stretched out at some point, and his fingers were almost touching the belly of the bronze statue.

Frightened, Chai Xu hurriedly took his hand back, and cast his eyes towards the wooden counter, only to see that behind the dim counter, the woman's pupils exuded a cold glow, looking at herself upright.

is a little different from the laziness and confusion just now, her eyes are sharp at this time, and she is full of coldness.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Chang. ”

Chai Xu just wanted to explain, but the woman turned around and pushed open the door as if she didn't care, and finally dropped a sentence very coldly.

"I'm not Chang Ziming, wait here. ”

With that, she closed the door.

Tick, tick.

The room fell into a deathly silence, and if it weren't for the old-fashioned wall clock on the wall, Chai Xu even felt that time had been stopped at this moment.

“... What's the situation, she's not Chang Ziming?"

Chai Xu even had a feeling that this would be the base of some kind of strange organization, so would he be in danger of his own life, and then he recalled that in the morning at the police station, when the leader took the documents to him, some old policemen next to him cast a sympathetic look.

Damn, am I being calculated again?

Thinking about the series of encounters he has had since graduation, he is now really sure that there is an invisible hand behind his back that secretly controls his fate.

Who is it, and why did you do this? Chai Xu secretly vowed to find out these things.

Squeak.

The door behind the counter was pushed open again, and the woman stepped out of the back room, her long black hair neatly tied back in a long ponytail.

She slowly walked out of the counter, and Chai Xu found that her pink pajamas had been replaced by very cute sweaters and skirts.

"Ma'am, may I ask if you are a resident here?"

Chai Xu put on a serious face unique to a policeman, looked at the woman walking towards him and said.

As if she hadn't heard, the woman picked up a yellow vegetable basket from under the counter, walked straight past Chai Xu's side, and when she passed by, she glanced at the little policeman out of the corner of her eye, and whispered at the same time.

"Tell him. ”

Then he picked up a small black coat hanging on the hanger next to the door and walked out of the door, Chai Xu was thrown down again, this time he was a little angry.

No matter how you say it, you are also a policeman, and today because of the first day of work, there is no law enforcement recorder on it, but I have always been polite and pay great attention to attitude, because this is his principle of Chai Xuewen, no matter what you do, you must do a good job.

But no matter how gentle a person is, he can't stand being snubbed one after another like this, whether he owes you money or what's wrong.

Besides, Chai Xu had been very keen to listen to the movement in that room since just now, there was no movement at all, Chai Xu's senses were very sensitive, not only his nose, in such a quiet environment, even if a needle fell in that room, he would definitely be able to detect it for the first time.

Chai Xu, who was hanging in the house, began to reminisce about what the mysterious woman had just said.

When she said the name Chang Ziming, she didn't react, indicating that she was familiar with the name, but she was not Chang Ziming, from the clothes she wore when she first came to open the door, she had spent the night here at least last night.

And her last sentence.

"Tell him. ”

Who is he referring to?

It was a simple job to convey the announcement, but now it seemed unusually strange, and as he pondered, he turned his head to face the counter again, wanting to take another look at the room, but it was this glance that scared him so much that he almost sat on the ground.

Behind the counter, I don't know when a black shadow stood upright.

Silent, without the slightest popularity, the man stood behind the counter, staring at him with a pair of cold pupils.

"What man!?"

Chai Xu was a little nervous, although he was a policeman and had excellent grades in the police academy, he was only a 20-year-old young man who had never seen the world, and today this house made him feel very gloomy, coupled with a series of strange fright, and now this one, he was completely tossed and couldn't stand it.

"Disturbing people's dreams, and noisy, it's really a rude offspring. “

The man's voice sounded a little low, and his tone was cold, but it made Chai Xu breathe a sigh of relief, he could speak, that proved that he was a person, and he would not be afraid if he was a person.

"This comrade, why didn't you move when you walked. ”

As soon as he calmed down, Chai Xu felt another strangeness, with his own senses, it was impossible not to detect a big living person coming out of the house in such a dark environment.

Moreover, he seems to be staring at himself all the time, and if a person is stared at, there will be a certain discomfort in his subconscious, and this discomfort will make people quickly realize that they are being stared at.

But I didn't feel anything at all just now, this person was like a ghost, and he didn't have any popularity at all.

The man didn't answer, he walked out from behind the counter, and by the light shining in from the door, Chai Xu found that it was a man with a slender body but a very thin physique.

"You're a cop?"

The man walked up to Chai Xu and looked at his face, and asked with some confusion.

"Hello comrade. Chai Xu saluted a symbolic salute, and at the same time took out his police ID card again.

"I'm a police officer from the Eastern District Police Station, you can call me Xiaochai. ”

The man stepped forward a little more, and his face appeared in the light.

Chai Xu found that the man was very young, estimated to be not much different from himself, he was wearing a black robe, looking a little quaint, like a teacher during the Republic of China.

But his appearance is not at all as steady as that of Mr. Teaching...

How to say it, Chai Xu's first impression when he saw him... It's yin, and then ... He actually thought that this man was quite good-looking... Pretty?

Yes, this man is not the type that can be described as handsome, which makes Chai Xu very entangled, he has always hated the existence of sissy the most, that is, the so-called straight man of steel, but this man, although he looks feminine, his temperament is not a girl at all, but there is an elegant atmosphere of a handsome son.

"You also work on weekends, don't you take a break?"

Unexpectedly, the man asked the same question as the woman just now, coupled with his slightly messy black hair, and his face was still tired, Chai Xu immediately knew that the two of them should have just gotten up.

"To do this, if there is a need, you must go to work, how can there be a rest, sorry, comrade, it bothers you, but I still hope you can cooperate with our work. ”

Chai Xu let himself keep smiling as much as possible, and the man picked up the document left by the woman from the counter behind him, and while reading the document, his eyes kept looking at Chai Xu.

"Haven't seen you, new here?"

His sudden question made Chai Xu still a little unresponsive.

When the man was reading the documents, Chai Xu also kept looking at the strange room, and kept rubbing his hands at the same time, because it was too cold inside, even if he was wearing winter duty clothes, his hands and feet were still extremely cold.

"Yes, today is my first day at the Eastern District Police Station, comrade, you are very familiar with the police officers of the Eastern District Police Station?"

The East District Police Station is located in the old town of City C, and this old house is built next to the old park, not far from the police station, but it is not so much that he can see that he is a newcomer at a glance.

Chai Xu's heart was a little suspicious.

"Well, guess. ”

The man took the initiative to cut off the topic, and at the same time looked at the document quietly again, Chai Xu did not continue to find fault, this man gave him an inexplicable sense of disobedience, he pondered in his heart, and went back after explaining the matter.

About two minutes later, the man handed the document back to Chai Xu.

"Comrade, is there anything you don't understand about the leader's solution? If you want to communicate with the leader further, you can also convey it to me. ”

The man walked unhurriedly to the door, pressed the switch, and the whole room lit up.

Chai Xu's face turned black all of a sudden.

Grass, for a long time, there is a light in this house, and I really have too preconceived subjective impressions, thinking that this old house cannot be electrified.

"Let Zhu Yan come by himself. ”

The man walked back inside the counter and began to sort out the goods on the shelves on either side of the counter.

Zhu Yan?

Chai Xu was puzzled for a long time, who is the name that suddenly appeared, it sounds a little familiar.

Seeing that Chai Xu didn't respond for a long time, the man turned his head, looked at him and said.

"Let you, Director Zhu, come by yourself. ”

At this time, Chai Xu suddenly realized, yes, isn't the director of their Eastern District Police Station called Zhu Yan, isn't he the one who gave him the order this morning, why did he forget it.

"Didn't Lao Zhu tell you, don't come to me alone?"

Finding that Chai Xu didn't speak, the man suddenly seemed to be interested, he leaned his body against the counter, and didn't know where to take out a long cigarette stick, this thing Chai Xu had seen his grandfather in the countryside use, smoking tobacco, and it was so strong that even some old smokers might not be able to withstand a few puffs.

Now he actually saw this thing in a man who was about the same age as himself, which deepened the sense of disobedience in Chai Xu's heart a little.

"Comrade, Director Zhu didn't explain much, do you have something to say?"

But on his face, he was silent, and said with a smile.

The man put the cigarette holder to the corner of his mouth, took a deep breath, and then took a puff, and the smoke filled the room.

The smell of smoke is very strong, but it does not choke the nose, and there is even a faint aroma, which is different from the pine and gooseberry that you smell when you walk in, this is a strange fragrance, and the taste of tobacco is completely different.

"Comrade policeman, you misunderstood..."The man shook his cigarette holder on the counter, looked at Chai Xu and said with a smile.

"Your work has been delivered, now it's time for you to go. ”

Although there was no topic between the two, Chai Xu always felt that he was only halfway through the conversation, and the other party issued an eviction order, and he felt a little uncomfortable, but what they said was right, his documents were also delivered, and he also read it, if he really talked about negotiations, he was not qualified to do so.

But... He didn't intend to leave like that, because he smelled something that made him shudder in the midst of the staggered aromas just now.

"Comrade, you... What kind of shop is this?"

“... Oh, you're interested?"

The man moved the cigarette pipe from the corner of his mouth, looked at Chai Xu and said lightly.

"I'm not interested, well, let's put it this way, my documents don't say that you're a business shop, I said..."

He stared into the man's eyes as he walked towards the counter.

"You can't be a black shop, if it's convenient, can I take a look at your business license?" Mr. Chang Ziming?"

Chai Xu and Chang Ziming's eyes met, and after a long time, Chang Ziming suddenly sprayed the breath in his mouth lightly on Chai Xu's face, making him suddenly sneeze.

When I opened my eyes again, a slightly stiff piece of paper stood in front of me.

"Pawn business license..."Chai Xu read out the words on the paper, it turned out that this was a business license, and on the name of the store that was allowed to operate, it was written the words "Changji pawnshop".

"Pawnshop?"

Chai Xu didn't expect that this was actually a pawn shop, so these strange things on the shelves were other people's pawns?

With a swipe, the permit was taken back by Chang Ziming, as if by magic, and the paper disappeared into his palm in an instant.

"Any questions now, officer?"

Chang Ziming put the pipe in his mouth again, and said lightly after taking two puffs.

"In the future, please take care of the business of the small shop. ”

Chai Xu really didn't know what business he had to do with the pawnshop, and he still wanted to flatter a few words, but at this moment, he felt a cold wind blowing, and when he looked back, the door had been pushed open, and a very well-behaved little girl in a purple dress was standing at the door.

"This is your daughter, the child is very cute. ”

The girl's big watery eyes looked at Chai Xu like this, and he also replied with a very gentle smile, but Chai Xu didn't notice it, at this time Chang Ziming looked at his expression full of surprise, he stared at the back of Chai Xu's head, as if he had discovered something very incredible.

"Boss Chang, how old is the child, what grade is he in?"

"Get out. ”

Chang Ziming said coldly, Chai Xu thought he was talking to himself, so he could only helplessly straighten his clothes, saluted Chang Ziming and said.

"Boss Chang, I'm bothering you on the weekend, then..."

"Didn't say anything about you. ”

Chang Ziming didn't even look at Chai Xu, just stared at the little girl at the door.

"Help me..."

The girl looked about seven or eight years old, her voice was immature, and she looked at Chang Ziming with a pitiful look, but Chang Ziming looked iron-faced and selfless, Chai Xu felt a little strange when she saw it, these two people didn't seem to be the father-daughter relationship he thought.

"Can't help, get out. ”

The tone was a little heavier, and the cigarette in Chang Ziming's hand slammed heavily on the table, causing the little girl to take a step back, her eyes red and slightly moist.

"Boss Chang, what's the situation, don't be so fierce to children, right?"

After Chai Xu finished speaking, he walked in front of the little girl, he slowly squatted down, I don't know why, he always felt that the girl exuded a strange atmosphere.

"Little sister, what's your name?"

He tried to keep his voice as gentle as possible, and the little girl looked at him timidly and said in a trembling voice.

“... Fluttershy. ”

"What do you want her to do for you, can my brother help?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden laughter from behind the counter, of course Chai Xu knew who this laughter came from, he just turned his head and glared at Chang Ziming, but the latter was still smoking the cigarette holder with a blank face.

"I... I'm looking for someone... I... I want to find my dad..."

It turned out to be a lost child, Chai Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he felt a little strange, why did a lost child go to such a strange pawn shop owner to help? And listening to Chang Ziming's tone just now, this child seemed to have been here more than once.

"Looking for someone, my brother will help you find it, you see, my brother is a policeman. ”

Chai Xu pulled the cap on his head with his hand, and the girl's wandering eyes looked at Chai Xu for the first time, and her big watery eyes were suddenly full of anticipation.

“... Brother... You... Will you help me?"

Before Chai Xu could answer, Chang Ziming didn't know when he had walked behind him and said coldly.

"Get out, I won't say a third time. ”

Chai Xu was a little angry, he faced Chang Ziming, and said righteously.

"Boss Chang, I hope you can be more civilized with children, and she said that she and her father were lost, this is already a case of missing children, you don't report it, but you have to drive the child away, how can your conscience go. “

Chang Ziming was counted by Chai Xu, and his face was still expressionless.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Chai Xu didn't say anything, just turned around and said to the little girl.

"Fluttershy, go back to the police station with your brother, and he'll help you find your father. ”

"Really?" asked the little girl, trembling.

"Well, my brother is a police officer, the best kind, and he does what he says. ”

The little girl suddenly smiled, she looked at Chai Xu, stretched out her delicate little hands, and her tail finger was facing Chai Xu.

“... Hook. ”

Chai Xu thinks this child is very cute, in fact, as a policeman, he shouldn't promise casually, he can only promise to do his best, but now he really doesn't want to disappoint this child, so he hooked up with the little girl.

"Hanging for a hundred years is not allowed to change. ”

“... Hee-hee. ”

After the hook was drawn, the little girl suddenly let out a small chuckle, this laughter... But it made Chai Xu suddenly have a creepy feeling.

Chang Ziming, who was behind him, shook his head slowly.

"Alright, officer, since you have something to do, I won't leave you to eat, please go back. ”

He made a gesture of please to Chai Xu, Chai Xu gave him a blank look, took the little girl's hand, and walked out of the room without even saying goodbye.

“... Good words are hard to convince damn ghosts. ”

Chang Ziming looked at the back of Chai Xu leaving, and sighed heavily.