Chapter 18: The Chalet Bar

It's night, the chalet bar on the west side of the esplanade.

The shop is not large, and the paint on the exterior wall is obviously mottled, apparently it has not been renovated for several years, and even the words "wooden house bar" have lost a small half of the paint, and you have to get closer to see it clearly. However, the old wooden wall is painted with all kinds of graffiti, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, and the wanton combination of lines and color blocks is very deviant, especially with an old-fashioned heavy motorcycle parked in front of the wooden house, which has a unique style and a bit of a broken and undefeated meaning.

As soon as Fu Yuan pushed open the wooden door, he heard a few faint lines of conversation coming from inside in the crisp sound of the wind chimes tinkling.

“…… How can you be busy and hire a boss lady as a helper......"

"How can anyone want to accompany me here to blow the sea breeze, I didn't eat the last meal, and you are a little popular when you come, and you are usually idle and ...... panic"

"Who doesn't know that you are not afraid of the deep ...... of wine here?"

Fu Yuan glanced at several customers in the store, as well as the young man who was busy behind the counter. I saw that the latter had dark skin, was not tall, and his hair seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time, and the handfuls were very messy, similar to the fishermen who had been on the beach for many years, only slightly neater. Under a closer look, her face can be a little familiar, especially the plump thick lips, which are very similar to the amorous proprietress in her memory.

She leaned over to the bar, chose a high chair not far from the man, ordered a glass of craft brew No. 2, and after two sips, she began to talk to the other party in a familiar tone. Only then did I know that the proprietress had died of illness, and the taciturn teenager had become a small boss who would joke with customers under the polish of the years. When the latter learned that she was a local, and had been here several times many years ago, and was very impressed by her mother, she was very moved, first talked about the past on the photo wall, and then gave Fu Yuan a large glass of milk Shi Tao very enthusiastically, saying that it was a special offer for women.

Fu Yuan was thinking about how to naturally enter the cliché stage, but he heard two dingdong in his ears.

A new guest has arrived.

She reflexively turned her head to look, but the next second she saw someone who didn't fit in here, and the half mouthful of wine in her mouth almost choked herself.

Meticulous pure black suit, meticulous neat hairstyle, meticulous and dignified demeanor......

Who else is not Liang Jingcheng?

The only difference is that today there is no big black umbrella. Fu Yuan thought wildly, maybe it was because at night, when he went out with an umbrella, he was not afraid of hitting ghosts and being treated as a psychopath.

She really couldn't connect this person with the other tourists in floral shirts next to her, the young man with a relaxed posture, or even the little businessman with a lot of seafood. Isn't this man supposed to be only about wine glasses and castles? That pale face looks like a vampire in the Middle Ages......

Looking at the young man who followed behind him, he seemed to be a little familiar, like the person who followed him when the two met for the first time at the police station, probably a colleague or something.

Probably because of what Duan Biren said, she had a very complicated perception of Liang Jingcheng, and she also knew that the person had a cold temperament, the two of them were just general friends, plus they had companions, so they didn't plan to say hello, so they just turned their heads as if nothing happened.

She was slandering in her heart, but Liang Jingcheng quickly discovered her existence and noticed her rather cool dress and the different smoky makeup on her face. He didn't react, he only added a few more records to Fu Yuan in his heart, and then walked straight to the bar, and said lightly: "Is it Mr. Lu Weilu?"

"Yes, I am, you are ......"

Lu Wei rarely saw such a dressed guest, not to mention that the two of them looked ill-intentioned and were still confused, so the younger one took out a photo.

"Mr. Lu, you have been open for many years, right? It is said that there is a basic lunch break throughout the year, and it is open from 12 noon to 2 o'clock in the evening every day, and it is very popular, and there must be many people who have seen it, especially in this area. I don't know, have you ever seen this person?"

Lu Wei took a closer look, his expression was slightly sluggish, and he slowly shook his head.

"I don't know, I haven't seen it. What are you looking for this man?"

Zou Jie lowered his voice and quickly explained a few words, Fu Yuan couldn't hear clearly, only heard a few keywords, and had a little guess in his heart. Seeing the expression on Lu Wei's face change slightly, he changed from suspicious to calm.

"After such a long time, there were so many guests, I really can't remember. ”

Zou Jie felt bitter in his heart.

Today, he went to the detention center, and when he talked to Han Chao about the case, he learned that he happened to be drinking in this bar on the winter night when the rape case occurred last year. Because it was approaching the end of the year, the foreman was still dragging on his salary for two months, and Han Chao was sad that he had no money to go home for the New Year, so he broke the jar and thought about borrowing wine to kill his sorrows. He was a poor drinker, he was dizzy after a few glasses of rice wine, he fell asleep in the store, and the boss woke him up when it was closed, and kindly pointed him to the bus stop with a night bus to wait for the bus.

Now the prosecutor is going to indict Han Chao for rape, and they have also determined that he is related to the previous cases. Three lives, a blind survivor, and the attempted rape that led to his arrest, if the facts are confirmed, Han Chao will be sentenced to more than 10 years, and under the pressure of public opinion, he may be sentenced to death.

However, on the other hand, if they can overturn any of the first four cases, they can help Han Chao clear up his involvement with those four cases and demote him from a rapist with serious circumstances to an attempted rape, plus he is a first-time offender and has a good attitude of admitting guilt, and may be able to get a lenient sentence of less than 3 years.

In this way, it will definitely make the smug Prosecutor Luo lose face. Zou Jie thought.

But the key is that Han Chao can't come up with strong evidence, especially the time of the first three cases is too far away, Han Chao can't remember where he was or what he did that day, and he can't put forward alibi evidence, that is, the drinking on the night of the fourth case was barely remembered by him with great effort and good inducement.

thought that he had found a breakthrough in the case, and he also fought for Liang Jingcheng to accompany him, but he didn't expect to touch a nail at the bar owner.

Liang Jingcheng coughed lightly, Zou Jie immediately woke up from his distress, and after looking at Liang Jingcheng, he smiled, took out a small pile of red banknotes, and pushed it to the photo with a smile.

"That, Mr. Lu think about it again, after all, it's normal to not be able to remember it for a while. ”

When Lu Wei saw the banknotes, his face was not very good-looking, his brows were furrowed, he didn't say anything, he just picked up the photo and looked at it a few times, and after thinking about it for a long time, the answer remained the same.

"Sorry, I really don't remember. Maybe he did, but I can't testify to what I don't remember, and I hope you understand. As he spoke, he pushed back the photo and the banknote together, his tone was very cold, and he even ignored the two of them, picked up a large cardboard box with one hand and walked back.

Zou Jie had a headache, and he was even more instigated that this trip to vain might cause Liang Jingcheng's cold eyes.

When the three of them were talking, Fu Yuan watched coldly, although he didn't dare to stare at them all the time, he could only prick up his ears and eavesdrop, but he also guessed the ins and outs of the matter, and he was even more dissatisfied in his heart.

Do they actually want to defend a scumbag like Han Chao? No wonder, it seems that Lao Duan is not wrong, this person is not only dressed like a crow, but also black on the outside and inside, and takes on any case, and he is not afraid of walking too much at night and encountering ghosts.

After Liang Jingcheng and the others left, she decided to use this topic as a breakthrough, first complained to Lu Wei about the rights and wrongs of the lawyer's profession now, and then talked about the public security issues in the city on the case mentioned by Liang Jingcheng and others, and expressed their nostalgia for the relatively simple era of the people more than ten years ago.

Then, he entered the main topic of Fu Yuan's visit today.

She's been hanging out of several bars tonight in this outfit, almost four kilometres from the east of the esplanade. No matter how good the water nature and physical strength of the female snitch are, it is impossible for her to swim so far without going ashore, so she doesn't believe it, and no one in this area will see her!

Sure enough, she provoked the conversation as a gossip bystander, and added fuel and vinegar to tell Lu Wei about the recent unlucky incident of "her own boss" Zhu Mou, and naturally led the topic to the point where she was happy to see it happen. And Lu Wei didn't disappoint her, he was not as cautious and vigilant as Fang Cai when he faced Liang Jingcheng and the others, he was very relaxed in front of her, and the time was relatively close, and an important clue broke out after a little thought.

"It seems that there was such a person, there were few customers that night, and I closed before 12 o'clock. When I went out, I saw a chicken walking on the road in the distance, his clothes were wet, as if he had jumped into the sea water and took a bath......"

Fu Yuan was overjoyed, but Lu Wei then smiled and said: "I thought he was going to be martyred, maybe he was dumped by his girlfriend and came here to vent." I've seen a lot of this kind of young people, and there are always one or two of them every three or five days, especially in the graduation season. Don't talk about it, let's just say that in June last year, I ......"

Fu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly interrupted: "Is it a man? Or is it a young man?" Isn't this contradictory to Qi Dayou's female snitch's inference?

In order to hide her shock, she pretended to be mysterious and said: "But it is rumored in our company that it was said that it was a woman, that is, Mr. Zhu's former lover, because he was dissatisfied with the breakup fee was too small, and he had a conflict......

"Oh, I don't know how old I am, so I'll just say it casually. After all, most of the people who want to make trouble when there is a problem with their relationship are still young people. However, I can be sure that the man is definitely a man!" Lu Wei said with a strong voice.

The night was getting darker, and the other guests were leaving one after another, Fu Yuan didn't notice it for a while because of the rise of chatting with Lu Wei, and when she came back to her senses, she saw that the hour hand was almost pointing to 12 o'clock, and there was only one table of customers left in the store except her, and the latter just got up and prepared to leave.

After Fu Yuan confirmed it again and again, he felt that the reliability of the information was relatively high, and he was ready to retreat first, but he was enthusiastically retained by Lu Wei.

"It's so late, it's not safe for you to take a taxi as a girl. There were just no guests, so I closed early. Which district do you live in?I live in Sai Wan, and I'll send you off by the way~"

Fu Yuan only enjoyed the small motorcycle transfer of the little brother of the beach lifeguard yesterday, and she felt that it was indispensable, but she regretted it a little not long after she got on the locomotive. She can see that today's "sacrificial hue" cliché is quite effective, Lu Wei is also very interested in her, but this person is different from Liu Ming's feeling to her, if you have to make an analogy, Liu Ming is at most a vigorous pony, but this Lu Wei is more like a leopard on the grassland, full of aggression.

Seeing that the topic in Lu Wei's mouth began to deviate, as if it had a different kind of suggestive meaning, Fu Yuan couldn't help but start to be a little vigilant, and the egg-shaped spray in his hand was pinched again.

The locomotive drove along the empty coastal road, and the sudden rumble seemed to hit her heart.

Xu was aware of Fu Yuan's silence, Lu Wei naturally laughed and changed the topic again, and the stagnant atmosphere returned to normal again.

However, I don't know if Fu Yuan has been unlucky recently, or Lu Wei himself has been unlucky, the car just drove around a corner, and the sudden sound stopped abruptly and he couldn't walk.

After stopping for a check, Lu Wei frowned and said, "It's broken, I have to find someone to tow the car." He glanced at his phone, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he cursed in a low voice, "The phone is out of battery." Miss Fu, can you lend me your phone?"

Fu Yuan hesitated, and was about to take out his mobile phone, but there was a dark sound behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that a black off-road vehicle had stopped behind them at some point.