Under the repeated persuasion of He Ning, the temporary worker finally agreed to meet with them, and they made an appointment on the phone, which was a small restaurant near the place where the temporary worker in the bureau was now working, and the meeting time was after he got off work, and the condition for the meeting was that He Ning and Tang Li would entertain him for a meal. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, this is a person who has really dealt with Ye Maocai, and the significance to He Ning and them is naturally extraordinary, so they can still meet this kind of request for a meal, not to mention that the location where the other party proposed to invite a meal is not a particularly expensive big hotel, but an ordinary small restaurant.

So at the appointed time, He Ning and Tang Li set off to the meeting place, and sure enough, they saw the person they wanted to meet in the small restaurant, a temporary worker named Li Xing.

Of course, it is obviously not appropriate to call someone a temporary worker now, and Li Xing has now ended his life of constantly changing part-time jobs, working as a delivery boy at a pastry house near where they met, and is responsible for riding a motorcycle to deliver cakes and pastries to customers who order cakes and pastries here. Seeing He Ning and Tang Li, Li Xing was still a little nervous and cramped, originally he had already taken the first step to come to this small restaurant that he was more familiar with, and had already found a relatively quiet seat to sit down, as soon as he saw He Ning and Tang Li coming, he hurriedly stood up in a panic, and accidentally knocked over the chair next to him, and the wooden chair fell to the ground with a bang, which caused the people around him to look over one after another, he was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, Tang Li quietly helped up the chair, motioned him to sit down and said slowly, he sat down at a loss, for a while, I couldn't even figure out where my two hands should be.

"Don't be nervous, let's just talk casually. Seeing that he was nervous like that, He Ning knew that he might not be able to achieve any effective communication if he continued like this, so he stretched out his hand and signaled to the waiter, and when he waited for the waiter to come over, he said to Li Xing, "Let's talk while eating, you should be more familiar with this shop, right?"

Li Xing responded, still a little unable to let go, the waiter brought the menu to him, he was stunned for a while, and finally very cautiously chose a few moderately priced dishes, and then sat there silently, with his hands between his two thighs, and lowered his head as if studying the lines of the table.

"Do you know how to drink, do you usually have the habit of eating and drinking?" He Ning asked him with a smile.

Li Xing raised his head nervously to look at her as soon as she spoke, and after listening to her question, he nodded: "Usually if there is nothing to do, I will also drink some beer, but it is not white, I don't have it." ”

He Ning nodded, stretched out his hand to signal, called the waiter again, and ordered a bottle of beer for Li Xing, Li Xing didn't expect He Ning to do this, so he hurriedly politely greeted her, saying that he didn't have to drink.

"It's okay, if you don't have any other important things to deal with, then drink a little to relax and relax, there's nothing bad about it, if he doesn't need to drive for a while, and we're still working hours, he'll accompany you to drink a little," He Ning said while pointing to the tonic beside him, and said to Li Xing, "Smoking hurts the body, there are all kinds of harm but no benefit, but if you drink, as long as you drink in moderation, there is still no harm." ”

This was said in Li Xing's heart, his expression relaxed a little, nodded again and again, and said: "That's it, that's it, as long as you don't drink too much and go crazy, it won't hinder others in anything, unlike smoking, even if you smoke and hurt your body, the people next to you have to smoke second-hand smoke, it's too bad, I never smoke, and I hate others smoking, that thing is to burn money and toss yourself." ”

This small shop is not large, but the efficiency is still quite high, after a while, Li Xing's previous orders of several dishes were served steaming, as well as the bottle of beer that He Ning ordered for him, Li Xing asked the waiter to get a bottle of ice, after the beer was brought up, a layer of fine water droplets soon appeared on the surface of the dark green bottle, which showed that the beer was chilled and cool, which formed a sharp contrast with the steaming dishes next to it. Li Xing picked up the wine bottle, first politely with Tonic Li, insisted on pouring a glass for Tonic as well, but Tonic declined, he told Li Xing that he was not allowed to drink alcohol during working hours, this is discipline, Li Xing did not continue to be polite to him, and when the meals were all ready, He Ning and Tonic did not rush to ask Li Xing questions, but the three of them ate silently for a while without saying a word, He Ning and Li Xing casually chatted a few words about the business and work conditions in the West Point House, and after Li Xing relaxed a little, he did not need He Ning and Tonic to deliberately change the topic, he had already taken the initiative to ask about Ye Maocai。

"What's wrong with Ye Maocai, what are you looking for him?" Li Xing asked He Ning and Tang Li curiously, at this time he was not as nervous as he was at the beginning, although he was still a little apprehensive, but curiosity still prevailed.

"When was the last time you contacted him?" said Tonic without replying.

Li Xing scratched the back of his head, thought for a while, and said, "I haven't contacted him for a long time, if you don't ask me, I will almost forget about him......! Think about it...... Think about it...... It seems to have been at least half a year younger! When winter first started last year? Oh no, no, it hasn't been winter yet, didn't there be a particularly big cold snap before winter, and the temperature dropped a lot all of a sudden, and that was the last time I contacted him, and I haven't contacted him since. ”

"You remember it quite clearly!" He Ning heard this, and on the surface he was silent, as if he was casually teasing him, but in fact, his heart suddenly tensed because of Li Xing's words. She had an impression of the big cold snap before the winter last year, and in terms of time, it was also relatively close to the time of Yin Houlu's death that Forensic Liu had speculated before, and the nameless deceased who was transferred by Ye Maocai and Miao Yuan was a few days apart from Yin Houlu and died, so he was able to fish in troubled waters and came to a bold steal to change the pillars. She really wanted to ask Li Xing some details immediately, but she was afraid that this would be too urgent, which would make Li Xing feel nervous or vigilant, how deep or shallow his friendship with Ye Maocai was, it was still difficult to say, and He Ning didn't dare to fully believe this stranger who met for the first time and didn't know the slightest.

Li Xing sighed: "It's hard to remember or not!" I was almost sad to death for a while, I had been looking for a stable job, but there was no suitable opportunity, and I couldn't have no money on hand, and I was looking for a job while drinking the northwest wind, so I had to look for a formal job while continuing to do odd jobs, but in that season, odd jobs were not so easy to find, the weather was cold, and there were fewer people who were willing to go out shopping, so I didn't need the kind of people who handed out flyers outside, I almost couldn't open the pot, and I looked forward to my phone ringing all day long, whether it was someone I knew to introduce me to a temporary job, so that I could turn aroundOr maybe I went to the place where I applied for a job before and called me to go to work, but I waited and waited, and I didn't expect any of them, and I was so anxious that it was like putting it on the top of the pot and frying it in oil, and then I thought, if others don't look for me, won't I get it if I find someone else? So I made a lot of phone calls, and the people who can usually introduce each other to the work have been called, and there is Ye Maocai among them. But he told me that he didn't do odd jobs anymore, and did something else with others, and I also told him, if there is any good thing to develop, don't forget to take me with you, after all, I used to have a job and didn't think less about him, he promised me, as if he didn't want to take care of me, I looked at it, it is estimated that this kid has a way to make a fortune, he doesn't want to pay attention to people, he looks down on me, I didn't say anything, and I never contacted him again. ”

"Didn't he tell you what he was doing with anyone?" asked Tonic again.

Li Xing shook his head, with a helpless face: "He really hasn't revealed a word to me, if he doesn't lie to you, it doesn't make sense for me to lie to you, right, he didn't give me any benefits, if I really know anything, help him hide it from the police? Then I don't have a problem? You ask me about him, I can actually guess, otherwise he is causing trouble, or he is in trouble, anyway, it is definitely not a good thing." I don't know if it's my own feelings, anyway, when I asked him about it, he gave me the feeling that it was a bit mysterious, secretive, and when I used to deal with me, it was as if I had changed as if I had changed a person, and I guessed at that time whether he was out causing trouble, or being poor and crazy, and wanted to do something bad and make a windfall, so I didn't inquire later, lest something really happen and then involve me inexplicably, I can't do it, I still want to live my own little life。 ”

"What kind of person was Ye Maocai when he dealt with you before?" He Ning asked by chance.

Li Xing replied: "What to say, I think it's really a bit difficult to describe, you say he's diligent, he doesn't want to listen to anything he does, always a lot of complaints, you say he's lazy, he is more active than anyone else, no matter when or where to recruit people to do part-time jobs, as long as a phone call, no matter what time it is, no matter where it is, he agrees and comes early, never pushes back." I don't even know what to say about him. I feel that he is actually unwilling to do those jobs, but he is under a lot of pressure in his heart, sometimes the two of us work part-time together, carrying that kind of billboard at a slow pace, and there is also time to rest in the middle, so we also chat, he always said, why can't he be given a chance to make a fortune, how to make money is so difficult, I always persuade him, I said that you have to eat bite by bite, money has to be saved little by little, how can you eat a mouthful of fat, one step can reach the sky, what is the hurry, anyway, still young, take your time! Then he told me that he was different from others, others had time, he didn't, his parents were very old, and what others could give to his parents in 20 years, he had to shorten it to 10 years, maybe less. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xing sighed: "I don't know what mistake he made, or what happened, anyway, if you can't tell me, I won't inquire, so as not to treat you and me badly." I'll just talk about my own personal feelings. I think Ye Maocai is that person, although he is not very diligent, but on the whole, he is still a good person, sometimes he encounters more tiring work, and he is not willing to do it, he complains like something, but he is not idle at all, as long as he is called to work, he is very willing to do it, and the employer is generally quite satisfied, so I look for him for any work and ask him if he is willing to be together. I think he is the kind of person who is particularly filial, although he is said to be 10,000 unwilling to work hard, but when he thinks of his parents, he has to be the kind of person on the scalp, originally I thought that this person, as long as he has filial piety, even if he is not a good person, nine times out of ten it is almost good, but I didn't expect it to be like this. ”

"What will it be?" After hearing him say this, He Ning looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked.

Li Xing was a little dazed at this moment, he looked at He Ning in confusion, and raised his hand to scratch the back of his head: "You came to me, didn't I just think that he must have either had an accident or caused trouble?"

"We don't know if he caused trouble or if something happened, it's just that he has recently cut off contact with his family, and his parents are particularly worried about him and hope to find him as soon as possible. He Ning said to Li Xing very calmly, observing Li Xing's reaction without a trace.

When Li Xing heard this, he seemed to have no doubt about him, and nodded clearly: "This is quite possible, he told me before, saying that he didn't want to study at the beginning, and his parents were so anxious that he said that he didn't want to farm or study, so he would have to kneel on the side of the road to kowtow to make money in the future!" So Ye Maocai was always afraid that his parents would think that giving birth to such a child as him in vain would not be beneficial, so he always worked very hard, he told me that if there was an opportunity to make a fortune easily in the future, he would definitely grasp it, anyway, he didn't want to live like this for the rest of his life. ”