Yang Zhenyu set up a WeChat group called "Save Lao Zhao Squad" and pulled all four of Fang Yan in. He found some useful information.

Lao Zhao's ex-girlfriend is called Pan Xi, about 30 years old, and she arrived in May. He also posted a group photo.

The photo was taken at the wine table 1 year ago. Lao Zhao and Pan Xi snuggled together and smiled brightly at the camera. Although Lao Zhao is not very handsome, he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he has the charm of a little rock youth. Pan Xi is also very temperamental, and the two of them are very compatible.

There is no information such as ID card, passport, phone number, WeChat and so on.

Yang Zhenyu's thinking is the same as Fang Yan's, if he wants to save Lao Zhao, he has to find his ex-girlfriend Pan Xi. Early the next morning, the four of them had breakfast in the dining room of the hotel and discussed finding someone.

It's impossible to find a strange girl in the vast sea of people in Tokyo. Fang Yan wanted to contact the embassy.

"No need. Qian Ning looked down at his phone and said. "I've got in touch, and a private investigator will come over in a moment. Let him help find it. More reliable than the embassy. ”

"Detective?"

"That's right. He is also Chinese, and he has been in Yuben since his grandfather's generation, and he has a wide range of contacts. ”

Although he kicked Lao Zhao, Qian Ning was still soft-hearted. Fang Yan was a little emotional. Channing's family has a large social network, and even in Tokyo, they can easily get help for anything they want to do. This is unimaginable to the average person.

Private detective, sounds weird.

"Thank you......"

Qian Ning wiped his mouth, glared at Fang Yan, got up and left quickly. Today is Monday, and she is going to Ghibli to finalize the final rules of cooperation.

Yuan Yuan and Feng Lu looked at each other.

"What are we doing?"

"Play!"

"Play?"

"Well, you go shopping. Let's go out on a trip, don't let Lao Zhao affect the mood. Fang Yan said.

"Oh. ”

Feng Lu's face flushed. These days, she is very content. Traveling abroad for the first time, all kinds of dazzling new things, and sumptuous food, every day is like a grand festival. She also wants to go to Disneyland.

Although Lao Zhao is very sad, she has a child's mind, hoping that this matter can be resolved a few days later, so that she can play for more days.

"Why not a reality show. Yuan Yuan looked out the window and said with some loss.

She got up at 6 o'clock, checked the Internet, and called Zhang Xiaoqing, a classmate who likes to watch Japanese dramas and knows a little Japanese, to help check, but she didn't find the fantasy TV program.

Fang Yan held Yuan Yuan's small hand.

He understands his girlfriend's thoughts: if it was a reality show, Lao Zhao would not be so miserable.

Yuan Yuan and Feng Lu went to play together.

The lobby of the hotel is very lively, with people coming and going for all kinds of tourism and business trips. Fang Yan stood in front of an ATM, inserted a card, and withdrew 200,000 yen. After thinking about it, I took another 100,000 and put it in the envelope of the hotel. 300,000 yen, about 18,000 Chinese dollars.

Ask someone for a favor, and be interesting.

The legendary private detective came, looked around the hotel lobby, and called Fang Yan.

He was in his early 30s, dressed in a black suit, shiny black leather shoes, with short-cut hair, and a pair of small eyes that were extremely flexible.

"Hello, my name is Tang Jie. Tang Jie, who is fluent in Chinese, bowed first and shook hands solemnly.

"Brother Jay. ”

The two sat down in the lounge area of the hall.

"You're a friend of Miss Qian?"

"Yes. ”

"Excuse me, is General Qian's health okay?" Tang Jie's Mandarin words are straight and round, with some Beijing accent, but the words are more strange, more like the tone of the older generation of Taiwanese actors.

"Thanks, he's fine. ”

After listening to Fang Yan's introduction, Tang Jie's brows furrowed: "I only know my name, passport, and which school I go to, I don't know?"

"I don't know, I don't know this girl. ”

"Come on. ”

“……”

After sitting for 5 minutes without even drinking a glass of water, Tang Jie got up and said goodbye.

"Brother, don't worry, there is nothing that we Huaxia people can't do. What Miss Qian explained, we will definitely find it for you all over Tokyo, and we will find it. You are steadily waiting for my news. ”

Two people left a phone and added WeChat. Fang Yan took out the envelope.

"This, this is not good, resolutely not. General Qian is ...... Well, anyway, it's my duty to help the Qian family. ”

"It's not much, Brother Jay. It's not for you either. You help me treat a friend to dinner. ”

"You can't say anything. ”

After pushing for a few rounds, Tang Jie couldn't resist it, gently put the envelope into the suit pocket, nodded and said, "My own people are still so polite." ”

There is a long-lost reckless aura in him. Fang Yan liked him a little and asked, "Are you a private detective?"

"Haha, no, no, I just know a lot of people. ”

Tang Jie was well-behaved and serious at the beginning, but now he has relaxed. He pulled his tie, held hands with Fang Yan, and drove away.

Fang Yan sent Yuan Yuan and Feng Lu's dirty clothes to be washed, and played the piano in the room for 4 hours. In the afternoon, he went to the mall and bought a blanket, a bottle of toilet water, matcha cakes, biscuits, and a big bag full of them.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Lao Zhao mysteriously appeared.

"Lao Zhao. ”

Fang Yan handed the bag to Lao Zhao and didn't talk to him more. It's hard to imagine that this down-and-out beggar with a scruffy beard and sticky hair is the same person as the guitarist in the photo.

What is it like to spend the night on a flyover?

……

Tang Jie really has great powers, and at half past eleven o'clock in the evening, he sent a WeChat message saying that Pan Xi had found it.

He posted a photo of Pan Xi wearing a 711 convenience store overalls and standing in front of the cash register. The photo should have been taken candidly, with supermarket shelves in the frame.

This convenience store is located in Shinjuku, close to the hotel. Tang Jie said that Pan Xi worked in a convenience store and worked the night shift, and Fang Yan could go to her now. In addition, there is Pan Xi's mobile phone and passport number.

"Speed! Professional! Brother Jie, you have helped me a lot. Fang Yan called.

"It's a little thing, it's nothing. My men took it. Tang Jie's voice was also very proud.

"How did you find that?"

"Check. Think about it, this Pan Xi has just come to Yueben, and it is estimated that he is not good at the language, and he has to go to a Japanese cram school. I went to check the list of students at various cram schools in Tokyo, and I found it in the afternoon. ”

Fang Yan was amazed: "I'll invite you to dinner." ”

"Haha, yes, yes. ”

After hanging up the phone, Fang Yan decided to look for it now.

Yuan Yuan, Feng Lu, and Qian Ning were all tired and drowsy. But when he heard that Pan Xi had found it, he immediately got up again, got dressed excitedly, followed Fang Yan out, and went out to see the excitement together.

The hotel behind him was still brightly lit, there were few pedestrians on the road, and the huge city began to sleep, with the occasional few cars sliding across the road and disappearing into the distance. There were crickets chirping in the grass, and flashes of fireflies in dark places.

No one spoke, silently thinking about their thoughts. There was only the sound of the click of Channing's slippers.

The street lights were bright, the hustle and bustle of the day was gone, and the heat on the ground had dissipated. This exotic city is like a monster.

711 has arrived.

The convenience store is brightly lit and has many rows of shelves full of snacks, small toys and daily necessities. There are also many comics and magazines by the window...... and adult magazines. A female clerk is loading drinks in front of the freezer, and another female clerk is checking out in front of the cash register, she is Pan Xi.

Yuan Yuan hid behind the shelves, peeking and whispering.

Qian Ning was a little face blind and asked, "Are you sure it's her?"

"Yes, it's her. ”

"Definitely. ”

"It's pretty good. ”

"It's okay......"

Feng Lu said: "It's a bit hard. ”

"I have to go to school, and I have to work to earn money. ”

"yes. ”

"It's really not easy, I have endured Lao Zhao for so long. ”

Yuan Yuan disagreed, saying, "That's love!"

"Be quiet......"

Fang Yan felt like a thief. He took two comic magazines, a can of potato chips, he was a little sleepy, and a bottle of Red Bull in an aluminum bottle, a can of Coke, lined up at the counter, and checked out.

Pan Xi was a little haggard than in the previous photos, but her eyes were full of vitality. The round face is very clean, and light makeup is painted. She had short ear-length hair and a black hairpin. Every time a guest came to check out, she bowed and smiled politely, scanned the code, skillfully ordered the change, and put it on a small plate.

Although she was a little tired late at night, she looked very focused and beautiful, like a quiet and intelligent girl.

Her hands are slender and beautiful.

When it was Fang Yan's turn, Pan Xi scanned the code one by one and put the things into a plastic bag, and the cash register showed that the price was 1,795 yen. Fang Yan took out 2 1,000 yuan banknotes and exchanged them for 3 coins.

"Hello, are you from Huaxia?"

Pan Xi was stunned for a moment, but there were many tourists in Huaxia here, she nodded and smiled: "Yes." You're here for a trip?"

"Yes. You're an international student, and you have to go to work so late. Aren't you sleepy?"

"It's actually good to get used to it. Students...... Alas, only part-time work. ”

There were still guests waiting to settle the bill behind him, Fang Yan didn't say anything more, and went out with his bag. Yuan Yuan also chased out.

"What's going on?"

Fang Yan said: "Wait a while, and then tell her when the people are less." ”

"Oh. ”

"You're a little patient. ”

"I know why Lao Zhao stayed on the flyover in Shinjuku. Yuan Yuan said. "It's close to 711, and he can keep guarding his ex-girlfriend like this. He is like a puppy, although he is abandoned, he still has to silently protect his master. ”

Puppy.

Although the metaphor of the dog is not very good, there is some truth to it.

"I want to cry ......"

"Then you cry. ”

"I couldn't cry. ”

The 4 office workers became drunk, one by one with red faces and smirking, supporting each other to enter the door, and Fang Yan gave way to them. After a while, Qian Ning and Feng Lu also came out, bought a big bowl of oden, and ate it with Yuan Yuan.

After the customers were gone, Fang Yan entered the convenience store again and said, "Pan Xi, please come out." ”

"Huh, you know me?"

"Come out and say. ”

Pan Xi slowly walked out of the door and stood at the door, looking at Fang Yan in confusion, his hands clasped together.

"I'm a friend of Lao Zhao. ”

“……”

Yuan Yuan was a bit of a mess and couldn't say clearly. Feng Lu is more afraid of seeing people, and Qian Ning is too rational and speaks too straight. Fang Yan pondered for a long time, but he still talked to Pan Xi alone. Yuan Yuan and the others all hid far away.

He talked about Lao Zhao's bad condition, took out his mobile phone again, and showed her a photo of Lao Zhao.

"It's him. Pan Xi only glanced at it and lowered his head and said.

It worked. It has been proved by authoritative sources that Lao Zhao is indeed Lao Zhao. Fang Yan thought that the 300,000 yen was well spent.

Pan Xi's eyes turned red. Taking a deep breath, she raised her head and looked over Fang Yan's shoulder, staring at the not-so-distant overpass in the center of Shinjuku. It's desolate, you can't see anything clearly.

"Well, you're going to see him?"

Pan Xi shook his head, glanced back at the store, and said, "I'm on duty." I have my own business to do. ”

“……”

"I know about it, thank you. I'll go to him when I have time in the future. ”

Fang Yan continued to persuade: "You take a leave of absence, 30 minutes, go and see him, okay? Lao Zhao came here to find you." After all, you ...... Used to be the closest people. ”

Pan Xi suddenly showed a resentful expression on his face, his eyes flashed, and he stared at the overpass. After a while, she asked, "How old are you?"

"How old?"

"Are you 22 years old? Or 24 years old? What have you been through?"

"This ......"

Pan Xi smiled bitterly, her chest was rising and falling violently, but she still said calmly: "I am 31 years old this year. I have been with Zhao Lezhi since I was 19 years old, and it has been 12 years now. 12 years. The best 12 years of my life were with him. ”

"Yes, yes. ”

"You think it's easy? Leave someone you've been with for 12 years? I really can't help it. It took the last of my courage to leave. I love him. I love him now, too. But I can't bear that life anymore. ”

"I understand ......"

A few tears welled up from the corners of Pan Xi's eyes: "If life is a battle, then, I was defeated by life." I'm a loser. I can't change anyone. I made the wrong choice. I'll admit it, I'm throwing in the towel, can't I?"

"Yes, of course. ”

"You don't understand that feeling of life being worse than death. He didn't want to get married, he didn't want to make money, he didn't want children. In the last few months, we simply can't sit down and talk well, we have no future, only day-to-day, desperate repetition. ”

"I know. ”

"I've come this far, I'm living a peaceful life now, I just want to live a normal life and have a little hope every day. This is not an unattainable goal. ”

"Yes, it can be done. ”

"Also, Lao Zhao doesn't have many friends in total, I know them all. You're not his friend. ”

"Yes, my new friend, I just came to Jiangdong. ”

Pan Xi wiped her tears, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Okay." Anyway, thank you. I've never said that to anyone, and now I feel much better. ”

One last glance at the overpass, Pan Xi returned to 711 and stood behind the cashier to wipe her tears.

Lao Zhao is really okay, and he doesn't make his own woman lightly, Fang Yan thought.

Yuan Yuan ran over, glanced at Pan Xi, and asked, "How is she talking?"

"Well talked...... It's okay. This eldest sister is really injured, she thinks very clearly and is very mature. I don't even want to persuade her. Fang Yan said. Nothing to persuade.

However, Lao Zhao must be saved. If he goes on like this, he's finished.

Yuan Yuan pushed his glasses.

"Do you know about the Soviet Union?" she asked.

“…… I'm not illiterate. ”

"You didn't go to school. ”

"High school, high school ......"

"Oh well. The Soviet Union was very bad, very bad for the common people, and not good for China. However, they launched a satellite, called Sputnik 2, very early, with a puppy on it. ”

"What is the ......"

"Sputnik. Yuan Yuan nodded, glanced at the overpass again, and said. The little dog sat alone in the satellite, staring blankly at the universe. It hadn't been to space, it was scared and pitiful. And then it died......"

“……”

"But he's a great puppy. Even now, astronauts around the world commemorate it. Yuan Yuan sniffed and said.

With your girlfriend, you can learn something new.

Later, Haruki Murakami wrote a novel called "Sputnik Lovers". It tells the story of a girl who travels to a small town in Switzerland, and one night, she is playing in the playground and is locked in a huge Ferris wheel because of a staff error. She had to spend the night alone in the Ferris wheel. ”

“……”

"The Ferris wheel is very high, and she can sit on it and see the little apartment she rents. At that moment, she saw another self in the apartment, that self, doing that with a man like the devil! She was terrified...... Later, after being rescued, her hair turned gray and she lost the ability to love others. ”

Fang Yan was a little dizzy, not understanding what Yuan Yuan wanted to say.

Qian Ning and Feng Lu were also listening.

Qian Ning helped translate: "What your girlfriend means is that Lao Zhao is also a 'Sputnik lover'." He's trapped in a Ferris wheel, or, he's a puppy in a satellite. ”

"Yes, yes. He's a puppy. ”

Channing continued: "That Sputnik Lover is very well written, and it is about a kind of isolation and loneliness. Lonely like a puppy in space. ”

Fang Yan was a little confused and asked, "You girls, you all like to watch Haruki Murakami, don't you?"

Feng Lu nodded violently.

Fang Yan also looked at the huge bridge skeleton from a distance, and in the dark night, it looked very ugly. Losing the vigorous breath of the day, it seems to be an extremely miserable thing. He also felt that loneliness.

Lao Zhao is a puppy. The flyover is a satellite.

Or, the whole of China is the earth, and the book is the satellite?

I don't understand.

Fang Yan pushed open the door of 711 and walked in again. Pan Xi stood behind the cash register in a daze, her eyes red.

"What else is going on with you?"

Fang Yan said: "I don't know Lao Zhao well, I only met him once, and that time, he didn't pay much attention to me. Still, I wanted to help him once. I have to help him. Do you know why?"

Pan Xi's tears fell again.

"Well, don't cry yet. I look at people more accurately. Lao Zhao is a good person. He shouldn't have ended up like this. I've always thought that the world is already terrible and there are a lot of unfair things. I think Lao Zhao is a better part of the world. ”

“……”

"Lao Zhao likes music, and I think that music is a happy thing, and it should not become a burden to live. You've had great days, haven't you?"

"Hmm. ”

"I didn't want you to get back together, and I don't care about you. I just want Lao Zhao to go home, return to Huaxia, give him another chance, try again, and live a good life. ”

“……”

"But we can't really fix him. He didn't pay any attention to me. You'll have to go for yourself...... Give him another chance. You see, he still misses you so much that he comes all the way over. ”

Pan Xi's tears flowed uncontrollably. She cried profusely, asked for leave from her colleagues, and walked out of the 711 store with Fang Yan.

"Where do you live?"

There was no answer.

Along the way, Pan Xi lowered his head and walked, and his speed became faster and faster. Fang Yan pulled Yuan Yuan, feeling that her soft palms were covered with sweat.

Walking up the stairs to the high overpass, Fang Yan pointed to a thin figure in the distance and said, "That's Lao Zhao." ”

"Hmm. ”

Pan Xi took a deep breath, slowed down, and walked towards Lao Zhao.

She stood in front of Lao Zhao and looked at his sleeping face. Lao Zhao was covered with a blanket, pillow with a broken schoolbag, and beside him were wine bottles, plastic bags, snack boxes, towels, toothbrush cups, and torn clothes...... It's all piled up in cardboard boxes. In addition, there is a wooden stick.

"Lao Zhao. Pan Xi's face turned cold again, and he bit his lip fiercely.

“……”

"Zhao Lezhi. There was anger in his voice.

“……”

Several people stood at a distance, watching intently. Yuan Yuan and a few people whispered.

"He's pretending to be asleep. ”

"He woke up. ”

"In fact, Lao Zhao has lived on the flyover for so long, which is quite remarkable. Fang Yan said.

"Did he cry? No. ”

"He ......"

Lao Zhao woke up. He sat up, looked up at Pan Xi, and his face suddenly changed greatly. He hurriedly stood up, put on his slippers with his head down, and walked away briskly. After taking two steps, he saw Fang Yan again, he was stunned, then turned around and ran towards the other end.

Lao Zhao is really like a crazy puppy. He ran as fast as he could, disappearing at the end of the flyover.

"Do you want to chase?" Feng Lu asked.

"No need to ......"