Chapter 1: The Shadow
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On the newly completed 'Century' pedestrian street, a security patrol car impatiently cruises back and forthβ
The four patrol officers in the car looked through the windows with solemn eyes, vigilantly observing every move on both sides of the street.
Among the four patrol officers, sitting in the passenger seat was a capable man in his thirties. His name is Lu Changming, and he is the captain of the patrol police. His personal participation in the patrol today speaks volumes about the importance of this evening to the street.
It turns out that this is a newly completed commercial pedestrian street, and although some shops have already moved in, the day of the official 'opening of the street' is tomorrow. At that time, many provincial leaders will come here to participate in the tailoring. And the reason why the patrolmen were so cautious for the first night of patrol was because of an anonymous phone call.
"The surname Chen, please listen to me, if we don't meet our conditions, we will give you a little good-looking when the broken street is 'open and cut'!"
This is a threatening phone call that Chen Donghe, the boss of Tianhe Real Estate Company, received before, and it is also like an ultimatum.
When Chen Donghe received the anonymous phone call at that time, he calmly asked who the other party was. The middle-aged man's voice replied, "I am one of the victims of the people of Beixinzhuang who have been deceived and deceived by you profiteers. I am speaking on behalf of the more than 800 victims of your trapping! β
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Chen Donghe wanted to ask something, but the other party had already hung up the phone.
Chen Donghe was very disturbed by the anonymous phone call, and the other party was threatening the smooth progress of this 'street opening'. If something unexpected happens to those government officials when they attend the event, it will not only be a political incident, but also smash the signboard of his 'Tianhe' company. You must know that his 'Tianhe' real estate company is a well-known company on the list in the province. Will he compromise with the other side? No, the other party is so open-mouthed, how can he compromise unprincipledly?
It turned out that three years ago, Chen Tianhe responded to the planning and transformation of the urban area by the Tongyao Municipal Government, and took the initiative to undertake the task of demolition and reconstruction of Beixinzhuang, an urban village in the urban area.
The urban village is distributed in a long strip in the urban area of Tongyao, and the direction is also due east and west. It is arguably the most important part of this commercial pedestrian street.
Therefore, his 'Tianhe' put the first demolition work there. The compensation work for the villagers is a systematic project. Of course, there are also some 'nail households' that you will inevitably encounter at work. However, the city is an emerging @ city after all, and the economy is not too developed. At that time, after the villagers got a little 'sweetness', they all took the initiative to cooperate with the demolition work. Under the general trend, those so-called 'nail households' had no choice but to temporarily stop and obediently cooperate with the demolition work.
In this way, the construction of this commercial pedestrian street was carried out smoothly...
The pedestrian street is designed to be 1.3 kilometers long, and it is a huge project to build three-storey bungalows on both sides of the street. Of course, with the cooperation of the 'Tianhe' company in the municipal construction committee, the project is progressing smoothly. After two years of construction, the main part of this pedestrian street has been basically completed.
However, in the course of continuing its two ends, part of the land was to be expropriated from two villages on the outskirts of the other two cities. After two years of development in the real estate industry, land prices suddenly doubled like a blowout. By the time Tianhe requisitioned some of the land from the two neighboring villages, the compensation price would have been much higher than that of Beixinzhuang two years ago.
When the villagers of Beixinzhuang, who had already moved, learned of this situation, they could not accept it. Because their original location is much better than the village they are adjacent to the east and west, it can be described as the 'central zone'. But they suffered greatly in terms of compensation. This is not just something that the former 'nail households' cannot tolerate. Even the other villagers who have lost their original homes are unacceptable.
They finally 'united', led by a few former 'nail households', and demanded additional compensation from the 'Tianhe' company, at least to meet the compensation price of the neighboring village.
'Tianhe' didn't buy it. Under the pretext that they accompanied the city and the rising tide, they categorically rejected the demand for compensation from the villagers of Beixinzhuang.
Representatives of the villagers pointed out that when Tianhe sold the shops on the pedestrian street, the prices of the shops in the original location of their village were much higher than the prices of the shops that 'fell' at both ends. The high-priced shops built by 'Tianhe' on land with low land prices were unfair to the original 'landlords'.
Although the villagers of Beixinzhuang have a lot of trouble with the 'Tianhe' company in this matter. But the city government has done nothing in this regard, as neither side is willing to budge. In the end, the dispute can only be resolved by legal means.
Of course, 'Tianhe', who is familiar with the law, had the last laugh. The unreasonable demands of the original Beixinzhuang villagers were rejected. But they couldn't swallow this breath, especially some extreme people threatened Chen Donghe, the boss of the 'Tianhe' company, saying that since the law could not help them recover their legitimate rights, they would not let 'Tianhe' go.
Although Chen Donghe laughed at these threats and warnings, he received the threatening call unexpectedly just as the pedestrian street was completed.
He didn't dare to be careless, and after consulting with his thinkers, he decided to kick the ball to the city government.
Naturally, the city government did not dare to be careless about this matter, especially in the 'opening of the street' ceremony, and there must not be the slightest mistake. They gave security to the police.
The Tongyao Public Security Bureau is naturally responsible for the security of the 'street opening' ceremony of the Century Pedestrian Street. In addition to deciding to deploy a large number of police forces on this pedestrian street on the day of the ceremony, they also increased patrols on this street on the first night. Because they are worried that some extreme villagers will take advantage of the night to do something on this street, such as posting a lot of 'big-character posters' with a lot of bad content or other bad behavior. In short, before the 'street opening' tomorrow, the patrol officers will be responsible for the task of 'clearing the street'.
As the captain, Lu Changming personally attended this night shift, which is enough to prove that the police attach great importance to this task. They want to make sure that when the provincial leaders come, everything here is stable and peaceful.
"Boss, shall we pull aside for a moment? It's too greasy to slip back and forth like this. β
One of the patrol officers snorted and persuaded Lu Changming.
Before Lu Changming could answer, the patrolman who was driving also echoed: "That's it." It's the middle of the night, and it's raining. I guess those guys who were planning to wreak havoc won't be able to do anything when they see this kind of ghost weather. β
Another patrol officer also accosted: "We patrol at such a frequency, who would dare to eat the gall of a leopard and hit our gun?" Marine, you're so sensitive, aren't you? β
Unexpectedly, Lu Changming frowned and said, "Comrades, my intuition tells me that something unusual will happen on this rainy night. So, I'd better ask you all to keep your eyes wide open, your spirits tight, and hold on for the last few hours! β
The other three patrol officers in the same car couldn't help but stick out their tongues, they felt that today's Lu Changming was really different from the past.
"Captain, are your eyelids jumping hard?"
When Chang Changming heard his subordinates ask him like this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Xiao Yang, what do you mean by this, do you think I'm just a premonition?" β
The patrolman named Xiao Yang smiled and said, "If your eyelids don't jump hard, why are you so nervous?" β
Lu Changming asked rhetorically, "Do you guys have eyelids jumping?" β
Several others shook their heads: "Our eyelids don't jump, but they sink and want to sleep!" β
Lu Changming sneered and said: "As a policeman, judging things based on physiological reactions alone is a big mistake. Listen, if it's safe tonight, I'll have a treat at the 'Yannan Building' another day! β
His words really lifted the spirits of the other patrol officers: "Boss, are you telling the truth? β
Lu Changming sneered: "When did I, Lu, talk to you?" β
Xiao Yang subconsciously looked at his watch, and couldn't help but smile: "It's not a few hours until dawn, comrades, please hold on, we will go to the 'Yannan Building' to enjoy a delicious meal!" β
Lu Changming looked at the actions of his subordinates, snorted disapprovingly, and once again focused his vigilant gaze outside the car window...
As soon as the police car they were in had passed the safe entrance of a pedestrian street, a dark figure appeared, wearing a raincoat and making it impossible to see men, women, and children. But he was carrying a heavy bag in his hand, indicating that this person should be a strong man. He had been dormant in a blind spot where he could hide from the observation of people in police cars. And carefully calculated how often the police car passed each time.
At the same moment, a residential building in Yijiang City, more than 1,000 miles away from Tongyao City, suddenly turned on.
The hostess suddenly sat up from the bed, looked at the wall clock on the wall, and sighed. She slept alone in her double bed, but she had messed up the sheets of the whole bed. It seemed that this game was another sleepless night for her.
Judging by her age and the layout of the bedroom, she should be a married woman. Because on the wall at the head of the bed, a photo of her and a very wealthy middle-aged man was hung high. However, because the hero didn't sleep next to her, she felt that she couldn't sleep all night.
She pondered for a moment, then resolutely stepped out of bed. Since this bedroom belongs to her alone. She is not taboo at all about the leakage of spring light in any part of herself.
She walked barefoot on the floor, on a keto body without any underwear, wearing only a translucent nightdress. She walked back and forth on the floor of her bedroom a few times, finally focusing on the desktop computer on the bedside table.
She hesitated, then walked over, stretched out her fingers, and pressed the computer switch. During the start-up process, she took the opportunity to light a lady's cigarette. After she took a comfortable breath of smoke, she immediately moved the mouse with her small hand and logged in to QQΒ·Β·Β·
But at this time, the names in the friends list are almost always dim. She browsed through it bored, and finally locked onto a unique 'light' screen name. But the screen name is bleak, called 'The Forgotten Corner'.
The hostess's own online name is 'Xinyue', and she is very familiar with that 'forgotten corner', and can be said to be the closest netizen. Bored at this point, she immediately sent a message to the 'Forgotten Corner' - "Hey, are you there? Talk back! β
After a while, that session window reacted. The hostess replied when she saw that it wasβ"Baby, are you having insomnia again?" β
As soon as the hostess saw that she had received a reply, she typed contentedly - "Well, I miss you!" Did you sleep? β
The Forgotten Corner replied, "Well, what time is it?" Of course I had to sleep! Wake me up, though. β
The hostess did not apologize at all, but said in a coquettish tone: "My dear, don't sleep anymore, just chat with me for a while, right?" β
Her intimate Mandarin obviously infected the 'forgotten corner', and the other party seemed to feel that she was not forgotten, so she said cheerfully: "Okay then! I'll talk to the baby for a while. β
The hostess smiled pleasantly: "Thank you, dear." It doesn't affect your work, does it? β
The 'Forgotten Corner' generously replied: "It doesn't matter, although I still have to organize the workers to go to Building 3 after dawn to catch up with the progress." But in order to make the baby happy, I have to accompany you! β
The hostess laughed happily at this time, and continued typing - "Honey, you are so good to me! Much better than my husband. β
This sentence of hers completely clarified the misunderstanding that outsiders may have: although they are ambiguous, they are not husband and wife.
The 'Forgotten Corner' suddenly asked at this time-"How is the weather in Yijiang?" β
The hostess left the computer first, pushed open the bedroom window and looked out, it was still a starry hour. She went back to the computer and quickly danced her fingers with her hands - "It's a nice weather outside, it's starry!" β
'The Forgotten Corner' replied with the text, "Alas, it's been raining here for half the night. I wish it would stop after dawn. Otherwise, it will affect our outdoor operations. β
The hostess laughed a little, and then typed again - "Hehe, your place is called 'Tongyao', maybe it's wet, so you always love to rain, right?" β
When the hostess was arguing with the netizen who was in Tongyao, the rain there kept falling...
The mysterious figure in the raincoat had already figured out the pattern of the patrolling police cars. He waited for the police car to flash by, then quickly rushed out, went straight to a garbage can, then opened its lid, shoved the large package in his hand, and finally pressed the lid again.
Because this is a shopping street, there are garbage cans, but the garbage cans here are not only brand new, but also relatively high-end. They are all on wheels and can move them as you like.
After the mysterious figure put the package away, he immediately pushed the trash can forward along the street for some distance while there was still a little time. When he estimated that his whereabouts were about to be exposed to the patrol car, he immediately dropped the trash can and hid himself again.
As this street is littered with irregular garbage cans. So the trash can was moved out of position and didn't attract the attention of the patrol officer in the patrol car.
As it looped through again, the shadow reappeared, and quickly moved the trash can again, until it was pushed to a purpose-built store, where he fled.
The patrol car was unaware of it, and it still cruising past it over and over again...