22. The fog rises again
Lin Fan followed Xin Chen to the eastern district of the city, Lin Fan in the eastern district has been here less often, so he is not very familiar with this place, and he came to a family home, from the color of the wall skin, it should be able to see that the building is relatively old, most of the windows on the first floor are installed in front of the anti-theft net, enter from the dim unit door, come to the right hand side of the second floor, Xin Chen knocked on the door gently.
"Yo, the flower of our police force is here," a loud voice opened the door. Lin Fan followed the light and looked over, an angular man, with dark skin and a height of about one meter eight, giving people a feeling of being full of energy.
"You and I are willing to come, if it weren't for Lao Meng's call, I wouldn't have come, and Xu Qiangdong, how many times have I told you, don't call me that." "Yes, you have the biggest temper, we still can't afford to mess with you." Xu Qiangdong said with a hippie smile.
Xin Chen led Lin Fan into the house, a three-bedroom and two-hall room, a regular north-south orientation, the living room is about fifty square meters, next to it is a study, there is a balcony to connect the two rooms, the north is two bedrooms and a kitchen, there are three people sitting around the coffee table in the middle of the living room are playing poker, two young ones are about 30, and one older one is estimated to be more than 40, Xin Chen pointed to one of them with a poker in his mouth, a square face, and high cheekbones, this is Zheng Bin; Smoking a cigarette, flat head, with a relatively wide forehead, Wu Xing; The innermost one has very thick eyebrows, a Chinese face, a hooked nose, Lao Meng, Meng Xuebin.
As soon as he saw Xin Chen coming, Lao Meng got up and greeted him, "Xiao Chen is here, just wait for you, let's eat first, your sister-in-law has already done a lot of work inside, don't rely on the account after you finish eating in a while, I can remember how much I won." Then he glanced at Lin Fan suspiciously, "Xiao Chen, what is this?" ”
"It's only been half a month, and you forgot about the little hero?" Meng Xuebin stared at Lin Fan carefully for a while, "Lin Fan, look at my memory, I'm getting old, it's time to take a back seat." Lin Fan glanced at Lao Meng a few times, as if he had seen it, but he was not impressed, he should have come with Xin Chen when he was hospitalized.
"Yo, it turns out that we Chenchen like this type, I really haven't seen you take men to eat together, it's the first time today, it seems that I'm out of play." Wu Xing quipped.
"What nonsense, don't teach the child badly, Lin Fan is now my brother, a good boy, you have to show some positive image to guide him."
"Yes, yes, I'm just here to eat and drink with Sister Chen, and by the way, I come to meet everyone, after all, I often hear Sister Chen mention everyone's heroic deeds, and I admire it, I have a heart of police since I was a child, haha." Lin Fan hurriedly ripped it off.
"Oh? What heroic deeds? Everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Fan.
"......" Lin Fan was speechless for a moment, "This is too much, I can't say it for a while, it's just outwitting gangsters and murderers......"
"Come, come, quickly clean up the table and eat." Su Lan, who came out of the kitchen, rescued the embarrassed Lin Fan.
"Wow, it's so fragrant, I'm starving." Lin Fan gave full play to the foodie characteristics that a 16-year-old boy should have.
Everyone's attention was successfully attracted by Su Lan's food: "Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is good, I can smell the smell of rice from afar, I really envy Lao Meng." Xu Qiangdong had an envious expression.
"As far as you say, okay, hurry up and eat, Xiao Chen, your brother is here for the first time, you're welcome to come here, eat more meat, you're growing your body, look at how thin you are."
At the beginning of the lanterns, after Meng Xuebin expressed his feelings with the strength of wine, Lin Fan finally succeeded in turning the topic to the kidnapping case: "I heard Sister Chen say that you investigated me at that time." ”
"You kid was very suspicious at that time, okay, I was in charge of investigating you," Zheng Bin took a sip of wine, "But I didn't expect that your kid turned out to be a lover, seeing that other girls were beautiful, he dared to chase after others to send love letters, I don't have the courage of you until now." As he spoke, he glanced at Xin Chen, who was eating with his head covered next to him.
Lin Fan almost squirted out a mouthful of rice, and originally wanted to say who sent you, but the words were changed to "You can find out this." ”
"Nonsense, I've touched all your whereabouts that afternoon, from the commissary owner to the campus security guard, they are all impressed by you, if it weren't for the love letter in your school bag, you would have to really explain why you appeared at the scene of the crime that day."
Damn, Lin Fan is in the mood to die, "You read that love letter?" ”
"Of course, we have to check your things," Zheng Bin saw Lin Fan's fire-breathing eyes, "Don't worry, I didn't read the content, I just read six words, dear Gu Yanran." ”
But looking at his vague smile, how could Lin Fan not believe it.
"But I still admire you, you can escape from the kidnappers at a young age, unlike we haven't touched the door for more than half a month, but fortunately, now the clues of the mobile phone number have been found in an important way."
Hearing Zheng Bin say this, Lin Fan was very excited, the key is here, and he was about to ask again, but Lao Meng had already spoken: "Okay, it's almost all eaten, let's play cards after eating, and I won't talk about business today." ”
After eating, a few people continued to sit around the coffee table to fight, Lin Fan was automatically ignored by their group of old fritters in the card field, so he had to watch TV and chat with Su Lan, but he didn't expect Xin Chen to be a master in this, and he was definitely experienced in watching the shuffle.
"Binzi, are you disgusting, and you got saliva on the card again, saying how many times have you been, and the stinky problem will never be changed."
"Uh, don't talk about me, you're marking the back of the card, right? I think you're an ace of hearts. Zheng Bin said and pointed to a card in Wu Xing's hand, and sure enough, there was a nail scratch behind the card.
"You can't blame me, I really accidentally got it just now, a single old man doesn't have a daughter-in-law, and his nails will inevitably grow a little."
"Fuck off, who believes you."
"Alright, alright, wouldn't it be okay to buy a new pair." Wu Xing said and handed the money to Lin Fan. "Look at you idle and bored, go to the activities, buy a pair of poker at the store downstairs, and buy the rest of the candy yourself."
Is this regarded as a three-year-old gluttonous little hairy child, Lin Fan smiled bitterly and took the money, looking at Xin Chen on the side with a trembling smile.
In the dark corridor, Lin Fan turned on the light, the flickering light was mixed with a blowing wind, but it seemed damp and cold in this hot summer, and when he walked to the commissary at the corner downstairs, the dim light flashed and flickered, and the boss was laughing at the old-fashioned TV in the corner.
"Boss, is there a poker?" The man took out a dusty poker card from the far corner, blew it, and wiped it with a rag on the side of the cabinet.
"That's it?" Lin Fan felt that the poker seemed to be a little dirty and wanted to change it. The boss pointed to the remaining pairs in the corner of the cabinet, "It's all like this, a few days ago, one person bought a lot, and there are only a few pairs left, do you want more?"
"Okay, just don't have bad cards." Lin Fan took the poker, and then walked out, in the dark, he vaguely saw a figure wandering on the other side of the old building, Lin Fan just looked at it, as if he felt that the figure was aware of his existence, his heart tightened, and a feeling of uneasiness slowly hit.