Section 4: Encounters

Standing on the street, Ning Si held an umbrella with one hand and wiped the thin sweat from his forehead with the other. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 She shuffled on the pavement with feeble steps, the trees on both sides were very tall, the pruned branches were bare, and there was not even a shady ground under the trees, and the occasional wind blew hot from the sun, and the person was about to suffer from heat stroke.

It's hot and deadly! Yesterday, it rained for half a night, and the temperature couldn't drop at all, so it was less than 11 o'clock in the morning, so how could you stay up at noon?

If it weren't for the fact that she had to go to the supermarket today to replenish some daily necessities and print a few resumes, she didn't dare to guarantee that she wouldn't go out in the sun, just for that strange pocket watch.

Last night, she revised her resume, the original resume was more subtle, with her not brilliant public face, it was difficult to attract the attention of HR, she racked her brains last night to revise it, and resubmitted it to other companies. She has to find a new job as soon as possible, even if her major is not very right, she doesn't mind, no wonder she is so urgent, after all, everything in the current society has to spend money, water and electricity bills, miscellaneous expenses, living expenses, a lot of places that need to be spent, and the rent for the next season is about to be paid, relying on the meager savings she saved, she can't survive this month and next month.

She had all planned, there was a convenience store on the way to the police station, and she planned to go there to print her resume first, then send the pocket watch to the loss reporting office, and finally go to the supermarket to buy it. Time is a bit tight, she estimates that she doesn't have time to go home to make lunch, and she can eat lunch near the supermarket.

Thinking about it, she quickened her pace and soon arrived at the convenience store. Walking into the store, the cool breeze from the air conditioner made her feel refreshed, and her spirit that had just been wilted by the sun finally recovered slightly. The shopkeeper was a rich middle-aged aunt, and after glancing at her, she turned her head to look at the TV on the wall as if nothing happened, ignoring her at all. Ning Siyi didn't care, and took out the U disk to the printer to operate it himself.

While waiting for the print, she was bored and focused on the TV on the wall, the TV was playing the popular idol drama, the story is old-fashioned, the content is probably that the domineering president's male boss falls in love with the stupid white sweet female protagonist's subordinates, and then stages a drama where you love me and I don't love you, you chase me, the process is mixed with some male and female protagonists to make contradictions, creating opportunities for the male and female protagonists, and the elders beat the mandarin ducks and other stalks, and finally the male and female protagonists eliminate all difficulties and have lovers and finally become married, happyend!

She couldn't watch it, but it didn't prevent the aunt from watching it with relish, and the aunt was still unsatisfied until the ending song was played. Next is the advertisement, the aunt is very impatient, pick up the remote control to turn the station, go to a TV station that is broadcasting the news, and stop it, just a guest came in to buy cigarettes, and the aunt put down the remote control to get the cigarettes.

This is a local TV station in City G, in addition to rebroadcasting some old-fashioned TV dramas, it also broadcasts local news, and the news content is nothing more than the same set of standards. It's more insulting to IQ than a bloody idol drama.

But today's news is obviously a little different, and it is a rare homicide case reported.

"At 8 o'clock this morning, the police station in Hongjiang District 7 of G City received a report that a male corpse was found in an abandoned factory on Shali West Road in District 7. Jinqi Industrial Group is one of the top ten enterprises in the city, and Mr. Qi Yu, the general manager, has won the title of outstanding entrepreneur for many times, and has made outstanding contributions to promoting the economic development of the city・・・・・・"

"After receiving the report, the Hongjiang District 7 Police Station attached great importance to it, and immediately set up a special team to rush to the scene, after a preliminary investigation, it was determined that the time of death was around 03:00 yesterday morning, the body had no obvious surface injuries, but there were large areas of blood at the scene, the cause of death is unknown for the time being, pending further examination by forensic medicine, and the police did not rule out the possibility of his murder after collecting evidence at the scene・・・・・・"

Before the news was broadcast, the aunt had already collected the money and picked up the remote control to turn the table, obviously this type of news did not attract her attention at all.

Ning Siyi thought, isn't Hongjiang District 7 exactly the area where she is now, Shali West Road is behind the vegetable market she usually visits, and this kind of thing happened near her home, although it has nothing to do with her, but there is always a feeling of discomfort in her heart.

There was such an accident, for the 7 district police station is a rare event throughout the year, the fame of Jinqi Industrial Group is estimated that few people in G City do not know, as the leading enterprise in G City, Jinqi Industrial Boss Qi Yu, superb wrists, extremely unique business vision, started by catering in the early years, early monopolized the real estate industry of G City, it is no exaggeration to say that half of the establishment of G City New City is the credit of his family, it is said that Jinqi Industry is preparing to enter the video game market, to show its strength in this emerging market, How do you know that when his family disappeared after leaving the company a few days ago, what is even more surprising is that he has not heard the news that his family has filed a case to find him, and his body was found, especially he is very likely to have been murdered.

Ning Si made up the big drama about the kidnapping and tearing of tickets by entrepreneurs, the scheming of wealthy palaces, and the likes of Infernal Affairs in shopping malls in an instant.

When you think about it, the water inside is really deep.

But it's none of her business, the wealthy world has nothing to do with ordinary people like her, she just sighs a few words.

After settling the accounts and stuffing her resume into a transparent file bag, she threw herself back into the hot street. The police station in the community is at the intersection diagonally opposite the convenience store, Ning Siyi was standing on the side of the road waiting for the green light, and was about to cross the road when he was suddenly stopped by a voice behind him.

"Miss, please wait."

Ning Siyi didn't realize that this was calling her at first, until the other party said the next sentence: "Did you pick up a pocket watch?" “

Pocket watch! Ning Siyi was shocked by this, so he stopped and turned around.

Calling her was a slender and tall young man, with an elegant and handsome face, fair complexion, different from the current popular cream Xiaosheng, his facial features are three-dimensional and hard, especially the eyebrows and eyes, slightly raised into the sideburns, clear eyes, full of heroism, neat black short hair is refreshing and neat, coupled with an off-white urban casual clothes, the male protagonist who runs out of idol dramas is alive. He was standing a few steps away, looking at her with a smile on his face.

Ning Siyi was a little nervous, she was used to being alone, and rarely communicated with others unless necessary. Her long-term reticency made her very difficult to speak, especially when facing strangers, she would be very nervous, and she could not even speak, in other words, she had a slight social phobia. However, she has finally been in the society for several years, even if she can't change it, she can still hide the uneasiness in her heart by facial paralysis.

So, she nodded at him with a wooden face.

The man was very happy, the polite and polite smile instantly turned into a pleasant and relaxed smile, the three-dimensional facial features of the hero exuded a strong warmth, because of his own personality, Ning Si was very sensitive to the perception of people's emotions, she clearly felt that there was a kind of relief in the man's smile, and even the eyes that looked at her were a little softer than just now.

That pocket watch was really a very important thing, Ning Siyi thought secretly.

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The two came to a nearby café, and the man took the menu handed over by the waiter and handed it to Ning Siyi, but seeing that she was still in a state of confusion, she didn't answer the menu, so she made her own decisions and ordered two glasses of juice and two cakes.

Ning Si stared at the water glass on the table with a wooden face, looking calm, but in fact, her heart was far less calm than it appeared to be, uneasy, nervous, and mixed with a little fear, in short, it was very complicated.

This can't be blamed on her, originally thought that the owner of the pocket watch came to the door, as long as she can say the characteristics of the pocket watch to prove that he is the owner of the pocket watch, she doesn't have to do this to report the loss, she can directly return the watch to the original owner, everything is fine.

After taking back the pocket watch, the man insisted on inviting her to dinner to express his gratitude, which was understandable, but Ning Siyi was not good at contact with strangers, and it was too embarrassing for the two strangers to eat together, so he declined the other party's invitation.

But the man's words choked all the refusals she was about to pronounce back into her stomach.

"Don't you want to know why I'm sure you picked up my pocket watch?" The man smiled brightly, not thinking at all that this sentence was enough to scare Ning Siyi, who was as timid as a mouse.

Her shoulders stiffened, as if the wet/wet and cold touch of yesterday was still there, and the strong smell of blood filled her nose again, and the person who was smiling like a spring breeze in front of her eyes, and was polite and polite, showing good upbringing, was the black back man who was covered in blood and stained yesterday, and looked embarrassed and suspicious.

The difference between the images before and after was so great that she didn't react for a while, the two were the same person. She regretted it, she shouldn't have just returned the watch to the other party just now to save trouble, she blamed her for her coarse nerves, patronizing her dress and facial paralysis, and even ignoring such an important matter.

Ning Si's expression remained unchanged, but her mind had already turned over the river, and in just a few tens of seconds, she had made up countless kinds of the other party's origins, backgrounds, and dangers, and she even suspected that the murder case she found this morning had something to do with the man in front of her!

Therefore, it was really impossible to make up for something in the brain, and before anyone could say anything, she scared herself first.

In the end, Ning Siyi had no choice but to stiffen her body and walk into the café near the police station with the other party, and secretly comforted herself, the café was so close to the police station, the other party would definitely not dare to act rashly, if there was anything wrong, she immediately ran to the opposite side to ask for help.

In short, after some psychological construction, she finally reluctantly regained her ability to think, looked up at the man opposite, and found that the other party was looking at her with a smile, she immediately avoided the other party's gaze, pretending that she was looking at the scenery outside the window, her heart was pounding in her chest, and the tips of her ears were stained with a suspicious flush.

It's not shame, it's just being scared.

The man obviously also noticed Ning Siyi's flustery, and he maintained a good demeanor and spoke: "I'm really sorry!" But don't worry, I don't mean anything, I just want to treat you to a meal to say thank you. Because this pocket watch is really important to me. “

The man's voice is magnetic and pleasant, his tone is calm, and his attitude is very sincere, coupled with the handsome face that God is his own mother, it is difficult for people to be wary, even if it is a social phobic crowd like Ning Siyi, it is inevitable to relax his vigilance against him.

What a world of evil faces!

"First of all, introduce yourself, my name is Gu Li, and I am the owner of the library." With that, he took out a black business card and handed it to Ning Siyi.