Chapter 3 The Old Bar Fire Suspicions
We arrived at the airport in K city close to 7pm and decided to settle dinner at the airport as the airport was far from the city. While I was still at the mouth of my tongue for the expensive simple meal at the airport, I stared motionlessly at a lady who was dining not far from us. The girl looked very petite, her hair was dyed lavender, and she was wearing a simple white T-shirt and light-colored jeans. I touched Li Jing's elbow: "Have you taken a fancy to someone else's girl?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense." Li Jing glanced at me, "I just think it looks familiar." ”
"It's familiar, and you can't keep staring at it. Isn't it like your first love? I laughed at Li Jing, didn't I say that first love is the most unforgettable? Anyway, I'm really the opposite, I've almost forgotten what my first love looked like, no, I'm going to look for our photo when I go back this time.
"You're thinking too much. However, although I can't remember where I saw her, I always felt that she was very important to us, Xiaozhi, you go and ask for a call. "Li Jing commanded me to ask for the contact information of the beautiful woman.
"Me? What am I going to call it? What do I say? Can't say, hehe, beauty, I think you're important, can you give me your phone? "I don't think it's reliable even if I think about it.
"Whatever you want. Just ask for the phone, go quickly, he's almost finished. "The experience urged me.
I sighed and walked cheekily; "Hi beauty!" How do you look like you're going to sell it?
The girl looked up at me when she heard me say hello, and looked at me with big eyes wary, her eyes full of inquiry.
This is the first time I have seen this girl, and only four words pop up in my mind, 'amazing', just like a girl who came out of the ancient beauty picture, as beautiful as a girl, apricot eyes, willow eyebrows, and a little bit of cherry. I didn't know what to say for a while, and I blushed for a long time, and finally remembered what I was going to do: "That, can you leave a phone call for me?" I think you're very beautiful, I have a friend who works in a publishing house and a couple of friends who work at ISBC, and I'd like to give them your photo and contact details if possible. After thinking about it for a long time, I used my previous identity to make up a reason that seemed reasonable.
The girl on the other side looked at me and thought for a while, and just as I wanted to give up, the girl suddenly said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you, but you have to prove to me that you are a scout." After saying that, the girl smiled slyly.
When did I say I was a scout? I thought about it for a long time, and then I suddenly remembered the selfie I took when I was working at ISBC, so I quickly looked for it in the photo album of my mobile phone and showed the girl the photo, and the girl exchanged contact information with me suspiciously.
When I returned to the table, I felt full of tiredness, and Li Jing looked at me with a smile: "Are you coming?" It's so slow! “
"If you think I'm slow, I'll go by myself." I replied, didn't bother to talk to him, and began to pick up the rice in the bowl. When I looked up from my rice bowl, I still noticed that he was staring at the girl. The girl didn't leave, sitting there alone drinking coffee and reading magazines, unhurried. Maybe it's early, waiting for the plane, I guess in my heart.
"I'm back to my soul!" I shook my hand in front of Li Jing's eyes.
Li Jing gently removed my hand, turned her head and said to me, "If you change her hairstyle and hair color, she will look the same as the girl who died in the fire." ”
I was taken aback, and when I turned my head to look at the girl again, she was already ready to leave, and I wanted to go up and stop her and find out the situation, Li Jing held me down: "Don't worry, it's not clear about the situation yet, don't startle the snake, after all, we don't know the whole situation of this case yet." If we arouse her suspicions now, we will become very passive. I want Shi Hao to check this girl. ”
We didn't bring any luggage, went directly from the airport to the bar street, simply, the original accident of the bar is still alive, but after redecoration, the new bar looks much more luxurious than the original, we entered the bar at exactly 10 o'clock, is when the bar began to lively. Li Jing was actually very reluctant to let me go to the bar with him at first, and insisted on asking me to go to the police station that the team had contacted for us to ask the police officer in charge of the matter about the situation back then, and wait for him quietly. But who am I? Zhu Xiaozhi, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, wants to try everything! I insisted on going to the bar with Li Jing to do an unannounced visit to the bar. After Li Jing repeatedly told me to pay attention to safety, the two of us went our separate ways and started our own investigations.
After declining a few gentlemen's invitations, I went to the bar and asked for a gin and tonic, and we struck up a conversation with the bartender.
"Alone today?" The bartender put the gin and tonic in front of me and asked me with a smile.
"No, I came with a friend, but he left me behind." I glanced at Li Jing in the distance, who was chatting with a few girls.
"Is that the man in the orange baseball shirt?" The bartender followed my gaze.
"yes!" I pretended to be unhappy.
"Ahh It's rude to leave the cute girls aside and play by themselves. However, you can also play on your own, and there are a lot of very handsome boys here. The bartender symbolically comforted me.
"Forget it, I don't really like the atmosphere here, it's just that I have a friend who likes it very much, and I came here to experience her life." To be honest, I really don't like this noisy environment.
"Then why didn't she come?" The bartender asked, and a boy came over and asked for a 'screwdriver' (a cocktail). The bartender smiled meaningfully.
"Ah, that friend of mine is dead." I ignored the bartender's smile and talked to myself, taking a sip of the wine from Colin's glass.
"It's a sad story." The man next to me picked up my words.
"yes. I thought we could be together for a long time. I turned my head and smiled.
"But fate is a very magical thing, and it's over, so life should be enjoyed in time." The man pushed the 'screwdriver' to me.
"yes." I waved my hand and declined his drink, "But I still miss him." ”
"Speaking of dead people, it happened here," the man said suddenly, drinking the 'screwdriver' he had ordered.
"Huh? What's going on? I feigned curiosity, and then I noticed that the bartender's back was visibly stiff.
"Ah, there's been a fire here before." The man saw that I was interested and continued to talk to me when the bartender came closer to us.
The bartender frowned, a little impatient, and said, "How long has it been, and why are you mentioning him now?" ”
When the man heard the reprimand, he pursed his lips and did not say anything further. But I'm not here to just confirm this, I have more important tasks to do.
"But I haven't heard of it. Before I come, tell me what's going on. Is there someone who is fireproof? I looked at the man deliberately innocently and asked eagerly.
The man was visibly taken aback by my enthusiasm, but quickly reacted and smiled at me (the smile he thought was handsome had nightmares for days, but I resisted the urge to complain): "Want to know?" If you want to know, we can go over there and talk slowly. With that, the man pointed to a dark corner of the bar.
Resisting the urge to pump him, I forced a smile, "Okay, but I'd like to go to my friend and talk to him first." He also likes to listen to stories the most. I looked in the direction of Li Jing, who was still chatting with a woman in her thirties.
The man saw that I was not alone, a little deflated, and a little unwilling, so he leaned over and whispered to me: "4 years ago, I remember it was summer, one day, it seemed that a stage equipment in a bar caught fire, the fire extinguisher expired and couldn't spray anything, and the fire hydrant didn't know why it couldn't be used. As a result, the fire became bigger and bigger, everyone panicked, ran out frantically, stepped on each other, the scene was particularly chaotic, and many people were trampled and injured. Then, I remember that in the end, it seemed that a few young ladies died, and it seemed that they didn't run out, but some people said that they were knocked down when the lion ran, and they stepped on people, but they didn't get up, they didn't run out, and they were burned alive. ”
I tried my best to avoid the groping's hands of the man, and when I heard the last word, I jumped off the chair next to the bar. He probably noticed the situation on my side and rushed over. The man looked at Li Jing coming over, felt bored, and turned around to go to the dance floor.
I breathed a sigh of relief, subconsciously dodged Li Jing's reproachful gaze, turned my head to see the bartender's reaction, as expected, the bartender from the man just told us about the fire 4 years ago, his eyes have never left us, saw me look back at him, and looked away from the BMW.
Li Jing also seemed to have completed his own investigation, and pulled me out of the bar. Although I wasn't very good at reading the air, I could clearly feel Li Jing's anger. I didn't dare to look at him all the time, but I still apologized: "I'm sorry." ”
"Don't make your own decisions next time." Li Jing didn't say to forgive me, probably still angry, "Do you know how worried I was just now?" If I hadn't come in time just now, I don't know what that man was going to do to you. ”
"No, I'm very protective of myself." I defended myself.
Unexpectedly, Li Jing shouted directly at me: "He's about to stick to you, it's okay if you sue me." ”
was startled by his roar, and I don't know why a nameless little flame sparked in my heart: "Where did I say it doesn't matter, what I said is that I will protect myself, and I will do things in a measured manner." Don't think that you are the only smart person in the world, and the rest of you are all idiots, I have my own way to check things, and you don't have to worry about me. "As soon as the words came out, I regretted it, what am I doing? Obviously, I was miserable without Li Jing just now, but if I don't thank him, he is still saying that he is nosy. I scolded myself countless times in my heart, but I couldn't pull my head down to apologize.
I felt that Li Jing beside me was shocked by what I had just said, I secretly glanced at him, although I couldn't see her expression clearly, but I could obviously feel his sadness, this time I said too much, every time I got into trouble, it was actually Li Jing who was trying to help me, and I really shouldn't hurt him with words. I was about to apologize when I suddenly heard a familiar voice: "It seems that I guessed correctly, but I really didn't come to our small shop for the sake of it." ”