Chapter 7: The Sound of the Piano in the Cafe
At the gate of the No. 4 Middle School, the flow of people after school is constantly pouring out, and there are students wearing blue school uniforms everywhere. From Saturday afternoon to Sunday evening, the No. 4 Middle School has a one-and-a-half-day holiday, and many students whose families are in Beijing have to go home. Besides, it's time for dinner, and the students of the fourth middle school who are tired of eating the cafeteria just come out to fight for the tooth sacrifice.
In terms of holidays, the fourth middle school did better than Yinghua International diagonally opposite. The fourth middle school has one and a half days off a week, while Yinghua International only has two days off at the end of the month.
Liu Bing is not tall and of medium stature, a few centimeters lower than Lu Jing, who is one meter seven or eight. He wore a gray textured suit with his hair combed in the middle, his leather shoes were polished, and he looked delicate and behaved.
Lu Jing recognized him at a glance, he had worked in the agency for a long time, and his dress and temperament were very different from those parents who came to pick up students.
Liu Bing held Lu Jing's hand, shook it vigorously, and said with a smile: "I can't see it, I can't see it, if you didn't call me, I really wouldn't dare to recognize it." ”
Lu Jing laughed, "Brother Liu said with a smile. "His appearance is seven points similar to the old man, and the eldest brother's appearance is similar to that of Ms. Luo. is because the two brothers are not similar in appearance, and it is normal for Liu Bing not to recognize them.
"Don't, don't, don't dare to do that. It's okay for you to call me Xiao Liu. Liu Bing didn't dare to accept this title casually. Serious Deputy Director Lu is his elder brother. He is just Director Lu's secretary, how dare he trust him.
Lu Jing smiled and said, "Let's talk about it." There's a Western restaurant in the university town, it's not bad, Brother Liu, let's try it. ”
Liu Bing smiled and said: "Whatever the guest is, you have the final say." ”
In the morning, after the old man and the eldest brother ended the call, Lu Jing mentioned it to the eldest brother again, wanting to keep abreast of the latest situation. The eldest brother called his secretary Liu Bing and made an appointment with Lu Jing to meet at noon today, have a meal, chat, get acquainted with feelings, and facilitate contact.
Although Lu Jing has always been very hasty, his reasoning this time is somewhat reasonable, and his eldest brother can't help but attach some importance to his opinion, and agree to his request to keep abreast of the latest situation.
Go straight at the intersection on the right side of Dinghai No. 4 Middle School, turn northwest along Hudong Road, and it will take less than 20 minutes to become the university town of Jingcheng. There are a number of well-known universities in China, such as Yenching University and Huaxia University, which are located in the university town, adjacent to the shore of Swallow Lake.
In April, there is no beautiful scenery in the capital of the south of the Yangtze River, but the blue waves in the swallow lake are rippling, the breeze is coming, and the willows on the shore of the lake are still around, which is also refreshing and pleasant, and the joy is forgetful. Along the way, I also saw couples of college students whispering by the lake.
"It's good to be young!" Liu Bing said with a sigh. He is Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and he is the secretary chosen by his eldest brother after he came to the ministry, and his writing is extremely strong, and he is a top student of the Literature Department of Minmin University. The University of China is in Xiyue District, not in a university town.
Lu Jing said with a smile: "Brother Liu's age is also a good age to go up." ”
The two of them laughed.
The western restaurant called Cafe 105 has an elegant environment, which is very suitable for two or three friends to come and chat. The fragrant cappuccino can be refilled for free, and from time to time someone on the piano table in the center goes up to play the piano. You won't get bored after a day of sitting here, and it's a great place for couples in a college town to go on a date.
Looking at the beautiful college students walking on the side of the road through the bright glass, Lu Jing chatted with Liu Bing while drinking coffee. After eating Western food, the two sat down to chat.
is mainly talking about Yu Yi as a person. The crux of the whole incident is that the discipline inspection team participated in the eldest brother's opponent Liu Weijia did not find out the whereabouts of the 2 million, but Yu Yi explained that the deficit of 2 million had an inexplicable relationship with the eldest brother.
Lu Jing guessed why he was willing to use it for Liu Wei's family, but the whereabouts of the 2 million were what he wanted to know very much. Where did Yu Yi hide it and what was it used for?
In Liu Bing's mouth, Yu Yi is strict with self-discipline and outstanding business ability, a good helper of the eldest brother, and a trustworthy cadre. His family was harmonious, and his wife was virtuous. His son Yu Feng and Liu Bing have also met him a few times, he is polite, modest, and has excellent grades, which is very good.
Lu Jing naturally wouldn't tell Liu Bing about Yu Yi being shuanggui in a few days. That's often the case, the same people and things look different from different angles.
Liu Bing probably never dreamed that he would be a good cadre in his eyes, Yu Yi, who was bold enough to embezzle 5 million public funds, and embezzled about 1 million funds before and after.
"There is something, you call this call number, I will call you back as soon as possible." Liu Bing handed Lu Jing a small piece of paper with the number of his Chinese pager written on it.
In 1993 and 1994, only the "big bosses" could afford to use mobile phones with big bricks, so relatively low-cost pagers became people's first choice. Of course, when the pager first appeared on the land of China, it was also a precious item.
In 1995, in the face of powerful mobile phones, the market for pagers with only paging function gradually shrank, and the number of users no longer increased. By 1996, the number of subscribers had begun to decline, and the number of paging stations had decreased significantly.
It is foreseeable that it will be irreversible over time, and it will be replaced by mobile phones.
"Okay!" Lu Jing put away the small piece of paper, got up and shook hands with Liu Bing to say goodbye. He sighed in his heart how convenient it would be to have a mobile phone. Seeing Liu Bing sit in the blue taxi of the Beijing City Taxi Company, Lu Jing went back to the Western restaurant, asked for a cup of coffee, and thought carefully.
It is impossible for the eldest brother to embezzle the 2 million, so it must have been Yu Yi who did something. Yu Yi either transferred the money to a certain technique, or spent it.
According to the analysis of the notice on Yi's handling in his previous life, Lu Jing believes that it is very likely that Yu Yi transferred money abroad with the help of the casino of Yongji Nightclub, so that the investigation team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection could not find any clues. Because there are clues, Liu Wei's family can't hide it, and this case once made a certain state councilor personally pay attention. It is impossible for Liu Weijia to take the political risk to cover up for Yu Yi.
What he can do is to guide Yu Yi to push the unknown risks to his boss, leaving a way back for his life after he is released from prison.
Yu Yi once confessed that part of the 1 million he embezzled was used to pay for the gambling debts owed by his son Yu Feng in the casino on the third floor of the Yongji Nightclub.
It's no surprise that he has some connection to the Yongji Nightclub.
Lu Jing was inclined to Yu Yi's speculation that he had transferred the money. If it had been spent, the investigation team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would not have found no traces.
Yu Yi's secretary, Li Zheng, may know something. In this case, Li Zheng also played a very bad role, and he almost almost named his eldest brother. However, he was much lighter than Yu Yi, and the investigation team did not use his materials in formal questioning.
I don't know, where is Li Zheng, who is hanging in the subordinate department of the General Department of the Minimum Security Department, at this time? It might be rewarding to talk to him.
Lu Jing sighed, took a sip of coffee, and called the waiter in a tuxedo to bring him a ballpoint pen and sticky note paper. He was ready to recall Li Zheng's whereabouts little by little according to the impressions in his mind.
At this time, a familiar piano tune sounded happily, interrupting Lu Jing's thoughts. He took a sip of slightly cool, bitter coffee, and simply listened quietly.
This is a famous piece of piano music, Beethoven's "To Alice". This cheerful song, repeated through guò and smooth tone, portrays a gentle, beautiful, simple and lively image of a girl, expressing praise for the girl's angelic image.
A series of ascending triplets followed by a smooth and lively descending chromatic scale naturally leads to a third repetition that ends the piece on a joyful and bright note.
The familiar notes knocked on Lu Jing's heart, and his mood became inexplicably happy. That's probably the charm of art.
Cafe 105 has a circular layout, and the piano is placed on a piano stand about one meter high in the center of the café, so that every guest can actually hear the piano.
He leaned over to see a ponytailed girl in a white dress playing intently next to the piano in the center of the café. The natural and smooth rotation of the head with the keys of both hands makes her temperament stand out, just like Alice depicted in piano music.
Lu Jing looked at it carefully for a while, the silhouette of the girl looked familiar, and suddenly a beautiful figure floated from his memory, slowly overlapping with the image of the girl in front of him.
A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Jing's mouth, and he wrote a note for the waiter to give to the girl.
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Dong Bing comes to Cafe 105 every Saturday afternoon to play two piano songs, one is to exercise his piano performance, and the other is to cheer for his friends.
She had just stepped off the piano stage when a waiter handed her a small note, "Miss, Mr. 12 asked me to send it over." ”
Dong Bing smiled, didn't answer, but picked up his Chanel beige shoulder handbag from a sandalwood counter under the piano stage. Then, in his left hand, he holds a domed anchovy sunhat hanging from a black metal shelf. There are a lot of things like handing out notes, and there are more of them in bars. It's not very common in cafes.
She smiled and said, "Thank you!" Please help me get it in the trash. With that, he turned and walked towards the door, ready to leave.
At this time, the corner of her eyes swept to the position of the 12th platform on the left, and she saw a boy smiling and waving at her.
Her face changed slightly, her white little shell teeth gently bit her red lips, and after thinking about it, she walked over.
"Lu Jing, why are you here?" Dong Bing looked at Lu Jing with a smile on his face, and was a little surprised.
Lu Jing gestured, "Do you want to sit down and have a cup of coffee?" ”
Looking at Dong Bing, who has cool eyes, a tall figure, and a fluttering white skirt, Lu Jing remembered that the path of the fourth lieutenant colonel seemed to be very good, and later went to the UK to study, entered a multinational company, and became a British citizen. Every year, Beijing and London fly back and forth. It's much better than what happened to another school girl.
Dong Bing brought his hat to his head, very British ladylike, waved his hand, and said, "No need, I have to go home in a while." Uh, Lu Jing, don't talk nonsense about me playing the piano here! ”
Lu Jing leaned back in his seat and said with a smile: "I spend time here, and occasionally I meet old classmates, what do you talk nonsense about when you go back to the fourth middle school?" Hehe, it's a good location," he said, pointing out the window. What he means is that it's a bustling place, and sitting alone in a café has the quiet of a busy city.
It's just that while he was talking, a beautiful woman with long hair and hips in a slim long-sleeved black top and blue jeans was coming from far and near. His finger was pointing right at the beautiful woman from the glass.
In this way, the flavor of the words has completely changed.
"You're! I came here to see the beautiful women. You're not afraid of me telling me! Dong Bing sneered, his beautiful eyes smiling like a crescent moon.
She is a student in the 10th class of the second year of the fourth high school and the vice president of the student union. She has a good family background, and she has had several contacts with Lu Jing before, and she knows that others are not bad. There are a few boys who don't like to fight, especially those like Lu Jing.
Lu Jing touched his nose a little embarrassed, he sat here in Cafe105 and thought about the problem, he did mean to look at beautiful women, but it was a bit bad to admit it like this in front of female classmates, and what he said just now was not what he meant.
A trace of curiosity flashed in Dong Bing's eyes as pure as autumn water, and he said, "Lu Jing, you really don't know that Ding Ling likes you?" ”