Along the way, Chiba lowered her head, and with each step, the anguish and doubts in her heart increased.

She was willing and willing to believe that the sour horn she found had nothing to do with Da Mao, but she couldn't find any reason to convince herself to accept the reality that there was no secret passage under the wooden box.

Seeing that she was sullen, Song Yingchen explained with relief: "Take it easy, you are also worried about Luo Damao, Uncle Xu will understand." It is not difficult to find that the implication is not to believe what she says.

"There's a secret passage there, Steven can testify!"

"Steven, the name is familiar."

"The last time I held a film festival."

"Oh yes, I remember, and that nasty bunny...... Wait a minute. ”

Passing by the bubble tea shop, Song Yingchen asked her to wait, and came out with two drinks in her hand after a while.

"Black charcoal caramel." He handed her a cup and asked the clerk to make this cup of milk tea sweet with full sugar, "When you are depressed, you need a little sugar the most." ”

"Uncle Xu must think that I am full of lies and have delayed him for so long, hey, what should I do, I will embarrass you."

"I don't think it's a lot, curiosity, imagination and justice, there aren't many people like you anymore."

"I'm not lying...... Alas, forget it. She wanted to convince Song Yingchen, but she couldn't do it, so she said, "Lucheng is so chaotic, I thought it was outrageous enough to be kidnapped in my lifetime, but now even the people around me are missing for no reason." ”

"I warned you before, tell you to be careful." Song Yingchen shrugged his shoulders and took a sip of the hot drink in his hand, "Don't worry, Luo Damao won't have an accident, maybe it's just that he's in a bad mood and hiding." ”

Chiba pulled out the sour horn from her coat pocket, and indescribable complex feelings welled up in her heart.

"When I first came to Lucheng, I only had one friend, he gave me a lot of help and took very good care of me. We all come from small places, we have all lived a hard life, we know what is hard-won, and we also know how to cherish it. So I don't believe he deliberately hid, he just got married and had his own small family, how could he be willing to leave, don't you say? ”

This sentence obviously poked Song Yingchen's heart.

The conflict with his mother is still unresolved, but the good thing is that the uncomfortable secret hidden in his heart has been revealed. It's like a pustule, if you don't pick it, it will hinder the view and even cause lesions, and if you pick it up, you will feel that the pain is unbearable.

They both seem to be willing to compromise for each other, but they can't completely let go of their noble self-esteem in their hearts. After all, Lu Meiqin is his mother, and she is the one who makes his milk bigger and his blood thicker than water. No matter who pierces the sky and blows up the mountain, it is impossible for the two to break off the blood relationship, and only one party compromise is the best way to solve the problem.

So he regretted it a little. As a man, a son, he did encroach on all her feelings and efforts in Lu Meiqin's most beautiful years - he was selfish. Neither acceptable nor changeable, he only hoped that Lei Wan could love her like a normal man after taking off the mask. So the side of compromise is destined to be him.

"What's wrong with you?" Finding that he was in a trance, Chiba tilted his head and asked.

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm thinking about the secret passage you said, if it's true, I don't know what is hidden underneath."

"Steven and I both thought it was supposed to be an underground casino."

"Could you be misremembering?"

"No, it's the storeroom, and the wooden box isn't there."

She shook her head helplessly, and the two walked forward together, parting at the crossroads.

Outside the Sakura apartment, Da Mao's family is still blocking there begging for an explanation, but his mood has changed from noisy to sit-in.

Chiba recognized Daimao's new wife at a glance.

It was a fairly good-looking rural girl, with big eyes and a round face, and her cheeks had red spots left by years of sun exposure. She sat silently on the ground, her eyes were empty and helpless, her dusty body revealed endless exhaustion, and the whole person looked very haggard.

Just as she was about to step forward to comfort her, a hand suddenly grabbed her.

"I've caught you!" He Cheng suddenly appeared and said angrily, his broad shoulders covering her vision, "Where did you go, why didn't you answer the phone?" ”

She looked at the phone, and He Chong did call.

"I'm sorry I accidentally touched the mute."

She looked at Da Mao's family with infinite concern, and her mind was not on He Chong, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Come with me to dinner." He Chong said, like an order.

"I'm tired today and I don't have an appetite, you can go by yourself."

"You don't need to prepare an appetite to eat with me, just be next to you, let's go."

"I'm not going." She was a little anxious, more depressed, "I'm in a bad mood today, I'm sorry." ”

"What's wrong, who bullied you?" He Chong bent down and looked at her from the bottom up.

He felt more and more that this unattractive girl exuded an endless charm, which had nothing to do with appearance, but a kind of personality that slowly stretched from the inside out, which was intriguing.

"No one bullied me, I was incompetent."

"You're incompetent, I'm useful, let's listen to it and see if I can help you."

"It's not me who has anything, it's my friend." She pointed to the sit-in crowd, "He's a security guard here, and he suddenly disappeared, and the police department is afraid that he will have to run away from home to perfunctory his family." They sat there for a day, and no one gave an explanation, and no one worked it out. ”

"Tell you not to live in this kind of place, the grade is not high and the security is not strict, how bad it is for a group of people to pull banners and block the door."

"It's okay to be a little sympathetic, weren't your family anxious when you were tied up!" She couldn't help but let out her anger, shook off He Chong and walked towards the sit-in crowd.

He Chong caught up with him again.

"What are you angry at me, I didn't say anything."

"Wait a minute......"

She put him aside and walked straight to the eldest hairy daughter-in-law to patiently comfort him, this is the second time today. It took a while to walk back again, the corners of his mouth dropping, his face full of regret.

"She's pregnant, what can I do......" she said in a trance, her eyes slowly moistening.

"There have been a lot of disappearances recently, and I don't know who those people let them deceive, most of them are engaged in pyramid schemes." He Chong analyzed, and nodded confidently, "Don't worry about it, you just picked up a life." ”

"It's okay to engage in pyramid schemes, at least personal safety is guaranteed, if there is any other reason, I am afraid that he will be more than lucky."

"You can't help the police with anything they can't do, so what should you do?"

She took a deep breath and held back the tears.

"Are you passing by?"

"It's okay to come to you all the way."

"Looking for me? What's the matter, yes this weekend. ”

"Tsk, you're so boring, is there only a working relationship between us?"

"It's the relationship between the boss and the employee...... she further clarified the identification of the relationship between them, but when she looked up and saw He Chong's unhappy face, she added, "It's also a friend relationship." ”

"That's right, friendship, find a friend for a meal on the weekend to connect with the relationship, no problem, right?"

"Sitting face to face every day, what else is there to connect."

"During the day it was work, now it's socializing. Being my personal secretary means that you have to know everything about me, which is not something that can be done in eight hours in the office. ”

"Do you have to eat it?" She couldn't resist it.

"I have to eat, and all my requests must be answered in the affirmative."

"Whew...... Then I'll have to come back after eating with you, I'm really tired today. ”

"Okay, let's go."

He Chong excitedly pulled her into the car and ran to a Spanish restaurant that had been booked.

During the banquet, his eyebrows fluttered and he talked eloquently, but Chiba did not respond to a word, and his mood was always concerned about Da Mao. The time of a meal is fleeting for him, and for her, who has distractions, it is like sitting on pins and needles.

After eating, He Chong sent her back to the Sakura Apartment, but she stopped half a street away from the apartment.

"What's wrong?"

"You go back first, I'll go down here." She unbuckled her seatbelt and prepared to get out of the car.

"Haven't you arrived yet, aren't you going back?"

"I'm going to buy them something to eat."

The "they" in her mouth certainly refer to Da Mao's family members.

He Chong poked his head out of the cab and asked impatiently, "Hey, do you know what they blocked the door for?" ”

"For what, for people!" She didn't think it was a problem at all.

"If, I'm just saying if, if people don't come back, what do they want? Could it be the takeaway you packed? Or a few words of concern that don't hurt? ”

Hearing He Chong's question, she turned around and came back, as if to theorize.

"What kind of words is this, a big living person can't see it and disappear, can't you ask for an explanation?"

"People are not lost by the property management of the community, what do you want to say to them? People only provide the opportunity to go to work, the benefits of room and board, do you still want to help take care of people and don't lose them? Besides, how old are your friends, they are all about to become Lao Tzu, do you still need others to be responsible for your personal safety? ”

"Then who are they looking for, is there no place to reason? People are lost during working hours, and the company ignores them, of course you have to look for them. ”

"Diao Min."

"You! Why are you so impersonal. ”

"You've forgotten what the guy tied me up wanted last time." He Chong reminded.

“…… Money? ”

"Yes, if people really can't find it, it won't help to cry anywhere, do you think they just want to ask for an explanation? The property management company is not a police station, if you want to say that you want to find the police to make trouble, what is it to go to the gate of the community to sit in. Tears can't be shed in vain, they can't understand it at first, and when they calm down, they will know what to fight for, it is definitely not a question of why or sorry, it is something that can really be made up. As he spoke, He Chong rubbed his three fingers and made a gesture of counting the money.

Chiba frowned, unwilling to accept this argument: "How is it possible, money is more important than people." ”

"You can't make this expression, there is nothing to be ashamed of asking for money, and you can't be humane. No one wants anything to happen to their family, but if something happens, they definitely want to get compensation from material things. Didn't you say that the woman was pregnant, that needs money more, giving birth to children and raising children has at least ten years of occupation for her, and it is impossible to hold on to her husband's whereabouts, what do you want, comfort, and justice, those are useless to her. ”

He Chong's words were cold but full of reason, and she felt uncomfortable.

However, she still said stiffly: "Da Mao is not a bargaining chip for money, who wants money at this time, even if you want to compensate, it will be after you find someone." ”

"You're stupid, I don't want to do it at this time, who will care about you when the wind calms down. Do you understand that striking while the iron is hot, I think only you Yang Qianye doesn't like money, whether money is hot or fried or is it fried, why are you so stupid. ”

"Everything is measured by money, you think everyone is like you."

"I'm too lazy to talk to you." He Chong turned his gaze to the front, stepped on the accelerator and left.