He Xiaoyan quickly leaned forward again and asked in a low voice, "Are there any suspicious characters?" ”

Shen Chen retracted his gaze, shook his head, and said, "There are one or two, but they have nothing to do with us." If I'm on duty during the day, I have to pay attention to the check. ”

He Xiaoyan nodded, thought about it, and shook her head again: "That's not right!" I remember a few times at night, even though you had already gotten off work, you still went to take care of it! ”

"What a coincidence!" Shen Chen smiled and said, "And they are all big cases, but they are not comparable to those few petty thieves now." ”

He Xiaoyan looked at Shen Chen and said, "It's not all the truth. I always feel as if you are deliberately working against spies and traitors, and others probably think the same way. ”

Shen Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "No matter what others think, who made them unlucky, who let them keep touching me, and who made them write 'bad guys' on their heads?" ”

"You, you're so annoying!" He Xiaoyan's eyes widened, and she smiled again: "I found out, you are not afraid of anyone at all, no wonder you offend people!" It's the same with the small patrol, or you're not going to be sent to the newspaper where the bomb hits. ”

Shen Chen smiled and said, "So what? Risks and opportunities coexisted, and I was promoted all of a sudden. ”

"Awesome, really awesome." He Xiaoyan pursed her lips, saying that it was a compliment, but her expression was different.

Shen Chen's eyes flashed and he looked at the door.

Alcote walked in with a Chinese woman, glanced around, trying to find a seat, but his gaze stopped on Shen Chen's face.

This guy has good eyesight! Shen Chen was a little helpless, and beckoned with a wry smile. Eye-to-eye pretending not to know is not good.

When he accompanied He Xiaoyan out, he naturally couldn't disguise himself too much and make him look like another person. So, I just wore glasses, changed my outfit, and changed my image a little.

Alcott smiled, talked to the woman, and went straight to the seat on Shen Chen's side.

There were not many guests in the café, and he came over with such a clear purpose, Shen Chen had no choice but to get up, stretched out his hand and shook Alcott, "Hello, Mr. Alcott." ”

"What a coincidence!" Alcot smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, and this lady, don't bother you, right?" ”

Shen Chen glanced at He Xiaoyan and said with a smile: "Don't bother." We're waiting to see the next movie, so let's sit here for a while. ”

Alcote greeted her female companion and sat down opposite Shen Chen and He Xiaoyan unceremoniously.

"Mr. Shen has just been in distress, and he has the leisure to watch a movie, which is really unusual!" Alcote said as he introduced his female companion, "This is Inspector Shen, you should have seen the photos in the newspaper, right?" ”

"Hello, Mr. Shen." The young woman stretched out her hand to Shen Chen and said with a smile: "My name is Cao Yixin, a reporter from The News. ”

"Hello, Miss Cao." Shen Chen felt that it was not good to put He Xiaoyan aside, so he also introduced Alcott, "This is my friend He Xiaoyan, she is a teacher. ”

Alcott and Cao Yixin greeted He Xiaoyan again, and the four of them knew each other.

Women engaged in journalism since the end of the Qing Dynasty, and some outstanding female reporters emerged during the Anti-Japanese War. In Shanghai, where the trend was pioneered, various newspapers recruited female reporters one after another, and it became a fashion for a while.

At the time, however, the definition of a woman journalist was broad, and any woman who worked in a news organization was referred to as a female journalist. And there are not many female reporters who actually go out to interview, write scripts, and compile news as a profession.

Although people in the forties began to abandon the suspicion that "women can also be journalists", the attention to women journalists in Shanghai, which is relatively open, still seems to be stuck in the word "women".

Naturally, the lace news of female reporters has also become an indispensable topic of conversation after dinner.

There are many female reporters in society, and they have invisibly linked female reporters with courtesans, and there are indeed some vase-like female reporters mixed in.

Therefore, in these lace news, many people have always had a deep prejudice against female journalists.

Even in some news, the authors mostly think that journalists are just a springboard for women to find good partners. One author was even more merciless in his sarcasm at a female journalist in Shanghai:

"When we think of them, we just feel like there's nothing but a flower butterfly flying around in the air for a while. Her daily job is to meet celebrities and attend receptions. ”

"At the reception, she ate very little, but sometimes she ate a lot, but no matter what, late arrivals and early departures, she was inevitable. And such pretentiousness is nothing more than to attract attention. ”

"When I interviewed celebrities, those celebrities, when they saw the delicate name on her card, were usually met by leisure. After pestering for a long time, he took a photo to say goodbye, so that the next day he could see a photo in the newspaper with the words "reporter ×× and ××× of this newspaper" and so on. ”

"In short, they never knew that there was anything other than high-rise buildings that generated news. They only danced among celebrities, their cards flying like snowflakes in the air-conditioned room. ”

The addition of the word "female" in front of a journalist to highlight his gender is itself a symbol of a patriarchal society. And women journalists are stepping out of their homes and on the streets to compete bravely with men, after all, it is the progress of society.

Shen Chen has nothing to do with this, but he thinks that some female reporters in Shanghai give people the impression that glass equipment, all day long, get in here and wear out there, when they arrive at a place, they don't sit for ten minutes, they pick up their bags and have to leave, they seem to be very busy, they are very energetic, more than charming, and they have too little patience.

And this Cao Yixin, Shen Chen has heard of it.

In order to attract attention, a certain newspaper once held an activity of "the most beautiful female reporter in Shanghai". In the end, although it was over, Cao Yixin was one of the beautiful reporters on the list.

Isn't it true that journalists are beautiful? Male reporters haven't heard of judging beauty. But if lace news doesn't judge beauty, who is interested?

"Mr. Shen doesn't accept interviews, I touched a nose outside the patrol room today, and I was deflated!" Cao Yixin's words were a little coquettish, but her appearance was very quiet, stirring the coffee lightly with a small spoon.

"Except for public assignments, I have never been interviewed." Shen Chen smiled and said, "It's purely personal reasons, please forgive Miss Cao." ”

Alcot nodded, as if he understood very understandingly, "Inspector Shen has been attacked several times, and it is understandable to keep a low profile. ”

Cao Yixin said: "Of course I understand. It's just that since we happened to meet, I would like to ask Mr. Shen a few questions. After a pause, she smiled slyly and said, "Mr. Shen, don't worry, this won't be reported." ”

"Miss Cao can ask, but I reserve the right not to answer." Shen Chen was not fooled, and made his words clear first.

Cao Yixin covered her mouth and laughed, and said, "Okay, then I'll ask." ”

Shen Chen made a gesture and asked her to ask.

"According to my calculations, so far, there should be more than twenty thugs killed or injured at the hands of Inspector Shen." Cao Yixin's expression became serious, and she asked, "Inspector Shen must not have calculated carefully, how do you feel when you suddenly hear this number?" ”

Shen Chen blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "It turns out that there are so many bad guys, but fortunately they are all bad guys, so I don't feel anything." ”

This answer was a little unexpected, Cao Yixin's eyes were stunned, and it took a long time before she blinked, pursed her lips and smiled, and continued to ask: "May I ask what hobbies Shen Tansheng usually has, dancing, gambling, watching movies, or anything else?" ”

Shen Chen thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Maybe it's a little bit of it, but if you want to say that you are more addicted, I prefer to play with guns." ”

"Men's preference." Alcott stretched out his hand to the shape of the gun and placed it on his chest, his face straight, as if he was about to pose in a heroic gesture.

Cao Yixin pouted at Alcott, obviously not complimenting this image, and then turned to Shen Chen and asked, "Last question: Does Inspector Shen know that someone in Huxi has offered a bounty, as long as he can assassinate you, he will get a large bounty?" ”

He Xiaoyan was more surprised, she didn't know about this matter, and set her eyes on Shen Chen.

Shen Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Some people want to kill me, and some people don't want me to die." So, I know the news. ”

Cao Yixin stared at Shen Chen, smiled for a while, stretched out her thumb, and praised: "Amazing!" If someone else knew about it, I am afraid that they would not even be able to sleep. But Inspector Shen can deal with it calmly, without any panic or fear, which is admirable. ”

"It's over." Shen Chen smiled and said, "Maybe the bounty is too small, please don't move the real master." If it's 180,000, maybe I'll be scared. ”

"Hahahaha, Inspector Shen is too humorous." Alcott laughed and held up his coffee cup, "I toast you for a hundred thousand bounty." ”

Cao Yixin also laughed, and even if the question was in the past.

After observing for a while, Shen Chen saw that Cao Yixin was a veteran, very familiar with the living habits and hobbies of foreigners, and her relationship with Alcott was very unusual.

The four of them chatted for a while, and Shen Chen saw that the movie theater opposite was over, and the audience walked out of the theater one after another and scattered.

"The movie is about to start." Shen Chen said apologetically to Alcott and Cao Yixin, "We have to go first." ”

Alcote and Cao Yixin got up to shake hands with Shen Chen and He Xiaoyan and say goodbye, and Alcott also gave Shen Chen a membership card of the club, saying that it was a very good place to go to have fun.

Shen Chen and He Xiaoyan walked out of the café and walked towards the cinema.

"I didn't expect your English to be so good." He Xiaoyan was very surprised, although he spoke more Chinese just now, Alcott sometimes habitually spoke to Shen Chen in English, and Shen Chen answered without thinking.

"If you want to be promoted in the patrol room, you can't speak English well. Learn more, talk more, and it's pretty much the same, but it's not as good as you say. Shen Chen was humble and entered the theater with He Xiaoyan.

Located on Jing'an Temple Road, the Great Guangming Theater is known as the "First Cinema in the Far East" and is the work of the Hungarian architect Hudak.

In Shanghai at that time, "Da Guangming" screened almost all European and American films. "Boys" dressed in overalls and cylindrical flat hats pull open the doors and respectfully invite the audience into the hall.

At the ticket gate is the instruction manual of the movie screened that day, the instruction manual is in Chinese and English, the printing, arrangement and content are very delicate and beautiful, in addition to the content of the film, it is also printed with the name of the film company, cast and crew, posters, stills, etc., the poetic promotional words are very popular with fans, and the audience can read them for free.

Since the theater is showing all the original films, each seat is equipped with a "translation style" to broadcast the plot and dialogue to the audience through headphones.

At that time, the ticket price of "Da Guangming" was generally between six jiao and two yuan and five jiao. Therefore, going to "Daguang" to watch a movie is a symbol of quality life, and it is a grand and worthy of showing off for ordinary people.

He Xiaoyan's family is not wealthy, and she is very frugal, and she has only been to "Daguang" once. At that time, there was no such thing as "translation style", but this time I saw it, and I felt fresh.

Shen Chen also bought popcorn, small candies, and two bottles of soda, and after the two sat down, they chatted while eating until the movie began to be screened.

He Xiaoyan watched it with relish, and it was a lot more convenient to have a "translation style".

Shen Chen didn't need the "translation style", but he was drowsy. There is no way, how can the level of film shooting at that time be compared with later generations, it is a compliment to say that it is a five-cent special effect.

When they were about to fall asleep, Shen Chen felt He Xiaoyan cling to him and grabbed his hand. opened his eyes and looked at the screen, it turned out that the plot had reached a critical moment, with a weird soundtrack, which made He Xiaoyan a little nervous.

Shen Chen gently shook the soft water in his hand comfortingly, and took two sips of soda in his other hand before he cheered up.

He Xiaoyan turned her head to look at Shen Chen, and laughed in a low voice: "Can you fall asleep watching such a good movie?" You can do it. ”

Shen Chen laughed twice, couldn't control it again, and yawned heavily.

The movie ends, and the night is in Cambodia. Shen Chen and He Xiaoyan walked out of the theater and walked slowly along the road.

He Xiaoyan was still unsatisfied, regretting that Shen Chen hadn't watched the whole movie, and told him the plot.

After watching the movie, Shen Chen fell into good spirits, responded with "oh" and "ah" on his lips, and his eyes watched vigilantly.

The sound of the huqin came, whimpering, which made people feel sad.

The old man played the huqin, held the horse pole under his armpit, led his blind granddaughter, slowly turned the street, and walked aimlessly forward.

Shen Chen and He Xiaoyan stopped and just looked at it, no one wanted to speak.

As soon as the piano stopped, the old man turned his head slightly and asked his granddaughter distressedly, "Are you hungry?" Grandpa also had a few copper plates. ”

"No need, grandpa." The blind girl paused and said, "Will you go to that place tomorrow, the leftovers are delicious." ”

The old man sighed and said, "That's not a good place, let's go less!" ”

The blind girl didn't speak, just licked her lips subconsciously.

"Let's go!" The old man sighed and walked forward, and comforted: "I'll buy you baked cakes to eat tomorrow!" ”

He Xiaoyan silently opened the small leather bag in her hand, and before she could reach out to take it out, a ten-yuan bill had already been handed to her.

Shen Chen pursed his lips and motioned to He Xiaoyan to send the grandfather and grandson over.