He sat in the hall for about another hour. During this time, some officers appeared to have been notified and began to walk around, but no one tried to step out of the door.

In fact, Li Zhen didn't have any special thoughts about these policemen, in fact, they were just ordinary government employees. In many cases, there is only one thought of good or evil, and this thought often changes qualitatively due to some pressure from reality.

Like he is now. He truly experienced the desperation that Liu Cui'e felt a few days ago—her nephew was seriously injured and hospitalized, and she tried to defend her rights as a citizen of the empire through legitimate means. However, because of the personal will of some people, justice has been shamefully tarnished, and all she can do is to beg and wait here until she can no longer conceive, to confront it by the most drastic means that a small people can think of, and then accept an even more cruel fate.

When the foundation of her livelihood is firmly contained in the hands of public power, the only choice she can have is to compromise.

Such a thing may be common in the entire world, but when Li Zhen experienced it himself, he still felt slightly surprised.

All because he was just beginning to really get in touch with this world.

When the system was first established, perhaps all wishes were rosy – or at least they seemed that way. However, the Empire's colossal machine had been running for too long, so long that dust and rust were beginning to invade the once-vibrant, vibrant organism. So something else came into existence that wasn't supposed to be part of the system.

He used to just look from the outside—and those things were hidden deep behind the glossy majesty. Once he became a part of the machine, he began to realize how the machine had become sluggish and numb.

Over the course of an hour, he recalled several times the question that Dai had asked himself on the first day of reporting — questions about a handful and a whole. That's when he chose to be silent. And I really didn't know what the purpose of my new superior was. Today, however, he began to try to show a certain inclination.

In the past, there may have been all kinds of concerns—those that came from unfamiliarity and uncertainty about the future—but after the Battle of Shennongjia, the situation has changed dramatically.

There are only three executive officers left in the northern base. At least I have the capital to make a mistake once.

In fact, he also needs to make a mistake caused by "youthful frivolity" and "willful impulsiveness". Because he can feel the attitude that Director Dai has shown towards him recently. Because of some changes in his body, Dai Bingcheng became a little wary and distant, and he may be suspecting that he is no longer the person he used to be.

This thing sounds ridiculous, but after seeing the incredibleness of the species, no one will think about certain things with normal human thinking.

To put it bluntly. That's what Director Dai suspects...... I was affected by the species.

It's a fact. However, the truth is not what he thinks.

Species. Li Zhen closed his eyes. I took a few deep breaths to calm some restless emotions in my body, and then rubbed my forehead. This is indeed a headache.

With these complicated thoughts in mind, he finally stood up. Get out the door. The sun is about to set. The northern days in winter are short. He pulled a long slanted shadow all the way to the side of the road. Put your hands in your trouser pockets and follow the route you remember all the way west.

The streets are full of pedestrians and traffic. High-rise buildings began to light up. The streetlights also opened their eyes. He walked through one thick landscape tree after another, and spent an hour coming to an alley.

Perhaps because the Spring Festival is approaching, this alley has been cleaned. It's just that the small advertisements on the red brick wall are still there, and the words are still there—the certificate.

He raised two fingers and slowly swiped them across the wall, and the brick chips fell one after another, leaving only a few deep scratches.

He didn't stop, flicking the brick crumbs off his fingers as he continued until he came to a small barbecue stand. The business of this shop is not good - because it is located on the edge of the old town. The last time I came here, it was to ask for debt.

In fact, the purpose is more or less the same this time.

To his surprise, the shopkeeper remembered him. When he pushed the door and walked into the small shop, the shopkeeper looked at him, then smiled, "Yo, here you are again." ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned, and then responded with a smile: "Do you remember me?" ”

"You were scary last time." The shopkeeper beckoned him to sit down, wiped the greasy table for him with a rag, and looked at what he was wearing, "How are you doing now?" ”

"Very good." Li Zhen looked down at the plastic laminated menu, and chose among a row of dishes, "Bring me a Yangzhou fried rice." ”

The shopkeeper nodded and walked over to the back kitchen. So Li Zhen sat on a stool and looked up at the TV hanging on the wall, passing the time with a few commercials. There were just the two of them in the store, and the small stove emitted heat, driving the chill out of the store. Therefore, Li Zhen raised his voice and asked when the sound of stir-frying sounded: "Uncle, let me ask you something." ”

The shopkeeper replied in the back kitchen, "Okay, you say." ”

"Do you know where Yu Yongqiang lives?"

Didn't answer. So Li Zhen waited patiently. waited until he came out with a fried rice and put it on the table, and asked with a little worry, "You...... What is this for? ”

"There's something to do with him." Li Zhen smiled, "Isn't it about the Spring Festival?" ”

The shopkeeper slowly sat back in the chair he had just chaired, and looked at him with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he meant.

And Li Zhenzhi said what he was worried about, so he added: "It's a good thing." He won't come to you for trouble. ”

But the shopkeeper coughed, "No, I mean......" He hesitated for a while, "Seeing that you are not very old, it would be nice to do anything casually." They don't have a serious job all day, and it's not good for you to go with them. ”

This timid honest man, hehe. Li Zhen laughed inwardly. In any case, he was slightly moved by the other party's exhortation - after all, it was only the second time they met.

But he still shook his head: "It's not what you think. Actually, I'm going to persuade them to learn well. After all, they are acquaintances. ”

The shopkeeper became more and more unpredictable about Li Zhen's thoughts. However, Li Zhen looks clean and polite. The gentle smile was made more sincere by his handsome appearance, and the clothes he wore did seem to show that he was in good financial condition—not at all the shabby and depressed teenager he had when he first met.

It is a few streets away from Liu Ji's barbecue restaurant, and the news of Yu Yongqiang's injury has not yet arrived, so he didn't think of going anywhere else. So after hesitating for a while, he sighed slightly in his heart and said, "Where they are, I don't know where their home is." But the three of them rented a house outside. You just go along this road, and when you reach the intersection and turn left, there is a red brick building, and the third floor of the three units is, and the door in the middle. I've been to deliver them a few times. But now it's almost the New Year, and I don't know if they're still there. I didn't call it anything during this time, and no one looked at it. ”

Li Zhen nodded and said sincerely, "Well, Xie Lu thank you." ”

Then he left the money on the table, pushed the door open and walked out.

It was getting dark outside, and it was already dark now. Li Zhen walked alone under the dim street lamp for a while, shook his head and laughed. When I was a child, I read martial arts, and when I read that the hero in it went into a small shop to order a few dishes, inquire about a message, and then threw down a piece of silver and got up and left, I felt really majestic - but I didn't expect that I would have such a day.

Although it's just a small shop, it's just a seven-cent Yangzhou fried rice, but it feels real.

The shopkeeper said that Yu Yongqiang's three people didn't come to eat these days, and they didn't order takeout, which he can understand. No matter how rampant people are, they know how to keep a low profile for a while when something like that happens, and maybe they're eating instant noodles in a rental house right now. But I don't think I'm going home - I have to worry about being approached.

But this is not a big problem, as long as you have the heart, there is always a way to find a person's whereabouts. What's more, according to their usual temperament, even if they are low-key, they are not low-key.

Do those people think that they are a "little lieutenant executive" and don't have the courage to turn over any big storms? That may have been the case in the past. But for now...... It's a different story.

The so-called times create heroes.

As soon as he thought of this, he burst out laughing. The laughter drew a few surprised glances from passers-by, but he didn't care. Not just because of that sudden statement, but because of some emotion that has never been experienced before-

The invisible restraints on his body suddenly became light and thin.

It turns out that people can still live like this.

The successive street lamps stretched and shortened his shadow, and twenty minutes later he saw the red brick building.

A few people who came home from work hurried in their coats, the door was dilapidated and old, and it looked like it was a little old. He stood outside and waited for a while, then walked up the stairs when no one was in or out again. The corridor is black and hollow, and the sensor light seems to be broken, and it doesn't work from time to time. The walls are covered with small advertisements, and even the doors of the residents are pasted, as if they have been patched layer after layer.

He walked all the way to the third floor and stopped in front of the iron gate in the middle.

Raised his hand and knocked three times.

No one answered.

So he knocked it three more times.

Still no one answered.

However, he heard the slightest noise in the door, and the mirror seemed to be darkened. So he raised his hand again—

"Bang bang bang!"

The violent shaking caused the dust on the door frame to fall in a rustle, and the hallway lights flickered and flickered, just like the set in a horror movie. (To be continued.) )