Early the next morning, Li Zhen came to the door of Liu Ji barbecue restaurant.

The surrounding shops are bustling with activity because of the approach of the Spring Festival, which shows more and more the desolation of this storefront. He put his hand in his coat pocket, wandered around the door of the store for a while, and then went to a newsstand on the side of the road not far away, picked up a magazine and flipped through it.

The owner of the newsstand looked at him for a while, and hesitated to speak: "Why do I think you are very good-looking......

Li Zhen smiled slightly: "Oh, I used to go to that store to eat. He said and pointed to Liu Ji barbecue, and sighed regretfully, "I came here again today, but it was closed." Isn't their business quite good? ”

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a bald head, and when he heard him ask, he was immediately interested—and this was also expected by Li Zhen. used to work at Liu Ji barbecue, of course he knew what kind of character this uncle was.

"It doesn't matter if the business is good or not." The shopkeeper said in a low voice, waving his hand at the same time, with a mysterious expression, "His family has offended people!" As a result, he said that he failed the health inspection and was suspended for rectification! ”

Failed health inspection...... Li Zhen smiled in his heart - he knew that Aunt Liu was so clean, and Qi Yuanshan had been trained by her many times because he didn't clean the dishes.

But he still showed a surprised and curious look, and closed the magazine in his hand: "Who have you offended?" ”

"Hey, didn't you hit someone some time ago......" he got up, and then looked at the magazine in Li Zhen's hand.

So Li Zhen smiled and took out the money and handed it over: "I want this one." ”

The shopkeeper continued while looking for money for him: "Some time ago, their young man was beaten up, and he was still the nephew of the proprietress . It's a serious injury. I heard that I'm still hospitalized. Then the proprietress went to report the case and asked the police station to arrest someone. We all know each other here, three bastards, but I don't know who they found in their family, saying that they wanted to be private. ”

Li Zhen frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What's the name of the beater?" ”

"Well, you don't know you either. The leader is called Yu Yongqiang, and we are very annoying to them here. The boss scratched at the few hairs on his head, "I thought it was just three bastards, but I only figured it out when it happened." Their family relationship is not simple. ”

"How?"

"You think. Those three people have been hanging around here for a year or two, and they usually fight and scold individuals, and they still come to collect protection fees - why is no one caring? The boss shook his head, "Plus this one." People were hospitalized — almost killed. As a result, the people at the police station asked if they wanted to be private. The boss said no. If they had to arrest someone, they said they couldn't arrest them because they didn't know who was beating them. ”

"Isn't that? We all know who hit the road! The boss waved his hand indignantly. After that, the people around us went to the police station with the boss to testify, and at first they said that we didn't look at anything that night and couldn't testify, but then we made a fuss all morning, and those people relented and said that they would arrest people in the afternoon. As a result, it dragged on for several days, and when I asked again, I said that I couldn't find anyone...... What nonsense, people are just hanging around here, they can't find it? ”

Li Zhen took a deep breath: "And then?" ”

Then the proprietress went to the police station every day to make trouble. After four or five days of trouble, someone came to inspect her storefront, and then said that the hygiene was unqualified and sealed it. The boss spread his hands and sighed, "In this world, don't offend the officials." I don't know which of Yu Yongqiang's relatives has something to do with the people at the police station. ”

Li Zhen was silent for a while. The shopkeeper's inference may be correct, but Yu Yongqiang's group is a little strange. He was deceived on his first day back in the city - through a fake card message on the wall. He felt that this was not the first time he had been deceived, and that there must have been people who had been cheated by them before.

However, the strange thing is that these three guys have never had a problem. After cheating him out of money, he went to a barbecue stall not far away to eat—such a psychological quality can be used as a sniper.

What's more, in addition to deceiving people, they also have a side hustle - "collecting protection money". Moreover...... Dare to stab someone with a knife.

It is incredible that these three people can live without incident to this day.

So he asked, "Do you have the contact information of the hostess?" ”

The shopkeeper looked at him suspiciously: "...... What for? ”

"I know a few people. Maybe it helps. Li Zhen smiled, "His food is very delicious." ”

The shopkeeper looked at him for a long time, and then slowly took out his mobile phone, and said while flipping through the phone number: "It would be great if you could do a favor, there are still good people in the end." I wouldn't have called her if it weren't for your kindness—I'm afraid someone will scare her...... It's not easy to be a widow, and I've watched her open this shop a little bit in the past few years......"

Li Zhen listened patiently to what he said for a long time before he wrote down Aunt Liu's phone number. Then he nodded to the shopkeeper and walked away with the magazine.

He walked all the way to the corner not far in front of him and stopped down and dialed the number.

The first time no one answered, he called again. But there was still no answer. So he laid the magazine on a table behind him, sat on it, waited for five minutes, and then called again.

This time it worked.

The voice on the other end of the phone looked gloomy and nervous, and only said, "Hello? Who are you looking for? ”

It was indeed Aunt Liu's voice. So Li Zhen said in a low voice: "Aunt Liu, it's me, Li Zhen." I've heard that something happened in the distant mountains. ”

The other side of the phone was stunned, and after a long time, he said, "...... Li Zhen? Are you really Li Zhen? ”

"Listen to me." Li Zhen smiled, "It's me." ”

Aunt Liu paused for a moment and hesitated: "Then you are ...... now"

"I've heard about the distant mountains." Li Zhen said in a deep voice, "So I'll give you a call and see if I can help." Some time ago, the situation on my side was complicated, and I couldn't contact you. What's going on over there right now? ”

"I'm here......" Aunt Liu's voice was a little more happy, "I'm here...... Well, I can't tell you on the phone, where are you? I'm going to look for you. ”

"I'll go find you." Li Zhen smiled, "I haven't been to your house for so long." ”

Aunt Liu simply reported her own address, and was pleasantly surprised that Li Zhen was able to take the initiative to contact her—it seemed that like Qi Yuanshan at the beginning, Li Zhen's strange situation was attributed to the fact that he had met some amazing "big man".

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Yesterday I thought it was a cold, but it turned out to be acute gastritis...... It hurts terribly. Barely getting this chapter out.,Hopefully it'll get better in the afternoon and be able to continue to update.。 (To be continued.) )