"You mean he didn't make any money doing business in the south?" Seeing that Anxin nodded firmly, Xu Zhonghui asked again, "Why are you so sure?" ”

"I heard him say it with my own mouth!" An Xin tilted his head and recalled seriously, "Let me think about it, this should have happened in the second year after he came back, no, strictly speaking, it should be the third year, he came back before the Spring Festival in 1998, and the time we met him again was on the eve of the Spring Festival in 2000." That day, my mother went to a nearby farmer's market to buy New Year's goods, and I couldn't stay idle at home, clamoring to go with her. My mom was so troubled by me that she had to take me with her. It was there that we met Uncle Gu, who was setting up a stall to sell meat, and it was at that time that we learned that he had failed in business, and that he had returned to Pujiang City two years ago, and then asked someone to find a stall in the farmers' market and sell pork. ”

"Didn't he go to your house again after he returned to Pujiang City?"

"Well, he felt a little embarrassed to visit our house again. At first, he encouraged my uncle to resign and go south to do business with him, but he gave up halfway and came back empty-handed, and my uncle persevered because he gritted his teeth and finally made a lot of money. He said that if he had followed my uncle's advice and persevered, he would not have been so embarrassed later. ”

"Has he been selling meat at that farmer's market since he came back?"

"That's what he said himself."

"Since he's been there for two years, how come you haven't met him during this time?"

Facing Xu Zhonghui's curious questioning, Anxin said calmly: "What's so strange about this, it's a large farmers' market, and our family usually doesn't go there to buy vegetables." There is a vegetable market near the old house, and at that time, there were many vegetable farmers who set up stalls in the alleys to sell vegetables, the price was affordable and convenient, so why go to the farmers' market if you can buy vegetables at your doorstep? ”

"Doesn't your restaurant also buy ingredients?"

"The ingredients needed for the small restaurant were first purchased by my grandfather and uncle at three or four o'clock in the morning on a tricycle to the nearby farmers' market, and then the family bought a small van, and the location of purchasing ingredients was changed to a vegetable wholesale center or meat and seafood wholesale market in the suburbs.

After listening to Anxin's explanation, Xu Zhonghui fell into deep thought. After a long time, he spoke again: "Do you know the specific city where he and your uncle went south to do business? ”

Anxin did not directly answer Xu Zhonghui's question, but provoked a thorn: "My uncle? ”

"An Huaisheng." Xu Zhonghui corrected angrily.

"An Huaisheng?" Peace of mind is not relenting.

"Enron's father." Xu Zhonghui gradually lost his patience.

"Enron's father?" Anxin ignored Xu Zhonghui's increasingly ugly face, and continued to raise his eyebrows and question.

"Don't worry, you can spare me! You know I can't call it anyway. Xu Zhonghui finally relented and made a surrender.

Anxin sighed almost inaudibly, and finally stopped pursuing it.

"The city where they went south to do business was specialized in the wholesale business of clothing and luggage, and if I remember correctly, it should be called Yangcheng."

At the moment when Anxin gave the answer, Xu Zhonghui suddenly threw out another question that was not related.

"I remember when your uncle was a soldier, didn't he?"

"That's right."

"He seems to have a special attachment to blades, and I saw him set up a special display case in his villa to store the blades he had collected from all over the world."

"This should be a hobby he cultivated when he was a soldier, and he has never let go of it after he retired from the army, and he is even more out of control after he has money."

"The most I saw in his collection were daggers of all colors. Does he have a particular preference for sharp, slim daggers? ”

"Yes, maybe it has something to do with his experience as a soldier."

"How?"

"My uncle was serving in the field army at that time, and it is said that he is still the kind of soldier who needs to undertake special tasks, and I have little knowledge of military affairs, and I don't know the specifics, but I only know that he has undergone very rigorous physical training, including grappling and fighting, survival in the wild, etc. - this is why he is almost sixty years old and still very strong. If he were to encounter thieves and robbers in his path now, he would still be able to subdue them with his bare hands. ”

As soon as An Huaisheng was mentioned, a sense of awe and pride arose in Anxin's heart, and the words in her mouth began to gush, she didn't notice Xu Zhonghui on the side at all, and her body was already covered with a layer of yin frost.

Xu Zhonghui turned his head and glanced at the clock on the dashboard, and said lightly: "Your sleep time is too precious, I can't delay you any longer, go back and rest early!" With that, he opened the door and got out of the car first, and went straight around the front of the car, came to the side of the co-pilot, and opened the door for Anxin, "I'll find an opportunity to send your Ferrari back tomorrow." ”

"It's okay, I can pick it up from you tomorrow after work."

"And then, let me drive it back to you?" Xu Zhonghui quipped, "As a result, I didn't have a car to go back, and then drove it away?" ”

After hearing this, Anxin smiled and said, "After you send it over tomorrow, you won't have a car back." ”

"That's different, I can still take a taxi or walk to the subway station and take the subway back." Xu Zhonghui replied solemnly.

"Forget it, whatever you want!" Anxin didn't plan to dwell on this issue anymore, "If you don't have time to send it over, remember to call me, and I'll pick up the car from you after work." ”

"The last thing I need right now is time." Xu Zhonghui laughed at himself.

Standing on the steps of the villa and watching Xu Zhonghui go away, looking at his back as he walked away, she suddenly realized that Xu Zhonghui had just inquired about An Huaisheng and "Uncle Gu's" in the past, but he didn't explain the reason to her.

Forget it, I'll have a chance to ask him again in the future! While thinking about it, Anxin reached out and combed his messy ponytail, then opened the door of the villa and walked in.

At one o'clock in the morning, Jiangbei District has fallen silent, but in the conference room on the fourth floor of the Shibei Police Station, it is brightly lit, showing another lively and energetic scene, including Captain Liao of the Criminal Investigation Corps, Deputy Director Xia of the Jiangbei District Public Security Bureau, and Captain Xu of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, as well as all kinds of personnel in criminal investigation and relevant police officers of the Shibei Police Station, this night is destined to be a sleepless night.

On the leadership stage, the leaders have all taken their seats. Offstage, everyone is also looking for vacant seats to sit. In the rightmost aisle seat in the third row, Ge Bin sat next to Huang Fangyuan.

"Have you contacted Xu Zhonghui?" Huang Fangyuan turned his head sideways and whispered in Ge Bin's ear.

"Nope." Ge Bin had already shown obvious fatigue, his eyes were sluggish, and he said in a dull tone, "At the beginning, the two or three calls rang but no one answered, and then the calls became turned off. Why don't I go to An's old house in person before work in the morning and bring him directly to the office? Before Huang Fangyuan could answer, Ge Bin immediately said, "It's wrong, it's not tomorrow morning, it's already past one o'clock in the morning, it should be before work this morning." ”

The corners of Huang Fangyuan's mouth sank unconsciously, and he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

At this time, Deputy Director Xia's voice suddenly sounded in the conference room.

"Comrades, be quiet, we have a meeting."

As soon as the words fell, the conference room immediately became silent, and everyone stared intently at the leaders on the leadership stage, listening to their speeches with bated breath.