S city is a densely populated, very mobile city, but also a very fast pace of life in the city, in this steel city, facing the pressure of work, life, family, everyone always has something to do, can not finish the business, in addition to physical fatigue, there is also a huge mental pressure, behind the bright light, dark seeds quietly breed.

June is synonymous with summer and the beginning of heat, and everyone living in the city has changed into cool and thin summer clothes, sandals, suspenders, miniskirts, and white thighs can be seen everywhere on the street.

On this day, Xu Lang, who slept at home in a dark night, woke up, he was woken up by hunger, after Xu Lang got up, he opened the refrigerator and took a look, and found that the refrigerator was empty, and there was nothing to eat, so he had to close the door of the refrigerator in frustration, with messy hair, stepping on flip-flops, and walked into the bathroom.

Standing in front of the sink, looking at himself in the mirror, the messy hair built a bird's nest on the head, the hair looked a little greasy because it had not been washed for several days, the man's face was thin, his chin was already covered with stubble, his eyes were not fully opened but they were very bright and deep, his eyes were full of wisdom, he was wearing a beige top that I didn't know whether it was pajamas or a T-shirt, and the lower body was a pair of shorts, in fact, this T-shirt was white before, but after wearing it for a long time, it became beige.

"Bang la la"

Xu Lang turned on the faucet, and the cool tap water immediately gushed out of the faucet, Xu Lang put his hand under the faucet, took a handful of water, washed his face simply, dragged a towel casually, wiped it on his face, and then threw the towel on the sink, and after turning off the faucet, Xu Lang walked out of the bathroom.

Originally, Xu Lang was going to go back to the bedroom and continue to sleep on the bed, but at this time, the shriveled stomach sounded a gurgling sound, Xu Lang rubbed his stomach and said: "How good it would be if people could live without eating or drinking." ”

After Xu Lang finished speaking, he picked up the key and wallet and walked out of the house, Xu Lang lived in an old housing area, the house was left by his father who was still in prison, Xu Lang's father left him nothing before he went to prison, only this house, and nothing else.

Xu Lang walked downstairs, while opening the wallet in his hand, there was only one fifty-two ten yuan and a few one-dollar bills in the wallet, looking at the colorful banknotes, Xu Lang sighed, what can you do with this money? It's not enough to eat a stir-fry.

Xu Lang remembered that there was a shop selling barbecued pork rice not far from home, the shop was not big, and the barbecued pork rice was also very expensive, the most important thing was that the owner was a very beautiful young woman, which was a great temptation for adults, while eating barbecued pork rice, while looking at the beautiful women, no matter how the barbecued pork rice tasted, at least it was a very eye-catching thing to see with beautiful women, thinking of this, Xu Lang decided to go there to eat barbecued pork rice.

When I came to the shop of barbecued pork rice, the proprietress was busy in the store, Xu Lang came to the bar and said with a smile: "Beauty, are you busy?" ”

The proprietress is a woman in her thirties, wearing a dark crop top, a pair of denim shorts, an apron around the front, and her long black hair is tied in a ponytail by her.

It's not yet time to eat, there are not many people who come to eat, and there are only five or six people sitting in the store, and all of them are men, the proprietress is surnamed Chen, as for her specific name, no one knows, and the business license is not written in her name, but a man named Liu Changhong, but this man has never appeared in this store, no one has seen it, some people speculate that it may be a relative of the proprietress or something, and some people have asked the proprietress every time someone asks, the proprietress just smiles, It didn't explain anything, and over time, no one asked about it again.

After the proprietress saw Xu Lang, she raised her head, the expression on her face stiffened, and then she said with a smile: "Yo, Officer Xu, I haven't been here for a long time, why are you free today?" Or is it the same as before? ”

Xu Lang nodded and said, "It's the same old look, put more spicy food." ”

"Okay, you find a place to sit, just for a while."

After the proprietress finished speaking, she went to the kitchen, and suddenly there was a sound of knives cutting meat, and Xu Lang also found a place to sit down and looked around.

The shop is not large, only five or six tables, although it is a restaurant, probably because the owner is a woman, so it is very clean and tidy, and there is no greasy that is common in ordinary restaurants.

Just as Xu Lang was looking around, he heard a young man sitting next to Xu Lang shouting, "Boss, what is this?" ”

When Xu Lang heard the voice, he looked over and found that the barbecued pork rice in front of the young man had already been eaten, and at this moment he was holding something similar to a pig's foot with chopsticks, and it was not accurate to say that it was a pig's foot, because on that thing, there was still something red, which looked like nail polish or something.

After Xu Lang took a look, he didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that it was the chili pepper standing on it, but before Xu Lang could take a closer look, he saw the proprietress hurriedly walk out of the kitchen, came here, glanced at the things caught by the man's chopsticks, his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, the store has been renovated recently, it may be paint, so I'll make a new one for you." ”

After the proprietress finished speaking, she swept the thing into the trash can with a tissue, then turned her head and glanced at Xu Lang intentionally or unintentionally.

When the young man heard the proprietress say this, he looked at the half of the food left on the plate, and he had eaten almost enough, and he couldn't finish changing it, so he shook his head, and then checked out and left.

After the young man left, the proprietress seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and then turned to Xu Lang and said, "Officer Xu, wait a minute, the super cooking will be ready soon." ”

Xu Lang nodded, signaling that he was not in a hurry, and the proprietress returned to the kitchen.

Xu Lang looked at the back of the proprietress, with his intuition as a policeman in the Public Security Bureau for several years, he always felt that something was strange, so Xu Lang stood up and walked to the trash can and squatted down, picked up a disposable chopstick and opened the thing wrapped in a tissue, Xu Lang only glanced at it, and recognized what it was, it was not an animal toe or something, but the fingertip part of a human finger, and it was a woman's finger, because there was red nail polish on the top of the finger.

Xu Lang took a closer look at the thing and was sure that it was a human nail, which made Xu Lang feel bad.

Just when Xu Lang was about to stand up, he suddenly found that the proprietress had stood in front of him with a dinner plate without knowing when, looking at Xu Lang with a frightened expression.

Xu Lang first pulled a few tissues and folded them together, then used chopsticks to pick up the things, put them on top of the tissues, threw away the chopsticks, stood up, and stretched out the things that were placed on the tissues to the proprietress The smile on his face had disappeared, replaced by a serious face, and then Xu Lang asked, "Boss, what is this?" ”

As soon as Xu Lang said this, the people who were still eating in the store looked here, because the thing was wrapped in tissues, they couldn't see what it was, but they all saw the panic and unnaturalness on the face of the proprietress, which made them wonder why they were curious.

The proprietress put the plate in her hand on the dining table, she didn't pick up the things in Xu Lang's hand, nor did she look at it, but combed the hair of her sideburns, and said with a far-fetched smile: "This is a pig's foot, otherwise what else could it be?" ”

Xu Lang looked at the eyes of the proprietress and said word by word: "Pig's feet? If it's a pig's foot, then I've really seen it, and it's the first time I've seen a pig's foot with nail polish. ”

"What? Pig's feet with nail polish? ”

Hearing Xu Lang say this, the people who were eating looked sluggish, and a few people were eating pig's feet in their mouths, and when Xu Lang said this, the expressions on their faces suddenly became wonderful, and they didn't spit it out, nor did they swallow it, it looked very funny.

After the previous panic, the proprietress calmed down now, she first glanced at the things in Xu Lang's hand, and then said very firmly: "This is pig's foot." ”

If it was ordinary people who heard the boss lady say this, maybe they would believe it, but Xu Lang used to be a policeman, and he also wanted to be a criminal policeman, so it was naturally impossible to admit his mistake, so he didn't believe what the boss said, but he didn't continue, but wrapped the things carefully, walked back to his place and sat down, picked up his mobile phone and dialed the mobile phone of Ning Yanran, the captain of the first team of the criminal police, Xu Lang didn't say what happened here, but said that there was a situation here, and I hope she can bring someone over.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Lang looked at the barbecued pork rice on the dining table that had not yet started, now he had no appetite at all, and his stomach stopped ringing, the proprietress stood in place and looked at Xu Lang, at this moment she was not standing or sitting, because everyone looked at her and Xu Lang.

The proprietress didn't have the previous smile on her face, looked at Xu Lang and said: "Officer Xu, you are a policeman, you have to talk about evidence, I am a legitimate business, you say this, let me do business in the future?" ”

Xu Lang raised his head and looked at the proprietress, to be honest, the proprietress is a very beautiful woman, her skin is very fair, and she has not become sallow because of the smoke and fire in the kitchen all the year round, and she also has a pair of big watery eyes, at this moment she is a crying expression, which makes the average man unbearable to see it, and it is inevitable to wonder if he guessed wrong, but unfortunately this trick is useless to Xu Lang, he looked at the proprietress and just said lightly: "Is it pig's foot, the police will come in a while, Check it out and you'll find out. ”

After Xu Lang finished speaking, she no longer looked at the proprietress anymore, but stared at the barbecued pork rice in front of her, after hearing Xu Lang's words, the expression on the proprietress became a little panicked, she silently returned to the bar, and when she was about to go to the kitchen, she heard Xu Lang's voice ring again.

"Hostess, you can't go to the kitchen right now."

The proprietress stopped, turned her head, looked at Xu Lang and asked, "Why?" ”

"There's no why." Xu Lang said without raising his head.

The proprietress took a deep look at Xu Lang, suddenly laughed, and then really didn't go to the kitchen again, but sat in front of the bar and waited for the arrival of the police with Xu Lang.