Chapter Forty-Three: Old Friends

I came back to my senses and found myself asleep for a while. At this point, the car had traveled a long way and had not yet reached its destination. We were completely away from the city and onto a winding road far away on the outskirts of the city.

"Haozi, why haven't you arrived yet, so far?" I had a vague feeling in my heart that something wasn't quite right. This is also a problem caused by my professional habits, I am always prone to suspicion of others, even my own friends.

Li Hao apologized embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, Fengzi, I didn't make it clear to you that I brought you here without permission. My father's villa was built very early, and it was built in the most remote suburbs of the city, and our family usually does not come here to use this villa except for vacation. Besides, my mother died early, and he never remarried, so the house was empty. ”

Listening to his words, I looked farther away and found that I could no longer see the high-rise buildings of G City at all, and could only see patches of dense and silent mountains and forests, quietly standing in front of me. But I have to say that the scenery here is really good, away from the hustle and bustle of the city and pollution, it is a suitable place for vacation.

I turned my head to look at Azure and saw that she was asleep too.

"Zhang Yiming, what about them, they also came in your car?" I was idle and asked casually.

Li Hao shook his head and said:

"No, they came in their own cars. Even though my villa was in the middle of nowhere, it was easy to find along the road and I sent them GPS. ”

I suddenly remembered that I still had work to do in G City, and I was a little panicked, worried that this back and forth would delay my trip.

"That, Haozi, ...... tomorrow"

"Don't worry," as if he understood my thoughts, Li Hao said: "Just stay here for one night, and I will personally drive you to the city center tomorrow." Won't delay your work. ”

I nodded, didn't say anything more, and continued to close my eyes.

After a while, Daben drove into a magnificently decorated villa, which was large, with a swimming pool, fountain, parking garage, and green lawn. I estimated it a little, maybe more than 300 square meters.

This guy's dad is really rich. I'm afraid it's not that I have a mine at home. I sighed silently in my heart.

However, perhaps because it is located in the deep mountains and old forests, this place is sparsely populated, and a huge villa tends to give people an eerie feeling.

I woke up Azure, who was still sleeping in the back seat, and told her that she was ready to get out of the car.

The car was safely parked in the parking garage of the villa, and the three of us got out of the car and walked towards the villa. I casually looked at the time, it was already 7:35 pm, and if I remember correctly, we set off at about 5:10 and the car was about 2 hours and 20 minutes.

This car has been driven for so long? If I hadn't fallen asleep in the car for some reason, I wouldn't have realized it at all.

I was stunned for a moment, and then realized that I was cautious again, so I gently pinched my face and reminded myself that I couldn't act like a police detective all the time.

We entered the main house of the villa and as soon as we entered the door we were greeted by a large and spacious living room, behind which a delicate wooden staircase led to the second floor. There are a couple of rooms behind the ladder, probably the kitchen or something.

As I thought so, I caught a glimpse of a few old friends sitting on a large sofa on the right side of the living room. They were standing up and greeting me.

"Hi, Shao Feng." Qing Liu greeted me with a grin.

Except for Qingliu, who is still the same guy and has a scholarly temperament, everyone else has changed a lot. It is said that he is not working in the police department now, but is teaching at a university while conducting his academic research.

"Brother Feng." Zhang Yiming and I hammered each other's shoulders.

He was so serious that I almost didn't recognize him when I saw him. He didn't have the exaggerated big back at the beginning, and he also put away the bells and whistles of trendy clothes on his body. At this time, he wore a simple short hair, a white sweatshirt and a pair of black trousers.

Later, I heard Zhang Yiming say that because his grades were not very good, he was assigned to a small branch after graduation, and he had no results after a few years, and he was bored, so he resigned and went outside to start a business. Now he is the owner of a large bar.

This guy still has something to do with the bar.

"Brother Feng is good!" Wu Xi beckoned to me warmly.

Wu Xi doesn't seem to be so cold. I heard that after graduating, she went to the United States to continue her studies in criminal investigation technology with excellent grades, and is now working as a criminal investigation consultant expert in a provincial police station, like a returnee from abroad.

Perhaps it was the open-mindedness of the American side that had a great influence on her character, and now she gives people a sense of enthusiasm. As if to meet us, she deliberately put on a beautiful red dress to add a touch of warmth to this huge but cold room.

I hugged and said hello to them one by one, and although it had been almost 10 years since we saw each other, we still missed each other as much as we used to, and missed those days together. I even felt a slight sour feeling in my nose.

Except for Hong Jialu and Ai Xiaomiao, everyone is here.

At the mention of the two of them, everyone was silent.

It's ironic that they didn't show up at the same table at the same time, and now, 10 years later, they still haven't been around us at the same time, and they never will.

"I messaged Hong Jialu and she said she would be there soon. In the evening rush hour, there was a bit of a traffic jam. Let's eat first, don't wait for her. Zhang Yiming said to us.

"Then since it's so late, let's not wait for Hong Jialu for the time being, let's eat first, I finally called my former chef, they have been preparing dinner for us for a long time." Li Hao clapped his hands in the direction of the kitchen and said loudly:

"Chef Wang, I'm sorry for you! You can get your assistants to start serving! ”

"Come on!" A group of people dressed as waiters in a fine dining restaurant walked out of the kitchen one by one, each holding a large plate covered with a lid in their hands.

The atmosphere suddenly began to liven up. Li Hao opened a case of beer and took a bottle for one of us.

He picked up a bottle and said to us:

"This bottle, I respect my favorite Xiao Miao."