Yu Yan was stunned for a moment, but still agreed to Niu Jingjing's request. Niu Jingjing exhaled deeply and said: "Actually, I hate my parents a little, if it weren't for them, my brother would be like me, going to college and finding a good job, instead of being like now, life and death are unknown." Niu Jing smiled bitterly, and then said, "I'm not here to complain about anything. She raised her hand and patted her forehead gently, saying, "It's just that after so many years, I haven't met the right person to talk about my inner affairs." Yu Yan nodded in understanding, but Niu Jingjing didn't go deeper, she just said: "My mother also told you that my father owed gambling debts back then, and he couldn't think about it for a while, so he rode around on a motorcycle, and finally died outside." ”

Yu Yan nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Niu Jingjing's expression was fluttering, and he muttered: "When my father left, all the debts fell on my brother, who was just doing hard labor on the construction site at that time, and he didn't have that much money at all. My brother dropped out of school to support the family because of our poor family conditions, and he wanted me to study hard, and saw that the money he earned was squandered by my father, and my tuition fees were gone......"

"Later, then I didn't know what happened. In a word...... My brother sent back more and more money, and he not only paid off the foreign debt, but also left me a bank card with 150,000 yuan in it. There was a painful look on Niu Jing's delicate face, and she paused for a while before she said dryly: "My brother has no culture, nothing, where did he get so much money?" I thought it was wrong at the time, so I questioned him, but my brother said that he asked me not to think about it, he met a noble person, and he would not let me and my mother live so hard in the future, and told me to study English hard, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will study abroad. ”

Yuyan glanced at Linnaeus quietly, and Linnaeus nodded slightly.

How could a poor boy with no educational background get such a huge sum of money in such a short period of time? Yu Yan is almost certain that Niu Xiaoliang's disappearance has absolutely something to do with the money.

"Hasn't he contacted you since this money?" Yu Yan asked.

Niu nodded quietly.

"Did he give you this card in his own name?" Linnaeus asked.

Niu nodded quietly and said, "It's his own name, and the bank is issued by 'love to save or not'."

Linnaeus nodded, and then asked, "How did you contact your brother before?" Phone or QQ? ”

"Both. But then we were basically phone-calling. And...... Now my brother's QQ account no longer exists, because he hasn't logged in for years. ”

After Niu Jingjing finished speaking, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, she asked Yu Yan with a panicked face, and said, "Sister, according to your experience, my brother ...... him" Niu Jingjing's eyes widened, and he didn't say the word "death" in the end.

Yu Yan told the truth and said, "I can't confirm it yet, but your brother received a large sum of money before he disappeared, which is not easy to say, because he has no suitable reason to obtain this money, so ...... We're not sure what happened to him now. ”

Listening to Yu Yan's words, Niu quietly lowered his head, looking very self-reproachful. Yu Yan couldn't help but touch her hair and said, "Don't worry, things are still unclear now, but the purpose of everything we are doing now is to help you find your brother." So, take it one step at a time! ”

Niu nodded quietly and vigorously.

Yu Yan saw that she was strong-willed, so she continued to ask: "By the way, does your brother have any good friends in N City?" Who did he come to work here to work back then? ”

Niu Jingjing shook his head and said, "It's the second brother of the Zhu family." But I don't think it's useful for you to look for him, actually, I've been looking for him many times, but he doesn't know where my brother has gone, because my brother hasn't contacted him. ”

Linnaeus handed over a piece of paper and said, "Don't worry, you first write out the name, address and phone number of this second brother of the Zhu family, and we will see if we can contact him." Niu Jingjing took the paper, and Linnaeus added: "Except for the second brother of the Zhu family, your brother doesn't have any other good friends?" Just a trusted friend? ”

Niu Jing thought quietly for a while, and then shook his head.

"My brother has a strong self-esteem, and after he left school, he didn't contact his classmates at school anymore."

After speaking, Niu Jingjing lowered his head and wrote down the contact address and phone number of the second brother of the Zhu family.

Yu Yan put away the paper, and then said to Niu Jingjing: "If you have time, go to the bank and check the address of this card." ”

Niu nodded quietly. Yu Yan turned off the tape recorder, left Niu Jingjing's phone number, told her that she would be contacted if things progressed, and then said goodbye to Niu Jingjing.

When I returned to the parking lot, I found that the crown prince was the only one left in the car. Yu Yanbian asked, "What about the aunt?" The crown prince pouted into the woods not far away, and said, "Call now!" I just looked around on the Internet, housekeeping, nannies who serve the elderly, confinement sisters, etc., and now I'm calling people, saying that I can serve the elderly. The monthly salary is 3500, including food and accommodation. ”

Yu Yan frowned and said, "Is this reliable?" I'm telling you, if it's not reliable......"

The crown prince already had a headache, and he was so broken by Yu Yan that he immediately exploded.

"Why is it unreliable for me? I didn't see two words written on the door of my head - reliable! I'm the most reliable! ”

Yu Yan was cold and the crown prince exploded, and said a little overwhelmed: "Senior brother, you're not crazy, are you?" ”

The crown prince slapped the steering wheel angrily and didn't say what was wrong with him. Yu Yan was confused, but Linnaeus was quite calm.

Less than five minutes later, Zhou Guihua came back happily, she said that the phone had almost negotiated a family, this family wanted a nanny who could serve the elderly, and the treatment was just as the crown prince said. Yu Yan was also happy for Zhou Guihua, so the crown prince drove Zhou Guihua to the interview place, saying that it was an interview, but in fact, it was to meet and chat in the living room of that person's house.

There is an eighty-year-old lady in this person's family, the old lady's children are highly educated people, and they are usually very busy with work, which is on the one hand, on the other hand, the old lady has been paralyzed for many years, diet, excretion are problems, and the three children have said that they can't bear such a responsibility, but they are willing to spend money to hire professionals.

Of course, Zhou Guihua is not a professional, but the countryman is simple and hardworking, not afraid of being dirty or tired, and has served the two old people in the family until they pass away, so it is also suitable.

Yu Yan checked Zhou Guihua and found that the old man's children did not look like people who had a lot of things, but they were a little indifferent. The two sides soon signed a contract, and Zhou Guihua officially found a job.

Zhou Guihua, who found a job, was very excited, she whispered to Yu Yan that she wanted to invite them to dinner, but the old lady's children were about to leave, Zhou Guihua took the key she had just sent to her hand, and her expression was slightly embarrassed. At the same time, the old man who was paralyzed in bed began to whimper again, in a mess, Yu Yan smiled at Zhou Guihua, saying that she would have time to make an appointment in the future, and then she went downstairs and went to find the second brother of the Zhu family with Crown Prince Linnaeus according to the address on the note.

The second brother of the Zhu family is now mixing well, and has opened a small shop on the building materials street, which mainly sells lamps and lanterns. Yu Yan noticed that although he was still a little inappropriate to dress, his slippery eyes showed that he had fully integrated into this complicated society.

Yu Yan didn't say clichés, and when she met, she said openly and honestly that she wanted to talk about Niu Xiaoliang.

The face of the second brother of the Zhu family changed slightly, he looked Yu Yan up and down, and the thief's eyes immediately fell on the crown prince and Linnaeus who were looking at the lamp at the door.

Yu Yan knew the concerns of the second brother of the Zhu family, but she didn't want to show her hole cards too early, she had a hunch that the second brother of the Zhu family must know something.

"Xiaoliang......" The second brother of the Zhu family stopped talking, he put down the work in his hand, and the hired man next to him hid out with great discernment, and the crown prince also followed out after a while.

"Xiaoliang, this kid is a good boy." The second brother of the Zhu family held back for a long time and only said such a sentence.

Yu Yan smiled and said, "Don't be nervous."

The second brother of the Zhu family smiled, and looked at Yu Yan with a pair of sly eyes.

Neither of them spoke again, and after a while, the second brother of the Zhu family finally couldn't help but say, "Hey! Look at my memory, the guests didn't prepare tea, you wait a minute! As he spoke, he ran to the inner room, and after a while, he took out a new and delicate tea box, and Yu Yan noticed that it was a bottle of frozen top oolong.

The second brother of the Zhu family didn't have any decent tea sets, so he turned around the house for a long time, found a few disposable paper cups, pinched the tea leaves, threw them into the paper cups, and then filled the paper cups with hot water from the water dispenser.

Yu Yan watched his series of movements, and the corners of his mouth curled up more and more.

The second brother of the Zhu family also noticed Yu Yan's mysterious smile, I don't know if it was the heat of the hot water or how to get it, his forehead was sweaty.

When the second brother of the Zhu family was finally busy, Linnaeus also sat next to Yu Yan. The second brother of the Zhu family glanced at Linnaeus twice, and asked Yu Yan: "Look at me, I haven't had time to ask, what are you doing?"

Yu Yan just smiled and said, "I heard that you and Niu Xiaoliang are very good friends." Yu Yan's tone was very heavy on the word "good". The second brother of the Zhu family's eyelids jumped, he scratched his hair, and said, "It's okay!" They all grew up together with bare dolls, but we haven't been in touch for years, and his sister and mother have come to me a few times, but ...... I don't know where he is! The second brother of the Zhu family looked innocent and a little distressed, and said: "Friend, I also hope that he is doing well, but Xiaoliang really hasn't contacted me, how do I know where he is!"

"You worked together on the construction site back then, didn't you?" Yu Yan asked. The second brother of the Zhu family replied very simply, "Yes! Back then, he was quite good at reading, his head was good, he was handsome, and teachers and female students liked him. But his father is not angry, he can't bear to say it, he has a bad temper, and the worst thing is that he can't make money but is addicted to gambling. So Xiaoliang dropped out of school early. Like us, who don't go to school and can only work, Xiaoliang wants to make money, but to be honest, he doesn't have any friends, so I took him in, and the two of us work on the construction site together, that's it. ”

After the second brother of the Zhu family finished speaking, he confided in himself and sipped hot tea. Yu Yan wanted to tell him that the first tea soup he brewed was not drinkable, but when he saw that he was drinking happily, he gave up.

"After he left the construction site, did you still have contact?" Yu Yan asked. The second brother of the Zhu family nodded and said, "I have contacted once or twice." Hey, he left the construction site without telling the boss, silently, of course the boss was angry, everyone said that it was time to go to work, and he left. It's not that he alone can't get started...... It's just that the boss feels unhappy, and it can be regarded as finding a reason not to pay the salary! The second brother of the Zhu family took another sip of tea and said, "Half a year's salary!" Hehe, it doesn't seem like much money now, but at that time, it seemed like it was still a lot of money! I went to find Xiaoliang, and he said that if the money didn't come back, he wouldn't go back, that's it. The second brother of the Zhu family said with some pity.

"In other words, after Niu Xiaoliang left the construction site, he contacted you once."

The second brother of the Zhu family said, "Well, just this once, I couldn't get through when I called him later." Then his mother came to me a few times, the old lady was pitiful, and his sister, for a while she didn't listen to what I said, just poked here at the door of my store like a door god, it was really fatal. Why do you think I can still lie to them? ”

Yu Yan smiled. Suddenly, Linnaeus spoke.

"It's not a small cost for you, isn't it? Open in this position, so much stock? ”

The second brother of the Zhu family laughed and said, "A small fight is not a business on the table. Even before that, I had to deal with these building materials, and it was quite easy to do. No way is the life of toil. It's not like you, you sit in the office and the money goes into your pocket. ”

Linnaeus smiled and didn't let the second brother of the Zhu family gag. "You're not a petty deal, I checked, rent a shop on this street, the monthly rent is at least 20,000 yuan, like you make building materials, basically you won't move the nest, the house is signed for a few years...... Mr. Zhu, with all due respect, you have a lot of financial resources! ”

"You've got a pretty good idea." The second brother of the Zhu family still smiled, and only said: "I won't tell you, I also accumulated some contacts when I was at the construction site before, and now I am not only in and out of business, many places are in arrears, and I can barely get by by demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall."

"As for the initial funding, it's all up to fate. Back then, I was a working boy and slept in a chase shop every day, and in this city, what I wanted most was to have my own kennel. But it's expensive! I bought a small house in the old city, and I borrowed from the east and west, and it turned out! Within two years, the house was demolished! This man! Sometimes it's just a blink of an eye, and it's a different picture. The second brother of the Zhu family smiled innocently.

"Demolition? That's good luck. Yu Yan smiled, and after she finished speaking, she stood up and said, "I'm really bothering you today." The second brother of the Zhu family smiled innocently, and finally said seriously: "Two, I have a game with Brother Xiaoliang, if he is ...... If there is any news, please give me a message! Yu Yan smiled and said, "Okay!"

Out of the door of the building materials store, Yu Yan began to look around. "Hey! Where has the crown prince gone? Linnaeus held Yu Yan's hand and said, "I'm going to find out the news, don't worry about him, let's go to the house before the demolition of the second child of the Zhu family."

Yu Yan immediately objected: "Brother, are you confused?" After the demolition is completed, the original residents are scattered, and we can't find his previous house anymore! ”

Linnaeus smiled and said, "I didn't express it well. I want to say that after the demolition, the previous residents should have been compensated for the house, let's take a look, are there any former neighbors of the second Zhu family to understand the situation? ”

"You also think there is a problem with him opening this shop? Wrong...... I shouldn't say that, I mean you also think that he has a problem with the funds to open the store. Yu Yan asked.

Linnaeus retracted his gaze from not far away, and then said, "It seems that it is not only the two of us who think that he has a problem with this money."

Yu Yan followed Linnaeus's line of sight, and the crown prince and the small worker in the building materials store walked back shoulder to shoulder.

The little worker is a little short, and when he was taken care of by the crown prince, the whole person looked a lot smaller.

Yu Yan laughed "poof", and whispered to Linnaeus: "How do I feel that my senior brother's posture is not like a heart-to-heart conversation, but like a kidnapping!"

Linnaeus also laughed, and the crown prince approached them ruffianly, and then raised his arm, and looked like a tangled petty worker as if he had been pardoned. If it weren't for the fact that the crown prince was still talking to him with a slightly sideways face, he would have been eager to pull out his feet and run.

"Hey! Why? Look how scared people are. Yu Yan said to the crown prince with a grin, and the crown prince dragged the ground and gently patted the back of the worker, and the worker ran away.

"What's the matter? What came out? Linnaeus asked.

The crown prince did not answer, but said: "Damn, I will never hire people in the future, hiring people by my side is equivalent to having no privacy."

"Hurry up and get down to business!" Yu Yan couldn't help but say.

The crown prince smiled, and finally opened his mouth, he waved his big hand, and said, "Get in the car and say!"

When going to the parking lot, Yu Yan noticed that the crown prince always looked behind him in a sneaky way. Yu Yan "snorted" and said, "The thief's eyebrows and rat eyes are the most annoying!"

The crown prince was looking at his beard in the rearview mirror, listening to Yu Yan find fault, he couldn't help it, patted the steering wheel, and said angrily: "Can you take care of your whales!" So aggressive, you want to eat people? ”

Without waiting for the notary Linnaeus to speak, Yu Yan took the case.

"Hey! You still talked about me, I don't know if you want to talk and stop, and your curiosity to hang people dryly is very characterless? ”

The crown prince shook his head violently, and said to Linnaeus in a loud voice: "Hurry up and take your daughter to see Chinese medicine!" The weather is hot and dry, and her fire is as big as a firecracker, and it just so happens that I have an old Chinese medicine doctor I know well......"

"Crown Prince!"

"Call brother!"

"Alright, you two don't mess around. Tell me, what did you know from that little worker's mouth? Linnaeus said with a smile. To say that the news is really a lot of inquiry. This little worker is new here......" The crown prince stretched his voice, and after seeing Yu Yan frowning as he wished, he slowly added: "But his brother worked here for a few years before, and then he went outside to open a shop." This kid looks wooden, but in fact, his brain is very active. ”

According to him, Zhu Laoer's store is not very profitable. There is no comparison with three years ago, at that time, Zhu Laoer's plate was not this store, but a shop in a more prosperous area, but I don't know why, then he suddenly stopped doing it, and sold the store that made money every day, and exchanged a lot of money. It's only been a year since this store opened! It's not like before! ”

In other words, three years ago, Zhu Lao Er had a large expense. He couldn't afford this expense himself, and even had to sell his shop for eggs. Yu Yan muttered.

"And that's not all." The crown prince added: "Later, Zhu Lao Er went to Guangzhou to develop for a while, and it was said that he went to hide from debts, but he couldn't tell whose debts he was hiding from, anyway, he came back more than a year ago and opened this shop." ”

"Does he have any bad habits?" Linnaeus asked.

The crown prince clapped his hands and said shyly: "The question is on the point!" Let me tell you, this Zhu Lao Er is also a freak, he doesn't like to eat, he doesn't like to drink, and he has never married a wife in his life, but he loves piao. According to Xiao Gong, Zhu Lao Er, but Xiao Abacus is very fine, and basically does not suffer. ”

"How can such a person who doesn't even eat a small loss suffer a big loss, and after suffering a big loss, he didn't make a noise or retaliate, but ran away to another city, and he went for a few years...... Interesting, interesting. Linnaeus said thoughtfully. Really...... Complex. After Yu Yan finished speaking, he asked again: "Then are we still going to the batch of demolition houses that Zhu Lao Er and them divided?"

"Go! Why not go! Linnaeus said simply, and then added: "If you don't go, how can you only tell how his money came from and how he spent it?"

The three of them came to Jingtai Garden, when they came to the community, Yu Yan was stunned, this community was originally designed very well, whether it was the composition or the pattern, but there is one point, it is very strange, most of the stores in the community are in a state of no decoration, the gray pestle is there, like a tombstone that can't speak.

Linnaeus opened the car door, got out of the car, and said to Yu Yan, who was in a state of shock.

"The contractor jumped off the building a year ago, and I heard that the funding chain was broken."

"Jumping off a building? Can't you? Isn't this neighborhood coming to an end? Why is the capital chain broken? Yu Yan opened her mouth, she looked up at the tall building, her eyes swept over the roof, thinking to herself that she didn't know on which roof this tragedy happened.

Linnaeus also looked at the roof of the community and said: "This community was originally mainly based on mobile housing, and this location is not very suitable, for many reasons, it has now become an unfinished building."

While talking, several of them came to the community. Compared with the gray flutter outside, the inside is definitely lively, with groups of old ladies and old men sitting on chairs in the community chatting, coaxing children, and chattering.

Yu Yan looked at these people and thought of a crucial question: With so many old people, which one is Zhu Laoer's neighbor?

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