Chapter 18: The Intruder

"No, I think this dress suits you perfectly. That's it, as a congratulatory gift from me to Bin. Zhu Xiaolin said, walked straight to the cash register, and the action of swiping the card to pay the money was done in one go, without giving Lei Mingbin the slightest chance to refuse.

"Lynn, that's not good." Lei Mingbin deliberately lowered his voice and spoke. He didn't want to be heard by anyone else what he was saying.

"What's so bad. Don't worry, Bin looks very handsome in this dress. But I only have one request, I am not allowed to wear this dress to hook up with the little girl. Zhu Xiaolin said, taking Lei Mingbin's arm, as if she was planning to leave.

"Miss Zhu, this is this gentleman's previous clothes." The hostess had already wrapped her clothes and respectfully handed them to them.

"Don't, you can dispose of it." Zhu Xiaolin didn't even look at it, and said casually.

"Hey, don't, I like this dress a lot, keep it as a souvenir." Lei Mingbin hurriedly stopped and took the shopping bag.

"Whatever you want." Zhu Xiaolin said indifferently.

The two walked around the mall for a while, maybe tired, maybe bored, Zhu Xiaolin yawned several times in succession.

Lei Mingbin looked at his watch, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and it was estimated that the mall was about to close.

"I see you're tired, why don't we go back first, and come back next time we want to go shopping." Lei Mingbin said thoughtfully.

"Okay, I'm so sleepy today, I want to go back to bed early." Zhu Xiaolin agreed with a cheerful face.

Out of the mall, Lei Mingbin stopped a taxi on the side of the road, but somehow, he couldn't stop the car.

A question has been stuck in Lei Mingbin's throat for a long time, but he doesn't know how to speak.

"Ah, here comes the car." Finally got the taxi, Zhu Xiaolin looked happy.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xiaolin got into the car, closed the car door easily, said good night to Lei Mingbin, and rolled up the window.

After a while, the car drove away.

Looking at the figure of the other party without any attachment, Lei Mingbin was extremely disappointed. What he had always wanted to ask the other party was if he would like to go to him tonight, but it seemed that there was no need to speak.

Lei Mingbin smiled bitterly, silently stretched out his hand to stop a taxi, and prepared to go home.

Since he had been preparing for the preliminaries, Lei Mingbin hadn't gone to the beach to sing for a long time, and there were about two weeks before the next semi-finals.

The sea breeze is much warmer than it was a month ago, and there are more people going to the sea, and even when it's dark, you can still hear people laughing and playing on the beach.

Lei Mingbin came to the door of the store, greeted the boss with a smile through the glass window.

The boss saw Lei Mingbin and came out of the commissary with a smile. "You kid, why haven't you been here for so long."

The boss is a mature and steady middle-aged man, who would go out to sea to fish when he was young, but as he got older, he suffered from back problems, so he opened a small store by the sea. People come and go every day, and they earn a lot.

"I've been busy with a competition lately, so I don't have much time to come." Lei Mingbin said with a smile.

"I said, how about it, look at your relaxed face, whether you have successfully advanced."

"Well, it's not bad, I've already reached the semi-finals."

"You kid can, then you'll be a big celebrity. Then you probably have even fewer chances of doing this later. The boss said, his expression a little lonely.

"Don't say that, I'll be back when I have time." Lei Mingbin has been performing here for a while, and he is an old friend with this boss.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about this, I haven't celebrated for you yet." As he spoke, the boss took out two bottles of cold beer from the store and handed one to Lei Mingbin. "Come, strive for an instant hit!"

"Thank you for your good words."

The crisp sound of collision came, Lei Mingbin raised his head and took a big sip, and more than half of the bottle of wine went down.

The first meeting between Lei Mingbin and Zhu Xiaolin was in this place, but the other party did not come to cheer tonight. More or less, today's performance is mixed with some depressive elements.

Zhu Xiaolin's hot and cold made Lei Mingbin's heart feel untouchable, he didn't know if the other party was sincere to him, or just for a temporary pastime.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lei Mingbin returned home, and the house was in chaos, but he was in no mood to care about it.

Inexplicable irritability haunted him.

At this time, the phone rang, Lei Mingbin grabbed the phone, and subconsciously, he hoped that the person who was calling was Zhu Xiaolin.

After looking at the caller ID, the disappointment on Lei Mingbin's face was obvious. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "Also, when she called, it was just a text message." ”

"Hey, what's the matter?" The caller was one of Lei Mingbin's close friends, not far from him and living in the same community.

"It's nothing, I just heard from the security guard of our community that there have been thieves in the community recently, and it seems that several have been overturned. I'm just reminding you to keep your doors and windows closed when you go out and when you sleep, and don't get out of the way of thieves. ”

"That's it, okay, I know, I'll hang up if it's okay."

"Hey!"

Before the other party could speak, Lei Mingbin hung up the phone. "Why is it so verbose now?" Lei Mingbin muttered quietly.

Seeing that it was still early, Lei Mingbin turned on the computer, looked at the newly written lyrics, took out the guitar, and practiced a few more times.

Playing this song "Rain Boy" always reminds Lei Mingbin of the first time he met Zhu Xiaolin.

He suddenly remembered something, when he wrote the lyrics before, there were always some good ideas in his mind, but because he didn't know where to add them, he wrote them down in a small notebook.

The room was messy, and everything was placed very casually, and when he saw this, Lei Mingbin was a little big.

How to find this.

With a sigh, it seems that it is necessary to clean up.

It took more than an hour for the room to finally look clean.

But the little book still hasn't been found. It's strange, no matter how messy the room is, you won't find it.

Could it be true that there is a thief in the house, as a friend said?

Lei Mingbin looked at the room suspiciously, and the more valuable things were not passive. Speaking of which, the most valuable thing in this family should be this old computer.

Even if you really recruit a thief, you probably won't be taken seriously.

In order to dispel the doubts in his heart, Lei Mingbin opened the door and looked at the door, there was a place to put the envelope on the right side of the door, although it had been many years, but Lei Mingbin was still using it, and sometimes some bills would be collected through this.

Because it has fallen into disrepair, this mailbox is not easy to open, and even if you have a key, you have to use brute force to open it. It took Lei Mingbin a long time to find a trick and open it at once.

Lei Mingbin took a closer look at the mailbox.

I secretly said "sure enough" in my heart.

A few new scratches have been added to the opening of the mailbox, as if they have been scratched by a hard object.

Lei Mingbin guessed that the other party might have used something like steel wire to open the lock, but he encountered a problem when opening it, and it was difficult to forcibly break it with the strength of both hands, so the other party used hard objects such as steel wire, so he also left traces on the mailbox.

In this way, someone did touch the mailbox, and even the room, the other party may have entered.

The thought of having someone come and go freely in his room made Lei Mingbin's scalp tingle.

In any case, it is necessary to add another lock, at least to make sure that the door cannot be opened from the outside when you are at home.

Lei Mingbin carefully inspected the room again, and found that except for the booklet full of lyrics, the rest of the things were not missing.

Could it be that I really couldn't find anything valuable, and when I found this, I thought it might sell for a price, so I took it away?

But there are not any lyrics worth selling on it, it can only be said to be some gibberish that is pieced together.

No matter how he thought about it, Lei Mingbin couldn't guess the other party's thoughts.

It shouldn't be some fanatic of your own, collecting things about yourself.

This idea only flashed in his mind, and was completely rejected by Lei Mingbin.

How is this possible? He hasn't been so popular yet, Lei Mingbin couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart.

Anyway, what a weird guy.

With the rise of the "real estate speculation fever" more than ten years ago, countless real estate developers have emerged, and real estate companies of all sizes have sprung up. The "Shengjian" real estate development company established by Zhang Shengyi began to operate at that time.

Today is Monday, and it is the time when the "Shengjian" company has a regular meeting every week.

As the general manager, Zhang Shengyi attended the meeting as usual. He arrived at the conference room early in the morning, it was still early, and the conference room had not yet begun to be decorated.

Zhang Shengyi took off his blazer, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, and got busy. After about half an hour, people gradually came to the company, and someone heard the sound from the conference room, came to take a look, and couldn't help but be startled.

"General Manager, why are you here!"

Seeing that the big boss was holding a tool in his hand and was bending down to sweep the floor, someone hurriedly stepped forward and took the tool. "General manager, I'll come, I'm really embarrassed to let you do it."

"What's this, I'm just coming early, and I'm so idle that I can move my muscles and bones casually."

"Yes, yes. You rest, let me come. ”

Zhang Shengyi did not refuse the other party's kindness, and handed over the tool to the other party with a smile. "Good work."

"It should be, it should be. You walk slowly. The person who came looked flattered and watched Zhang Shengyi leave the conference room.

About an hour later, the regular meeting began, and when it started at 9:30, it lasted about an hour and a half.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Shengyi called one of the executives and stayed in the conference room.