The man nodded, pulled the car door and said to her, "It's not convenient to talk here, get in the car first." ”

Ji Xiaoou didn't know what was going on, although he was full of doubts, but because he was at the door of the police station, he had no fear, so he probed in. I didn't expect that there was already a person sitting in the back seat, and it was rigorous.

Ji Xiaoou turned around and was about to withdraw, but Yan Yan had already leaned over and grabbed her arm.

"Ji Xiaoou, don't make a mistake, stay when you're angry, let's talk about it later, sit in honestly, and have serious business."

In fact, when he saw him, Ji Xiaoou's heart suddenly warmed up, and he didn't mean to be angry at all. But since Rigor said so, thinking of what happened last night, she felt that she was not angry and not like words, so she reluctantly struggled to withdraw her arm from Rigor Hand: "If you have something to say, what are you doing with your hands and feet?" ”

She was led by her to the seat and fell on the seat, and she stayed there for a long time. Ji Xiaoou looked back and saw that his eyes were closed, his facial features were distorted, and he couldn't help but be startled, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Rigor slowly sat up straight with his waist in his hand, and scolded with cold air in his mouth: "I'm ×, your hands are too dark!" ”

His face was really ugly, and it was rare that Ji Xiaoou didn't scold back, but leaned over and looked at his face carefully and said, "Look at your gray face, Yin Tang is dark, you worked too hard last night, right?" It's no wonder that Xiao Bie is better than a newlywed! ”

"Fuck you!" Rigor is almost angry with this sentence, "As soon as you leave, I will send people to the hotel, and then work for you until midnight, almost drinking to death......"

At this time, "Shin Kong Tiandi" had just gotten into the front seat and sat down, and when he heard this, he laughed, turned his head and said to Rigor Rigor said: "Look at this girl, she doesn't look like a girl with special pretentiousness and scheming, how can she make you so miserable, and you have begun to use alcohol to kill your sorrows?" ”

Since he was bumped into Shen Kaiyan by Ji Xiaoou last night, he was as short as half a cut in front of her, he didn't dare to provoke Ji Xiaoou, and turned all his evil fire at the "Xinguang World": "Shut up!" ”

"Shin Kong Tiandi" smiled generously, shrugged his shoulders indifferently, looked like an adult did not care about the villain, and instructed the driver next to him: "Just find a street and go around twice." ”

Only then did Ji Xiaoou have time to ask: "What are you doing?" It's as mysterious as the underground party joint? ”

Rigor said to "Shin Kong World": "Fatty, you should tell her." This girl is a little bit unaware, I'm going to tell her, she must think I'm going to hurt her. ”

The one called "Fatty" is naturally Officer Xu Zhiqun. Officer Xu understood the matter, shook his head and said, "I won't get involved in the affairs of the two of you." ”

Rigor had no choice but to clear his throat, and turned to Ji Xiaoou with a solemn expression: "I'll tell you something, you have to hold back and listen to me, and you jumped up halfway through it." At this time, Xu Zhiqun let out another "sneering" laugh, and glared at him strictly before he could continue, "Last night, the police station found those hooligans, and they recruited them, and it was indeed the one who was the one you directed at the beauty salon opposite the door." This matter is very simple, according to the normal procedure, after recording the confession, you can file a joint civil and criminal lawsuit in the future, or you can file a separate case to claim financial compensation......"

Hearing this, Ji Xiaoou really furrowed, and his eyebrows and eyes were almost raised: "What do you mean?" What is a normal procedure? Oh, it's a normal procedure, but what about a non-normal procedure? ”

Rigorous helpless: "Look at you, I'm in a hurry again." Can you listen to me patiently? ”

Ji Xiaoou took a hard breath: "You say." ”

"The real owner of that store is not an ordinary person, there are his acquaintances in the city bureau, and if this case continues on official business, it is difficult to say what will happen in the future. You weren't seriously injured yesterday, not even a minor injury, so those guys were detained for a few days at most and released. But financial compensation is difficult, maybe like many cases, when you actually go to court, people will tell you that the confession of the case is lost. What are you going to fight without a confession? ”

"What do you mean......"

"Ji Xiaoou, I'm afraid you have to swallow this breath and have a private relationship with the other party. I can't guarantee anything else, I can only promise that they won't trouble you again in the future. ”

"Rigorous," Ji Xiaoou bit his lip, "You did the work if the other party was willing to go private, right?" ”

Rigor didn't know what she was going to say next, so he replied ambiguously: "Sort of." ”

Ji Xiaoou was unusually silent, silently looking up at the window. The August sun is so hot that people often ignore the blue sky and white clouds overhead, and only through the dark shade film can you feel the clarity of the sky outside the illusion of coolness. When she turned around, her face was calm, and then she began to speak, and she did not match the strict words.

"Do you know, when I was going to open a store three years ago, I only had 30,000 yuan in savings, my mother didn't agree with me doing this business, and my dad lent me 50,000 private money behind her back. Such a little money is not enough to hire a decoration company to decorate, so I went to the roadside guerrillas, process by process to bargain with people, people always bullied me for being a woman, I quarreled with those workers a lot, once almost fought. Finally, I only had more than 200 yuan left in my hand, but I hadn't bought the curtains, furniture and equipment in the store, and finally the sisters in my grandmother's church gave me 5,000 yuan before I opened the store. They smashed my three years of hard work in a few minutes, and I have to be private with them, what is this called? ”

This emotion made Rigor aware of the generation gap between him and Ji Xiaoou for the first time. He felt that Ji Xiaoou's idea was really young and naïve, who didn't have the opportunity to suffer a dark loss in business? When the situation is stronger than people, you have to bow your head. However, he somewhat understood why Ji Xiaoou leaned on him and cried yesterday, so he forced out a sad look and said: "Sometimes you have to accept your fate, and there are people who have not killed people and killed them as murderers, but they are much more wronged than you." ”

Xu Zhiqun sat in front of him and didn't say anything, and then interjected: "That woman is Xiaomi, a certain leader's secretary, otherwise this matter would not be so difficult." Fortunately, she is in this capacity, and she is afraid of making things bigger, so she is willing to pay to settle the matter. ”

Rigor asked with this: "Do you understand what the fat man said?" ”

Ji Xiaoou smiled bitterly: "Understood." ”

"Got it?"

"I see."

"Then you go in, don't worry about anything else, just remember one thing, take the money in one hand and sign it in the other."

Ji Xiaoou lifted his eyelids and saw that the car had come back and parked at the door of the police station again. She nodded, pushed the door open and prepared to get out of the car.

"Ji Xiaoou." Rigor called her again, took her hand and handed her a YSL paper bag in her hand, "It fell last night." Then he took the opportunity to grab her hand and squeeze it hard, "Don't be afraid, don't listen to them scare you." Whenever you need me, I'll be there. ”

Ji Xiaoou didn't move, and let him rub his hand in the palm of his hand in a daze. The warmth and generosity of his hands actually passed from the palm of his hand a thing called warmth, which had the power to calm people. Perhaps it was at that moment that she seemed to realize that the temperature of the palm of the human hand would be divided into 0 degrees, 36 degrees and 100 degrees on different people's bodies.

She heard her heart pounding. Until Rigor lets go of his hand, "Go ahead." Give me a call when you're done. ”

Ji Xiaoou entered the police station, and the police officer who handled the case was still the middle-aged police officer from yesterday, but his face was much more relaxed. He broke it and crushed it, and talked to Ji Xiaoou for a long time, and the central idea was one meaning: let Ji Xiaoou give up the investigation and accept the other party's 150,000 yuan of economic compensation.

was rigorously vaccinated in advance, Ji Xiaoou seriously accompanied the acting, pretending to be ignorant and cowering, and kept nodding her head, until she talked about the specific amount of compensation, she returned to her shrewd proprietress nature, and bit her bottom line to death. The middle-aged police officer went back and forth several times in the two rooms, and finally finalized the other party's cash payment of 230,000 yuan in economic compensation, and Ji Xiaoou signed a statement waiving the right to prosecute in person.

The conditions were negotiated, and the parties met for the first time. Ji Xiaoou was ushered into a small conference room. On one side of the table, a man and a woman were already seated early. Seeing Ji Xiaoou coming in, the woman didn't move, and the man slowly stood up, his face was blue and uncertain, and his expression was extremely complicated.

Ji Xiaoou opened his mouth slightly and was stunned at the door of the conference room. I wondered if I had collided with something in the past two days, or should I check the yellow calendar before going out, and the unfortunate things were all rushed together.

The man was of medium height, looking to be in his early thirties, fair and quiet, with cautious eyes hidden behind gold-rimmed half-rimmed glasses, and a blue oxford shirt tucked in the waistband of his trousers. Grappling at Ji Xiaoou reluctantly, he said, "What a coincidence." "The voice is soft, flat and tongue-curling, typical of the southern accent.

Ji Xiaoou relieved himself, only nodded but did not speak. She never dreamed that she would meet an acquaintance in the police station, and it was the last acquaintance she wanted to see. This man with a soft voice is her ex-boyfriend - Lin Haipeng.

She sat down facing the two of them, didn't look at Lin Haipeng, and looked at the woman first. According to the police, this is the owner of the beauty shop "Chev". To Ji Xiaoou's surprise, the owner of the "Xuefu" beauty salon was actually a young girl of eighteen or nineteen, but it was a pity that her heavy makeup covered up the moisture she should have at this age. Thinking of Xu Zhiqun's words, Ji Xiaoou looked at her carefully.

Who would have thought that this girl is not very old, not tall, but she has a big style, and her behavior is much older than Ji Xiaoou. Seeing her swing her head slightly at Lin Haipeng, Lin Haipeng lifted a travel bag from under his feet, opened the zipper, and took out cash one by one, twenty-three bundles of pink banknotes were neatly stacked in front of Ji Xiaoou, first overpowering Ji Xiaoou in terms of momentum.

"Sort it out." The girl squeezed a few words out between her teeth. Because she was a little shorter than Ji Xiaoou, she had to work hard to raise her face before she could put her arrogant chin on Ji Xiaoou.

Ji Xiaoou moved the real fire, it stands to reason that she is calming people to give the other party, but now it seems that the other party gave her more than 200,000 yuan. She sneered and said, "I don't have the habit of counting money myself, why don't you come and watch me?" ”

The girl's two blackened eyebrows were raised, and a pair of black eyes with obvious contact lenses almost burst out of sparks, and she squinted at Lin Haipeng. Lin Haipeng looked at her and then at Ji Xiaoou, licked his lips and said: "This is all just taken out by the bank and still sealed, if you don't feel at ease, you can conduct random inspections, I don't think you need to count them all." ”

The girl's face immediately twisted to the side, and she rolled her eyes at the air, apparently not satisfied with his answer.

Ji Xiaoou watched coldly, and saw that Lin Haipeng was obedient to her, and he roughly understood the relationship between the two. If what Xu Zhiqun said is true, this girl is someone's heart, then Lin Haipeng is at best an errand follower. No wonder it is said that in the officialdom, you must be fearless and shameless, and you must first learn to kneel and be the grandson of the leader.

She knew it in her heart, and she had the confidence to speak, and smiled nonchalantly: "I really can't see this little money, if you don't want to order it, forget it." ”

Seeing that the girl was still holding the shelf and talking disdainfully, Lin Haipeng let out a long breath of relief, and his body language had already shown the dynamics of pulling his legs out of this conference room. Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaoou took out his mobile phone and took a few photos of the RMB on the table.

The relaxed expression on Lin Haipeng's face instantly turned into a trace of panic: "What are you doing?" ”

Ji Xiaoou put away his mobile phone and smiled again: "Don't do anything, I look so big and see so many yuan again, it's rare!" When I went back and posted these photos on the Internet, I said that someone's second wife paid me for it, and everyone opened their eyes together. ”

"Hey......" the girl jumped up: "Give you three points of color, you really opened a dye shop!" Believe it or not, I found someone to do you? ”

"Faith!" Ji Xiaoou nodded, "I believe it too much." You've already smashed my shop anyway, and it's normal to do it again. ”

Lin Haipeng also stood up, pressed the restless shoulders of the people around him, but his tone was not as polite as Fang Cai, and shouted at her with a straight face: "You sit down." ”

The girl was startled, turned her head to look at him, and sat down with her eyes squinted. Lin Haipeng took a deep breath, his voice returned to a soft tone, and said to Ji Xiaoou: "You say, what else do you want?" ”

"Excuse me, get some money." Ji Xiaoou looked at him with a slight smile, "Make these twenty bundles of money clear in front of me." ”

"I'm here to help." Lin Haipeng replied quite thoughtfully, "But if it's up to me to do it, it is estimated that the point will be tomorrow morning, don't you mind?" ”

"I don't mind at all."

Lin Haipeng looked at her for a long time, seeing that she looked serious, and he didn't mean to joke at all, he lowered his head and pinched his eyebrows with his fingers. Ji Xiaoou has been with him for a year, and knows that this is his habitual action when he feels troubled. At that time, she always laughed at him, saying that his face looked like he was thirty years old, but the longitudinal lines between his eyebrows looked like sixty years old. As if triggered by this action, the past that had long been forgotten collapsed like an embankment, and instantly surged into my heart. Ji Xiaoou suddenly felt infinitely bored, and just wanted to leave this room immediately, and didn't want to entangle with the two people in front of him anymore. She pushed the table and stood up, pointed to Lin Haipeng and said, "You, come with me to the bank, and I'll sign with you when I come back." ”

Compared with the harsh requirements just now, this can be regarded as extraordinarily gracious, Lin Haipeng nodded immediately as if he had been amnestied.

There is a commercial bank not far from the police station, and there are always many banks in Beijing. Ji Xiaoou took the number, and there were more than a dozen people lined up in front of her. She found an empty seat in the waiting area and sat down with a calm face. Lin Haipeng squeezed over and sat beside her with a travel bag, and handed her a bottle of drink.

didn't have a chance to drink a sip of water for half an afternoon, Ji Xiaoou was indeed thirsty. Unceremoniously took it, unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip, the entrance was cold and sweet, sour, and slid down the esophagus into the stomach, but left a sour aftertaste at the base of the tongue. Ji Xiaoou couldn't imagine that after two years, Lin Haipeng still remembered her favorite sour plum soup of "Jiulong Zhai". She clenched the bottle, still silent.

"Xiaoou," Lin Haipeng stole at her from behind the lenses, trying to break the icy silence between the two. "I didn't expect us to meet again at the police station."

"yes." Ji Xiaoou smiled and finally spoke, "I didn't expect that meeting again would be so dramatic." ”

"That...... In fact, I already knew that 'The Year of the Water' was your shop. Xiaoxue she ...... She...... Not very sensible, don't get me wrong, she is my boss's 'friend', I just help her deal with business troubles. The first time she mentioned your name, I guessed it was you. I checked the registration information in the industry and commerce, and sure enough, it was you, so I kept persuading her to calm things down and stop making trouble. ”

"Really? Then thank you. ”

"But, Xiaoou," since he entered the ministry, Lin Haipeng spoke with anyone with a bit of seriousness, and his voice was much more mature than his face, "You have been mixed in society for a few years, why are you still short-tempered?" ”

Ji Xiaoou looked at him like a monster, and seemed to be fresh when he spoke: "I'm a common person, I don't have to think about getting promoted every day, and naturally I don't have to grovel to the second wife of a corrupt official." ”

This was too bitter to say, she thought that Lin Haipeng would be angry, at least she would shut up and stop talking. didn't realize that Lin Haipeng was no longer the Lin Haipeng of a few years ago, and his face and patience were no longer in the same realm as ordinary people.

Lin Haipeng just shook his head, indicating that he didn't have the same knowledge as her: "Each other." Xiaoou, if it weren't for the second generation of high-ranking officials to help you deal with it, you would have to get involved in this matter for several months, and you would never solve it in this way. ”

"What do you mean? Who is the son of a high-ranking cadre, who is the second generation of officials? You don't spread rumors! ”

Lin Haipeng smiled silently: "I also heard, just paraphrase, you don't need such a big reaction, right?" ”

"Originally, you didn't take care of this. I am willing to agree to sign, but also to see my friend's face. ”

"Yes, yes, I am very sorry for you, and I can't explain this matter if it is not handled well."

Thinking of the scene in the Fangcai police station, Ji Xiaoou couldn't resist the mean impulse: "You have done this to be a filial son and grandson, you must have been prosperous in the past few years, right?" ”

Lin Haipeng lowered his head, put his hand to his mouth and coughed lowly twice, as if he was infinitely sad: "You are still unforgiving, how can you understand the hardships of a person with no background in officialdom?" Alas, many times people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. ”

Ji Xiaoou "cut", and he couldn't agree with it: "Then how many layers have you reached in the rivers and lakes?" Right? Vice-Bureau? ”

"I'm ashamed that I unfortunately followed the wrong person two years ago, so that my time was wasted, and I am still a deputy department."

He said it so frankly, Ji Xiaoou was embarrassed to squeeze him anymore, and the two had no other topics to talk about, so she simply closed her eyes and pretended to recuperate.

Lin Haipeng didn't intend to let her stay quiet, coughed, and he snorted: "Xiaoou......"

Ji Xiaoou didn't open his eyes: "Huh? ”

"Ahem, Xiaoou...... Ahem, Xiaoou......"

Ji Xiaoou turned his head to look at him: "What are you doing?" ”

"I ......" Lin Haipeng lowered his head for a long time, and said such a sentence, "People always know preciousness after they are lost, and the two of us ...... Shall we both start over? ”

Ji Xiaoou didn't swallow a mouthful of water, and almost choked to death by this sentence. Thinking about it, she laughed, and laughed so hard that an old man in the front seat turned around, stared at her from the top of his reading glasses, and squeezed a wrinkle on his forehead into a criss-crossing train marshalling yard.

She laughed for a long time, and her tears were almost laughing, for no reason, she just thought that this scene was really ridiculous. Finally laughing enough, she raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips: "Lin Haipeng, aren't you already married?" Don't tell me, you have no relationship with your wife, it's too vulgar, you know? Nowadays, it is rare in TV series to have such bloody episodes. ”

Lin Haipeng sighed: "I'm not married, I'm still single." Didn't I tell you, I followed the wrong person two years ago, her father went down, she went abroad, and this matter is over. ”

Ji Xiaoou turned his head and looked at him seriously: "You Chinese New Year's Eve two today, right?" ”

He was stunned: "Yes." ”

"If you can't be promoted before thirty-five, you won't have much hope for your career, right?" Lin Haipeng seemed to have been touched in the sore spot, and frowned: "What are you talking about?" ”

"So you think you're a good match for me, don't you? Lin Haipeng, you just said that you have no net worth background, and if you want to get on the throne smoothly, it seems that you can only rely on the woman's background. So I suggest that you stick to your single and unmarried status, and wait patiently, maybe one day another leader's wife will take a fancy to you and marry her daughter to you. ”

"Alas," Lin Haipeng sighed again, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he clutched his chest with a pained look, "How can you misunderstand me like this?" Xiaoou......"

"Stop, stop, tell you something serious, don't call me Xiaoou again, you give me goosebumps all over my body as soon as you call me."

"Xiaoou ......"

"Shut up!"

At this time, Ji Xiaoou's number was called on the radio, and both of them stood up with their lips pouted, both of them were silent but cooperated tacitly, one handed over the bank card and ID card, and the other took money out of the bag.

In the last 30,000 yuan, Lin Haipeng did not hand it to the window, but stuffed it into Ji Xiaoou's hand: "Don't save these tens of thousands, you put them away, there will be other uses for a while." ”

Ji Xiaoou glared at him: "What are you doing?" ”

Lin Haipeng sighed again: "Don't look at me like that, no matter what happens, I won't hurt you." I'm sorry, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of the police station today. ”

Ji Xiaoou hesitated with the money: "No, right?" ”

Lin Haipeng sneered: "Then you can wait and see if what I said is true." ”

After saving the money and returning to the police station, the two did not say a word along the way. When he returned to the police station, as if to avoid suspicion, Lin Haipeng refused to even meet Ji Xiaoou with his eyes. After the two sides signed the disclaimer, the policeman who handled the case pointed to Ji Xiaoou and said to Lin Haipeng: "The two of you go first, she and I have some other things." ”

Lin Haipeng got up and thanked him, shook hands with the police, and then left with the girl. Before going out, he looked at Ji Xiaoou meaningfully, bowed slightly, and said, "Don't forget what I said." Take care, we'll see you later. ”

Finally waited until he finished his errands and stepped out of the gate of the police station, Ji Xiaoou stood on the side of the road and was stunned for a while. She originally wanted to give a call to Rigorous, but remembered what Lin Haipeng said when he was in the bank. He said that it was "a second-generation official who was a high-ranking cadre" who was helping her. I didn't take it to heart at the time, but now I think about it and I feel suspicious. Is he talking about the "Xu Fat Man" or is it rigorous? Recalling the bits and pieces since his acquaintance with Rigor , Ji Xiaoou found that he had missed many suspicious details. According to her temper, she couldn't call Lin Haipeng immediately to ask for clarification, but unfortunately she didn't have his number, so she had to give up. But the little bit of caution in her heart that she couldn't see last night, like ice and snow basking in the sun, quickly melted away.

Like many young girls, Ji Xiaoou has never had Cinderella's dream of wearing a crystal slipper and marrying into a wealthy family, but it is only a dream, and she has never thought of putting it into practice, because she is twenty-seven years old and has long passed the age of believing in miracles - a woman like her who takes the bus and subway every day to eat roadside food stalls and wears Taobao clothes, the probability of meeting a young, handsome, rich and dedicated rich person is almost negative. Take 10,000 steps back, if there is no suspicion of unknown sexual orientation in Rigorous, if she can't think of it one day, she may give it a try. But he has a history of liking men, and even if he saw his ex-girlfriend last night, it was difficult to get rid of his suspicion of eating both men and women. Ji Xiaoou didn't have the courage to know that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to go to the tiger mountains, and dared to gamble on his luck with the sexual happiness of half his life.

But no matter what, the rigorous phone call still has to be made, and if she helps her, she has to explain to someone.

After she finished reporting the situation, she only "snorted" and said: "You are too honest, so you asked her for 230,000 yuan, it is too cheap for her." ”

"Two hundred thousand." Ji Xiaoou corrected, "There are still 30,000 yuan, counting other people's hard work." ”

"Huh? Who's so uninteresting? Tell me and I'll help you get it back. ”

"Forget it." Ji Xiaoou said listlessly, "I admit I'm unlucky." The old store should be expanded, saving a little money, and 200,000 yuan is barely enough for decoration costs. As for those products and capsules, I'll lose a Toyota Camry and squeeze the bus and subway for another year. ”

"Sister, it's better for you to simply pretend to be luxurious this time, and let's also raise the grade. If you don't have enough money, my brother will add it to you. ”

"Come on, you're in trouble." Ji Xiaoou sneered, "There are no high-end office buildings in this area, nor high-end apartments, so they are too luxurious to refuse customers." The 'Snow Husband' was destroyed on it, but she recognized that I was the one who was in the way of her business. Don't talk about it, as soon as I talk about it, I will block my heart. ”

Ji Xiaoou hung up the phone and put the phone back in his backpack. There was still half a bottle of unfinished sour plum soup in the bag, she unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip, the sour plum soup that had become warm seemed to have turned into a ball of solidified jelly, blocked in her throat and did not slide down for a long time, it seemed that something was really clogged in her heart.

Holding up the phone, she seemed to have a lot to say, but she didn't know where to start. What to say? Ask him who the woman last night really was? But who is that woman and what does it have to do with her? Ask him if he is a high-ranking cadre? Does he have anything to do with her?

Ji Xiaoou was carrying a paper bag with the YSL logo, and when she squeezed onto the bus with the flow of people, she hadn't thought through these two questions, but the crowd around her and the complex smell were clearly incompatible with the luxury and magnificence represented by the three letters on the paper bag in her hand.