Just after 9 o'clock in the morning, Lao Liang called me, and we made an appointment to meet at the Old Alley Hotel, which was not far from his house, and I took the bus to three stops.

When I thought that lunch was over, I didn't care if his work could be done, and I would talk about it when I was full.

When I arrived at the restaurant, Lao Liang hadn't come yet, and the clerk arranged a window seat for me and asked, "Do you want to order?" ”

"Wait a minute, there are two more people, you can bring me a bottle of beer and a plate of peanuts first."

The waiter nodded and went to get busy, and it didn't take much effort to deliver the things, I took two convenient chopsticks and directly pried open the lid of the beer, and poured two large mouthfuls like water.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw two idle little waiters whispering not far away, probably confused by my appearance and pride. As the saying goes: when a woman is handsome, there is nothing to do with a man, let alone someone like me who has been a tomaboy for 19 years.

In the last two years, there have been more and more girls chasing me, and it has also troubled me.

Let's tell the truth, I'm afraid of hurting their fragile little hearts, don't say it, I can't give them the happiness they want.

I feel depressed and continue to drink, wine is a good thing, it can paralyze the nerves and forget all my troubles.

I had just finished drinking a whole bottle of beer when Lao Liang appeared with the person he introduced.

This guy is quite fierce, more than 1.8 meters long, wearing a dark brown leather jacket on his upper body, a pair of black jeans underneath, and half-high leather boots crossed with laces.

His face was a little gloomy, and he didn't seem to be very happy, and under his thick sword eyebrows were a pair of piercing eyes, and the bridge of his nose was still faintly bruised, obviously from a scar left not long ago. The lips are slightly thicker, and the cheeks are covered with cyan stubble.

"Xiaoyan! How did one eat it first! Lao Liang strode towards me, I stood up awkwardly and looked at the empty wine bottle and peanut skin on the table, and replied: "I don't know what you can come, and I'm embarrassed to occupy a seat and order nothing, so I will drink a bottle to warm up my body first." ”

"Yes, yes, we have something, waiter!" Lao Liang beckoned and shouted.

"Xiaoyan, what do you want to eat, you order, I'll treat you today." Lao Liang pushed the menu in front of me, and when I heard that he invited me, I was embarrassed.

When people come to help us find a job, we shouldn't let Lao Liang pay for it.

"Don't~~ Don't, I'll come." That's what I say, but I know how much I have left in my pocket.

"I'll please, you hurry up, there is still something in my team, and we can't delay it for too long." I didn't expect the man to open his mouth, which was exactly what I wanted.

"Okay, then I'll invite you next time." Anyway, it looks like he's supposed to be a lot older than me, so it makes sense for him to pay for it.

"Let's have a pork section, then a kung pao chicken, a dry pot potato chips, a vegetarian stewed soup, three bowls of rice, two bottles of beer, Lao Liang! Do you drink white? ”

Lao Liang smiled and waved his hand at me and said, "Don't drink any wine at noon, let's talk about business." ”

Seeing Lao Liang say this, I couldn't refute it, so I ordered a good dish and asked the waiter to prepare it.

"Come on! Let me introduce to you, this is Officer Lu Lingyunlu, who is the captain of the criminal police at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and his father and I are old acquaintances, and they served as soldiers together in Changchun back then. ”

"Oh~~~" I nodded with my mouth half-open.

Lao Liang turned to Lu Lingyun and pointed at me, and said, "This kid's name is Yancheng, he is a good friend of my son, he has been in the city for a few years, and his character is reliable, the key is to have the ability." He slapped Lu Lingyun's armpit as he spoke, and muttered in a low voice: "As long as you tell me about it, he must have a way, you have a good chat with him, if he can help you, you will be done." ”

They sat across from me, and I could hear them even if I lowered my voice.

Lu Lingyun pinched his eyebrows in embarrassment, and his eagle-like eyes stared at me for a long time.

Suddenly, he said, "ID card." ”

Well?

When you meet, look at your ID card and count it as an occupational disease.

Lao Liang grabbed Lu Lingyun's arm, and said: "Look at what ID card, everyone knows the roots, don't scare people." ”

"Uncle Liang, it's not that I can't trust him, it's just that things about the case can't be disclosed to the outside world, there are regulations."

"Oh, I've been a police officer for decades, don't you understand this truth? However, when life is at stake, if the case is solved one day earlier and there is one less victim, is it important to live or to stipulate that it is important. ”

I guessed seven or eight points from their words, Lao Liang wanted me to help this police officer Lu solve the case, it seems that he knows the secret of my frequent nightmares.

Liang Dongjun, it must be that guy who is not strict and said something to his father.

During the days when I lived in Lao Liang's house, I had two dreams, and every time I woke up from the dream, I would wake Liang Dongjun up, and I couldn't sleep anyway, so I casually told him about the nightmare.

He didn't care about the ghost story when he heard it, and I never thought that this kid would tell Lao Liang.

"Lao Liang, I can't do anything about this matter, we won't eat the meal, I'll invite you another day." I stood up and wanted to leave.

Maybe my words were a little sudden, Lu Lingyun raised his head and looked at me in surprise.

"Don't do things like this~~ I just want you to get to know each other, and then discuss if it doesn't work out."

Seeing Lao Liang's embarrassed appearance, I wanted to laugh in my heart.

I knew that I was talking about work, and if I didn't know, I thought it was a blind date.

Okay! I sat back on the chair to give Lao Liang face, and at this time the waiter's food was served, and I was not polite, I waited while eating, and saw that Captain Lu wanted to talk to me about something.

Lu Lingyun took out a box of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, handed it to me, and said in a deep voice with a slight hoarseness: "Get one?" ”

"Thanks, just quit."

I really made up my mind to quit smoking, anyway, the smoking age is not very long, and it has only been three years, and the key is that the cost is too large, which is too luxurious for an unemployed vagrant like me.

Lu Lingyun and Lao Liang both lit their cigarettes, and the small restaurant was suddenly covered with hazy smoke.

"Hiko... Yes? ”

"Hmm." I swallowed the piece of meat stuck in my throat and replied.

"Ever heard of the 923 case?" Lu Lingyun asked me tentatively.

I nodded, the 923 case is a serious case in the city, the news media have broadcast it, at 1:30 a.m. on September 23, a family of four living in a relocation house in Ping'an District was wiped out, and the case has not been solved to this day.

I pinched my fingers, and it was almost a month.

"I was in charge of this case, and the entire Ping'an area was in a power outage that night, and the surveillance of the community and the shops along the street was not recorded, which made it very difficult to solve the problem."

I snorted coldly and continued to eat my meal.

Lu Lingyun snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, and had the intention of leaving, Lao Liang, who was sitting on the side, knocked on the table anxiously and looked at me.

"Xiaoyan, don't sell it, if you really have clues to help him."

I put down the empty rice bowl in my hand, straightened my clothes, and carefully examined the two men in front of me.

Hesitating to tell the secrets hidden in the bottom of my heart, it is like Pandora's box, once opened, I am afraid that it will end up on fire.