Chapter 40: A Corner of the Photograph
After he said this, Du Juan and Tang Hongye were dumbfounded, although the bouquet of flowers itself seemed to be able to explain a little bit of the problem, but who would have thought that this guy would speak so bluntly!
"Lu Xiaoping, let's not talk about this first," Du Juan felt a little embarrassed, she was not a showy person, so she was afraid that such a thing would suddenly appear in the unit, and she would become the center of everyone's discussion as soon as she turned her head, so the first thing she thought of was to take Lu Xiaoping out of the corridor as soon as possible and go to a place with few people to make it clear, "There's a reception room over there, let's go over there and talk about it." ”
As she spoke, she glanced at Tang Hongye and motioned for him to come along.
For Tang Hongye, of course, there is no objection to this matter. Are you kidding! The people who dug the foot of the wall all ran to their own units, and they did this in front of themselves, if they didn't go with them stupidly, wouldn't it be too lacking in heart! So he nodded to the cuckoo and followed him in which way.
Lu Xiaoping walked a few steps, his eyes were always eagerly glanced at the cuckoo, and he soon found that there was a person next to the cuckoo, so he stopped his steps, and said to Tang Hongye with a little displeasure on his face: "Just now, you almost pressed me to the ground without asking about it, and I don't want to worry about it, but I am an old classmate with Cuckoo, and now I have something to say, can you please avoid it first?" ”
"She and you are old classmates, so there's nothing wrong with me here?" Tang Hongye was happy when he heard this, "Old classmate, you are a bit of the opposite sex and inhumane!" It's also a classmate! ”
"Huh?" When Lu Xiaoping heard this, he seemed to be a little dumbfounded, staring at Tang Hongye in a daze for a long time, and then his expression slowly changed, from dazed to suddenly realized, and finally his eyes widened, "Are you ...... Tang Hongye! Isn't it Tang Hongye? I didn't recognize the wrong person, did I? ”
"Well, I'm not mistaken, it's me." Tang Hongye nodded, walked between Du Juan and Lu Xiaoping, stretched out his hand to hook his shoulder, and walked forward together in an intimate manner, "You kid's memory is not good just for remembering female classmates, this makes people laugh at you a lot!" From middle school to the present, although the cuckoo has not changed much, I have not changed much! Fortunately, we have work at hand now, so we can't keep busy, otherwise we would have to ask you to eat and make amends! ”
Lu Xiaoping was hooked by him like this, not to mention walking with the cuckoo, it was very problematic to even turn his head to see the cuckoo, but he didn't recognize Tang Hongye at all, and now Tang Hongye looked provocative, so he was embarrassed to break free from Tang Hongye directly and go to talk to the cuckoo.
Of course, Du Juan walked on the other side of Tang Hongye as if he had been amnestied, thinking in his heart about how to explain clearly to this old classmate who had not seen him for many years and who had almost no impression.
In fact, she was quite afraid of this kind of sudden and high-profile suitor, and she was not expecting it at all. As a young girl with a good appearance, no matter whether Du Juan already has someone she likes in her heart, after studying in high school and college, or after participating in work, she has met other people of the opposite sex, and the styles of these people are not the same, some are more straightforward, and some find various ways to explicitly imply but not pick. No matter which one is in high school, Du Juan ignores everything, and refuses to "focus on academics, don't fall in love before the college entrance examination", after arriving at college and work, of course, this reason can't be used, in the face of the kind of only hinting and not picking, she ignores it, and when the expression is more direct, she will politely explain what kind of attitude she has towards the other party, everyone is frank, as if nothing has happened.
The problem is that all she has encountered before has been communicated with her in private, whether it is texting or calling, this kind of face-to-face, and without warning, she rushed directly to the work unit, and she also met it for the first time, but the other party is still a so-called old classmate, and she can't completely ignore the other party's face and feelings.
Fortunately, judging from Tang Hongye's actions, it is obvious that he does not intend to let Du Juan deal with this matter alone, and Du Juan is also happy to have him with him, which may be more convincing.
The three of them came to the reception room like this, and when they entered the door, the cuckoo was also relieved, fortunately there was no one in the corridor at this time, otherwise the bouquet of flowers in Lu Xiaoping's hand alone would be eye-catching enough.
When he arrived at the reception room, Tang Hongye let go of Lu Xiaoping's shoulders and motioned for him to sit down and chat, with a very enthusiastic attitude, and he didn't know that the two of them should be iron buddies or something when they were in middle school.
He is very enthusiastic, but unfortunately this enthusiasm is not what Lu Xiaoping wants, what Lu Xiaoping wants now is probably that he will disappear in front of his eyes quickly, but after a few hints in a roundabout way, Tang Hongye continued to reminisce about the past with himself as if he couldn't hear it, chatting about the world and the world, and had no intention of leaving at all.
"Hongye, can I interrupt you a little?" Lu Xiaoping finally couldn't help it, and said to Tang Hongye, "What happened when we went to school in the past, isn't there a class reunion after a while, when the time comes, let's slowly recall from beginning to end, I came here today, I came here to find Du Juan, I have something to talk about with her, you are not suitable here, so can you please avoid it first?" ”
When Tang Hongye heard him say this, he was not anxious or annoyed, but he couldn't help with his face, spread his hands, and shrugged his shoulders: "No, buddy, it's easy to say anything else, but I really can't meet your request." You said, you took such a handful of roses and ran to the public security bureau to confess to my girlfriend, and said that you wanted to chase her, if I avoided it, wouldn't it be even more inappropriate? ”
"No, I mean ......" Lu Xiaoping didn't listen to Tang Hongye's words too seriously at first, and wanted him to further understand his intentions, but as soon as the words began, his brain finally caught Tang Hongye's key words, and he was a little dumbfounded for a while, "Du Juan is your girlfriend?" ”
"Well, I didn't lie to you, I don't believe you asked her yourself." Tang Hongye nodded with a smile.
"Yes, Tang Hongye and I are together," Du Juan nodded hurriedly, and then said to Lu Xiaoping, "I actually wanted to call you over to the reception room, but I think it is more convenient to explain things clearly with you, and the people in the corridor are not a suitable place to talk." ”
Lu Xiaoping's face looked a little complicated, as if he was a little disappointed, and a little embarrassed, his mouth was slightly open, as if he had forgotten to close it, and it took a while to come back to his senses, quickly adjusted his emotions, and stuffed the roses in his hand into Tang Hongye's arms.
"I'm sorry! I'm so embarrassed! I ran over without asking in advance! It's a big joke! He shook his head self-deprecatingly, "It's really embarrassing!" Don't forget it! So, this bouquet of flowers! Let's think of it as the flower of friendship! I don't have the face to take it out again, if you don't dislike Hongye, you can stay, it's your gift to the cuckoo! ”
"We won't go to our hearts, don't blame those who don't know, and you're not a bad idea," Tang Hongye smiled at him open-mindedly and patted him on the shoulder, "A misunderstanding!" In the future, I will still be old friends and old classmates! ”
"Yes, yes, yes, I will be friends in the future!" Lu Xiaoping said, while taking out two business cards from his arms and handing them to Tang Hongye and Du Juan, after all, he is also a person who has been trained in society, and he adjusted very quickly, "This is my contact information, what about me, I am also working in City A now, and I may be transferred to other places in a year and a half, this is not sure for the time being, so while we are all in City A, we must get together more when we have time!" I really haven't seen each other for years, and in a flash, we've all grown so big from little kids! ”
"Huh...... yes, yes......" Cuckoo smiled and nodded.
"That'...... You still have something to do, right? I won't delay you! Let's make another appointment when we have time, and I'll invite you to dinner! After Lu Xiaoping was silent for a few seconds, it was estimated that he couldn't find any other topics, so he said a few polite words in a very formal manner, and wanted to leave.
Of course, Du Juan and Tang Hongye would not keep him, and it was not suitable for Yu to do so now in public or private, so Lu Xiaoping left, and when he left, he also declined the kindness of the two of them to send him downstairs.
After Lu Xiaoping left, Tang Hongye and Du Juan were left in the reception room, as well as the bouquet of red roses that Lu Xiaoping did not take away.
"What are you going to do with this flower?" Tang Hongye's purpose of asking this question is still very simple, that is, he wants to know what to do with this bouquet of flowers, there is no meaning of being jealous, he still knows the character of the cuckoo very well, and outsiders have the intention of pursuing the cuckoo without knowing it, this is not any mistake of the cuckoo, Tang Hongye does not feel that he is qualified to accuse her and pick and choose.
Cuckoo thought for a moment and pointed to the table in the reception room: "I don't like flowers or anything, and now I don't like to be seen by others and joke around, otherwise I just put it there!" It is estimated that the cleaning aunt will come over later, and when the time comes, she will take it away if she likes it, and throw it away with the garbage if she doesn't like it. ”
After speaking, she picked up the bouquet, rummaged in the middle, and sure enough, she found a more delicate small card, opened it and saw that it was a handwritten paragraph in English, probably the content should be a love poem, and the names of Du Juan and Lu Xiaoping were written on the card, so Du Juan tore off the name on the card, tore it up with others, and threw it in the wastepaper basket on the side, and then took out a portable notepad and pen, and wrote a note that allowed others to dispose of the bouquet of flowers at will and put it next to the bouquet. Then he left with Tang Hongye.
After leaving the reception room, the two of them went directly to the office of the captain Yang Cheng, and reported the recent gains and progress to Yang Cheng.
"I said, 'What are you two looking at?' Are you so focused? We came in from outside, and neither of you even noticed! Tang Hongye was a little strange to see the two of them studying something so seriously.
"You two are back? Come! Just right! There's a discovery today! Dai Xu looked up and saw that it was Du Juan and Tang Hongye who were back, so he raised his hand and motioned for them to come over, "Zhu Binbin's case has made a little progress, although it is not big, but at least it has found a new direction of investigation that I didn't notice before!" ”
"Oh? How so? Tang Hongye was very interested, and asked while leaning over.
"Near the school where Zhu Binbin studied, there is a small shop, the owner has a hobby, that is, he will select some customers that he thinks are more representative, take photos and put them in his own store, this is one of the photos, the photo itself is nothing special, but behind the subject, if you look closely, you can see Zhu Binbin and another person passing by the door," Dai Xu said to him and Du Juan, "The photo was taken just before Zhu Binbin disappeared. It is the closest to the time of Zhu Binbin's murder in the known circumstances, as long as we find out who the person who was with him in the photo, I think we are one step closer to the truth behind the case. ”
"Oh? That's good news! ”
Although Zhu Binbin's case is not what they are mainly responsible for, it is also one of the cases that have been stuck recently, and it is also a case that Du Juan thinks has similarities with You Xinghua's case, so when they heard Dai Xu's progress, both of them felt very happy and immediately went over to look at the photo.
"Whoa! Although the person didn't take a big shot, but if you look closely, it is relatively clear, thanks to the store owner for buying a good SLR camera out of personal hobby. Dai Xu joked and pointed to the top corner of the photo, "It's not too difficult to see what the person walking with Zhu Binbin in the photo looks like, as long as you can find out what the identity of this person is, at least there is a direction to look for." ”
Tang Hongye and Du Juan looked at the photo, the photo was a man in his thirties with a shiny face, and a thin young man in his twenties, in the corner of the photo, that is, the location outside the store behind the two people, it is indeed very clear that there are two people passing by, one of them is the famous campus bully Zhu Binbin, next to Zhu Binbin walked a tall young man.
As soon as they saw the young man's appearance, Du Juan and Tang Hongye's faces immediately changed.
[What's inside, Xiao Mo's family has relatives and friends who want to come over, and they have to entertain for a few days, so they may take a day off tomorrow. 】