December 17th

After nightfall, the Green Bank Community at the end of Qingshui Avenue fell asleep very early, and only the top star in the entertainment industry, Sang Qing, still had people active in Room 403 of Building B, where she lived. On the windowsill, a cigarette half-leaning against an ashtray held a long ash and shimmered with a faint red light. Her personal assistant, Cen Min, was standing in the living room by the window at this time, holding the cross necklace around her neck in her hand and chanting, but Sang Qing herself was not in the house.

The residential building B where Sang Qing and Cen Min live faces the central park facing the street, and you can just take in the scenery of the park opposite. Although the flowers and green leaves in the park have long disappeared in this season, Cen Min's eyes are still watching this depressed scene at this time.

Since the beginning of winter, many homeless people have sneaked into the park to warm up by fire. As in previous years, this situation cannot be stopped under any circumstances. In such weather, if the police decide to evict them, it will be tantamount to killing them. However, the police's strategy of turning a blind eye has inadvertently become Cen Min's concern.

The hands on the clock slowly converged to 12, and Cen Min became more and more sleepy. There was a subtle buzzing sound in her head, tickling her sleepiness along with the "click" of the pointers. Finally, under Cen Min's restless waiting, the red Porsche finally drove from the night. Cen Min, who was still by the window, hurriedly pulled up the curtains, leaving only a gap for observation. After seeing the security guard let Sang Qing through the curfew, Cen Min snuffed out the cigarette in the ashtray and flushed it down the toilet with the ashes.

Soon, the sound of a key inserting the lock came from outside the door, and Sang Qing's footsteps jumped into the house. Cen Min let out a sigh of relief in her room, she felt that she could finally get a good rest, so she quickly climbed into bed. Half an hour later, after hearing a slight "click" sound when the table lamp in Sang Qing's room was turned off, Cen Min slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, Cen Min's dream was dispelled by the dry, cold air. When I woke up, the sky was dark, and the sunlight outside the window was dim, but I still had to get into the house through the cracks. Cen Min felt that this winter was colder than anything she had ever spent here before. Cen Min, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, was in a very low mood, what happened in Fang Cai's dream had been forgotten at this time, but the emotions in the dream had been badly carried over to reality.

At this time, there was faint music in the next room, and it was Cai Qin's "Forgotten Time". This is a song that Sang Qing will listen to repeatedly every day when she gets up early to take a bath. Cen Min remembered that when Sang Qing recommended this song to her, she quoted the lines from the movie "Infernal Affairs": the treble is sweet, the middle tone is accurate, and the bass is deep. However, Cen Min couldn't understand what was so wonderful about the singer's singing. From the bottom of her heart, she still loves those powerful rock 'n' roll.

Cen Min yawned, slowly paced to the window, and glanced towards the green area below. Lately, there has been a strange rancid smell outside the window, which has forced her to close the window all day. Cen Min guessed that it was probably a small animal that had died in the green area downstairs, and she pinched the cross necklace around her neck and prayed softly: Our Father in heaven, may all people hallow your name. Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen!

After the prayer was finished, Cen Min tightened the latch on the window again. Make sure that the promotional posters of all Sang Qing's works since her debut posted in her room will not be stained with that smell. Sang Qing's new film, "Winter Love Song", will hold a press conference on Christmas 25th. The poster that was printed in advance, Cen Min got his hands early. However, it wasn't until yesterday when she took the poster home that Cen Min found that there was no room left on the walls of the room to put up new posters. She looked up at the ceiling and wondered: if it is pasted on it, how will it be maintained? Looking at each poster that was as smooth as new under her careful care, Cen Min began to worry.

Sang Qing next door quickly finished taking a shower, and she shouted through the door: "Sister Min, prepare my things, I will go out as soon as I put on my makeup." Cen Min agreed, and quickly left the room to get ready.

Keys, handbags, masks, sunglasses...... Sang Qing's belongings are complex and varied, and Cen Min has to make different adjustments every day according to the occasion she attends, the people she meets, and even the weather. For example, the color of the mask must be cold on sunny days, and the choice of sunglasses in hot weather should be dark black. Although these things are trivial, each place contains connotations and details, and there are many places that should be changed at any time according to Sang Qing's own habits, and the slightest carelessness will mess things up. Cen Min is the only one who can always keep these things in mind, and since she took over this job for five years, there has not been a single mistake.

After preparing Sang Qing's belongings, Cen Min opened half of the curtains in the direction of the entrance of the community as usual, allowing the faint light to shine into the living room. Today's weather in Changlu City is gloomy and gloomy, like an ink painting that has been wet with water and quickly spreads. I don't know if it's rain or snow hidden in the thick clouds, and it's so oppressive that people can't breathe.

There is less than a week left before the press conference of "Winter Love Song", Cen Min looked at Sang Qing's crowded schedule, and could not hide the worry in his heart. There are several important names of directors written in today's agenda, and Sang Qing will visit them one by one later. A week ago, the male and female protagonists of the movie "Red" were suddenly exposed to a love scandal, and the popularity was quickly hyped to the first place by Internet promoters. The publicity momentum painstakingly created by "Winter Love Song" was also overwhelmed by the other party for a while. If nothing else, the movie "Red" will be the biggest competitor after the release of "Winter Sonata".

In addition to "Red Man", Cen Min analyzed that the two films "Desert Love" and "Mechanical Messenger" are also regarded as the fierce rivals of "Winter Sonata". The former is based on the romance novel of the same name and has a large number of loyal fans of the original book. As long as the movie is released normally, its fans will quickly bring in a decent box office. In the first week of weekly box office battles, it was more difficult than "Reds". The latter is an original sci-fi film that has spent a lot of money to hire the Hollywood special effects team to participate in the production, and it is said that there are more than 3,000 special effects shots alone, which alone should not be underestimated.

These three films have already attracted the attention of a large number of fans when filming began, and if they are released separately, most of them will be able to occupy a good position in the annual box office list selected at the end of this year. What people never expected was that the publisher did not avoid the blockbuster Christmas. Instead, with a momentum of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, the schedule was invariably set to be released, which can be called the most cruel day in the entertainment industry.

As a superstar-level figure in the entertainment industry, Sang Qing certainly hopes to go on vacation every time she finishes filming, but the identity of a star is not as easy as ordinary people imagine, and the willingness to devote herself to rest immediately after work is even more counterproductive. After the film is completed, before the busy publicity work begins, Sang Qing still has a large number of drinking parties organized by investors to attend, and meeting with directors, actors, and a number of famous producers is also an indispensable thing on weekdays.

Cen Min, who has been immersed in the entertainment industry for many years, found that as long as it is beneficial to the box office of the movie, investors seem to have no tricks that cannot be used. Even Sang Qing once said that she was a little envious of those actors who played tricks. If you want to do it, you can do it, and if you don't want to do it, you can give yourself a holiday. Not only is the number of shots small, but the producer's salary is also very refreshing. But stars of their level are not as chic as others.

When Sang Qing walked out of the room, her face was already covered with makeup: "Sister Min, don't have high heels, go get me flats." There are a lot of people I see today, and it's important to take care of your own comfort, otherwise you won't be able to see people the day after tomorrow when you're full of blood blisters. ”

Cen Min had no choice but to move the high heels aside and rummage through the shoe cabinet again. And make a quick note in your own head: when meeting more than six guests, flat shoes are preferred; Sang Qing may have recently blistered her heels with a pair of shoes, and she had to find them and throw them away when she came back from work; The next time it is necessary to buy shoes of this brand, ask someone to try them on for a week. These are three important messages.

"Pick a pair, that's it." Sang Qing threw off her slippers and stretched her feet over. Cen Minyin hummed and put the flat shoes that Sang Qing had chosen on her feet.

"Also, didn't you make an appointment tonight? Don't go along. I'll call you if necessary, and you keep the phone open. ”

"Is it tonight? I forgot about it......" Cen Min then remembered that an acquaintance of the TV station had arranged a blind date for himself a few days ago.

"That's right, didn't you say that Section Chief Wang of the TV station introduced you to you a few days ago? I can handle today's affairs, you don't have to worry, don't worry, don't worry. After saying that, Sang Qing left 403.

After Cen Min saw Sang Qing enter the elevator, he returned to the house, and muttered dissatisfiedly: Actually, I don't want to participate in this blind date at all, not because I am embarrassed to dismiss other people's face. Cen Min looked at the clock on the wall, and now there was still plenty of time to go on a blind date in the afternoon. So, I started to think about tomorrow's schedule.

At 8:15 in the morning, the actor's makeup photos were set and starred. At nine o'clock, the venue rehearsed. At ten o'clock, discuss the feasibility of fake scandals with actor Zhao Sheng. At eleven o'clock, I had dinner with the new generation of director Jin Ruowang. Afternoon......

Just as Cen Min was carefully checking Sang Qing's schedule for the next few days, the landline in the living room suddenly rang. Cen Min couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is there anyone who can play landlines these days?

"Hello?"

"Is it you?" A deep man's voice came from the earpiece.

Man? Cen Min's heart stirred suddenly. The other party's voice sounded like he was middle-aged, and he actually called Sang Qing "Qingqing", which was too close. Is there such a good relationship with an acquaintance of this age around Sang Qing? Cen Min took a breath and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"Ah...... Isn't this Sang Qing's house? ”

"Who are you?" Cen Min was confused, since he knew Sang Qing, how could Sang Qing only give him the landline number, but not the mobile phone number?

"Hello, I'm Sang Qing's assistant, this is where Sang Qing lives, but she's out now......"

The other party paused and said: "She's been very busy lately, I've been paying attention to her movies, and the publicity must have made her anxious, right?" ”

"How do you know, did Sang Qing tell you?" Cen Min and Sang Qing get along day and night, and she doesn't remember that Sang Qing contacted this man with a strange voice. For this strange call, Cen Min couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

"Little girl, Qingqing didn't tell you that I'm also a person in this industry?" There was a hint of pride in the tone on the other end of the phone.

Cen Min chuckled twice over the phone after listening to it, and she secretly thought: The Christmas film market can foresee the popularity of the war. Maybe she wanted to add fuel to the fire when "Winter Love Song" was about to be released, so she said: "Sang Qing is going to see a certain director now, and according to the current time, she should have arrived at the place." I can pick you up, and we'll wait for her here. After saying that, she unplugged her phone from the charger and waited for the other party to answer.

"That's not necessary, I'...... I also made an appointment to meet today. Cen Min didn't expect the other party to unexpectedly shirk it, "Let's just say so first, help me tell Sang Qing, I miss her very much." With that, the phone hung up.

Cen Min couldn't help but fall into a daze when he listened to the "beep" sound after the call was aborted. Sang Qing seemed to have a lot of things to hide from herself, but she didn't find out at all. Sang Qing had no reason to hide anything from her. Cen Min has been working for Sang Qing for more than five years, and in her heart, she already regards Sang Qing as her family. But after answering the call, she found that the relationship between herself and Sang Qing didn't seem to be as good as she imagined. Maybe in Sang Qing's heart, she is not as important as she imagined.

The afternoon was quickly passed, and after Cen Min finished solving the matter at hand, the sky was already dark. Cen Min looked at the clock on the wall and was almost close to the date time, so he changed his clothes and left the Green Bank community. The place where I met my blind date was a lover's café in the busiest part of the city center. Green Bank Community is located at the junction of Sanshangyuan District and Nanshan District, although the transportation is convenient, it is still far from the city center. Therefore, Cen Min subconsciously came out some time early. Unfortunately, Cen Min encountered a serious traffic jam on the way there. When I arrived at the agreed place, I was still a few minutes late.

"Hello, where is table 3?" Cen Min walked into the agreed lover's café and grabbed a waiter next to him and asked.

The waiter turned around and pointed to the location by the window and said, "Do you need me to take you there?" ”

"No...... No need. Cen Min looked in the direction pointed by the waiter, and a man with a Chinese face, an inch head, and thick eyebrows and big eyes was sitting there, looking down at his mobile phone.

Cen Min took a deep breath and thought: It's a few minutes late, I don't know if the other party will be angry? Cen Min thought as he hurried to table 3. The person who went on a blind date with her looked clean from a distance, but the clothes he was wearing were not as comfortable as his face, as if he hadn't changed for a long time, revealing a dull color.

When Cen Min walked up, the man raised his head and said, "Hello, you are Miss Cen Min, aren't you?" ”

Cen Min said timidly: "Yes, I am Cen Min." ”

"Nice to meet you, my name is Bi Guofeng, what do you drink?"

"Coffee bar."

Bi Guofeng beckoned to the waiter, asked him to bring the menu, and then lowered his head and fiddled with his phone.

Cen Min, who was left to the side, was a little embarrassed, he was already sitting opposite him, why did he still look down at his phone. Is it because of my tardiness? Thinking of this, Cen Min couldn't help but have a greatly discounted impression of Bi Guofeng. If the other person asks her why she is late, she will definitely apologize to him. But it's too ungraceful to hang yourself aside and bow your head to play with your mobile phone like this.

After ordering a cup of coffee, Cen Min looked around, this coffee shop with elegant environment and excellent decoration was one of her favorite places to visit in her leisure time. But she didn't understand how Bi Guofeng chose the blind date here. Was it a coincidence, or did he learn about it from some source?

With a stomach full of questions, Cen Min asked Bi Guofeng softly: "This café, you won't feel too quiet, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"Hmm......" Cen Min was a little angry at Bi Guofeng's perfunctory answer, she craned her neck and tried to look at Bi Guofeng's phone screen, "What are you looking at?" Is it news? ”

"I didn't ...... I'm not interested in those. Bi Guofeng saw Cen Min stretching his head over, so he quickly covered his mobile phone, but Cen Min still saw something on the screen. It was clearly a picture of a woman lying in a pool of blood.

Cen Min looked at Bi Guofeng in horror: "You...... Like this kind of stuff? ”

"No, you misunderstood, in fact, ......" Bi Guofeng quickly denied it, "hiss...... My tooth! ”

Cen Min looked at Bi Guofeng's sudden grinning appearance, a little inexplicable: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Toothache, it's been a while, but I don't have time to pull it out." Bi Guofeng touched the root of the rotten tooth with his fingers, and the tooth was so loose that it would swing back and forth when he touched it slightly.

"Oh......" Cen Min thought that the other party was diverting the topic, so she took the initiative to give Bi Guofeng a step down, and she continued, "You ...... Are you going to sit and play with your phone like this? Don't tell me what you do? ”

Bi Guofeng glanced up at Cen Min and said, "Me? Oh...... I'm a criminal police officer. ”

Interpol! Cen Min felt a part of his body shake violently. Her chin tucked slightly, and her eyes looked up. Then he whispered, "I didn't even know you did this......"

"Really? I thought I wasn't the only one who didn't know about you, but you were just like me. What about you? What do you do. Bi Guofeng smiled, revealing a row of slightly yellowed teeth.

"Me...... My job is related to the entertainment industry. Cen Min thought to himself: This person must be a smoker, and his teeth turned out to be like this.

"The entertainment industry? But I see you...... Not really. Bi Guofeng saw that Cen Min's chubby appearance did not look like an actor, so he asked jokingly.

Cen Min coughed embarrassedly, and then said: "I studied directing in college, and not everyone who works in the entertainment industry is an actor. By the way, who introduced you? ”

"It was my dad who asked me to come, in fact, I don't really like the old-school approach of blind dates, but I can't resist my dad, so I ......"

Cen Min was amused by Bi Guofeng's words, since he didn't want to go on a blind date, why did he have to come? I have time to spend time in this café, so it is better to accompany Sang Qing to fulfill her wish. She instantly understood Bi Guofeng's attitude towards herself, it turned out that she was not the only one who had a negative attitude towards this blind date, but also the other party. Thinking of this, Cen Min immediately made up his mind to end this meeting as soon as possible. So he asked, "How much money can you criminal police make a month?" ”

"This ...... It depends on the level of the position, some are more and some are less. Bi Guofeng's tone was stunned, and he seemed a little reluctant to mention it.

"Just say yourself." Cen Min realized that he had poked the other party's sore spot, so he continued to ask.

Bi Guofeng's face was embarrassed, but he still said: "I am in this position now, I can have five thousand a month, and then I will be ......."

"Wait...... You just said five thousand? Cen Min interrupted Bi Guofeng's words, "Isn't your criminal police business very dangerous?" Why is the treatment so low? ”

"How do you say that...... If you're not on the front line, it's not that dangerous. What's more, there are very few gangsters and violence in our jurisdiction, and we can't even catch a few cases of pornography, gambling, and drugs. As for the treatment, it is all stipulated by the state, so ......"

Cen Min felt a little new when she heard this, she had always thought that the criminal police industry was a high-risk profession. As the saying goes: the higher the risk, the higher the reward. The same should be true for the interpol. But when she heard Bi Guofeng say it, it was not what she imagined. So he asked, "Then your vacations, benefits, and so on must be good." ”

"Yes...... Not bad indeed. Bi Guofeng didn't want to start this topic, so he passed it vaguely.

Bi Guofeng actually felt the same as Cen Min in his heart, wishing that this meeting would end quickly, when he first saw Cen Min, he already felt that the other party was not the type he liked. Cen Min is short and obese, much worse than his previous girlfriends. The most important thing is that his former girlfriend will not keep asking questions about salary like Cen Min. In the final analysis, Bi Guofeng still doesn't like this kind of realistic woman very much. He actually has a house in his name but didn't tell Cen Min, but since the other party is not the type he likes, it won't be said.

"Did you decide to choose this café as a blind date location?" Cen Min asked with a sip of coffee.

"No, it was arranged by my dad, and he said the store was not bad."

"Really? I often come to this café, and I thought you were ......" Cen Min smiled, originally she thought it was the other party's favorite, but now it seems that she thinks too much. The man in front of him doesn't seem to be good at falling in love.

After the two sat in silence for a while, Cen Min finally couldn't bear it anymore, she took out two hundred-yuan bills from her wallet and put them on the table, and then said, "I'm very happy to know you today, then I still have something, let's talk about it next time." ”

Bi Guofeng was a little stunned when he saw Cen Min's actions, since it was a blind date, even if the money for this tea house was not given by his man, at most it was AA system, but the other party now meant that he had to pay the bill himself. Bi Guofeng didn't care whether the purpose of his blind date was to deal with his father or to go to the appointment sincerely, the man's self-esteem made him immediately take the two hundred yuan on the table, stuffed it back into Cen's hand, and said: "You take this money back, our first date, where is the reason for you to pay?" ”

Cen Min was slightly stunned, and then immediately knew what Bi Guofeng meant, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. So he didn't shirk it, and put the money back in his wallet. He said, "Then you must let me invite you next time." ”

"That's it." Bi Guofeng also smiled back.

Cen Min waved his hand, then pulled away his skirt and got up to leave. But before Cen Min stopped the taxi outside the café, Bi Guofeng chased him out again.

"Since we have made an appointment to meet next time, what can we do without leaving our mobile phone number?" Bi Guofeng said.

"Ah...... That's right, too. Cen Min looked at Bi Guofeng strangely, and thought: This person is so strange, his performance just now is clearly that he doesn't look down on him, and whether it's true or not, he should understand what he means, how can he act like he still has hopes for her?

But how would she know that Bi Guofeng just had the intention of doing a full set of acts, so he had to leave her his mobile phone number. In order to go back and explain to his father, lest he have to nag him about being polite and inconsiderate, and he will lead to a lot of verbosity later.

When Cen Min used her mobile phone to record Bi Guofeng's mobile phone number, the taxi she was waiting for finally came. Cen Min didn't say goodbye, so he got into the back seat of the taxi and said to the driver: "Green Bank Community, hurry up." ”

Bi Guofeng looked at the taxi carrying Cen Min away and shook his head, feeling a little bitter in his heart. Even if he doesn't enter the stream again, he shouldn't be paired with such a woman. Not to mention the appearance, judging from the conversation and politeness, this Cen Min is not able to handle it.

Just when Bi Guofeng was stunned, suddenly his mobile phone rang. Bi Guofeng looked at the caller ID on his mobile phone, it was a call from his subordinate Chang Zhi.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"Team leader, there's a murder."

"What do you say? Homicide case? When was this. When Bi Guofeng heard the news, he quickly took out the key and ran to his car.

"The alarm I just received is located in Jinjing Garden, Building C, Room 1302, at the intersection of Changshan Road and Heqin Road."

Hearing this, Bi Guofeng's footsteps stopped suddenly. As soon as he turned around, this was the intersection of Changshan Road and Heqin Road, and behind him was Jinjing Garden.