The cold wind is howling, and pedestrians are coming. Shen Yigong has never let go of the people behind him. He had not forgotten the perfume 'first love', and the handkerchief was still in the drawer on the right-hand side of his study. Produced in the United States, it is expensive and rare, and it belongs to women who think they are young and beautiful. With a little bit of clues, it's not too difficult to guess who it is. Originally, Shen Yigong's suspicion of Qin Mingyue was not serious, and there must have been a lot of ladies who have returned to China in the past few years, and not all of them will be known to him. It's just that today she appeared at the station too coincidentally, and there is such an obvious bandage on the back of her hand. That lady will hurt the thumb on the back of her right hand? Not to mention the thin cocoon of the tiger's mouth in the right hand. She'd had a gun, and more than once.

These things that happened in the early hours of yesterday morning and today at the station gradually connected in Shen Yigong's mind. Organizers, those involved in the case. There is no doubt that Qin Mingyue must be one of them. The pocket of her coat was large, and she had just deliberately taken her hand out of the bag to prevent Shen Yigong from seeing the shape of the gun. But the magnitude of the shaking of her clothes as she first walked towards him revealed the weight of the contents of her bag.

Small pistols, Browning or Colt are more likely.

He's betting that the other party knows a little bit about his identity. He was also at the scene on the night of Qin Shengzhu's accident, in fact, the shot that killed him was from him, theoretically speaking, he was the father-killing enemy that Qin Mingyue should take revenge on - even if all the plans were from Huo Zuo's hands. But in this matter, they are undoubtedly complicit.

The people in the train station were unaware that a murder would happen again, ignorant and even numb, like reeds floating on the surface of the water, flowing beside Shen Yigong. He lowered the brim of his hat and walked steadily towards the outside of the train station, the distance widening little by little, and the number of people separating him from the woman grew. Ten steps, twenty steps. Ten people, twenty people.

Then he turned the corner, and before he walked out of the train station, he did not forget to look behind him. only to find that the place just now was already empty.

She didn't shoot.

Shen Yigong walked down the steps, stood in front of the train station and took out a cigarette and stuffed it into his mouth. He looked at the jeeps across the station from afar, wrote down the license plates of a few cars, threw the cigarette into the sewer on the side of the road, and lowered the brim of his hat with both hands in his pockets and walked away quickly.

Instead of going home, he first found a public phone booth, took a coin out of his pocket and made a call. The phone rang for a long time, and as soon as it was connected, Shen Yigong spoke first: "It's me, come back from the station." Those people came early, and some got on the bus. I heard the noise, and I didn't know what was going on. ”

"The car is gone?"

"It's gone."

"Trust the professor. He is very experienced, and he is an old man in the organization. Old Lu sighed on the other end of the phone, he was also in a public telephone booth, where a small grocery store could afford such a precious thing as a telephone.

Shen Yigong heard him say this, and said separately: "Regarding Mr. Xu's matter before, I think I may have a new clue today. ”

"Is it reliable?"

“…… It has not been confirmed, but it is largely reliable. ”

"Who?"

"Qin."

"Understand, we will continue to follow up on this information. Oh yes, I'll tell you. Lao Lu added a sentence in front of the phone, "Mrs. Lu gave birth and is a daughter." ”

Shen Yigong breathed a sigh of relief, and there was finally such good news today: "Congratulations." Am I going to come over next? ”

"Not necessarily. I'll come back when I have the letter. We try not to contact you during this time. The situation has deteriorated, and it will only get worse in the future. Winter is coming, so be prepared. ”

Shen Yigong understood what he meant, the Northern Expedition had ended, the armed uprising in Hubei was in full swing, and how the situation would change next was really unpredictable, and sometimes they might need to prepare for the worst. He thought for a moment and said, "Encourage you." "Hung up the phone.

It was almost the beginning of winter, and the weather was getting colder and colder, Shen Yigong thought of Qin Mingyue's incident, although Lao Lu said that they would continue to follow up on this information, but he still wanted to find time to find someone who knew more about this matter to ask for clarification.

When Shen Yigong returned home, it was almost evening, Zhao's mother was cooking in the kitchen, and Xiaoqiang was riding a wooden horse to play in the alley with the children next door. Shen Yigong went back to the room to change into clean and decent clothes, and looked out of the window, Xiaoqiang was still running around the alley with a few children. He stood by the window for a while and then went downstairs, Zhao's mother was coming out with food, and she was surprised to see him: "Sir, when did you come back?" Not at all. If you want to come back, I'll add another dish, I thought you and Mr. Liang wouldn't come back for dinner. ”

"I didn't call you when I saw you were busy." Shen Yigong explained, "Qingwen is still in Ningbo, and I have other things to do and come back first." ”

Zhao's mother wiped her hands with her apron: "Okay, then I'll add another dish." What would you like to eat, sir? Scrambled eggplant or scrambled eggs with tomatoes? ”

"Eggplant bar. You do it first, I'll call Xiaoqiang back for dinner. ”

Mother Zhao nodded and continued to go into the kitchen, Shen Yigong stepped out of the door, listened to the sound of children playing, and saw Xiao Qiang who was still squatting on the stone pier and waving to people at a glance, he shouted to the child: "Xiao Qiang, come back for dinner!" ”

Xu Zhiqiang turned his head and grinned at him: "Uncle Shen, you're back!" He immediately waved excitedly to a few children, "Don't play, my uncle told me to go home for dinner." I'll play with you again tomorrow! ”

After speaking, he jumped down from the stone pier and rushed into Shen Yigong's arms. Shen picked him up with a bow and made him sit on his arm, his hand around his neck.

"Are you obedient with your mother-in-law today, did you make your mother-in-law angry?"

Xiaoqiang hurriedly shook his head: "I accompany my mother-in-law every day." Today, I also helped my mother-in-law to make yarn. ”

"How do you help your mother-in-law make yarn?"

The little doll raised her hands high: "That's it, my mother-in-law wrapped the thread around my hand first, and then little by little the yarn was clumped into a ball." ”

"Really? Then our little strong is awesome! Shen Yigong stepped into the house with him in his arms, and happened to meet Mr. Dong, a tenant who was translating articles for the newspaper, and stumbled down from the upper floor with a pile of manuscript papers. Shen Yigong said politely to him: "Xiao Dong, have you eaten." ”

Dong Yi was busy wrapping his scarf, and when he heard the words, he replied: "Next time I have time." That, I'll pay the rent to Zhao's mother next week! ”

Shen Yigong rented a house that was originally trying to be lively, and he was the least anxious landlord in this alley, so he waved his hand when he said this: "It's okay." When you have the money and when you pay it. It's time to live. ”

This man was two years younger than Shen Yigong, and the hair on his forehead had almost fallen out, so he smiled with Shen Yigong embarrassedly, put on his hat and rushed out of the door holding the manuscript paper. Xiaoqiang pointed to his back and patted his head and said, "Uncle, why doesn't Uncle Dong have Mao Mao here?" Wouldn't it be cold if there was no fur here? ”

Shen Yigong couldn't help but laugh and told him: "Don't stand in the way of Uncle Dong and say that he doesn't have hair on his head." ”

"Why?"

"Because we have all of them, we can't say that he doesn't have them, he will be sad and sad."

Xiao Qiang nodded as if he didn't understand. Shen Yigong took him to the basin and put him down, and lit hot water everywhere to mix cold water for him to wash his hands. Mother Zhao brought the last dish to the table, took off her apron and beckoned, "Wash your hands and eat." I don't know if you came back in the evening, sir, it was easy to do. ”

"Enough home-cooked food."

Zhao's mother said, "Do you want to know that when you come back, I will add two more meat dishes to you." You and Mr. Liang don't eat at home every month, and if the children and the two tenants eat, the money given for the meal will not be used at all! ”

Shen Yigong smiled: "This is for you, you just take it, it's not that you said to refund more and make up less." ”

"People hire old mothers, I can't wait to hold on to them, I am really blessed to meet a boss like you."

Shen Yigong took a towel to dry Xiaoqiang's hands, and after listening to what Zhao's mother said, he said: "I'm usually so busy, if you didn't take care of Xiaoqiang and take care of the house, I really don't know what to do." ”

Xiao Qiang listened and accosted: "Yes, my mother-in-law is usually good to me." ”

"Like your mother-in-law?"

"I like it!"

Shen Yigong carried the child back to the dining table, and Zhao's mother was a little embarrassed by their praise: "Xiaoqiang, this child is obedient, which adult doesn't like it?" Mr. Shen, don't think I'm too talkative, your family is actually lacking a hostess. If you had a wife, my credit would be nothing! ”

Shen Yigong was embarrassed when he heard others talk about this, and quickly picked up the meal and quickly opened the topic: "I have something else to do at night, bothering you to take care of the child." ”

Mother Zhao saw that the other party didn't answer what she just said, and she was also interested, so she took the opportunity to say: "It's not troublesome at all." ”

At the dinner table, there were also trivial things about ordering milk and newspapers, and Shen Yigong always gave money and handed it over to Zhao's mother to take care of. The old woman is a person who understands, does things in a measured manner, is not greedy or greedy, and is honest and upright. With her, the home is much more organized. The old mother was introduced by Lao Lu last year, and it has nothing to do with the organization, she is an acquaintance of Lao Lu's hometown, her son and daughter-in-law's family have gone to Nanyang to do business, and a few years ago she wanted to pick up the old lady and go together, the old lady was nostalgic and refused to go, and she was too lonely to guard the old house alone before she came out to find something to do. She doesn't want money, she treats him and Xiaoqiang as her own family here in Shen Yigong, serious and diligent, considerate and kind.

After eating, Zhao's mother asked Shen Yigong to be busy first, she cleaned up the dishes and went upstairs to the room with Xiaoqiang to play. When Shen Yigong was about to go out, another tenant came back from work, surnamed Zhu, who was an intern teacher in a primary school, sloppy, but had a hand for children, and Xiaoqiang played with him very well. Instructor Zhu was thin and small, and when he entered the house to see Shen Yigong going out, he greeted him first: "Landlord, are you going out?" ”

Shen Yigong nodded, thinking that it was not too late at this time, so he pointed to the kitchen: "Have you eaten dinner, if you don't, let Mother Zhao order you a bowl of noodles." ”

"I've eaten, and I ate it with a few colleagues. You're busy first, I'll go upstairs. So he entered the house, and when he saw Xiaoqiang, he laughed with the child.

Shen Yigong didn't have time to greet them much, he looked back at the warmth in the room, wrapped his scarf, pushed open the door and walked into the cold breeze.