Chapter Seventy-One: Reunion after a long absence

When Xie Rui's face, which had not been seen for a long time but left a deep impression on Xiao Wenlu, appeared on the TV screen, Xiao Wenlu was really taken aback. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info nothing else, mainly seeing the young officer's face again, reminded him of the strange incident of "driving a stake". It was because of that incident that Xiao Wenlu almost became a criminal suspect, and the two of them didn't know each other, but Xiao Wenlu didn't expect to see him again, and it was on TV.

Yang Qianqian sat on the side and saw Xiao Wenlu's expression, feeling a little strange, so she asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Xiao asked Lu and then remembered that Yang Qianqian had not come to the city at that time, and she didn't know about it at all. So he told her the ins and outs of the incident, and she sighed.

"That little boy is too pitiful." Yang Qianqian sighed, "Being buried alive under the bridge pier, I shudder when I think about it." Although he later became an unjust spirit and killed so many people, that Zhao Qingsheng was the initiator of all these evils. ”

"Well," Xiao Wenlu nodded, "That little boy finally took revenge and let that Zhao Qingsheng pay for his life, but those dead people were too innocent." ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Qianqian suddenly remembered: "Eh, you said, the incident in the news just now, could there be something strange in it?" ”

"I don't know," Xiao Wenlu smiled bitterly, "It's better not to have." If an unnatural force intervenes, I'm afraid the police won't be able to solve it. ”

"Maybe they'll come to you for help!" Yang Qianqian covered her mouth and smiled.

"I'm thankful they don't treat me as a suspect!" Xiao asked Lu Haha laughed.

That night, Yang Qianqian's serious illness had been cured, and the two of them went to sleep on the bed in the bedroom in order to relieve the pain of lovesickness. But in order to avoid suspicion, the two of them had to let Xiao Lili sleep in the middle, and the two of them held hands across Xiao Lili, which made Xiao Lili extremely impatient, and while the two adults were asleep, one of them sneaked into the living room to sleep by himself.

Yang Qianqian slept very sweetly because of a heart disease, but Xiao Wenlu couldn't sleep well. He has practiced the tricks for many years, and he has never been sick, he eats well and sleeps well, and he falls asleep when his head touches the pillow, and he doesn't have a dream. But this night, he rarely slept well, and always hovered between half asleep and half awake, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

Just as he was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, he suddenly heard a voice: "Xiao asks for directions!" ”

Startled, he sat up sharply, and as far as the eye could see, the bedroom was empty.

Is it my hallucination? Xiao Wenlu was a little skeptical, but he immediately shook his head and put this thought aside. Those who practice magic will never hallucinate, he is very sure of that. So what's going on with the sound just now? The voice was so clear and close that it was like a man calling out to him in his ear, and it even seemed to pop out of his head.

Xiao Wenlu sat in disbelief for a long time, and the voice did not sound again. He was about to lie down, when suddenly a clearer voice sounded in his ears: "Xiao asks for directions!" ”

A breeze blew the curtains, and the cold moonlight shone in, spilling over the entire bedroom, and a figure in the corner of the wall was reflected!

Xiao Wenlu pinched his fingers, his body moved, and he shot towards the black shadow like lightning. However, just as his right hand was about to poke between the dark shadow's eyebrows, he stopped abruptly, one hand awkwardly remaining in mid-air.

"It's you?!" Xiao asked for directions, surprised and delighted.

The moonlight illuminated the man's face, a face that did not show any mood fluctuations, wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, who was not the owner of the sunglasses shop?

"Am I bothering you two with good things?"

"Huh?" Although the owner of the sunglasses shop still had a wooden face, he could hear the teasing Xiao asking for directions in his tone clearly, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Why did you get here? Where have you been these days? Xiao asked the road to change the topic, and he did have a stomach full of questions waiting to be answered.

"I'm here to tell you to go to work tomorrow." The owner of the sunglasses replied quietly.

"We're going to reopen?" Xiao Wenlu was overjoyed. But he didn't even realize that he unknowingly liked the job.

"It's never been open, what will you get paid?"

Although the owner of the sunglasses shop was teasing him with words, Xiao didn't mind asking for directions. "Then ......" Before Xiao finished asking for directions, the owner of the sunglasses disappeared in an instant!

"Wait!" Xiao asked for the road in a hurry, and reached out to pull the shopkeeper's clothes, but he was a step too late and pounced.

At this moment, Yang Qianqian's anxious voice came from all sides of the entire bedroom: "Ah Lu! Alu! ”

Xiao Wenlu was startled, but when he turned around, the bed was empty, and Yang Qianqian was nowhere to be seen. His cold sweat trickled down for a moment, and suddenly he felt that someone was pulling his trouser legs, and when he looked down, he turned into Yang Qianqian, who was only a few centimeters tall!

Xiao Wenlu was shocked, opened his eyes suddenly, and Yang Qianqian's concerned face came into view: "Ah Lu, Ah Lu, wake up!" ”

Xiao Wenlu looked around blankly, and now he was lying on the bed, and the sky outside the window was already bright.

He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled bitterly, "I had a dream just now. ”

"yes, I know!" Yang Qianqian deliberately teased him: "You have been keeping people and not letting them go!" ”

"I'm still talking in my sleep?" Xiao asked for a way, and his face was a little hot.

"Yes! Tell me, which beautiful woman did you dream of? That's called a reluctance! Yang Qianqian pretended to be jealous.

"I dreamed of the owner of our grocery store." Xiao asked for directions and answered honestly.

"Huh?" Yang Qianqian is in no mood to joke now. "What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed that he was back, and the store opened today, so I was asked to go to work in the store today."

Yang Qianqian laughed: "How much do you miss going to work?" ”

"But I still want to go to the store." Xiao Wenlu said with a frown.

"Why?" Yang Qianqian was a little surprised: "Isn't that just a dream?" ”

"Yes, but I always feel a little uncomfortable staying at home and doing nothing. Anyway, I have a spare key to the store, so I might as well take care of the store first. And if he doesn't come back, and the store doesn't open, what will I do to feed you? ”

"It seems that you think I eat too much, and it's not easy to raise." Yang Qianqian covered her mouth and snickered: "Okay, a career-minded man, the sun is drying your buttocks, go wash up, you will return to work today!" ”

Xiao Wenlu had breakfast, changed into a new set of clothes, went downstairs in good spirits, drove the small truck that had not been started for a long time, and whistled to the "Forget Words Grocery Store".

Originally, when the grocery store was still open, because of the good quality and low price, the store decoration was fashionable, and the most important thing was that there was a handsome cashier, so the "Forget Words Grocery Store" was famous far and wide, not only the nearby neighbors became loyal customers, but even some white-collar workers who worked far away were admired, which was really rare for a small, ordinary grocery store.

It is precisely because the business of the grocery store is so good that it naturally arouses the jealousy and redness of many peers in the vicinity, and the occasional door-to-door trouble also occurs accidentally, but it is all easily resolved by Xiao Wenlu and the shopkeeper one by one. Now that the store has been closed for so long, other grocery store owners have finally breathed a sigh of relief and even opened a few new grocery stores next door.

Xiao Wenlu walked up the steps, and the glass and plaque of the current store door were already covered with a thick layer of dust. He thought of his wandering life in the past, and then thought of his current feelings for this shop, and couldn't help but laugh that he was still a person who yearned for and pursued stability in his bones.

Xiao Wenlu took out the spare key and opened the door of the store, and cleaned the store inside and out under the murderous eyes of the other grocery store owners. Before the cleaning work was finished, there were already old customers in the neighborhood who came to buy things, and most of them were female customers, and I don't know how the news of the reopening of the "Forget Words Grocery Store" spread so quickly.

A middle-aged woman in her forties and a down-to-earth fan of Xiao Wenlu excitedly held Xiao Wenlu's hand: "You're back!" You don't know, I don't even want to buy food these days when your store is closed. Look, how thin I've become! ”

Xiao Wen looked the big sister's bucket figure up and down, smiled implicitly, and said nothing.

In this way, Xiao Wenlu was cleaning up inside and out, and at the same time receiving an endless stream of customers who came to the door, and he was so busy that he was sweating profusely. However, Rao is like this, but his heart is full and satisfied. I don't know when it began, this shop has become more like a job for him, but more like a home.

At dusk, the shop takes a break. A female customer talked to Xiao Wenlu for a long time before leaving, Xiao Wenlu stood behind the cash register and watched her go out with a smile, and then lowered her head to sort out the change in the drawer.

"Business is good!"

A voice sounded coldly in front of Xiao Wenlu, so frightened that he jumped high like a cat, and almost reached out to attack the other party.

In front of the cash register, a man dressed in black and wearing sunglasses looked at him with a smile: "Why are you so timid?" ”

It's the owner of sunglasses!

"You're back!" Xiao Wenlu shouted excitedly.

The shopkeeper ignored him, walked around the store, nodded to Xiao Wenlu, and said with satisfaction: "Yes, it's quite orderly, and the resumption of work on the first day was quite successful." ”

Xiao asked for directions and couldn't help but think of that dream. Is there such a coincidence in the world? He had just dreamed that the owner of the sunglasses shop had returned, and he had actually returned! Could it be that he came into his dream and told him to open today?

The owner of the sunglasses shopkeeper ignored Xiao's puzzled look, sat down on a chair in the corner as before, reached out and took a newspaper from the side, and read it intently.

Look! Xiao Wenlu rolled his eyes in his heart: that newspaper has been out of date for several months!

Although Xiao Wenlu had a question mark in his stomach, he didn't have time to think about it, because the store was always full of customers, and he was so busy that he couldn't breathe. However, while he was busy, he did not forget to secretly observe the shopkeeper, because he felt that there were some differences in the shopkeeper's return this time, but he could not say what was different.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Xiao Wenlu was so hungry that he was grumbling, he thought for a while, and said to the owner of the sunglasses: "Are you free tonight?" I'll treat you to a meal! ”

Xiao Wenlu thought that the owner of the sunglasses shop would give face, but he didn't expect him to say without even raising his head: "Don't go." ”

Xiao asked for directions and listened, and was secretly unhappy in his heart, and the owner of the sunglasses shop added: "Get off work late tonight, someone is coming to you." ”

Xiao was stunned for a moment: "Someone is coming to me?" Who? ”

"You'll know when the time comes." The owner of the sunglasses shop looked like he had no comment.

It's this mysterious attitude again! Xiao asked for directions again, this time he no longer suppressed all the doubts in his heart as before, but shouted out directly: "Please don't be so mysterious in the future, just say anything you want, I don't have time to play guessing games with you!" ”

Before the shopkeeper could answer, another customer came to the door. Xiao Wenlu was not good at arguing with the shopkeeper in front of customers, so he had to suppress his anger and then become his cashier.

This busy time is more than ten o'clock in the evening, and it is time to close. He smiled and sent the last customer out the door, and was about to turn around and go back to the store to pack his things, when he suddenly noticed a man standing at the bottom of the steps.

"Xie Rui?!" Xiao Wenlu was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

Xie Rui, who was wearing a leather jacket, jeans and Martin boots, slowly walked up the steps with a faint smile on his face: "I didn't expect you to remember my name." ”

Xiao Wenlu was still a little defensive of him, frowned slightly, and said, "What is Officer Xie looking for me?" You don't suspect that I'm involved in some case, do you? ”

Xie Rui's eyebrows jumped slightly. He stared at Xiao with a monster-like look, curious and frightened eyes, and asked for directions, and only after a while did he say, "You...... Have you heard about it lately? ”

Xiao Wenlu was confused by his clueless words: "What did you hear?" ”

"You didn't watch TV? Something that is being discussed all over the city. Xie Rui didn't say it directly.

"You said the series of disappearances?" Xiao Wenlu suddenly remembered, he saw the news on TV last night, and Xie Rui was the police officer in charge of this case.

Xie Rui stared at him and didn't speak, which was a sign of acquiescence.

"You suspect it has something to do with me?" Xiao asked for directions and said indifferently. This time he was completely unaware of the case, so he was very calm and had no fluctuations in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Xie Rui suddenly diverted the topic: "Your store has reopened?" ”

Xiao asked Lu Lu and didn't know what he meant, so he simply came to block it and cover it with water: "Yes, Officer Xie can come in and take a look, if there is anything that needs to be bought, we are all acquaintances, I can negotiate with the shopkeeper to give you a discounted price." ”

Xie Rui was not polite, and walked straight over the steps of Xiao Wen's road: "Okay, then thank you." ”

Xie Rui walked into the store and walked around the shelves, which was more like looking for clues at a crime scene than picking out what to buy. He saw the sunglasses shopkeeper sitting in the corner, and immediately stared at him suspiciously and vigilantly for a while, and the sunglasses shopkeeper did not shy away from facing him, although through the sunglasses, he couldn't see his eyes, but the eyes behind the sunglasses must be extremely sharp and difficult to fathom.

The two men confronted each other for a while, and finally Xie Rui turned his head away from him first, breaking this weird and embarrassing situation. He threw a pack of cigarettes at the cash register: "I want this." ”

"Twenty bucks." Xiao Wen said expressionlessly.

"Didn't you mean a discount?" Xie Rui raised an eyebrow on one side.

Xiao asked for directions helplessly, and shouted to the shopkeeper: "Boss, this person is my acquaintance, can this pack of cigarettes be ......?"

Before he finished speaking, the owner of the sunglasses shopkeeper who was blocking the newspaper said lightly: "Give it to this police officer." ”

Xie Rui put the cigarette into his jacket pocket, his eyes as sharp as a knife scanned the faces of the sunglasses shopkeeper and Xiao Wenlu, and said in a calm voice: "Thank you." Then he left the store without looking back.

Xiao Wenlu looked at his back, his brows furrowing more and more.

What exactly did he mean? To be continued.