Chapter 2 Bus No. 24

"Buzz", early in the morning, Li Bai was woken up by the vibration sound of the mobile phone, he touched the mobile phone, squinted his eyes and looked at it, it was a text message, and the contact on it was "Brother Yi".

Li Bai rubbed his eyes, sat up from the bed, and left contact information with his first brother last night, but he didn't expect to find himself so soon.

The text message reads: "I'm at this snack bar downstairs in your house, can I come down now?" ”

Li Bai pouted, this person was still in a hurry, he had made an appointment to meet in the evening, and he came early in the morning.

Li Bai said to Lei Baoquan, who was still lying on the bed: "Uncle Lei, I'll go downstairs to the snack bar to see that brother, will you go?" ”

Lei Baoquan didn't open his eyes, wrapped himself in a quilt, and said, "Help me bring me breakfast." ”

Li Bai got dressed and walked downstairs, and happened to meet Jin Guo who was walking up.

"Yo, why are you going so early?" Jin Guo asked.

"Breakfast, why did you come back?" Li Bai said with a yawn.

"I slept in the hospital last night, and I didn't have breakfast, so let's go." Jin Guo turned around and followed Li Bai downstairs again.

Came to the snack bar downstairs, there were not yet enough people here, Li Bai entered the door, looking for the person called Brother Yi everywhere, at this time a middle-aged man sitting in the corner beckoned to him, and Li Bai walked over with Jin Guo.

"You're Xiaobai, aren't you?" The middle-aged man asked, he was wearing a formal suit, a white shirt, a black tie, and although he was just in his thirties, he already showed signs of baldness on his head.

"Yes, I'm Li Bai." After Li Bai finished speaking, he sat down with Jin Guo and ordered the usual breakfast.

"Who is this?" The first brother asked.

"Hello, my name is Jin Guo." Kim introduced himself politely.

"Oh, you're Kim, aren't you? Haha, I know you, it's all written on the Internet. As for me, my real name is Fu Dawen, and I am the first brother on the Internet, I originally thought of being called 'Gangcheng First Brother', but I got up late and was ...... by others," the first brother said with a smile.

"What online ......" Jin Guo looked dazed.

"Then you should call you Brother Dawen, but Brother Dawen, didn't you say that you would see you in the evening? And now? Li Bai was puzzled.

Fu Dawen smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's just because of this matter, after making an appointment with you last night, I was going to sleep, but the manager suddenly gave me news that I was going to go on a business trip for two days today, so I couldn't go with you at night." ”

"Oh, I see, you can call me without having to make a trip yourself." Li Bai said with a smile.

"The first time I told you that I wouldn't come, I didn't want to go, after all, you are also doing this for all of us, and I still have to refuel you in person." Fu Dawen looks honest and honest, and he is an ordinary office worker.

"What do you say?" Jin Guo listened to the conversation between the two on the sidelines and felt strange.

"I'll explain to you when I get back." Li Bai replied.

"Then let's do it first, I'll go first, otherwise I'll be late for work, good luck to you, and I'll contact you when I come back." Fu Dawen hurriedly went to work after saying hello.

During the breakfast, Li Bai explained to Jin Guo what happened last night, and Jin Guo was also full of interest and said yes again and again.

The three of them were at home this day and summed up the things of the night, the first problem is to confirm the time of the 24 bus, this bus has two shifts, from Yungang City to Shugang Town, there is a trip at six o'clock in the morning, there is a trip at half past eight in the evening, at the same time, there is also a car from Shugang Town to Yungang City, the whole driving process is generally about one and a half hours. Because Shugang Town is close to Yungang City, but it is not close, so the number of buses is not much, only once in the morning and once in the evening.

"We took the night bus, and it was past ten o'clock in Shugang Town, where to stay?" Li Bai said.

Jin Guo thought for a while and said, "We can book a room in the small hotel over there first, sleep there for one night at night, and come back the next morning." ”

"Well, this method is good, now there is a development of mountaineering tourism over there, there should be a lot of hotels, Xiaobai, you look for it on the Internet and book it in advance." Lei Baoquan said.

Li Bai nodded, searched for hotels in Shugang Town on the Internet, there were not many hotels, only three or four, and they were all small hotels, Li Bai picked a hotel near the station, the environment looked good, after booking, the three of them also packed up the necessary things, such as toiletries and other things.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the three of them came to the No. 24 bus stop, which is not a standard bus stop, only a "No. 24" was written in paint on a telephone pole on the side of the road.

It was dark, the wind was blowing around, it looked like it was going to rain, sure enough, after waiting for about ten minutes, it was drizzling in the sky, Li Bai thought that he didn't bring an umbrella, looked around, and there was no place to hide, so the rain was not heavy.

The three of them stood in the cold wind for about twenty minutes, Li Bai tightened the bag on his back and complained: "If we knew that this car was so punctual, we wouldn't have to come so early." ”

There were fewer pedestrians on the street, and a bus came slowly from a distance, and the dim lights illuminated the road ahead, like a ghost.

"It's coming, it's coming." Jin Guo shouted.

Li Bai and Lei Baoquan stood up from the side of the road, Lei Baoquan stepped on the cigarette butt he was smoking and stomped on his numb foot.

The car finally stopped in front of them, and with a "creak", the door opened, and the car looked a little old, but I didn't expect it to be so old. The three people got into the car, and the driver looked the three people up and down with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Master, how much is a person?" Jin Guo asked.

"Yo, the first time you're sitting? I said, why haven't I seen you, when you go to Shugang Town, five yuan per person. The master said.

Jin Guo invested the money, and the three of them walked to the back of the car, and the driver glanced back at them, closed the door, and shouted: "Just sit down, there are many empty seats anyway." Then he kicked the accelerator, and the car staggered again.

Lei Baoquan and Li Bai sat in the last row, Jin Guo sat in the row in front of them, there was no one in this car, it seems that there were very few passengers in this car, and it was a big night, if it wasn't for an emergency, I'm afraid few people were willing to sit.

"Looks like I ran away for nothing tonight." Li Bai looked at the empty seats in the car and said.

"Don't worry, there are still a few stops in between." Jin Guo said.

Lei Baoquan looked forward and suddenly found that in the rearview mirror at the front of the car, the driver always squinted at them from the inside, which made him very strange.

"Have you noticed that this driver is weird?" Lei Baoquan whispered.

The other two looked into the driver's seat and met the driver's gaze, who quickly turned his head and looked at the road ahead.

"What's wrong? I don't think it's a big deal. Li Bai said.

"What does he always look at us?" Lei Baoquan said.

"Maybe we don't look like good people?" Li Bai said with a smile.

Jin Guo also turned around and said: "On this big night, there is no one, and the driver himself is inevitably a little scared." ”

Lei Baoquan thought for a while and said to the two: "You sit here, I'll go talk to him." With that, he stood up and walked forward.

The driver was driving the car, and saw from the rearview mirror that Lei Baoquan suddenly got up from his seat and walked to his side, nervous for a moment, and kept staring at him and walking over.

"Master." Lei Baoquan shouted and sat in the seat behind the driver.

"Huh? What's wrong? The master smiled.

"Been on for a day?" Lei Baoquan asked.

"No, it's two trips a day, from Shugang Town in the morning and back in the evening, exactly two trips." The driver replied.

"Oh, how long have you been running this road?"

The driver raised his eyes and looked at Lei Baoquan again from the rearview mirror, feeling strange, but still replied: "It's been almost two or three years." ”

"Oh, haven't you encountered anything?" Lei Baoquan asked with a smile.

The driver frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Hehe, it's not interesting, it's just that I heard that the driver who drives the car sees a lot of people every day, and he knows a lot of new things."

The driver smiled and said, "What can happen in this place?" Walking such a road every day, passengers can't get in a car for a day. ”

Lei Baoquan let out an "oh", leaning back in his chair and thinking about how to ask for some clues.

The driver looked at Lei Baoquan's appearance, not like he was worried about the small gang robbery before, so he asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"I... I'm fine. Lei Baoquan replied.

"Dude, may I ask, what are you doing? You don't look like a normal person. The driver asked jokingly.

"I... I used to be a police officer, and now I do it. Lei Baoquan observed his words and saw that the driver was a little uneasy, and hurriedly explained.

As soon as he heard that Lei Baoquan had been a policeman, the driver's hanging heart relaxed, and a real smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Oh, I said how do you look very upright, what?" What's the matter with Shugang Town at night? ”

"It's fine, but master, I've heard from someone recently that I've seen some strange things on this No. 24 bus." Lei Baoquan said.

A trace of panic swept across the driver's face, but immediately smiled awkwardly: "Strange thing? What's the strange thing? ”