Chapter 2: The Wine Seller
Pan Zi didn't guess what I was thinking, and he was surprised and asked, "Why don't you go home in the middle of the night?" ”
I held up the screen to him again.
He understood now, and he really had something to say to me, shook his head and said, "No, this matter is not our business, besides, this is called Zhou Linlin, who is a wine seller, at this time there are many people in the bar who are not serious, let's not go." ”
I also understand the truth that more things are better than less things, the problem is that I was forced to make a record at the police station just now, and I was forced to recall, and suddenly I felt that I knew the old man.
I also wondered how I could have such a thought, I was absolutely unmasked with him.
I thought about it again and replied to Pan Zi, "Let's just go and meet each other and say a few words, and we won't do anything." ”
Pan Zi saw that I was resolute, and finally had to compromise.
We followed the address and came to a bar called Barbara, and I found that Panzi was really funny, looking at the bar sign, laughing, and saying that whose bar is so disgusting, and giving it the name of Lababa.
That is, there is no one now, otherwise I absolutely doubt that it is not the name of the bar that everyone is laughing about, but Panzi.
The two of us went directly to the door, the bar environment was very dim, and when I looked at it, it was all red men and green women who were dating and talking, but it showed me and Panzi, the two big men. We kept a low profile and sat down in a secluded corner.
A woman, dressed in a bar staff uniform, hurriedly followed.
I didn't know this waitress originally, but just by looking at it, I knew that she was Zhou Linlin, and she was also the target we were looking for this time.
Because she looked too similar to the old man, especially the corners of her mouth, the eyes, every move, as if the dead old man was standing in front of me in disguise.
I was quite puzzled when I saw this, it was obvious that Zhou Linlin didn't know the news of the old man's death, otherwise she wouldn't be so calm and still selling wine.
She asked us what we were drinking, which interrupted my thinking. I wasn't interested in foreign wines like Chivas Regal, and I didn't want to drink juice with Panzi, so I just wanted two cold beers.
Of course, we have a small drinking matter, and chatting with Zhou Linyou is the key.
I didn't spare any circles, and asked her directly, "Can you sit down for a while?" ”
Zhou Linlin misunderstood what I said, she shook her head and deliberately took a half step back, and replied, "Sir, I only sell wine, not accompany wine." Now that you've finished ordering, I'll serve you a drink. ”
After saying that, she was leaving. But I must not let her go, or she will never be the one who will come to deliver the wine in a while.
I hurriedly said, "We don't mean anything else, it's just chatting." ”
When I said this on such an occasion, it had the opposite effect, making Zhou Linlin pay attention to ignoring the two of us.
Seeing her turn around, Pan Zi was anxious, stood up at once, and blocked in front of her.
This makes the misunderstanding even worse. There were a few bartenders in the distance, and when they saw that there was going to be "trouble" here, they strode towards this side together.
I had no choice but to stand up and leak a few words with Zhou Linlin, telling her that her father had an accident at night, and we were witnesses, and her father had something to say to me before he died.
My words were very powerful, and Zhou Linlian glared at me sharply, her expression was a little complicated, some surprised, and she seemed to be panicked.
At this time, the bartenders all came, and they unceremoniously pushed Pan Zi and asked what was wrong?
Pan Zi is not an angry master, his eyes are glaring, which means that he will lose his temper.
I hurriedly said a few kind words to ease the atmosphere. I found out that before I came, Panzi advised me not to cause trouble, but as soon as this immoral beast entered the bar, as soon as he was provoked, he forgot about our agreement first.
At the critical moment, Zhou Linlin was relieved, she suddenly smiled, pointed to the two of us and said that this is a friend, I haven't seen each other for a few years and almost didn't recognize it, a misunderstanding.
The bartenders saw that Zhou Linlining didn't suffer a loss, so they put the matter down. After they turned and walked away, we all sat down.
Zhou Linlin is really a strong woman, with a short buffer, she lost the expression just now, and returned to her normal and asked me, "What do you want me to see?" ”
In fact, what I said was just a pretense to try to get Zhou Linlin to communicate with us, and now she asks this, I am very passive.
But I remembered it at once, the old man handed over a note before he died, although it was blank, I still took it out and showed it to Zhou Linlin.
I really don't think Zhou Linlin can see anything from the blank note, I plan to use the note as an excuse to find a topic to talk about.
But unexpectedly, when I spread out the note, there was handwriting on it in a trance.
This scared me, and I didn't think I was a ghost, but I wasn't stupid, and I guessed that the reason why there was a word on the note had something to do with the bar environment.
This is a means of hiding characters, writing on paper with a pen dipped in a special potion, and when the light becomes stronger or weaker, the characters will be revealed. While I secretly blamed myself for being stupid, I was also curious about what was written on the note. But I wasn't as fast as my hand, and she snatched the note with a whoosh.
Pan Zi fed and leaned up again, as if he wanted to snatch the note back.
But I shook my head and signaled, that means let Zhou Linlin see it first, and we are not in a hurry to see it for a while. During this period, I also deliberately looked at Zhou Linlin's expression.
Zhou Linlin's expression changed several times, especially the fingers that pinched the note, and the fingertips were a little white when she used too much force, that is, she held back, and tears swirled in her eyes, but they never fell.
We gave her time, and during this time, someone also brought us two bottles of beer, and Panzi and I both turned the beer open and drank a few glasses.
When she came back to her senses, I spread my hands again, and took the note.
But Zhou Linlin, the angry girl, actually rubbed the note and threw it into the wine glass, and after she said that she didn't know the two of us, she got up and left.
I said in my heart that you provoked you, how can you turn your face faster than turning a book?
Panzi and I got up again and tried to stop her, but she deliberately ran a few steps to the backstage of the bar to prevent us from doing this.
The bartenders couldn't have let us both chase in, so Panzi and I looked at each other and sullenly returned to our seats.
I stretched out two fingers, took the note out of my glass, and spread it out again. It is estimated that it was soaked in wine, the potion was destroyed, and there was no more handwriting on the note.
Now even Pan Zi felt that there was a problem, and he asked me what was going on, if I wanted to force my way to the backstage.
I thought it was not good, so I looked at my watch again and said to the plate, "It's almost two o'clock in the morning, and the bar is almost closed, so let's go out and wait for her." ”
Panzi said okay, we didn't drink anymore, and after checking out, we went around to the back door of the bar and found a corner to stand.
In fact, I also thought about it, what if Zhou Linlin walked from the main entrance? Won't we be able to block people? But if you can't block it today and tomorrow, it's not a big deal, I'm not in such a hurry.
About a quarter of an hour later, the bartenders and drinkers all changed into civilian clothes and came out one after another. Zhou Linlin was the last to leave, and when he came out of the bar, he lowered his head and looked preoccupied.
I beckoned Panzi to meet him. But as soon as the two of us walked a few steps, Zhou Linlin found the two of us. I made a gesture to reiterate that we were not hostile, and smiled at her as a friendly gesture. But as if she had seen the plague god, she immediately went into the alley on the side.
Panzi and I hurriedly followed. There are no forks in the road, but it is a little dark, and there are a few puddles on the ground, and there is a rancid smell.
Panzi and I didn't have flashlights, so we could only walk in the dark, and we didn't walk too fast for fear of stepping on a stinky puddle.
Zhou Linlin was not afraid at all, she must be very familiar with this alley, and it didn't take long for her to get out.
By the time Panzi and I got out of the alley, she had already thrown us far away and walked across the road. We refused to give up and continued to chase.
At this time, it was the middle of the night, and it was supposed that this kind of small intersection should be stopped, but there was a big truck coming from a distance.
It is estimated that it is to transport the goods, I didn't care, and looking at the distance, we have to grab the road with it, it is a little too late, so I took Panzi to stand on the side of the road, and wanted to put it over.
But suddenly, with a bang, the truck's tires went out.
Pan Zi and I were so frightened that it wasn't a big deal, and the truck was out of control and rushed towards us.
The truck is not a sedan, just the big front of the car, constantly approaching me, not only has a visual impact, but also makes my heart hairy.
To put it more seriously, if we are scraped to one side by it, we will not die or be crippled.
Pan Zi and I didn't care about the lining of the week, so we quickly turned sideways and fled. Panzi is nothing, I narrowly missed the truck. It slammed into a street lamp.
I couldn't help but gasp for breath, feeling like I had just met with death. The truck driver was fine, he could open the door and jump out of it.
He was also a little confused, looking at the two of us in a daze.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the two of us walked over and scolded him, but I don't think he did it on purpose, and we didn't have anything else to do except be startled, so forget it.
I beckoned Panzi to go around the scene of the accident and run across the road.
After such a delay just now, Zhou Linlining was gone, and I looked at the crossroads in the distance, knowing that I couldn't catch up with anyone tonight.
Pan Ziyi and I can only do this first, go back to sleep, and come back tomorrow night.
Along the way, the two of us also continued to discuss the topic of the old man and Zhou Linlin, but the grasp of the situation was too little, and the two of us were just guessing.
When I got home, I took the key to open the door. I have a habit of only twisting once when locking, but this time I twisted it twice before I opened the door.
This means that someone came into the house when Panzi and I left.
The first thing I thought of was Lu Yufeng, and I said strangely, why did Ah Feng come and go?
When we entered the house and turned on the lights, Pan Ziquan and I were stunned by the scene in front of us.
Pan Zi couldn't help but mutter, he ......