Chapter 17: A Night in Beijing

On Christmas Eve, the province organized reporters from various cities to go to Beijing for training in batches. The first group to participate in the hotline group were Liu Nannan, Zhu Ning and Lu Jiaqi.

It just so happened that the Municipal Public Security Bureau organized female policemen to go to Beijing for internal training, and Ran Jing and Meng Xing went together.

I applied to Wen Liang to go to Beijing with Lu Jiaqi and gave him a fancy tie, and after accepting bribes, Wen Liang decided to let me replace Zhu Ning, on the grounds that Liu Nannan and Zhu Ning had a romantic relationship, and going to Beijing together would easily affect their studies.

For this reason, Zhu Ning was depressed, and before that, he searched for Beijing Winter Hot Spring Resort many times on the Internet, and wanted to enjoy the bath of love with Liu Nannan.

The gentle decision made Lu Jiaqi extremely happy, he felt that the opportunity had come, and he was finally able to get along with Liu Nannan alone, and he also bought a cheap suit.

I told Ran Jing about my trip to Beijing, and Ran Jing looked at me suspiciously and said, "Such a coincidence? You're not going to see Meng Xing, are you? Let me tell you, there are armed police standing guard where we live. Besides, Meng Xing now has suitors, and the boy's father is the CEO of a group company in Lucheng, so be realistic. ”

I was dissatisfied.

"What conglomerate? What is your name? I asked dismissively.

"Ocean Group, the boss is called Zhang Yiru."

"I'm asking the boy's name!" After hearing about the Ocean Group, I was deeply desperate, this company and Junnan Group are famous in Lucheng, and they are definitely the cradle of wealth and handsomeness.

"Zhang Shuai! That boy's name is Zhang Shuai! ”

After arriving in Beijing, we lived in the News Building, and Lu Jiaqi and I shared a room, studying during the day, and listening to Lu Jiaqi's endless comments on Liu Nannan's elegant temperament at night, and nightmares were repeated.

The classroom was so heated that I was drowsy all the time.

Lu Jiaqi was full of energy, staring at Liu Nannan from time to time to make affectionate gestures, after class, he ran to pick up boiling water, make coffee, and send it attentively, and did not forget to blow a few times to cool off. Fortunately, Zhu Ning didn't come, and the two of them had to fight, and the capital police would be alarmed.

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, I wanted to ask Ran Jing and Meng Xing to have dinner. Lin Wei arrived in a hurry in a graffiti-covered Beijing jeep.

Lin Wei asked a few friends to have a party in the evening and asked me to go with my colleagues, saying that it was an important entertainment and I needed to accompany him.

Liu Nannan hid in the room and Zhu Ning video, Lu Jiaqi stood at her door heartbroken, lingered for a long time, and was finally pulled away by me.

The place to eat is in a high-end private club, called Jingxi 12. Lin Wei was the east, invited several entrepreneurs and mysterious guests, as well as Qiqi, a famous young female singer of a song and dance troupe.

In the end, the girl who came to the dinner made my scalp tingle, and it turned out to be Xiaomi, a colleague from the former entertainment newspaper. Xiaomi has long since resigned and is now working as a reporter for a well-known newspaper.

Xiaomi saw me and came up with a bear hug, and he didn't want to let go of the hug, which made me almost faint, and Lu Jiaqi drooled. Xiaomi quickly noticed that I had a flat attitude towards her, so she pouted and sat next to Lu Jiaqi.

I'm still grateful to Xiaomi, she left Beijing to see her off alone, and I'd love to ask if the Inka dog Beibei had thrived or had been lost in a dark night to start her unhappy childhood.

At the dinner table, although Lin Wei is the protagonist, the bosses are more inclined to talk to the singer Qiqi, everyone lines up to drink with Qiqi, and whispers in Qiqi's ear under the pretext of long-term admiration, puts the business card on her chest, and both laughs weirdly.

I was absent-minded and chatted with Lin Wei about current affairs. Millet and Lu Jiaqi are staggered, you come and go, and you drink too much after a while. The two of them first looked at each other and talked very happily, Lu Jiaqi was red-faced and didn't know what to talk to Xiaomi, which made her laugh. Subsequently, the two of them grinded their ears and temples, whispering as if no one was around, and there was a tendency to hate each other. Although I don't have feelings for Xiaomi, after all, a colleague, if she is ruined by Lu Jiaqi, I will be very uneasy.

For this reason, I tried to warn Lu Jiaqi, first whispered Liu Nannan's name, this guy sat up straight, and after reacting, he quickly fell into a hot chat with Xiaomi. I twisted his arm hard, but unexpectedly, he immediately pretended to be in shock and took the opportunity to drill into Xiaomi's arms, while Xiaomi glared at me hatefully and comforted Lu Jiaqi. I have learned the connotation of "the same people who have fallen from the end of the world, why should we be afraid of perverts when we meet", and I sighed in my heart that the world is unpredictable for a long time.

I took my attention off them and played with my phone boredly.

After the meal, this group of middle-aged and elderly people sang those old-fashioned songs like donkeys, intoxicated, and a few pot-bellied bosses took the opportunity to dance with the beauties, and the audience had to applaud enthusiastically.

Kiki danced and sang, and after each song, she would sit on the lap of a boss and drink a glass of wine. Lu Jiaqi and Xiaomi sang a love song together, and the two snuggled up to each other selflessly.

I went to the bathroom and texted Ran Jing to ask where they lived. Kiki was touching up her makeup at the sink, and I walked over to wash my hands, and she suddenly threw up on the sink.

Handed her a tissue, she didn't answer, just stared at the mirror, her pale face mocking, and her eyes hollow like a scarecrow erected in a cold winter wilderness.

I retracted my arms to leave.

She said in a hoarse voice, "I'm pregnant!" ”

I was stunned, not knowing how to respond, and was ready to congratulate her.

Kiki said, "I don't know whose it is!" ”

After thinking about it for a while, I felt that the child should not be mine. When she thought she was going to recognize the child as a godfather, she drew a big red heart on the mirror with a lipstick tube and put a cross on it and said, "I just went to the hospital today and got rid of it!" ”

With that, she let out a whoop and spit out a pool of wine mixture. At this time, a boss came over whistling, and when he saw Kiki, he shouted in surprise: "Kiki, my little kitten!" What are you hiding here? ”

Kiki turned around and laughed, twisting her waist and pounced on the boss like a cat, her hands pounding his shoulders.

I turned and walked away, glancing at Kiki, her eyes sparkling and I couldn't tell if it was water or tears. But one thing is certain, her gaze is dry and empty, and her spirit seems to have been dead for a long time.

Lin Wei was so drunk that I took a taxi to take her back. The night in Beijing is staggered, from time to time there are men and women in love kissing goodbye on the side of the road, and the old song "One Night in Beijing" is playing in the car, and the driver's face is crimson, singing all the way.

Later, Lin Wei told me that at the dinner table that night, she gained a lot and received a large amount of business matchmaking benefits.

"Journalists, you have to be good at making all kinds of relationships to be successful." She said.

On the way back to the News Building, Ran Jing sent a text message telling me the address, in a hotel in Dongdan, not far from the News Building.

Look at the time, it's only ten o'clock, I called her and asked her what time she went to bed, Ran Jing whispered a warning Don't harass Meng Xing, the internal training course is tight, and she is still sorting out the information at this time, and it is estimated that she will go to bed very late.

After hanging up the phone, I thought about it for a long time, and felt that Ran Jing was hinting at me, so I sent a text message to Meng Xing to ask her if she had slept.

It was a long time before she replied that she didn't.

I asked her if she wanted to go out for a walk on Christmas Eve.

She hesitated for a moment and sent a message saying that she was writing a report with your sister.

I sent a smile and said, Ran Jing is the best at writing reports, you give it to her to ensure that the writing is perfect, and you come out to breathe.

She replied, "It's not the right time for you to invite, we're in Beijing, and if you want to show up within half an hour, we'll go," and sent a smug smile.

I took a taxi and ran wildly all the way, and asked Ran Jing for her room number by the way.

Meng Xing opened the door in his uniform, and when he saw me screaming, he was stunned behind the door. Ran Jing ran out in a yukata, poked her head out from behind, and deliberately said "wow" to express surprise.

Meng Xing turned his head to stare at her, Ran Jing laughed wildly and said, "Don't look at me, it's none of my business." After speaking, he went into the bathroom, and Meng Xing closed the door of the room with a "bang".

I stood outside the door in a nervous mood, and Meng Xing came out in civilian clothes.

"You're more cunning than a criminal." She stared at me angrily.

I grinned and made a "please" gesture.

I went to the World Trade Center first, sat on the steps and looked up at the big screen, when the meteor flew by, Meng Xing was happy like a child, and the boys and girls screamed happily.

Later, I took her to a famous literary night snack shop in Dongcheng District and ordered chicken soup and dim sum.

Except for the time when Meng Xing was drunk, this night was the first official meeting between the two of us.

Under the blue and white lights of the restaurant, Meng Xing looked at the original paintings on the walls around him while eating, all of which were some food and farming pictures, Meng Xing couldn't help but get closer to look at it, and took out his mobile phone to take pictures.

I said, "The paintings in this shop are all by famous artists, and you shouldn't be a police officer when you are so obsessed with painting." ”

Meng Xing turned his head, came back to his senses, and was a little embarrassed, so he stopped taking pictures and returned to the dinner table and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I liked to paint, and I thought that the things I drew were beautiful and real, not as fickle as objects in reality. When you draw, you forget everything, as if you have stepped into a world that you have created. But I prefer to be a policeman, like Sister Ran Jing, we are born to be the life of the police, and we regard the police as our life! ”

Speaking of the police, she had a solemn expression, an expression I had seen countless times on the faces of my aunt and Ran Jing.

I said, "Painting and being a police officer are not in conflict, one is a hobby and the other is a job." You will definitely be the best painter among the police in the future. ”

She thought for a moment and smiled and said, "I want to be the best cop among people who can draw!" ”

I held up my glass and said, "My dream will come true." ”

Meng Xing also picked up the cup and said, "Do you mean painting or being a policeman?" ”

"It's a bit of both, but the main thing is to be a police officer." I took a sip and added, "Besides, I don't like you to draw." ”

She was a little puzzled: "Why?" ”

Her dark pupils were so clean in the light that she could see the figure flickering, which made people's hearts flutter.

I said seriously, "It's too much to draw and I don't want to see your eyes suffer, it's more beautiful than all paintings!" It's true! ”

She blinked her eyes and suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, looked away and turned her head and said, "It's so sour, don't you need to be so serious!" Do you all coax girls like that? ”

I also laughed and said, "Anyway, I felt it, believe it or not." ”

Meng Xing seemed to remember something, she tilted her head and said with a smile: "I remember that you seem to be from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau." ”

I didn't understand what she meant for a while, but then I remembered the meeting with Lu Jiaqi.

I blushed slightly and said, "That was a misunderstanding." ”

"Oh, I remembered, it was a misunderstanding, Section Chief Yuan said that your TV reporter is investigating and secretly visiting, going deep into the tiger's den, and the police have no insight into heroes."

I quickly changed the topic and said, "Aren't you in the city bureau, how did you get to the Jiangxi Road police station?" ”

"The young police officers of the city bureau are sent to the police station every week to learn from the front-line experience. I still have to go back to work at the city bureau during the day. She suppressed her smile and added, "You have to pay attention to 'strategy' in the open and secret visits, and if you are caught as a drug dealer next time, you will be in trouble." ”

I said, "I will definitely strengthen the education of my colleagues when I go back, and strive not to be arrested again in the future, and even if I am arrested, I will resolutely not be exposed." ”

She laughed: "Do you think of yourself as a hero or an enemy?" ”

I said, "I'd rather die than give in!" ”

Later, I asked her what time she would get out of class tomorrow and have dinner together in the evening, and she said that she didn't have time and would go to a place to do something in the afternoon.

"It's still a secret, I'll go with you. Is it a case? I've helped the police catch thieves before. I said.

Meng Xing looked at me and said, "Just you, still catch the thief?" Let's make a mess. ”

I patted my chest and said, "I've really caught thieves, when I was in elementary school, I caught a classmate stealing someone else's pencil. ”

She laughed again: "I thought you really caught a thief." And then? What happened to the classmates? ”

"Guess."

"Handed it over to the teacher?"

"He offered to give me two pencils and a big roll of bubble gum and made me swear not to report him, and we became good friends."

"You are too easily bribed and hurt others and yourself."

"Look at both sides, my classmate is now a successful businessman, and since then he has learned how to share wealth with others, and if I had stabbed him out of stealing things, maybe he would have been discriminated against, inferior, and willing to degenerate, and he would not have achieved what he is today." I say.

Meng Xing shook his head and said: "At least he can distinguish what is good and what is bad, be a good person who does not break the law, and now he must be a mercenary businessman." ”

I said, "So, I'll listen to you and be a good person in the future." ”

"Why are you listening to me?"

"You're a policeman, and if you don't listen to the police, you'll have to be arrested."

Meng Xing put down the water glass and said, "Okay, tomorrow will have a chance for you to change your mind." ”

I said, "Where the hell are you going?" ”

She thought about it and said, "Go be good." ”

It was two o'clock at night when I returned to the News Building, and there was a "Do Not Disturb" hanging on the handle of the room, I stood outside and knocked for more than ten minutes and did not see Lu Jiaqi come out to open the door, and kicked the door hard in despair to leave, Lu Jiaqi looked tired, sweating profusely, and opened the door with his bare body.

I looked him up and down, at his sweaty head, wondering if he was sleepless and seriously ill because I wasn't there. When I was about to enter the room to show my concern, Lu Jiaqi stretched out his hand to block me, and begged me in a pitiful whisper: "Brother, I thought you weren't coming back, it's not the right time, can you find another place to spend the night?" ”

I stared at him, and suddenly understood, and was extremely angry in my heart: "Lu Jiaqi, you are ruining my reputation!" ”

He covered my mouth with a frightened expression, poked his head out to look around, and whispered, "It's not what you think, it's ...... It's Xiaomi! I didn't mess around. ”

I had to go to the front desk and open another room, and when I left, Lu Jiaqi swore that he would double the reimbursement. I was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and I couldn't figure out how Lu Jiaqi and Xiaomi slept together.

What's more, Liu Nannan lives in the next room.

After breakfast the next day, I went to Lu Jiaqi's room to get the computer and prepare to go to class, Xiaomi came out in a yukata to open the door, I smiled at her unnaturally, lowered my head and went in to get the computer and walked out, Xiaomi followed to the door and asked softly behind his back: "Are you okay?" Her voice trembled.

I was shocked, and I turned around and said, "It's good, what about you?" ”

She touched her hair and looked sideways at Lu Jiaqi in the bathroom and said, "I'm fine." ”

I saw that her eyes were slightly red, like she was about to cry, and I didn't know what to say, so I asked, "Is Bei Bei okay?" ”

When Xiaomi heard me ask Beibei, she wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "It's good." Don't worry, people are people, dogs are dogs, I distinguish these two feelings very clearly, since I promised to take care of it, I must take care of it. ”

At this time, Lu Jiaqi came out of the bathroom shirtless and saw the two of us standing at the door and said "huh". Millet's face turned crimson in an instant, and she ran to the bed with her chest covered and covered with the quilt.

I hurriedly said to Lu Jiaqi: "You can use the two breakfast coupons, I have eaten, don't forget to go to class." ”

Lu Jiaqi said gratefully: "Thank you." ”

I looked back at Xiaomi and said to myself, "Take care!" ”