Whenever winter comes, the temperature plummets, every household is accustomed to lock the doors and windows to prevent the biting cold wind from slipping into the house, as a result, when using a coal stove to heat and cook in a sealed room, once the ventilation is poor, it is easy to lead to the tragedy of gas poisoning, basically every winter can see in the newspaper that many people died of gas poisoning news, even if the government department has publicized many times to no avail.

But the fact that an entire building was dying of gas poisoning is unbelievable no matter how you look at it.

Xia Qin is a girl who knows how to protect herself, Chen An knows that she will not easily joke about her safety, the superior leaders ask them to dig out the truth behind it, the problem is that as a rookie reporter who has been in the company for less than half a year, how can Xia Qin afford such a heavy responsibility, in the end, it is nothing more than following the ace reporter in the field to do some errand work, even if there is danger, it is not her turn to rush to the front line, so Chen An did not say anything more, only let her grasp the proportion.

Due to the cancellation of Xia Qin's rest day, the two of them naturally soaked in the soup when they were scheduled to go to Baihu Park, and it was not until three o'clock in the morning that Chen An woke up lazily from the bed, brushed his teeth and washed up, and directly solved the problem of eating in a tavern not far downstairs.

It's boring to be alone at home, but no one wants to go out in the winter.

Lying on the small sofa and looking at the "Cangyang Daily" bought from the newsstand, the headline was unsurprisingly the "gas poisoning" incident that Xia Qin mentioned last night, after all, more than 60 people died, no matter which city it was placed in, it was a first-class big news.

After reading the daily newspaper, Chen An took out the martial arts he had picked up from the second-hand bookstall before, and at the same time turned on the radio on the cabinet next to the wall, while immersing himself in the rivers and lakes of happiness and revenge, while listening to the radio news to pass the time.

Just as he was watching with relish, the radio presenter suddenly interjected an urgent news that there had been another serious gas poisoning incident in Nancheng District, and more than 30 people were known to have died.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Chen An's attention shifted to the news content of this broadcast, and he felt a trace of surprise in his heart.

Nancheng District in Cangyang belongs to the development and construction of relatively backward urban areas, coupled with the influx of a large number of foreign population, resulting in a mixture of fish and dragons, the dirty environment and poor public security make Nancheng District have become a high-incidence area of crime, although in the past two years in the government focus on governance Nancheng District has improved a lot, but in the eyes of most people, Nancheng District is still a "tumor" that Cangyang needs to be eradicated.

Looking up at the wall clock on the wall, before I knew it, it was approaching evening.

The same "gas poisoning" incident happened again, and without thinking too much, he knew that Xia Qin would inevitably have to work overtime again tonight, maybe because he was bored, or maybe he was worried about Xia Qin's condition, Chen An was determined to find Xia Qin, and planned to eat together and go home together when the time came.

He turned off the radio, put on his coat, left his house and went straight to the station on the side of the road, and by the time he arrived in Nancheng by the tram, it was already completely dark.

This is not the first time Chen An has come to Nancheng District, it turned out that during the study period in Lushan Academy, he and Xia Qin responded to the call of the academy to come to Nancheng District to help the lonely and widowed elderly. In fact, as long as you don't deliberately drill those remote and complicated streets and alleys, you basically can't encounter things like robbery and theft, let alone serious murder, at least when Chen An and his classmates came to Nancheng District, they didn't hear of anyone being robbed or stolen their wallets.

The location of the "gas poisoning" incident was mentioned on the radio, and Xia Qin had a high probability of interviewing nearby, and it took a few streets around before Chen An came to the scene smoothly.

There was a cordon around the scene, and police officers in black uniforms could be seen everywhere to maintain order, because many nearby residents and passers-by gathered outside the cordon to talk about it, and after looking around for a while, Chen An soon found the interview car marked "Cangyang Daily".

"Hello, do you know where Xia Qin is?"

Hurriedly walking to the interview car, Chen An only saw a middle-aged driver in the driver's seat holding a boxed lunch and gobbling it up, and the field staff of the other news groups were nowhere to be seen.

"Xia Qin, oh, that little girl in the internship period, she and Zhou Ji went to the interview. The middle-aged driver wiped his greasy mouth and frowned at Chen Andao, who was talking in front of the window. "By the way, who are you?

"My name is Chen An, Xia Qin's boyfriend, and I came to see her because I was worried about her situation. Chen An said truthfully.

"It turns out that you are Xiao Xia's boyfriend, hehe, she seems to have said this. The middle-aged driver said with a smile on his brows. "It's a pity that you didn't come at the right time, Xiao Xia and they just left, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come back for a while...... If you haven't, young man, I advise you to go and finish your meal before you come back and wait for her. ”

"Thank you, excuse me, master. ”

Chen An sighed in his heart, lamenting his bad luck, and then he waited left and right for more than half an hour and still didn't see Xia Qin come back, his stomach was already hungry, in desperation, he had to leave temporarily, before leaving, he didn't forget to tell the middle-aged driver that if Xia Qin came back early, he would tell her that he would eat nearby.

Since this area is full of residential houses, and the place to eat is separated by a street, in order to go early and return early, Chen An plans to pass directly through a dim and cold alley, anyway, he has less than a hundred yuan on him, even if he is robbed, he is not distressed, and the crime scene not far away is all police, it is estimated that no little thief dares to commit a crime under the nose of the police.

Halfway down the alley, he saw a tavern lit up.

"It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes...... Huh?"

At that time, he was happy in his heart, he didn't expect that there were people opening shops in this kind of place, and it seemed that he didn't have to go too far to find a restaurant, but when he came to the tavern and saw the appearance of the door curtain, the whole person was slightly stunned.

Big red curtains, strange patterns in black.

It's strange, is this tavern a chain?

However, forced by the hunger in his stomach, Chen An didn't continue to think about it, stretched out his hand to open the curtain and walked in.

"Hello?!Anyone?"

Clinker asked aloud as he didn't see anyone after entering the tavern, so he couldn't help but look around.

"Hello, welcome, sir, what do you want?"

As soon as Chen An turned around after asking, a beautiful woman wearing a red apron suddenly mysteriously appeared in front of the dining table, her hands folded under each other, and she looked at herself with a business-like smile on her face, and Chen An, who was unprepared, was instantly startled.

"Hiss......" he patted his chest to calm down and looked at the woman who mysteriously appeared in front of him. "Boss, your silent appearance is so scary, I almost thought there was no one here!"

"Sorry guest, I was looking down to get something just now, I didn't know you came in. The woman explained with a smile.

"Forget it! I'd better order food first, hostess, please serve a mixed fried rice." Chen An waved his hand.

"Okay, please wait a moment. ”

The beautiful proprietress didn't say a word, turned around and went into the back kitchen, and in less than three minutes, she put a plate of assorted fried rice with all the color and flavor in front of Chen An.

"Your assorted fried rice. ”

"Thank you. ”

Chen An nodded, picked up the spoon on the plate and scooped a mouthful of fried rice into his mouth.

"Guest, how does the fried rice taste?"

After seeing Chen An eat fried rice, the proprietress smiled even more.

"It tasted pretty good. Chen An nodded without doubt. "By the way, hostess, is this tavern you own a chain? I think I've seen it elsewhere before. ”

"Answering the guest, I have been running this tavern on my own all this time and have never joined or opened any other tavern. The proprietress said, and poured him a cup of hot water.

"I see, but the proprietress is really hearty to open a tavern in this place!" Chen An took a sip of the water cup and said in a tactful tone.

The choice of business location is very important, not to mention others, the tavern is opened in this kind of remote alley, how many customers can there be all year round? Even if the wine is not afraid of deep alleys, the premise is that you also have outstanding craftsmanship, right? To put it mildly, although the fried rice in the proprietress tavern tastes good, it is not brilliant compared to other taverns, and if you want to talk about the selling point, only the proprietress is very beautiful.

"Don't bother with the guests, in fact, my tavern has a regular source of customers. The proprietress smiled.

"I'm sorry, but I'm too troubled. Chen An was stunned for a moment.

"You don't have to mind, guests. The proprietress signaled that it was okay.

"Boss, pay the bill, how much?" After settling the last bit of fried rice in three or two bites, Chen An wiped his mouth with a paper towel and drank the hot water in the cup in one gulp.

"Count you in for ten dollars. The proprietress said softly.

"Okay. He took out the money from his pocket and put it on the dining table, and then Chen An hurriedly left the tavern and rushed back.

Soon after he left, someone opened the big red curtain again and walked in.

"Tsk, ten yuan a piece of Kailing rice, when have you been so generous?" the visitor sat on a chair in front of the dining table and smiled at the proprietress opposite.

"He's got a relationship here. The proprietress handed the other party a brightly colored drink and said lightly.

"Whatever you like. The visitor shrugged, picked up a drink and took a sip.

"Is the matter settled?" the proprietress said out of nowhere, pulling out a long pipe and putting it to her mouth.

"No, I have searched all over Nancheng District and have not found the whereabouts of the other party, I don't know if I received the news and fled in advance. The visitor shook his head.

"You're wrong, but in fact He's still in the South Quarter. The proprietress said. "It's just that He has a great ability to conceal and hide from your perception. ”

"Where is he?" said the man with a solemn expression.

"You know the rules here, I can't tell you directly. The proprietress chuckled.

"I'll go first. The visitor immediately got up and said.

"Why don't you eat something and leave?" said the proprietress as she watched the visitor leave.

"He can eat at any time, but if He escapes, I'm afraid many more innocent people will die. After saying this, the person who came had already walked out of the tavern.

"It's a pity that things may not be as simple as you think!" the proprietress muttered to herself, and then disappeared without a trace.