The familiar tavern is just an insignificant episode on Chen An's way home, and it will be forgotten in a blink of an eye, after all, this kind of tavern that provides wine and meals can be seen basically everywhere in Cangyang, and the appearance and decoration are similar, coupled with the affordable price and the friendly environment, most of the people in the market like to patronize and gather in their spare time, which can be called a food culture characteristic in the whole Great Zhou.

When I got home, the living room was dark, and there was no one in the bedroom, so I didn't need to think much to know that Xia Qin was working overtime temporarily, and Chen An was used to it. In recent years, the newspaper industry has fierce competition, and it pays great attention to the timeliness of news, if it cannot be released as soon as possible, the influence of the industry and commercial interests will be greatly affected.

After drinking some water to quench his thirst, Chen An directly lay down on the small sofa to rest, planning to wait for Xia Qin to come back and then sleep, but the clinker sleepiness surged, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

He had a dream.

In dreams.

He seems to have been born in a port city ruled by the Xiyi, and since he was a child, he depended on his mother and sister, and after a few years of schooling, he became an apprentice to a grocery store.

Later, his mother became ill and her condition deteriorated, in order to treat his mother, he borrowed a sum of money from the local gang, but unfortunately his mother still died, and he also owed heavy debts, because he failed to repay the money in time, the gang that borrowed the money planned to pull his sister to the brothel to repay the money regardless of the friendship of the villagers, and he was angry from the heart, disgusted and frightened, he stabbed to death with a knife at that time several gang members who intended to mistreat his sister.

There is no doubt that he has caused a catastrophe.

The gang members who rushed to hear the news caught him, and the beam hanging from a warehouse was beaten to the point that he was dying, and the other party planned to sink him into the sea, but a small leader interceded with him, even if he dragged his sister to a brothel, it was not worth it, and he was simply left to do some shady work for the gang to pay off his debts.

Since then, he has become a gangster.

Maybe it was to repay the little boss's life-saving kindness, or maybe it was to repay the debt, at that time in this port city where gangs were full of gangs and police and bandits colluded, various gangs often fought and killed for profit, and he was not afraid of death, and he quickly became famous and became the most valued person under the small boss.

Everyone knows that gangs are not easy to mix, and it is not surprising that they will die on the streets one day, but it is easy to enter and difficult to exit, and within two years, his old and small leaders let people kill the whole family, and he successfully ascended to the position because of the revenge for the small leader, and was suddenly promoted to the backbone of the gang.

His life has changed for the better, and countless younger brothers have come and hugged him every day, and even his younger sister has gone to the best school.

As he gradually emerged, he naturally became a thorn in the side of other gangs.

And then—

Because of the betrayal of his subordinates, in the process of a contraband transaction, the police suddenly appeared, and he fled in a hurry under the cover of his subordinates, but he was ambushed by a rival gang in an alley, and hacked to death in a pool of blood.

......

......

Maybe it was because the dream was too real, he woke up suddenly, Chen An, who was covered with cold sweat on his forehead, subconsciously touched his neck, and only after seeing the familiar scene in front of him did he breathe a heavy sigh of relief, okay, okay, just a dream.

In his previous dreams, Chen An was like a third-person viewer, no matter how thrilling and real the content of the dream was, he could maintain a normal heart of a bystander. But this time it was different, the strong sense of substitution in the first person made him feel like he was experiencing a different life, and he couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams for a while.

Click-

At this moment, the door suddenly twisted and opened.

"Chen An, you haven't slept yet, are you waiting for me to come back?"

Xia Qin took off the flat shoes under her feet, rubbed her sore heels and changed them into slippers, and came to the living room physically and mentally exhausted, and was surprised when she saw Chen An on the sofa.

"yes, but I just took a nap. Chen An covered his mouth and yawned, took the bag thrown by Xia Qin, and inadvertently glanced at the wall clock on the wall out of the corner of his eye. "It's almost twelve o'clock! Anyway, you're working too late tonight, aren't you?"

"Alas, don't mention it, I'm a lot of bad luck today......" Xia Qin drank a sip of water, and sighed weakly lying in Chen An's arms. "Originally, I was already going to get off work, but who knew that someone suddenly called to report that there was a murder in Nancheng District, and it turned out that there was a mouth, and we immediately rushed to the scene without stopping......"

"Murder, this is big news!" Chen An said in surprise.

"Hehe, there's something more exciting next!" Xia Qin smiled bitterly. "Did you know that when we arrived at the scene, we found out that the alleged murder occurred in a five-story apartment building, and the deceased was a resident of the entire apartment building, and more than 60 people in total died mysteriously in their homes......

"What?" Chen An's eyes widened in disbelief.

"It's hard to believe, isn't it? Xia Qin looked at the ceiling blankly and muttered. "More than 60 lives, just gone! There are seven children alone, and you don't know that when I saw the police take away those corpses, I almost fainted......

"How did these people die?" Chen An said with a solemn expression.

"The police's initial verdict was that the death was caused by gas poisoning, and I also smelled the pungent smell of gas at the scene. Xia Qin said.

"It shouldn't be......" Chen An said in deep thought. "Even if there is a gas leak, it is impossible for the residents of an entire building to be unaware of it......"

"Herein lies the problem. Xia Qin took a deep breath and said. "Do you remember when I said that someone reported that it was a murder?"

"Of course, is this really the result of someone's deliberate murder?" Chen An frowned.

"I don't know, the current situation is that the police need further investigation to determine the outcome, and why did the informant report that this was a murder?" Xia Qin said in a deep voice.

"So you suspect that the informant must know some inside information, or that the informant is the murderer?" Chen An guessed.

"Yes, because when we were going to look for the informant for verification, the informant was nowhere to be found, so it's hard not to make me think about it. Xia Qin rubbed her eyebrows and said.

"Have you reported this matter to the police?" asked Chen An.

"No, someone stopped me. Xia Qin shook her head.

"Huh?"

"The above means that we hope that we will find out the truth one step ahead of the police. ”

"......" Chen An couldn't help but be dumbfounded. "Please, you're a reporter, not a detective!

"It is the duty of journalists to unremittingly pursue the truth of the news, not to mention that the leaders are counting on us to dig up a big news scoop!" Xia Qin said helplessly.

"This case is not trivial, I think it's best for you not to get too involved, lest there be any accidents, and it is better to hand it over to the police to solve as much as possible. Chen An worried.

"I see!" Xia Qin said with a relieved smile. "It's not early, let's wash up and go to bed...... By the way, I forgot to tell you something, tomorrow my rest was canceled. ”

“...... I regret it, I knew that today, I should have opposed you to enter the black-hearted "Cangyang Daily" in the first place!"