On a chair in the middle of the room, a middle-aged man was sitting.

There was also a strong smell of smoke in the room.

The man was about 40 to 50 years old, wore gold-rimmed glasses, had slightly gray hair, and wore a beige jacket, simple but elegant.

He had a cigarette in his hand, the cone was burning long, and the shiny leather shoes on his feet were full of extinguished cigarette butts.

？ Even if I don't have an ashtray at home, you can't throw it on the ground.

Wait, that's not the point right now.

Xiao Yao clenched the handle of the kitchen knife in his hand.

Seeing Xiao Yao enter the door, the man quickly examined the boy in front of him, then dropped the cigarette butt and stepped on it.

"I'm sorry, the door is not locked, so I will go in and wait. You're Xiao Yao, right? ”

Xiao Yao was very sure that he locked the door when he went out, and he also had an obsessive-compulsive seizure, three times on the left and four times on the right, a total of seven pulls.

However, he did not speak out against it, but just clenched his weapon tighter.

"Xiao Xiao, the little girl Shen Jie has been disturbed a lot recently, I will thank you first." The man spoke gently: "Then can you tell me where she is now?" ”

This is Shen Jie's father!? My father-in-law!?

Xiao Yao was so excited that he almost blurted out his father, of course, he didn't.

How did he find here?!

Does he know about last night?

Could it be that Shen Jie has already ...... Could it be those eight women from the Literary Society?

I was careless!

Beads of sweat the size of beans came out of Xiao Yao's forehead.

He squeezed out a stiff smile and politely placed the kitchen knife in his hand on the bed behind him.

"Hello uncle." Xiao Yao finally made a sound.

"I'm presumptuous today, Xiao Xiao, don't be surprised." Father Shen owed a debt very slightly.

Then I'm too surprised: "You're serious, no, no." ”

The middle-aged man got up and gently placed an envelope that was stretched to the brim on the dining table, and it could be seen from the mouth of the envelope that it was red inside.

It's coming, it's coming, the vulgar plot in the TV series is coming: give you 5 million, you leave my daughter.

But I don't think it looks like there's 5 million.

In fact, when I saw this kind of plot before, Xiao Yao felt very bad when he became the woman's father.

Oh, you arched my cabbage, and instead of slaughtering you, I had to reward you?

Wait, don't worry, calm down, be sure to calm down.

Now is not the time to be cranky.

Calm down! If Shen Jie had been kidnapped, her father would not have been able to stay here and wait for him.

This money is bought for your own opening!

Thinking that Shen Jie should not have been arrested yet, Xiao Yao suddenly breathed a big sigh of relief.

Joke, is your precious eldest daughter worth such a small amount of money?

Of course, adding money is not a good thing.

He thought about it carefully and asked cautiously, "Who are you?" ”

"Little Xiao, you deserve it, and I believe that you are worth much more than that—as long as you are willing to do me a little favor as a father."

"I really don't understand what you mean." Xiao Yao certainly understood what he meant.

"Johns!" Shen Jie's father's eyes seemed to glance at the closed wardrobe door, and then called out a person's name.

Immediately after, a foreigner with a high nose and yellow hair walked in.

Damn, where did this guy come from?

It seems that this is the "Uncle Johns" that Shen Jie often mentions, and he has really admired him for a long time.

Uncle Johns looked at least 1.9 meters tall, well-mannered, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and bowed his head slightly as he entered the door.

Johns opened a folding stool and placed it behind Xiao Yao's buttocks, and then very gracefully invited Xiao Yao to sit down.

Shen Jie's father then introduced: "This is Johns, my housekeeper - he also grew up watching Xiaojie, his own person. Xiao Xiao, sit down, be at home as you are, don't be restrained. ”

With that, he sat back in his chair.

What is it, what is it called, it is like being in my own home, isn't this my home?

Xiao Yao really couldn't understand what the future Taishan was thinking, and he couldn't figure out what his identity was in his eyes, so he could only take one step at a time.

It shouldn't matter if you sit down first.

Xiao Yao's buttocks sat down, and the housekeeper Johns turned around and closed the door, put his hands behind his back, and stood solemnly behind Xiao Yao.

This position is clearly for interrogation!

Xiao Yao's heart was pounding, wife, daughter, don't drill out at this moment.

Well, if it's just that my daughter comes out, it doesn't seem like a big problem?

"Xiao Xiao, do you smoke?" Shen Jie's father changed his homely appearance, and reached out to hand over a beautiful metal cigarette case.

"No, no, I'm underage." Xiao Yao hurriedly shook his hand and excused himself.

"Don't mind if you ...... me?" Shen Jie's father took one out of the cigarette case by himself.

"Please." Xiao Yao said this, but he was unhappy in his heart - I mind if it works, where do the cigarette butts under your feet come from?

However, when I think of the I did to my daughter last night......

Big brother, forget it.

Shen Jie's father lit a cigarette and took two puffs, and the smoke filled the air, making his face look a little blurry.

The smell of smoke was very choking, and Xiao Yao had to take a small breath slowly to avoid coughing.

"I'm still underage...... Xiao Xiao, are you sixteen or seventeen this year? ”

"Sixteen."

"Oh, it's a little smaller than Xiaojie," Father Shen nodded: "When I was as old as you, I always didn't like to be disciplined, and I didn't do much with my parents. ”

Xiao Yao smiled dryly, not knowing how to answer.

"How long have you known Xiaojie?"

"Yes...... It's been more than a month. Xiao Yao decided to tell the truth - when he didn't know how much information the other party had, telling the truth was the only way not to completely overturn.

Father Shen was a little surprised: "...... How did you meet? ”。

"Right outside their school." Xiao Yao still replied with a straight look, careful not to bring out unnecessary information: "I accosted her." ”

"Yes, come to Xiao Xiao, sit upright and don't move." Shen Jie's father took out his mobile phone a little abruptly and took a photo of Xiao Yao.

"It's amazing how much technology has progressed now." Shen Jie's father looked at the photos displayed on his mobile phone, as if he was talking to Xiao Yao, and as if he was talking to himself.

"At that time, if we wanted to take pictures, we had to go to the photo studio, the camera was so big, it was dead, and it took a long time to take a picture, and I didn't know how to do it after the shooting, and I had to wash it out to see it. You see how convenient it is now, such a small thing in the palm of your hand, doing the same thing, fast and good, you see how clear it is. ”

"Uh, yes, yes." Xiao Yaoxin said, if you want to set up this photo for me, you don't have to go around in such a big circle, I just cooperate.

Father Shen suddenly changed his words: "But progress has also made new problems." I heard that some half-grown children nowadays use this kind of equipment to secretly take pictures, it is difficult to find out, and when they take pictures of girls' privacy, they use it to blackmail, they rely on their young age, and they are not even afraid of national law. In the past, this kind of thing was called hooliganism, and it was to be shot, regardless of whether your father was an official or a soldier. ”

What is the secret shooting and shooting, where does this start? Xiao Yao felt that Shen Jie's father's thinking seemed to have diverged to a place where he couldn't keep up, blinked his eyes, and didn't dare to talk.

"The government's hand is getting softer and softer, and it has connived at too many bastards who don't know how to know the height of the sky. I was thinking that if these people were to commit a crime in my hands, it would seem like a good way to break their legs and throw them deep into the mountains. Xiao Xiao, what do you think? ”

Xiao Yao peeked at Johns behind him, he didn't seem to move, but Xiao Yao just felt that there was wind behind his head.

Did Shen Jie's father regard himself as a hooligan who threatened Shen Jie's submission by inferior means?

How could he have such an idea?

However, since he is not a traitor, he should not accept this stubble.

"Uncle, you may have misunderstood what I meant by accosting me, that day at the school gate, it was really the first time I saw Shen Jie. Maybe I'm abrupt, but it's not the kind of situation you think. ”

"That's right." Father Shen lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then raised his head and said, "However, Xiao Xiao does look like a talent, isn't Johns." ”

Shen Jie's father's words seemed to be said to Johns who was standing behind Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao clearly realized that this was definitely not for Johns.

"No, I'm very average-looking, and I'm surprised she was able to give me this...... Opportunities to get to know. Of course, Shen Tianyun's matter can never be said, but it is safer to state incomplete facts than complete fiction: "Later, I have been looking for her, Shen Jie is a good person, so she has always politely replied to my messages, answered my calls, and occasionally came out to play with me." Later, maybe I was keeping an eye on it too closely, but in the end she still sent me a good person card. ”

"yes, hehe. This child has a good heart and follows her mother. It seems that because he remembered something interesting with Shen Jie, Shen Jie's father's smile squeezed the eyes behind the glasses into a slit.

Xiao Yao also took the opportunity to secretly take a breath and straightened his stiff waist.

"I'm just such a daughter...... Xiaojie, this child, has been spoiled by me since she was a child, she is very pampered, and sometimes she lacks proportion, and her behavior is often excessive. She's living with you these days, and she's causing you a lot of trouble, right? ”

It's not troublesome, it's just that I like to kick people when I sleep, I usually love to hit people, and I get up a little bigger......

Xiao Yao just wanted to answer, "It's not troublesome", and there was a sudden "click" in the direction of the wardrobe, which startled Xiao Yao, but neither Shen Jie's father in front of him nor Johns standing behind him did not move at all.

Could it be that Shen Jie is trapped in the closet now? Otherwise, what's ringing?

At this time, Xiao Yao, who had refocused his mind, realized that Shen Jie's father had just now hidden the trap in the seemingly casual chatter. If you take the opportunity to say that it is not troublesome, isn't it equivalent to admitting that Shen Jie does live here?

Anyway, my wife and children are hiding in 2034, and you can't catch it even if you have the ability to reach the sky!

"Uncle Shen, Shen Jie and I are just ordinary friends, and she also made it clear to me. Besides, how can she live with me if men and women don't kiss, you see, I'm small and broken. ”

Father Shen waved his hand and said, "Xiao Xiao, you misunderstood. Uncle I, I'm not a snob. As long as you both are sincere, I don't have any opinion on the matter between you and Xiaojie. When Xiaojie comes home, whether you are willing to ask her out to play, or come to the house as a guest, your uncle welcomes her. ”

He pointed to the thick envelope again: "Just use it as activity funds, Xiaojie has been pampered since she was a child, don't let her be wronged." ”

If Shen Jie's father is so reasonable, this is of course a very attractive proposition.

He subconsciously glanced at the closet.

Father Shen keenly captured this tiny movement, and a smile appeared on his face.

It's a pity, I believe you're a ghost, you bad old man is very bad!

If you are so good at talking, Shen Jie still needs to run away from home?

The old man must be deceiving me, and when Shen Jie returns home, he will ...... Hey.

"I'm honored that you say that, really." Xiao Yao clasped his hands together and shook it: "But we have only known each other for more than a month, and if we are in love or something, she has clearly rejected me, and it is impossible for her to live in my house." I can understand your worries about your daughter's feelings, but is there any misunderstanding in this? ”

"That's right." Shen Jie's father's tone was unpleasant, but his face was obviously gloomy.

He stood up, threw away the cigarette that he hadn't smoked twice, and said to Xiao Yao: "Xiao Xiao, you didn't come back just now, and it's inconvenient for me to touch your things, now that you're back, since you said that Xiaojie doesn't live here, then don't you mind if we look for it?"

Get? The police still have to produce a search warrant.

However, for the other party who illegally trespasses on the house, it is obvious that there is no law.

And didn't you look for it before I came back? This room is such a big place, how can anyone hide it?

Xiao Yao wanted to complain, but he didn't dare, he only made a gesture of "please take care of yourself", anyway, it was useless for him to say that he wouldn't let him find it now.

Moreover, what he is most puzzled about now is where all the original Shen Jie's clothes and things in the room have gone?

So, Johns, the housekeeper who had been standing behind Xiao Yao, walked out and started to act, while Shen Jie's father stood in place, staring at Xiao Yao with wide eyes.

Xiao Yao thought that Johns would go directly to open the wardrobe, because in this room, there is only a wardrobe where people can be hidden, except under the bed.

But unexpectedly, when he walked to the bedside, he lifted the sheets and began to examine them layer by layer.

Next, there are the writing desks and drawers.

Is this looking for someone? It's a search!

Xiao Yao wanted to protest a little, but Johns did things quickly and beautifully, and the sheets and bedding that were lifted, the tables and drawers that were inspected, were all sorted out by him in an extremely professional way.

Now, the bed and desk in front of Xiao Yao's eyes are unprecedentedly orderly, which makes Xiao Yao unable to protest again.

Forget it, I'll show you enough if you like it.

But as Johns's work progressed to the couch, Xiao Yao suddenly remembered a very terrible thing.

Before he could make a move, Johns was already holding a tin box on the armrest.

This box was originally a sewing box, but now it contains the socks that Shen Jie gave him.

With Johns's action of opening the sewing box, Xiao Yao's blood coagulated, if it weren't for Shen Jie's father, he really wanted to pounce and snatch it back.

But Johns just opened the box, glanced at himself again, closed the lid, and began the next check.

Xiao Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at his fuss.

After all, socks are just socks, and if you don't look closely, you can't necessarily tell whether they are men's socks or women's socks.

Even if you notice that it is a women's socks, you can't immediately get involved with Shen Jie...... Right?

Even her biological father, and the housekeeper who watched her grow up, can't remember the style of each pair of socks of the eldest lady, can they?

……

Johns' inspection is finally coming to an end.

Only then did he lie down, check the bottom of the bed, and then shook his head at Shen Jie's father.

And Shen Jie's father stood at the door of the closet.

He seemed to have a sense of ritual to welcome victory, and slowly opened the door of the wardrobe, and inside, there was no doubt that there was nothing but a few old clothes of Xiao Yao.

After Johns repeatedly confirmed that there was nothing, Shen Jie's father obviously began to become restless, and he lost his confident momentum.

He asked Xiao Yao very directly to tell him about his daughter's whereabouts, but of course, he could only get Xiao Yao's denial.

Only then did the young man vaguely realize that Shen Jie's father was sure that Shen Jie was in this room, either under the bed or in the wardrobe.

It is possible that he deliberately left these two places not to look for them, and while trapping Shen Jie, he sat here by himself, waiting for Xiao Yao to appear.

The purpose of his conversation with Xiao Yao was neither to find out Shen Jie's whereabouts from Xiao Yao's mouth, nor to investigate Xiao Yao's behavior, but to force Xiao Yao to betray Shen Jie personally, so as to disappoint Shen Jie, so as to achieve the goal of completely taking Shen Jie's heart away from Xiao Yao.

Old man, you're doing a good job of killing people.

Thinking of this, and thinking back to Shen Jie's father's question just now, there were traps almost everywhere, Xiao Yao's scalp was numb at this time, and he was afraid for a while.

The world of adults is terrible, so I'd better be a student.

In this period of effort, Shen Jie's father had already cleaned up his mood, apologized to Xiao Yao and said goodbye, and did not forget to promise that if he provided Shen Jie's whereabouts, he would be prosperous and rich, Xiao Yao even said that he must be careful.

After opening the door to send off the guests, Xiao Yao was about to drill into the mirror, but unexpectedly, the door between the soap tablets rang again.

He hesitated for a few seconds, but finally reluctantly opened the door.

"Zhang Zhengkai?!" Xiao Yao screamed in surprise.

Can't you two come in a group, and do you still play wheel warfare?

If nothing else, this kid should be the whistleblower of this crisis.

Xiao Yao subconsciously wanted to reach out and close the door, but this little bastard lowered his head, slipped under his squeaky nest, and went straight into the back room.

？

Xiao Yao followed and rushed in.

I saw Zhang Zhengkai sitting on the sofa, as if he was a good friend invited by Xiao Yao as a guest.

Xiao Yao's afterglow glanced at the kitchen knife on the bed again.

"Huh?" He stretched out his right hand and slashed a ? Number.

"Old Xiao," Zhang Zhengkai hugged his knees with both hands: "Let's have a meal together, I please, just thank you for saving me last time." ”

Xiao Yao sneered: "The way you thank me is to bring someone to raid my home?" ”

"Heaven and earth conscience," Zhang Zhengkai raised his right hand: "I received the news of Shen Jie's whereabouts, but I didn't tell my father, I wanted to find her in person, but when I came, my father had already arrived first." ”

"Your dad?" Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, feeling annoyed in his heart.

At? That's my dad.

As for Zhang Zhengkai's words, he naturally won't believe whatever the other party says.

"And where did your fake news come from?" Xiao Yao was very sure that the main object of his vigilance was this Zhang Zhengkai, but he wanted to know who the traitor was beside him.

"I've always offered a reward for Shen Jie on the Internet," Zhang Zhengkai replied: "Shen Jie is my fiancée after all, and it is natural that I care about her safety, right?" ”

Hearing that Zhang Zhengkai once again made a "legal claim" against Shen Jie in front of him, Xiao Yao almost declared war in front of him and pressed him on the sofa and hammered him.

Of course, he held back.

"Someone sent me an email saying that you Xiao Yao took a rich girlfriend out to play and spent the night in the scenic spot," Zhang Zhengkai said while holding his chest: "I really feel heartache." I hope it's Shen Jie, but I also hope it's not Shen Jie. ”

Since you all know that your baby "fiancée" has spent the night with me, why do you want to pester her anymore? Xiao Yao thought.

"Now that you know that she is not Shen Jie, you can rest assured," Xiao Yao told him, "So you can go now." ”

"And who's that girlfriend of yours?"

"I won't tell you."

"If you don't tell me, I won't leave."

"Okay, okay, her name is Zhao Xiaomei, you go check it." Xiao Yao said, and pushed Zhang Zhengkai out of the door.

This matter is actually easy to guess the ins and outs, eighty percent is that Shen Jie's appearance in Zhouzhuang yesterday was too high-profile, maybe somebody matched her and Shen Jie, if it was not Zhang Zhengkai who informed Shen Jie's father, then the biggest suspect was undoubtedly Song Haijian.

Wait, the overnight thing is also out ......? Who the hell is it?

As Xiao Yao's homeroom teacher, Song Haijian certainly has his home address in his hand. He promised to take the make-up exam in three days, but on the afternoon of the same day, a wave of unsettled waves arose again and launched a beheading operation against himself.

Xiao Yao felt afraid for a while - how vicious Song Haijian's intentions were! If he catches Shen Jie living with him, not only will the beautiful wife who is making trouble be arrested and confined by her father-in-law, but Song Haijian will also be caught with a perfect reason to fire him immediately.

You don't need to spend the night outside, you don't need to have any exams, and the crime of living with your girlfriend at home is enough.

Coupled with the anger of Shen Jie's father, let alone Director Lin, the director of the Education Bureau will not be able to protect himself when the time comes.

How could Shen Jie's father think that Shen Jie might live here with him?

The simplest and crude, but also the most reasonable and most likely explanation, is naturally our Zhang Zhengkai friend.

Zhang Zhengkai insisted that it had nothing to do with him, and Xiao Yao didn't believe it, but if there is a 0.01% possibility, let's assume that Zhang Zhengkai is telling the truth?

That is, there are other people who have leaked the news. Uncle, Yu Luying, Yu Bo, Little Bear, Ribbon Fish...... Each of them is his own dear relatives and friends, who can I suspect?

At the moment, Xiao Yao's head was very painful, and all kinds of mental pressure were intertwined, pressing on his shoulders, making it difficult for him to have the heart to reason and think carefully.

However, whether Zhang Zhengkai brought his father here or not, there seems to be no need for him to look good again.

"Old Xiao, enjoy your face and have a meal, I have something to tell you." Zhang Zhengkai's face was sincere, and he continued to be unrelenting.

"I said, you can get out of the show." Xiao Yao said: "I'm going to write my summer homework. ”

Considering it's only July 2nd, "I'm going to do my summer homework" is obviously a very perfunctory excuse, almost the same as "I don't want to talk to you, you can get out".

He was very afraid that the closet door would suddenly be opened at this moment, and someone would come out of it, so he didn't want to leave Zhang Zhengkai to sit for a minute.

Naturally, even if he was hungry at this time, he was not in the mood to eat any bullshit with Zhang Zhengkai.

Seeing Xiao Yao's bad attitude and inability to communicate, Zhang Zhengkai had no choice but to stand up with a look of unwillingness and regret, and staggered towards the door of the soap tablet room.

Xiao Yao "politely" sent him (gan) to the door of the soap tablet room and helped him open the door of the house: "Go slowly, don't send it." ”

"Lao Xiao," Zhang Zhengkai sighed and said, "Seriously, one day when you're in a good mood and free, call me and get together." ”

"Okay." Xiao Yao nodded, and said perfunctorily with a relaxed attitude: "Definitely." ”

Leaving that dangerous room, Xiao Yao's tense nerves relaxed slightly, which made him realize that it didn't seem necessary to tear his face with Zhang Zhengkai.

"I'm really not in the mood today," Xiao Yao said, "I'll call you another day." Be careful and slow down when going down the stairs. ”

"Okay." Zhang Zhengkai nodded, carefully probed down a step with his right foot, and put his left foot on the same step again, and so on, going down the stairs in this way of a child.

Xiao Yao can understand that for the son of the district chief's family, it should be rare to climb such a steep and dilapidated stone ladder.

He leaned against the door, watched Zhang Zhengkai's figure disappear at the entrance of the building, and waved his hand to himself before leaving.

Xiao Yao also waved at him.

Then, turning around and walking into the soap room, he closed the door, and leaned against it.

Actually, I really don't hate Zhang Zhengkai, if it weren't for Shen Jie, if we met on another occasion, maybe the two of them could become good friends.

It's a pity that there are never so many "ifs" in this world, not to mention that at this moment, I don't have the heart to be sentimental for my rival.

Now there is one more thing that must be confirmed-I went to the school by myself, and the bedroom was so clean as if there had never been a person like Shen Jie, should she still run away while she was not at home?

As soon as he thought of this terrifying possibility, Xiao Yao's heart twitched, his scalp was numb, and his whole body exploded.

He trotted almost all the way back to the bedroom, turned and closed the bedroom door, locked it, locked it.

Pull three times to the left and four times to the right.

Then, he lifted the door of the closet, pounced inside, and pounced on the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

This time, the 2034 cupboard door is not locked, and it is not pressed against any bed boards.

Come to think of it, after all, Shen Tianyun has to go in and out frequently.

As soon as he stepped into Shen Tianyun's room, his heart was half relieved, because Shen Jie's clothes and shoes were piled up in his daughter's room, making a mess of the originally clean and tidy girl's room.

There was a subtle smell in the air, and before Xiao Yao could react to what it was, the screams of women who burst their eardrums filled the room.

Xiao Yao was startled, and subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound source came from, and saw Shen Jie sitting in the corner of the room, the waist of her pants faded below her knees, and the person was sitting on a high enamel spittoon and screaming.

Then, he picked up the small bench at hand and smashed it straight over.

(End of chapter)