Chapter 14 Chapter 14
Suddenly, Lu Jianing thought for a moment and asked, "Jiang Yubai, after you brought us to Linjiang, have you been to any place that has anything to do with alcohol?"
"Wow, Boss, you've become fond of drinking recently." Jiang Xingye reminded him in a disastrous way, "Aren't public servants prohibited from drinking during work? Have you reported your drinking to your superiors for approval?"
Lu Jianing said, "I'm looking for clues. If you say one more word, I'll throw you out right now."
Jiang Xingye immediately drew a horizontal line in front of his mouth.
Indicates to shut up.
Jiang Yubai ignored Jiang Xingye's joke. He thought about it for a while and said truthfully, "We have only attended banquets hosted by the Zhao family since we arrived in Linjiang. You declined all other banquets because you thought their company was too small."
"It's not a banquet," Lu Jianing said anxiously, "It's just a place like KTV, bar, dance hall, meal time, etc. where you can drink."
Jiang Yubai: "That's difficult. When you first came to Linjiang, in order to make your dandy temperament deeply rooted in people's hearts, we went to almost all the major luxury KTVs and bars in Linjiang in one week."
After saying that, Jiang Yubai did not forget to add: "If you really want to ask me which one we went to, then I can only say that it is owned by Linjiang."
Lu Jianing did not give up and continued to ask: "How many are there?"
Jiang Yubai: "30."
"Three..." Before Shizi could even finish his sentence, Lu Jianing was a little shocked.
How did she and Jiang Yubai visit 30 bars and KTVs in just one week?
Lu Jianing closed his eyes resignedly, and suddenly a pain shot up from the back of his head to the top of his head.
She pinched her nose subconsciously, her face full of worry.
There are so many stores. If I screen them one by one, it will take forever.
And if she wanted to know where the red wine that appeared at the Zhao family banquet came from, she had to go to each store one by one to smell it and look for it.
She doesn't like drinking in the first place, and if she smelled so much alcohol, she would probably vomit.
The key point is that Jiang Yubai and the others have never smelled the glass of red wine, so they can't help at all.
She can only go there herself...
"What a sin I have committed." Lu Jianing murmured helplessly.
"Boss, are you okay?" Jiang Xingye asked with concern, "Did you find any clues?"
“It’s not a big discovery.”
Lu Jianing responded perfunctorily and ordered, "Jiang Yubai, make a list of all the bars and KTVs we've been to before, and we'll go to each one again."
"Try to finish the whole thing in two days."
"Jiang Xingye, go to the police station and help me check something." Lu Jianing ordered.
"Let's check which winery supplied the red wine at the Zhao family's banquet," Lu Jianing thought for a moment and added, "and which merchants in Linjiang distributed it to."
The careful Jiang Yubai seemed to have noticed something, and he asked, "Boss, do you suspect there's something wrong with the wine?"
"Yes," Lu Jianing did not try to hide it, saying, "I always feel that the smell of alcohol seems to have been smelled somewhere before."
Hearing this, Jiang Xingye's expression became serious for once.
As if he felt the gaze of Jiang Yubai beside him, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yubai.
Their eyes intertwined, and the two people seemed to have reached a silent understanding.
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In the next two days, Lu Jianing and Jiang Yubai conducted a comprehensive investigation in major KTVs and bars.
In fact, Jiang Yubai didn’t believe that anyone could associate the smell of red wine with the smell of wine they had smelled before just by smelling it once.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he feels all red wines in the world taste the same.
What they are doing is tantamount to doing useless work.
But it was Lu Jianing who came up with this idea, and he was willing to believe her unconditionally.
The two of them continued their investigation until seven o'clock in the evening of the third day.
Lu Jianing, who was already exhausted, fainted in the passenger seat until Jiang Yubai woke her up.
"Boss, do you want to take a break?" Jiang Yubai said.
"No, this is the last one today. If we can't find anything, I will just remember this clue wrong. Let's look for other clues," Lu Jianing opened his eyes with difficulty, "Where's the coffee?"
Jiang Yubai handed it over.
Lu Jianing took a few gulps and was about to get off the car when he looked up and saw a black sign - Zuimeng Bar.
"The last one is a bar?" Lu Jianing asked casually.
"Yes," Jiang Yubai glanced at the main entrance of the bar and said, "This is one of the best bars in Linjiang. Many rich kids like to come here."
"Okay, as long as it's not a KTV."
Lu Jianing was really scared. She sang for more than ten hours in three days, and her throat was about to smoke.
Lu Jianing got out of the car, and Jiang Yubai said, "Boss, you go in first, I'll go park the car."
Lu Jianing: "No need, this is the last one, I'll go check it out, you just take a good rest in the car."
"How can that be possible?" Jiang Yubai joked, "How can a leader work while his subordinates rest?"
Lu Jianing really didn't have the energy to argue with him: "Okay, then take your time."
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Lu Jianing walked into the bar wearing high heels.
It was night time, and the atmosphere inside was obviously much more lively than during the day.
The harsh sounds of musical instruments intertwined with each other, colorful lights of seven or eight colors were spinning overhead, and the turbid smell of cigarettes was mixed with the strong smell of alcohol, making the already polluted air even more muddy.
Lu Jianing walked straight to the bar.
There weren't many people sitting at the bar, just a few scattered around, and Lu Jianing looked around.
Then she knocked on the bar expertly: "gamay."
"Okay." The bartender agreed.
Just as Lu Jianing was about to take out his phone, a drunken burly man came over and said, "The beauty is alone."
Lu Jianing turned his head to look at him, his lips slightly raised: "No, I'm waiting for someone."
The sturdy man's face was red, and he could not hide the smell of alcohol all over his body: "This is your first time here."
"Well," Lucanin said, "how did you know that?"
"Come... come and get drunk... if you don't drink Eleanor, you're... you're an amateur." The sturdy man was drunk.
Lu Jianing knocked on the table again, and when the bartender came closer, she asked, "What's Eleanor? Your signature dish?"
"Yes," the bartender affirmed.
"Red wine?" Lu Jianing asked.
"Yes," the bartender replied quickly.
"How strong is the wine? How does it taste?" Lu Jianing asked.
"Eleanor is a pure wine with a sweet taste, distinct front, middle and back notes, and a slightly sour taste," the bartender explained earnestly, "It is the most frequently ordered wine in our bar."
Lu Jianing said to himself, "Eleanor, Dark Night Rose. You guys are really good at naming your bar."
The bartender asked, "Would you like a drink?"
Lu Jianing: "Well, one cup of Eleanor and one cup of Gamay."
Bartender: “Okay.”
The central dance floor was bustling with activity, the dim lights bringing out all kinds of figures.
Lu Jianing held his chin with his hand, quietly appreciating the noise that belonged only to this moment.
Jiang Yubai walked over from the door and saw that the drunk man who had talked to Lu Jianing before had fallen asleep on the chair next to him.
He skillfully lifted the drunk man up and moved him to a slightly farther location.
Jiang Yubai sat next to Lu Jianing and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Boss, He Qifeng and Bai Yunan are here."
Lu Jianing raised his eyes as he picked up the wine glass in front of him and prepared to smell it, and asked, "What are they doing here?"
"I don't know. When I was parking my car, I saw them coming in front of me." Jiang Yubai said quickly.
Lu Jianing swirled the red wine in his glass and thought for a moment: "They didn't see you, did they?"
"No."
"Okay, leave the rest to me."
While Lu Jianing was talking, the bartender pushed another glass of red wine in front of her.
"Eleanor," the bartender said, without any emotion, "please enjoy."
Lu Jianing shouted: "Thank you."
Lu Jianing picked up the wine in front of her, sniffed it gently, and was about to drink it when her body suddenly froze. She raised her eyes and exchanged glances with Jiang Yubai.
Jiang Yubai immediately understood something. He hid from everyone, poured the red wine in the glass into a small bottle, and then put it into his pocket.
Lu Jianing raised the glass and shook it left and right. When the familiar smell filled her nose, she confirmed with the bartender again: "Eleanor?"
The bartender affirmed, "Eleanor."
Lu Jianing raised the corner of his lip: "There's something."
"Boss." Jiang Yubai called softly, and Lu Jianing raised his eyes and looked at him meaningfully for a second.
The profound meaning is self-evident.
"Wow!! Oh oh oh!!!" A scream rang out in the dance floor.
Then all kinds of humming and roaring sounds followed.
Lu Jianing looked over and saw that someone was interacting with the singer on the stage.
A man and a woman, their cheeks pressed tightly together, and if you look closely you can see the transparent plastic separating them.
“It’s a big deal.”
Lu Jianing has always disliked meddling in other people's business, and even less does she like creating unnecessary trouble. After she finished her sigh and was about to look away, she noticed that there was a person sitting on the sofa opposite her, staring at her intently.
They were not close to each other, and there was even half a dance floor between them, but Lu Jianing still noticed the gaze from the gaps in the crowd.
Without even thinking, Lu Jianing knew who he was.
Lu Jianing withdrew his gaze, then jumped down.
She picked up a glass of red wine and poured it onto her collar without any restraint.
Jiang Yubai was no longer surprised by Lu Jianing's sudden behavior. He casually took out a piece of toilet paper from his pocket and handed it to him.
Lu Jianing wiped off the excess red wine that was not absorbed by his clothes, and then picked up the wine glass on the table that Jiang Yubai had refilled with red liquid at some point.
She staggered toward the dance floor.
Lu Jianing moved forward, turned his back to Jiang Yubai and said, "Play by yourself, don't follow me."
The sound in the center of the dance floor was louder than outside of it.
Here, everyone twists their bodies to the music. Although the movements are varied and there is no unified pace, they are surprisingly harmonious when put together.
Lu Jianing was twisting her body to the music, and several boys came close to her. She put her hands on their shoulders without any concern.
Sometimes when I get tired of dancing, I will push them away and move a few steps to the side.
She didn't know where she went wrong, but when Lu Jianing came to her senses, she had already walked to the sofa rest area.
Just now, Bai Yunan, who was sitting on the sofa and trying to observe the surroundings, discovered her. He shouted in surprise: "Boss Xiaolu!"
"Why are you here?"
Lu Jianing seemed to be still drunk. She staggered between He Qifeng and Bai Yunan and forcibly separated the two with her body.
Bai Yunan said uncomfortably: "Mr. Xiaolu...you...don't squeeze me...oh...why do you smell like alcohol? How much did you drink?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yunan had been pushed aside.
"Captain He...hiccup - how come you appeared in my dream?" Lu Jianing put his right hand on He Qifeng's shoulder. "See, I really fell in love with you at first sight. Let me tell you... Ugh - Ugh -"
"I can't spit it out." Lu Jianing wiped his mouth messily with his hands.
Then, Lu Jianing's eyes were fixed on He Qifeng's thin lips.
His upper and lower lips were very thin, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, making him look serious and in a bad mood.
Lu Jianing raised the corner of his lip imperceptibly.
She liked his angry expression with nowhere to vent, so she asked him to appear often when she was investigating cases!
He's so pissed off.
Seeing that He Qifeng was so angry at him that he exploded but didn't push him away, Lu Jianing became even more unscrupulous.
She pinched He Qifeng's chin and brought her cup to his lips.
He Qifeng refused to open his mouth no matter what. Even when Lu Jianing pinched his chin, his mouth did not open at all.
Lu Jianing competed with him.
Is this mouth stuck with 502 glue?
Lu Jianing continued to act crazy while drunk: "Come on, Captain He, let's drink. If we have wine today, we'll get drunk today. If we don't have wine today, I'll get you drunk."
"Today we...will not leave until we are drunk!"
drink wine? !
Get drunk?
Bai Yunan's eyes suddenly widened, and he stared at Lu Jianing in disbelief.
How can she be so brave!
He actually fed He Qifeng wine?
Bai Yunan immediately stood up and tried to pull Lu Jianing away: "Boss Xiao Lu, our Captain He doesn't drink."
"What man doesn't drink?" Lu Jianing pushed Bai Yunan away, "Get out of here."
Bai Yunan pulled him up again: "He really doesn't drink. Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Xiaolu."
"You're welcome, Qi--" Lu Jianing raised her hand, and then she pinched He Qifeng's chin again, "Take a sip, you big ice cube, you didn't listen even in my dream."
"You don't know what's good. This is the signature of this store—" Lu Jianing said drunkenly, "Eleanor, the Rose of the Dark Night."
"I... I've only tasted this wine at Zhao Mogan's banquet, and I've been craving it for a long time. But I couldn't find it, and today I finally found it in this bar. You don't know... I've looked in many bars, but this one is the most similar... It's really delicious... You try it, you try it... It's just... It's a little intoxicating."
"Our Captain He really doesn't want to drink." Bai Yunan continued to pull Lu Jianing's clothes, trying to pull her off He Qifeng. Who knew that the more he pulled, the tighter Lu Jianing hugged him.
It seemed as if it was growing on him.
Lu Jianin: “He drank it!”
Bai Yunan: "He doesn't drink!"
Lu Jianin: “He drinks!”
As soon as Lu Jianing finished speaking, she clearly felt her chin move, and then her hand holding the wine glass was lifted up.
Stunned, she saw with her own eyes He Qifeng staring at her while drinking the "red wine" in her hand.
Lu Jianing: Hmm?
Seeing the wine in the glass gradually disappear, Bai Yunan felt that his cognition was about to be refreshed. He covered his head in horror: "Ah! Captain He, why did you drink! Red wine is just wine. It's over. If Director Wang finds out, you will have to write a self-criticism tomorrow!"
Lu Jianing was already stunned and forgot to react.
He Qifeng withdrew his gaze from Lu Jianing. He took the wine glass and took a look at it: "Drink grape-flavored Coke."
He Qifeng: "Are you okay with this?"
Bai Yunan:?
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