Surrounded by a crowd, Wang Dabao entered the house and saw several simple cold dishes already laid out on the square table.
"Please sit down, everyone. I'll tell the eldest son to quickly prepare two more hot dishes, and then we can start our meal."
Yan Bugui quickly got a stool for Wang Dabao and gestured for him to sit next to him.
Liu Haizhong directly chased away Liu Guangtian, who was sitting to Wang Dabao's right. Liu Guangtian didn't dare to utter a word and obediently gave up his place.
"Section Chief Wang, sigh, look at my mouth, once we get to the institute, you have to call me Brother Da Bao."
Liu Haizhong chuckled and waved his hand near his mouth as if to slap himself. "I saw you this afternoon. That Captain Feng was riding a motorcycle with a sidecar carrying you. I even saw you slap him. He was wincing in pain."
Speaking of this, Liu Haizhong's face lit up. In his eyes, Feng Biao was a very powerful official with a lot of authority.
But what good is power if he still gets beaten by Wang Dabao? And Wang Dabao is sitting right next to him right now, and they'll be having a meal and drinks together soon. In a real sense, he should call him "older brother."
Liu Haizhong was secretly pleased, feeling as if he had slapped himself.
Wang Dabao chuckled and said, "Hey, that was all just a joke. Besides, why didn't you call out to me when you saw me? We could have chatted together."
"You guys just disappeared in a flash, I didn't even have time to open my mouth."
Liu Haizhong took out a cigarette and lit it for Wang Dabao before they dispersed.
Of course, Liu Guangtian and his brother definitely didn't get any of these cigarettes.
"Da Bao, where is your office? Can I come over to you later when you have some free time?"
Xu Damao, standing to the side, hunched his shoulders and asked.
Before Wang Dabao could speak, Liu Haizhong snorted coldly: "Xu Damao, straighten your attitude. You can do whatever you want in the yard, but don't cause trouble in the factory. Dabao is busy with work, what are you doing causing trouble in the office?"
"How did I cause trouble? I know the place well, so if Da Bao calls me in the future, I can report it in time." Xu Damao didn't dare to push Liu Haizhong too hard and said in a muffled voice.
Wang Dabao didn't say anything, thinking to himself, "If I let you guys keep running around, what will happen? Feng Biao and the others will think I'm very familiar with you."
Before long, the hot dishes were served.
The square table wasn't big enough to accommodate so many people, so the men stayed in the outer room while the women went to the inner room.
Throughout the meal, the conversation revolved around Wang Dabao, which annoyed Wang Dabao quite a bit. It was only with great difficulty that he was steered to the topic of summarizing the compound.
"Because of the theft at Xu Damao's house this year, it's going to be tough for our compound to win the honor of being an advanced compound."
Liu Haizhong held his wine glass and pondered, "But I wasn't a big shot back then. This was all due to Yi Zhonghai's poor leadership. Now our compound is famous throughout the neighborhood because of the film screening event. I believe we can definitely win back the honor next year."
“Yes, Uncle is right.” Xu Damao raised another glass. “Yi Zhonghai is unambitious and has made a mess of the compound. It’s all thanks to Uncle taking over that the compound has regained some life. I wish us all a better year ahead.”
Xu Damao had already drunk a glass of wine, and his speech was becoming somewhat incoherent.
Everyone enjoyed the meal, and with Wang Dabao, the head of the security department, present, the atmosphere remained high.
Around 10 p.m., the door to Yan Bugui's house was pushed open with a bang, and Yi Zhonghai hurriedly walked in wearing a coat, followed by another person.
Wang Dabao had already drunk two glasses of baijiu by this time, and when he saw the person who came, he immediately sobered up a bit.
It turned out to be Zheng Jun.
Zheng Jun's expression clearly showed some anxiety.
Wang Dabao's first reaction was that something serious had happened at the factory.
"Da Bao, Captain Zheng is looking for you. I heard from Lao Liu this afternoon that he was having a get-together at Lao Yan's place, so I brought him over." Before the others could ask any questions, Yi Zhonghai spoke first.
Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were familiar with Zheng Jun, so they quickly stood up to offer him their seats.
As a result, Wang Dabao stepped forward and stood in front of Zheng Jun: "Something happened at the factory?"
"no."
Zheng Jun was still panting, but he still replied, and then added, "I guess so."
Wang Dabao immediately frowned, turned to Yan Bugui and asked him to pour Zheng Jun a bowl of hot water so that he could catch his breath first.
"It's embarrassing!"
Before the water was even poured, Zheng Jun had already caught his breath. "Over at the cadre family quarters, the daughter of a workshop director surnamed Xiao has gone missing."
Wang Dabao was a little confused. What the heck? His daughter was missing during the Chinese New Year.
How old is this child?
Wang Dabao sat down, patted his forehead, and asked.
Zheng Jun clicked his tongue and pondered, "It seems to be nineteen or twenty."
Upon hearing this, Wang Dabao exclaimed, "Wow, at this age, it's impossible for it to have gotten lost. This must be a serious matter." Although the world was still unstable at that time, this was Beijing.
"How long has it been? Could she have gone to a friend's house or something?!"
Wang Dabao took the water from Yan Bugui, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Zheng Jun.
Zheng Jun glanced at it, didn't dare to drink, and immediately replied, "This girl works at the art museum. She gets off work around 5:30, but it's already 8 o'clock and she still hasn't gotten home. Director Xiao's wife got worried, so the couple went to the art museum, but it was already closed. They didn't run into their daughter along the way, and Director Xiao's wife almost fainted from worry."
"According to Director Xiao and his wife, their daughter never goes anywhere after get off work; she goes straight home. Even when she visits friends, it's on weekends, not at night. They only have one child, and the couple is extremely worried. I'm afraid she's run into... a paparazzi!"
Zheng Jun said those last words with some difficulty. As a young woman facing such a situation, one can imagine the consequences.
Wang Dabao breathed a sigh of relief: "Have you reported it to the police?"
"I've submitted it."
Zheng Jun picked up the large bowl, just about to drink, when he heard Wang Dabao's question and put it down again. "But the police station said they can't file a case yet, although they sent people to the Xiao family to find out what happened. They also sent two people to help the neighbors look for the case."
Wang Dabao pinched the bridge of his nose. It had been more than four hours since he disappeared at 5:30, so it wasn't considered missing yet, and it was normal not to investigate.
"Alright, let's go check out the Xiao family first. What if that girl has already gone home?"
Wang Dabao got up, grabbed Zheng Jun, and left.
Zheng Jun was heartbroken. He was completely frozen, and the hot water he had brought to his lips twice could not be drunk!
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