Chapter 18
The winter sun is filtered through layers of leaves and is warm.
Lu Qin had a special advantage, which was that he was very good at comforting himself. After dispelling his emotions, he whistled, and walked across the bumpy road in front of the family building with a faint halo under his feet.
As I slowly turned around and around, the nearby scenery gradually became familiar.
I don’t know whose kid was out playing, and the old man at home was calling the child from a distance. It seemed that he had found the child, but instead the child was scolded.
The old man's voice was so loud and penetrating that the breath he had held in his mouth for a second split open and turned into a whooshing sound.
After listening carefully, he found that the people were just separated by a low wall. He stopped, squinted his eyes and stretched his neck to see what was going on inside.
This reminded him of the days when he was sent to live with his grandparents in modern times. If he didn't listen, the old people would pull his ears and scold him. If he didn't come back for dinner after a long time, each of them would pull one of his ears.
Later, when I grew up a little, I no longer had such experiences.
That kind of life was peaceful and stable, and it only remains in memory.
"It took me so long to get back! I can't even get you to come back anymore. Be careful you might get caught by human traffickers!"
The child cried miserably, "Wow, I won't dare to do it again!"
At this moment, the old man suddenly turned around and saw a head popping out from the corner. He was startled and subconsciously protected his grandson behind him, staring at the handsome young man who suddenly appeared with a vigilant look. The child hid behind the old man and stopped crying. He kept hiccuping and stared at him with his watery eyes.
"Who are you and what are you doing behind my wall?"
Lu Qin still had the nostalgic smile on his face that only belonged to those lost in memories. He was caught peeking and felt embarrassed for a moment.
He waved his hands subconsciously, "It's okay, it's okay, old man, I just came here because I heard your grandson crying, please be gentle!"
The old man's vigilant look did not disappear, "What's it to you?"
After saying this, he pushed the child behind him. The child stared at the young man's face with his mouth slightly open, and after a long time, he reluctantly ran back to the house.
Afraid that the old man would chase him away with a broom if he stood there any longer, Lu Qin quickly pointed to the front to indicate that he would leave immediately.
After taking two steps, the smile on his face did not disappear, and he looked back again.
I saw the old man's grandson in the yard come out again. Although the old man's words were harsh, his eyes were full of love for his grandson.
The child started crying again for some reason. Hearing the crying, he paused with a smile and saw the familiar alley.
He stopped there straight, not far ahead was the place where the Qin Shi incident had happened.
I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
He glanced back at the alley.
The words of his adopted nephew about his brother crying rang in his ears again, and that a child happened to be lost here that day.
Within his sight, the alleys were interconnected and had many twists and turns. Even the sunlight became dim in the deeper alleys.
If he looks at the grandfather and grandson again at this moment, the theater of childhood memories instantly turns into a theater of suspicion, and he gets hairy all over.
Once his thoughts were cleared up, some details were inexplicably connected together by him.
Zhang Erhu and the other man happened to pass by him that day. Could it be that the two people he saw that day were not hallucinations?
No, that's impossible. Could it be that he's not just a fraudster, but has done other things? It's not just a coincidence that he ran into him.
Or he was overthinking it.
Lu Qin walked forward aimlessly, then suddenly turned around. No, he was unwilling to give up. Anyway, it wouldn't hurt to go and take a look, so he turned around and went into the alley.
Thanks to the incident of missing clothes that he created that day, he became familiar with everyone around him.
Once he entered the alley, he maintained his usual behavior, neither hurried nor slow, whistling softly and playing with a freshly picked leaf in his hand.
To anyone who looked at him, he was just a "second-rate guy" who was just hanging around.
Half an hour later, standing behind the familiar courtyard wall, he saw the bamboo pole he had placed there to poke the clothes had broken into two pieces on the ground. There was even a crack on the main part, which showed how angry he was. Lu Qin raised an eyebrow.
Zhang Hu and Monkey's brother Li Qiang saw a figure peeking out from afar.
The two looked at each other, gestured in tacit understanding and stepped forward.
Seeing the shadow on the ground, Lu Qin sighed anxiously, looking like he wanted to go forward but didn't dare to.
At the same time, two hands grabbed his shoulders and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing?"
Lu Qin was frightened and trembled, and he cried out, "It hurts, it hurts, let go, let go."
Pulling his shoulder and turning around, Zhang Erhu frowned in surprise, "Lu Qin, why is it you?"
It’s no wonder that Zhang Erhu still remembers him. The main reason is that this guy was the first one to ask him for money.
The young man's face was twisted in pain, and he grimaced, "Brother Erhu, this brother..."
Lu Qin shrugged his shoulders, rubbing them with his hands. Without waiting for them to ask, he honestly explained, "I, I just wanted to ask about work."
Zhang Erhu saw his cautious face and instantly lowered his vigilance to the lowest level. He looked like he had just realized something and reached out to pat his shoulder. "Oh, you're talking about that thing?"
Lu Qin stared at him with a smile on his face, "Yes, yes, it's just about work."
At this time, Li Qiang suddenly whispered something in Zhang Erhu's ear. Zhang Erhu waved his hand, and Li Qiang turned and left.
Lu Qin controlled himself from looking at someone who was leaving.
Zhang Erhu stepped back and looked at him. The young man's face seemed to be whiter. Although he was dressed neatly, he looked even poorer. There were so many patches on his clothes that he couldn't count them on one hand. The only thing that looked acceptable was the pair of shoes on his feet, which were spotless.
His enthusiasm dropped by half. "It's because you don't have enough money, and you're still talking about work."
The young man smiled awkwardly, "It's my fault."
Inner thoughts: Shameless! A heartless liar!
Zhang Erhu acted like he was very sensible.
The young man in front of him continued, "I have another thing to do. The Chinese New Year is coming in a few days. I gave all the money in the family to you to find a job. I can't even make it through the New Year. Can you give some of it back to me? Anyway, I can't find a job that quickly..."
The young man chattered on and on, acting as if he was difficult to deal with to the fullest.
Zhang Erhu's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and the words "wishful thinking" almost blurted out. However, "What did you say just now?"
"Ah, come back evenly."
"No, the latter sentence."
"My brother who is a soldier is coming back," he lied without changing his expression.
Zhang Erhu stared at him closely and found that what he said did not seem to be a lie.
He suddenly smiled and put his arm around his shoulders, "Come on, there's some wine at home, let's drink some."
Lu Qin hesitated, with a slight resistance on his face, "Brother Erhu, I can't, I can't drink."
"If you're a man, come in with me for a drink!"
The young man didn't dare to move now and followed him in with an embarrassed look on his face.
As soon as I entered, the tall and thin Li Qiang was repairing a bicycle. Hearing the footsteps behind him, he clapped his hands and turned back and said, "It's almost done. I'll go to the car later."
Car what
Lu Qin rolled his eyes and smiled at him.
Li Qiang blurted out, "Why did you let him in?"
Zhang Erhu pretended not to notice the impatience on his face, "Oh, no rush, I'll just have a couple of drinks with him!"
As he said this, he winked at him.
Li Qiang clapped his hands and went to another room. His temperament was completely different from that of the monkey.
Lu Qin surveyed the surrounding scenery, which remained unchanged from before. The courtyard was quiet, and no one else was around.
"What are you looking at?"
Zhang Erhu narrowed his eyes.
Lu Qin seemed unaware and asked him calmly and curiously, "Brother, your yard is so big, how much did you buy it for?"
"Why are you asking these questions? You can't afford it even if you know how much it costs."
Lu Qin: It’s so heartbreaking.
Even if he could afford it, he wouldn't want to buy a place like this.
As I entered the room, I was hit by a strong smell of alcohol. The room was empty except for a bed in the corner and a table in the middle.
Zhang Erhu dug out a bottle of wine from under the bed and said, "Come on, drink."
"Brother Erhu, you should be a little less."
"Tsk, is he a man at all? He's just like a woman."
As he spoke, he took out a fist-sized cup from the side and filled it up.
The smell of strong liquor hit him in the face, but it didn't smell like low-quality liquor. Lu Qin buried all his thoughts in his heart, "This wine smells so good."
While he turned around to look for the cup, he wiped the rim of the cup with his sleeve.
Zhang Erhu turned around and said with a look of shrewdness, "How can a wine that costs more than ten yuan be the same as a wine that costs a few cents?"
As expected, the young man stared at the wine in his glass with an even more curious expression. To outsiders, he might seem curious and envious, but in reality, Lu Qin was thinking, how could they be so rich?
Zhang Erhu sat down and said, "Come on, drink. After you finish this glass of wine, don't talk about money anymore."
The young man leaned forward to smell the wine as if it was his first time drinking, then closed his eyes and poured it down his mouth.
"Hiss."
Zhang Erhu, "Hahaha, you look so poor."
Lu Qin resisted rolling his eyes. When I was drinking top-quality red wine, you didn't even know where I was.
His face instantly turned red, and he waved his hands and said with a big tongue, "No, no, I feel a little dizzy."
"Where can we drink now?"
Li Qiang's figure flashed past the door, and Zhang Erhu poured him some wine. "You drink first, I'm going to go to the bathroom."
The young man seemed to be really drunk and tried to touch the cup several times but failed.
Zhang Erhu left him and walked out, "What's wrong?"
"Why did you let him come here?"
Zhang Erhu took the cigarette from his hand, took a puff, and squinted his eyes and said, "It's because he's difficult to deal with. It's not the right time for us yet."
"Okay, let him finish his drink and leave early."
"Got it, the car is fixed."
"Um."
When Zhang Erhu returned to the room, the young man was already lying on the table.
Wow, there’s nothing left of half a bottle of wine.
Damn, a flash of heartache flashed through his mind.
Zhang Erhu dragged him out of the house on the pretext that he was drunk, saying, "You've already drunk some wine, so don't come here so often in the future."
Seeing the door behind him about to close, Lu Qin reached out to stop it, rubbing his cheeks, his eyes hazy, "Brother Erhu, I'm a man, right? I'll come again next time."
Zhang Erhu was smiling but not really smiling.
Not getting a response from him, the young man took it as his consent and turned around with difficulty.
The door behind him slammed shut.
Lu Qin shrugged his shoulders and said softly.
There was no sign of confusion in his eyes.
Recalling what I just heard, they must be up to something.
But what station is the train station?
What will happen if the time is not right?
He walked and walked, not knowing how long he had been walking. When he approached a major intersection, his hair suddenly stood on end and he subconsciously looked back.
The corner of the clothes flashed by in the corner, and he squinted his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.
Then a gust of wind came from behind.
With a thud, Lu Qin was pressed to the ground. At that moment, he seemed to hear the sound of his knees breaking.
"Pfft," he spat out the dust from his mouth.
A pair of black cloth shoes suddenly appeared before his eyes. He struggled to open his eyes and looked over. He saw a tall man with an upright figure, dark skin, sharp eyes, and neat short hair.
His face gradually became stunned, and his pupils widened for a long time and could not shrink. "Sister, brother-in-law"
The force pressing down on him from behind weakened a little.
Half an hour later, Lu Qin sat in the county public security bureau in confusion. He moved his butt for a long time and placed his hands obediently on his knees - accepting interrogation.
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