Chen Yuncheng saw the little girl at the intersection for the second time today.
The little girl looked seven or eight years old, perhaps more than that, because she was very thin, and the trousers on her legs looked very loose. Although the clothes were not dirty, they seemed to have been washed many times and had faded.
She appeared at the intersection when there were the most people commuting to and from get off work. She followed a group of passers-by across the road, her big eyes looking for a target to start with. But her luck was very bad. Yesterday, Chen Yuncheng saw her going back and forth at the intersection many times and couldn't find it. Today, when she just stretched out her hand, a traffic policeman came to the intersection on a motorcycle to direct the traffic. Retracted, put his hands into his jacket pockets, and slowly left along the street.
Chen Yuncheng retracted his gaze, the chair under him raised his legs, his body leaned back, his arms were behind his head, and his two long legs were placed on the container, and he continued to watch the ball game on the TV.
Until a regular customer came to buy cigarettes, Chen Yuncheng put his legs down from the counter and opened the glass cabinet to get him cigarettes.
The old customer took the cigarette case with one hand, touched the lighter with the other, and said, "The temperature has cooled these two days."
Chen Yuncheng said: "Yeah, it's time to find out the down jacket and put it on."
The patron nodded, touched the lighter on his body, lit a cigarette and walked out.
I don't know if it's because it's too cold. From the past two days to 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening, Chen Yuncheng's canteen is almost out of business. He will pull down the shutter halfway down, so that the light and sound of the store can penetrate through the lower half of the door. Get out, so that the patrons who come to buy cigarettes will knock on the roller shutters outside and head in from below.
And Chen Yuncheng wouldn't be too cold to sit inside and watch TV. Putting a small heater by his feet was enough to warm the entire small shop with a small area.
There was a spy war movie on the TV, and Chen Yuncheng watched it a little carelessly, until he suddenly heard someone knocking on the rolling shutter door, he subconsciously sat up straight, and shouted, "Just come in, the door hasn't closed yet."
A young woman with a child in her arms struggles to get in under the shutters.
"Jiajia?" Chen Yuncheng was a little surprised, "Why are you?"
The woman's name is Gu Yaojia. In fact, Chen Yuncheng doesn't know her full name. She only knows that she is Zhou Yan's girlfriend. When Zhou Yan calls her Jiajia, she calls her Jiajia.
Gu Yaojia's hair was a little messy. She ruffled her hair first, and said unsteadily, "Brother Cheng, have you seen Zhou Yan today?"
Chen Yuncheng shook his head.
The child in Gu Yaojia's arms stretched her arms restlessly. She looked down at the child and said, "he hasn't come back. I can't get through even if I call him. I don't know where he went."
Chen Yuncheng said, "He didn't come to me."
Gu Yaojia asked, "then can you help me find him?"
Chen Yuncheng picked up his mobile phone, dialed Zhou Yan's number first, found that the other party's mobile phone was off, then looked at Gu Yaojia and asked, "Is he going to KTV?"
"He resigned," Gu Yaojia said.
"Resign?" Chen Yuncheng asked strangely, "Why resign?"
Gu Yaojia shook her head.
Chen Yuncheng hesitated for a moment, then took Zhang Wenyong's phone number, but the other party didn't answer after several rings. He hung up the phone, looked at Gu Yaojia's pitiful appearance with the child in his arms, and said, "I'll go to KTV to find someone to ask, you Do you want to come with me?"
Gu Yaojia said, "I'm not going, the baby is not feeling well."
Chen Yuncheng nodded, "Then go back first."
Gu Yaojia took the child and left first.
Chen Yuncheng turned off the ceiling lights in the store, and when he got out from under the shutter door, he saw Gu Yaojia's back.
Gu Yaojia looks very young. Even if she has a child, Chen Yuncheng suspects that she is still under twenty years old. She and Zhou Yan moved in together for about three months, and then became pregnant and gave birth to a child. The two rented in an old community only a few minutes away from Chen Yuncheng's small shop, and they have not yet obtained a marriage license.
Chen Yuncheng pulled down the rolling shutter door, stepped on it with his foot, locked it from the outside, then wrapped his down jacket tightly and walked towards the subway station.
It has been almost three years since I bought this down jacket. It was not expensive when I bought it. From time to time, a feather would come out from the fabric. Now Chen Yuncheng doesn't know if it's a psychological effect, but I always feel that it is getting thinner and thinner.
Should I buy a new one in a few days, Chen Yuncheng thought about it as he walked forward.
No matter how cold it is outside, the subway station is still warm, and after the rush hour, the flow of people has not decreased too much. Chen Yuncheng squeezed into the subway car and still has no seat. He stood in the corner, took out his mobile phone and glanced at it, but he didn't see it. Zhang Wenyong returned his call. In fact, he and Zhang Wenyong hadn't been in contact for a long time. If it wasn't for Zhou Yan's business, he would not be very willing to contact Zhang Wenyong.
The KTV where Zhou Yan works is called Guangcai World. It is a newly opened KTV located on a street full of bars and restaurants. Zhou Yan went to work with Zhang Wenyong about three months ago. He worked as a waiter in KTV, and it was Zhang Wenyong's thug who came to make trouble.
The door of the KTV is two automatic glass doors. When people approach, the doors naturally open to both sides. The floor in the middle is covered with a red carpet, and the yellow characters that are unbearable are written: Welcome.
When Chen Yuncheng entered, he passed a man who was walking out. The distance was a little closer, and both of them turned sideways.
The man was taller than Chen Yuncheng. Chen Yuncheng himself was 1.81 meters. He guessed that the other party estimated that he was about 1.87 to 1.88 meters. He was wearing a long black coat and the leather shoes under his feet were dark and shiny.
At the moment of passing by, Chen Yuncheng looked up at the man subconsciously, just as the man looked down at him, so Chen Yuncheng was seeing that handsome and slightly indifferent face.
Chen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment, he stopped, and the man had raised his head and walked out. When Chen Yuncheng looked back, he could only see his straight back, and smelled a very light and cold perfume.
The glass door slowly closed, Chen Yuncheng stood still, and saw the man walking towards a dark gray Land Rover parked on the side of the road, and the Land Rover followed the man's approach and flashed its headlights.
Through the glass door, Chen Yuncheng kept seeing the man getting into the car, and then he took a deep breath, turned and walked inside.
A waiter greeted him and asked him if he was singing.
Chen Yuncheng shook his head, saw a familiar face at the service bar, walked over and asked, "Xiao Ou, is Brother Yong there?"
Xiao Ou, who was wearing a waiter uniform at the bar, raised his head, saw Chen Yuncheng's face, and was instantly a little surprised, and said, "Brother Cheng, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Chen Yuncheng smiled and asked again, "Brother Yong is not here today?"
Xiao Ou shook his head, "It's generally fine now, Brother Yong won't come." After speaking, he tentatively said, "Brother Cheng, please call Brother Yong directly if you have anything."
Chen Yuncheng didn't say that Zhang Wenyong didn't answer his phone, but asked, "Where's Zhou Yan? Have you seen him today?"
Xiaoou said, "Zhou Yan has resigned for several days."
Chen Yuncheng remembered what Zhou Yan's girlfriend said. It turned out that Zhou Yan had really resigned. He asked, "Why did Zhou Yan resign?"
Xiao Ou shook his head, he lowered his head and mechanically sorted out the receipts in his hand, then raised his head and lowered his voice and said to Chen Yuncheng, "I heard Zhou Yan and Brother Yong quarreled a few days ago, I don't know if it was because of This resignation."
Chen Yuncheng then asked, "What are they arguing about?"
Xiaoou said in a low voice, "I don't know, but I heard that Zhou Yan wanted to borrow money."
Chen Yuncheng nodded, and he said to Xiao Ou, "Thank you." Then he walked out from the KTV hall.
When going out, Chen Yuncheng took out his mobile phone and tried to dial Zhou Yan's phone, but it still didn't turn on, so he didn't notice that the Land Rover that the man in the black coat was on was still parked on the side of the road, with the lights off at all. moved.