Ning Xi didn't expect that Lei Fang had made the mistake. She was immediately annoyed and said, "Lei Fang!"
"He has good intentions, otherwise I would still be kept in the dark by you. If I were to foolishly leave the capital like this, how would I forgive myself if something happened in the future?"
Wen Liang sighed inwardly, he indeed owed him a big favor. No matter what Lei Fang's purpose was, at least he appreciated it.
Things had already gone off the track Ning Xi had planned. Her original plan was to keep everything a secret from Wen Liang, so that he could leave the capital safely, and she would handle the rest herself. However, because of Lei Yu's quick words, Ning Xi decided to have this conversation this morning. She didn't expect that the more she explained, the more things got messed up, and Wen Liang easily revealed all the secrets.
In this case, Ning Xi was not a hypocritical person, so she no longer concealed anything and told him all the information about Yang Zong. Just as Wen Liang said, she couldn't trick him into leaving, so she couldn't hold back anything, otherwise it would really kill him in the end!
Lei Fang sent a capable person to follow Yang Zong for almost two months and found that his daily routine was very regular. Apart from going to work and returning home, he would go to the bowling alley with a few friends. Occasionally, he would go to watch a few dramas, or go to the overpass to listen to a crosstalk club that had just gained some fame among the common people. Of course, only Wen Liang knew how famous the unknown crosstalk actor who founded the club would become in the future. However, in 1996, he was still struggling to survive with crosstalk, a declining art form.
This kind of life is a portrayal of many people in Beijing. There is no debauchery, no extravagance, just an ordinary job, a leisurely and stable life, personal interests and hobbies, and a few friends to talk to. Yang Zong is like a strange blue among the red children, not so dazzling, not so outstanding, but making people feel peaceful and easy to approach.
Faced with such a person, not to mention Ning Xi, even Lei Fang was a little crazy, and he also came up with a lot of bad ideas. After all, he and Yang Zong were cousins, so he could only think of more sinister and vicious ways, which could be regarded as killing relatives for the greater good. However, these ways might be suitable for outsiders, but for Yang Zong, it would only make things worse. Ning Xi only intended to protect herself, but she did not intend to bring such a terrible enemy like the Lei family to the Ning family under the current situation.
Things took a turn for the better not long ago. A clever guy under Lei Fang, who was a dedicated researcher, created an activity data chart with the professionalism of the FBI in the movies. He then drew a big circle with the midpoint of the line connecting his home and workplace as the axis and his approximate range of activities as the radius. He marked the places with high frequency of appearance in the circle, and then connected them into lines to find the connection points. After staring at this straightforward chart for three days, he suddenly found that a place appeared many times in Yang Zong's daily life. Yes, his workplace and home appeared more often, but this place was different. It looked inconspicuous and unimportant, so this number of times was very abnormal!
It was a coffee shop that was almost out of his range of activities, close to the third ring road, and there were no big companies or office buildings nearby. Although the decoration and taste were acceptable, it was not even up to par in Beijing. Yang Zong's life was not too particular, but as a child of a high-ranking official, the places he usually went to were not too bad. No matter from which aspect, this coffee shop did not conform to his aesthetics or habits!
So the investigation began to deepen. After five close tracking observations, it was found that every time Yang Zong came to the coffee shop, he would sit in the same seat, and the same waitress would bring him a cup of Tanzanian Peaberry coffee. After sitting for fifteen minutes, he would pay the bill and leave. The whole process was quiet and dull. The only conversation was just four sentences: "a cup of Peaberry", "OK", "your coffee" and "thank you", or four extremely simple words!
After paying the bill, Yang Zong would drive away, and come back a few days later to repeat the same thing. If it was just like that, perhaps nothing would be found, but one time, when the car passed the transparent glass window of the coffee shop, it actually slowed down and cruised on the street at a snail's pace, even ignoring the loud horns of the cars behind it. This was very different from Yang Zong's usual behavior, so it attracted the attention of the stalker.
Yang Zong rolled down the window in the car and stared blankly inside through the glass window of the cafe. At the end of his sight, a long-haired girl in a cafe work uniform was taking an order.
The people who were following him had suspected that Yang Zong came for a girl in the store, otherwise why would he always ask the same waiter to serve him? But after trying every possible means, they still couldn't find any ambiguity between him and the waitress, and they never thought that he was here for another girl who had never met him before!
"I see." Wen Liang put his hands on the railing, leaned over and looked at the fish pond under the corridor, tapped his fingers lightly, and said, "Did you get the information of that girl?"
"Her name is Lu Zhenzhen, she is 20 years old, from Xichuan, and her family lives in a remote and poor rural area. She has five younger sisters and a younger brother who just turned one year old. Lu Zhenzhen has been excellent in both character and study since she was young, and her grades are very good. She was admitted to the county high school with the highest score in the county in junior high school, but because of the heavy burden on her family, she dropped out of school and came to Beijing to work. She has worked in five jobs in total. Before coming to the coffee shop, she worked as a cashier in a bathhouse. Because a drunk customer saw that she was good-looking, he made a move on her and the situation got out of control, so she resigned. But what's interesting is that Yang Zong happened to be bathing in this bathhouse with a few friends that day, and the drunk guy was also arrested for tax evasion two days later - this can't be a coincidence!"
"So, it turns out that this Young Master Yang, who almost became a saint, still knows a little bit about power and tactics!" Wen Liang narrowed his eyes and said, "Since he knows about power and tactics, then there is nothing that cannot be discussed..."
"I think so too. With Lu Zhenzhen, we can negotiate with Yang Zong!"
As for what to talk about, Wen Liang certainly understood that it was nothing more than maintaining a superficial marriage and working together to deal with the elders of both sides. However, since he knew all this, he would not let Ning Xi endure such humiliation again.
"It's okay to talk, but not in your way, but in my way!" Wen Liang chuckled and said, "But before I talk to Yang Zong, I have to find a way to meet someone first!"
"who?"
"Ning Huchen!"
(There are a lot of trivial things to do during this period, so I can only try my best to keep going, but I remember the words I owe, and I will make up for them all in two days) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued)