Shopping malls in midsummer are always crowded. The two of them nibbled on ice cream, enjoyed the free air-conditioning, and wandered around aimlessly. Their topics ranged from on-campus to off-campus, from beautiful scenery to delicious food, from celebrity gossip to movies, TV, and music. They covered almost everything. Anyway, when the two of them were together, they always had endless things to talk about.
"… Didn't Principal Zhang ask you to participate in the National Physics Competition? I heard that you never went to the extracurricular training camp once. Did you just stand him up?"
Wen Liang coughed dryly and said, "It's not that I'm standing you up, I'm just too busy lately and can't find the time."
Xu Yao rolled her eyes at him coquettishly and said, "You can't find time to study, but you can find time to go to Guanshan to play?"
"How can it be the same? Coming to see you is much more important than participating in the competition."
Xu Yao was very pleased with Wen Liang's flattery. She took two steps forward, and then seemed to remember something funny. She turned around and chuckled, saying, "You were right not to go. The top physics students in Class 1 have been there for a month, and some of them have started to grow white hair. A teacher who complains every day and gives such inhumane questions must have a physiological brain circuit disorder..."
"What? What disease?"
"To put it simply, it's a pervert!"
The two walked and talked, and went into any store they liked. In a short time, they had several large bags of things in their hands, including clothes, shoes, sunglasses, and small accessories. They had almost everything a girl liked. Xu Yao didn't want Wen Liang to spend money, and she didn't lack these things, but Uncle Wen's words made her laugh and accept it:
When does a man feel the most accomplished? When a woman's eyes stay on something for more than three seconds, and he can say to the waiter without changing his expression: Pack them all!
Wen Liang was still very excited after strolling around the mall for most of the time, but Xu Yao couldn't stand it anymore and asked to take a break. The two of them sat on a bench in the aisle. Xu Yao gently bumped into Wen Liang's shoulder and said, "Are you still going to run around in a few days?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on the situation. What's wrong?"
Xu Yao pouted and said, "Your birthday? You even forgot it?"
Wen Liang took a while to react, and slowly leaned back on the bench, smiling, "I really forgot, it's been another year so quickly..."
"We agreed that you can't be absent on that day. Everyone agreed that they would celebrate for you."
Wen Liang might be the only one among this group of friends who makes others afraid of not being able to find him on his birthday. The reason why Xu Yao emphasized this instead of giving a surprise in secret is because she was afraid that the protagonist would not be found on the day and instead of giving a surprise, he would be frightened.
"OK, I promise!" Wen Liang stretched and said, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat tonight?"
"You're treating me? If you treat me, I want steak!"
"How great is your ambition? Come on!"
As the two turned to leave, a girl came out of the clothing store not far to the left. It was Zhuo Mingjing who had met at Tang Ye's house. She stared at Wen Liang's back, gritted her teeth, and said viciously: "Where can you run to!"
After leaving the mall, Wen Liang said, "Guanshan is your territory, where can I find delicious steak?"
Xu Yao stood on tiptoe and looked around. She put her finger on her chin and thought for a while. She pointed to a place two or three streets away and said excitedly, "There. I remember there is a western restaurant there that serves pretty good steaks."
Wen Liang was about to speak when his cell phone rang. Chang Cheng said on the phone, "There is a girl following you at nine o'clock."
Wen Liang pretended to turn his head casually, and just in time saw a figure flash into the corner. Although he didn't see the face clearly, the clothes and figure had already told him the answer.
It really is a haunting ghost!
"Boss, how about I take care of it?"
"Don't worry about her, just follow her secretly."
After Wen Liang hung up the phone, Xu Yao asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Liang smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, let's go eat steak!"
There were many customers in the western restaurant. Wen Liang and Xu Yao found a seat near the inside and called the waiter to order. Zhuo Mingjing hid behind a billboard opposite the western restaurant. After confirming that Wen Liang and Xu Yao were going inside to eat, he quickly took out his phone from his bag and dialed a number. Then he stared at the door of the western restaurant, fearing that he would miss Wen Liang when he came out after eating.
The scorching summer heat still exerted its power even in the evening. Soon she was sweating profusely, feeling dizzy, and her clothes were wet and stuck to each other. She felt so uncomfortable.
"Why haven't you come yet, you bunch of rubbish, rubbish!"
Zhuo Mingjing stamped her feet, took out her cell phone and checked the time. In fact, it was only a dozen minutes since she called to call the people. Even Superman couldn't make it in time. But the eldest lady didn't care about that. She made another call and said angrily: "I'll give you three minutes. If you don't show up in front of me within three minutes, I will never let me see you again!"
Five minutes later, two Toyota commercial vehicles whizzed past three red lights like crazy and came from the other end of the street. When the cars stopped on the side of the road, a tall and imposing man opened the door and walked towards the billboard.
"Mingjing, what happened? Why are you calling me here so urgently?"
"Uncle Hu, I'm being bullied, do you care?"
The man called Uncle Tiger laughed and said, "Does anyone in Guanshan dare to bully you?"
Zhuo Mingjing exploded immediately and said, "How could there be none? Just today, a country bumpkin mocked me for having no breasts, no development, no manners, and no taste. He also said that I was a mad dog biting people randomly..."
Uncle Hu's face darkened and he asked, "Where is he? What does he look like?"
Zhuo Mingjing pointed to the western restaurant and said, "He's over there. He's about 15 to 20 years old, about 1.70 meters tall, wearing a white T-shirt, black pants and casual shoes. Uncle Hu, I want you to teach him a lesson. It's best to teach his stinky mouth a lesson."
Uncle Hu nodded and said, "It's too hot. You should leave here first. Leave this to me. Don't worry."
"No, I'll watch here. I must see him get into trouble with my own eyes to vent my anger!" Zhuo Mingjing didn't know why he was so angry with Wen Liang.
Uncle Hu was obviously very fond of Zhuo Mingjing and said, "Okay, I'll leave two people to accompany you. If you have any questions, just call them."
After he turned around and was about to leave, Zhuo Mingjing suddenly stopped him and said, "By the way, there is a beautiful girl with him. Don't hurt her, and... don't scare her. Just teach that brat a lesson."
Uncle Hu nodded again and strode over. A dozen people got off the business car and followed him. They kicked open the door of the western restaurant and scattered to look for people, causing chaos.
The restaurant manager came out and said with a big smile: "Who are you..."
Before he could finish his words, he was pushed away by someone and almost stumbled to the ground. Uncle Hu looked around and saw no one who looked like Zhuo Mingjing. He signaled his men to grab the restaurant manager and asked, "Are there two young people coming to eat, a man and a woman?"
The restaurant manager was sweating and said, "I, I... I don't, don't know..."
Bang!
A slap hit his face, and someone yelled, "How could you, as a manager, not know that?"
"Brother, I, I really don't know. I have always been in the back, and the waiter will greet the customers when they come in..."
"Who was receiving guests at the front?"
The manager didn't care about much anymore and said to a waiter in the corner, "Xiao Wang, have you seen two people like this?"
Xiao Wang's face turned pale and he dared not speak. Uncle Hu walked over and said in a friendly manner, "Don't be afraid. I won't cause you any trouble. Just answer my questions. Have you seen these two people?"
Xiao Wang nodded quickly.
"Where are they?"
"Just now, just now they said they wanted to play a joke on their friends, gave me fifty yuan, and asked me to lead them through the employee passage at the back..."
"How long have you been gone?"
"About ten minutes..."
Uncle Hu frowned, which meant that from the time Zhuo Mingjing saw the two people come in to the time they left, they only stayed in the western restaurant for less than ten minutes. Even if he didn't like western food, he knew that ten minutes was definitely not enough for a meal. It seemed that the other party had been prepared and was just teasing Zhuo Mingjing.
"snort!"
Uncle Hu's eyes turned cold. Teasing Zhuo Mingjing was just teasing him, and those who teased him would never have a good ending!
Since the person had not been caught, there was no point in staying. Uncle Hu led his men to leave. Just as they reached the door, two police cars rushed over. Eight or nine policemen with guns surrounded Uncle Hu and others in a fan shape, shouting, "Don't move!"
Uncle Hu has been in Guanshan for so long, and it’s not the first time that he has been pointed at with a gun, but this is the first time he has encountered it in broad daylight in a downtown area. He was a little dumbfounded for a moment.
Not to mention that it's not a big deal to come in and find someone, even if they smashed the store, it wouldn't cause the police to fire their guns. Besides, it was only three or five minutes since they came in, who would be so blind to call the police? Even if someone called the police out of boredom, the police wouldn't come so quickly. When did the police in Guanshan become so dedicated to their work and so quick to respond
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, which branch are you from?"
Uncle Hu was a man of the scene after all, so he slowly raised his hand and said with a smile: "I am an old friend of Director Li of your City Central District Branch. There must be some misunderstanding."
Because it was already dark, a policeman could only see Uncle Hu's face clearly at this time and asked in a lost voice: "Deng Hu?"
Uncle Hu narrowed his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Director Li, it turns out to be you. What's going on?"
Since it was Deng Hu who was here, Director Li realized that there might be some misunderstanding, so he asked his men to collect their guns and said, "We received a call from 110 saying that someone was robbing with a gun, so we rushed to the scene. We didn't expect you to be here. I wanted to ask you, what are you doing?"
Deng Hu seemed to understand something and asked, "How long ago did you call the police?"
"About ten minutes..."
"Oh shit!"
Deng Hu punched the door frame, making a dent in it, and said, "We were all fooled by this kid!" (To be continued)