Shen Bing asked, "What happened to Zhang Xiaochuan?"
Chen Gulong looked up and asked her in surprise: "You know him too?"
"I know him. Isn't he a little ruffian?"
"Yes, but he's dead. Someone found his body on the outskirts of the city this morning. His face was green. I heard he seemed to have been scared to death by a ghost." Chen Gulong said with fear in his eyes.
Shen Bing curled her lips and said, "It's what they deserve. This kind of person would better go to hell after death."
I was afraid that she would get more and more excited and let the whole thing slip, so I quickly coughed twice and said, "Today is the first time we comrades sit together for a drink after five years, so let's not talk about those things that spoil the mood. Come on, everyone, have a drink!"
As soon as he picked up the wine glass, Ma Yunxi said with concern: "Your foot is injured, you can't drink."
"Just drink a little." I said and Chen Gulong and I turned the three-liang wine glass upside down.
In the army, we all drink from bowls or large teacups. The large teacups can hold a bottle of wine at a time. We drink from a teacup at the beginning of the drinking session. This is nothing. According to the Cantonese, it is just a drizzle!
We had a drink, and then Chen Gulong’s girlfriend toasted me and I had another drink.
His girlfriend is called Tao Yiyi, a nice name and pretty. She is the public relations manager of a subsidiary of Guiren Group. Maybe it has something to do with her job, she smiles before she speaks, and her smile is very sweet. Her bright big eyes radiate a soul-stirring electric light. When I make eye contact with her, my heart starts pounding for no reason.
This is a top-notch product, this guy is really lucky. I thought to myself after looking away.
Tao Yiyi can drink quite a lot. She toasted with you, Shen Bing and the other three, and drank about 700 grams of wine. Her face didn't turn red and her mouth didn't gurgle. We couldn't help but look at her with admiration. What a heroine!
She asked me with a bright smile: "I always hear Gu Long mention you, where are you doing now?"
My face flushed. What a great job. I couldn't be great at home. I coughed twice and said, "I can barely make a living by running a small business in the countryside. It's not as good as Gu Long being the head of the security team."
"What's the glory? Isn't it your fate to run errands? It's better for you to run your own business freely. Come, let's have another drink!" Chen Gulong said with a smile.
This time Shen Bing and Ma Yunxi said at the same time: "No more drinking!"
Qu Mo observed the expression on his face and was very smart. He quickly said, "Yes, I have already drunk a lot. I can't drink any more."
I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Her addition made it seem like Ma Yunxi didn't care about me so much, and Shen Bing couldn't see the problem. If we talk about intelligence, it's still Qu Mo.
I had no choice but to listen to them, put the wine glass on the table, and said to Chen Gulong: "I want to go to the bathroom, please help me."
When we got to the bathroom, we both leaned against the sink. He handed me a cigarette, lit it, and said with a smile, "Brother, I can see that the gentle girl seems to be particularly concerned about you. The one behind you is the shrewd type, and it seems that she is here to help you out."
Wow, he saw through it all. I didn't want to say anything more about this, so I changed the subject and asked, "Zhang Xiaochuan was scared to death by a ghost, what was your boss's reaction?"
Chen Gulong frowned, exhaled a puff of cigarette and said, "Why are you so interested in Zhang Xiaochuan's affairs? It seems like you have a deep connection with him?"
I smiled bitterly. It was not easy to hide the truth from this kid, so I told him the truth: "Let me tell you, my brother has inherited his father's business and is now a Yin-Yang master. Some time ago, I met Zhang Xiaochuan in Guankou Town. He was involved in a murder case. This time, I came to Gui Village to find Shen Bing and found him sneaking around there. Later, a family of six was killed in that village, and a girl died tragically. She was beaten to death!"
"Do you suspect he was the murderer?" Chen Gulong asked with a frown.
"Yes, he also used evil spirits to kill an old man who helped me, so I asked him about it."
Chen Gulong suddenly laughed and said with a mocking tone, "It's hard to believe that you actually acted as a fortune teller and talked a lot in your sleep. There is no evil in this world. It's all caused by feudal superstition."
It doesn't matter if he doesn't believe it. There are many people who don't believe it. I don't have to force him to believe that there are ghosts in this world. Only when there is no ghost in your heart can you live happily.
I smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't believe it, why did you just say that Zhang Xiaochuan was scared to death by a ghost?"
"Those are all rumors. The boss wanted me to accompany him to the funeral home this morning to see how his disappointing brother died. But since you called me, I turned it down."
"So do you believe in Feng Shui?" I asked after taking a puff of my cigarette.
Chen Gulong rolled his eyes and said, "You mean, the other day the boss asked a fortune teller to look at Feng Shui?"
I said "hmm".
He sighed and said, "I do believe in Feng Shui to some extent. Because the company was always in trouble a few years ago, I once asked a Feng Shui master to look at it and set up a formation. Since then, the company has been smooth sailing."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Brother, Feng Shui is also superstition. If there is no evil spirit, why bother with Feng Shui?"
"They are two different things. Feng Shui is Feng Shui, and evil spirits are evil spirits. It doesn't matter."
Damn, this kid is so stubborn. It seems that sometimes being smart and being stubborn are not contradictory, and they can be good brothers.
I said in a convinced tone, "Okay, let's not talk about this. I have a favor to ask of you. Please help me find out who Zhang Xiaochuan hangs out with. You don't need to mention the people in Guankou Town, I know everything. Let's just talk about the people in the city."
Chen Gulong nodded and agreed: "Okay, you really asked the right person about this matter. I heard that a female employee under Yiyi is having an affair with Zhang Xiaochuan. I'll let Yiyi ask her."
We returned to the private room. Shen Bing had a drinking contest with Tao Yiyi. As a result, you can guess with your toes that she was beaten down. We said goodbye quickly. Chen Gulong carried me to the car himself. Qu Mo and Ma Yunxi helped Shen Bing get out.
Back in the guest room, Shen Bing vomited seven or eight times before she fell asleep peacefully. This girl could drink quite well, but compared to others, Tao Yiyi didn't show any sign of drunkenness at the end, which even scared me.
At this time Wang Zijun and Lu Fei came back.
They said that after we left last night, two more corpses of Liu Datou's family were found, which scared everyone away. I heard that the Shar Pei dog was not able to be dealt with, and they fled Gui Village in a panic with the police. Until dawn, they found another fortune teller, who pasted talismans on the corpses and performed rituals, and then hurriedly buried them in the morning.
Zhen Yuchun's body was sent home this morning. Wang Qinglan lost another relative and cried like a tearful person. I felt sad when I heard this.
When they left the money, Wang Qinglan was a very upright woman and refused to take it. They secretly gave it to Xiao Mao and then came back.