That night, Chen Mingsheng returned to Cuihu Hotel and called Lao Xu.
"You said they want to deliver the goods?" Old Xu's tone was a bit dignified, "Do you know when."
Chen Mingsheng sat by the bed and said, "I don't know the details yet."
Old Xu said, "Baiji... what do you think of his attitude now?"
Chen Mingsheng lit a cigarette and said, "I think it's okay, there should be nothing wrong with it, but—"
Old Xu said, "It's just nothing."
"However, I feel that he is more cautious now. I just came back, and I am still disabled. I should not let me do important tasks."
Old Xu said, "Do you think he avoided you on purpose?"
"This matter should have been planned for a while." Chen Mingsheng took a puff of cigarette and said, "I think they were very decisive when they left. They should be discussing something."
Old Xu was silent for a while, and then said: "Mingsheng, you have to find a way to clarify the matter."
"I know." Chen Mingsheng said, "I'll go to the garden tomorrow and find a chance to talk to Bai Ji."
Old Xu said: "If there is a real situation, we must find out the time."
Chen Mingsheng said, "Okay."
"Mingsheng." Old Xu said, "Be careful in everything."
"Don't worry." Chen Mingsheng flicked off the cigarette ash, remained silent for a while, and then said to Old Xu, "Old Xu, how did Captain Yan die?"
The phone was quiet for a long while, Chen Mingsheng could only hear the sound of breathing.
Old Xu said, "Mingsheng, don't worry about this."
"I asked you how Captain Yan died."
Old Xu took a deep breath and said, "We've been tricked. We were planning to make an arrest, but the news was false. A few days before the operation, Team Yan had already been targeted."
Chen Mingsheng was silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "Is it painful for him to walk?"
Old Xu's tone was a little hasty, as if he was suppressing something. He said to Chen Mingsheng: "Mingsheng, don't think about these things. Focus on your current work. You have to remember that you are a policeman."
It took Chen Mingsheng a long time before he replied, "Okay."
The next day, Chen Mingsheng drove to Jinning.
Jinning is located in central Yunnan, surrounded by mountains on three sides and Pingba on one side. In Kunyang Town, Jinning County, there is a memorial garden—Zheng He Park, which is an important tourist attraction in the area.
On the north side of Zhenghe Park, not far away, there is a single-family house hidden in the depths of the street, and passers-by will not notice it.
Bai Weiwei, Bai Ji's daughter, lives here, and Bai Ji calls this place "garden".
In fact, it is worthy of the name to call it a garden. The yard of this small villa is full of flowers and plants.
Chen Mingsheng parked the car at the door and went down with a cane. The garden was unlocked, so Chen Mingsheng pushed open the iron gate and went straight in. He saw Wu Jianshan in the garden.
"Jiang Ming." Wu Jianshan also saw him, and Chen Mingsheng walked over and said, "Why are you here?"
Wu Jianshan said: "Brother Bai is afraid that you won't be familiar with him if you leave for a long time, so let me greet you here."
Chen Mingsheng and Wu Jianshan walked into the house together, and Chen Mingsheng said, "How long have you been here?"
Wu Jianshan said, "I arrived early this morning."
Chen Mingsheng glanced at him and casually said, "You stayed late with Brother Bai yesterday?"
"Yeah." Wu Jianshan yawned and pushed open the door, "I went to the bathing center and stayed there until midnight."
This small villa is small in size, but the interior decoration is exquisite and the rooms are neat. There are floral wallpapers on the walls, small square rugs on the floor, flowers on the coffee table and lamp holders, which look very chic.
"Where's Vivi?"
"I haven't come back yet." Wu Jianshan brought Chen Mingsheng to the living room, and the two sat on the sofa. At this time, an aunt dressed as a housekeeper came out from the back room. Wu Jianshan said to her: "Get some melon seeds and peanuts, and then make a pot of tea. .”
The aunt nodded, said nothing, and turned to the back kitchen to prepare food.
Chen Mingsheng sat face to face with Wu Jianshan, and Chen Mingsheng said, "When will she come back?"
Wu Jianshan took out a cigarette, lit one, handed another to Chen Mingsheng, and said, "I don't know, it should be a while."
Chen Mingsheng lit a cigarette by Wu Jianshan's hand and said, "What is she doing now?"
Wu Jianshan said: "Brother Bai found someone to arrange a job for her."
Chen Mingsheng said, "Where is it?"
Wu Jianshan said: "In elementary school, I should be an English teacher."
Chen Mingsheng was taken aback, and said, "Teacher?"
Wu Jianshan smiled and said, "Yes."
While they were talking, there was the sound of car horns outside, and Chen Mingsheng and Wu Jianshan looked at the door at the same time.
After a while, the door was pushed open and a woman walked in.
The woman is about twenty-four or five years old, not tall, but very pretty. She almost ran into the room, and when she opened the door, her gaze was directly fixed on Chen Mingsheng who was sitting on the sofa.
"Ah Ming?" The woman opened her mouth slightly and looked at Chen Mingsheng, seemingly stunned. "... Ah Ming?"
Chen Mingsheng looked at her and said, "Weiwei."
Bai Weiwei's eyes opened wide, and slowly, those eyes gradually turned red. She threw the bag in her hand and rushed towards Chen Mingsheng.
"A name—"
Chen Mingsheng stood up, and Bai Weiwei rushed directly into his arms.
"Ah Ming! I knew you were not dead, I knew you were not dead!" Bai Weiwei pulled Chen Mingsheng's arm, tears streaming down her face.
Chen Mingsheng was knocked off balance by her and sat down on the sofa again. Bai Weiwei also fell down, and only then did she see Chen Mingsheng's legs.
"Yeah." Bai Weiwei seemed startled, "Ah Ming, what happened to your leg?"
Chen Mingsheng said, "It's nothing."
Bai Weiwei looked down at the amputated limb, her eyes seemed a little puzzled. She asked the same thing again, "Ah Ming, what happened to your leg?"
Chen Mingsheng looked into Bai Weiwei's eyes, which were a little different from before. Chen Mingsheng knew that she was about to make a mistake, took her hand, diverted her attention, and said, "I heard from Wu Jianshan that you are a teacher in elementary school?"
Bai Weiwei was still lowering her head just now, when she heard Chen Mingsheng's words, she reacted for a while, then raised her eyes, her eyes became clear again.
"Yes." Bai Weiwei said, "I was an English teacher in elementary school."
Chen Mingsheng said, "What do you like to do?"
"I like it." Bai Weiwei said like a little girl with a floral skirt, "I like teaching English, those children are very smart."
Chen Mingsheng nodded, and Wu Jianshan said beside him: "Weiwei, go clean up, brother Bai will come later, let's have dinner together tonight."
Bai Weiwei said, "Dad is coming too?"
Wu Jianshan said, "Well, I even bought you a present."
"Really?" Bai Weiwei turned to look at Chen Mingsheng and said, "Where is the gift?"
Chen Mingsheng and Wu Jianshan were taken aback at the same time, and Bai Weiwei's eyes were full of anticipation. Wu Jianshan opened his mouth to say something, but Chen Mingsheng gave him a look, and said to Bai Weiwei, "In my car, I'll give you tonight."
Bai Weiwei smiled happily. She gave Chen Mingsheng a hug, then turned and went upstairs.
Wu Jianshan saw her go, and smiled at Chen Mingsheng and said, "Did you buy her a present?"
Chen Mingsheng shook his head helplessly, Wu Jianshan glanced upstairs and said, "I won't be able to react to her problem for a while, thanks to you for being able to deal with it."
Chen Mingsheng lowered his head and took a puff of cigarette, and said, "What are you going to do, just follow her." He glanced at Wu Jianshan, and said, "Brother Bai will come over later?"
"Yeah." Wu Jianshan said, "It's because of your face that he rarely comes here."
Chen Mingsheng lowered his head and smoked, but didn't answer.
Bai Ji arrived at around eight o'clock in the evening, and there was only one driver to take him.
Bai Weiwei changed into a floral dress and sat beside Chen Mingsheng. Dinner is cooked by the chef and eaten in the restaurant on the first floor.
It was a pleasant meal.
Before dinner, Chen Mingsheng found Bai Ji and told him about the situation just now.
"Hey, borrow flowers to offer Buddha." Bai Ji said with a smile, "What I bought for my daughter has become a gift from you."
Chen Mingsheng smiled helplessly and said, "I forgot, I will make it up next time."
"Here, here you are." Bai Ji took a small gift box from the car, handed it to Chen Mingsheng, and said, "You give it to me, she must be happy that you gave it to me."
Chen Mingsheng gave the gift to Bai Weiwei, and Bai Weiwei opened it on the spot.
Inside was a hat, long lace, of a pale colour.
Bai Weiwei put the hat on her head and asked Chen Mingsheng, "Ah Ming, does it look good?"
Chen Mingsheng nodded, "It looks good."
"Take off your hat quickly, and eat first." Bai Ji said.
After the meal, Bai Weiwei pestered Chen Mingsheng and dragged him to her room to talk.
"Ah Ming, why haven't you come to me for so long?"
Chen Mingsheng said, "I'm recuperating outside."
Bai Weiwei looked down at his legs, with a sad expression on her face.
"Did you stop looking for me because your leg was broken?"
Chen Mingsheng smiled and said, "No."
Bai Weiwei said: "Don't be afraid, I can take care of you, I'll go to Dad for help."
Chen Mingsheng looked down at Bai Weiwei.
Bai Weiwei's eyes were very clear, just like a child's.
And she, in a sense, was indeed a child.
Eight years ago, when Chen Mingsheng first joined Bai Ji's organization, Bai Weiwei had just entered high school. Bai Ji protected Bai Weiwei very well, and he didn't let her know what he was doing. She only vaguely knew how many dance halls her father had opened, and she didn't know what those places looked like.
Once she got out of school early and went to one of them on a whim. The people inside didn't know her and asked her what she was going to do. Bai Weiwei said in a daze that she wanted to sing, and then waited for his father to come.
The folks from the dance hall opened a room for her, and Bai Weiwei went in, and there was a fruit plate, tea, and song list on the small tea table inside. At that time, the singing and dancing halls were different from what they are now. They were not very formal, and the inside was very messy. After Bai Weiwei entered, she regretted it a little. When she wanted to leave, she saw several couples in the corridor at the door, hugging each other dirty.
Bai Weiwei was so frightened that she turned around and locked the door.
At that time, she didn't have a mobile phone, and she just wanted to wait for her father to take her away.
But it just so happened that a few drunks came to the door, took the wrong way, knocked hard on Bai Weiwei's door, and yelled at the door.
The dance halls are all made of wooden doors, which were kicked and kicked open by a few drunks.
Bai Weiwei was so frightened that something went wrong.
At that time, Chen Mingsheng was also working in the dance hall. When he heard someone calling for help, he rushed into the private room and brought Bai Weiwei out.
When he asked her where her family was, Bai Weiwei couldn't say anything.
Chen Mingsheng took her to the hospital, and Bai Weiwei fell into a coma for two days before waking up.
She forgot that memory.
But she still remembered Chen Mingsheng.
When she told Chen Mingsheng that her father was Bai Ji, Chen Mingsheng knew that this time he had made money.
At that time, Chen Mingsheng wanted to get close to Bai Ji, and Bai Weiwei was a godsend.
Bai Ji was extremely angry at what happened to Bai Weiwei. All the staff in that song and dance hall were treated badly, with the exception of Chen Mingsheng.
"Ah Ming..." Bai Weiwei raised her head and whispered to Chen Mingsheng, as if talking about a secret.
"I know you work for my father. Don't be afraid that he will fire you if your leg is broken. I will intercede for you."
Chen Mingsheng smiled at her and said, "Thank you."
He looked out along the gap in the door. Wu Jianshan and Bai Ji were sitting on the sofa in the living room, not knowing what they were talking about. Chen Mingsheng turned to Bai Weiwei and said, "Do you like the gift I gave you?"
Bai Weiwei smiled and said, "I like it."
Chen Mingsheng looked at her with a faint smile, and there seemed to be something to say in his eyes. Bai Weiwei was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and said, "You want a gift too, right?"
Chen Mingsheng said, "Maybe."
Bai Weiwei said enthusiastically, "What do you want?"
Chen Mingsheng said, "I don't even ask for a gift."
Bai Weiwei frowned and said, "But I don't know what you like."
Chen Mingsheng said flatly, "You can ask others."
Bai Weiwei muttered to herself, "Who are you asking... That's right!" Bai Weiwei clapped her hands, ignored Chen Mingsheng, and ran out of the house all the way downstairs. Chen Mingsheng followed her and went downstairs a few steps slower. When he reached the corner of the stairs, he waited and did not show his face.
Bai Weiwei pulled Wu Jianshan away from Bai Ji and went to another room to talk.
Only then did Chen Mingsheng go downstairs.
Seeing him, Bai Ji greeted him, "Ah Ming, come, come and sit."
"Brother Bai." Chen Mingsheng leaned on his crutches and sat beside Bai Ji. After he called Bai Ji, he kept his head down and didn't say a word.
Bai Ji said, "Why, your complexion is not very good."
Chen Mingsheng shook his head.
Bai Ji leaned on the sofa, looked at Chen Mingsheng, and said, "Why, what can't you say to Brother Bai?"
Chen Mingsheng seemed to be hesitant. He hesitated for a long time before raising his head and saying to Bai Ji, "Brother Bai, do you think I'm useless?"
Bai Ji smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Chen Mingsheng looked at Bai Ji with firm eyes and said, "Brother Bai, if you believe in me, I can still do it."
Facing Chen Mingsheng's gaze, Bai Ji sighed, and said, "Hey, I'm just afraid that you have such thoughts." Bai Ji leaned forward slightly, and said, "You have enough brains, I know you should see Something happened."
Chen Mingsheng said: "If you think I can't do it, just tell me directly, I won't hang around here."
"Tsk." Bai Ji frowned, and said, "Don't think that way, many things have happened this year, I can't say that I will do other people's work for you as soon as you come back, and I have to save face for other brothers."
Chen Mingsheng lowered his head and remained silent.
Bai Ji patted Chen Mingsheng on the shoulder and said, "Ah Ming, I almost brought you all the way here, you have to trust me."
Chen Mingsheng suddenly said, "Brother Bai, that Liu Wei has too many distracting thoughts, he can't accomplish anything."
Bai Ji's hands paused slightly, and then he slowly grinned at Chen Mingsheng.
He leaned back on the sofa and said slowly, "Ah Ming, opportunities are always fair."
Chen Mingsheng looked at that smile, finally nodded, and said in a low voice, "Yes."
That night, Bai Weiwei asked Chen Mingsheng to live in the garden, Bai Ji strongly agreed, and Chen Mingsheng stayed in the guest room instead of leaving at night.
In the middle of the night, he lay in bed, thinking about dinner time.
No matter what, one thing is certain, that is, the shipment was real, and Liu Wei was responsible.
While Chen Mingsheng was thinking about how to get the accurate time, the door was quietly pushed open.
Chen Mingsheng looked at the door. Bai Weiwei was wearing a silk suspender pajamas, and she stood timidly at the door. She looks like she just took a shower and her hair is still a little wet.
"Ah Ming..."
Chen Mingsheng looked at her, and Bai Weiwei said, "Can I... can I sleep with you?"
Chen Mingsheng lay on the pillow, tilted his head to look at her, and said with a smile, "Come on."
Bai Weiwei shrugged happily, got on the bed, and lay beside Chen Mingsheng.
Chen Mingsheng didn't move, and she didn't dare to stretch out her hand, she just lay quietly on the side.
Chen Mingsheng turned his head sideways, looked at her timid expression, and suddenly thought of Yang Zhao uncontrollably.