In the morning, around 8 o'clock. Longcheng, Tianhong Port, Zhannan District.
Wei Xiangzuo sat on the sofa in his home, eyes half asleep, pouring some tea with his head down.
"Master, did you come back yesterday?" a man sitting opposite asked stiffly.
"Ah!" Wei Xiangzuo yawned, picked up the teacup and said, "Have some tea."
A waiter at the side pushed the cup of tea to the man and whispered, "Say what you said to me again to the waiter."
"Well, there's nothing much to say about this." The man scratched his head and narrated softly: "Since Mr. Gu's accident, I have been called to the police station four times, all of which were to ask me about my car."
"Are the two cars used by the criminals yours?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"Yes, those two trucks were water trucks I bought, and they didn't have any paperwork." The man immediately explained, "The purchase price was very cheap, and I had someone save some money again. I was originally planning to sell them to a small company working in the port. As long as they don't leave the port, there's basically no problem, and no one here will stop me."
"Then what?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
“Then the car was lost.” The man frowned and said, “It disappeared in the alley behind my sister-in-law’s restaurant.”
"When was it lost?" Wei Xiangzuo asked, holding a teacup.
The man recalled: "It should be the day before Mr. Gu's accident."
Wei Xiangzuo thought about it in his mind: "You didn't report it?"
"How do I report a water truck?" The man smiled and replied, "I'm in business. I have more than a dozen in my warehouse. It would be troublesome if I report it to the authorities. Besides, it doesn't cost much."
"Have you looked for it privately?" Wei Xiangzuo asked again.
"I looked for it, but couldn't find anything." The man shook his head. "The people in the port are familiar faces. They usually don't touch my things. When I lost it, I thought it was a kid from that area who came to steal it."
"Are you sure it was lost the day before Mr. Gu had the accident?" Wei Xiangzuo asked again.
"Sure, my sister-in-law called me the other day." The man nodded.
"Was the car moved before it was lost?" Wei Xiangzuo looked at the other party.
"Except for the two times I used it to transport goods to my sister-in-law's restaurant, it has basically never been moved." The man paused and replied, "It has always been parked there. As you know, this car is easy to sell and may be driven away at any time."
"Okay, I understand." Wei Xiangzuo nodded: "Thank you, Lao Lu!"
"What are you talking about? It's what we should do." The man replied with a smile.
"Then you go back first." He stood up and greeted the man.
"Okay!" The man stood up, bowed and looked at Wei Xiangzuo and said, "Then I'll go first, sit in the hall!"
"Okay!" Wei Xiangzuo replied politely.
The man was sent away, and Wei Xiangzuo sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
After a while, the leader came back after sending the people away and said to Wei Xiangzuo, "Brother, what he said is different from what the other side said. The Yu family said that the car appeared in Tianhong Port six days ago. This is true, but the car was lost the day before Mr. Gu's accident. This does not mean that the gunman arrived a week ago."
Wei Xiangzuo took a sip of tea, frowned and replied: "The car hasn't moved much, it may have been targeted a long time ago."
"Why do I feel that you trust that boy named Su very much?" He said with a smile.
"Why should I believe him?!" Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand and replied, "After Mr. Gu passed away, has the Ma Gang been peaceful these days?"
He thought for a while and said, "It's true that things are not going well. Old Xu has been contacting people during the two days we were away, and there will be a meeting tonight."
"I don't trust that guy named Su, but I don't want to be used as a gun for others." Wei Xiangzuo stood up and said, "Let's go to the harbor and wait for Xiaofeng to come back."
"What did he do?"
"What I want to know now is when these gunmen entered Longcheng." Wei Xiangzuo replied expressionlessly.
…
Su family.
Su Tianyu was sitting in the room, working on materials for the meeting.
From application, approval, filing to official recognition, social groups in Longcheng need to submit materials to the Longcheng Community Affairs Bureau for processing.
The Longcheng Civil Affairs Bureau has a high administrative level, but it does not have any subordinate service units. All units that need to handle matters only need to go to the Longkou District Bureau to draw lots and queue up, and the approval process is very cumbersome.
In order to avoid the situation where "one matter takes three years", Su Tianyu had no choice but to call Wang Daolin and ask him to introduce him to a friend in the Public Security Bureau so that he could go through the back door and quickly approve the procedures.
In the morning, Su Tianyu filled out the most important types of information at home according to the application form of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and then called Kong Zhenghui to prepare to go and meet the person introduced by Wang Daolin.
Before leaving, the third sister found Su Tianyu: "Brother! Are you busy?"
"Just finished, what's the matter?" Su Tianyu stood up with a smile.
The third sister blinked her eyes, walked over to Su Tianyu, and whispered, "I told Tianbei about Daxiong, and he said he would go check it out. Why didn't he hear anything in the end?"
Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment: "Ah, he took people to the air-raid shelter, but didn't find any clues."
"No?" the third sister asked.
"No." Su Tianyu shook his head.
"Alas." The third sister sighed, "Big Bear's life... is really hard."
"Originally I wanted to look for him and find a way to send him away, but I can't find him either, so there's really nothing I can do." Su Tianyu replied softly, "However, there have been a lot of incidents in Longcheng recently, and the police department has been very busy. The police force has been dispersed, and there are fewer people watching Daxiong. I guess this kid may have run away on his own."
"I hope he ran away." The third sister nodded slowly.
Su Tianyu glanced at him and said, "You care about him a lot."
"… Actually, apart from my family, I don't have many friends at the company." The third sister said emotionally, "The workers at the sanitation station are all grown men. Apart from work, we don't have many personal relationships. Only Daxiong is close to me. He is diligent and helps me with a lot of work at the company."
"Yeah." Su Tianyu nodded.
"… Oh, okay, go ahead and get busy!" The third sister raised her hair and said, "I'm going to the company."
"Okay, I'll go out first!" Su Tianyu nodded with a smile, patted the third sister's arm and said, "If Daxiong knew that you were thinking about him, he would probably be very happy."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm just concerned about you as a friend." The third sister rolled her eyes.
After the two finished their conversation, Su Tianyu took the information and left to find Kong Zhenghui and Dabai.
Before getting in the car, Su Tianyu sent a text message to Tianbei.
…
One o'clock in the afternoon.
In a tea shop in Tianhong Port, Wei Xiangzuo sat under a parasol and interrupted to ask, "How's the investigation going?"
"I sent out fifty or sixty people and asked around, and I got some information." A traveler sitting on a chair whispered, "About a week ago, a few strangers did come into the port. They didn't have anyone familiar to lead the way, so they stayed at the Xishuiting Foot Massage City on their first day."
Wei Xiangzuo paused and asked, "Can this be used against a gunman?"
“Normally it wouldn’t match, but after Mr. Gu passed away, these people haven’t appeared since.” Lu Xinghui.