Hou Weidong took another puff of cigarette, then scratched the back of his head: "I can't remember exactly what his name is. Mainly because he was more familiar with your father back then, and I had less contact with him, and I've really been with him for the past four years. I forgot, sorry."
I was not surprised by Hou Weidong's answer. Since I just saw a guilty look in his eyes, I understood that I might not be able to extract any useful information from him today.
"Then where is he from? Is he from Hong Kong City?"
Hou Weidong nodded: "Well, he is from Hong Kong City, but it doesn't matter whether he is still in Hong Kong City or not. I remember that this guy is quite rich. He also said before that he was going to settle in the provincial capital. Maybe he will go to the provincial capital. "
"Then do you and my dad have any other friends or brothers who also know this person?"
Hou Weidong shook his head: "It should be gone."
As he spoke, he asked me tentatively: "You seem to be very interested in this person. Why, does your father's disappearance have anything to do with him?"
I originally wanted to say that we were just getting to know the situation at the moment, and I would have to meet him to see if there was anything to do with him, but when I thought about it:
There is obviously something wrong with Hou Weidong. I have to play tricks on him now, why not deceive him?
I said, "I learned a little bit about the situation from others. It's not convenient for me to tell my uncle at the moment. I'll talk to my uncle later when I have more clues."
Hou Weidong was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and his smile looked a little stiff: "Okay... okay, it will be easier for you to talk to your uncle later. To be honest, I have such a good relationship with your dad. He has been missing for four years. I was also worried, hoping that nothing happened to him, but that he went out of town for some reason and never came back."
"Well, Uncle, do you have any information here? For example, what did you do after dinner that night? Did my dad go to bed or something?"
Hou Weidong then pretended to think about it seriously, and then explained it to me. In fact, it was no different from what Li Fugui said, and he did not allow me to extract useful information.
However, I still gained a lot from this trip today.
At least I knew there was something wrong with Hou Weidong. He must know something. I even thought about it, otherwise I would use the connections of the three masters to directly control Hou Weidong. I believe that under torture, he would definitely tell the truth. .
But I'm afraid that this will let other people involved get the news and run away. What should I do?
Especially my dad’s so-called friend.
I just released some ecstasy soup to Hou Weidong. I think he will definitely not sit still and wait for death. He may go looking for the fourth person. As long as I find someone to monitor him, I should be able to follow the clues and find the man.
From here, I went to find a local credit company, which has debt collection and even help people fight. I paid a high price and asked them to find two people to work in two shifts during the day and night to follow Hou Weidong, especially him. Whenever you come into contact with anyone, take a photo or record a video.
After coming out of the credit company, my bad premonition became stronger and stronger.
It seems that there is a higher chance that something will happen to my dad.
We didn't change shifts until seven in the evening. Because there was still some time, I also went to find my dad's other employees, but the other people knew even less information, and there was almost nothing gained.
At around four o'clock, when I was planning to go back to the dormitory, Xiao Taoxin suddenly called me.
After answering the phone, she said: "Zhang Yang, tomorrow is not the weekend. Our high school classmates are having a party at the Sihai Hotel. We will have dinner together at noon. You can come too."
Because Xiao Taoxin and Jiang Suisui are now sisters, I thought she had no good intentions when she asked me to attend the high school reunion.
I asked her: "Who organized it? It couldn't be you and Jiang Suisui, right?"
"Look at what you said. We were both bad students at first. We were so bad at studying. If we came to organize it, would anyone come? It was our squad leader who organized it."
"Really? Organized by the monitor?"
"I lied to you. I'm a dog."
"Okay, if it's organized by the squad leader, I'll go."
"Okay, tomorrow at 12 noon, VIP box room 508 of the Sihai Hotel, remember not to be late."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, I thought for a moment.
I think the biggest purpose of Xiao Taoxin and Jiang Suisui asking me to attend the class reunion might be to ridicule me. After all, I am a person who has been in prison. When the time comes, they will keep bringing up this topic in front of their classmates. I Isn't it embarrassing?
It's a pity. My three masters often taught me that before a person succeeds, the most worthless thing is his face. As long as he is not afraid of losing face, many things will be handled much easier and will not cause any trouble in his heart.
Don't you want to see me embarrassed?
Then I'll show it to you.
Besides, who will be embarrassed tomorrow is another matter.
By the way, when I returned to the dormitory, except Lao Hei and Ma Gan, the other four people were there.
Xiaopang was lying on the bed reading a novel, and the other three people set up a table to play landlord.
Although I slept in the same room as everyone last night, but we never met each other, I naturally took the initiative to say hello and introduce myself.
The three people playing cards also introduced themselves.
One of them was very white and dressed in a girly way, so he was nicknamed Sissy.
The other two are biological brothers or twin brothers. These two people are named Zhang Long and Zhang Hu. They are of average height and look.
After the sissy introduced herself, she couldn't wait to say to me: "I heard from Lao Hei that you prepared Chinese cigarettes for everyone in the dormitory, right? Where are the three of us?"
I said that the cigarettes were the leftovers from my previous smoking, and there were only three packs. But since we all lived in the same dormitory, I made sure to keep a bowl of water level, and I would fill up the empty bowls for the three of them later.
The sissy took it a step further and said: "Forget it, I'm not used to smoking such expensive cigarettes, and I feel distressed. Otherwise, you can give us the discount of the cigarette money, and we will give you another discount, five yuan per person." Ten will do.”
When the sissy said this, her tone was very serious, not a joke at all.
I think I gave you cigarettes just because I wanted to be polite to you. Do you really think I'm a coward and easy to bully? Still want to ask me for money?
Of course I won't get used to this.
But I didn't get angry immediately. Instead, I smiled and said, "Brother, aren't you kidding me?"
"Are you kidding? Who are you kidding? Hurry up, we are about to win money in Landlord." The sissy said, holding a pair of twos and slamming them on the table: "I'm going to explode!"
The fat guy next to me was still looking at me with a wry smile, with a helpless expression on his face, which meant that he couldn't help me either.
I ignored the sissy and went straight to my bed and lay down.
Sissy glanced towards me, and after seeing me lying down, he didn't say anything, but continued to play cards with others. When he was done shuffling the cards, he looked at me and urged: " New guy, what's your name, Yang?"
"Zhang Yang."
He said angrily: "Tsk, that name suits you very well. I think you are quite flamboyant."
I replied calmly: "I do show off in front of people I can't stand."
He snorted and began to deal the cards. As he dealt the cards, he said, "Do you want to give us Chinese cigarettes or not? If you don't want to give us money, then go out and buy cigarettes now."
"I'm tired now and don't want to go."
"Then tell me when you are not tired." He stopped dealing cards and turned to look at me.
Both his tone and his eyes became much colder at this time.
