When they arrived at the place, Xiang Huan found out that Xiao Wu lived quite close to him, only ten minutes' drive away.
It's the old residential area near her home that has never been demolished. The houses are almost 20 years old and have not been developed or renovated due to various reasons.
In the past, before anything happened to the Xu family, I once wanted to take action on this area, but later I gave up because it was too difficult.
Xiao Wu lived in a bungalow, and the barbecue was going on right at the door. As soon as he walked over, he saw a variety of rich ingredients, and his mouth and nose were already occupied by the aroma.
Xiang Huan wanted to sit down and start eating right away, but when he saw Chengye flipping meat skewers in front of the barbecue, he burst into laughter for no reason.
Xiao Wu asked her why she was laughing, and said hello to Cheng Ye, saying that someone had already taken it over.
Narino continued to grill the skewers without raising his eyes, looking quite decent.
Before Xiang Huan continued to walk forward, he looked around and found that she, Cheng Ye and Xiao Wu were the only three people there, and no one else was seen.
"Just you two here?" Xiang Huan wasn't sure, so he asked Xiao Wu.
"The new little flower won't come to a place like this with us. It's just the three of us. Come and sit down. I'll get a drink. What do you want to drink?" Xiao Wu said and trotted into the house to open the refrigerator.
"Cold Coke! Sugar-free." After Xiang Huan shouted, he also walked next to Chengye.
Wearing a mask, Chengye squinted to avoid the puff of smoke blown by the wind, and asked Xiang Huan what vegetables he wanted to grill and if he could see if the ones he had prepared would work.
"I want to eat roasted mushrooms, roasted peppers, roasted corn..." Xiang Huan muttered, turning around to see that the items she mentioned were all prepared on the table next to her.
Wash them clean, put them on bamboo sticks and line them up
The team is waiting for her to choose.
"Bring it here and put it on top." Narino asked her to do it herself.
Xiang Huan took a large handful and placed it on the barbecue grill in front of Chengye, asking him when he learned this.
"Inside, I just remembered it after hearing it from my friends. It's not difficult." Narino answered easily, without stopping his hand movements.
Xiang Huan's face darkened when he heard it, but he didn't say anything and quickly helped flip various things on the barbecue grill.
Xiao Wu came out with a drink, looked at the scene of them working together, and sighed with emotion.
"Whatever you want to say, don't hold it back, just let it out." Cheng Ye finally raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Wu and said this.
Xiang Huan didn't raise his head and continued to flip through the vegetable skewers she picked one by one. He also reminded Cheng Ye that some of the meat skewers were about to get burnt, so he should flip them over quickly.
Cheng Ye was not in a hurry, but he turned over it as Xiang Huan pointed.
Xiao Wu came over, took a bottle of iced Coke and handed it to Xiang Huan, and then said that he just wanted to say that his Ye brother and Xiang Huan looked so good as a couple standing together grilling skewers like this.
Cheng Ye gave Xiao Wu a fierce roll of his eyes.
"Get lost." Xiang Huan simply gave Xiao Wu a local curse word in Lincheng.
Xiao Wu laughed and joined in the skewers.
When he finally sat down to eat, Xiao Wu let them eat first while he stayed and continued baking.
Cheng Ye took Xiang Huan to sit down and start eating. When he handed her a bunch of roasted corn, he asked who the neighbor he met today was and whether he had known her before.
Xiang Huan bit into a mouth full of corn kernels. The burnt smell made her close her eyes and feel quite satisfied. After chewing for a few times, she answered that she met the neighbor on the floor above.
"I'm asking you if I've known each other before." Narino wasn't satisfied.
If you like this answer, continue to ask.
Xiang Huan's mind was racing, thinking about whether to tell him the truth and what the consequences would be.
Xiao Wu then brought over a few skewers of freshly grilled pork tendons, temporarily giving Xiang Huan more time to think. She secretly looked at Cheng Ye's face.
"I'm really not a stranger when I meet you. You know me too." After Xiao Wu walked away, Xiang Huan decided to tell Cheng Ye the truth.
There was no surprised look on Chengye's face. After hearing this, he just thought about it carefully, then raised his eyelids and stared at Xiang Huan, asking if it was a boy or a girl.
"Male." Xiang Huan bit
After taking a bite of grilled mushrooms, I wonder if Narino can guess it right the first time.
Narino didn't eat grilled vegetables, so he picked up a skewer of mutton and bit into a piece of it, saying that it was such a coincidence that it was him.
"Hmm." Xiang Huan responded without meaning, lowering his head to avoid Chengye's gaze.
She thought he had guessed who the neighbor was.
"The owner of the house upstairs is not his name, he is a woman."
Narino continued to bite the skewers and turned his attention to Xiao Wu who was continuing to grill the skewers.
"I know. He said he didn't buy the house, but was lent it to him by a friend. Do you know who the owner is?" This time it was Xiang Huan who asked.
Narino looked away and nodded, "I know, if I want to go there with you in the future, I always have to investigate the neighbors first."
Xiang Huan felt uncomfortable after hearing this.
"The landlord is a frequent visitor to [Fu Huan], and you may have seen her legal husband," Narino stopped here.
Xiang Huan is sensitive to what he might hear.
"The landlord's legal husband was one of the first people Pan Ning looked for when he brought you to the city."
Sure enough it is
so.
Xiang Huan went through the men she knew related to Pan Ning in her mind, and a vague face jumped out.
He remembered that the man's surname was Zhang. He was the boss of a large supermarket in Lincheng back then, and he was one of those people who started from scratch with his wife after the reform and opening up.
I haven't heard anything about this man for a long time. I only know that he immigrated abroad a few years ago.
It turns out that his wife is still in Lincheng and is a frequent visitor to Fu Huan.
Although Xiang Huan knew the information about the regular customers of the club, it was not so clear after all that this person should be one of them.
"What's the name of the landlord?" Xiang Huan didn't bother to guess and asked Cheng Ye directly.
Just after she asked, Xiang Huan suddenly remembered something. She remembered the scene when she saw Xu Jiandong get into the luxury car driven by the female boss.
"Is it...Jiang Qiqiao?" She said the name and waited for Narino to confirm.
Cheng Ye nodded silently and asked Xiao Wu to come over and eat it while it was hot. There was no need to cook it any more.
Jiang Qiqiao is indeed a frequent visitor to the club, but he rarely has contact with Xiang Huan, so he doesn't know much about him.
If Xiang Huan remembered correctly, Xu Jiandong's first customer on the night of reopening should be this female boss.
Could it be that the contact that night led him to lend Xu Jiandong such a big house so quickly... Xiang Huan didn't want to think about it further.
Cheng Ye didn't talk about it anymore. He and Xiao Wu chatted about business matters while eating, and didn't talk much to Xiang Huan.
It wasn't until he was about to leave after eating that Xiang Huan asked Chengye if he wanted to change places since he knew that the neighbor above the "Bird Cage" was Xu Jiandong.
"You didn't tell him what happened to this house." Cheng Ye asked Xiang Huan.
"I didn't say it. It's not necessary."
Chengye gave the choice to Xiang Huan and let her
Decide what to do. If you want to change places, that's fine. Give her a day to think about it.
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