early morning.
The magazine office is full of people coming and going as always, and the environment is noisy. The people here hurriedly walked out carrying a stack of documents, while the people over there walked quickly to their seats from the opposite direction carrying bags and cameras.
The sound of people, heated discussions, the sound of pages turning rapidly, and even the distant reproaches of seniors to juniors all poured into my ears.
So much so that the mixture became a unique and harsh background sound, and no one had to lower their voices in order to appear low-key - because no one could hear clearly what people three meters away were saying. After being in the Abalone House for a long time, once the habit becomes natural, this level of noise will no longer have much impact.
In a place like this, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties was standing in front of an empty seat, looking left and right, looking around slyly.
He's looking for someone. He has been wandering around this office area for a while.
And just as he was looking around nervously, a hand came quietly from behind and patted his shoulder.
"Friend, this person in the photo..." Liang An pointed to his hand, mid-sentence, as if he wanted to continue but stopped mid-sentence.
The young man turned his head. He was already busy and nervous, so he was naturally a little impatient at being disturbed. However, he still glanced back politely, and then said in surprise: "...it's me, what's wrong?"
Liang An seemed to understand, and showed a smile that he thought was very standard: "Then please take a step to talk and find a quieter place."
The young man's name is Li You, a newcomer at the magazine. The investigation showed that he was an important partner of Yao Shenghai in the magazine's work - not because of how good he was, but because this newcomer happened to have some internal relatives, which allowed the extremely experienced reporter Yao to personally guide.
It is said that he has spent most of his time following this veteran reporter who traveled around looking for news for more than half a month.
There is no doubt that finding him is a task that Liang An has assigned to himself alone. But there is also no doubt that he slightly regrets his decision.
It is undoubtedly unwise for a face-blind person to find a stranger who only has an ID photo, and it is even more unreasonable and quite nerve-wracking for a face-blind person to find such a person alone.
But it happened that Liang had concealed this fact that could easily be deliberately crossed in the past out of considerations of face and prestige. But in the current situation, it is not impossible for him to achieve his goal through ambiguous words like this.
There was just something wrong when I asked a middle-aged man who was only five meters away. After all, he was too close to the target person, which aroused a little suspicion besides getting the result of the inquiry - but the reporter's suspicion was not ordinary suspicion. Liang An always felt that he could still vaguely feel the sight behind him. Although I also know that this is probably just an illusion.
Therefore, coming to a place like this is also one of the headaches for him.
But the current situation is relatively better. After all, what he is facing now is not an old and cunning fox, but a new reporter who can answer every question and has not yet developed a scheming mind.
"Teacher Yao told me not to call him outside of working hours and not to affect his personal life, so I could only send text messages. In the afternoon, he said he had other things to do and left first. Then I haven't contacted him since yesterday. People." Li You frowned, "I just started calling during working hours and no one answered, so I just wanted to come here to have a look. But he also said before that if you want to come to him, you have to ask him for permission first. I only dare to Be careful and come over to have a look. If you can find it, go back and wait for news."
It seems that the Yao Da reporter who almost died had quite a lot of rules when it comes to being a master.
And this little comrade Li You obviously didn't know anything about those things. The confidentiality work was pretty good, and Liang An was relieved that there might be some problems with this.
"From what you say, you are usually very close to Reporter Yao? In addition to communicating with him at work, such as helping you read documents, do you also do other work with him?" Liang An looked at this young man. Li did open his heart, and he knew that this must be a young man who had always remembered "listen to the police uncle and cooperate with the police uncle in his work" since childhood and had no other motives. He was happy to not have to bother with formulaic words or leaking information.
The honest young man did not hide any secrets as always and vomited his bitterness:
"Mr. Yao's professional ability is really great, but to be honest... people are also very particular. Although, everyone thinks it is really hard to bother seniors with the work, and it is okay to help with tea and water. In fact, I was also the same I think so. But Teacher Yao is quite special. It’s not that he likes to drink delicacies of tea, but he is afraid of being hot and avoids drinking cold water. He is very particular about the proportion. Every time I bring a thermos cup to fill him with water, I think I am back in high school. In the experimental class, I can’t wait to get a beaker to compare the ratio of hot and cold! Oh, by the way, there is a measuring instrument in Teacher Yao’s drawer, which is exactly one hundred milliliters, but it is not for the temperature, but for the taste of the coffee... …I also do not understand."
Liang An smacked his lips: "That's not true. Could it be that he would blame you for these little things?"
Judging from the resume on the file, Yao Shenghai should also be the type of sly and cunning type, and he would not be easily disliked by newcomers because of a water temperature issue.
"That's not to say..." Li You also realized that his reaction seemed a bit excessive, "It's just that every time he made a mistake, I could see that he was in a bad mood. It seemed that it was because Teacher Yao had something on his mind recently. The combination of the two Well... Teacher Yao gave me more rules, but they weren't actually very harsh. Even if he sent me text messages to contact me, he would change the text and send it back late at night... It is said that many seniors have such news about us. The younger generation are indifferent and just talk about their work but if they have questions, most of them just ignore them. Teacher Yao is different. Even though he was impatient, he gave me a lot of valuable suggestions."
It seemed that he was just complaining. Overall, he was very grateful to Yao Shenghai.
This is also a master who can't shut up his chatterbox, but it is very convenient as always. Liang An feels very rewarding just listening to him talk. It can't be said that it's easy to get through - after all, from a certain perspective, raising the topic is also a way to induce a confession, but this way of speaking in a flurry still makes Liang An happy to relax.
"...Speaking of drinks, I remember that there are still some wolfberries in Teacher Yao's cabinet, and there are still more than half a can of specially ground coffee beans left. By the way, there is also a small half box of effervescent tablets." Li You said and scratched. Scratching his head, "It sounds a bit abrupt. I had the same reaction at first. The main reason is that Teacher Yao is so particular about one person, which is really not like his style... But at that time, Teacher Yao was not in such a bad mood as recently, so I asked. Yao The teacher said that my wife saw the price reduction in the online supermarket and believed it when she said it could supplement vitamin C. It happened that Teacher Yao didn’t like to eat fruits very much, so she bought a whole box and asked Teacher Yao to consume it, so that’s how it is now. I remember talking about that Regarding the topic, he also gave me a hard pass on the businessman, saying that if he had anything to do in the future, he would have to find out their details, so that my wife would not believe everything she saw."
That sounds reasonable.
"Then you also helped reporter Yao add this kind of drink?" Liang An asked tentatively, "Do you remember what color the packaging is?"
This is not information that he doesn't know, but he still needs to confirm it a little, mainly to transition the topic.
"Just the orange ones...the small half of the box is in the cabinet. I can bring it over to show you."
Liang An waved his hand: "That's not necessary. What kind of cup does he usually use? And last night, after he asked you to come home from get off work, did he say anything to you?"
Li You was a little hesitant and answered the first question: "It's just a gray thermos cup that was on the table just now. So I was wondering if Teacher Yao just went to the toilet for a long time and was waiting there. I was afraid of being discovered for a while. As for what he said... He told me that he did a good job yesterday and gave me leave to go home early to prepare for tomorrow morning - that is, the basic information of the person to be interviewed today, for his convenience Come and see. I sent him a message because I didn’t know whether to print out some details on paper for confirmation. I asked Teacher Yao when he was leaving, but he drove me away impatiently. "
grey.
Liang An touched his chin and remembered that the theater did have a requirement not to bring non-transparent water cups - to ensure that the audience did not bring in any suspicious and lethal liquid.
This requires some consideration.
"What time did you separate?" For the last question, Liang An's tone became faster.
"About three o'clock in the afternoon... I got off work really early. I have never had so much free time since I joined the job, so I quickly drove back." Li You was very embarrassed, "But officer, don't talk to Teacher Yao Saying that I said bad things about him - actually it shouldn’t be considered bad words, Teacher Yao should also be able to understand."
We spent four and a half hours together at 7:30pm when the theater opened.
Coupled with some strange behaviors of reporters, Liang An was able to draw a small outline of the conclusion.
Just further verification is needed.
