Holding a big umbrella and wearing thick rain boots, Chu Zihan stepped out of the taxi and looked up at the building in front of him.
The Black Prince Group's logo is so bright even in the rain. It is said that it is made of special materials. As a major local taxpayer, even city leaders have to make an appointment several days in advance if they want to meet the chairman of the Black Prince Group. Such a company is certainly arrogant enough. Even though the place in front of us is almost in the suburbs and is just an industrial factory area, the big-character signs still convey the aesthetics of the nouveau riche. You can see it from a distance when you stand at the end of the long street. , like some kind of landmark.
The gate at the entrance to the factory is closed, and the uncle in the security booth is watching a TV placed in the corner. Working here is basically a casual job. Everyone who comes in and out has a pass card, which can be passed by swiping it. Only on rare occasions will he leave his golden nest and go out to clear the way for people who don't have a card. So at this moment he didn't notice anyone coming at all.
Chu Zihan knocked on the transparent window of the security booth, and the security guard came to his senses, opened a small door, poked his head out and smiled politely: "What's the matter?"
Talking to people and talking to ghosts is a basic skill in dealing with people, especially when the person who comes to your door is a beautiful girl. The security uncle knows this very well. He has seen all the girls who come to this kind of factory area, except for the secretaries who work. Those who are relatively apologetic and have high quality like the one in front of him will not work here.
"I want to find someone." Chu Zihan handed a business card to the security guard.
The security guard took a look and was in awe. The business card belonged to Lu Tianming. It was made of platinum and had his name, phone number and title engraved on it with a laser. The locals all know Lu Tianming's business card. It is like the emperor's imperial decree. It is only used when Lu Tianming entrusts someone to do something.
There is also a sticky note on the back of the business card, the kind you can see everywhere in convenience stores, but on this sticky note, there is actually the official seal of the Black Prince Group and the autograph of the boss, with the words "Pass" written on it.
It was probably the first time in so many years that he had the entrustment certificates of these two people at the same time. The security guard looked at Chu Zihan and couldn't help but feel a little gossipy. Even if he is a top beauty, it is probably impossible to handle two big bosses at the same time, right?
But this kind of thing is easy for Chu Zihan, because his father, Lu Tianming, and the boss of the Black Prince Group are frequent business partners. She entrusted Lu Tianming to get a certificate for her, and the boss of the Black Prince Group would write one for her friend's daughter. When talking about the boss of the Black Prince Group at home, Chu Zihan and Chu Yi usually called him for short. Black Boss, Black Boss even gave them birthday gifts.
Lu Tianming never asked Chu Zihan why she did something, even if it didn't seem like what she should do, he always gave her the greatest freedom. He firmly believed that his daughter must pursue the policy of free development and become a beautiful lady like a pearl in the future. On the contrary, she was more concerned about Chu Yi and Lu Tianming. She got a low score in the exam and received too much candy. tooth.
"Can I come in?" Chu Zihan took back the business card. She would never say that she was Lu Tianming's daughter when she was outside. When she needed to use this business card, she would simply show it and take it back.
"Yes, of course!" The security guard nodded, even changing his title, "Who do you want to see?"
"Chu Tianjiao." Chu Zihan said.
The security guard's expression suddenly turned ugly, "What...what is your relationship with him?"
"You don't need to ask. I know that he has been missing for a month. According to the law, he can basically be deemed dead. I just want to go to the place where he stayed to express my condolences. Do you understand this? I know that he lives in Here." Chu Zihan opened his satchel and took out a packaged bunch of dendrobium orchids.
Chu Zihan took out this kind of thing and basically made it clear her relationship with Chu Tianjiao. It’s just that the security guard doesn’t understand flowers, otherwise he would know that flowers are not just given to women. In this day and age, the packaging in merchants Next, every flower has its own name.
For example, dendrobium orchid, on Father's Day, the price of this thing will skyrocket like roses on Valentine's Day. It symbolizes the mountain of father's love and is called the flower of fathers. Men also have times when they are fragile and need care. A bunch of dendrobium may make their tired mood feel better, or... it can be used to commemorate someone's eternal sleep.
"I thought you didn't know. A good person is gone if he says no." The security guard sighed and opened the gate. "I'll take you there. It's working time now. There aren't many idle people in the factory. It's raining." I don’t think anyone will come here.”
"You seem to be familiar with him?" Chu Zihan heard it.
"We're familiar. Of course we're familiar. We have a pretty good relationship. We often drink wine together. He likes braised large intestines and I like spicy chicken wings. We often order a plate each and alternate. He always says that I take advantage of it. He's cheap. Now that I think about it, it was more than a month ago, and I really miss it now."
The security guard led Chu Zihan into the factory area. Gray workshops were lined up in rows. The heavy iron doors were locked tightly. The sound of machine tools working could be heard from inside. This place was making countless profits for the Black Prince Group every minute. number of profits.
Chu Zihan was a little surprised. She had always thought that her father should be a very stingy person. Being a driver only paid so much, which was enough to meet her daily expenses. She couldn't save much money. Anyway, her mother never expected him to really How much child support can be given? At the beginning, he could squeeze out some words to support the mother and daughter, but then he stopped. Unexpectedly, he was still drinking and eating spicy food with his colleagues here.
The disgust in my heart that had faded a bit because of his death seemed to sneak out again. Death is really a magical thing. No wonder people say that death is the end of the world. The past and present affairs are settled, and you end up in peace and quiet. The troubles of life are not taken away at all.
Chu Tianjiao lived on the second underground floor of a factory building. The stairs and corridors were dark and long, the air was filled with the hum of the air conditioner compressor, and used mechanical parts were piled in the corner.
Chu Zihan didn't expect that her father would live in such a place. The information that the detective handed her was specially screened by Chu Tianjiao. It only mentioned that the residence was in the basement, and the pictures basically showed the weapons arsenal hidden in the basement. .
The security uncle and her walked in tandem, their footsteps echoing one after another. She suddenly thought about whether her father had lived like this over the years. Every night when he was on a business trip to maintain peace in the city, he would carry his beloved Braised large intestine, accompanied by the sound of his empty footsteps, humming an unknown tune in his nose.
Living like that for so many years, it must be very lonely, right? But he always smiles every time he appears in front of me. Maybe he is not really such an optimist, but he is just so happy because he is seeing him.
At this moment, Chu Zihan finally understood his stupidity. He was not really stupid, he was just willing to act stupid to himself. But he is no longer there. There is always something in things, and you will only suddenly realize it when you miss it.
"This place used to be an air-conditioning machine room and a temporary warehouse. When Lao Chu came to work, he said he had no room to live in, so the boss asked me to temporarily arrange a room for him in the basement. I thought he would stay for ten days and a half at most, but unexpectedly I stayed there for several years." The security guard was still nagging.
"There's not even a window." Chu Zihan looked at the end of the aisle.
"Isn't it? Anyone who stays here will feel suffocated. If he stays there too much, he will feel mentally disturbed. I advised him that he might as well find a rental house nearby. Anyway, this place is outside the Fourth Ring Road. It can only be a month old. A few hundred yuan. But he said that he has to save some money. Even if he gets divorced, when his daughter gets married in the future, his biological father will always have to give him some gift." The security guard said, "She must love his daughter very much, right?"
"Yes, I love you very much." Chu Zihan said softly. It turns out that even others can understand this kind of thing, but he spent so much time on it.
The security guard stopped in front of the room at the end of the corridor and took out a bunch of keys. In Chinese culture, there is a saying that the room at the end of the long corridor is not suitable for living. It is a place where filth gathers. However, there is a shoe rack at the door. It seems that Chu Tianjiao still has a little artistic conception of this place and wants to The accommodation has been improved to be more comfortable.
"Why can't it be opened?" The security guard struggled for a long time, and the keyhole was almost broken, but the door still didn't move.
"Let me do it." Chu Zihan stepped forward to take the key. She knew that this was a mechanism left by her father and it was still in effect. That information said that the door can only be opened in a specific way, and if it is cracked violently, the glue inside will destroy the door lock.
She followed what was written there, and whenever she could no longer move clockwise, she reversed it a quarter turn, back and forth three times. The door lock clicked softly, and sure enough, it opened, and the air in the door rushed to her face. On the contrary, it is fresher than the basement passage outside.
The space inside is not big, about the same as a single bedroom. There is a table, a cabinet, a table and a chair, and nothing else. It is as simple as that ancient Chinese performance called ventriloquism, just for living in the house. A few steel wires were stretched out in one corner for drying clothes. Two suits and some simple black and white trousers were hung on them. This should be the solution when there is no wardrobe.
Chu Zihan was not in a hurry to go in. She looked at the key in her hand and suddenly realized something. The information her father gave her even included how to open this door. Could it be that he had anticipated his own death at that time and knew that his daughter would eventually come here in the future, so he placed himself in this cabin? Everything is explained clearly?
"What's wrong with you?" The security guard saw that Chu Zihan looked a little off, thinking that the fair-skinned girl was not used to the air here.
"It's nothing...can you let me stay here alone for a while?" Chu Zihan tried his best to smile, showing a little tiredness. With her physical condition, she shouldn't be like this. Maybe it's not her body that's tired, but her own. heart.
The security guard looked at Chu Zihan's sad smile, and suddenly he patted his forehead and realized, this must be the romantic debt Lao Chu owes outside! After the divorce, he harmed his little girl, and even patted his chest and said, I will definitely marry you and raise you for the rest of my life. As a result, he disappeared from the world within a few days. The girl went through a lot of hard work to find his traces. In order to enter the park, she even sacrificed herself. His beauty committed himself to two top local powerful men, just to come to the place where he lived to find proof of their love...
Such a tragic life experience, the security guard uncle could hardly hold back tears. His heart was filled with sorrow. For a moment, he wanted to scold Lao Chu for not being a good man, and for continuing to be a romantic until his death. Thinking that he was really missing and dead, he might as well forget about it. . So I could only turn this sadness into encouragement, and the look in Chu Zihan's eyes seemed to contain a burning universe.
"Everyone will die, sooner or later. Don't be too sad. Nothing is more important than living a good life now." The security guard said with emotion, "Then I will go back to stand guard first. It's up to you. Remember to say so when you leave."
The door is closed, and the turbid air in the basement passage is completely isolated. The wind no longer flows, and the sound of the compressor cannot be heard.
Chu Zihan walked around the room and gently touched the suit hanging on the steel rope. The color and texture were so familiar. His father always wore a suit when he drove the Maybach. This may be one of his few persist in. But sleeping in this room was the driver Chu Tianjiao. Chu Tianjiao and Chu Zihan were already very familiar with him. He was not the one she was looking for.
She removed the mattress, and underneath was a tightly pieced secret door. The secret door was welded with iron sheets and frames, and a heavy padlock was added. Chu Zihan didn't have a key, but that wasn't a problem. She had already made preparations before she came. There were hydraulic pliers in her bag, so it didn't take much effort to cut off the lock.
The weight of this secret door is quite amazing. When Chu Zihan turned it over, it kept making a squeaking sound of steel friction, like starting an old machine. No wonder Chu Tianjiao chose to live in the innermost room. If this kind of thing were placed in an ordinary house, it would scream like this every day, and either the neighbors would complain or the police would come to the door.
Under the secret door was a steel pipe. Chu Zihan slid down the steel pipe. She felt that she had entered a large space, which seemed much larger than what she saw in the photo.
The light of the flashlight shone around her, and those familiar weapon racks suddenly appeared in front of Chu Zihan. Together with the lighting equipment next to them, when they were turned on, the beam of light illuminated every inch of the space. In fact, it was indeed larger than she imagined. It was comparable to a classroom. The walls and floor were covered with iron sheets, and there were obvious traces of man-made artifacts. This showed that the entire hidden space was created bit by bit by Chu Tianjiao.
It can be imagined that after moving here, Chu Tianjiao had his own plan. He built this inconspicuous little place into his own secret base to hide dangerous prohibited items. He spent many nights secretly digging, doing the work of a civil engineering brother, transporting soil out bit by bit, and moving things here bit by bit, and finally built this place into the arsenal of the dragon-slaying hero.
