The waiter in the coffee shop poured a glass of lemonade for the two of them. Su Xiaoqiang took a sip of water to moisten her throat. It was obvious that she did not only know Chu Tianjiao a little as she said before. It was obvious that she had known Chu Tianjiao before she came. He had done all his homework, almost as if he was preparing for a thesis defense, and was ready to answer Lin Nian's questions in detail.
While sitting in his seat, Lin Nian flipped through the information in the folder to the last few pieces, which were also the last footprints Chu Tianjiao left in this city, and even in this world.
"After driving with the director of the tax bureau, he has been engaged in the private driver industry." Lin Nian said.
"The director of the tax bureau fell down a few years ago. He should have considered looking for other jobs, but the relationship between the Black Prince Group and the tax bureau has always been good. The group boss also knew who he was, so he hired him and started a new job. He became a driver, and that was also the period when his marriage had problems." Su Xiaoqiang watched as Lin Nian pulled out a copy of the divorce certificate from the documents. It was very new and had obviously been printed out from the Civil Affairs Bureau. It is enough to show how hard the relationship between Xiaotian's daughter's family is. If you want to check someone seriously, from marriage to divorce, you can put the rest of a person's life on the table in detail in half a day.
"In March 1996, Su Xiaoyan and Chu Tianjiao divorced." Su Xiaoqiang whispered, "In July of the same year, Su Xiaoyan remarried, and her husband's name was... Lu Tianming."
It seems that even Su Xiaoqiang is a little unbelievable why this woman actually entered the marriage hall again in less than half a year. Compared with Chu Tianjiao's previous experiences in the 1990s, she couldn't help but feel a little angry and her face didn't look good. got up.
"Chu Zihang told me that his mother has always been so heartless... That's why their meeting was so dramatic." Lin Nian said calmly while looking at the document.
After a performance of "Flowers on the Silk Road" starring a dance troupe, someone had some evil intentions and asked several girls from the dance troupe to go to the bar for drinks. It was an era of feasting and feasting, and the security was very chaotic. The men were walked in before they dared to do anything. Chu Tianjiao's car was broken, and then they had a fight. Seven or eight people went to the hospital. Chu Tianjiao was also taken to the police station for filing, but he was later released for some reason.
But it was also the time when the two of them became completely attached... It was simply too easy for an 'S'-level mixed-race to chase a heartless girl. Coincidence was just a ripening agent, but it was a pity that when things were ripe, it fell apart. At that time, before waiting for the beautiful scenery under the shade of the trees, the two separated.
"Chu Tianjiao left home after the divorce. The rental house he rented and the home appliances he bought all belong to Su Xiaoyan. He quit his job as a driver in the Black Prince Group and wanted to make a career...but he seemed to find that After driving for several years, I can't do anything else except driving, so I can only find the CEO of the popular Media Asia Group to drive again." Su Xiaoqiang scratched his eyebrows with his little finger and sighed softly, seeming to be disappointed. She felt unwilling to accept this man's situation. She thought that a man who worked hard like this should always get his own happiness, but the ending of this world was always so... unexpected.
"On July 3, 2004, the Maybach he was driving crashed on an elevated road, killing everyone. The only survivor was his biological son Chu Zihang who was in the car with him that night." Lin Nian closed the folder.
"2004, isn't it the time when Chu Zihang was still in Shilan?" Su Xiaoqiang whispered.
"Looking like 15 years old, maybe it's because of that incident that Chu Zihang's current personality is so unapproachable, right?" Lin Nian put the folder on the seat next to him, "Anyway, thank you for these. Intelligence is very useful to me.”
"What can we say thank you for?" Su Xiaoqiang smiled, but a trace of hesitation appeared on his face after a moment, "But I still don't understand what you are planning to do by investigating Chu Zihang's father's past?"
"The car accident was not an accident." Lin Nian said, "That's all I can say."
"It's not an accident?" Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment. After following her father for a long time, she would always think of everything as sinister. In just a moment, she imagined that someone wanted to harm the boss of Media Asia Group and deliberately crashed the Maybach. As a result, The story of accidentally killing Chu Tianjiao, the driver at the time...and now Lin Nian is investigating this to overturn the case of his good friend's father?
"Don't think too much." Lin Nian glanced at Su Xiaoqiang and said, "Things are often complicated...much more complicated than you think."
"What are you going to do next? Is there anything I need help with?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.
"I remember Media Asia Group went bankrupt a few years ago." Lin Nian looked out the window at the high-rise buildings outside the small garden, "Media Asia used to be something comparable to the Black Prince."
"It closed down ten years ago. It originally started to expand in the name of special metal construction industry. It jointly opened a large factory area with the Black Prince Group in Babaoshan and attracted many new steel plants. The most famous one is That group of people from Rongsheng High-end Steel Casting Factory. It turned out later that the Media Asia boss’s real intention was to defraud the loan, but by the time he found out, the other party had already taken the money and fled," Su Xiaoqiang said.
"Chu Tianjiao spent his last period driving at Media Asia Group. If your information is not wrong, he stayed there and lived there during that time. No matter how late he drove, he would hardly go anywhere else. Instead, he went directly back to the factory." Lin Nian said, "He has his own 'safe house' there."
"Safe house?" Su Xiaoqiang didn't quite understand why Lin Nian used this word, but she still nodded. "His housing information was not found, which means that he has lived in this city for decades but has no place to belong to." His own property... He has always rented a house.”
"I remember the address of the house I rented was at the site of the original Media Asia Group, which is..."
"Babaoshan." Lin Nian said, "I have been there, and it is indeed an abandoned factory area. So it used to belong to Media Asia Group?"
"There's no one there now. Only the bankruptcy and liquidation team is there to deal with this old mess." Su Xiaoqiang frowned slightly, "And I heard that there are illegal gatherings being held over there all the time. They look very dangerous. If you want to go, I can Find someone to take you there.”
"There will be no illegal gatherings there in the near future. The police have taken away the lawless elements there. You will know if you pay attention to the recent news. It is very safe there now," Lin Nian said.
"You really want to go there?" Su Xiaoqiang still looked a little uneasy.
"I'll be fine, you should know that." Lin Nian said.
Of course, Su Xiaoqiang knew that Lin Nian was very good at fighting...not just ordinary ones. The opportunity for her to meet Lin Nian was a fight. At that time, gangsters from other schools near Shilan always came to their place to tease girls. This happened when school started. This situation is the most serious. There are always girls who don't understand the situation and are taken advantage of by those gangsters.
Once, Su Xiaoqiang was also attacked. While the two sides were still fighting, the short-haired boy who was holding Su Xiaoqiang's wrist was kicked in the chest by Lin Nian who came over before he could react, and he was thrown four or five meters away. Entering the flower bed...three ribs were broken, and behind it was the support of Su Xiaoqiang's family, who squandered the medical expenses and told them that they wouldn't mind paying tens of thousands more to buy you a few more ribs to stew in soup and feed to the dogs... .So far, the security here in Shilan has improved a lot.
"Don't worry." Lin Young nodded lightly, "Nothing will happen to me, so don't let others follow me. I don't like others staring at you."
"Oh." Su Xiaoqiang could only respond simply... She rarely gave up on persistent things, unless the person sitting opposite her was Lin Nian.
After finishing the business chat and having almost finished drinking the lemonade, Lin Nian glanced at the time on the wall clock in the store and found that it was almost time. Su Xiaoqiang, who was sitting opposite, looked at him expectantly. After noticing her expression, Lin Nian couldn't help but chuckled, shook his head and said, "I haven't forgotten."
Su Xiaoqiang raised his head and sat up straight, staring at Lin Nian seriously. He only saw the other person take out a coin and put it in his right hand, then he put his hands together and stretched them out.
Guessing a coin every time they meet is a game they agree on, and this time is certainly no exception.
Su Xiaoqiang raised her hand and hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Lin Nian's left wrist. When she touched him, her ears were still a little red, and she felt that the temperature on her face had become much warmer: "I guess this time."
Lin Nian didn't say anything, he just put his right hand on Su Xiaoqiang's head, and then spread out his empty left hand.
Knowing that he had guessed wrong, Su Xiaoqiang raised his hand depressedly and found that there was a coin placed on top of his head: "Although this is the third time I have seen it...how did you do it?"
"I cheated." Lin Nian said bluntly.
"Can I report you for cheating?" Su Xiaoqiang lay on the table and stared at Lin Nian.
"The final right of interpretation belongs to me," Lin Nian said.
Seeing Lin Nian's serious look, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly became happy, burst out laughing, and buried his head in his arms to cover up the beautiful appearance of the trembling flowers. Lin Nian didn't leave in a hurry, he just sat there and watched her smile. When she had laughed enough, their eyes met again.
"Um...two guests, please excuse me."
At this time, the waiter who had served coffee to the two of them came over, holding a Polaroid in his hand. Under the gaze of Su Xiaoqiang and Lin Nian, he asked tentatively and politely: "Can you please take a photo of these two guests?" ?"
"Taking photos? What's for?" Lin Niandu's behavior of leaving photos is particularly sensitive. Leaving no traces is one of the most important rules in the execution department. Commissioners must remain anonymous wherever they go. , after completing the task, it is best that no one will remember her.
"For publicity... We are committed to leaving the best scene for our guests in this cafe as a means of publicity. In return for the two guests' consumption this time, we will give them a free order." The waiter explained, reaching out to On the side, he motioned them to look at the wall behind the bookshelf. On the mottled old red brick wall illuminated by the warm yellow light, there were many photos of young people. They were all lovers, gesturing at the camera, or giving each other naughty words. There are ears on the head.
"I have no problem." Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment when he saw the wall, and suddenly looked at Lin Nian with a smile.
"I..." Lin Nian wanted to refuse, but after a moment of hesitation and looking at the girl's expectant eyes, he swallowed his words, not wanting to spoil the scenery.
"Excuse me, Miss, can you do an intimate gesture with your boyfriend?" The waiter took a few steps back with the Polaroid.
"He's not my boyfriend yet, please don't spoil it, okay?" Su Xiaoqiang suddenly became happy when he heard this. The waiter looked at the two of them in surprise before touching the back of his head and apologizing awkwardly.
"Trouble, come a little closer... A little closer... Can you be more intimate?"
"Yes... very good, please smile."
"This lady has a nice smile. Can the other side be a little gentler?"
Gentle... Lin Nian wanted to be gentle as much as possible, but his facial management didn't listen to him. Su Xiaoqiang beside him giggled, and thought to himself, photographer, don't just let us get closer. If you have the guts, come and press my head and his! I will never resist! If we accidentally kiss you, Miss, I might just buy the storefront on this street and give it all to you to open a coffee chain!
Her thoughts were dancing with the lights in the cafe. Suddenly she turned around and saw the hard-working and gentle expression on Lin Nian's face, as if he was amused. Wow, it turns out that this boy can also show such a smile? So he boldly stretched out his index fingers to help Lin Nian raise the corners of his mouth.
The waiter just happened to capture this scene, and the flash was turned on, waiting for the photo to be developed. In the photo, the girl reached out to help the boy raise a smile. The boy was a little surprised and his eyebrows flew up, while the girl smiled cheerfully...
Young people are always so extravagant in their love. They will hold hands when their shoulders rub together, and they will kiss when their fingers are clasped together. It is so natural and will never be satisfied.
But no one would blame them because they are young people.
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The Polaroid developed two photos. One was hung in the center of the wall by the waiter, and the other was handed to Lin Nian.
"Give me the photo." Su Xiaoqiang smiled and handed the coin to Lin Nian. It seemed that she was very satisfied today. Although she guessed the coin wrong, she got something more important that she wanted.
Lin Nian exchanged the photo for his coin, but after thinking about it, he handed the coin back to Su Xiaoqiang.
"What do you mean, I performed well today, can I guess again?" Su Xiaoqiang collected the photo, the warm yellow light hit her face, and the smile behind her hair was reflected faintly on the glass window.
Lin Nian was stunned for a few seconds when he looked at her, but after a moment he lowered his head and picked up Chu Tianjiao's folder, looked at the girl in front of him and said. "Next time."
"Then next time." Su Xiaoqiang nodded, "I will definitely guess it right next time."
She stood in the coffee shop, watching the boy put on the windbreaker on the coat rack, pushed open the glass door and walked into Xiaoyu's garden. Through the glass, she watched the boy's back disappear into the lush white gardenias. , it seemed that she had already had a premonition that after this separation, the next time might be a long time later.
But so what?
Su Xiaoqiang opened the wallet and looked at the photos inside and smiled softly.
All in all, it's been a long time, but worth the wait.
