Chapter 10 Episode ten

Daytime from Longcheng to Qinshui Highway They began a long trek along the road they had come from. Walking home could have been a joy for the two young people, but the source of the joy was suppressed by the two separate hearts, and the silent journey became even more lonely.In order to ensure the physical strength to walk, they bought flatbread and water with only 20 yuan. They ate once on the road, and at noon when they sat on the side of the road for the first time to rest after walking nearly 20 kilometers, they ate another meal. After a meal.While eating this lunch, Shan Juan broke the silence all morning and started talking to Liu Chuan.

"Liu Chuan, I don't care if you're gay or fake, I'll tell you anyway, I like you!" Liu Chuan was chewing the pancake before he could swallow it, his mouth half-opened and he didn't know how to respond.He thought for a while, and said with a serious expression: "I really am, why did I lie to you?" Shan Juan immediately pushed back: "Whether you are or not, I like you, okay!" After a pause, he said: "If you are really okay, at least you won't be tempted by other women anymore. You I don't care how I interact with men, as long as you recognize me as your only girlfriend, and I'm good enough to be the only woman with you."

Liu Chuan was a little anxious, and stammered to persuade: "You say you, you are so beautiful, why can't you find someone to find, why bother looking for me, I am not interested in women!" Shan Juan said: "I won't force you if you're not interested, but you will always get married and have a child..." Liu Chuan interrupted her: "I don't want to get married, and I don't want children either." Shan Juan was silent for a moment, and said: "I won't force you, I can wait for you, and when you are older, you will want it. My father said that it would be uncomfortable if you were old and had no children. You You'll find out later."

Liu Chuan was also silent for a moment, he suddenly found an opportunity after a second of thought, he blurted out without hesitation, and the conversation immediately turned to Shan Juan's father. "Shan Juan, are you anxious to get married now, do you really want to have a child sooner?" Shan Juan did not expect that Liu Chuan's resistance would suddenly turn into an inquiry, and that kind of talkative tone immediately infected her body and mind, and she immediately responded with a more positive and straightforward language: "No, I just want to Marrying you, I just want to have a child for you."

Liu Chuan went on to ask: "But getting married and having children requires a lot of money. Your family is like this, how can you have the money to marry you? Is your family rich?" Maybe this topic made Shan Juan so excited that she dropped her due vigilance, maybe because Shan Juan knew nothing about the huge sum of money, so she replied unsuspectingly and foolishly: "My father said that in the future When I get married, he will give me a sum of money and a reasonable dowry. He said he promised me to marry decently, he said he promised me to live a good life all my life Yes. My dad never speaks big words, and he never talks about things that cannot be done. "

Liu Chuan also became excited, but kept a calm face, and continued to probe: "Your father has money? Then if you get married now, can your father take out the money now?" Shan Juan couldn't answer, and when he was at a loss for words, Liu Chuan instigated, "Go back and ask your father, you just say that you are going to get married now, you ask him if he has money, and where is the money?" Shan Juan responded forcefully: "Okay, I'll ask him when I get back." After a pause, she looked at Liu Chuan suspiciously again, and asked back: "Do you really want to marry me?" Then she asked, "What if my dad No money now?"

Liu Chuan bypassed her question, and tried to prevaricate with a different concept: "You don't have money, why do you get married, you get dizzy." Shan Juan asked: "Are you after me, or money?" Liu Chuan swallowed the last bite of the pie and said, "I'm not interested in anything, let's do it!" Then he deliberately muttered to himself: "I'm interested in money? What kind of money does your family have? ah!" Qin Shui at night Liu Chuan and Shan Juan finally stopped a coal car that Kenyu was carrying them in the evening, and they returned to Qinshui at about ten o'clock in the evening, and returned to their small courtyard.

courtyard night That night, Shan Juan told her father that she wanted to get married, but of course the end of the topic still fell on money.The first question Shan Chenggong asked was: "Marriage? Who do you fancy, and who do you want to marry?" Shan Juan: "Who else is there, who am I always with, haven't you all seen it?" Shan Juan's mother: "Well-off?" Shan Juan: "Xiaokang? I will follow Xiaokang?" Shan Juan's mother: "Then who are you with?" Shan Chenggong obviously knew his daughter's choice. He asked her: "Have you negotiated with Liu Chuan? Is he really willing to marry you?"

Shan Juan did not give a positive answer to this question, and she asked her father again: "Dad, do you have money or not? If you don't have money, who would marry me?" Shan Chenggong continued the question just now: "What did Liu Chuan say, he said he would marry you?" The daughter was silent for a moment, and this moment of silence made Shan Chenggong suspicious, so he had to ask the bottom line: "Did he ask if our family has money? Did he ask?" Shan Juan replied in a low voice: "Don't worry about inquiring about it or not, can you get married without money?"

Shan Chenggong said: "Why not, when your mother and I got married, what money did we have?" Shan Juan's mother interjected at this time: "What happened in our life, now in this world, no one will recognize anyone without money." Shan Chenggong ignored his wife's interjection, continued to stare at his daughter, and asked earnestly: "Did you want money for marriage, or did Liu Chuan propose to marry you and asked you to ask me for money?" Shan Juan replied confidently: "I want to marry Liu Chuan. I like him, so I want to marry him! We want to get married, we want to have children, can we do it if we don't have money!"

Shan Chenggong seemed to be relieved, his tone was not so tense and sensitive, he said: "You are so young, what are you doing getting married so early." Shan Juan said: "I want to get married early and have a baby early, so that he can be tied down." At this time, the mother interjected again: "You can't tie a man even if you get married and have children. If you want to tie a man, you have to spend money." Shan Chenggong stared and said: "Nonsense, I've been guarding you two for so many years, why do you have money!" The family of three stopped talking.Shan Juan angrily got off her parents' bed and walked towards her own bed.Shan Chenggong separated the mosquito net and said to his daughter: "Go and tell Liu Chuan that our Shan family is destitute now, no, we are homeless now, whether Liu Chuan will marry the daughter of the Shan family, he wants to go. " Courtyard during the day Waking up in the morning, Shan Juan walked out of the house and saw Liu Chuan shooting under the basketball hoop in the yard. She fixedly looked at Liu Chuan, and Liu Chuan also looked at her with the ball.Shan Juan turned her head and walked back to the house. Courtyard during the day Shan Chenggong and Liu Chuan repaired the gate of the courtyard together. Shan Chenggong watched Liu Chuan's work. He thought for a while and said, "Liu Chuan, how are you getting along with your godmother and Shan Juan?" Liu Chuan said, "It's not bad." Shan Chenggong said: "Your godmother has no education, has a bad temper, speaks too directly, and sometimes does not save face." Liu Chuan: "No, the godmother is okay with me." Shan Chenggong: "Where is your god-sister?" Liu Chuan: "Shan Juan? Well, very good." Shan Chenggong: "What do you think of Shan Juan?" Liu Chuan: "People... are nice and straight." Shan Chenggong: "Do you like her?" Liu Chuan: "Who? My god-sister?" Liu Chuan shook his head and smiled, "She is my god-sister." Shan Chenggong: "You can like her or you don't like her. If you really like her, don't think she is poor. You like her, and her mother and I agree, but if you want money, then you and I will be together. If you come to Qinshui, you can be regarded as following the wrong person. You can regret it. If you want to regret it, you can go back to Beijing. We can talk about it and break up. You helped me before, and I will remember it all my life. It is not too late for a gentleman to repay kindness. One day I will Turned over to the top, I must thank you very much. As long as I succeed, I keep my word! And if you fell in love with Shan Juan when I had no money, and if you made up your mind to get along with her, I will remember you even more This piece of my heart..." Liu Chuan interrupted Shan Chenggong: "Godfather, no, I didn't expect to have a girlfriend so early. You also persuade Shan Juan, she is not afraid that she will not be able to get married in the future. And our family is like this, it is not about love time." Shan Chenggong was stunned instead, smiled a bit awkwardly, and said, "Ah, ah, that's true." small grocery store during the day Liu Chuan didn't find out the whereabouts of the money, so the report when he was meeting with Section Chief Jing became meaningless.Chief Jing stared at Liu Chuan's mouth, as if waiting for him to continue, but Liu Chuan seemed to have finished speaking. Chief Jing: "Are you finished?" Liu Chuan: "It's over." Chief Jing: "Is this the case?" Liu Chuan: "That's all." Chief Jing was a little discouraged: "You can't be so meek, you should ask him for money openly, you saved him, and you came out with him..." Liu Chuan couldn't see Section Chief Jing's sullen expression and accusing tone the most, he contradicted and said: "I will give him what I want, I don't think he is like you think, he will take you with him as soon as he escapes from Beijing." Let me get the money." Section Chief Jing stopped talking, and Liu Chuan asked angrily, "Do you think it's my responsibility that the money can't be found?" Chief Jing: "Ah, no, not really." But Liu Chuan was still a little suffocated, and retaliated against Section Chief Jing's unhappy face: "Section Chief Jing, I have been in Qinshui for almost three weeks. The situation of my family, the situation of my grandma, and the situation of our family The company's lawsuit, what happened to these things, I don't know anything, I'm afraid I have to..." Chief Jing: "Hey, didn't I tell you about your grandma and your company every time I had a meeting. Why don't you know?" Liu Chuan: "The few words you said every time are the same every time. I hope you will end my work here as soon as possible and let me go home as soon as possible. I will officially propose it to you today. If If you can't make a decision at this level, I hope you can ask Director Lin for instructions as soon as possible. I did what I should do for this case, and I have suffered as much as I should have suffered, and I have lost face as well. For this The case, my girlfriend and I almost blew it, and I almost got into a fight with those gangsters at the OK nightclub in Longcheng..." Section Chief Jing: "We all know this and admit it, you..." Liu Chuan interrupted Section Chief Jing: "The problem now is that my role in this case is obviously not significant. It's hard to say whether Shan Chenggong really knows where the money is. How could a cautious and suspicious veteran of the rivers and lakes let me tell me a secret that could be hidden for a lifetime? Impossible. Besides, Shan Chenggong's main task now is to work in Qinshui Bifeng, as long as he stays in Qinshui for one day, it is impossible for him to reveal the whereabouts of the money, because even if he doesn't know that the Public Security Bureau is watching his money, he also knows that Fan Boss Fan Xiaokang is watching the money. Lao Fan and Shan Although Chenggong is a brother who worships, but this kind of gangster, it is good to say yes, turn over as soon as it is said, and dare to kill for money. Don't look at Shan Chenggong when he sees that Lao Fan is always the big brother and the big brother. But he knows what kind of person Lao Fan is." Chief Jing listened silently without refuting.It was probably the first time he saw Liu Chuan being able to speak so eloquently.Liu Chuan also felt it. Section Chief Jing did not refute him because he himself lacked confidence in this case and felt tired. On the contrary, a criminal policeman under Section Chief Jing couldn't help but said: "Xiao Liu, don't be excited, don't be excited, in fact, we don't want to waste time here. We have been away from home much longer than you, so we have to talk Personally, we wish this case would be over soon, otherwise the 12 million secrets would be lost forever! No one is old and young. I don’t know what my child will be like until now Woolen cloth." Another criminal policeman: "We should all shake hands earlier, ah, pat each other on the shoulders, talk to each other for a while, and then go our separate ways, we will go back to our Dongzhao, you go back to your Beijing, if we can meet again one day, everyone We're still friends, right? But aren't we all doing this for the benefit of the country, we have to work hard even if we have a chance, right?" Liu Chuan's face was sullen, and he didn't respond to the words of the criminal police. Section Chief Jing finally said: "Liu Chuan, how about this, you go back first, what should we do next, we will ask for instructions and study immediately, and we will give you an answer as soon as possible." A criminal policeman entered the house and handed a pack of Chrysanthemum brand cigarettes to Liu Chuan: "Here are the cigarettes, this is change money." Courtyard during the day Liu Chuan walked back to the small courtyard with a cigarette in his hand. Before he pushed open the courtyard door, he turned his head in boredom and glanced in the direction of the grocery store again. Courtyard in the evening Liu Chuan helped Shan Chenggong cook, and was very worried when cutting vegetables. Shan Chenggong's wife was playing cards by herself in the house, and suddenly called Liu Chuan, and Liu Chuan cut off his fingers in a panic. Liu Chuan went into the house, and Shan Chenggong also felt that Liu Chuan was getting more and more dull for some reason. courtyard night Liu Chuan stared at the dark roof of the hut in a daze, unable to sleep at night.grocery store during the day Liu Chuan walked into the grocery store and said to the middle-aged woman watching the store, "Here is a box of Chrysanthemum brand cigarettes." Liu Chuan took the cigarettes, paid the money, and asked, "Is Lao Jing here?" The middle-aged woman shook her head, and Liu Chuan had no choice but to leave in dismay. Courtyard during the day Two thugs under Xiaokang came to Liu Chuan and asked Liu Chuan to go outside the city with them to collect the bill. Liu Chuan: "I won't go, I won't fight if I go, and I won't be able to help you if I go." The thug: "I really don't want to go. We don't care if Xiaokang scolds you." Liu Chuan: "Don't worry about it, just scold him if he scolds him." Shan Chenggong watched and did not persuade Liu Chuan to go.When the thugs left, Shan Chenggong politely sent them outside the courtyard. Courtyard at night Another thug came over and asked, "Where's Liu Chuan? Is Liu Chuan there?" Shan Chenggong: "Here, in the house." Shan Juan's mother and daughter are playing cards with Liu Chuan in the house, and Liu Chuan is playing listlessly.The thugs entered the room and said, "Liu Chuan, there are not enough people guarding the rich man's field today, so you have to help watch the field today." Liu Chuan: "I'm not going, I'm not feeling well today." The thug: "What's the matter, why don't you go?" Liu Chuan: "I'm not going." Thug: "Okay, then I'm leaving." The thugs are gone.Shan Chenggong said to Liu Chuan: "Liu Chuan, if you are fine, you should go for a while. We are relying on Fan's family for food now. Don't offend Xiaokang." Liu Chuan didn't say anything, just looked at his own cards.Shan Juan supported Liu Chuan: "So what if you don't go, what will happen to Liu Chuan if you don't go to Xiaokang? Don't go!" Shan Chenggong's wife urged Liu Chuan: "You play your cards!" Shan Chenggong looked at them with a helpless expression. Liu Chuan played his cards absent-mindedly. grocery store during the day Liu Chuan came to the grocery store again. This time he didn't buy cigarettes. After a child who bought drinks left, he saw that there was no one in the store, so he asked the woman watching the store: "Is Lao Jing here?" The woman waved her hand and shook her head.Liu Chuan was at a loss. grocery store during the day Liu Chuan walked into the store again, and the woman watching the store shook her head at him.Liu Chuan stopped. Courtyard in the evening At dinner time, Xiaokang sent another person to the small courtyard to look for Liu Chuan, and met Liu Chuan who had come back from the grocery store at the gate of the courtyard. The thug took a pack of traditional Chinese medicine and handed it to Liu Chuan, saying, "Hey, Liu Chuan, don't you know Xiaochong's family? Xiaokang asked you to deliver this pack of medicine to Xiaochong's house tonight." Liu Chuan: "Xiao Chong? Xiao Chong has been found, is he alright?" Thug: "Xiaochong was stabbed at the OK nightclub in Longcheng that day. He was found by his family the day before yesterday and brought back from the hospital in Longcheng. Xiaokang bought some medicine for him and asked you to come and deliver it Go. People in Xiaochong's family don't let Xiaochong mix with us, every time we go to Xiaochong's house they scold you, I guess it's okay for you to go, their family doesn't know you." Liu Chuan: "Okay, I'll take it off." Courtyard at night Liu Chuan was about to leave after taking a few mouthfuls of food, but Shan Chenggong said, "You leave after eating." Liu Chuan: "I'm done eating. Xiaochong's house is far away, and it's time for him to go to bed if he goes late." Shan Juan took a few mouthfuls: "I'll go with you." Liu Chuan: "Don't go, it's so far away." Shan Chenggong asked his wife: "Don't you still have ten yuan on you, why don't you give Liu Chuan a ride?" Shan Chenggong's wife didn't want to take the money, so she just said Shan Juan: "Don't go, you, a big girl, are going out for a run this late at night, why don't you let Liu Chuan go?" Liu Chuan had already gone out with the medicine at this time. Qinshui street at night Liu Chuan walked quickly on Qinshui Street with the medicine in his hand, rushing to Xiaochong's house. coal yard at night Liu Chuan walked through a huge coal yard, and there was no one in the coal yard. bug's house at night Liu Chuan walked into a poor neighborhood, turned into a dark alley, came to Xiaochong's house, and knocked on the door of Xiaochong's house.He saw Xiao Chong lying on the bed with serious injuries.His wife and his parents were all by his side, nothing but sighs and tears. Liu Chuan: "Xiao Chong is at home. I'm his friend. I brought him medicine. How is he hurt?" Liu Chuan put down the medicine bag and was about to say a few words of comfort, but Xiao Chong's father A blast of curses came out, obviously he also regarded Liu Chuan as a gang member in the underworld. Xiaochong's father: "You are Xiaochong's friend, what kind of friend? Xiaochong is in danger and you still want to seduce him, huh?" Xiaochong's mother: "It's your friends who taught him to lose his job and his family. Look at what you have done to him!" Xiao Chong's daughter-in-law also rushed forward and scolded Liu Chuan: "Young man, why don't you learn a little bit at such a young age, you will be just like him sooner or later!" Xiaochong was lying on the bed half dead and unable to speak. Liu Chuan didn't want to bother explaining to his family, so he left the house in disgrace after being scolded, and walked out of the dirty alley in a state of embarrassment under the peeping eyes of the neighbors around. coal yard at night Liu Chuan came out of the alley and walked through the open-air coal factory on the same road. The lights in every corner of the coal factory had already been turned off. go away.Halfway through Liu Chuan's walk, he suddenly heard a series of chaotic and hurried footsteps faintly mixed in the wind behind him. Liu Chuan looked back, but before he saw the figure, he felt a gloomy light flashing in front of him, and a large knife slashed towards the wind.The first sound Liu Chuan heard was indeed the whistling of the blade splitting the air. It was short and swift, which made people shudder.Almost just relying on a little hint from his hearing, he subconsciously dodged sideways, only one hundredth of a second faster before the head landed on the ground.The force of his sideways dodging was so strong that his body lost his stability and fell down.The moment he turned his back to the sky, he could clearly see at least two or three black figures above his head, and at least two machetes were coming towards his face again.He rolled twice on the ground, he heard the sound of a knife being cut on the ground, he got up due to the inertia of his rolling body, stumbled and fled forward without direction... He saw a lot of people in front of him. In the distance, there was a row of houses blocking the way, and he didn't know how to see a half-open window in the middle.He didn't even think about what movement and posture to use. He put his hands on the window sill and flew into the room.As soon as Liu Chuan jumped into the house, he was stumbled by the shovels and picks piled up randomly in the dark. The two killers who jumped in afterward obviously didn't expect that they jumped into a tool warehouse. When he jumped in, he was met with a fierce counterattack by a big shovel.Liu Chuan slashed and slashed with a shovel like crazy. His nerves became extremely sharp in the darkness. It feels like knowing that the two of them were knocked to the ground one after another.So he jumped out of the original window without losing the opportunity. After jumping out, he realized that he was still dragging the life-saving shovel in his hand. This long and big cold weapon made the last assassin outside the window frightened, and turned around with his feet spread. just run.Liu Chuan didn't go after him. He firmly grasped the wooden handle of the shovel and ran all the way in another direction, desperately escaping from the empty and dark coal factory. Qinshui street night Qinshui at night is like an empty city, with dim street lights, closed shops and few pedestrians. Liu Chuan forgot where he threw the shovel, and he almost ran across the entire city of Qinshui.Every dead street, every doorway hidden deep in the dark night quickly receded on both sides of him one by one, leaving only a heavy drum-like heartbeat and violent and abnormal breathing.The first destination he ran to was not the small courtyard where he lived, but the small grocery store not far from the small courtyard.He slowed down for cover when he got to the street of the grocery store, maybe he really couldn't run then, he could hardly stand up from panting, running and palpitations almost exhausted his energy All physical strength. grocery store night The grocery store was still open, and the middle-aged woman was still staring at the shop.From her surprised eyes, Liu Chuan could imagine what he looked like at this time, his face was pale, his chest was heaving... After he entered the shop, he staggered, walked straight inside, and turned to the woman who followed after entering the small room. : "I want to call!" The woman handed Liu Chuan her mobile phone, and Liu Chuan tremblingly dialed Chief Jing's number immediately. Chief Jing and another criminal policeman drove over in a car, and in the small room behind the grocery store, they listened to Liu Chuan's excited account of the incident again. Chief Jing: "On what basis do you believe that those people were sent by Xiaokang?" Liu Chuan: "I don't have any basis. I don't know anyone else here. I have no grievances with anyone. No one will kill me except Xiaokang!" Chief Jing: "Does Xiaokang have any grudge against you? What grudge does he have against you?" Liu Chuan: "He thought what happened to me and Shan Juan. He has been chasing Shan Juan." Section Chief Jing pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Liu Chuan, "You and Shan Juan, how are you doing?" Liu Chuan: "Nonsense!" Chief Jing: "Ah, yes, you have a girlfriend." Liu Chuan stared: "I can't do anything without me, I'm crazy!" Seeing that Liu Chuan gradually calmed down, Chief Jing said, "Okay, now you go back first, and you go back and tell Shan Chenggong and Shan Juan about this, and see how the Shan family reacts." Liu Chuan immediately refused: "I'm not going back. You said it's been three days since you asked Director Lin for instructions. Have you asked for instructions? Let me tell you, I will definitely not be able to do this task anymore. I will quit now!" Section Chief Jing: "Liu Chuan, we agree with you to withdraw, but not now. Now that this kind of thing happened, you have to talk to Shan Chenggong. Shan Chenggong will definitely take action. You must go! Liu Chuan, you are also a policeman. Now you must follow my command!" Liu Chuan also yelled: "I am a policeman, but I am not a criminal policeman. I am a prison policeman who temporarily helps you... Now, I am not even a prison policeman. I am an ordinary citizen! You guys You should think about me, I don't have to risk my life for this! If I don't escape today, huh? Even if I am recognized as a martyr, then our family's company... who will control it in the future? And my grandma, who will control it in the future !" Section Chief Jing: "We also have families, we all have seniors and juniors, and I have also encountered danger. We have been in the police department since we first worked, and we have put ourselves here since the day we stepped into the police academy. In the face of missions and orders, we can't back down, and we can't say no to it! How did you get into the Public Security University!" A criminal police officer reminded Section Chief Jing: "Someone is coming from outside." Section Chief Jing lowered his voice: "How did you graduate from Public Security University, huh?" There were customers shopping outside, and everyone fell silent.Hearing the guests left, a criminal policeman comforted Liu Chuan: "Liu Chuan, don't worry, Fan Xiaokang will definitely not go after Shan Chenggong to kill you, definitely not, so it is safe for you to return to Shan Chenggong, this will not problematic." Liu Chuan had nothing to say, he was excitedly silent. The criminal policemen all looked at him, and another criminal policeman wanted to persuade him: "Liu Chuan..." Section Chief Jing stopped him with gestures.The silence in the hut was depressing, and the depression lasted for a while, Liu Chuan stood up and walked slowly outside the house. Chief Jing called to stop Liu Chuan: "Liu Chuan, please call your grandma." He looked at his watch and said, "She may not be asleep yet." Liu Chuan thought for a while, took the mobile phone handed over by Section Chief Jing, and dialed his home number.Liu Chuan almost shed tears when he heard grandma's sleepy voice, but he finally held back the tears.He tremblingly said: "Grandma, are you asleep? It's me, I'm Liu Chuan. I'm still in Guangdong. I've finished my meal. I'm fine...I'm watching TV in the hotel. I'll wait a while." Just go to bed... You should go to bed early too... Good night, grandma." After hanging up on grandma's phone, he didn't return the phone to Section Chief Jing, he called Ji Wenzhu again, as usual, Ji Wenzhu's phone was still locked. Chief Jing and his criminal police watched Liu Chuan walk out of the back room in silence. Liu Chuan walked out of the grocery store, walked onto the deserted road outside the store, and staggered back in the direction directed by Section Chief Jing. courtyard night When he returned to Shan's small courtyard, Liu Chuan had completely calmed down.He had even ignored the extreme fear an hour ago, and his exhausted mood was overwhelmed by a sudden loneliness—because of Ji Wenzhu, and because of the cell phone that couldn't get through. The composure on his face still did not escape Shan Chenggong's sophisticated eyes, and the two sharp eyes stayed on his face for an extra moment.He asked Liu Chuan: "Why did you come back, are you okay?" Liu Chuan went to the small table and sat down, and three seconds later he said blankly: "Xiaokang sent someone to kill me, I almost couldn't come back." This answer brought a suffocating silence in the room, and even Shan Chenggong, who had experienced many times, was stunned.After the silence, Shan Juan was the first to call out: "What! When is Xiaokang going to kill you?" Liu Chuan: "Just now, next to Xiaochong's house, there were three of them, and they couldn't see their faces clearly. They hacked me with knives..." Liu Chuan paused, and that pause was also his gasp. Suppressing the sudden recurrence of horror in his heart, he said: "I almost can't come back." Shan Chenggong quickly recovered his composure, and said slowly, "How do you know Xiaokang killed you?" Liu Chuan replied affirmatively: "He asked me to go to Dongcheng to deliver medicine to Xiaochong. I just came out of Xiaochong's house, and as soon as I walked to the coal factory, those three people blocked me." When Liu Chuan finished speaking, Shan Juan had already jumped off the bed, stepped on her shoes and rushed to the door. Shan Chenggong and Shan Juan's mother shouted together: "Shan Juan! Where are you going!" Shan Juan didn't answer, and what remained in their ears was the sound of the door almost being smashed. Shan Chenggong staggered and chased out the door, until he was outside the small courtyard.It was empty outside, and Shan Juan had run away without a trace. Shan Chenggong hurried back to the small courtyard, and sternly said to Liu Chuan and Shan Juan's mother who came out together: "Go back, stay in the house, stay in the house, if I don't come back, don't go anywhere!" Liu Chuan and Shan Juan's mother stopped when they heard the words, and watched Shan Chenggong turn around and run in the direction of Fan Bencai's house. Old Fan's Night Shan Chenggong made a wrong judgment. His daughter didn't come here, or she came and left.The door of the Fan family was tightly closed, and there was no one to answer the knock on the door for a long time. Monopoly Nightclub Shan Chenggong turned around and ran to the "big rich man". Sure enough, his daughter was here, arguing fiercely with Xiaokang, and the wine bottle and glass fell to the ground.Xiaokang's minions were sandwiched between the two, some pulling Danjuan, and some persuading Xiaokang.Shan Chenggong went up and pulled her daughter's arm vigorously, trying to pull her away, but Shan Juan struggled desperately and refused to leave. Her hoarse shouts were mixed with Xiaokang's scolding back. Give way. Shan Juan: "Fan Xiaokang, you don't even want your face! You want to kill me, you are a man, you are aboveboard, you are fucking hiding in the dark and shooting black guns, what are you capable of, you are doing so much in front of you Brother, you're a fool! You don't even want your face... You're stupid, I'll make you stupid! Show me your stupid!" Fan Xiaokang: "You are fucking shameless, you stinky shameless thing, you ungrateful thing. Don't provoke me, if I want to kill you, you have already killed me. You said I shot black guns, you Did you see me getting a black gun! Did the surname Liu say I hit him with a black gun? He farts and you treat him like an egg! I don’t care about your messy behavior, as long as you buy so many things for you Just spit it out, and we're both clean, or don't blame me for being stupid. Don't you say I'm dirty, you just need to know, I'll show you dirty today. You all get out, who the hell dares to drag me! " Shan Chenggong tried his best to pull his daughter away, and clearly stood by Xiaokang's side.He repeatedly scolded his daughter for talking nonsense, and repeatedly persuaded Xiaokang not to be as knowledgeable as her.Fan Ben came out from the back room of the bar when he pulled his daughter to the door. He stopped Shan Chenggong in a deep voice. Lao Fan: "Old Dan, don't leave, come here and sit down. I happen to have something to talk to you about, and I want to talk to you about something." Shan Juan still couldn't help shouting at Xiaokang: "Xiaokang, I will let you slaughter today, you kill me in front of your father, you, if you don't kill me, stop bullying others! If you don't fight in Longcheng Liu Chuan, you don't know if you can come back..." Xiaokang: "Who am I fighting for, what ungrateful thing am I fighting for!" Before Shan Juan finished speaking, Dan Chenggong slapped Dan Chenggong heavily on the face. Shan Chenggong stared wide-eyed and scolded sharply: "Shut up! You won't go down the steps given to you by Xiaokang, you are so mad at me, please be happy!" Ah!" He pushed his daughter hard, and shouted: "Go back, you go home!" Seeing Shan Juan covering his face and running away with tears in his eyes, he turned around and smiled at Lao Fan, slowing down his voice : "Brother, are you here too? Cough, the children are arguing with each other, it will be fine in two days, it can't be taken seriously." Lao Fan also smiled, took the order and sat down successfully, ordered people to serve beer and a fruit plate, and when they were all served, Lao Fan said: "Shan Juan really wronged Xiaokang in this matter. I also just got the news. They were in a nightclub in Longcheng for two days because Shan Juan got into a fight with someone. Do you know who those people are? It’s really a narrow road to enemies. They ran into the boss of Longcheng. Have you ever heard of the boss of Longcheng? I fought with him in the past, so I haven’t had any contact with him these years. He doesn’t mess with me, and I don’t mess with him. Well water doesn’t offend river water. This time Liu Chuan was too ruthless and injured the godson of the boss of Longcheng Now, people are targeting him, and he must be the only one. This matter has nothing to do with Xiaokang, don’t you believe what Xiaokang says, do you believe what I say?” Old Dan nodded immediately: "I believe it, of course I do. Brother, although Liu Chuan is not my own, he saved me. If he is in trouble, I can't ignore it. Brother, you have to look at my face, no matter what. Get ahead and help settle the matter. I will ask Liu Chuan to show filial piety to you from now on, this kid Liu Chuan is very righteous..." Lao Fan interrupted Shan Chenggong with a look of embarrassment: "Old Dan, based on the brotherhood between the two of us, your affairs are mine. But today's matter is really difficult. Me and the boss of Longcheng In the past two years, he has made a fortune in Longcheng, and I can't afford to offend him when he grows bigger. So this matter is really difficult." Shan Chenggong said: "Brother, I have been brothers with you for so many years, and I still don't know you well. What else can you, Boss Fan, be unjust about?" Lao Fan smiled: "You're right, don't care where you are now, there is nothing you can't do, don't care where you are, there is nothing easy to do." Lao Shan said: "Then the eldest brother pointed out the way, what do you think should be done about this matter." Lao Fan immediately interjected: "Now there is only one way to settle this matter, but whether you can take this way depends on you." Shan Chenggong paused, as if he had guessed the following, but he still asked, "What way?" Lao Fan also paused, because before he spoke, he had noticed Shan Chenggong's tacit gaze, but he still met that gaze and replied calmly, "Qian Lu." Shan Chenggong seemed to have finally seen through something, and his expression became calm and steady instead: "Brother, you also know that I am a bereaved dog now, and Liu Chuan also lives with a well-off family. Where do we have money?" After a pause, he asked again : "How much will it cost to settle this matter?" Lao Fan said: "It must cost fifty to sixty thousand. Hey, if you can find a way to find the money lost by the third child, that would be great. If there is such a large sum of money, then it will cost fifty to sixty thousand. It's not like throwing a dime." Shan Chenggong shook his head without hesitation and smiled wryly: "If I can find the money, I won't buy this peace, I will take out half of it first and thank you big brother! Your Lao Fan is so kind to me, and I alone Success is also a person who knows the cold and the hot, I..." Lao Fan calmly intercepted Shan Chenggong's confession: "Hey, don't talk about it to death, and think about it carefully, maybe the money will be remembered immediately when a nerve is moved!" courtyard night It was late at night when Shan Chenggong returned to the small courtyard. Neither Liu Chuan nor Shan Juan's mother and daughter were asleep, silently guarding the lonely lamp in the big house, waiting for him to come back.Shan Juan's face was faintly stained with tears, and she still looked angry.Liu Chuan sat on the side, bowed his head and was speechless, smoking a cigarette by himself.Shan Chenggong's wife put on a gloomy face and laid out a piece of fortune-telling cards on the bed... Shan Chenggong walked into the room, and everyone in the room looked up.他的面部沉在灯影之外，没人能看清上面的表情神态，但每个人都清晰无误地听到了他微哑的声音，那声音不大，却一下洞穿了整个黑夜的沉闷。 单成功：“单鹃，赶快收拾一下，你跟着刘川走吧，明天就走！” 单鹃兴奋得一下跳起来了：“明天？好！” 她立即跳到母亲的床上，床的那头放着几个大号的纸箱，她从纸箱里拿出出门远行的衣物，粗手粗脚弄散母亲刚刚摆好的纸牌。 单鹃母亲瞪着疑惑的眼睛，对丈夫发问：“你让他们去哪儿？” 单成功没有回答他的老婆，他把面孔转向刘川：“刘川，单鹃比你大一岁，她是姐姐，你是弟弟。可你是个男人。我把单鹃，还有你干妈，都交给你了，你们远走高飞吧！你带着她们先回北京去，还记得丰台区那个小旅馆吗？你们去了先在那个旅馆住下来，我过几天就往那儿给你们打电话。刘川你就用你的名字开房间，免得我打电话找不到你。” 刘川也愣了，他惶惶然地问了一句：“回北京？可我们哪儿来的钱呀？” 小院外、早点铺白天 天刚一亮。刘川独自出门。这一天太阳升起的速度似乎比往常要快，刘川无论怎样奔跑，还是赶不上东方迅速地由红变白。他一路跑着，先到离小院不远的早点铺里买了大饼，然后揣着大饼用最快的速度抄小路跑向那间杂货店。 grocery store during the day 杂货店里的中年妇女还在，刚刚起床，正在梳洗，她带着一脸肥皂领刘川匆匆进了铺子的后屋。刘川在后屋给景科长打完电话出来时，太阳已经毫不拖延地蹿上了房檐。 小院门口白天 刘川捧着大饼跑到小院那条街道时，远远就看见单成功正焦急地站在门外等他。 单成功皱着眉问：“怎么这么长时间？” 刘川喘着气答：“排队。” 单成功：“我看你半天不回来正想接你去呢，我还以为你又让小康堵上了。” Liu Chuan: "No." 刘川压着心跳从老单身边走过，他抱着大饼走进院门的一刻，太阳正在越过门口的树梢，把他和单成功一前一后的身影，压迫得越来越小。 秦水焦化厂白天 刘川跟着单成功父女二人走进秦水焦化厂的厂区以后，才知道这种老厂竟有多大的规模。浩大无比的厂区犹如一座破败的小城，颓楼林立，废陌纵横，车间与料场相隔无序，料场又与职工宿舍彼此侵融。刘川和单鹃跟着单成功七拐八拐，直到彻底转向才走进一栋宿舍楼中。这宿舍楼大概是六十年代的建筑，墙面斑驳，砖体裸露。窗户经各家自行改装，五花八门。上楼的台阶也年久失修，犬牙参差，缺口错落。 他们在三楼拐角的一户人家敲门而入，这家住着一个肥胖不堪的中年妇女，单成功以大姐呼之，刘川与单鹃则叫阿姨。这位阿姨与老单是何关系，刘川没有多问，他们到这里来的目的单纯，就是从“阿姨”手上拿到一个纸箱。箱子里装的都是些盗版光碟，其中纯色情的就占一半。刘川和单鹃抬着纸箱下楼之后，老单才和那个女人在楼上讨价还价地谈了价格。集市白天 他们把这箱光碟抬到了离焦化厂不远的一个街边集市，集市里的摊贩这时刚刚聚集。刘川对行商走贩之道全无经验，只是跟着高声叫卖而已。单成功父女则俯身扒拉着那箱光碟，计算着光碟的价值。 单成功对单鹃说：“这箱光碟要是全都出手，咱们能提百分之四十，可以净赚三千块钱吧。够刘川跟你和你妈在北京待两三个星期了，两三个星期，我怎么着也能把事都安排好了。” 集市里乱哄哄的，卖什么的都有。刘川在光碟箱子前站得两腿发酸，便和单成功招呼一声，说去其他摊子逛逛。 单鹃说：“等等我也去。” 单成功叫住她：“你们一个一个去，这儿我一个人照顾不过来。” 刘川对单鹃说：“要不你先去。” 单鹃只好留下：“你先去吧。” 刘川于是向集市深处走去。 他发现这个集市以卖旧货的居多，卖服装及日用品的居次，也有几个卖盗版碟的摊子，碟的数量都不太多。再往前方张望，还有卖猫卖狗卖花鸟鱼虫的，林林总总，疏疏落落，总有半公里绵延。 刘川走马观花逛了一圈，有些乏味，慢慢绕回自己的摊子，换了单鹃去逛。单鹃则是下马看景，逛的速度比刘川慢了许多，尤其是对服装摊子，更情有独钟，拿些花花绿绿的衣服试着长短，和摊主吵架斗嘴似的讨价还价，其实并不为买，只为说到摊主退无可退之境，才带着获胜的满足扬长而去。获胜也许是单鹃自小到大始终追求的终极快乐。有获胜感即可，且不论具体得失。 连战连胜之后，单鹃其实并未走远，所以，当几个工商缉查和一帮治安警察突然出现在集市当中，并且查到了单成功的摊子时，一切尚未远离单鹃的视线。虽然市场刹时大乱，几乎所有摊贩都在快速地收起货物，仓皇四散，但单鹃还是从拥挤着夺路而逃的人缝中，目睹了他们那箱光碟被收缴的情景，目睹了父亲和刘川双双被扣的场面。 同样观察着这个场面的，还有马路对面的一辆面包车，面包车里坐着景科长和他的秦水同行。 景科长对司机说了句：“走！” 面包车开动起来，离开了现场。 派出所白天 那天中午，单成功和刘川一起，被押到了秦水市南关派出所的院子里。和他们一起关进来的，还有其他几个贩卖黄碟的小贩。 大家坐在地上，一个被抓的小贩满不在乎地安慰大家：“没事，这不是整顿无照经商就是清查假冒伪劣，要么就是扫黄打非，顶多把东西没收了，再罚点钱，然后就放人了。” 另一个小贩担忧地说：“刚才把咱们的身份证都收走了，收咱们身份证干什么呀？” 小贩：“哎，万一你是被通缉的逃犯呢，把你的身份证拿到电脑上一对，一下就把你对出来了。哎，你那身份证不是假的吧？” 小贩：“派出所发的，怎么会假呢。” 小贩：“派出所发的是真的，你在街上找人做的就是假的。” 小贩：“街上能做身份证？” 小贩：“能啊，你到王家店大桥那边，给张照片，再给五十块钱，第二天就拿，比派出所方便……” 小贩们的声音单成功已经充耳不闻，他坐在地上，脸色发僵，眼珠发直。刘川看他一眼，小声问：“干爸，你不舒服？” 单成功用轻如耳语的声音喃喃道：“我太糊涂了，怎么这么大意抛头露面到街上去……天灭我也……” 牢房的门被打开了，有警察进来喊名，把叫到名字的人带走问话去了。单成功靠墙坐在冰凉的水泥地上，沉着脸一下午没有说话。 天渐渐黑下来了，有人送馒头进来，刘川吃了，但单成功没吃。傍晚他们隐约听到窗外两位警察的无意交谈，说起今天抓的人晚上大部分都会放掉，有个别身份证件有些疑点，得留一夜明天再查一查。民警的对话让单成功更加面色如土。 同屋的人被一个个提出去了，大多没再回来，估计是被放掉了。也有个别人又押回来了，那个担心身份证被扣的小贩的身份证果然有问题，押回来后同屋一问，不免唉声叹气。小贩们这么有进有出的一通折腾，对单成功的神经来说，显然是一种莫大的折磨。 天黑了，灯光昏暗，屋子里关的小贩大部分放走了，终于，一个民警进来指指单成功，把他提出去了，半小时后，又押了回来。刘川问他情况：“怎么样啊，警察都问你什么了？” 单成功低头不语，显然，警察对他的身份证产生了怀疑。这时他们都听到窗外又响起了警察的脚步，都听到了两个警察事务性的一问一答： “提谁呀？” “刘川。” 该轮到刘川了，单成功突然抬起双眼，他应该明白，如果刘川一去不返，他们即将就此永别，此生再也不会重逢见面了。单成功因此而双目发红，因此而声音颤抖，他叫了一声：“刘川！”这一声叫得几乎沙哑失声。 “刘川，你是我的儿子吗？” 刘川不知为什么全身一震，因为他从未在单成功那张永远不动声色的脸上，见到这种绝望和求助的神情。刘川的声音也不由自主变得沙哑起来，他哑着嗓子做了机械的回答：“我是。” 单成功：“儿子，跟老爸说再见吧。” 两个人都坐在地上，但单成功还是倾身拥抱了刘川。他抱着刘川，用哽咽的声音说道：“儿子，我把你妈，你姐，都托给你了。你看在我的面上，对她们……对她们好点。你出去，让你妈带你到海边去，去找我们怀上单鹃的那个地方。就在那个悬崖下面，在我和你妈相好的那个悬崖下面……我把咱家的东西都放在那儿了。儿子，你让你妈带上你们……带你们去那儿找吧！” 钥匙开锁的声音响了起来，震撼着每个人的耳鼓和心扉。屋门哐的一声打开来了，进来一位高大的民警。民警用漫不经心的声音叫道：“刘川！” 刘川应声坐正了身子。 民警：“出来！” 民警站在门口，目视刘川，在这一刻，单成功恰巧结束了他最后的遗言。 courtyard night 刘川孤身一人，急急奔回小院，他用力推开院门径直跑向大屋，他没有敲门，推开门冲进了屋子。 秦水长途汽车站夜 刘川带着单鹃母女仓皇搭上了一辆夜行的长途汽车。 铁路线上的一个小站拂晓 刘川与单鹃母女换乘了一列过站的火车。他们除身上穿的衣服和肩头一只背包，别无他物。 小院早晨 老范带着小康来到小院，院门洞开，已有一些手下人在院内四下搜翻，老范走进大屋，屋里的一切家当，一切用品，全都原封没动地放在原处。小康又冲到小屋去看，小屋同样人去屋空。 范本才和范小康惊愕懊悔的眼神。