Chapter 32 Thirty-two

After having a serious conversation with Xiao Tong, Ou Qingchun was ordered to take him to the deployment meeting for the next step of the 6.16 case. This is the first time that Xiao Tong has formally participated in an internal police meeting.The meeting was arranged in a quaint courtyard near Jingshan, which he had heard the police call "Dianer". The courtyard of this courtyard is not big, but the corridors are well connected, surrounded by circles, exquisite, unique and elegant.There are many evergreen plants planted in the courtyard. Although it is early winter, they are still nourished by nature and protected by nature, with luxuriant branches and leaves.In particular, the intertwined vines in the court are said to have a history of more than a hundred years.Xiao Tong heard from Qingchun that this is a corner of a former palace, and most of the former residences of this palace have long since disappeared.Xiao Tong is skeptical about this.Although he knew in the history class that since the city was expanded in the Ming Dynasty, there have been countless evil palaces and palaces for hundreds of years.And the vertical flower door in this yard.Stone lions, caissons with double eaves, and brick carvings and paintings are all available, with a royal air.But he still suspects that this newly decorated small courtyard is attached to the ruins of the palace, maybe it is the police who have nostalgia for the past.

Director Ma.Li Chunqiang, Ou Qingchun and Du Changfa all attended the meeting.It was a sunny day, and the meeting was held under the wisteria trellis in front of the main house, rather like a few neighbors sitting down after dinner.From Xiao Tong's point of view, this is completely different from his original imagination of the strictness of the public security organs. Of course he didn't know that the elder who arrived at the end was the director Ma Zhanfu, he just heard the police call him "boss".The boss style of the "boss" is somewhat mysterious and awe-inspiring.He was brought here to sit down with the police and the "boss" of the police, and he was somewhat excited and novel in his heart.

The "boss" was very kind, and he first asked if his body had recovered.Then I asked him how confident and courageous he was in completing this task.Xiao Tong said, Qingchun talked with me yesterday, but he lacked confidence and had a little courage.After he finished speaking, he glanced at Qingchun, secretly thinking that his answer must have made Qingchun look good in front of the "boss". The "boss" said that the next step in this matter is mainly for you to cooperate with our Captain Li.Are you familiar with Captain Li? Xiao Tong didn't look at Li Chunqiang, he didn't look at him and he knew that his donkey face was always pulling. The "boss" didn't seem to wait for his answer, but turned to Li Chunqiang and asked, have you discussed the details thoroughly?

Li Chunqiang said not yet, after you explain the principles, the details are easy to discuss. The "boss" said that the principles are still those principles. The principles of this matter are easy to talk about, but the details are difficult.The key to success is the design and implementation of details.You must not be careless, and when the time comes, you screw up and say that it is a mistake in the decision-making above. Li Chunqiang said he knew.As long as he doesn't lose the chain, I'm pretty sure. Only then did Xiao Tong and Li Chunqiang look at each other, and when Li Chunqiang was talking about him, he was of course referring to himself.But he was silent.

The "boss" gave a few more words of encouragement and a few words of principle, and then left with his purse.Everyone got up to see them off, and Du Changfa went all the way to the door.Only Xiao Tong was left under the wisteria trellis.Ou Qingchun and Li Chunqiang faced each other silently, neither of them spoke. Ou Qingchun couldn't bear the awkwardness, took the teapot on the stone table into the room to refill the water and avoided for a while.Xiao Tong and Li Chunqiang fought each other in silence.In the end, it was Li Chunqiang who broke the deadlock and spoke first. "Let's sit down and discuss the details."

Xiao Tong didn't sit down, the first sentence he spoke was calm and calm, it was a question: "Captain Li, you hate me very much now, don't you?" Li Chunqiang said with a stern face, "Are you still a man, do you still have business in mind?" Xiao Tong said without hesitation: "Because I'm a man, so open people don't do secret things. You are also a man, I should talk to you clearly about the matter." Li Chunqiang stared at him, but didn't answer the words. Xiao Tong said: "I love her." Li Chunqiang's eyes were burning, but his mouth was closed.

Xiao Tong said again: "I respect you, Captain Li, and I don't want to offend you. But this kind of thing, there is no way, this is the emotion of a person's life, there is no way to be modest, and there is no way to bypass it." Li Chunqiang said, "Have you said enough?" Just as Xiao Tong opened his mouth to say something more, Li Chunqiang interrupted him: "If you've said enough, let's discuss the details." Xiao Tong said: "I just want to tell you my thoughts in person, and I don't think there is anything shameful about my behavior."

Li Chunqiang replied somewhat rudely: "Listen, I am standing with you now because of my responsibility. We will talk about our problems after this matter is over!" Xiao Tong opened his mouth to say something, but at this moment they all saw Qingchun at the same place.Qingchun was already standing between them holding a teapot, and she had obviously heard their last conversation. Du Changfa also came back, Xiao Tong and Li Chunqiang sat down with serious faces, and got down to business.Li Chunqiang explained the details of the plans that had been considered and prepared one by one, in a detailed and concise manner.Xiao Tong also had to secretly admire his temperament and experience.After Li Chunqiang finished speaking, he asked Qingchun and Du Changfa to add.Before the two could speak, Xiao Tong spoke first:

"During this time, can I still live with Uncle Ob? My own house has been empty for a long time, and I haven't cleaned it up." Li Chunqiang didn't answer, and turned to Ou Qingchun, "Didn't you talk to him?" Qingchun frowned and said to Xiaotong: "Haven't we already talked about it? In case they spy on you secretly, you have to go home and live. You can come back after this matter is over." Xiao Tong lowered his head, hesitated to speak.He seemed a bit pitiful, and Ou Qingchun added comfortingly: "I don't think this case will drag on for too long. Both Captain Li and I believe that you can settle the matter quickly."

Xiao Tong still lowered his head, and said: "Ouyang Lanlan and I have already turned our heads, and we have spoken very terribly. Women need face. Besides, she has a very strong self-esteem. Have you ever thought that she might Don't want to see me again." Li Chunqiang said coldly: "The biggest weakness of women is curiosity. Without Eve's curiosity, there would be no human beings. I think you Xiaotong has this ability. You can make different women curious about you. To be honest, you If she hadn't turned her face, if she had gotten you as she wanted, she might have thought you were boring."

Xiao Tong's face was a little red, he looked up at Qingchun, he could hardly guess whether Li Chunqiang was referring to Sang Huai or not. Du Changfa echoed unintentionally: "That's right, being married is not as good as being in love, being in love is not as good as having an affair, and having an affair is not as good as being able to steal. This is common sense." He laughed to himself.But the other three people had their own concerns, and no one showed a smile. After the meeting, they had a very simple dinner in this "point".Then, Xiao Tong followed Li Chunqiang and Du Changfa to the Four Seasons Hotel and got a room.In this room, Li Chunqiang asked Xiao Tong to call Ouyang Lanlan. A minute later Ouyang Lanlan called back, suppressing the trembling of her voice, pretending to be calm but asking like a cannonball, is it you, Xiao Tong?How are you, how is your health, how is this period going?Where have you been these days?Why did you remember calling me again? Xiao Tong asked, "Where are you?" Ouyang Lanlan said, "At home." Xiao Tong asked: "Busy?" Ouyang Lanlan smiled wryly, and said, "Your Professor Yu is now the vice chairman of Yanjing Food City, and he brought me another one today. It's an associate professor. What do you think of me marrying an associate professor?" Xiao Tong said: "That's good." Then asked: "When will you be free, can we meet?" Ouyang Lanlan asked: "Okay, are you at the Four Seasons Hotel? Shall I go find you?" Xiao Tong said: "I didn't know you were going on a blind date today, we can make an appointment another day." Ouyang Lanlan seemed to smile on the phone: "It's okay, just wait for me to find you." After hanging up the phone, Xiao Tong looked up at Li Chunqiang who was sitting on the sofa, and Li Chunqiang asked, "How is her mood and tone?" Xiao Tong said, "It's still the same." "Is she coming soon?" "Didn't you hear everything? We met at the bar downstairs after an appointment for half an hour." Li Chunqiang looked at his watch and said, "I don't forget how we talked with her." Xiao Tong didn't speak, he stood up and said, "I'll go down and wait for her." Du Changfa said, "Isn't it half an hour later?" Xiao Tong has already opened the door, and the voice stayed in the room, "The room is terribly stuffy." "Wait a minute!" Li Chunqiang called to stop him, and he stopped, kicking in and out of the door.Li Chunqiang walked over and looked outside the door. There was no one in the corridor.He took out 500 yuan and handed it to Xiao Tong, saying: "Keep the invoice after paying the bill, we need it financially." Xiao Tong looked at the brand-new tickets in his hand, and knew that this was the fund for tonight's meeting.He took the money and went downstairs alone, and entered the bar on the side of the lobby.There are not many tables in the bar, and the business is light.But he still found a secluded place by the corner and sat down.Ordered a beer.He hadn't had a beer since quitting, or almost since taking drugs. The beer was served, and just after taking a sip, Li Chunqiang and Du Changfa also wandered into the bar, found seats not far from him, sat down, ordered drinks and smoked.He waited for Ouyang Lanlan, and they glanced at him. At eight o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Lanlan came in a hurry, dressed up beautifully.Xiao Tong didn't greet her, and let her look around at the bar door for a while.Finally, she saw him in the corner and walked over quickly, Xiao Tong could hardly see any expression on her face. The two didn't even say hello to each other.Ouyang Lanlan sat down and stared at his face.He knew what she was looking at, and she wanted to judge the extent of his drug addiction from his face.His face was as healthy as ever.He couldn't guess whether it would please or disappoint her. Ouyang Lanlan ordered a drink, and said with a reserved attitude, "Long time no see." She said, "It seems that you are living a good life." The resentment in Xiao Tong's heart rose again, he couldn't help but sneered and said, "You wish I could die, don't you?" His words made Ouyang Lanlan's face pale and her eyes timid.Her reservedness was instantly replaced by a kind of weakness, and she said in an awkward voice: "Xiao Tong, forgive me, it's all because I love you so much." Xiao Tong stopped.She added: "Because at that time, I was very desperate at that time, and I didn't want to let you leave me like this." Xiao Tong remembered that he told Ouyang Lanlan that the most poisonous thing is a woman's heart.At that time, it was just talking, and I didn't expect that she would really use any means to achieve her goal.Ouyang Lanlan seemed to see through his thoughts, and continued: "Don't hate me. It's useless to hate. You are destined to be inseparable from me. I knew you would call me. Even if we reciprocate our grievances, we can't get rid of this fate." Xiao Tong glanced at Li Chunqiang who was not far away with his eyes. Li Chunqiang had moved and sat on the bar counter at this time, and he could see it more closely from the bar counter.He didn't know if this was a sign to stop delaying, so he said to Ouyang Lanlan: "Fate or fate is always talking about parting, please do me a favor, I just have something to ask you .” "Please?" A smile flashed across Ouyang Lanlan's face. "What's the matter, do you want fans?" Xiao Tong blinked and said, "Yes." Ouyang Lanlan's face was full of worries and joys, she let out a long breath, lowered her head and said, "I know I hurt you." She raised her head, reached out to grab Xiao Tong's hand, and said, "Promise me, and I will marry you." Together, don’t leave me anymore, I can satisfy you in everything. You don’t have to worry about not having fans, I can help you quit if you want. We can go abroad to quit. As long as you agree not to leave me again ,Do you agree?" Xiao Tong withdrew his hand, bowed his head, avoiding her gaze, not knowing how to respond.He said, "Tell me first, do you have fans?" Ouyang Lanlan opened the leather bag, took out a thick cigarette from it, put it in front of him, and then lit a lighter. The flame of the lighter jumped up and down, making it bright red. Xiao Tong said, "I didn't ask for it." Ouyang Lanlan turned off the lighter and asked doubtfully, "Who do you want it for?" "Give it to my boss." "Your boss?" "Ah, he poured this. He wants a large quantity, so you can offer him a good price." Ouyang Lanlan was stunned for a long time before waking up like a dream, "Oh, you came to me because you want to do business with me?" Xiao Tong said, "I beg you to do me a favor." Ouyang Lanlan said: "It's okay to help, but you have to tell me the truth. What does your boss do, and how do you know him?" Xiao Tong explained this and that according to the compiled words.He told her that the boss's surname was Yu, and his name was Yu Chunqiang.When he was most unable to endure the onset of drug addiction, it was Boss Yu who saved him.He's been living off him and owes him so much, so pay him back for doing this for him. Ouyang Lanlan asked: "So, are you still smoking?" Xiao Tong hesitated and nodded. Ouyang Lanlan asked again: "Are you inhaling, or have you used a needle?" Xiao Tong replied: "Suck." Ouyang Lanlan lowered her voice, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Xiao Tong, you can inhale, as long as you control it well and don't use a needle, it won't hurt your body too much. You must not dump this thing. You know, Fifty grams upside down, you can kill your head!" Xiao Tong said, "It's too late for you to speak, I'm already tossing about." Ouyang Lanlan said: "Xiao Tong, from now on, wash your hands and don't do it anymore. If you need powder yourself, I can provide it for you. You don't need to rely on it to make money, I can always provide it for you. You go abroad with me, let’s find a quiet place, and I will accompany you to live a life of ordinary people, okay? If you are willing to go to Germany to find your parents, I can also accompany you, you Please don't do this." Xiao Tong shook his head, "I can go with you in the future, but not now. Now I have to do this for Boss Yu. I have to pay back what I owe him." "How much do you owe him, I'll pay it back." "What I owe him is a favor." Ouyang Lanlan bit her lip and finally asked, "How much does he want to buy?" "How many do you have?" "I can ask how much he wants." "I want 10,000 grams, do you have it?" "I don't know," I can find someone to ask, how much does he pay per gram? "Let's make a price first. If there is, he can come out and have a face-to-face meeting with the owner." Ouyang Lanlan said: "if you do this for him, can you leave him and follow me?" Xiao Tong was depressed for a moment, glanced at Ouyang Lanlan, and gave a vague answer. Ouyang Lanlan stared hard at his eyes, "Is it okay?" All he could say was, "Yes." Ouyang Lanlan's sharp eyes still did not leave his eyes, "I hope you can take your words as a promise, a promise of a man. Can you?" Xiao Tong didn't avoid his eyes anymore, he said: "Yes." Ouyang Lanlan turned around and raised her hand, the waiter came, she said: "Check out." The waiter delivered the bill, Xiao Tong took it over and said, "I'll settle it." Ouyang Lanlan didn't argue.She looked at Xiao Tong's way of paying, and her eyes became warm like water. "Are you really rich now?" "Business always costs money." Xiao Tong answered casually, walked out of the bar with her, and bid farewell in the lobby of the hotel.Xiao Tong said: "I'm still the original pager, I'll wait for your letter. I'm sorry to disturb your blind date today." Ouyang Lanlan shook hands with him, and said, "At home, it's just a show, but coming here is the real blind date." Ouyang Lanlan still drove her BMW and left.Xiao Tong turned back to the bar, but Li Chunqiang and Du Changfa had disappeared.He went upstairs and they were already waiting for him in the room.After he reported to them, he left the room first.He walked out of the hotel lobby alone into the street.The shops in the street are closed.Although there are still scattered yellow autumn leaves on the ground, the atmosphere is already bleak in winter.He was across the street and saw a Jeep scheduled to be parked there.He walked over, opened the door, and sat on the driver's right-hand seat. Only Ou Qingchun was in the car. The car turned on the headlights and started slowly.Ou Qingchun asked: "See you?" He nodded.Qingchun asked again: "Did the talk go well?" He nodded again.Qingchun glanced at the bag on the back seat, and said, "I've brought you the things you use frequently, as well as your change of clothes. There are also medicines, you have to take them on time." The car drove towards Xiao Tong's house, and the two of them stopped talking on the road.Xiao Tong took the handbag on the back seat, opened it and looked inside.In addition to what Qingchun said, there are several boxes of oral nutritional supplements.The things in the bag gave him a feeling of parting, and the closer he was to home, the lonelier he felt. The car stopped, and it was on the street not far from his building.Qingchun said: "You have to go in. In case Ouyang Lanlan or their people come to look for you, it would be bad if they saw someone seeing you off." Xiao Tong nodded, picked up his bag and got off the car.Qingchun asked again: "Do you have enough money?" Xiao Tong said: "Enough, the money my mother sent me has not been spent yet." Xiaotong opened the car door, and when he got out of the car, he turned his head. They looked at each other for a moment, Qingchun said: "Xiaotong, don't forget the promise you gave me! Never touch that thing again! Whether we are with you or not By your side, we believe that you will never smoke that thing again!" Xiao Tong didn't speak, he could see the moving light in Qingchun's eyes.He leaned over and hugged her, but she didn't resist.Xiaotong felt for the first time that her body was not as stiff as before, but unexpectedly soft.At this moment, there were countless vows of eternal love in his heart, but he was so excited that he couldn't form words for a moment, he felt extremely happy! Qingchun stretched out her hand and hugged him too. She put her arms around his neck and whispered softly: "I will wait for you, when you complete the task successfully, then I will move here and we will live together."