Chapter 18 yellow leaves

When we got off the plane, the sun was so bright that people couldn't keep their eyes open. Chen Ziyu himself couldn't believe it, he actually came to Shenzhen. The end of January is the coldest time in the mainland, but Shenzhen is so warm, about 17 or 8 degrees, which is equivalent to the spring in the mainland cities.He suddenly felt that the high turtleneck sweater on his neck was a little breathless, and sweat oozed from the tip of his nose. Take a day off, plus a weekend. For three days, Chen Ziyu gave himself three days, if he didn't come to Shenzhen, and didn't find out the true face of this woman named Su Qin, he couldn't feel at ease no matter what.

When he arrived at the reserved hotel room, Chen Ziyu turned on the shower and planned his itinerary for a while while taking a bath. Before coming to Shenzhen, he made a phone call to Ye Feng of the Shenzhen Branch, expressing that he was investigating this matter from a private standpoint.Ye Feng is an enthusiastic person, and he agreed to try his best to help him in private.Time is tight, so we must arrange it well. Thinking of Su Qin, I suddenly remembered what Su Qin said to herself. "People like you don't understand. You don't understand because you don't understand love at all."

Don't I know what love is?This question has been deeply troubled Chen Ziyu.He couldn't help but think of Cheng Lin and his father's words: "Why don't you know how to cherish such a good wife?" Why is everyone blaming him?Where did he go wrong?Did he not take responsibility for Cheng Lin?Has he not covered the expenses of the family?Did he not remain loyal to Cheng Lin?Didn't he get hurt by what happened to Cheng Lin?If these are not enough, what else is love? The slightly cool water splashed on his face all the time, as if washing away all the tiredness and chaotic thoughts of the journey.

He reached out to turn off the water valve, took out the towel hanging on the wall and wiped his hair. Ye Feng is a typical southerner, with a medium build, black skin and thin skin, about forty years old, with a pair of small black and bright eyes, he looks very shrewd and capable.They made an appointment to meet at the exit of the subway station, then led Chen Ziyu to a Cantonese-style tea house, and invited Chen Ziyu to try authentic Cantonese afternoon tea. It was nearly two o'clock at noon, and the business of the teahouse was still very good, and the waiters were so busy that they kept their feet on the ground.

"I answered your call and went to check the place that Ding Yi rented before. Now the owner has changed twice. Two white-collar workers from other places are renting there together. I can't find anything." After sitting down Ye Feng said: "However, I will help you find a young and Dangerous boy. He was in contact with Ding Yi at the time, and now he has gone ashore, so he won't go out of his way. I will take you to meet him after dinner." Chen Ziyu said politely: "No, don't bother you. Just give me your name and address, and I'll go by myself."

"Oh, you don't know, we must go, otherwise he will never mention the past." He picked up a shrimp dumpling: "Come on, try it, the shrimp dumpling here is quite famous, you know To make shrimp dumplings, the shrimp meat must be fresh, and it must be chewy to applaud..." That once young and Dangerous boy now looks like an ordinary middle-aged man who couldn't be more ordinary, with a fat body, wearing a dark green jacket that is a little black, with white temples, and smoking non-stop.He opened a hardware store on Wenjin Road, Luohu District, and the business didn't seem to be doing well. He and his dog were sitting by the storefront basking in the sun.

"Ding Yi, I remember that guy from Zhuhai. Everyone calls him Ding Laosan, and some call him Ding Mouse." He said without interest: "He is Huang Changrong's boy." "Who is Huang Changrong?" "More than ten years ago, he was very popular in the Shekou area. He opened a nightclub and sold alcohol, drugs, and women. Anyone who saw him would call him Brother Rong. Ding Yi was in charge of taking care of him. The girl went." "What about Huang Changrong? Where is he now?" The owner of the hardware store shook his head: "Huang Changrong's nightclub closed down due to a fire, and he was burned to death. His gang went their own way. Some followed other big brothers, and most of them ended up in prison. , and some have done bad things and fled and fled. I am bearish and have cut off contact with them long ago."

"It's true that you haven't seen anyone you know?" "Of course it's true, it's too late to avoid them." "What's the name of that nightclub?" "Do you know that Ding Yi has a woman? Do you know him?" "I don't remember." He shook his head: "I don't remember many things in the past, and I don't want to remember them." "You think about it again?" "Ding Laosan and I are actually not that close. We have only had two drinks together." At this time, a customer came to the store to buy glue pipes, and the boss walked away to greet him.Chen Ziyu watched him walk with one leg dragging, limping.I don't know if it is the glorious record of being a young and Dangerous boy in the past.

Chen Ziyu saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he left. The boss suddenly turned his head and said: "One day I bumped into a man from a distance in Xijiaocheng. I used to be with Huang Changrong, and now I am working as a bodyguard in Xijiaocheng. At that time we called him Heizai. Huang Changrong's He should know the situation better. But please don’t say that I said it.” As the name suggests, Heizai has a dark complexion and a strong build.But looking at the fierce look in his eyes, Chen Ziyu believed that the reason why he was called Hei Zai was not just because of his dark skin.Suddenly a criminal policeman came to him, he looked a little panicked, but when he found that what the police wanted to ask was not about his current affairs, but a dead boss many years ago, he immediately cooperated.Chen Ziyu showed photos of Ding Yi and Su Qin in front of him.He recognized Ding Yi immediately, but it took him a while to remember Su Qin.

"Is it her?" Chen Ziyu showed him the photo on Su Qin's ID card. He looked carefully for a while: "That's right, she is Ding Yi's horse. Brother Rong once got drunk and privately said that this woman looked contemptuous, and he must have sex with her someday." "And then, did they get involved?" "I don't know. But Brother Rong can get the woman he wants, even if he rapes him." He pointed at the photo and said, "This kid named Ding Yi doesn't know how to flatter him. Once Brother Rong asked him to sell this woman to him. He didn't agree at that time. Brother Rong said that it would be easy to get rid of this kid. Didn't this kid sell a batch of fake products back to the mainland at that time? He came to the door to demand compensation for the loss, and Brother Rong asked Chou Si to lend Guili to this kid. This kid was kept in the dark by Brother Rong, and wanted to run away to Hong Kong, so he came to beg Brother Rong. How could Brother Rong Let him run away, but in the end he obediently offered the woman both hands. In the end, the two parents-in-law were picking up customers in Brother Rong's nightclub."

"Pick up the guests?" Chen Ziyu thought he had heard wrong. "That's right, one made a chicken and the other a duck. But didn't Brother Rong's nightclub catch fire later, and Brother Rong was also burned to death, and the two parents-in-law disappeared. I heard that they were rescued by the police. The rules on the road, the police The rescued people are different from the ones who escaped by themselves, the police rescued the people and let them go, as if they had been saved.” "What's the name of that nightclub?" "The dragon head." Chen Ziyu's shock cannot be described in words.He once imagined that Su Qin and Ding Yi must have a tangled past in Shenzhen where they couldn't see people, but he didn't expect the two to fall like this!No wonder Zhang Lei insisted on divorcing Su Qin back then, it was indeed something that no man could accept.Perhaps, Ding Yi has been blackmailing Su Qin because of this past incident, and Su Qin finally couldn't bear it anymore and killed him in anger... Or is there something deeper? And, what evidence is there for that? Chen Ziyu asked Ye Feng to pull out the file of the fire in the leading nightclub. "It's strange that the names of Ding Yi and Su Qin are not among those rescued by the police," Chen Ziyu said. "Maybe he ran away while in disorder." Ye Feng said. "Are those girls from Longtou Nightclub still staying in Shenzhen now?" "It's hard to check, but you can try." At ten o'clock in the morning, when she was sleeping most soundly, a sudden knock on the door woke her up.Who?She sat up from the bed in a daze, and almost tripped over her pajamas when she got out of bed.Boss Zheng, that bastard!She thought bitterly that she almost drank a whole bottle of Chivas Regal last night.She combed her hair carelessly with her hands, found a coat and put it on, wondering who it might be.The rent was paid the day before yesterday, and she has not owed anyone a debt these days, let alone offended any boss, who will it be at this time? She opened the door, and two unidentified people stood outside the door.One was thin and yellow with piercing eyes, and the other was younger with delicate features. "Is it Yu Fengzhu?" They showed their IDs: "We are from the Public Security Bureau, my surname is Ye, and this is Police Officer Chen. There is one thing I would like to ask you to assist in the investigation." Her head suddenly woke up from the drowsiness. The curtains were pulled open with a bang, and the sunlight shone directly into the room. The air was filled with the smell of powder, the smell of overnight alcohol, and the smell of sweat.Chen Ziyu opened the window to let fresh air in. She combed her hair restlessly with her hands. In the daylight, her face was pale, her skin was loose, and she looked very haggard. Ye Feng sat in front of her, looking at her with a serious expression. "We heard that you worked as a hostess in a bar street in Shekou?" "No, no... I just came to Shenzhen and I'm looking for a job..." Ye Feng said impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense! Answer honestly!" "Yes..." she whispered, "However, that was ten years ago." "Have you seen this woman?" Chen Ziyu put the photo on Su Qin's ID card in front of her.She frowned, looked carefully for a while, and shook her head. "Really haven't seen it?" "No." She said: "I didn't work in Longtao for a long time, really. Later, I drank and had stomach bleeding, so I went back to my hometown for a while. Later, I heard that it was burned, and I was still thinking, it's okay. I'm home." "Then do you know who did it in Longtou before, and who else is in Shenzhen?" Yu Fengzhu bit her nails and thought for a while: "I really don't remember what happened so many years ago. But I have a fellow from my hometown. She has been in the bar street longer than me, and many girls on that street know each other." "What's the name of your countryman?" "Song Tingting, she's at Jinxin Nightclub." After lunch, Ye Feng immediately took Chen Ziyu to take a taxi to Jinxin Nightclub to find their person in charge, only to find out that Song Tingting had married and returned to her hometown not long ago.This line is tantamount to being broken.Ye Feng and Chen Ziyu visited several nightclubs, but nothing was gained. This day is tantamount to passing in vain. Back at the hotel in the evening, take a short rest, see the time is still early, how to pass the night in a foreign land? There is a bar on the third floor of the hotel. It has an old Shanghai-style nostalgic atmosphere, with deep light. There is an old-style record player next to the bar, playing old songs from Shanghai in the 1930s.Chen Ziyu sat at the bar and ordered a glass of whiskey with ice cubes as usual. The cold wine goes down the throat, and then it feels very comfortable to slowly heat up in the stomach.The irritability seemed to gradually fade away as the alcohol dissipated. A woman in a dark red v-neck dress came to him silently.Chen Ziyu didn't want to talk to her and just drank by himself.There was only a "ding" sound, the soft sound of the lighter, and then a faint smell of smoke drifted through. "If you drink like you, you will get drunk soon." The woman's voice was a little hoarse, but soft. Chen Ziyu still ignored her. "Even if you quarreled with your wife, you don't need to treat yourself like a wine jar." She chuckled lightly, "Can you forget all your troubles when you're drunk?" Chen Ziyu stopped moving the wine glass to his lips. "You said I had a fight with my wife?" Chen Ziyu turned around. The woman smiled: "Isn't it?" Chen Ziyu raised his eyebrows and wanted to deny it, but suddenly lost his temper: "You are right." "I'm here every night, and I've met many guests like you, and I still have some eyesight." Smiling, she stretched out a hand to Chen Ziyu: "My name is Pearl." Chen Ziyu hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to hold it: "Chen Ziyu." Her hands are small and icy. "You know, people are always willing to tell someone they don't know. Probably because the other person has nothing to do with their life, so it doesn't matter if they say it." "You often hear men tell their own stories here?" "And sometimes women." Chen Ziyu laughed: "I have no story to tell you." "It's okay, I can chat with you about other things." She lazily took out a box of davidoff from her handbag, smoked one, and lit one: "There are too few guests tonight, we are all bored." This is true, Chen Ziyu thought to himself, the self who came to Shenzhen with a foolish energy, was probably more boring than this old lady who was waiting for customers in an empty bar. "Where are you from?" "Countryside Jiangsu." She flicked her curly hair gently with her hands: "However, I haven't been home for almost ten years." "why?" "Hehe, it's not what you imagined. When I came out, a sister from my hometown took me, and everyone in the family knew what she was doing outside, but no one objected. Everyone was poor and scared. Seeing that Who dares to look down upon a girl who takes a lot of money home to build a house and buy a tractor? Even if someone scolds her, she envies her in her heart. So I decided to go to Shenzhen with her. My family also agrees and supports it.” Chen Ziyu drank with a wry smile: "How long have you been out?" "Fifteen...almost sixteen years." Pearl breathed out a puff of smoke: "When I came out, I thought very simple. After earning a few years of money, I would collect the mountains and go home to be a good wife and mother, but...after I came out, I went back to the house. not going." Chen Ziyu didn't ask her why.He can completely imagine that a girl who has become accustomed to urban life will no longer be willing to return to her hometown for the rest of her life no matter what. Chen Ziyu shrugged: "It doesn't matter whether you go back or not. For your family, it's enough to send the monthly money back on time." "That's right." She couldn't help laughing out loud: "You are really interesting." Her face looked as pretty as Lin Chiling from a distance, but when she smiled, there were fine wrinkles on the corners of her eyes and brows, she was an old Lin Chiling full of dust. "thanks." "Have you always been like this?" "What kind of person?" "Heartless people." "what?" Pearl held her head gently with the hand holding the cigarette: "What kind of man are you? I can probably guess the exact sameness when we first meet." "That's right, you have a lot of experience." "You and I used to be very similar." Chen Ziyu laughed: "I look like you?" "At that time, there were a lot of people who fancied me, several of them loved me, and some were very sincere, but in the end they all left me. Do you know why?" Chen Ziyu said intentionally meanly: "When I find you, I want to take out the money in their pockets." "Hmph," she said with a smile without losing her temper. "There are quite a few little girls who are obsessed with you, right? But none of them can get along with you for a long time, right? They will all leave you in the end." Thinking about it carefully, it was true, but Chen Ziyu denied it: "Nothing." "Because we are all the same kind of people. We are very self-centered, we only have ourselves in our hearts, and we always think that to love is to be loved. Even if we like someone very much, we don't know how to love others. Everything is centered on our own feelings, and we will never Think in someone else's shoes." "Hmph," Chen Ziyu snorted, "What do you know?" "Ask yourself, have you ever lost your mind about someone? Who is your favorite person in this world? Have you done anything crazy and stupid to please her?" --No.Chen Ziyu secretly thought back, even if he was with Cheng Lin, it was indeed Cheng Lin who accommodated him most of the time.Even if I felt happy when I first fell in love, there was never a moment when I was infatuated to the point of ecstasy.His heart is always reserved only for himself, and Cheng Lin is only allowed to approach a certain range, and if Cheng Lin tries to go deeper, it will make him unhappy. Pearl said lightly: "It is very tiring to be with people like us. The love you give, what you get is not accumulation, but wear and tear. Because love is mutual, no one can give for another forever, everyone will If you are tired, you will get hurt. No matter what kind of love you have, it will be worn down. At that time, it will be when the other party leaves you." Chen Ziyu was dumbfounded. He suddenly remembered what happened before they got married. That day was Cheng Lin's birthday. They had a drink outside and came home to make love. When it was over, it was almost two o'clock in the middle of the night. He didn't even send Cheng Lin downstairs and asked her to take a taxi home. , because he felt very sleepy and wanted to sleep, and Cheng Lin didn't complain at all.But in fact, is she secretly hoping that he can at least go downstairs to take her to a taxi? He recalled that time, when Cheng Lin was going to Shanghai for a month's business trip, before she left, she was reluctant to part with her, but he actually felt a little impatient, and it wasn't like she would never come back again, why was she being so pretentious?Cheng Lin begged him to take her to the airport, but he actually hardened his heart at that time, stuffed her into a taxi and waved goodbye. There are many, many such things, such moments.Chen Ziyu had never noticed it before, but it suddenly popped into his mind at this moment.A great fear suddenly arises, has Cheng Lin's love smoothed out unknowingly in the past three years?That's why she turned to other men?This is why the father looked at him and sighed hesitantly?You are a fan of the authorities, but all the people around you are as clear-minded as water?That's why Su Qin said that she is a bastard who doesn't understand love? Chen Ziyu held his wine glass in a daze, but then, he suddenly realized that no one had ever accused him so unceremoniously, and he was a former prostitute in a third-rate bar, and his shame instantly turned into a faint anger: " Stop pretending you know me well!" Pearl smiled gently: "You have better luck than me. I learned these truths after suffering a lot. It's a pity that no one ever told me when I was young." Chen Ziyu raised his neck, drank the remaining wine in the glass, and asked the waiter to pay the bill. The little brother came over and said softly, "No need sir, our proprietress said that she will buy the wine you have tonight." Boss?Chen Ziyu glanced at the woman sitting in front of him in surprise.She was taking out another cigarette from her handbag, lightly held it on her lips and lit it.She raised her eyes and gave Chen Ziyu a polite and elegant look. That being the case, Chen Ziyu didn't say much, turned around and left the deserted bar. He walked in such a hurry that he was fleeing in embarrassment.It's like running away from that selfish, willful, failed self who screwed up everything.