Tiger Police

Chapter 301
Hu Pingtao changed the subject again: "Since you have been friends since elementary school, do you still keep in touch with other students?"

"Yes." Liu Ning nodded, but his mood became depressed in an instant: "I have a good friend who was...not here a while ago."

This remark aroused Hu Pingtao's vigilance, and he asked calmly, "Do you know Xinqiu too?"

Liu Ning said "Yes", "Her name is Zhang Yacui. We were in the same class when we were in elementary school."

Zhang Yacui?
Hu Pingtao's brain was running fast——one of the five students who died in a car accident had this name.

He frowned, pretending to be thinking, and said slowly: "Zhang Yacui... I remember Yao Xinqiu's current school, there is a girl in the same grade as her named Zhang Yacui."

"I'm talking about her. They are in the same school, but not in the same class." Liu Ning was a little surprised: "Brother Ping Tao, why do you also know Zhang Yacui?"

Hu Pingtao vaguely made an excuse: "I came back from France when I was on vacation the year before last, and I met him once at Xinqiu's house."

"It turned out to be like this." Liu Ning continued: "Zhang Yacui is a very nice person, and we have been good friends since we were young. I didn't know anything at that time, and she taught us how to braid."

Hu Pingtao pretended to say "Oh" unexpectedly, and asked with interest: "Is she talented in this area?"

"She usually likes to do handicrafts." Liu Ning showed nostalgic look on his face: "Zhang Yacui's mother used to run a tailor shop, a very small one. She helped people sew trouser hems and refurbish old clothes. Some old people like to go to her The cheongsams I ordered are all old models, and her mother makes them very carefully."

Hu Pingtao leaned forward, put his elbows on the railing, and asked with a smile, "It sounds like you have a good relationship?"

"Yes!" Liu Ning didn't deny it: "We all call her "Cui Cui". Zhang Yacui said that this name is too rustic, but she couldn't convince us. She got used to calling it more times."

"Cui Cui can make delicious cakes. When we are at her house, we will follow her to knead the dough and beat eggs. That kind of cake can be made quickly in the oven. The surface is coated with honey and syrup. very good."

"Cui Cui can also make braised chicken wings. When we were in elementary school, we went camping a few times, and every time she would bring a big bag of marinated chicken wings. Everyone, including the teacher, licked their fingers after eating it. "

When Hu Pingtao heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he pretended to smile casually: "When you were in elementary school, how many students were there in your class?"

"42." Liu Ning remembered clearly.

Hu Pingtao continued to ask: "Every person has a marinated chicken wing, plus the teacher who leads the team, there are at least 43. According to this, Zhang Yacui's family's financial conditions are very good?"

Liu Ning said before that Zhang Yacui's mother opened a tailor shop.That kind of small shop is very simple, as long as there is an old-fashioned sewing machine.There are similar shops in many cities, and the profits are meager.After all, many people now choose to buy ready-to-wear on the Internet. Even if they buy a large or small garment, they will only choose to return it and replace it with a suitable size.Businesses such as overlocking trouser legs are mainly aimed at the elderly.Take trousers as an example. Some old people stubbornly believe that "you must buy the ones with longer trousers".They will habitually send the new trousers to the sewing shop to have the trousers hemmed.It is to fold up a part of the trousers that are too long along the bottom, and then wear them after sewing.

The advantage of this is that no fabric is wasted.If you feel that the trousers are too short after wearing them for a while, you can also cut the sewing thread and put them down.Anyway, the cost is not much, only about ten yuan for labor.

As for the old-fashioned cheongsam... Hu Pingtao knows the specific style very well.With the development of the clothing industry to the present, cheongsams are also changing over time.Su Xiaolin likes to wear cheongsam very much, but all she wears are improved cheongsams.The hem of the old cheongsam is too long, which is extremely inconvenient when walking, and the choice of fabrics is often relatively ordinary.

This refers specifically to the elderly—from this, Zhang Yacui's mother's sewing shop should target customers whose economic conditions are not very good.Naturally, the situation in Zhang Yacui's family is similar.

Liu Ning smiled: "Cui Cui's family is the same as mine, how could she pay for it alone? Everyone pooled in the money to buy chicken wings in the supermarket. If you like to eat, you can give more. At that time, it was all from class fees." In and out, the teacher is in charge."

Hu Pingtao nodded slightly: "So that's the case."

Liu Ning sighed: "We were very innocent when we were young, but we changed when we entered middle school."

Hu Pingtao looked at her sideways: "You mean Yao Xinqiu?"

Liu Ning bit her lower lip, then let go: "It's not that I said bad things about Xinqiu behind her back, she...has indeed changed a lot."

Hu Pingtao didn't give her a chance to think, and then asked: "Which aspect?"

Liu Ning shrugged his shoulders: "There are various aspects. On the whole, it's like a different person. But it's normal, after all, her family's situation is different from the past. Since her father made money from doing business overseas, the new Qiu is becoming more and more alienated from us... She likes the cartoon "The Ugly Duckling" very much. She often says that one day, she will become a white swan."

Hu Pingtao smiled reassuringly: "It's normal. Everyone wants to have a better living environment."

Liu Ning's tone was a bit sad: "I also want to become a white swan! And Cui Cui, she also has the same idea. But why only the new autumn has changed, but we still stop at the original position, without any change ?”

Hu Pingtao explained: "Work hard, the future is bright."

Liu Ning shook his head in a low mood: "You don't understand, I will probably be like this forever. It's not that I don't want to go to school, but I can't help it... My dad is a bad gambler. If he didn't lose money in the casino, I would It wouldn’t be what it is now. When he lost his eyes, he even took me and my mother to pay off the debt. I will always remember that night... If my mother didn’t know a few uncles in Xiangtang, and talked to them The relationship is good, ask them to come forward to help talk, I am afraid I have already done business in Temple Street."

The words were very cryptic, but Hu Pingtao could understand them.

Liu Ning stared at the dark sea, his emotions and voice were very low: "I came out to work when I was 12 years old. I sold fish on the pier, sold medicinal materials in the shop, sold cigars and beer in nightclubs... I spent five years A boyfriend, hugged, kissed, touched, but never slept. I understand the truth that there must be a bottom line in life, and I have probably been like this in my life. If you want to blame, you can only blame my life."

As she said that, she turned around and looked at Hu Pingtao with complicated eyes: "Will you look down on me?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and shook his head: "Look at what you said... everyone is the same, this kind of thing doesn't exist."

Liu Ning's eyes were clear: "I know you are a good person. In fact, I have been testing you."

"Try me for what?" Hu Pingtao asked puzzled.

Liu Ning turned around, leaned towards him, stretched out her plump chest, pressed directly on Hu Pingtao's body, raised her head and asked, "What do you think I look like?"

This action was so sudden that Hu Pingtao was completely unprepared, so he could only answer vaguely: "...It's okay...Well, you are very beautiful."

Liu Ning said with a smile: "When I was selling cigars and beer in the night market, many customers would deliberately strike up a conversation with me. They either asked me to have dinner together, or asked me to have supper at night, and some said they would drive me in a luxury car and take me to Looking at the scenery from the top of the mountain... I know very well that they just want to play with me and don't take it seriously."

"I've met a lot of men, and almost all want to take advantage of me." Liu Ning looked into Hu Pingtao's eyes: "You are different from them. You didn't play it perfunctory, and you did treat me as a friend. Tonight When watching a movie together, you were very polite and didn't touch your hands...although I would like to."

Hu Pingtao quickly adjusted his thinking, leaned back slightly, and said seriously: "I have a girlfriend. I am responsible for her."

Liu Ning stood still, but a smile slowly appeared on his face, and he sighed: "God is so unfair. Why can't I meet a good man like you?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and said, "Yes. How old are you!"

Liu Ning did not delve into this topic.She turned around, leaned on the railing, and said lightly: "I can see that you don't like Yao Xinqiu, and you don't have that kind of meaning for her. Today you go to the bookstore with us, maybe out of politeness, or maybe Because there is a relationship between you and her from the elders. But for me... a girl who met for the first time, whose identities are too different from each other, and who is not interested. Why do you spend so much time on me? "

Hu Pingtao's eyes narrowed slightly: "Why do you think so?"

Liu Ning looked at him sideways, his eyes full of inquiry: "If you have had the same experience as me, you will understand that this is an indispensable precaution when contacting strangers. The previous Hong Kong City is not what it is now. , Xiangtang is much better now than in the past, at least no one will fight on the street with a steel pipe and a machete. But there are still many things in private. I have been in Temple Street and the night market for so long, and I know the minds of men very well You don't want to pick me up, and you don't want to sleep with me, and you don't belong to the same circle with me, why are you willing to watch movies with me? Come here with me to blow the cold wind?"

These words made Hu Pingtao feel ashamed.He found himself belittling the little girl from the start.She is more difficult to deal with than imagined.

He decided to turn his back on the customer, and asked, "Since you think so, you should already have the answer, right?"

Liu Ning said seriously: "To be honest, I didn't think too much before. I really like you, especially when I was playing the piano in the bookstore this afternoon, I admitted that I was fascinated by you. At that time, I really fell in love with you. As the most qualified boyfriend, I also want to compete with Yao Xinqiu and snatch you over."

Hu Pingtao still smiled: "What happened later?"

"I really like watching horror movies. Do you think I'm the kind of little girl who screams when she sees a bloody scene?" Liu Ning laughed as he spoke.She raised her right arm and did a muscle-expanding movement of a bodybuilder: "Believe it or not, I can hit ten!"

Hu Pingtao was amused by her expressions and movements: "Believe it, why not believe it. Your arms are thicker than my thighs."

"Hahahaha!" Liu Ning burst out into a hearty laugh, and pointed at Hu Pingtao: "When I bought the movie ticket, I deliberately bought a two-seater. I didn’t even touch it with my hands... Hahahaha, I thought at the time, you don’t like men, do you? Or you should go out and advertise—this has the best ass in Hong Kong!”

Hu Pingtao deliberately made a look of helplessness: "You are so powerful, you have seen through everything."

Liu Ning laughed for several minutes, and finally stopped.She straightened up, took a deep breath, raised her eyebrows, and said with a trace of suspicion in her voice, "I really can't find a reason why you want to touch me... Tell me, why do you do this?"

Hu Pingtao pondered for a moment, with a solemn expression on his angelic face, he decided to reveal some of the secrets to Liu Ning, but not all.

"Do you know Yao Xinqiu's mother?"

"I know, Chen Miaojun, Aunt Chen."

Hu Pingtao paused: "There was a car accident in Xinqiu's school some time ago."

Liu Ning put away his joking expression, nodded slowly: "Cui Cui left that day."

Hu Pingtao's voice became low and slow: "Since that day, Xinqiu has been ill...I mean here."

He raised his hand and tapped his forehead lightly: "During this period of time, Xinqiu wakes up every night, yelling."

Liu Ning was a little puzzled, it was the first time she heard about it: "What's wrong with her in the new autumn? Nervous? Or sleepwalking?"

Hu Pingtao explained: "Her mother took her to see a doctor, but it didn't work."

Liu Ning frowned and asked, "Are you a doctor?"

"No." Hu Pingtao continued: "Chen Miaojun asked me to help Xinqiu, that's all."

Liu Ning reacted quickly: "You mean, Cuicui's death is related to Yao Xinqiu?"

Hu Pingtao spread his hands: "I don't know. But based on the current situation, there is no connection between the two."

Liu Ning looked at him vigilantly: "Then why did you approach me?"

"Because you are Xinqiu's friend." Hu Pingtao said frankly: "You have a very good relationship, and I think I can get some help from you."

He used the word "help", which gave Liu Ning great satisfaction and encouragement.

She was lost in thought, and said slowly: "Xinqiu can't kill Cuicui...it will never be possible."

"Why?" Hu Pingtao asked.

Liu Ning raised his head and said seriously: "You have never seen Cui Cui. Although she is not very beautiful, she has a very likable personality. She is smiling all the time, which makes you feel very comfortable, and you can't help it." The kind who want to take the initiative to get close. In fact, the relationship between Xinqiu and I is very ordinary, if it is not because of Cui Cui, we would not be in frequent contact."

In this way, Hu Pingtao understood: "And there is no conflict of interest between you?"

Liu Ning hesitated for a moment: "Let's put it this way! If I had to choose between Xinqiu and Cuicui, I would only choose Cuicui. Similarly, Xinqiu would not choose me."

(End of this chapter)