I am a super cop
Chapter 1706 I have no friends anymore [2 in 1 chapter]
Chapter 1706 I Have No Friends Already【Two Chapters in One】
In the restaurant, the waitress also said politely: "Sir, if you eat alone, the dishes are a bit too much."
"This set meal is for 4 people. In fact, you don't need to order the set meal, so you won't waste it if you can't finish it."
"Not much, not much." The man was polite, and said to the waitress with a smile, "I finally paid off all my debts today, so I want to come to the restaurant to celebrate."
"Oh?" Hearing the man's words, the waitress was also taken aback for a moment, but soon smiled again:
"Then today is such a happy day, you should invite your family and friends to celebrate together."
"Family? Friends?" The man was melancholy for a few seconds before shaking his head:
"Since the bankruptcy, the family is gone, and the friends are gone. How can there be any family and friends?"
"I'm sorry, sir." The waitress felt that she had offended him, so she quickly bowed and apologized.
"It's okay, it's okay, you go and serve the food." The man was very generous, obviously he didn't feel too embarrassed.
Sitting alone in a corner, watching the scenery outside the window, seems to be debt-free.
The waitress also nodded, turned around and left.
However, all of this was heard by Gu Chen, who has master-level observation skills.
Also from the man's voice, Gu Chen also instantly remembered that this was the middle-aged man who was haggling over the 230 yuan meal fee on Shashi Island.
"Didn't expect to meet him here?" Thinking of how he met the man at the Shashi Fisherman's Restaurant, Gu Chen couldn't help laughing.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei also looked puzzled, and asked Gu Chen, "What are you laughing at? Do you know that person?"
"I know, we met a few days ago." Gu Chen said.
Lu Weiwei glanced at the man downstairs, and said curiously, "I just heard what he said just now. He paid off his debts. He was eating here alone to celebrate. He doesn't have any family or friends. It's a pity."
"Senior sister Lu also heard it?" Gu Chen was a little surprised.
Lu Weiwei's hearing ability has now far exceeded her imagination.
And Lu Weiwei looked smug: "Ms. Ben's hearing is very good. I said Junior Brother Gu, do you think we should have dinner with him?"
"Together? You don't mind?" Gu Chen asked.
Lu Weiwei shook her head: "What do you mind? It just so happens that he doesn't have any family or friends to accompany him. Since you know each other, you might as well invite him upstairs to have dinner together. It just so happens that he ordered a set meal for 4 people, so one person can't finish it. "
"Our couple's set meal for two, I guess the portion is definitely not enough to eat. In this way, can't we complement each other's advantages?"
Gu Chen: "..."
It feels like after a long time, is Lu Weiwei planning on the man's set menu?
Thinking about the hasty farewell at the Shashi Fisherman's Restaurant before, I don't know what happened to the man at that time.
And he is alone now, why not call him over to have dinner together, and he also agreed: "Okay, then invite him upstairs to have dinner together."
"Yes." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, glanced at the passing waiter, and quickly called: "Waiter."
"Hello, what do you need?" The waitress was very polite, and she also stepped forward to ask about the situation.
Lu Weiwei pointed to the man downstairs and reminded him: "We know that man. Seeing him eating there alone, you can say hello for us and see if he wants to go upstairs to eat with us?"
"Or, shall we go down and eat with him?"
"So that's the case?" Since it was the waitress who was serving the man downstairs just now, when Lu Weiwei said this, she immediately understood, and quickly agreed:
"That's all right, I'll go talk to that gentleman and see what he has to say?"
"It's time to work." Gu Chen said.
The waitress nodded silently, turned and left.
Not long after, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at the waitress on the first floor, explained to the man, and pointed to the direction of the second floor.
The man looked towards the second floor for an instant, but due to the angle, he couldn't see Gu Chen's appearance clearly.
But the man was surprised at the same time. After nodding silently, he stood up and followed the waitress upstairs.
Seeing this, Gu Chen smiled lightly, and explained to Lu Weiwei: "He has already gone upstairs."
"Then I'll sit with you." Hearing this, Lu Weiwei immediately stood up, gave up her seat, and chose to sit in the row with Gu Chen.
The middle-aged man followed the waitress and came directly to Gu Chen.
"Sir, these two guests said that they knew you and asked you to come over for dinner."
After the waitress introduced, she directly gave up a seat.
At first when the man saw Gu Chen, he seemed to be confused and had an impression, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
But Gu Chen took the initiative to remind him, "We saw it at the Fisherman's Restaurant in Shashi."
"Oh, it's you?" The man suddenly realized when he got the prompt, and immediately grinned:
"I didn't expect that we could meet here?"
"I also find it very strange, please sit down." Gu Chen stretched out his hand, motioning for the man to sit down.
The man also nodded silently, accepting it readily, then glanced at the waitress and said, "Did the two of you order? If not, then the set meal I ordered is just right."
"Excuse me sir, the two of them came first, and they have already ordered the couple set meal, so it cannot be refunded, and the luxury set meal for 4 people you ordered just now, I have already reported it to the back kitchen, it should have already started cooking , and cannot be returned."
"Okay." It felt a bit sloppy, but the man still didn't mind and said, "Then you guys will send all the dishes I ordered here later."
"Yes." The waitress nodded silently and left with a smile.
The man looked at Gu Chen with a smile on his face, a little embarrassed: "I'm really sorry, I was in Shashi back then, and I asked you to pay for me."
"Just now I heard that you just paid off all your debts?" While speaking, Gu Chen directly picked up the teacup on the table and poured a cup of tea for the man.
The man also nodded silently, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, it's rare to finally pay off the debts I owed over the years."
"That day in Shashi, I still owed more than 2 yuan, and I didn't have much cash to pay."
"Fortunately, after the batch of aquatic products was shipped, the merchant also settled the payment. I not only paid off all the debts I owed over the years, but also had a balance of more than 5000 yuan. I am very happy."
Speaking of excitement, the man's eyes gradually became moist, and he couldn't help covering his mouth and nose, suppressing his excitement.
Seeing this situation, Gu Chen hurriedly said, "Then congratulations, you don't have to live with debts anymore."
"Yeah." The man choked up, took a deep breath, and said with relief, "Now I can finally hold my chest up, and I don't have to be weighed down by debts anymore."
"Over the years, I have understood a lot. Those who cannot defeat me will eventually make me stronger."
"That's right." Seeing the man's relieved face, Gu Chen couldn't help but say:
"The reason why a fountain is beautiful is because it has pressure. The reason why a waterfall is magnificent is because it has no retreat. The reason why dripping water can wear stones is because it is expensive."
"Those who can't defeat you will eventually make you stronger. Who is not a feather in the ground? Only when you are poor can you see clearly the people around you."
"Yes." Hearing Gu Chen's words, the man also nodded fiercely, and confirmed, "Who can understand the sadness of a man? No debts, no debts."
"I cherish everything when I'm down, because it's all true."
Taking a deep breath, the man tried to calm down, looked up at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei and said:
"Actually, a few years ago, I thought about it. If one day I paid off my debts, I must order my favorite dishes, sit down and think about how I survived these days. I want to be alone. Celebrate."
"In these years, when I had no money, my relatives and friends left me."
"You are great." Seeing that the man still had such a tragic experience, Lu Weiwei couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said:
"I have met many people in these years, and let me know how hard life is, so I never envy those scenery. On the contrary, those people who always have an upward heart and persevere from the bottom of the valley are even more admirable."
"Haha." Hearing Lu Weiwei's comfort, the man was obviously very happy, nodded his head, and said calmly:
"Actually, I used to have many friends by my side, but when your life hits a low point, you will find that the world is quiet."
"So you have a pair of penetrating eyes, allowing you to see the hypocrisy and power around you."
Gu Chen nodded silently, and echoed, "Therefore, there is a saying in "Historical Records" that is very good. The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit."
"Actually, part of a person's abilities will disappear, such as the humor that no one appreciates, the self-confidence that is not appreciated, and the self that is not recognized."
"When these abilities are replaced by sadness and a new ability, the new ability is to protect oneself."
"Yes." The man picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled teasingly:
"Young man, do you know? When I was in college, every time I met a beggar, I would more or less give money."
"At that time, my friends said I was stupid, but I said, if the beggar is pretending, I will lose the few dollars, but if it is true, then I will help him."
"At that time, I didn't feel that I was kind, but I felt that it was because of my nature."
"We used to look forward to the approval of others so much, but in the end we realized that the world is our own and has nothing to do with others."
"I have a deep understanding." Gu Chen nodded silently, and said in approval: "Therefore, there must be more mutual social support and tolerance, so as to inspire more strength."
"But then again, I don't know how you got into debt, brother? What have you experienced in these years?"
Here, Gu Chen's voice fell, and the man sitting opposite suddenly became silent.
It seems that in recent years, few people have mentioned their past. When Gu Chen suddenly mentioned it, the man was also embarrassed and shook his head:
"I'm a debtor, what's the past? The past me is dead."
"Brother, it's no big deal to be in debt. Haven't you paid off the debt with your own efforts?"
Lu Weiwei felt that the man still had too much psychological burden.
Although the debt has now been paid off, the man still seems to be brooding over his past debt, and it is hard to let go.
Seeing this, Gu Chen echoed, "That's right, let's take our country as an example, there are about 1700 million debtors."
"Of course, there are what we are talking about here, the old Lai who deliberately owes the debt and does not repay it, and there are honest and unfortunate debtors who may not be able to repay the debt due to various reasons."
"But the most important thing is integrity. You have been working hard to pay off your debts all these years, which shows that you are still good."
"Haha, thank you." With Gu Chen's approval, the man seemed much happier.
For the two strangers, he was able to invite himself to come here for dinner. The man also took a deep breath, and then communicated with the two:
"First of all, I am very grateful to both of you for treating me as a friend."
"You have to know that 5 years ago, because of my overconfidence, the company was in crisis."
"I ran a machinery factory back then, and it was very beautiful. Not only were there top technicians and experts in the industry, but also top negotiators."
"At various exhibitions in the industry, we have also received numerous orders."
"But people are prone to pride and complacency after reaching the top. I can't escape this curse, and I start to complain to my subordinates."
After a pause, the man continued: "It was later discovered that my vice president actually accepted huge kickbacks from material suppliers behind my back, which caused serious quality problems in our equipment after several deliveries."
"Originally, I wanted to call the police, but the vice president has been with me for many years, so I kicked him out of the company in a fit of anger, and took back the company shares that I promised him back then."
"Then what happened next?" Lu Weiwei asked.
The man shook his head: "Maybe I was too naive. I found out later that after the vice president left the company, he went to a competitor."
"Not only did the high salary poach my technical director, but also poached all of my sales team."
"For a while, the factory faced various crises and breaches of contract, making it difficult for the company to survive."
"But at that time, because I was blindly optimistic and continued to expand the production scale, the company was heavily in debt."
"I didn't need to borrow money back then, and the banks were chasing me to borrow money. In order to help them complete their tasks, I also increased the amount of loans."
"But when they found out that my company was in crisis and couldn't maintain its operations, my various loans were also interrupted."
"Without continuous capital input, I could only sell several houses under my name together, but my wife was already disheartened at the time and felt that I would never stand up again, so I decisively chose to divorce me."
Speaking of this, the man was in great pain, and he waved his hands, suppressing his emotions, and continued:
"But even if I go bankrupt, I can't afford to pay off the debts of those raw materials."
"Business was good back then, and all major material suppliers distributed goods to me. They bought the goods first, waited for the products to be produced, and then paid for them after they were sold."
"Some even dared not say anything at the end of the year, but then the news that the capital chain was broken spread more and more in the entire industry."
"It is also difficult to ask agents for money, and there are more and more debts being sought by material suppliers and banks."
"In the end, when my family, relatives and friends saw me, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. I felt like my whole world was quiet."
"So, you have been trying to pay off your debts all these years?" Gu Chen asked.
The man nodded fiercely: "I can't help it, so I hid debts everywhere, and was seen by creditors a few times, and I was beaten violently when I was surrounded."
"Although I promised that I will pay them back the money I owe them, but no one can believe me and believe that I can turn salty fish over."
Taking a deep breath, the man's emotions became agitated.
At this time, the couple's meal that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei ordered was brought to the table by the waiter.
Lu Weiwei hurriedly reminded, "Don't get excited, eat something before talking."
After finishing speaking, Lu Weiwei handed him a pair of chopsticks.
The man also nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "Wherever I went back then, wherever I was beaten by creditors, no matter how I sold my assets, no matter how I squatted at the door of those agents every day to ask for debts, I still owed these suppliers millions."
"In this society, at my age, with millions of debts and no principal, it is more difficult than going to heaven to turn over."
"Then how did you pay off the debt?" Gu Chen put a small yellow croaker into the man's bowl, also very curious.
The man grinned: "Then there is only one way, and that is 'break'."
"Break?" Hearing the man's words, Lu Weiwei frowned, and asked weakly, "You're not going to do something illegal, are you?"
"No, absolutely not."
The man waved his hand and directly retorted: "In my life, even if my life is terrible, I will never do anything illegal."
"When I say 'break', I mean going abroad, going to Europe."
"Because I heard that shrimp fishing in Europe is very profitable, and my grandparents have been fishing for a living, so I am very interested in this industry."
"Later, after inquiring, I went to ask some friends in the industry, so I collected the last bit of capital, and before the creditors went to court to sue me, I quickly took the last bit of savings and went to Western Europe."
"There, relying on my proficiency in water, I was willing to endure hardships and went to sea as a sailor for a boss."
"Working there, I also reaped the first pot of gold there, but it is far from enough."
"Later, I simply used the funds I earned to take the initiative to contract a shrimp fishing boat to go to sea."
Speaking of this, the corner of the man's mouth couldn't help but slightly raised, and he also recalled:
"In Western Europe, the price of prawns is much higher than that of crabs. It may be due to good luck. During that time, every time I went to sea, I returned with a full load."
"At that time, I didn't care about it. I felt like I was making crazy money. I completely ignored local laws and regulations and didn't put the substandard shrimp back into the sea."
"Later, because of certain qualifications, I was warned and punished by the local management department, because I didn't know it at all. It turned out that on their side, the lobsters were caught with a ruler, and the lobsters that were too small had to be returned to the sea."
"Once it goes ashore and sells it on the market, it will face penalties from the regulatory authorities."
"So you have no money again?" Lu Weiwei said.
But the man waved his hand and replied with a faint smile: "No, it's different this time. I was lucky. Although I caught both prawns and small prawns on the boat a few times, I also illegally sold smaller lobsters."
"But through some special channels, these lobsters that were supposed to be put back into the sea were sold."
"In the past few times, I was verbally warned by the regulatory authorities and paid a symbolic fine, but in the last few times, because the number of catches was too large, many colleagues were dissatisfied, because it was suspected of violating the local sea fishing laws."
"But I have earned enough, and I feel that with this money, I can completely use it as the principal of the business and rebuild my strength."
After taking a sip of the drink that Lu Weiwei poured, the man also grinned: "So, I re-sublet the fishing boat that brought me good luck, and I got away unscathed and earned hundreds of thousands."
"Afterwards, I returned to China and began to rent markets along the coast to operate wholesale aquatic products."
"Because I go out to sea briskly and take the initiative to establish good relationships with fishermen in many areas, my grasp of market conditions is far beyond that of ordinary people."
"In the next few years, I gradually earned millions through wholesale aquatic products."
Looking up at Gu Chen, the man also told the truth: "And that time in Shashi was the last time I wholesaled seafood before I paid off my debts."
"I ordered a batch of seafood there and sent it to Guangdong Province. This afternoon, I finally received the payment I deserved."
Sniffing, the man couldn't hide his excitement, and smiled sadly: "So, I directly contacted the last creditor, and took the initiative to transfer all the final payment for raw materials owed to him back then."
"So far, I have paid off all my debts, leaving a balance of more than 5000."
"But the sales channels I have established in the seafood industry have allowed me to do my job with ease, and make a comeback. I..."
At the end of speaking, the man choked up, covered his cheek with his hand, and waved to Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to express his apology.
At this moment, the luxurious set meal for 4 people ordered by the man was finally brought to the table.
In an instant, the whole table was filled with various dishes, which were colorful and appetizing.
"Let's eat the vegetables first." Lu Weiwei reminded.
The man took out a tissue and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, then he choked up and replied:
"I'm sorry, I was too excited just now. Looking back on the days of trying to pay off the debts these years, I really feel like a dream."
"But you finally stood up again." Gu Chen said.
"Yes." The man picked up the drink in front of him and suggested, "So, today is a day worth celebrating for me."
"But it's a pity that none of my closest family members and friends could share it with me. It's a kind of fate that you two strangers can sit with me and listen to my painful experiences over the years."
"Since it's fate, let's have a drink."
Gu Chen didn't hesitate too much, and directly picked up the drink in front of him with Lu Weiwei.
The three clinked glasses at the table.
Although it was just a fruit drink, the man drank liquor like a wine.
Putting down the cup, the man also pointed to all the dishes in front of him, jokingly said: "You invited me to dinner last time, this time I have to invite you back."
"I will pay for all the consumption today."
"Isn't that good? After all, you only have a balance of 5000 yuan." Hearing what the man said just now, Lu Weiwei really couldn't bear to spend his money.
But the man insisted again and again, and continued: "It's rare to meet two friends, now 'friend' means to me, do you know what it means?"
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other and shook their heads.
"It means it's worth a thousand dollars." The man said boldly, "I've paid off all my debts, but I don't have any friends anymore."
"You are the first pair of friends I have paid off my debts. It is very meaningful. I invite you to dinner, so please agree."
"This……"
Although Gu Chen hesitated, but thanks to the man's kindness, it seemed that there was too much unwillingness in his heart that needed to be vented.
If it satisfies him, it may be a kind of relief to him psychologically.
Just when Lu Weiwei wanted to decline again, Gu Chen immediately interjected, "Okay then, we accept your treat."
"Thank you." Seeing this, the man immediately picked up his glass again and clinked glasses with Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
The three ate in the restaurant for a long time and chatted for a long time.
The man seemed to be a chatterbox, and he was completely different from the man Gu Chen met at the fisherman's restaurant in Shashi.
Sure enough, almost all the self-confidence of the man without debt has returned, and it seems that nothing can hit his self-confidence.
In the blink of an eye, the time has come to 8:30 in the evening.
Seeing that the dishes on the table were originally for 6 people, they disappeared in a blink of an eye, and everyone chatted happily.
Later, when the man was happy, he ordered liquor for himself.
Gu Chen also learned from the man that during these years of debt, he hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol.
This meal was the first time he drank alcohol in the past few years.
8:40pm.
The man vomited all over the floor, and his whole body was also dizzy.
Seeing that he was almost done eating, Gu Chen hurriedly called the waiter to clean up the residue on the ground.
Originally wanted to pay the money for the man, but the man was the first to scan the QR code to pay.
So Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei put the man on their arms and came to Gu Chen's car.
Gu Chen started the car and asked the man, "I still don't know your name?"
The man sitting in the back squinted his eyes and said, "My name is Luo Wei."
"Then where do you live now?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Xicheng Industrial Zone, No. 228, Chuangye Road." Luo Wei said.
Gu Chen nodded silently, started the car directly, and also reminded: "Then I will take you back now."
There were cars passing by on the road, but the man was sound asleep. It seemed that this meal was the most comfortable meal he had eaten in the past few years.
Not only that, but also made two friends.
But when the man opened his eyes again, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei had already opened the car door, stood outside and asked, "No. 228 Chuangye Road is a warehouse, where do you live?"
"Warehouse?" Luo Wei grinned: "I live in a warehouse. For a person like me, it would be nice to live in a warehouse."
After the voice fell, the man got up and was about to get out of the car.
But his body was unstable, so he could only be supported by Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
Opening the rolling shutter door, a smell of salted fish wafted out immediately, which made Lu Weiwei quickly cover her mouth and nose, complaining:
"Why is there so much smell of salted fish in here, can this live?"
"Haha, what the hell is it called... Salted fish turned over."
Luo Wei broke away from the support of the two, went straight to a door-panel bed that was temporarily built in front of him, and lay down on it and took a deep breath.
Gu Chen took a general tour, after all, this is a warehouse for storing salted fish.
In the entire warehouse, there is not much salted fish in stock, but the taste is very strong.
Lu Weiwei covered her mouth and nose the whole time, as if she was very sensitive to this smell.
Gu Chen stepped back to Luo Wei and asked, "Do you really live here? Or, did you say the wrong place?"
For Gu Chen, he didn't believe it at all, could people live in this kind of place?
You know, even small animals can't stand the taste of salted fish, let alone ordinary people.
But the man pointed to the quilt beside him and said with a light smile, "Help me take the quilt."
"Here." Lu Weiwei picked up the weird-smelling quilt and threw it directly to Luo Wei.
Luo Wei didn't take off his clothes, just kicked off his leather shoes, covered the bedding, and seemed to be able to fall asleep.
Only then did Lu Weiwei realize that what Luo Wei said about the residence was not a joke.
This warehouse for storing salted fish is really Luo Wei's bedroom.
"No way? You can sleep here too?"
"Yeah." Luo Wei nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "I've been dealing with seafood for the past few years, and I especially like salted fish."
"I can think of myself as a salted fish, as long as I turn over, I can feel that I will succeed."
"With this belief, I crossed one threshold after another and finally paid off all my debts."
Taking a deep breath, Luo Wei also smiled teasingly: "How can this smell like salted fish? This is clearly the smell of success."
"It seems reasonable."
Although Luo Wei's words made Lu Weiwei feel a little forceful, but there was nothing wrong with listening to them.
After all, Luo Wei told himself from personal experience that it is true that salted fish turned over....
"I can teach Lao Wang some experience later." Lu Weiwei whispered in Gu Chen's ear.
And Luo Wei on the other end didn't seem to be asleep, so he opened his eyes and asked, "By the way, I still don't know what your names are?"
"My name is Gu Chen."
"My name is Lu Weiwei."
The two announced their names one after another.
"Gu Chen? Lu Weiwei?" After thinking for a few seconds, Luo Wei asked again: "Then where do you work?"
"Furong branch, criminal investigation team." Gu Chen said.
When the man heard the words, his eyes were also startled, and he quickly raised half of his head and said, "So you are a police comrade? Fortunately, I am lucky."
"But I'm tired now. If I have time another day, we can get together again."
"But I'm in Jiangnan City now, I don't have a real estate, only this rented warehouse, and I don't stay in Jiangnan City often."
"So, when I say another day, it may be a month, two months, or half a year or a year."
"Haha." Seeing the man talking nonsense, Lu Weiwei said indifferently: "Whenever you have time, you can come to our branch to look for us. Anyway, everyone knows who we are."
"Yes, so it's settled?" Luo Wei said.
Lu Weiwei nodded silently: "It's decided, then you go to bed early, Gu Chen and I will leave first."
"By the way, close the door for me, just pull down the shutter." Luo Wei said.
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei also nodded in agreement, obediently obeying.
After pulling down the warehouse shutter door for Luo Wei, they drove away together.
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In the car, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but shudder, feeling hairy all over her body.
Seeing this, Gu Chen asked her curiously, "What's wrong, Senior Sister Lu?"
"I just feel that the smell is weird and unpleasant. How can someone live in this kind of warehouse where salted fish is piled up?"
"Just smelling the smell, I'm almost dying, and I almost fainted from the smoke."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Gu Chen, who was driving, glanced at Lu Weiwei, and couldn't help joking.
Lu Weiwei argued with reason: "I don't know what other people think? Anyway, if I have to sleep in this warehouse full of salted fish for one night, I might as well die in place. Anyway, I can't bear it."
"Then go home and sleep, the police dormitory is fine." Gu Chen said.
Lu Weiwei thought for a while, and then asked Gu Chen: "By the way, Junior Brother Gu, you are already the captain of the criminal investigation, why do you always live with Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong?"
"Is it not good? I think it's quite lively." Gu Chen turned his head and asked.
Lu Weiwei pursed her lips, and said with some displeasure: "It's lively, it's just sometimes, when I go to your dormitory to ask you to borrow something, there will always be some inconvenient times."
"You mean?" Gu Chen didn't understand.
Lu Weiwei let out an "ah" and said helplessly, "Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, sometimes they don't close the door when they take a shower."
"Last time I went to your dormitory to borrow a water bottle, but Ding Liang was taking a shower in the bathroom, humming, and the bathroom door was just ajar."
"If he doesn't know I'm in the dormitory and walks out naked, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me?"
"Is that so?" Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, but said in affirmation: "Well, Ding Liang's problem needs to be corrected. I will meet him one day and tell him."
"No, that's not what I meant." Lu Weiwei felt that Gu Chen didn't understand what she meant.
So Gu Chen asked again: "What does that mean?"
"That's right, you can apply for an independent suite by yourself, the kind that lives alone." Lu Weiwei hinted frantically.
But Gu Chen smiled lightly: "But I like excitement. Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong and I joined the police force together, and we get along very well with each other."
"To move out suddenly will inevitably make the two of them think wildly."
"Well, I didn't say anything." Feeling completely speechless, Lu Weiwei crossed her arms, feeling hopeless.
Gu Chen quickly comforted him and said, "If it's not convenient for you to go to my dormitory to borrow things next time, then give me a call, or send me a text message, and I'll send it to you directly."
After the words fell, Lu Weiwei avoided speaking.
Seeing this, Gu Chen said again: "Or, I told Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong to close the bathroom door every time they take a bath?"
Lu Weiwei still avoided speaking.
Gu Chen was a little puzzled: "Then what is Miss Lu missing, I'll help you buy it all at once, so you won't have to use my room."
Lu Weiwei: "..."
"Well, I'll just say it casually, don't take it seriously."
Lu Weiwei felt that Gu Chen was indeed the same Gu Chen, the last innocent in Jiangnan City.
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A few days later, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's vacation ended, and they handed the printed report materials to Zhao Guozhi early in the morning.
Zhao Guozhi picked up the glasses on the table, put it on the bridge of his nose, and casually flipped through the reports of the two of them a few times.
He immediately put down the materials, took off his glasses, and said to Lu Weiwei, "Lu Weiwei."
"Here!" Lu Weiwei said.
"Your material is full of typos, can you be more serious?"
"Zhao Ju, you must pay attention next time." Lu Weiwei pursed her lips with a serious face.
"Next time?" Zhao Guozhi looked Lu Weiwei up and down, and said with a smile:
"I'll give you and Gu Chen a few days off. It's impossible to write this report well, right?"
"I see you, Lu Weiwei, must have just remembered last night when you were sleeping that you had to hand over the report to me early this morning, so you got out of bed and hugged your feet, right?"
"Zhao Ju, how do you know?" Lu Weiwei said in her heart that Zhao Ju, what you said was true, but the mistake was that she was not cramming last night, but this morning.
When Lu Weiwei woke up early this morning, she remembered that she had to hand in the report this morning.
So after waking up, Lu Weiwei began to work overtime, and finally finished writing the report before going to work, and finally caught the last bus.
Zhao Guozhi frowned, and also pointed at Lu Weiwei angrily: "You said that you are already the deputy leader of the third team, can you have a snack?"
"Look at Gu Chen. He has been in the police force for less time than you. He is already the captain of the criminal investigation team. How can you keep up with him?"
"Zhao Ju, it's just a report. If you want to know something, wouldn't it be better for me to dictate it to you?"
Lu Weiwei yawned and said with a tired face.
On the other hand, Zhao Guozhi sighed, and said in a bad mood, "Then you can directly tell Bureau Qin that this is what Bureau Qin wants you to submit a report to."
"Qin Bureau?" Upon hearing that it was Qin Gang, the first brother of the Jiangnan City Police Force, Lu Weiwei immediately sat up straight and corrected her attitude:
"Then Director Zhao, why didn't you say it earlier? If I knew it earlier, I would have revised it. My report won't be on the table. You...you give me some time to revise it?"
"Forget it, it's too late." Zhao Guozhi sighed, hesitated for two seconds, then looked at Lu Weiwei and said angrily:
"Let's not take this as an example. Go back quickly and send me the electronic version by email. I will help you to correct it. Don't write so freely. The report must look like a report."
"Don't think that I, Zhao Guozhi, will back you up every time, so you can be salty fish. You should learn more from role models, understand?"
"Understood." Hearing Zhao Guozhi's words, Lu Weiwei nodded fiercely, also glanced at Gu Chen beside her, and said loudly:
"Learn more from Gu Chen."
"Go away." Zhao Guozhi waved his hand, picked up Gu Chen's report again, and put it in the file bag.
Lu Weiwei also quickly stood up, saluted Zhao Guozhi, and then pulled Gu Chen out of the room.
As soon as she returned to the office, Lu Weiwei smelt a smell of salted fish, frowned immediately, and asked Police Officer Wang: "Old Wang, what's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me?" Officer Wang was a little puzzled.
Lu Weiwei said again: "Why do I smell you?"
"My taste?" Officer Wang didn't react at first, but after a few seconds, Officer Wang who did react immediately punched him: "Let you call me salted fish."
Lu Weiwei easily dodged, avoiding Officer Wang's useless attack, and then walked back to her seat with a smile on her face.
But as soon as she arrived at her seat, Lu Weiwei was dumbfounded for a moment. She also picked up a bag of salted fish on the table and said, "Who put the salted fish here?"
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In the restaurant, the waitress also said politely: "Sir, if you eat alone, the dishes are a bit too much."
"This set meal is for 4 people. In fact, you don't need to order the set meal, so you won't waste it if you can't finish it."
"Not much, not much." The man was polite, and said to the waitress with a smile, "I finally paid off all my debts today, so I want to come to the restaurant to celebrate."
"Oh?" Hearing the man's words, the waitress was also taken aback for a moment, but soon smiled again:
"Then today is such a happy day, you should invite your family and friends to celebrate together."
"Family? Friends?" The man was melancholy for a few seconds before shaking his head:
"Since the bankruptcy, the family is gone, and the friends are gone. How can there be any family and friends?"
"I'm sorry, sir." The waitress felt that she had offended him, so she quickly bowed and apologized.
"It's okay, it's okay, you go and serve the food." The man was very generous, obviously he didn't feel too embarrassed.
Sitting alone in a corner, watching the scenery outside the window, seems to be debt-free.
The waitress also nodded, turned around and left.
However, all of this was heard by Gu Chen, who has master-level observation skills.
Also from the man's voice, Gu Chen also instantly remembered that this was the middle-aged man who was haggling over the 230 yuan meal fee on Shashi Island.
"Didn't expect to meet him here?" Thinking of how he met the man at the Shashi Fisherman's Restaurant, Gu Chen couldn't help laughing.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei also looked puzzled, and asked Gu Chen, "What are you laughing at? Do you know that person?"
"I know, we met a few days ago." Gu Chen said.
Lu Weiwei glanced at the man downstairs, and said curiously, "I just heard what he said just now. He paid off his debts. He was eating here alone to celebrate. He doesn't have any family or friends. It's a pity."
"Senior sister Lu also heard it?" Gu Chen was a little surprised.
Lu Weiwei's hearing ability has now far exceeded her imagination.
And Lu Weiwei looked smug: "Ms. Ben's hearing is very good. I said Junior Brother Gu, do you think we should have dinner with him?"
"Together? You don't mind?" Gu Chen asked.
Lu Weiwei shook her head: "What do you mind? It just so happens that he doesn't have any family or friends to accompany him. Since you know each other, you might as well invite him upstairs to have dinner together. It just so happens that he ordered a set meal for 4 people, so one person can't finish it. "
"Our couple's set meal for two, I guess the portion is definitely not enough to eat. In this way, can't we complement each other's advantages?"
Gu Chen: "..."
It feels like after a long time, is Lu Weiwei planning on the man's set menu?
Thinking about the hasty farewell at the Shashi Fisherman's Restaurant before, I don't know what happened to the man at that time.
And he is alone now, why not call him over to have dinner together, and he also agreed: "Okay, then invite him upstairs to have dinner together."
"Yes." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, glanced at the passing waiter, and quickly called: "Waiter."
"Hello, what do you need?" The waitress was very polite, and she also stepped forward to ask about the situation.
Lu Weiwei pointed to the man downstairs and reminded him: "We know that man. Seeing him eating there alone, you can say hello for us and see if he wants to go upstairs to eat with us?"
"Or, shall we go down and eat with him?"
"So that's the case?" Since it was the waitress who was serving the man downstairs just now, when Lu Weiwei said this, she immediately understood, and quickly agreed:
"That's all right, I'll go talk to that gentleman and see what he has to say?"
"It's time to work." Gu Chen said.
The waitress nodded silently, turned and left.
Not long after, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at the waitress on the first floor, explained to the man, and pointed to the direction of the second floor.
The man looked towards the second floor for an instant, but due to the angle, he couldn't see Gu Chen's appearance clearly.
But the man was surprised at the same time. After nodding silently, he stood up and followed the waitress upstairs.
Seeing this, Gu Chen smiled lightly, and explained to Lu Weiwei: "He has already gone upstairs."
"Then I'll sit with you." Hearing this, Lu Weiwei immediately stood up, gave up her seat, and chose to sit in the row with Gu Chen.
The middle-aged man followed the waitress and came directly to Gu Chen.
"Sir, these two guests said that they knew you and asked you to come over for dinner."
After the waitress introduced, she directly gave up a seat.
At first when the man saw Gu Chen, he seemed to be confused and had an impression, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
But Gu Chen took the initiative to remind him, "We saw it at the Fisherman's Restaurant in Shashi."
"Oh, it's you?" The man suddenly realized when he got the prompt, and immediately grinned:
"I didn't expect that we could meet here?"
"I also find it very strange, please sit down." Gu Chen stretched out his hand, motioning for the man to sit down.
The man also nodded silently, accepting it readily, then glanced at the waitress and said, "Did the two of you order? If not, then the set meal I ordered is just right."
"Excuse me sir, the two of them came first, and they have already ordered the couple set meal, so it cannot be refunded, and the luxury set meal for 4 people you ordered just now, I have already reported it to the back kitchen, it should have already started cooking , and cannot be returned."
"Okay." It felt a bit sloppy, but the man still didn't mind and said, "Then you guys will send all the dishes I ordered here later."
"Yes." The waitress nodded silently and left with a smile.
The man looked at Gu Chen with a smile on his face, a little embarrassed: "I'm really sorry, I was in Shashi back then, and I asked you to pay for me."
"Just now I heard that you just paid off all your debts?" While speaking, Gu Chen directly picked up the teacup on the table and poured a cup of tea for the man.
The man also nodded silently, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, it's rare to finally pay off the debts I owed over the years."
"That day in Shashi, I still owed more than 2 yuan, and I didn't have much cash to pay."
"Fortunately, after the batch of aquatic products was shipped, the merchant also settled the payment. I not only paid off all the debts I owed over the years, but also had a balance of more than 5000 yuan. I am very happy."
Speaking of excitement, the man's eyes gradually became moist, and he couldn't help covering his mouth and nose, suppressing his excitement.
Seeing this situation, Gu Chen hurriedly said, "Then congratulations, you don't have to live with debts anymore."
"Yeah." The man choked up, took a deep breath, and said with relief, "Now I can finally hold my chest up, and I don't have to be weighed down by debts anymore."
"Over the years, I have understood a lot. Those who cannot defeat me will eventually make me stronger."
"That's right." Seeing the man's relieved face, Gu Chen couldn't help but say:
"The reason why a fountain is beautiful is because it has pressure. The reason why a waterfall is magnificent is because it has no retreat. The reason why dripping water can wear stones is because it is expensive."
"Those who can't defeat you will eventually make you stronger. Who is not a feather in the ground? Only when you are poor can you see clearly the people around you."
"Yes." Hearing Gu Chen's words, the man also nodded fiercely, and confirmed, "Who can understand the sadness of a man? No debts, no debts."
"I cherish everything when I'm down, because it's all true."
Taking a deep breath, the man tried to calm down, looked up at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei and said:
"Actually, a few years ago, I thought about it. If one day I paid off my debts, I must order my favorite dishes, sit down and think about how I survived these days. I want to be alone. Celebrate."
"In these years, when I had no money, my relatives and friends left me."
"You are great." Seeing that the man still had such a tragic experience, Lu Weiwei couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said:
"I have met many people in these years, and let me know how hard life is, so I never envy those scenery. On the contrary, those people who always have an upward heart and persevere from the bottom of the valley are even more admirable."
"Haha." Hearing Lu Weiwei's comfort, the man was obviously very happy, nodded his head, and said calmly:
"Actually, I used to have many friends by my side, but when your life hits a low point, you will find that the world is quiet."
"So you have a pair of penetrating eyes, allowing you to see the hypocrisy and power around you."
Gu Chen nodded silently, and echoed, "Therefore, there is a saying in "Historical Records" that is very good. The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit."
"Actually, part of a person's abilities will disappear, such as the humor that no one appreciates, the self-confidence that is not appreciated, and the self that is not recognized."
"When these abilities are replaced by sadness and a new ability, the new ability is to protect oneself."
"Yes." The man picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled teasingly:
"Young man, do you know? When I was in college, every time I met a beggar, I would more or less give money."
"At that time, my friends said I was stupid, but I said, if the beggar is pretending, I will lose the few dollars, but if it is true, then I will help him."
"At that time, I didn't feel that I was kind, but I felt that it was because of my nature."
"We used to look forward to the approval of others so much, but in the end we realized that the world is our own and has nothing to do with others."
"I have a deep understanding." Gu Chen nodded silently, and said in approval: "Therefore, there must be more mutual social support and tolerance, so as to inspire more strength."
"But then again, I don't know how you got into debt, brother? What have you experienced in these years?"
Here, Gu Chen's voice fell, and the man sitting opposite suddenly became silent.
It seems that in recent years, few people have mentioned their past. When Gu Chen suddenly mentioned it, the man was also embarrassed and shook his head:
"I'm a debtor, what's the past? The past me is dead."
"Brother, it's no big deal to be in debt. Haven't you paid off the debt with your own efforts?"
Lu Weiwei felt that the man still had too much psychological burden.
Although the debt has now been paid off, the man still seems to be brooding over his past debt, and it is hard to let go.
Seeing this, Gu Chen echoed, "That's right, let's take our country as an example, there are about 1700 million debtors."
"Of course, there are what we are talking about here, the old Lai who deliberately owes the debt and does not repay it, and there are honest and unfortunate debtors who may not be able to repay the debt due to various reasons."
"But the most important thing is integrity. You have been working hard to pay off your debts all these years, which shows that you are still good."
"Haha, thank you." With Gu Chen's approval, the man seemed much happier.
For the two strangers, he was able to invite himself to come here for dinner. The man also took a deep breath, and then communicated with the two:
"First of all, I am very grateful to both of you for treating me as a friend."
"You have to know that 5 years ago, because of my overconfidence, the company was in crisis."
"I ran a machinery factory back then, and it was very beautiful. Not only were there top technicians and experts in the industry, but also top negotiators."
"At various exhibitions in the industry, we have also received numerous orders."
"But people are prone to pride and complacency after reaching the top. I can't escape this curse, and I start to complain to my subordinates."
After a pause, the man continued: "It was later discovered that my vice president actually accepted huge kickbacks from material suppliers behind my back, which caused serious quality problems in our equipment after several deliveries."
"Originally, I wanted to call the police, but the vice president has been with me for many years, so I kicked him out of the company in a fit of anger, and took back the company shares that I promised him back then."
"Then what happened next?" Lu Weiwei asked.
The man shook his head: "Maybe I was too naive. I found out later that after the vice president left the company, he went to a competitor."
"Not only did the high salary poach my technical director, but also poached all of my sales team."
"For a while, the factory faced various crises and breaches of contract, making it difficult for the company to survive."
"But at that time, because I was blindly optimistic and continued to expand the production scale, the company was heavily in debt."
"I didn't need to borrow money back then, and the banks were chasing me to borrow money. In order to help them complete their tasks, I also increased the amount of loans."
"But when they found out that my company was in crisis and couldn't maintain its operations, my various loans were also interrupted."
"Without continuous capital input, I could only sell several houses under my name together, but my wife was already disheartened at the time and felt that I would never stand up again, so I decisively chose to divorce me."
Speaking of this, the man was in great pain, and he waved his hands, suppressing his emotions, and continued:
"But even if I go bankrupt, I can't afford to pay off the debts of those raw materials."
"Business was good back then, and all major material suppliers distributed goods to me. They bought the goods first, waited for the products to be produced, and then paid for them after they were sold."
"Some even dared not say anything at the end of the year, but then the news that the capital chain was broken spread more and more in the entire industry."
"It is also difficult to ask agents for money, and there are more and more debts being sought by material suppliers and banks."
"In the end, when my family, relatives and friends saw me, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. I felt like my whole world was quiet."
"So, you have been trying to pay off your debts all these years?" Gu Chen asked.
The man nodded fiercely: "I can't help it, so I hid debts everywhere, and was seen by creditors a few times, and I was beaten violently when I was surrounded."
"Although I promised that I will pay them back the money I owe them, but no one can believe me and believe that I can turn salty fish over."
Taking a deep breath, the man's emotions became agitated.
At this time, the couple's meal that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei ordered was brought to the table by the waiter.
Lu Weiwei hurriedly reminded, "Don't get excited, eat something before talking."
After finishing speaking, Lu Weiwei handed him a pair of chopsticks.
The man also nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "Wherever I went back then, wherever I was beaten by creditors, no matter how I sold my assets, no matter how I squatted at the door of those agents every day to ask for debts, I still owed these suppliers millions."
"In this society, at my age, with millions of debts and no principal, it is more difficult than going to heaven to turn over."
"Then how did you pay off the debt?" Gu Chen put a small yellow croaker into the man's bowl, also very curious.
The man grinned: "Then there is only one way, and that is 'break'."
"Break?" Hearing the man's words, Lu Weiwei frowned, and asked weakly, "You're not going to do something illegal, are you?"
"No, absolutely not."
The man waved his hand and directly retorted: "In my life, even if my life is terrible, I will never do anything illegal."
"When I say 'break', I mean going abroad, going to Europe."
"Because I heard that shrimp fishing in Europe is very profitable, and my grandparents have been fishing for a living, so I am very interested in this industry."
"Later, after inquiring, I went to ask some friends in the industry, so I collected the last bit of capital, and before the creditors went to court to sue me, I quickly took the last bit of savings and went to Western Europe."
"There, relying on my proficiency in water, I was willing to endure hardships and went to sea as a sailor for a boss."
"Working there, I also reaped the first pot of gold there, but it is far from enough."
"Later, I simply used the funds I earned to take the initiative to contract a shrimp fishing boat to go to sea."
Speaking of this, the corner of the man's mouth couldn't help but slightly raised, and he also recalled:
"In Western Europe, the price of prawns is much higher than that of crabs. It may be due to good luck. During that time, every time I went to sea, I returned with a full load."
"At that time, I didn't care about it. I felt like I was making crazy money. I completely ignored local laws and regulations and didn't put the substandard shrimp back into the sea."
"Later, because of certain qualifications, I was warned and punished by the local management department, because I didn't know it at all. It turned out that on their side, the lobsters were caught with a ruler, and the lobsters that were too small had to be returned to the sea."
"Once it goes ashore and sells it on the market, it will face penalties from the regulatory authorities."
"So you have no money again?" Lu Weiwei said.
But the man waved his hand and replied with a faint smile: "No, it's different this time. I was lucky. Although I caught both prawns and small prawns on the boat a few times, I also illegally sold smaller lobsters."
"But through some special channels, these lobsters that were supposed to be put back into the sea were sold."
"In the past few times, I was verbally warned by the regulatory authorities and paid a symbolic fine, but in the last few times, because the number of catches was too large, many colleagues were dissatisfied, because it was suspected of violating the local sea fishing laws."
"But I have earned enough, and I feel that with this money, I can completely use it as the principal of the business and rebuild my strength."
After taking a sip of the drink that Lu Weiwei poured, the man also grinned: "So, I re-sublet the fishing boat that brought me good luck, and I got away unscathed and earned hundreds of thousands."
"Afterwards, I returned to China and began to rent markets along the coast to operate wholesale aquatic products."
"Because I go out to sea briskly and take the initiative to establish good relationships with fishermen in many areas, my grasp of market conditions is far beyond that of ordinary people."
"In the next few years, I gradually earned millions through wholesale aquatic products."
Looking up at Gu Chen, the man also told the truth: "And that time in Shashi was the last time I wholesaled seafood before I paid off my debts."
"I ordered a batch of seafood there and sent it to Guangdong Province. This afternoon, I finally received the payment I deserved."
Sniffing, the man couldn't hide his excitement, and smiled sadly: "So, I directly contacted the last creditor, and took the initiative to transfer all the final payment for raw materials owed to him back then."
"So far, I have paid off all my debts, leaving a balance of more than 5000."
"But the sales channels I have established in the seafood industry have allowed me to do my job with ease, and make a comeback. I..."
At the end of speaking, the man choked up, covered his cheek with his hand, and waved to Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to express his apology.
At this moment, the luxurious set meal for 4 people ordered by the man was finally brought to the table.
In an instant, the whole table was filled with various dishes, which were colorful and appetizing.
"Let's eat the vegetables first." Lu Weiwei reminded.
The man took out a tissue and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, then he choked up and replied:
"I'm sorry, I was too excited just now. Looking back on the days of trying to pay off the debts these years, I really feel like a dream."
"But you finally stood up again." Gu Chen said.
"Yes." The man picked up the drink in front of him and suggested, "So, today is a day worth celebrating for me."
"But it's a pity that none of my closest family members and friends could share it with me. It's a kind of fate that you two strangers can sit with me and listen to my painful experiences over the years."
"Since it's fate, let's have a drink."
Gu Chen didn't hesitate too much, and directly picked up the drink in front of him with Lu Weiwei.
The three clinked glasses at the table.
Although it was just a fruit drink, the man drank liquor like a wine.
Putting down the cup, the man also pointed to all the dishes in front of him, jokingly said: "You invited me to dinner last time, this time I have to invite you back."
"I will pay for all the consumption today."
"Isn't that good? After all, you only have a balance of 5000 yuan." Hearing what the man said just now, Lu Weiwei really couldn't bear to spend his money.
But the man insisted again and again, and continued: "It's rare to meet two friends, now 'friend' means to me, do you know what it means?"
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other and shook their heads.
"It means it's worth a thousand dollars." The man said boldly, "I've paid off all my debts, but I don't have any friends anymore."
"You are the first pair of friends I have paid off my debts. It is very meaningful. I invite you to dinner, so please agree."
"This……"
Although Gu Chen hesitated, but thanks to the man's kindness, it seemed that there was too much unwillingness in his heart that needed to be vented.
If it satisfies him, it may be a kind of relief to him psychologically.
Just when Lu Weiwei wanted to decline again, Gu Chen immediately interjected, "Okay then, we accept your treat."
"Thank you." Seeing this, the man immediately picked up his glass again and clinked glasses with Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
The three ate in the restaurant for a long time and chatted for a long time.
The man seemed to be a chatterbox, and he was completely different from the man Gu Chen met at the fisherman's restaurant in Shashi.
Sure enough, almost all the self-confidence of the man without debt has returned, and it seems that nothing can hit his self-confidence.
In the blink of an eye, the time has come to 8:30 in the evening.
Seeing that the dishes on the table were originally for 6 people, they disappeared in a blink of an eye, and everyone chatted happily.
Later, when the man was happy, he ordered liquor for himself.
Gu Chen also learned from the man that during these years of debt, he hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol.
This meal was the first time he drank alcohol in the past few years.
8:40pm.
The man vomited all over the floor, and his whole body was also dizzy.
Seeing that he was almost done eating, Gu Chen hurriedly called the waiter to clean up the residue on the ground.
Originally wanted to pay the money for the man, but the man was the first to scan the QR code to pay.
So Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei put the man on their arms and came to Gu Chen's car.
Gu Chen started the car and asked the man, "I still don't know your name?"
The man sitting in the back squinted his eyes and said, "My name is Luo Wei."
"Then where do you live now?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Xicheng Industrial Zone, No. 228, Chuangye Road." Luo Wei said.
Gu Chen nodded silently, started the car directly, and also reminded: "Then I will take you back now."
There were cars passing by on the road, but the man was sound asleep. It seemed that this meal was the most comfortable meal he had eaten in the past few years.
Not only that, but also made two friends.
But when the man opened his eyes again, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei had already opened the car door, stood outside and asked, "No. 228 Chuangye Road is a warehouse, where do you live?"
"Warehouse?" Luo Wei grinned: "I live in a warehouse. For a person like me, it would be nice to live in a warehouse."
After the voice fell, the man got up and was about to get out of the car.
But his body was unstable, so he could only be supported by Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
Opening the rolling shutter door, a smell of salted fish wafted out immediately, which made Lu Weiwei quickly cover her mouth and nose, complaining:
"Why is there so much smell of salted fish in here, can this live?"
"Haha, what the hell is it called... Salted fish turned over."
Luo Wei broke away from the support of the two, went straight to a door-panel bed that was temporarily built in front of him, and lay down on it and took a deep breath.
Gu Chen took a general tour, after all, this is a warehouse for storing salted fish.
In the entire warehouse, there is not much salted fish in stock, but the taste is very strong.
Lu Weiwei covered her mouth and nose the whole time, as if she was very sensitive to this smell.
Gu Chen stepped back to Luo Wei and asked, "Do you really live here? Or, did you say the wrong place?"
For Gu Chen, he didn't believe it at all, could people live in this kind of place?
You know, even small animals can't stand the taste of salted fish, let alone ordinary people.
But the man pointed to the quilt beside him and said with a light smile, "Help me take the quilt."
"Here." Lu Weiwei picked up the weird-smelling quilt and threw it directly to Luo Wei.
Luo Wei didn't take off his clothes, just kicked off his leather shoes, covered the bedding, and seemed to be able to fall asleep.
Only then did Lu Weiwei realize that what Luo Wei said about the residence was not a joke.
This warehouse for storing salted fish is really Luo Wei's bedroom.
"No way? You can sleep here too?"
"Yeah." Luo Wei nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "I've been dealing with seafood for the past few years, and I especially like salted fish."
"I can think of myself as a salted fish, as long as I turn over, I can feel that I will succeed."
"With this belief, I crossed one threshold after another and finally paid off all my debts."
Taking a deep breath, Luo Wei also smiled teasingly: "How can this smell like salted fish? This is clearly the smell of success."
"It seems reasonable."
Although Luo Wei's words made Lu Weiwei feel a little forceful, but there was nothing wrong with listening to them.
After all, Luo Wei told himself from personal experience that it is true that salted fish turned over....
"I can teach Lao Wang some experience later." Lu Weiwei whispered in Gu Chen's ear.
And Luo Wei on the other end didn't seem to be asleep, so he opened his eyes and asked, "By the way, I still don't know what your names are?"
"My name is Gu Chen."
"My name is Lu Weiwei."
The two announced their names one after another.
"Gu Chen? Lu Weiwei?" After thinking for a few seconds, Luo Wei asked again: "Then where do you work?"
"Furong branch, criminal investigation team." Gu Chen said.
When the man heard the words, his eyes were also startled, and he quickly raised half of his head and said, "So you are a police comrade? Fortunately, I am lucky."
"But I'm tired now. If I have time another day, we can get together again."
"But I'm in Jiangnan City now, I don't have a real estate, only this rented warehouse, and I don't stay in Jiangnan City often."
"So, when I say another day, it may be a month, two months, or half a year or a year."
"Haha." Seeing the man talking nonsense, Lu Weiwei said indifferently: "Whenever you have time, you can come to our branch to look for us. Anyway, everyone knows who we are."
"Yes, so it's settled?" Luo Wei said.
Lu Weiwei nodded silently: "It's decided, then you go to bed early, Gu Chen and I will leave first."
"By the way, close the door for me, just pull down the shutter." Luo Wei said.
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei also nodded in agreement, obediently obeying.
After pulling down the warehouse shutter door for Luo Wei, they drove away together.
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In the car, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but shudder, feeling hairy all over her body.
Seeing this, Gu Chen asked her curiously, "What's wrong, Senior Sister Lu?"
"I just feel that the smell is weird and unpleasant. How can someone live in this kind of warehouse where salted fish is piled up?"
"Just smelling the smell, I'm almost dying, and I almost fainted from the smoke."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Gu Chen, who was driving, glanced at Lu Weiwei, and couldn't help joking.
Lu Weiwei argued with reason: "I don't know what other people think? Anyway, if I have to sleep in this warehouse full of salted fish for one night, I might as well die in place. Anyway, I can't bear it."
"Then go home and sleep, the police dormitory is fine." Gu Chen said.
Lu Weiwei thought for a while, and then asked Gu Chen: "By the way, Junior Brother Gu, you are already the captain of the criminal investigation, why do you always live with Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong?"
"Is it not good? I think it's quite lively." Gu Chen turned his head and asked.
Lu Weiwei pursed her lips, and said with some displeasure: "It's lively, it's just sometimes, when I go to your dormitory to ask you to borrow something, there will always be some inconvenient times."
"You mean?" Gu Chen didn't understand.
Lu Weiwei let out an "ah" and said helplessly, "Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, sometimes they don't close the door when they take a shower."
"Last time I went to your dormitory to borrow a water bottle, but Ding Liang was taking a shower in the bathroom, humming, and the bathroom door was just ajar."
"If he doesn't know I'm in the dormitory and walks out naked, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me?"
"Is that so?" Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, but said in affirmation: "Well, Ding Liang's problem needs to be corrected. I will meet him one day and tell him."
"No, that's not what I meant." Lu Weiwei felt that Gu Chen didn't understand what she meant.
So Gu Chen asked again: "What does that mean?"
"That's right, you can apply for an independent suite by yourself, the kind that lives alone." Lu Weiwei hinted frantically.
But Gu Chen smiled lightly: "But I like excitement. Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong and I joined the police force together, and we get along very well with each other."
"To move out suddenly will inevitably make the two of them think wildly."
"Well, I didn't say anything." Feeling completely speechless, Lu Weiwei crossed her arms, feeling hopeless.
Gu Chen quickly comforted him and said, "If it's not convenient for you to go to my dormitory to borrow things next time, then give me a call, or send me a text message, and I'll send it to you directly."
After the words fell, Lu Weiwei avoided speaking.
Seeing this, Gu Chen said again: "Or, I told Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong to close the bathroom door every time they take a bath?"
Lu Weiwei still avoided speaking.
Gu Chen was a little puzzled: "Then what is Miss Lu missing, I'll help you buy it all at once, so you won't have to use my room."
Lu Weiwei: "..."
"Well, I'll just say it casually, don't take it seriously."
Lu Weiwei felt that Gu Chen was indeed the same Gu Chen, the last innocent in Jiangnan City.
……
……
A few days later, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's vacation ended, and they handed the printed report materials to Zhao Guozhi early in the morning.
Zhao Guozhi picked up the glasses on the table, put it on the bridge of his nose, and casually flipped through the reports of the two of them a few times.
He immediately put down the materials, took off his glasses, and said to Lu Weiwei, "Lu Weiwei."
"Here!" Lu Weiwei said.
"Your material is full of typos, can you be more serious?"
"Zhao Ju, you must pay attention next time." Lu Weiwei pursed her lips with a serious face.
"Next time?" Zhao Guozhi looked Lu Weiwei up and down, and said with a smile:
"I'll give you and Gu Chen a few days off. It's impossible to write this report well, right?"
"I see you, Lu Weiwei, must have just remembered last night when you were sleeping that you had to hand over the report to me early this morning, so you got out of bed and hugged your feet, right?"
"Zhao Ju, how do you know?" Lu Weiwei said in her heart that Zhao Ju, what you said was true, but the mistake was that she was not cramming last night, but this morning.
When Lu Weiwei woke up early this morning, she remembered that she had to hand in the report this morning.
So after waking up, Lu Weiwei began to work overtime, and finally finished writing the report before going to work, and finally caught the last bus.
Zhao Guozhi frowned, and also pointed at Lu Weiwei angrily: "You said that you are already the deputy leader of the third team, can you have a snack?"
"Look at Gu Chen. He has been in the police force for less time than you. He is already the captain of the criminal investigation team. How can you keep up with him?"
"Zhao Ju, it's just a report. If you want to know something, wouldn't it be better for me to dictate it to you?"
Lu Weiwei yawned and said with a tired face.
On the other hand, Zhao Guozhi sighed, and said in a bad mood, "Then you can directly tell Bureau Qin that this is what Bureau Qin wants you to submit a report to."
"Qin Bureau?" Upon hearing that it was Qin Gang, the first brother of the Jiangnan City Police Force, Lu Weiwei immediately sat up straight and corrected her attitude:
"Then Director Zhao, why didn't you say it earlier? If I knew it earlier, I would have revised it. My report won't be on the table. You...you give me some time to revise it?"
"Forget it, it's too late." Zhao Guozhi sighed, hesitated for two seconds, then looked at Lu Weiwei and said angrily:
"Let's not take this as an example. Go back quickly and send me the electronic version by email. I will help you to correct it. Don't write so freely. The report must look like a report."
"Don't think that I, Zhao Guozhi, will back you up every time, so you can be salty fish. You should learn more from role models, understand?"
"Understood." Hearing Zhao Guozhi's words, Lu Weiwei nodded fiercely, also glanced at Gu Chen beside her, and said loudly:
"Learn more from Gu Chen."
"Go away." Zhao Guozhi waved his hand, picked up Gu Chen's report again, and put it in the file bag.
Lu Weiwei also quickly stood up, saluted Zhao Guozhi, and then pulled Gu Chen out of the room.
As soon as she returned to the office, Lu Weiwei smelt a smell of salted fish, frowned immediately, and asked Police Officer Wang: "Old Wang, what's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me?" Officer Wang was a little puzzled.
Lu Weiwei said again: "Why do I smell you?"
"My taste?" Officer Wang didn't react at first, but after a few seconds, Officer Wang who did react immediately punched him: "Let you call me salted fish."
Lu Weiwei easily dodged, avoiding Officer Wang's useless attack, and then walked back to her seat with a smile on her face.
But as soon as she arrived at her seat, Lu Weiwei was dumbfounded for a moment. She also picked up a bag of salted fish on the table and said, "Who put the salted fish here?"
……
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(End of this chapter)
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