The train driver in the courtyard

After the interview, Zhao Ning packed up his photographic equipment.

Just as he was about to take people into the exhibition hall, he suddenly saw Li Aiguo talking and laughing with a foreign businessman and walking over.

"Hey, Driver Li, why are you here?" Zhao Ning rubbed his eyes and walked up quickly after confirming that he saw correctly.

Since the last interview, Zhao Ning always felt that a burly figure appeared in his mind from time to time.

"It's reporter Zhao. Our Ministry of Railways has also set up a booth here." Li Aiguo looked Zhao Ning up and down: "We haven't seen you for a few days. Have you been transferred to the TV station?"

"It's just a secondment. I originally wanted to record a news program." Zhao Ning's fair face had a gloomy expression.

Li Aiguo said: "Recording a program? You can find a good brother like me. He is Malaysian and is good at Chinese."

Only then did Zhao Ning notice Xiao Nicha.

I have to say that Xiao Nicha’s appearance is quite good.

Wearing traditional Malaysian clothes and wearing three gemstone rings on her hands, although it is not as good as "a piece of cloth on my head, I am the richest in the world", it is not far behind.

"Sir, do you speak Chinese?"

"Of course, my teacher is Chinese, and I have admired Chinese civilization very much since I was a child."

Xiao Nicha spoke fluent Chinese and babbled for a while.

That style makes him look like a lover of Chinese culture.

"It's so suitable!" Zhao Ning's eyes lit up and he continued to ask: "Then are you willing to accept my interview?"

"Well, you know, I'm very busy at work." Xiao Nicha hesitated, "Also, I have a special status. My uncle is a Malaysian witch. You know, people like me are very sensitive about their status."

This guy is so good at it, and he vividly displays the unique sense of mystery of high-level people.

Zhao Ning became even more excited after learning Xiao Nicha's identity.

This is a heavyweight.

If she is willing to be interviewed, the chances of her show being on TV will increase a lot.

The most important thing in a news program is the news, especially the identity of the interviewee!

I haven’t seen that future celebrities can dominate the hot searches even if they have a meal?

"Mr. Nicha, don't worry, we won't delay you for a long time." Zhao Ning said.

Xiao Nicha said: "This is not good, I never like to be in the public eye."

Just when Zhao Ning was extremely disappointed, Li Aiguo coughed twice: "Mr. Nicha, this reporter Zhao is my friend. Besides, this is also the best way for you to express your love for Chinese culture."

"Brother Patriot, that makes sense." Xiao Nicha was very cooperative.

brother?

Why did the train driver become brothers with the foreign businessmen? Zhao Ning was a little confused for a moment.

But she soon woke up. It was the train driver who was helping her.

Zhao Ning's heart felt warm and she glanced at Li Aiguo. This rough guy was usually very rude and unreasonable, but he didn't expect that he had such a careful side.

"Don't worry, it won't waste too much time."

In the end, under Li Aiguo's "mediation", Xiao Nicha reluctantly accepted an interview.

This guy has an outgoing personality. When facing the camera, he not only gave thumbs up frequently to praise the grand occasion of the Canton Fair, but also recited a poem: "The scenery of the North is covered with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness. .”

What is program effect? ​​This is it!

Zhao Ning clenched his fists tightly. This TV show is stable!

Zhou Keze narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Little Nicha who was performing hard and said, "Patriotic, Mr. Nicha seems to have other intentions, right?"

Li Aiguo clasped his arms and said: "Of course, Malaysia is still a British-controlled country now. If they want to take off the British-owned label, they need the support of outsiders.

Do you really think Nicha didn’t report the missing sword to his uncle?
I have investigated through the staff of Aiqun Hotel.

After Nicha returned to the hotel yesterday, he immediately made a half-hour cross-country phone call.

In addition, the identity of that sword may be far beyond your imagination. "

Hearing this, Zhou Ke's expression changed suddenly, and he looked at Xiao Nicha with an incredulous look: "You mean, he didn't deliberately give us more than ten days of investigation time because of his good relationship with you? But because..."

"Good relationship? Zhou Ke, this is not children's play!" Li Aiguo said: "For people like Xiao Nicha, who comes from a big family, he can kill his own parents for power, so what does friendship mean? "

At this time, Xiao Nicha, who had finished the interview, suddenly raised his hand and waved at Li Aiguo.

That affectionate expression was like meeting your closest friend.

Li Aiguo responded enthusiastically, with the same attitude as he would towards a good brother.

Seeing the sincere smiles on the faces of Li Aiguo and Xiao Nicha, Zhou Ke couldn't help but shudder as he closed his collar.

He thinks the world is too complicated.

Great interview done.

Zhao Ning seemed very excited. After thanking Xiao Nicha, he walked to Li Aiguo again.

After not seeing each other for just a month, this man seemed to have gone through more vicissitudes of life, but his face was filled with lingering melancholy. What happened?
Zhao Ning pursed her lips and smiled: "Driver Li, I really want to thank you this time. When I return to the capital, I will treat you to dinner."

Li Aiguo looked into Zhao Ning's eyes and said, "You're welcome, just do it casually, we still have things to do."

Li Aiguo turned around and took Xiaonicha and Zhou Ke to investigate along the road.

Zhao Ning looked at his back and didn't look back.

At this time, Zhou Fang came back with two ice creams and handed the small paper bowl to Zhao Ning: "Yangcheng is not as good as our capital. Ice cream only costs 20 cents a bowl. Ning'er, you can make do with it."

"I feel sick to my stomach."

Zhao Ning handed the ice cream to a colleague, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the exhibition hall.

Zhou Fa looked at Zhao Ning and then at Li Aiguo who was walking away. He turned around and approached the photographer. He lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Liu, who is that tall guy with the foreigners?"

"Brother Zhou, I don't know him either. I just heard reporter Zhao call him Driver Li."

"Driver Li just said he was just a driver."

Zhou relaxed his tone and handed the ice cream to the photographer in a casual manner, "Here you go."

"Thank you, Brother Zhou." The reporter took it and smiled awkwardly.

Xinhua Bookstore, department store, and Chinese medicine store.

Li Aiguo and others walked along the route and asked the staff in the store, but found nothing.

He looked up at the Chinese medicine shop and asked, "Little Nicha, what are you doing at the Chinese medicine shop?"

"Buy pearl powder, it's a beauty thing, girls like it the most." Xiao Nicha blinked and gave a look that you know.

"Really? Wait, I forgot something just now."

Li Aiguo turned around and entered the drug store. When he came out again, the canvas bag was bulging.

"What a good brother who shares the same goals." Xiao Nicha was deeply pleased.

Zhou Ke: "."

He felt that both of them were very tired.

The investigation was inconclusive.

It was already noon, and Li Aiguo decided to go to the train station in the afternoon.

According to the information provided by Captain Chen, most of the thieves in Yangcheng these days are hanging out at the train station.

Back at the hotel, Section Chief Zhang, who stayed behind, reported that so far no suspicious persons have been found in various jurisdictions in Yangcheng.

In fact, it’s not that they were not discovered, but after investigation, those people’s suspicions were eliminated.

There was still no reply from Captain Chen.

"Eat first, I'll treat you today."

The task force has special funds for handling the case. For ten yuan per person per day, they can have a big meal.

Li Aiguo never wronged himself, so he brought Yang Jizong, Section Chief Zhang and Zhou Ke to the Western restaurant of Aiqun Hotel.

The decoration of the hotel is magnificent and retro, with gorgeous chandeliers, dark red velvet curtains, leather seats, etc.

Tall glasses and square napkins are also neatly placed on the long table for eight people.

It may have been a bit crude in later generations, but it was luxurious in this era.

As soon as Zhou Ke entered the western restaurant, he couldn't help but clicked his tongue twice: "This is probably a place only big capitalists can enjoy."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to eat, you can get out."

Li Aiguo saw that Section Chief Zhang looked wrong and stopped Zhou Ke.

Section Chief Zhang had dealt with Zhou Ke several times and knew that this guy was a talker but didn't mean anything, so he didn't care.

A few people chose a seat and were about to sit down when a voice came from the box next to them.

"Is it Driver Li?"

Li Aiguo turned around and saw Zhao Ning, the young man, and another man and woman sitting in the box.

"It's Comrade Zhao."

Li Aiguo nodded to Zhao Ning, turned around, found a table in the hall and sat down.

After eating, we had to quickly go to the train station to investigate.

Zhao Ning didn't expect that Li Patriot would be so cold, so he closed the curtain and sat back down.

"Who is your grandson? Why is he more arrogant than me? I'll go and see you!" Zhou Fang patted the table, making the knife and fork rattle.

As he spoke, he stood up.

Zhao Ning grabbed him: "Zhou Fang, this matter has nothing to do with you. If you make trouble, I will hang up the phone with your sister."

Zhou Fang saw Li Aiguo's figure through the door curtain, and he sat down with persuasion. He muttered: "I am a reasonable person, how can I make trouble randomly? Also, don't always take advantage of me." My sister is scaring me”

Zhang Xian and Zhao Jiayue seemed to have seen some clues and looked at each other.

Zhao Jiayue said: "Zhao Ning, that one looks like he is wearing a train driver's uniform. How can he live in Aiqun and come to a Western restaurant to eat?"

Zhang Xian lifted the door curtain, glanced outside, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Fang is actually not wrong. This guy should be investigated. Not everyone can sneak in at Aiqun Western Restaurant."

The distance between the two tables was not far, and both Li Aiguo and Xiao Nicha could hear clearly.

Li Aiguo looked through the door curtain and saw that everyone at the table was looking at him. Zhao Ning lowered his head in embarrassment and twisted his little hands together.

If she had known that Zhou Fang's friends were so unreliable, she would not have accepted the banquet.

The two young men who had just clamored to interrogate Li Aiguo looked at him with their necks crossed. Zhou Fang took out a pack of cigarettes, picked up a lighter, lit a cigarette, blew out a cloud of smoke at Li Aiguo, and whistled.

"Please give way."

Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment, then put his legs together and turned sideways to let Li Aiguo enter the box.

Li Aiguo walked up to Zhou Fang, reached out to remove the cigarette from his mouth, and put it out on the dining table.

"Comrade, no smoking in the restaurant."

Zhou Fang was stunned by Li Aiguo's actions.

It took him a while to realize what had happened, and his face turned from yellow to red, and finally to green, just like a traffic light.

Zhou Fang gritted his teeth: "Good boy, you"

Li Aiguo unbuttoned his coat, revealing the gun holster inside, and held his hand on the handle of the gun.

The curse Zhou put on his lips could only be swallowed back reluctantly.

Faced with Li Aiguo's eyes and provocative attitude, the other two young people at the table did not dare to speak or move. They turned their heads slightly and pretended not to see Zhou Fang deflated.

There have been too many fatalities due to fights and conflicts these days.

People of their status don't have the same experience as a big boss.

How can fine porcelain be compared with stone?
"Smoking is harmful to your health. I'm trying to save you."

Seeing that these people didn't dare to be arrogant, Li Aiguo stood up, opened the curtain and walked out. He didn't even look at Zhao Ning from the beginning to the end, leaving only a few people in the box looking at each other.

After Li Aiguo disappeared, Zhang Xian dared to lower his voice and said: "Who is this train driver? He is so arrogant. If in other hotels in Yangcheng, labor and management had transferred people earlier, he wouldn't even be able to get out of the restaurant door."

"Young horse, why didn't you dare to move just now?"

Zhou Fang was feeling embarrassed at the moment. When his companion said this, he lost all dignity on his face.

Zhang Xiandao: "Didn't I see that Sister Ning knows that person? That's why I gave him some face."

Zhao Ning withdrew his gaze and looked at them lightly: "Don't you think it's strange? You have to hand over your weapons before entering the Aiqun Building. How can he carry a gun?"

Hearing this, the expressions of Zhou Fang and others suddenly changed.

There are two sentries to enter the building, and even if Zhao Jiayue took his brother's pass, it would be difficult to use it.

Looking at their looks, Zhao Ning suddenly stood up and said: "Zhou Fang, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so I will leave first. You tell your sister."

Before Zhou Fang could react, Zhao Ning opened the curtain and walked out of the box.

Zhang Xian blinked at Zhou Fang: "What the hell, Brother Fang, aren't you going to chase me?"

Zhou Fang originally wanted to chase Zhao Ning, but his face turned gloomy after being teased by his companion.

He picked up the goblet and took a sip of red wine. He swung the red wine and said, "If my sister hadn't been watching, I wouldn't have gone on a blind date with her. I really think of myself as a princess. We are happy today and don't mention anything disappointing. Son, come on, brothers, we haven’t seen each other for a long time, let’s do it together.”

Zhao Jiayue picked up the wine glass and touched it with Zhou Fang. While Zhang Xian was reading the menu, she gently licked the scarlet red wine in the goblet with her bright red tongue and gave Zhou Fang a wink.

Zhou Fang shivered from the electric shock. He had long heard that the boys in the big courtyard here in Yangcheng had a lot of fun, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Looking at Zhao Jiayue's full breasts, Zhou Fang bumped into Zhang Xian again: "Good brother, when are you going to marry Jiayue?"

"Just put it on National Day this year." Zhang Xian didn't know why.

“good good”

Zhou Fang said another sentence that left Zhang Xian confused.

Mexican chicken noodles, shredded pork, and mustard steak. Food that will only be enjoyed by future generations is placed on the table.

Yang Jizong and Xiao Nicha had eaten Western food many times and were able to handle medium-ripe beef with ease.

Facing the bloodshot steak, Zhou Ke couldn't take it down.

"Brother Patriot, this thing is so cute, how do you eat it?"

“If you can’t eat it, ask the chef to fry it until it’s almost done!”

Li Aiguo couldn't bear to eat half-cooked beef, so he called the waiter and asked them to take the beef away and process it again.

This was the first time the waiter heard such a request, and he was stunned.

At this time, Zhao Ning came over and learned the ins and outs of the matter, and said with a smile: "Driver Li, the meat of a well-done steak is not only hard but also dry, which naturally greatly reduces the deliciousness of the steak, so I still recommend you to try it. Eating steak is all about having this sense of luxury.”

"Sorry, I met an old expert last year. He told me that thin-cut steaks are more difficult to cook well when cooked than five-minute steaks and seven-minute steaks, so the English name for well-done steaks is well done."

Li Aiguo said slowly: "Eating steak ultimately depends on what kind of texture you like and your requirements for the richness of the juice.

But whether it is medium rare, medium rare, medium rare or fully cooked, there is essentially no distinction between high and low. Eating medium rare does not mean it is "higher" than eating well cooked."

In later generations, Li Aiguo always insisted on eating fully cooked beef or undercooked beef.

If for no other reason than to avoid parasites.

What? Are there no parasites in beef?

Just think about why the Toxoplasma infection rate is so high in developed countries in Europe and the United States.

Li Aiguo couldn't understand something.

Human beings finally discovered fire and said goodbye to the days of eating raw food. Why do some people still eat those bloody things?

"Eating steak, in the final analysis, it depends on what kind of texture you like." Zhao Ning savored this sentence carefully.

This was different from the previous teachings she had received. It was no longer related to food, but to an attitude towards life.

Why can't people be more free and easy? Why must we pay attention to other people's opinions?

"I want a well-done steak." Zhao Ning sat in front of the table and waved to the waiter.

Since the establishment of the western restaurant, I have never eaten old-fashioned fully cooked beef. However, the waiter saw that the identities of the people were different and didn't say much. He nodded and turned around and left.

After a while, the reheated steak arrived.

Zhao Ning picked up the knife and fork and tasted it. Although the meat was relatively old and did not have a fresh taste, it had the unique flavor of cooked meat, which was not inferior to seven-mature beef.

What surprised her was that Li Aiguo used knives and forks very skillfully.

"Driver Li, have you ever eaten Western food before?"

"Have you forgotten, my friend, an old expert, is a generous person and often treats me to Western food."

Li Aiguo took a deep look at Zhao Ning, stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth, and said casually: "You need to pay for your portion of steak yourself."

Really stingy
After finishing lunch and paying, Zhao Ning touched his shriveled wallet, turned around and followed Li Aiguo and the others out of Aiqun.

"Driver Li, what are you doing? Can you take me with you?"

"You?" Li Aiguo frowned, waved his hand and said, "No, we still have business to do, what's the point of bringing you a little girl?"

"Are you going to perform a mission?" Zhao Ning lowered his voice, "You are not allowed to carry guns in Aiqun. You are equipped with a gun. You must be performing a special mission. I am a reporter and I want to follow up and interview."

Zhao Ning looked at Li Aiguo, then at Reporter Zhao and Xiao Nicha, and said with a smile: "You are all gays. If you want to arrest a female prisoner and search her body, you will be so embarrassed.

Besides, a group of grown men shopping is too conspicuous, and being with a lesbian can be used as a disguise. "

Yang Jizong frowned: "Reporter Zhao, what we are doing is very dangerous. What if you, a lesbian, do anything bad?"

"You are so underestimated. I knew how to shoot a gun when I was five years old, and hunted wild boars with my own hands when I was ten years old." Zhao Ning puffed up his chest: "When I moved with my father, I even killed a black dog myself!"

After the transfer, Yang Jizong realized that Zhao Ning had a good status, so he could only look at Li Aiguo and threw this problem to Li Aiguo.

Considering that this trip to the train station was just to investigate a thief and there would be no conflict, Li Aiguo agreed.

"Zhao Ning, you must obey the arrangements later. If you dare to disobey orders, I will kick you out."

"Yes!" Zhao Ning saluted Li Aiguo.

The twin ponytails rise and fall, making her look particularly youthful and charming.

"Let's go to the train station now." Li Aiguo asked Zhou Ke to drive a jeep.

In the Western restaurant of Aiqun Hotel, Zhao Jiayue watched Zhao Ning and Li Aiguo get into the jeep, and said in a strange tone: "Brother Fang, your blind date got into the same car as someone else, and you don't know where it went."

Zhou Fang's face was as gloomy as ink, he picked up a glass of red wine and drank it in one gulp.

He found the red wine a bit bitter and the tender steak tasteless.

After eating a few hasty bites, the steak worth ten dollars a portion was thrown on the table.

Click and hold.

The jeep was parked on the roadside more than 500 meters away from the train station.

Zhao Ning got out of the car, feeling particularly excited.

Along the way, she had been inquiring about what tasks these people were performing, but she did not get any results.

Only the little Nicha said mysteriously: "This matter is really big."

For Xiao Nicha to comment like this, the matter is definitely not a big deal.

Zhao Ning has been staying in the capital since he became an adult. He is either doing interviews or writing press releases every day. He feels like a little bird in a cage.

She hadn't been this excited in a long time.

"Driver Li, what are we doing now?"

"Catch the thief!"

The train station is already very busy these days, with customers coming and going carrying large and small bags and looking in a hurry.

Li Aiguo led a few people around the square and suddenly turned to look at a thin young man.

"Is he a thief?" Zhao Ning frowned.

The young man was wearing overalls and was taking an ice cream cone from the station store salesperson.

The temperature in Yangcheng in April is already very high, so eating ice cream is normal.

Zhou Ke, Yang Jizong and Xiao Nicha were also confused.

Li Aiguo said: "His action of opening the wrapping paper is different from other people's. It is exceptionally clean and quick."

Several people stared at the young man closely. They saw that after peeling off the ice cream wrapper, the young man did not throw it on the ground, but folded the ice cream wrapper with one hand.

Finally, it was folded into a square "pia", the two ends were pinched and bent, and the index finger flicked it accurately into the trash can five or six meters away.

Several people were stunned.

Zhou Ke has also seen a lot of thieves, and even learned skills from a master in order to catch thieves.

But he felt that even the old master couldn't do that action just now.

(End of this chapter)