Tang Tianwen must recall his childhood from time to time, because he remembers some details very clearly.

He said Cangcang's nickname was "Ji Xiaocang", and he also talked about Ji Xiaocang's little habits in life.

He said that at the beginning, the dean and his wife had little money, and occasionally directed the older children to go outside to pick up garbage and sell it for money.You might be accused of child abuse now, but back then everyone was used to it.

It is already very good to have a place to live and food to eat, how dare you ask for so much?

The dean and his wife have no children and treat all orphans as their own. They are already the best benevolent people in the world.

Among all the children picking up trash, Ji Xiaocang is the most capable.He picked up the most rubbish and sold the most money.A child asked him how he did it?He secretly smiled and said, "On the construction site, there are so many steel bars."

But the steel bars are the assets of other people's construction sites, and they are going to be used to build buildings.Ji Xiaocang stole a few times in the open and in the dark, but was finally caught once.

After being caught, the workers beat him severely, and he lay on the bed for three days and couldn't get out of bed.The dean and his wife apologized for losing money on his behalf, but after Ji Xiaocang got out of bed after being injured, he went to the construction site without hesitation.

Some of the children guessed that he would continue to steal steel bars, and some guessed that he was going to find a place.But no one expected that he and the workers who beat him would mix together, eat and live together, and even find a temporary job because of this.

What an adventure.

According to Tang Tianwen, Ji Xiaocang has great strength, and since he was a child, he has been in various construction sites and residential areas, doing some laborious work.

Tang Tianwen didn't expect this information to provide any help, but the police cautiously found a direction from it.

For so many years, how did Ji Xiaocang hide his tracks?Without discrimination, his face does cause a lot of panic.What does he do for a living?

If it's a construction site or a gangster, everything makes sense.

Led by Zheng Fenglin, the police organized a small team to visit the dark corners of the city and inquire about the traces of such a person with "burns all over his body".

High-rise buildings are the bones of the city, and all living beings in a hurry are the flesh and blood covering the bones.And those who bear the pomp and sensuality are the workers at the bottom of society who don't have enough food or clothing.

They are crushed under the feet of tall buildings and do not see the sun all day long, so they are intertwined with darkness.Most of them don't like the police, thinking that the police represent corruption and bad luck.

At first, Zheng Fenglin's work was very difficult, and everyone he met was unwilling to communicate with him in depth.Ask a man covered in burns, and their responses are surprisingly consistent—frown, dismissively, or turn away.

Out of this almost identical impatience, Zheng Fenglin and his party did not get any feedback, nor did they make any progress.

Until Zheng Fenglin met Qian Jin and Qian Yuan by chance.

Two years ago, Qian Jin was a gangster. It was Zheng Fenglin who introduced him to a job as a network administrator and led him on the right track.It was also because of Zheng Fenglin that Qian Jin met Song Muxue and Kou Shuang, and made up his mind to send his brother to the doctor.

"Brother Zheng! Why are you here? How are you doing recently? Have you been promoted and made a fortune?" Qian Jin walked out of the Internet cafe with a look of surprise.

Zheng Fenglin hadn't seen the two brothers Qian Jin and Qian Yuan for more than two years, and it was a coincidence that they met suddenly during the visit.

"Mustache? Why did you shave all your beard?" Zheng Fenglin almost didn't recognize him without a beard.After recognizing it, there was no ambiguity, so I asked directly: "I have a question with you."

Seeing Zheng Fenglin's expression, Qian Jin unconsciously became serious, and said, "Brother Zheng, tell me! I will help if I can!"

Zheng Fenglin was not polite, pulled Qian Jin aside, and said: "Do you know that there is a person with burns all over his body? He may be lying on a construction site, or he may have rented a house by himself. Whether he was once Where, or what you're doing now, whatever it is, let me know if you have any news."

Qian Jin thought for a while, and said, "I've never heard of this person, what, did he commit a crime?"

Zheng Fenglin glanced at Qian Jin, who quickly raised his hand to express his surrender, and said, "I don't ask for details! I don't ask for details! I just want to ask, do you have any other information?"

Zheng Fenglin thought for a while, and said: "I should be 50 to [-] years old. I don't have a fixed place to live, and my whereabouts are also very erratic. I have a lot of free time. I like to wear black clothes. That's about it. Please let me know if you have any news."

Qian Jin nodded repeatedly and said: "Hey, people come and go here, and there are many people from the 'criminal circle'. I will inquire quietly tomorrow, and I will call you as soon as I find out, okay? By the way, Zheng Brother, what is your phone number?"

"My number hasn't changed, it's still the same as before." Zheng Fenglin thought for a while, and then stopped: "It's fine if you don't know, don't deliberately ask. It's not good if you get into trouble."

Qian Jin smiled heartily and said, "Brother Zheng, don't worry, I grew up in this kind of place, and there will never be any mistakes, and it is impossible for people to notice!"

Qian Jin made a promise, Zheng Fenglin could only nod his head worriedly, and said, "Be careful."

"En!" Qian Jin's smile is very "confident", and if you look closely, you can see a little bit of happiness.

Zheng Fenglin Fu looked at him again, and found that he seemed to have gained a lot of weight, with fleshy cheeks and a beer belly around his stomach. It seems that the treatment of the network administrator is quite good.He remembered something and asked, "how is your brother's illness?"

"It's pretty good," Qian Jin said with a gentler smile when he mentioned his brother, "I've been discharged from the hospital a long time ago, although I'm still a bit silly, but I can still go to the supermarket to carry boxes and do some rough work to subsidize the family. Happy. The next step is to send him to primary school."

When mentioning his brother, Qian Jin's smile brightened a lot. "I'm thinking about changing jobs after a while, so that I can make more money, we can buy a big house earlier, and we can marry our girlfriend. By the way, my brother found a girlfriend, you know?"

Zheng Fenglin really didn't know. He looked at the mustache in surprise and said, "Really? What about you?"

"His girlfriend is a cashier in their supermarket. It's amazing. I'm going to have dinner with them today." The mustache said, "Brother Zheng, if you have something to do, go and do it first. I also need to tidy up here." Changed shifts."

"Okay, if you have anything to do, you must contact me, don't be brave."

Mustache smiled, nodded and said, "Yes."

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Mustache turned around and walked into the Internet cafe, and said to the boss: "Boss, I'm here today, and it's time to have dinner with my brother and sister-in-law."

"You go, and when your brother is married, you can start making preparations."

Humming, he walked out of the Internet cafe casually with his keys in his hand. He hailed a tricycle and arrived at the entrance of the supermarket, only to see his brother unloading boxes from the truck.

His brother is hard-working, and everyone in the supermarket "likes" him very much. Only his sister-in-law asks about his health and asks his brother not to be so kind, and only knows to help others.

Qian Yuan smiled foolishly and said, "It should."

His sister-in-law didn't say anything.Back then, my sister-in-law fell in love with his brother because he wanted to help others.

Seeing the mustache, the sister-in-law was very happy and said, "Come on. Then I'll ask the store manager for leave."

After the sister-in-law settled the bill for the last customer, she put up a sign saying "cashing is suspended", and then walked towards the backstage.

While Qian Yuan was carrying a box of things towards the supermarket warehouse, Mustache took a few steps forward, grabbed his brother's shoulders, and said, "Wait a minute. We are going to eat soon. This box of things You don't need to move."

Qian Yuan smiled and said, "It should be." Then he carried his things and left.Mustache shook his head helplessly, his brother was favored by the supermarket because of his hard work.

He was walking behind his brother to the warehouse, and accidentally bumped into a person as he passed a certain shelf.

The man was picking out instant noodles, his back was hunched, and his movements were a bit lewd. He was probably another person who spent years in Internet cafes.

These people have more mustaches, and there is no extra touch.I just rubbed my shoulders, thinking how powerful this man is.

Mustache said "sorry" to the man, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw burn marks on the man's hands.

I was taken aback, could it be...

He walked around as if nothing had happened, and paid special attention to the person's face when he passed by, but found that the person was slightly sideways, preventing himself from seeing clearly.

He is quite tall... In this weather, he is still wearing a black hoodie and denim trousers. The hood is well covered over his head, so that no one can see his face or his expression.

Thinking of Zheng Fenglin's instructions to him, Xiao Huzi suddenly felt vigilant, walked a few steps to his brother, and asked in a low voice: "Do you know that customer? Does he come here often?"

My brother looked back and said, "I've seen it a few times."

Mustache got a little anxious and said, "Don't look back, what should you do if you startle him!"

My brother said, "He's gone."

Mustache got anxious and said, "Brother, move your things. I'll go see if my sister-in-law has asked for leave." After speaking, he turned and walked towards the cashier.

When I walked to the cash register, I saw my sister-in-law chatting with the store manager. It was probably about the wedding date or something. Mustache vaguely heard words like "happy candy".

The man in the black hoodie put the instant noodles on the cash register silently, and said in a deep voice, "Check out."

The man in the hoodie was standing in the same row as the sister-in-law, who had already put up a sign saying "Stop Cashier", but the sister-in-law said in astonishment, "Sorry, the service is closed."

The man said, "Really..."

The sister-in-law was stunned for a moment, and said, "I haven't turned off the machine yet, so I can just charge another one. Come on."

Mustache looked anxious and wanted to remind his sister-in-law that he was a prisoner, but he couldn't tell because he was here.

Fortunately, the man just bought two buckets of instant noodles, paid the bill out of his pocket, and left quickly.

Mustache walked up and said to his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, you have already suspended the cash register, why bother with him? That doesn't look like a good person."

"I haven't turned off the machine, it's okay. Besides, he looks quite pitiful..." The sister-in-law is also a good person, otherwise she wouldn't have taken a liking to his honest brother.

The mustache sighed, and it was neither to blame nor not to blame, so he could only say, "I'll wait for you outside."

That person didn't look like a good person, and he didn't dare to have a direct confrontation. It doesn't matter which way he left, right?

As a result, within two steps, I heard the manager of the supermarket say: "I know that man. He is working at a nearby construction site. He is a good man."

Mustache was stunned for a moment, wondering where the store manager came to the conclusion that "he is a good person".

Didn't Brother Zheng say that this person committed a crime?

"Which construction site?" Mustache made a gossipy expression and said, "What's going on with his hands and face?"

"Maybe it's because of a fire, I don't know." The store manager said, "When it comes to work, the construction site in front of me is so noisy and annoying. If it weren't for the workers who often come to patronize my business, I'm really going to report it."

Black clothing, previous burns, construction site workers...

All of them are in line with what Zheng Fenglin said.Mustache's temples kept twitching, and he always felt that that person was so close to his brother and sister-in-law, and there was no guarantee that something would happen anytime soon.

Without much hesitation, he made a call directly.

"Hey, Brother Zheng? The person you asked me about just now, I have a clue..."

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