Xingnian Tea House

"Mr. Hu, I'm sorry, can I borrow the bathroom?"

Hu Jiaxu was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Yes, the bathroom is over there."

Lin Nanyue looked at the direction Hu Jiaxu was pointing at and said, "Thank you."

Qiao Xingnian watched helplessly as Lin Nanyue walked towards the bathroom. In such an emergency, this seemed the most effective way to avoid arousing Hu Jiaxu's suspicion, but it took half an hour to go to the toilet, and it was in someone else's toilet, which was a bit Not very realistic.

Hu Jiaxu picked up the information and handed it to Hu Tian, ​​and said, "Comrade policeman, can you see if I filled it out correctly?"

Hu Tian looked at it, nodded and said, "That's right. Mr. Hu just said that he was on duty in the hospital yesterday. Is Mr. Hu a doctor?"

Qiao Xingnian saw that Hu Tian's expression was natural, with no sign of acting at all, and he was completely different from his performance in the elevator, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and thought: "Sure enough, don't guess what girls are thinking, guess what? I can’t figure it out even after guessing.”

Hu Jiaxu nodded and said, "I am a surgeon at the Municipal Hospital."

Hu Tian's eyes lit up, and she said: "It's good to be a doctor. It can save lives and heal the wounded. I'm not afraid of Dr. Hu's jokes. When I was young, I had two dreams. One was to be a policeman and the other was to be a doctor. It's just that I was dizzy with blood since I was a child. I really overcame it." No, so I went directly to the police academy."

"Bloodsickness is indeed difficult to overcome. Being a policeman is so dangerous, and blood is very likely to be seen. Are you not afraid of problems in dangerous moments?"

"I'm not working at the grassroots level. I usually just fill in information and run errands. Criminal police usually do dangerous work."

Hu Jiaxu nodded, and wanted to say more, when he heard a sudden "bang" from the toilet.Hu Jiaxu was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses, hurried to the bathroom door, knocked on the door, and said, "Comrade policeman, are you alright?"

There was no response from inside, Hu Jiaxu quickly turned the handle and opened the toilet door, only to see Lin Nanyue collapsed beside the toilet, eyes closed tightly, lips turned white, as if fainted.

"Lin...Lin Yue, what's the matter?"

Seeing Lin Nanyue fainted, Hu Tian pushed Hu Jiaxu from the door and ran in.

Hu Jiaxu also walked in, reached out and touched Lin Nanyue's forehead, and said, "It's a little hot, maybe he has a fever, let me let him go, and I'll take him to the sofa to rest for a while."

Hu Tiandian nodded and walked out of the bathroom.

Hu Jiaxu bent down and hugged Lin Nanyue horizontally. It seemed that he was struggling. Seeing this, Hu Tian hurried over to help, and the two of them worked together to hug Lin Nanyue onto the sofa.

"His complexion is not good, and there are heavy dark circles under his eyes. Are you busy at the police station?"

"Recently in the census, the time is tight and the task is heavy. He has traveled to many communities and has to sort out the data at night. I guess he is too tired."

Hu Tian frowned, and her eyes were full of worry. If Qiao Xingnian didn't know that they were pretending, she wouldn't be able to tell that they were acting.

"Wait, I'll get the thermometer and take his temperature. If it doesn't work, I'll send him to the hospital."

Qiao Xingnian's heart tightened, lest Hu Jiaxu go back to the master bedroom, if he found out, all previous efforts would be wasted.

Fortunately, Hu Jiaxu did not go back to the bedroom, but came to the coffee table, opened the drawer below, and took out the thermometer.

Hu Tian took the thermometer, and with the help of Hu Jiaxu, took Lin Nanyue's temperature.

Hu Tian pursed her lips nervously and said, "Doctor Hu, can you pour me a glass of water?"

Hu Jiaxu looked at her dry lips, and said, "Of course, it's because I didn't entertain you well, and even forgot to pour water for you two."

"Thank you."

Seeing Hu Jiaxu turned to pour water, Hu Tian wanted to ask Lin Nanyue what's going on and how he should cooperate, but he heard someone talking in his ear, "Don't talk, there are surveillance."

Hu Tian was taken aback. The voice just now was clearly not Lin Nanyue's. There was no one else in the room except the three of them. How could it be...

Just when Hu Tian was in a daze, Hu Jiaxu had finished pouring the water and came out, handed her the water glass, and said, "Warm water, police comrades just drink it."

Hu Tiandian nodded, picked up the water glass and took two sips of "gudong gudong".

Hu Jiaxu looked up at the time and said, "It's almost time, the thermometer can be taken out."

Hu Tiandian nodded, and reached out to take out the thermometer from Lin Nanyue's armpit. She looked down and said, "38 degrees, it seems that I really have a fever."

Hu Tian said and handed the thermometer to Hu Jiaxu.

Hu Jiaxu took it over and looked at it, and said, "I do have a fever, I think it's better to send it to the hospital."

"Then I'll make an emergency call now." Hu Tian took out her cell phone to make a call.

Hu Jiaxu got up suddenly, and Qiao Xingnian's heart was also suspended. Seeing him go to the kitchen, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. After half an hour, the number of times he was worried was more than he had in this year.

Hu Jiaxu took some antipyretics, poured another glass of water, saw that Hu Tian hung up the phone, handed it over, and said, "Comrade policeman, this is antipyretics, you should feed him first."

Hu Tian looked at it and said, "Thank you, Dr. Hu. It's just that he's lethargic now, and it's not easy to take medicine. It's better to wait until the hospital for an IV."

Hu Jiaxu nodded and said, "Alright."

Hu Tianjian calmed down, and said gratefully: "I'm sorry, Dr. Hu, I didn't expect such a thing to happen, please."

Hu Jiaxu smiled slightly and said: "You are welcome, comrade policeman. He is so tired to serve the people. We should do something, not to mention that I am a doctor."

Seeing that the two were chatting, Qiao Xingnian turned and walked to the bedroom to check the status of the data transmission.After passing through the door, there was that sweet fragrance again. Qiao Xingnian frowned slightly, turned on the lock screen of the computer, checked the file transfer status, and found that most of it had been downloaded, and it would take another 5 minutes to complete the download.

Qiao Xingnian looked around the room again, and the human-tall sculpture beside the bed caught his attention.This sculpture is a woman with only the upper body, supported by a round stool below.She lowered her head slightly, looked down at the position of the bed, embraced her hands, and looked compassionate, as if something was sad.

Qiao Xingnian walked over and lowered his head to look at the sculpture carefully. The sculpture is not exquisite, it can even be said to be a bit rough, and it doesn't look like it was made by professionals.

When he approached, there was a wave of resentment that seemed to be there. Qiao Xingnian couldn't help being startled, and quickly squatted down to examine it carefully. The touch of the sculpture was cold, like rough sand.As he approached, the sweet scent became more intense, as if the sculpture was the source of the scent.

Before Qiao Xingnian could look again, suddenly a gust of wind blew. Qiao Xingnian turned his head to look at the door, only to see Hu Jiaxu standing at the door, and his eyes were on his computer.

Qiao Xingnian also looked over, seeing that the screen was locked, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Hu Jiaxu walked to the bed, picked up the mobile phone next to the computer, then turned around to leave, but suddenly stopped in his tracks.He turned to look at the mouse next to the computer...

Qiao Xingnian's heart tightened, and he screamed inwardly. He moved the mouse just now, did Hu Jiaxu realize that something was wrong?

The moment Hu Jiaxu reached out to touch the mouse, Hu Tian's voice came from outside the door, "Doctor Hu, the ambulance has arrived."

Hu Jiaxu withdrew his hand and walked out with his mobile phone.

Seeing the door being closed, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but patted his chest and let out a sigh of relief.

Qiao Xingnian hurriedly looked out through the door, only to see Hu Jiaxu opened the door, and several people in white coats walked in, carried Lin Nanyue on a stretcher, and carried him out.

Taking advantage of Hu Jiaxu's absence, Qiao Xingnian hurried to the computer to check the progress of the file transfer, and there was 1 minute left.Qiao Xingnian nervously looked between the progress bar and the door.

10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1, the file was finally downloaded, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, erased all traces on the computer, and carefully returned the mouse to its original position, before he stood up.

Qiao Xingnian wanted to go around the bed and check the sculpture again, but when he passed by the door, the door was suddenly opened, and Hu Jiaxu appeared at the door, looking straight at Qiao Xingnian.

Qiao Xingnian subconsciously held his breath, looked at him, and when he saw that his eyes were not focused on him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "This man is more infiltrating than a ghost." !"

Hu Jiaxu went straight to the table, turned on the computer on the table, and carefully checked the video in the living room just now, and watched it many times.

Qiao Xingnian looked at Hu Jiaxu, then at the sculpture beside the bed, hesitated for a moment, and decided to leave first, after watching those surveillance videos.

Qiao Xingnian walked through the door and left Hu Jiaxu's house.He was not in a hurry to restore the physical state, until he left the community and walked for a while, then found a public toilet and restored the physical state.

Qiao Xingnian picked up the phone and called Lin Nanyue. Soon the phone was connected, and Lin Nanyue's voice came from the receiver.

"Hey, Team Lin, how are you doing?"

Qiao Xingnian didn't expect Lin Nanyue to actually have a fever, so he couldn't help asking with concern.

"It's all right. How's your side?"

"All the surveillance video stored in his computer has been copied to the USB flash drive. I will send it to you when I go back later."

"Okay, where are you now, do I need to pick you up?"

"No, I'll take a taxi home." Qiao Xingnian paused, and then said, "Team Lin, you are too weak now, you should rest in the hospital and leave things to them. If my premonition is right , this case will be over soon."

Hearing Qiao Xingnian's concern, Lin Nanyue couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, and said, "I'm fine, don't worry, it may be because of the drug mixed with the wine yesterday."

"No matter what the reason is, you are running a fever now. This is a fact. Stay in the hospital and leave other things to the subordinates. Could it be that the criminal investigation team can't investigate the case without you?"

"Well, I will cooperate with the doctor for treatment."

"Okay, I'll hang up first."

Qiao Xingnian hung up the phone and called Jiang Mohan again.

But no one answered the phone, Qiao Xingnian was a little worried, so he hailed a car and went to the municipal hospital first.

Qiao Xingnian saw Jiang Mohan's name on the hospital's registration machine, and he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the time on his phone, and it was already eleven o'clock in the noon, and there was still half an hour before Jiang Mohan would be off work. He planned to wait for him for a while , have lunch with him.

Half an hour passed quickly, Qiao Xingnian picked up the phone and called Jiang Mohan again, this time the connection was successful.

"Brother, I'm in the lobby on the first floor of your hospital. Let's have lunch together later."

"Okay, you wait, I'll come down after changing clothes."

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Jiang Mohan went downstairs, and immediately saw Qiao Xingnian looking down at his phone.

Qiao Xingnian was sending messages with Lin Nanyue when he felt someone approaching, so he looked up and saw that it was Jiang Mohan, and said with a smile: "Brother, let's go to that restaurant to eat fish."

"Okay." Jiang Mohan looked at Qiao Xingnian and said, "The clothes on your body...why haven't I seen it before?"

"My clothes got dirty, so I borrowed Team Lin's clothes to wear."

Jiang Mohan nodded and said, "Let's go, the business there is good, if you go late, you may have to wait for a seat."

"En." Qiao Xingnian got up, and walked out of the hospital with Jiang Mohan.

The two asked for a small private room, and after ordering the meal, Jiang Mohan went straight to the point and asked, "Have you already gone to Hu Jiaxu's house?"

"Go." Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Just now Team Lin and I went to Hu Jiaxu's house pretending to be policemen. When we asked about Luo Yao, he said that Luo Yao had recently returned to her mother's house to avoid scaring the snake. We didn't do much. Ask. But I found that Hu Jiaxu’s home has surveillance cameras installed, and there are more than one, even in the corridor outside the door.”

Jiang Mohan frowned, and said, "What is he installing so many surveillance cameras for?"

"Brother." Qiao Xingnian did not answer, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I think Luo Yao has probably been killed in all likelihood."

"You just haven't seen anyone, maybe she really went back to her mother's house."

"Brother, is there any normal person who would install so many surveillance cameras at home?" Qiao Xingnian paused, and said, "I know that no body has been found yet, and I'm still lucky in my heart. Actually, I don't want anything to happen to Luo Yao. , but... various signs indicate that something really happened to her."

"All kinds of signs? What did you find?"

"Brother, I can't tell you now, but the results will come out in two days, and before the results come out, don't act rashly."

Jiang Mohan took out his mobile phone and said, "I have Brother Luo Yao's phone number here, I'll call him and ask if Luo Yao is at home."

Qiao Xingnian was stunned, stopped Jiang Mohan, and said, "Brother, you can only scare the snake by doing this. If Hu Jiaxu gets the letter, he will definitely be more vigilant, and if he is not sure, he will run away. It will be difficult to catch him then .”

"Luo Yao's younger brother knows me very well, we just need to keep him secret."

"Brother, no matter how familiar you are with him, you are still just an outsider, and Hu Jiaxu is his brother-in-law."

Jiang Mohan said a little irritably: "Then we can only wait here?"

"Brother, if Luo Yao is really at her mother's house, then she is safe, and you don't need to call at all. If Hu Jiaxu lied, then Luo Yao has already been killed, and it is useless for you to call again."

Seeing that Jiang Mohan fell silent, Qiao Xingnian continued, "Brother, I understand how you feel, you have to calm down, don't be carried away by your emotions."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, Jiang Mohan turned his head and looked over, and said, "Come in."

The door was opened, and the waiter came in with the food, and said with a smile, "Excuse me, your food is ready, please take it easy."

Qiao Xingnian thanked him, and the waiter turned and walked out.

Qiao Xingnian put a bowl of rice by Jiang Mohan's hand, and said, "Brother, at least eat something, you have to be on duty in the afternoon."

Jiang Mohan looked at the rice in front of him, looked up at Qiao Xingnian, and said, "Xiao Nian, is she...really gone?"

"Brother, to tell you the truth, I'm almost 100% sure that Luo Yao is no longer here."

Jiang Mohan was silent for a long time, then heaved a long sigh and said, "Eat."

"Brother." Qiao Xingnian reached out to hold Jiang Mohan's hand, and said, "You still have me."

Jiang Mohan looked at Qiao Xingnian's bright eyes with undisguised concern, and reached out to pat his hand.

She smiled reassuringly, and said: "I'm fine, don't worry, in fact, I let go of it long ago, leaving only the regret that I can't love, and the self-blame for not noticing what happened to her. But the matter is over, what can I say?" It's too late."

"Brother, don't worry, we will definitely give you the truth and bring the murderer to justice."

"If the Lin team needs us, we will try our best to cooperate, but the investigation is still left to them. You can watch the tea house with peace of mind. Luo Yao has already had an accident, and I don't want to see you in an accident again."

"Okay, listen to brother." Qiao Xingnian nodded meekly. He knew Jiang Mohan's mood now, and only in this way could he be comforted.

Jiang Mohan brought another portion of rice to Qiao Xingnian and said, "Eat."

"Brother eats too."

Jiang Mohan responded and picked up the chopsticks on the table. Although he was acting calm now, his silence had already exposed his true mood.After a meal, Jiang Mohan ate less than half a bowl of rice, and only ate what Qiao Xingnian gave him.

Qiao Xingnian said with some concern: "Brother, why don't you ask for leave in the afternoon. In your current state, you should rest."

Jiang Mohan took a sip of the tea in hand, and said, "I'm used to drinking tea made by you, but I can't drink tea made by others."

"Brother wants to drink, I will brew it for him every day."

"Don't worry, brother is not as fragile as you imagined. Besides, it's good to go to work, so you won't think about it when you're busy."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Brother, do you have a computer in your office?"

"Yes, do you want to use it?"

"Well. Brother, I'll go get it with you. There is a very important document that I want to send out."

"Okay, let's go then."

The two got up, paid the bill, and walked out of the restaurant together.

Qiao Xingnian followed Jiang Mohan to the lounge and took out the notebook from the locker.

Qiao Xingnian took the laptop and said, "Brother, there is still some time, take me back to the teahouse."

"it is good."

Jiang Mohan drove Qiao Xingnian back to the Xingnian Teahouse, and then went back to work in the hospital. After Qiao Xingnian greeted Lin Nanzhou and Liu Man, he went straight to the lounge on the third floor, plugged in a USB flash drive, and put the The downloaded surveillance video was sent to Lin Nanyue.

After Lin Nanyue accepted the file, he forwarded it to the team for them to view the video file. After receiving the IV, he drove back to the criminal investigation team to start an intensive investigation.

After sending the document to Lin Nanyue, Qiao Xingnian changed into his overalls and went downstairs to work. A few regular customers happened to come to the store. Seeing Qiao Xingnian coming down, he hurriedly greeted him: "Boss Qiao, you can be regarded as coming down. Been waiting for a while."

"Sorry, I have something to do today, I came a little late, and kept you waiting for a long time."

"We thought we were going to run empty, but we didn't expect to wait."

"What tea would you like to drink today?"

The white-haired tea drinker smiled and said, "Dahongpao, I always drank green tea when I drank tea a few days ago. I really miss the taste of oolong tea. What do you think?"

The others looked at each other and said, "Success, it's true that I haven't drunk it for a long time, so I'll drink it today."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Wait a minute, I'll make tea right away."

"Boss Qiao, I want to borrow that book you mentioned a few days ago."

Qiao Xingnian turned to look at Lin Nanzhou and said, "Nanzhou, take the book under the counter."

Lin Nanzhou responded, found the book and brought it over. Qiao Xingnian handed the book to the gray-haired tea customer and said, "Mr. Xu, watch, I'll make tea."

Xu Hui took the book and said with a smile, "Boss Qiao."

Qiao Xingnian turned around and came to the counter, greeted Liu Man and said, "I'll make tea, you just watch from the sidelines, study hard, and try to learn as soon as possible."

Liu Man nodded and said, "Well, boss, don't worry, I won't let you down."

Lin Nanzhou also came over and watched carefully across the counter.

Qiao Xingnian explained all the steps from tea selection, dosage, boiling water, tea utensils used, washing tea, making tea, etc. in detail, and demonstrated, picking out all the usual mistakes and talking about them specifically. Let them avoid a lot of detours.

Soon the fragrance of tea came out. Different from the fragrance of green tea in the past, the fragrance of oolong tea was stronger. The color of the tea soup was deep orange-yellow, clear and translucent, very beautiful.

Qiao Xingnian brought the brewed tea to the tea guests, put a cup in front of each of them, and said, "Let's have a taste."

Xu Hui put down the book in his hand, picked up the teacup to observe the color of the tea, and then smelled the aroma of the tea. He tasted it briefly, then took another sip, and said: "The aroma is rich and fruity, this is a ripe aroma. .”

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Old Xu is indeed an expert."

Another tea customer said: "The tea has a strong and long-lasting aroma, and the taste is mellow and sweet. It's really good tea!"

Qiao Xingnian said with a smile: "If it's not good tea, I wouldn't dare to entertain a few of you."

"Haha, we didn't wait for this hour in vain, and drank good tea again."

"If you have good tea, you have to match it with a good book. I made a lot of money today."

Xu Hui proudly raised the book in his hand to the other tea guests.

"Old Xu, you are really a thief, I must not let you take advantage of me next time."

Invite a few old friends to sit together to drink tea, read books, and chat, this is exactly the life Qiao Xingnian yearns for.

"Several slow use, I still have things to do."

"Boss Joe can do as he pleases."

Lin Nanzhou looked at them and whispered, "The atmosphere between them is really good. If I get old, I can be as leisurely as they are."

Liu Man also likes this kind of atmosphere, but hearing Lin Nanzhou say this, he still finds it a little funny, and said, "Then how old are you, and you want to live your life when you get old? Let's live a good life now."

"It's true." Lin Nanzhou looked at the layout of the teahouse and said with emotion: "Before coming to the teahouse, I always felt that I was busy and didn't know what I was busy with all day long. After coming to the teahouse, I felt that the whole person was slow." When I got down, I had more time to look at the people and things around me, and then I realized that I had missed so much.”

Qiao Xingnian was amused for a while, and said, "You only came to the teahouse for three days, and you have such a deep feeling?"

"It has nothing to do with the length of time I've been here, anyway, I just like the atmosphere of the tea house."

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "I'll come here often after I like it. I'm short of a temporary worker. I'll pay you by the hour. How about it?"

"I don't want a salary, I just love it here."

"Do you think that your family is not short of money, so you look down on my salary?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Nanzhou quickly explained: "No, Brother Xingnian, I didn't mean that, don't get me wrong. I regard Brother Xingnian as a friend, and there is no way to collect money for helping friends."

"My brother is still clear about the accounts. If you want to come in the future, you have to keep the money." Qiao Xingnian took out a few hundred yuan bills from the drawer and handed them to him, saying, "This is your salary for the past three days. It’s not from your family, it’s from your own labor in exchange for money.”

Lin Nanzhou looked at Qiao Xingnian and at the money in his hand, looking a little at a loss.

Seeing this, Liu Man smiled and said, "Silly boy, you earned this by yourself, isn't it better than asking for it at home? Hurry up and keep it, Sister Man, I want it, but the boss won't give it to me."

Lin Nanzhou reached out to take the money from Qiao Xingnian's hand. This was the first time he made money, and he felt a strange feeling, a little excited and a little uncertain.

"Thank you Brother Xingnian."

Qiao Xingnian touched the top of his hair and said, "You deserve it, you're welcome."