Chapter 10 Asking
A plate of twice-cooked pork, with nearly half a pound of meat alone, costs 80 cents.

Slippery tenderloin, three ounces of tenderloin, 95 cents.

Sweet and sour pork is a bit more expensive, with half a pound of meat costing one yuan.

Fried liver tips, half a pound of raw liver, 60 cents.

One ounce of rice costs three cents.

Look how cheap it is.

Li Yancheng and Jin Zhihai each ordered a bottle of Jingshi White Label, which is beer produced by Jingshi Brewery, and asked for a bottle of Arctic Ocean for Xiao Ningning. They didn't know it was cold in the middle of winter, and even the hotel staff made fun of them.

Halfway through the meal, Old Duan, who had gone back to get food coupons, came over. He asked him to sit down and eat with them, but he refused. He handed the ten kilograms of food coupons to Li Yancheng and left. He was probably afraid that he would drool just by looking at him.

The three of them ate so voraciously that at the end they licked the plates so clean that not a trace of oil could be seen. It was no exaggeration to say that they didn't need to wash them.

"Would you like to take the bus to the front door?"

Before leaving, Li Yancheng also ordered five large steamed buns, which he prepared for himself as dinner.

In the end, Jin Zhihai paid for the meal. After paying the bill and walking out of the restaurant, he stood on the side of the road and lit a cigarette. Then he turned to look at his childhood friend and asked.

"Well, go back to work. I'll take the bus from here."

"Brother, you go first. I'll take Brother Dacheng over."

"Okay, go home quickly after you drop me off. Don't wander around. It's too noisy outside." Jin Zhihai warned with some concern.

"I know, brother. You know I stay at home every day and hardly go out."

"What are you sending me? I'm not denying my teachings. You all can go back."

"It's okay, let Ningning take you there, just let her relax a little."

After saying this, Jin Zhihai was about to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he seemed to have thought of something and turned back.

"Oh, Dacheng, I was just talking about this when we were having dinner, but I forgot about it because I was so busy eating. Do you remember Cui Haiyang?"

"Who? Cui Haiyang?" Hearing this somewhat unfamiliar name, Li Yancheng was slightly stunned and hurriedly looked through the memories in his head.

"Yes," Jin Zhihai nodded.

"Oh, I remember now. This Cui Haiyang you mentioned is the team leader of Dianhai. He's the one who talked to me at the beginning of the year, right?"

Just after the Chinese New Year, his ex-wife and her family suddenly left Beijing without saying goodbye. People from the relevant departments must have investigated this matter.

And this Cui Haiyang is the team leader in charge of the investigation in Dianhai.

He was taken away directly from the hospital and detained for three days. It was from this person that Li Yancheng learned that his wife, who said she had gone back to her parents' home, had actually left Beijing with her family.

Although he was detained for three days, the people in charge of the investigation did not use any special methods on him.

After he finished telling everything he knew, he ate and drank as he should, went to the toilet when he should, and slept when he should, but he couldn't leave the room.

Three days later, after verifying everything he said, it was confirmed that they had nothing to do with him, so they let him go.

They looked for him a few more times afterwards, but they just gave him ideological and political lessons and didn't take any other measures.

Seeing that he remembered who Cui Haiyang was, Jin Zhihai nodded again: "Yes, it's him."

"What happened to him? What did you say he did?" "He had his neck cut a week ago. It was almost chopped off."

"what?"

Li Yancheng was really a little surprised, and the scene when Cui Haiyang was in charge of interrogating him kept emerging in his mind.

"I heard that the guy has offended a lot of people since he became the leader of that damn team last year. The police officer in charge of investigating his case at the Dianhai Branch has compiled a list of more than a hundred people who might attack him.

Anyway, we haven't heard that the murderer has been found yet. If they still can't find any clues, I think they might come looking for you, so be prepared."

“It doesn’t matter”

Li Yancheng shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly: "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. Come if you want."

In fact, Jin Zhihai's judgment was absolutely correct. Only one day had passed since he said this, that is, on Monday, December 18th. The Mulin Town Health Center had just finished the special education session that had been conducted every morning since last year, and the police from the Criminal Investigation Section of the Dianhai District Public Security Bureau had already driven here.

"Hello, Comrade Li Yancheng. I'm from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Dianhai District Branch of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. My last name is Zhang. This is my colleague, also last name Li. Here are our work IDs."

"Comrade Zhang, Comrade Li, please take a seat."

After looking at their work ID cards, Li Yancheng calmly asked them to sit down. Zhou Guotao, who was in the same clinic with him, had already left.

"Comrade Li Yancheng, you don't seem surprised by our arrival." As soon as he sat down, the man surnamed Zhang spoke directly.

"Well, I'm not surprised. I know you guys are here for Cui Haiyang's case."

"You have been providing medical support in Mulin Town, so how did you know about this case? As far as I know, although this case is not kept secret, it is not likely to be reported to us so quickly."

"I didn't hear it here." Li Yancheng handed a cigarette to each of the two police officers without changing his expression, and lit one for himself.

"The day before yesterday, I went home to do some work. At noon, when I was having lunch with a childhood friend, he told me about it. He is also your colleague and works at our Meishan Police Station."

"You mean Zhi Hai?"

"Comrade Zhang also knows him?"

"His father and I used to study together in the Municipal Bureau. Yes, it seems that you two live in the same courtyard, right?"

"Yes, No. 20, Meishan East Hutong."

"Since you know why we are here, then..."

Before Comrade Zhang finished speaking, Li Yancheng said, "Comrade Zhang, if the time of the crime that Zhihai told me is correct, then I have sufficient alibi.

Since I came here to provide medical support in October, I only went back the day before yesterday. I had never left the town before that. About this, you can ask my colleague, the one who just went out, his name is Zhou Guotao. We both work in this room during the day and live in the same dormitory at night.

Or you can ask Director Liu of our health center and Uncle Zhao, the security guard. They should be able to vouch for me. "

"We must question the people you mentioned." The man surnamed Zhang nodded.

"Comrade Li Yancheng, tell me your impression of Cui Haiyang."

"What's your impression of him?" Li Yancheng was a little stunned. How should he answer this?

"Uh...Comrade Zhang, Cui Haiyang and I have met less than ten times in total, all because of my ex-wife's family affairs. Before that, I didn't know him at all, and I haven't seen him since this summer.

Now you ask me what my impression of him is... I really don't have much of an impression of him."

(End of this chapter)

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