You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 426 Tensions Rise! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Dannan County is a major coal mining county, much more prosperous than Yang Jinwen's hometown, Guangwu County. It has a large population and many cars, and you can occasionally see a luxury car.

Most people in the county town rely on coal mining for their livelihood and can earn a lot of money.

The town center is a crossroads where four roads converge. Yang Jinwen is currently located at the upper left corner of the crossroads, on the side of the road near an open-air billiard hall.

Three pool tables were covered with a military green waterproof tarpaulin, and several teenagers were playing pool around the tables with cues.

In front of the low bungalow, there is a small blackboard with the telephone charges for the public telephones written on it in white chalk.

Yang Jinwen nodded to the owner standing behind the counter, took out a cigarette, and handed it to him.

"What's your last name, boss?"

"What's the matter?" The boss held a rag in his hand and glanced at the pack of Zhonghua cigarettes in his hand.

"Take a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes."

The shop owner turned around, took a pack of cigarettes from behind the counter, and threw it on the counter.

Yang Jinwen took out his money and handed it to him. After the shopkeeper gave him change, he took out another dollar and gave it to him: "I'm going to make a short phone call."

The boss nodded, glancing at Yang Jinwen, a tall and imposing young man who was quite different from the average youth.

Yang Jinwen walked to the window with its wooden frame, and a wooden board was nailed to the outside of the window.

He picked up the phone receiver from the top and, when the boss wasn't looking, dialed a number.

After the phone rang for a while, a rough voice came from the other end.

"Hey?"

"Zhou Changyuan, Deputy Director Zhou?"

"who are you?"

“In a villa behind the Panying Coal Mine in Dannan County, someone shot and killed a person. The body is inside the house.”

The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly rose: "Who are you? How did you..."

Before the other party could finish asking the question, Yang Jinwen hung up the phone, walked around the pool table, and headed towards the center of the county town.

Ten minutes later, he walked to the intersection of the main street and saw two police cars speeding past him from the direction of the county public security bureau.

Yang Jinwen turned his head, turned to the right, and came to an open-air bicycle repair stall.

Yang Jinwen bought a second-hand bicycle and rode it straight to the center of the county town.

There are many entertainment venues in Danan County, mainly for the recreation of coal miners, but they are mostly open in the evenings and on weekends, and are rarely crowded on weekdays.

Those who linger in billiard rooms, computer rooms, and game arcades during the day are mostly idle social misfits.

Dannan County is quite large, with a complex population structure, and the alleys in the town center are winding and complex, so finding someone is not so simple.

However, according to the information provided by Liu Chuan, Zheng Dong has been doing dirty work for Zhu Gui since 91. He is 27 years old now, not tall, and imitates Chen Haonan from the movie "Young and Dangerous". He has long hair and wears a black leather jacket all the time.

Besides this very distinctive feature, Zheng Dong also had a red Happiness 520 motorcycle. When this motorcycle revved its engine, people on half the street could hear it. It was a very cool motorcycle in the early 90s.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon. In the evening, the dance hall, game room, and billiard room will be packed with people.

Yang Jinwen did not go to those places, but went to the high school in the county town.

In addition to high schools, Danan County also has vocational schools and a health college.

Upon arriving at the county high school, the first person Yang Jinwen approached was the security guard in the duty room.

His idea was that the girls Zheng Dong was looking for were either dropouts or girls he had found while still in school.

Zheng Dong will definitely be hanging around the school a lot.

Sure enough, after sending half a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, Yang Jinwen got the news from the gatehouse of a vocational school.

The old man in the gatehouse, smoking a cigarette, said, "The guy you're talking about is a hooligan. He rides a Happiness 250 and always loiters around our school."

"Not very tall, and has long hair?"

"Yes, that's him."

Where is this person now?

Just as the gatekeeper was about to shake his head, he saw two young men smoking by a utility pole on the street. He pointed and said, "Go ask them. These two guys know the person you're talking about."

"Thank you."

Yang Jinwen nodded, intending to go find the two people. After thinking for a moment, he pushed his bicycle over with both hands, thinking it would be less harmful that way.

The two men were about to leave when they saw Yang Jinwen walking towards them. They immediately put their hands in their pockets and looked arrogant.

"Who are you?" one of them asked, raising his hand and slinging it over his shoulder.

Yang Jinwen stopped his bicycle, took out a Zhonghua cigarette, and said with a smile, "I have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

Do you know Zheng Dong?

"What do you want with him? Who are you?"

“I’m his childhood friend, we haven’t seen each other in a long time, and I want to ask him for a favor.”

The two men took the Zhonghua cigarettes, frowning. "Childhood friend? I've never heard Dong-ge mention you."

"He must have forgotten me; it's been so many years."

Yang Jinwen lit their cigarettes: "I haven't been in touch with Zheng Dong for a long time either. I just came back from out of town, and besides needing to talk to him about something, I also wanted to catch up. Are you Zheng Dong's friends?"

"What friends, what brothers?" The tall young man smiled.

"Oh." Yang Jinwen nodded: "That's perfect. Let's get together tonight, find a place to have some drinks, it's on me."

The two men beamed with joy when they heard there was food to eat.

"Let's go, Dong-ge usually hangs out at the billiard hall in the west of the city."

"Thank you." Yang Jinwen pushed his bicycle and followed beside them.

Another shorter man asked, "You're dressed so formally, are you really Dong-ge's childhood friend?"

Yang Jinwen looked at his clothes: a khaki trench coat and jeans, which did indeed make him look like someone who worked in an office. "What can I do? I have to dress presentably to make a living out here."

"Then you're not as dashing as Dong Ge."

"That's true," Yang Jinwen said with a smile. "Zheng Dong has always been popular with girls since he was a child."

"Yeah, damn it, how many women has Dong slept with? I can't even count them all."

"He's still doing this?" Yang Jinwen squinted. The two guys in front of him were at most twenty years old, while Zheng Dong was several years older than them.

"That's how Dong Ge makes a living."

"Making a living off this?"

The two men shut up and stopped talking, just smoking and grinning lewdly.

Yang Jinwen followed them for more than ten minutes, passing through several alleys, until they arrived at a hutong in the west of the city.

It was already past six o'clock in the evening, and the sky was getting dark.

Neon lights illuminated the signs on both sides of the alley and at entertainment venues.

Hair salons, arcades, dance halls, billiard rooms, and video arcades are all crammed together.

"This is it. Park your bicycle outside," the tall man instructed Yang Jinwen.

Aren't you afraid of being stolen?

"Who stole your beat-up bicycle?" the tall man sneered.

"That's true."

Yang Jinwen parked his bicycle by the door, lifted the curtain hanging in front of the door, and followed them into the billiard room.

Despite being called a billiards room, there were several video game consoles outside, and a few teenagers were playing Contra.

Go through the inner door, and you'll find a dozen or so pool tables in the hall, each with a light bulb hanging above it.

The room was crowded with men and women, smoking, chatting and laughing, and playing pool.

Yang Jinwen squinted, trying to make out who was inside, but he couldn't see Zheng Dong.

The two guys in front of me seemed to know this place well. They walked past the pool tables, greeting people and accepting cigarettes offered to them.

"Hey, blondie, where's Dong-ge?"

After hitting a ball with his pool cue, the blond-haired guy straightened up and pointed to the back door: "Someone just came looking for Brother Dong. He went out to talk to someone."

Yang Jinwen immediately asked, "How long has he been gone?"

"As soon as you came in, he went out with someone, almost at the same time."

Who came looking for him?

The tall man with blond hair squinted and said, "This guy is Dong Ge's childhood friend."

Huang Mao nodded and replied, "He's Dong Ge's friend. He's very tall, about the same height as you, and damn, he's as strong as an ox."

Yang Jinwen's pupils narrowed, he flicked the back of his clothes and ran towards the back door.

There was a noren hanging behind him. After he went out, there was a wall opposite him. He looked to the left and right and there was also a wall to the right. The person must have gone to the left.

Yang Jinwen turned and ran to the left, out of the alley, where a main road opened up.

He saw two people walking towards a silver van; under the streetlights, he could only see their backs.

But one of them had long, flowing hair, and the other was over 1.8 meters tall.

Without a doubt, this person is Zheng Dong, and the other person is probably Lu Yong!
Yang Jinwen's heart was in his throat. He took a deep breath, pulled out a pistol from his waistband, and put his other hand behind his back. As he walked forward quickly, he pulled the slide and pried open the hammer.

When the two people in front were about to approach the van, Yang Jinwen was only about ten meters away from them.

He was about to take out his gun when a blinding light came on.

Yang Jinwen blocked the light with his hand and saw that a motorcycle parked diagonally in front of the van had its headlights on.

Then, "Bang!"

A piercing gunshot rang out beside him.

Yang Jinwen quickly dodged to the side and hid behind a utility pole.

The two people in front immediately bent down and hid next to the van.

A voice shouted: "Who the hell are you, daring to hit me?"

"Bang! Bang!"

Against the light, a figure walks forward while firing a gun.

Lu Yong, who was hiding behind the van, lay prone beside the vehicle. Without even looking, he reached out and fired a shot.

"boom!"

But the man walking on the road didn't flinch. After firing three shots, he steadied his gun and stared intently at the two people behind the van.

Yang Jinwen gritted his teeth and pointed his gun at the street.

When the man emerged from the motorcycle's headlights, Yang Jinwen saw his face.

The man was wearing a long military green coat, had sharp eyes, held a gun in one hand, and wore black-rimmed glasses.

"come out!"

"You bastard, come out here!"

The man shouted, "You've killed so many people, none of you will escape! Get out here!"

Lu Yong, who was hiding behind the car, was peering out from under the van, seemingly trying to locate the person outside, with one hand on the ground and the other holding a gun.

At this moment, Zheng Dong, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly squatted up and cursed, "Damn it!"

Immediately afterwards, he arched his back, pushed off the ground with both feet, and ran quickly towards Yang Jinwen!
(End of this chapter)