My Dongguan Love Story

Zhou Zhengtao, a cigarette between his fingers, looked up at Chu Xiuyan and slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke: "I wonder if she's a proper girlfriend. I heard Chen Dazhuang has many women."

Chu Xiuyan's eyes lit up, secretly delighted. He had been searching everywhere for incriminating evidence against Dazhuang, and unexpectedly, a clue had come knocking on his door. Suppressing his joy, he asked casually, "Oh? How many have you personally witnessed?"

Zhou Zhengtao made no attempt to hide anything, stating frankly, "I've met two of them. One is named Lin Huimin, and the other is Lin Guilian, who was stabbed that night. But I heard that before the incident that night, a pretty girl came to deliver food to Chen Dazhuang. So, all in all, there are at least three women involved with him."

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhengtao gritted his teeth in hatred, cursing under his breath that Dazhuang was truly blessed with many girlfriends. Putting aside everything else, he really wanted to touch and see how soft Lin Huimin and Lin Guilian's breasts were.

Chu Xiuyan suppressed his inner elation and pretended to be indignant, saying, "Three women involved? This Chen Dazhuang is far too much of a womanizer."

The two chatted for a long time. Chu Xiuyan remained calm and composed, subtly guiding the conversation and gradually extracting all the details from Zhou Zhengtao. Once he had gathered the clues, he excused himself by going on patrol and turned to dig deeper into Dazhuang's past from the others.

Zhou Zhengtao saw that Chu Xiuyan seemed honest and easy to talk to. Seeing that he was about to go out on patrol, Zhou Zhengtao immediately had a wicked idea. He wanted to take advantage of this newcomer before he figured out his background. If he waited until Chu Xiuyan realized what was going on and asked for the money back, it would be difficult to take advantage of him later.

So he chuckled and said to Chu Xiuyan, "Little Chu, could you go buy me another pack of cigarettes?"

"Want to buy another pack?" Chu Xiuyan asked, puffing on his cigarette and squinting at Zhou Zhengtao.

"Okay." Zhou Zhengtao nodded, and seeing Chu Xiuyan hesitate, he grabbed a pack of cigarettes and tossed it to him: "Here's a pack for your errand fee, hurry up and go! I'll give you the money later."

Chu Xiuyan took the cigarette from Zhou Zhengtao, thanked him with a smile, and said, "Captain, you don't need to pay for the cigarette. I just bought it on credit at the convenience store using your name. You can pay for it later."

Zhou Zhengtao was taken aback by Chu Xiuyan's words, then his face instantly darkened, and his eyes flashed with anger. He shouted at Chu Xiuyan, "You little brat, are you playing me?"

Chu Xiuyan saw through Zhou Zhengtao's trap but didn't expose it. Instead, he feigned ignorance and spread his hands, saying, "What's the big deal? Whether you pay me or the convenience store, it's all the same, isn't it? Anyway, I bought you the cigarettes."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to leave, but then suddenly stopped and turned back, as if he had just remembered something: "Oh right, thank you for the two packs of cigarettes you gave me."

After saying that, he raised his hand, shook the cigarette in his hand, smiled, and walked away.

Zhou Zhengtao watched helplessly as the person walked away, a surge of anger rising in his chest. He grabbed a magazine from the table and slammed it to the ground, cursing, "You little brat, how dare you scheme against me!"

Last time, he only managed to trick Chen Dazhuang out of one cigarette. This time, not only did he fail to trick him, but Chu Xiuyan also took two packs of cigarettes from him, making him so angry that he gritted his teeth. If his right hand hadn't still hurt, he would have rushed out to beat up Chu Xiuyan.

As soon as Chu Xiuyan stepped out of the room, he saw Li Jie slumped over the table, dozing off. Remembering that Zhou Zhengtao had mentioned Li Jie was also on duty last night, Chu Xiuyan considered trying to get clues from him. He slowly walked over and gently patted Li Jie's shoulder. After several pats, Li Jie swayed and slowly looked up at him.

Seeing that Li Jie was awake, Chu Xiuyan put on an innocent-looking face: "Handsome, it's lunchtime, want to go eat together?"

Hearing Chu Xiuyan's words, Li Jie looked up at the clock on the wall and realized something was wrong. Cuihua had already left work, and he hadn't delivered the food yet. Oh no, Cuihua might already be angry.

Thinking of this, he quickly stood up and walked towards the pork trotter rice stall outside. Chu Xiuyan followed behind him, noticing his hurried pace and slightly furrowed brows, feeling somewhat puzzled. How hungry was Li Jie? Why was he running so fast?

The two arrived at the pork trotter rice stall, and Li Jie immediately ordered three portions to be packed. Chu Xiuyan mistakenly thought that one of the portions was a treat for him, and quickly said embarrassedly, "Brother Jie, I can pay for mine myself."

Hearing his words, Li Jie turned around and glanced at him: "Who bought it for you? I packed it for my Cuihua."

"Cuihua?" Chu Xiuyan was taken aback when he heard Li Jie's words. Feeling a little embarrassed, he also packed a portion and followed him into the factory, wondering what Cuihua, whom Li Jie treated with such care, looked like.

As he approached the factory, he saw a plump woman with a mole on her face picking her nose and looking around outside the factory gate. Upon seeing her, Li Jie smiled and ran towards her, calling out "Cuihua!" as he went.

Chu Xiuyan froze on the spot, wondering to himself why Li Jie's appetite was so unusual.

The two carried their food back to the duty room and sat down to eat. While eating, Li Jie kept praising Cuihua, saying how much he liked her.

This made Chu Xiuyan's ears practically pregnant, but in order to extract some information about Dazhuang, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go along with it. When Li Jie got tired of talking and quietly ate his meal, he knew his chance had come and immediately asked:

"Brother Jie, I heard there was a thief at the factory last night? Are you alright?"

Upon hearing Chu Xiuyan's words, Li Jie's face showed a change of emotion. Recalling his state last night, he said with lingering fear, "No, I was in the duty room that night and didn't go on patrol, otherwise I might have been the one who got stabbed."

Thinking about this, he felt a little scared.

"Oh? Then Brother Jie is pretty lucky." Chu Xiuyan casually flattered him before getting to the point: "I heard from the captain that the woman Chen Dazhuang was with was stabbed last night? Was she Dazhuang's girlfriend? That's terrible, I wonder how she is?"

Li Jie was deeply moved by his words. Last night, he had seen Lin Guilian's stomach stained with blood, a sight that was both painful and gruesome.

However, it wasn't appropriate to discuss these matters with Chu Xiuyan. He shook his head at Chu Xiuyan: "I don't know if she's my girlfriend or not, but she was definitely stabbed and is still in the hospital."

Chu Xiuyan probed further, and seeing that Li Jie refused to reveal any more details, he kissed him with a gossipy look: "I heard from the captain that other pretty girls came to see Dazhuang yesterday? Dazhuang has so many girlfriends?"

Upon hearing this, Li Jie looked somewhat envious, but quickly regained his composure and said, "I can't explain this to you. Da Zhuang will be on duty tomorrow, so you can ask him directly."

Seeing that Chu Xiuyan was pressing him for details and he was unwilling to reveal more about Dazhuang's private affairs, he simply used Dazhuang's leave of absence as an excuse. Knowing that he wouldn't get any more information, Chu Xiuyan quickly finished his meal, picked up the empty lunchbox, and went out to throw it away.

Chu Xiuyan was pondering his next investigative plan when he casually pulled out his phone. Seven or eight missed calls were clearly listed; he knew without a doubt it was Zhang Xiaoqian. He thought to himself, "This woman is far too impatient. How long have I been at work?"

He had dealt with many impatient customers, but rarely had he encountered one as persistent as Zhang Xiaoqian, who kept calling to urge him. However, no matter how annoyed he was by Zhang Xiaoqian's anxious manner, she was still his customer, and he had to provide good service.

He went to a secluded corner, dialed the number back, and as soon as the call connected, he heard Zhang Xiaoqian's frantic voice:

"Hey? Chu Xiuyan, why didn't you answer the phone just now?"

Hearing her questioning voice, Chu Xiuyan couldn't help but roll his eyes: "I was just gathering information."

Zhang Xiaoqian's eyes lit up when she heard his words: "How was it? What did you find out?"

"Yeah, last night a pretty girl came to see Dazhuang, and she got stabbed in the stomach by a thief while she was on patrol with Dazhuang."

"A woman?" Zhang Xiaoqian was taken aback, then gritted her teeth and said, "Serves her right, is she dead yet?"

"He's not dead, he's currently hospitalized."

"Oh, find out where she lives. I'm going to go find her," Zhang Xiaoqian said with a fierce look on her face.