It took almost two hours to process the deposit, and the bank had special requirements for the depositor's signature and handwriting.
Lu Ming signed more than a dozen names in different ways, and finally chose one. This signature was used as the main signature when withdrawing money. In other words, even if it was him, if the signing method was wrong, he would not be able to withdraw the money.
This was one of the more common confidentiality methods used by banks at that time, and it was also common in the international banking community.
At that time, Chinese banks were mainly based on human faces. As long as the person arrived or had a letter from the person, the money could be withdrawn.
After the bank procedures were completed, Butler Sun took Lu Ming to a secluded place and said: "Master Lu, I asked me to give you a message: Don't trust anyone except me. In addition, except for the eldest lady's matters, nothing else
Don't worry about it. Try not to go to Liuyuan. If anything happens, I will contact you."
After saying that, Butler Sun took the car and left. Lu Ming stood on the street and thought for a long time, wondering what information Sheng Youde brought.
One thing that can be confirmed is that Sheng Youde had already received the news about his going to Tongren Hospital to check the laboratory records, so he specially asked Sun Bo to remind him and ask him to stop caring about this matter. This is consistent with Yan Xiaohui's guess.
It is true to speak with virtue, but making bank deposits is just incidental.
Lu Ming wanted to go to several places, but he was so depressed by this incident that he was too lazy to run. He first walked to the tram stop, and then took the tram back to his apartment.
After he returned to Shanghai, he hadn't returned to his apartment yet, so he should come back and clean it up, otherwise the house might look like Zi Yang's doghouse.
After he entered the door, he found that the room was very clean, even cleaner and tidier than when he left.
"And this good thing, who took care of it for me?" Lu Ming was a little confused.
When he lived here, the cleaners of the apartment would come in every day to clean, but when he was away, the cleaners would not come in. This was also to avoid suspicion.
"Master Lu is back? I haven't seen you for a while. Why did you leave your fiancée here alone?"
The manager of the apartment building came over and told him that his fiancée had been living here during the month he had been away.
"Fiancée? You read that right, right?" Lu Ming almost laughed out loud. Could Yuan Mingzhu know the magic of clones?
"You can't be wrong. She is the beautiful girl who often associates with you. Who is your fiancée?"
"Oh, I understand, thank you very much." Lu Ming knew what he was doing, and took out a silver dollar and handed it to the administrator.
The administrator was actually here to ask for a reward, because according to regulations, the apartment was not allowed to be lent to others. The administrator thought that the girl was Lu Ming's fiancee, so he allowed her to live in it. This incident was equivalent to extra care for Lu Ming.
, naturally want to ask for some benefits.
The administrator Le Dian Dian left, and Lu Ming smiled, thinking that the person living here must be Ziyuan. She looks similar to Mingzhu, so it is easy for outsiders to confuse her.
But Ziyuan has her own apartment, so why did she stay in his apartment without saying hello? According to the administrator, she stayed there for many days.
He remembered that Butler Sun had said that Ziyuan had returned to Huzhou, but Mingzhu didn't see her at home at all, which meant that it must be Ziyuan who was hiding here. All kinds of strange things surrounding the Sheng family happened one after another, which was definitely not the case.
coincide.
Lu Ming suddenly felt a little cold on his body.
Mu Yi had not disappeared at that time. If Ziyuan encountered a problem, she could go to Mu Yi or Sheng Di. Mu Yi was her best friend and Sheng Di was her engaged fiancé. It only made sense to ask them for help if something happened.
Why are you hiding here?
He suddenly had a creepy feeling: something unusual happened to Ziyuan, probably on par with Muyi's disappearance.
He rummaged through every corner of the apartment, hoping to find clothes or used things left by Ziyuan, so as to analyze what she had done here and where she might have gone.
It's a pity that Ziyuan tidied up very cleanly, even the trash can was clean, and not a single piece of waste paper was left.
The special aroma of Ziyuan remains in the house, which is different from Mingzhu's body fragrance. Lu Ming has been able to tell whether the person walking by is Ziyuan or Mingzhu since he was a child.
Lu Ming suddenly felt that Ziyuan's fear and sadness were still left in the room.
This was a strange intuition. He couldn't explain the reason, but it was unmistakable. It was indeed fear and sadness.
He closed his eyes and sat on the chair, falling into meditation, hoping to receive enlightenment from the gods. But everything was blank, there was no information input into his mind, and Ziyuan's image gradually became blurred.
He found a jar of old wine from under the bed, which he had brought from his hometown in Huzhou when he first arrived in Shanghai.
The old wine is 20-year-old wine brewed at home. Only family members or relatives can enjoy it. It tastes completely different from the old wine bought in the market.
Lu Ming didn't drink the old wine from his hometown very much, mainly because it was too troublesome and not as convenient and free as foreign wine. So the jar of wine had always been placed under the bed untouched.
Old wine cannot be drunk just by pouring it out. You must first boil it on the fire, then add some green plums and some rock sugar. This is the correct way to drink old wine. Some people also like to break an egg into the wine and boil it. This is more unique.
How to drink.
Kong Yiji's drinking method of drinking a bowl of old wine and a plate of fennel beans is a bit crude, but it is actually the favorite way of old-school drinkers. A bowl of warm old wine and a plate of fennel beans or boiled broad beans are enough.
Spend an afternoon and then enjoy the feeling of relaxation and ethereal mind in a drunken state.
This jar of old wine is not much, only five kilograms of wine. In my hometown in Huzhou, families who have the conditions will brew a batch of old wine every year and store it in the cellar. In fact, it is buried in the ground and dug out after ten or twenty years.
Drinking, the so-called grandpa makes wine and grandson drinks it, is a tradition in many places in the south.
Although the old wines on the market claim to have been aged for many years, they are actually just a little old wine mixed with a lot of new wine. You can still taste a little old wine, but it is very thin and incomparable with pure old wine.
Although old wine is not as expensive as foreign wine, its taste is much more authentic than foreign wine. For the elderly in Shanghai, old wine is worse than foreign wine. Lu Ming took the old wine out from under the bed and went to find the apartment manager with the jar.
When the manager saw this jar of old wine, he was happier than when he saw his wife. People who don't like wine can't feel the beauty of old wine. The taste is like going to heaven.
"Young Master Lu, you are too polite." The manager said, taking the wine jar, turning around to find some firewood, lighting it and starting to cook the wine.
After a while, the Gongfu wine was boiling. The administrator poured two bowls of wine, placed one bowl in front of Lu Ming, and picked up a bowl himself. There were only dried green plums in the wine, but not white sugar. Such precious substances as white sugar and rock sugar were not included.
Items that ordinary families cannot afford.
Lu Ming didn't drink, and casually asked Ziyuan how she moved into the apartment, what day she came and what day she left, whether she lived alone during this period, or had someone visiting her, what was her mood like, and whether there were any surprises.
happens etc.
"Master Lu, are you having trouble with your fiancée? Why did you leave her here alone?" The administrator was a little confused.
Hearing Lu Ming ask so many questions, he thought Lu Ming was suspecting that there was someone outside his fiancée. This was even more strange. If there was someone outside, how could a girl hide in her fiancé's apartment? Isn't this a trap for herself?
"I've been too busy for a while, and I haven't been able to take care of her. You know, although Shanghai is a colorful world, it's not easy to make money. I'm busy outside, and she can't see me, so she came here. She should
That's it. After I finished my work, I went to look for her again, but I didn't know that she had been living with me for a while. It was really a strange combination of circumstances." Lu Ming made a mistake without correcting the administrator and said vaguely.
The manager sipped the old wine and said, "Master Lu, I have to say something to you. Your fiancée will be your wife in the future. You can't just ignore others. This couple has a long life together, so you can't be careless."
"Yes, you're right. She has a bit of a childish temper. She hasn't caused any trouble here. I'm a little worried." Lu Ming pretended to be repentant.
"Oh, when your fiancée lived here, she covered her face with gauze when she came in and out, as if she was afraid of being recognized by someone. I asked her quietly if she was in any trouble, and she said it was fine. She was just afraid of talking to others.
greet."
"Has anyone come to see her during this period?" Lu Ming asked, suppressing his nervousness.
"Yes, there is a beautiful girl who has come to see me several times." The administrator was drinking some old wine and was a little intoxicated. He narrowed his eyes and added, "That girl looks like the daughter of a wealthy family. Her demeanor and dress show everything.
noble."
Lu Ming immediately thought that this girl must be Sheng Muyi. The two of them had a very close relationship, and it was like three autumns apart if they didn't see each other for a day. However, it was abnormal for Sheng Muyi to come here to see Ziyuan, which meant that she knew why Ziyuan was hiding here.
Maybe this is a dilemma they both face together.
"How do I eat when my fiancée is here?" Lu Ming asked.
The apartment has a small kitchen that can be used for cooking, but Lu Ming checked and there was no sign of any fire.
"Your fiancée ordered meals from a time-honored restaurant outside. Three meals a day are delivered to me. I will deliver them to the door of your room and knock on the door." The administrator replied.
Lu Ming smiled and nodded. The administrator brought food to Ziyuan every day. It seemed that he got a lot of tips.
He just chatted with the administrator for an hour, and the administrator basically told him everything he knew. Then Lu Ming walked out and came to a nearby time-honored store.
The time-honored restaurant specializes in Shanghai local cuisine and is quite famous in Shanghai. Seeing Lu Ming come in, the staff all came to greet him. He was a regular customer here before, and he was very generous with his food, so he was welcomed by the staff.
"Master Lu, you are back. Long time no see." A waiter smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I just came back today."
"What would you like to eat?"
"I have something to do with your shopkeeper. Please help me call him." Lu Ming said.
"No trouble, Master Lu, please wait a moment."
A waiter ran up to the second floor and found the shopkeeper.
Lu Ming said that he wanted to check the menu that Miss Yuan ordered a few days ago. He had invited the Yuan sisters here more than once, so the shopkeeper also knew the Yuan sisters.
"Master Lu, Miss Yuan's bill has been settled." The shopkeeper smiled.
"I know, I just want to see what dishes they ordered." Lu Ming said.
Although the shopkeeper felt a little strange, he still went back to the counter to dig out the account book, found the bills, and showed them to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming looked at the bills and was even more sure that it was Ziyuan who lived here, because the dishes on the bill were all her favorites. In addition, there were meals for two people ordered for five days. The dishes Sheng Muyi ordered were also familiar to him.
You'll understand just by looking at it.
The last day of the bill happened to be the day before Sheng Muyi disappeared. As Sheng Muyi disappeared inexplicably on the top floor of the hotel, Ziyuan also left the apartment and disappeared. Everything fell into place.
When he returned to the apartment, he immediately picked up the phone and wanted to call his hometown in Huzhou to find out if Ziyuan had returned to his hometown.
But his fingers were trembling when he dialed the number, and he suddenly felt a severe stomach spasm. He quickly ran into the bathroom and vomited against the toilet. The meal he and Zhang Ziyang had for lunch was barely digested, and he vomited it all out.
He had an ominous premonition: Ziyuan was also missing.