The two drove to the old city and parked the car on the side of the road.
Xie Yunshu arranged his clothes and turned his coat over to avoid exposing the blood stains on it. He poured some drinking water to wash his face and smoothed his hair before following him. Shen Ce waited calmly, knowing in his heart that she would be there today. The image is indeed thicker.
Walking on an old street, the shops on both sides of the street are dilapidated and shabby. There are many Chinese medicine shops, pawn shops, jewelry shops, and antique shops that are rare in the city. The streets on New Year's Day are festive, and the old man is at the door. Playing bridge.
After walking for a few minutes, Shen Ce took her into an ordinary snack bar. The man selling tickets at the door glanced sideways at the two of them, lowered his head and continued to count the money.
The floor of the shop was greasy, and no one had cleaned the toilet paper under the tables. Fortunately, the lights were still bright.
Xie Yunshu didn't understand how he could enter such a snack bar with poor sanitary conditions. He was about to stop him from changing to another one, but he grabbed his wrist and walked deeper into the store.
This store is long and narrow, extending in a corner. There are dining tables and stools on both sides of the aisle. Probably because of the Chinese New Year, there were only a few diners.
Walking inside, I passed the kitchen of the snack bar. The cook inside was smoking, and he didn't pay attention to the two people who came in. After walking through the dark corridor and opening the rag curtain, the space in front of me suddenly became wider.
The sunlight finally penetrated the room again, and there was a strange smell in the air, similar to that in a nightclub, a mixture of tobacco, alcohol and strange fragrance.
Xie Yunshu looked around curiously and found that this was a bar renovated from a factory with an area of 100 square meters. Several young people were playing electric guitars on the stage. It was hard to tell whether it was music or noise. Anyway, the sound was shocking. Ears buzzing.
There was a yellow-haired girl at the nearby bar. She lowered her head and played with her mobile phone. She only glanced at the two of them, maybe staying on Shen Ce for a little longer. Xie Yunshu avoided the other person's gaze and muttered in his heart that Shen Ce was going to make trouble. What.
Shen Ce looked at the broken sofa in the corner. There was no one he was looking for, so he continued to drag her forward, out of the back door of the broken factory building, and into a small courtyard.
The walls and tiles of the yard are very old and are about to fall apart, and a few plants in the flower beds are half dead.
Several men in vests who were playing billiards in the courtyard turned their heads to look at someone when they saw someone coming. In their eyes, the two people came. The man looked upright. Just by looking at his size, he knew he was not someone to be trifled with. The woman had a good figure and good looks, but He was dressed in a mess and looked terrified.
Xie Yunshu was frightened by the sight of the group of grown men and quietly shrank behind Shen Ce, lowering his head.
The leading man put his club on the concrete floor, took two steps closer, looked at Shen Ce and asked, "What's the matter?" If it weren't for the fact that the man looked quite presentable, he wouldn't have bothered to speak.
Shen Ce knew that this group of people were the second guard here, so he said directly: "Is Dou Jie here?"
The man looked at him sideways and asked, "Why are you looking for him?" Everyone in the area knows that the things Dou Jie sells are all high-end goods.
This area of the old street is rarely visited by the police, and the people inside are also very guarded.
Shen Ce replied calmly: "I am his friend and I want to buy something from him." Of course the things bought here will not be the daily necessities that Xie Yunshu wants.
The other party said without thinking: "He went home." After saying that, he picked up the cue and walked to the table.
This sentence is Dou Jie's exclusive secret code, and very few people know it. Shen Ce smiled, "Oh, isn't it because he is in this business that he has a home all over the world? Haikou is his home now." He said Dou smoothly. The coded answer given by Jay.
The other party didn't look surprised and said calmly: "He is diagonally opposite the original room. You can go alone." Since he knew the way, he didn't need to worry about it.
"Thank you." Shen Ce thanked him casually.
"No need." Several men continued to play their pool table on the old and almost rotting table.
Shen Ce pulled Xie Yunshu up the shabby stairs. In such a chaotic place, it was better to keep a tighter watch on her, otherwise she would accidentally cause trouble.
I lowered my body and stepped in through the window next to the balcony. It was another wine shop on the second floor.
Xie Yunshu followed him step by step, imagining that he was walking around a maze. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is such a winding path, and the windows can be used as doors. How could Shen Ce find this place with the same familiarity as his own home?
Several people sitting at the bar of the bar were puffing away, but upon closer inspection, they were taking turns smoking a cigarette.
Shen Ce was used to such scenes, so he led her along the corridor beside her without looking sideways.
The air flow surged, and the smell of burning plants floated over, mixed with the aroma of tobacco. Xie Yunshu was puzzled. After walking some distance away, he asked Shen Ce in a low voice: "What are they smoking? There is a strange smell."
He explained calmly: "That's marijuana, they mixed it with tobacco and smoked it." As for the specific operation, she didn't need to know.
Xie Yunshu was surprised and asked in a lower voice: "Isn't marijuana a drug? Why are these people smoking together in broad daylight?"
In this territory, Fei Yezi was not a serious outlier at all. He thought for a while and said to her who knew nothing about him: "Actually, marijuana has been legalized in some countries, and it is similar to tobacco." Besides, this thing is restrained. It's not as obviously harmful as anything else.
But she insisted: "But in China it is still considered drug abuse." She asked him in her mind: Aren't you still involved in anti-drugs? Why are you taking it so lightly now?
Shen Ce didn't say anything more, and chuckled: "That's why I said there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons here, and I will bring you some insights." Otherwise, she would be pure and kind all day long and only know the comfortable world that Qiao Ye gave her, and cry at every turn when something happened.
Xie Yunshu couldn't help but be curious and asked: "They grew it themselves?" How do they grow this kind of thing? Where do they get the seeds?
After going down the stairs, he took her to a low residential area. There were light boxes for "massage and foot massage" on both sides of the path, because there were no lights on during the day. A woman wearing a suspender skirt sat on a chair at the door, holding a Eat bowl of rice noodles.
Shen Ce walked through the winding paths and replied: "No, I bought it from Yunnan."
She laughed and asked deliberately: "Are you also looking for someone to buy?"
He straightened his face and said that he would not be involved in drugs. "What are you talking about? Dou Jie is dealing in other things." If he hadn't left in a hurry last night, he wouldn't have come here to buy it now.
She thought for a moment. Apart from daily necessities, a grown man like him could only buy...she glanced sideways and guessed: "Guns and ammunition?"
"It's rare for you to be smart." This time he didn't pretend anymore.
God, no one really cares about this place. All prohibited things are sold. She quickly asked him: "Don't scare me, why are you buying those things?"
He paused for a second and uttered three words: "Protect you."