Chapter 108. [Case 16] Executives of foreign companies
Have you ever been particularly afraid of something during a certain period of time? You may not even know what that thing is or what it looks like, but you are afraid because you have never seen it before?
I have.
I remember when I was about a few years old, I started sleeping alone in a room. At that time, the living environment was not as good as it is now. When buying a house, you had to choose based on the apartment type. At that time, my parents worked as factory workers.
As a worker, I could only live in the staff dormitory of Tongzi Building. So at that time, my room was very small, so small that it could only fit a single bed and a small wardrobe nailed with wooden boards.
My room is close to the window, and you can directly see the workers' hospital in the factory outside the window. At that time, arsenal-type units like my parents usually provided relatively complete supporting facilities for their employees. For example, ours
There is a children's school in the school, a special staff cinema, a staff hospital, and even a funeral parlor. So when I opened the window, I could directly see the funeral parlor. I didn't really understand that when I was a child. But I always heard someone crying in the yard.
, I found out later that it was because someone died.
So I have been afraid of death since I was a child, afraid of the sadness and strange silence that death brings.
Sometimes when I go to bed at night, if I can't fall asleep as soon as I go to bed, I will often play on the bed for a long time with my eyes open. In the originally small room, any slight movement can attract my attention, so I must
I admit, the places I was most afraid of when I was a child were under my bed and in the closet.
I don’t remember exactly when it started. I always felt that there were monsters in my closet and under my bed. They would come to my bed while I was sleeping and hurt me quietly. Especially my closet.
, because I have heard sounds coming from inside more than once, but I still can’t tell whether it was an illusion. But I have never forgotten the feeling of scaring myself. Several times, I seemed to be able to see
The closet was about to open, and then a woman in ancient costume climbed out, with a green face and fangs. I have to explain why it was in ancient costume, because in those days, televisions became popular, so I was particularly obsessed with a TV series that had few choices at the time.
It was called "Journey to the West", and many of the demons and ghosts in it were women. But one time I was so scared that I couldn't bear it anymore, so I screamed in bed in the middle of the night, pretending to be having a nightmare.
I called my dad into my room. I said there was a ghost in my closet and I said I was scared. But my dad asked me to get off the bed, then forced me to walk to the closet and asked me to open the closet.
I couldn't understand what my dad was doing at the time. I even thought he was deliberately making things difficult for me because I disturbed him in his sleep. Reluctantly, I mustered up the courage to open my closet. My dad asked me if there was a ghost inside.
?I said no. My dad said, are you still scared now? I said no, since I know there is nothing inside, what else do I have to be afraid of? My dad told me, remember, when you are afraid of something,
The best way is to face it directly.
That was one of the first things my dad said to me that stuck in my memory. Since then, I have even used this trick to check under my bed in the middle of the night and found nothing but a nest of rats.
So basically from that time on, I kept using this method to remind myself to be brave until I grew up.
After we fell in love, I told Sister Cai my story because she was also afraid of some things. For example, for a while she always thought that there was a crying woman in the unreasonably large closet in our house, until I let her
She opened the closet, and she was no longer afraid. And what I want to talk about today is really related to the closet, but this time the closet no longer only has clothes, but also some other things.
After sending Zhao Jing off in a taxi that night, I also dropped Hu Zongren in a good place to take a taxi, because I thought it was disrespectful to the 93-octane gasoline that I had to drive so far from Jiangbei to take him to the south bank.
, so no matter how much Hu Zongren slapped the window or raised his middle finger after getting off the car, I never stopped pressing the accelerator. When I drove away, I deliberately pumped my foot to empty the gas in a racing style to let him go.
Feel the powerful engine of my "Awesome 2010". After going home and resting for two or three days, I received a phone call.
This call was not from Hu Zongren, but from Zhao Jing. Although I know that Zhao Jing must have my phone number, the cause and effect of the whole thing was caused by Hu Zongren. At best, I can be regarded as a good friend to help.
Well, no matter what happens, you should not come to me directly. So when I asked Zhao Jing on the phone what was going on, she said that Hu Zongren stopped answering her calls. I smiled and said, of course he won't answer your calls.
, maybe because he was afraid of being beaten by his wife. Because in the past few days, Hu Zongren sent me a message saying that he had begun to take time to visit hotels and was planning to hold the wedding as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease. Fu Yunni's
We know her temper very well. When she is quiet, she is like a girl. When she gets angry, she is menopausal. So Hu Zongren must have told Fu Yunni a lot about Zhao Jing, and Fu Yunni has nothing to do with Zhao Jing because of this.
I have a good impression, so Hu Zongren is not allowed to answer the phone.
Zhao Jing said, "But it's not okay if you don't answer the phone. This case is all about him." I said to Zhao Jing, "Then what's the use of telling me? Do I look like Hu Zongren?" Zhao Jing said
, time is tight, I can only explain the matter to you first. You two have a good relationship. If you call him, he will definitely answer the call. I deliberately teased her and said, then why do you think I must help you convey this?
One sentence? Zhao Jing was stunned and didn't speak. Obviously she didn't expect me to say that. So I then said to her, okay, just tell me if you have something to say.
Zhao Jing said that the new commission is like this. The employer is a returned executive from a foreign-funded enterprise. He is young and lives alone. The house has been a little unclean recently. I asked the master to check and found no specific problems. Several problems appeared in the previous month.
This happened several times a week recently. He had been sleeping in the car with a sleeping bag for more than a week and was afraid to go home. I asked Zhao Jing, did he rent a house or buy a house? Zhao Jing said this
She didn’t know that the house was haunted and it was a matter of Yangzhai. I thought it wasn’t that difficult, so I immediately contacted Hu Zongren. Who knew he wouldn’t answer my call? I snorted and said, don’t tell me.
What's so easy? Facts have proved that the previous dozen cases are more difficult than the last. This is just over half of the number. Hu Zongren and I have been injured several times. Who knows whether we can survive to the end? Who knows?
Are those old guys from your Xuanyuan Club more perverted than the last?
Speaking of Xuanyuan Hui, I suddenly felt bad.
Zhao Jing did not respond directly to my words, but just told me that the time she had agreed with the victim was to talk about it while eating together at 6:30 tonight. I asked her why she delayed it until that time. After dinner, it would be in the evening.
It's not as easy to investigate at night as during the day. Zhao Jing said that she also asked, and the other party's answer was, because he had to go to work during the day. I said that he still had to go to work after such a thing happened at home, so we deserve to wait for his time, right?
.Zhao Jing said, there is nothing we can do about it. These things will be found by the General Conference, and the General Conference will find me. There is no way to hide them, and there is no way to hide them.
Although Zhao Jing's tone is still cold, she is indeed telling the truth. Even if Hu Zongren refuses to answer the phone, he will eventually need to solve this matter. There are still nine cases left, and there is basically no way to hide. So.
I told Zhao Jing that I got it, and I would call Hu Zongren right away. After hanging up the phone, I called Hu Zongren, and the first thing he said when he answered the phone was, you finally called, how are you?
What is the new case? I asked him how did you know that Zhao Jing called me, and he said, aren't you talking nonsense? My phone calls were almost blown up by her, of course I knew she would come to you. I scolded
He said you know you still don't fucking answer the phone. Hu Zongren coughed loudly, and then said softly, I don't dare... His tone was like that of an underground party member who wanted to pass on information.
I couldn't help but find it funny, so I relayed what Zhao Jing told me to Hu Zongren, told him the time and place of dinner, and asked him to find a way to ask for leave from Fu Yunni.
Although I don’t know what happened between Hu Zongren and Fu Yunni after hanging up the phone, Hu Zongren finally showed up on time at the time and place we agreed on. But I noticed that there was a coin-sized piece on his neck.
Then when she saw me, she subconsciously covered it with her hand and her face turned red. So I guessed that the bruise was probably left specifically by Fu Yunni. After Zhao Jing saw the marks on Hu Zongren’s neck,
He also deliberately held back his laughter. Hu Zongren and Zhao Jing didn't have much fondness for each other, and when they met this time, they didn't even say a word. After waiting for the returnee executive that Zhao Jing was talking about, he suddenly
His face was tired and he looked close to forty years old. Although he looked very tired, which I guessed was caused by sleeping in the car for a week, he still invited us to sit down very politely. The pomp and circumstance made me feel a little uncomfortable.
comfortable.
Zhao Jing introduced me and Hu Zongren to the gentleman, and then said that we are both relatively famous masters here, so feel free to say anything you want, no matter how absurd it is. The gentleman sighed and said, this matter
I feel ashamed to say that I have received nearly 20 years of scientific education, and my academic career has been very smooth. In the end, I fell into such a thing. Hu Zongren asked him, what do you call me, sir? He said his surname was Du.
A local, he returned from studying at a prestigious British university and currently serves as the Chinese management director of a very famous multinational logistics company.
After taking a sip of tea, Mr. Du said that he came to ask you to come to my house after dinner. At night, various strange noises came from the closet and bedside. At first I thought they were from the wall.
There was a sound coming from the pipes inside, but ever since the sound appeared, I couldn't sleep well all night. It's a small thing to have nightmares. The most important thing is that I did see those things with my own eyes.
Of course we knew what it was, so Hu Zongren asked directly, is it male or female?