In the afternoon, after Ruan Xingwan finished handling the work at hand, he took his things and left the office.
She said: "Shanshan, I'm going out for a trip. I might not come back. I'll go home directly in the evening."
Pei Shanshan nodded and asked, "Where are you going?"
"There are clues about the pocket watch I checked before. I've made an appointment to meet with the person in charge."
Pei Shanshan asked: "Is it reliable?"
Ruan Xingwan said: "It should be reliable. I asked a friend I met before to help me check it."
"Okay, there's nothing going on in the studio anyway. I'll go with you. If anything happens, there will be someone to take care of you. I'm not worried if you go alone."
"good."
After explaining things in the studio to several clerks, Ruan Xingwan and Pei Shanshan left together.
According to the address, Pei Shanshan drove the car to an abandoned factory area. As she drove, she asked: "Is this here?
It feels like there’s no one here.”
Ruan Xingwan compared the address again: "It should be right here...turn right at the intersection ahead, and you're almost there."
Pei Shanshan turned the car around, and after driving a few hundred meters, she saw an old man with gray hair standing in front of a locked factory building.
Ruan Xingwan said: "This is it."
After getting off the car, Ruan Xingwan said: "Hello, is this Mr. Mu?"
The old man smiled and nodded: "Are you Miss Ruan?"
"Yes."
After saying that, Ruan Xingwan added, "This is my friend who came with me."
After saying hello, the old man walked to the door of the factory, tremblingly took out a bunch of keys from his arms, and opened the door after driving for a long time.
Pei Shanshan stood next to Ruan Xingwan and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure he can give you any useful clues? He can't even find the keyhole."
Ruan Xingwan kept the smile on her face, touched her with her elbow, and lowered her voice: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Look at the bunch of keys in his hand. If he tried them one by one, he would probably have to wait until tomorrow."
As soon as Pei Shanshan finished speaking, the old man's voice came: "Okay, come with me."
Ruan Xingwan responded and followed in.
As the two iron doors were pushed open, a smell of stale smell mixed with dust came to the face.
Ruan Xingwan couldn't help but choked twice and waved the dust in front of him with his hand.
The old man walked to the wall and fumbled to turn on the light in the warehouse. He said: "No one has come here for a long time. It's time for you to come. In two weeks, this factory building will be demolished, and these materials will also be demolished."
It will be sent to be destroyed, and it will be difficult to find it when the time comes."
Ruan Xingwan looked at the huge warehouse and the documents placed on the rows of shelves: "Are all the information here?"
"Yes, I told you that you may not believe it. Although the watch factory later declined, twenty or thirty years ago, we were one of the top manufacturers. We had stores all over the country, so we also had many customers."
As he said that, the old man sighed, "I think it's all a sentiment, so even if the factory disappears, these customers' information will still be kept."
Pei Shanshan was dumbfounded: "Then... if we look through so much information one by one, wouldn't we have to find it next year?"
The old man added: "It won't be that long. I remember the pocket watch you sent me. The craftsmanship and finished product were top-notch at the time. There were not many affordable ones, even if they were sold in various stores."
Yes, it will be submitted to the headquarters in the end, so if you search in the database of the headquarters, you will definitely be able to find the purchase information of your pocket watch."
As the old man spoke, he led them to the innermost row of shelves.
"This is it."
Ruan Xingwan looked around, and it seemed that even so, the workload was not small.
The old man handed the bunch of keys to Ruan Xingwan: "If you don't find it today, you can come find it at any time. Just remember to lock the door when you leave."
"Thanks."
Ruan Xingwan took the key and said, "When I find it, I will return the key to you."
The old man smiled: "No, just lock the door when you leave. When this place is to be demolished, there will be someone dedicated to clean up these materials."
Ruan Xingwan nodded lightly: "It's troublesome."
The old man waved his hand: "I didn't expect that after more than 20 years, I could see this pocket watch reappearing in front of me. It can be regarded as a fate."
Ruan Xingwan sent the old man to the door, and when he came back, Pei Shanshan had already rolled up his sleeves and was working.
Although the old man said that the purchase information about this pocket watch will eventually be summarized to the headquarters, it is obvious that the headquarters does not only sell this pocket watch.
In addition to purchase records, there are also employee information about the manufacturing plant, various reports, and other miscellaneous things.
Ruan Xingwan and Pei Shanshan were flipping through the information together, and before they knew it, the sky outside had darkened.
Just then, the vibrating sound of the mobile phone broke the silence.
Ruan Xingwan pinched her nose and took out her mobile phone from her pocket. Seeing that it was Zhou Cishen's call, she put down the report in her hand and connected it.
Zhou Cishen asked: "Where have you gone?"
"I'm..." Ruan Xingwan couldn't tell what kind of place it was for a while, so he said, "Outside, checking some information."
“How long until it’s over?
I'll pick you up."
Ruan Xingwan looked at the dark sky outside, thinking that it was almost done for today and would come back tomorrow.
She said: "It's over. Shanshan and I are together. Come back now."
Zhou Cishen said: "Send me the address."
After hanging up the phone, Ruan Xingwan still sent the address to prevent the doggy man from having another conversation.
She had just finished sending the message and put her phone into her pocket: "Shanshan, let's go, we'll see you tomorrow..."
"Stars, stars!"
Pei Shanshan ran over from the other side and said excitedly, "What's the model of your pocket watch? I found the purchase records of VIP customers here. Can you see if it's that model?"
Hearing this, Ruan Xingwan quickly took out his cell phone, turned to the pocket watch in the photo, and compared the models on the pocket watch. The data in Pei Shanshan's hand happened to be from that pocket watch.
Pei Shanshan said: "This is it!"
They looked at the customer information one by one, trying to find any useful clues.
Finally, two people stopped at the same time in front of a name.
How could it be him?
After a while, Pei Shanshan came back to her senses: "Xingxing, are you sure the person who bought the pocket watch is... your biological father?"
Ruan Xingwan said blankly: "I... don't know, it's just that there are photos in the pocket watch."
"This is too mysterious! It should be just a coincidence. Let's see if there are any others!"
And the column where they stopped, the purchase information, clearly had the words Lin Zhiyuan written on it.