Whenever winter comes, the temperature drops sharply, and every household is accustomed to locking doors and windows to prevent the biting cold wind from slipping into the house. As a result, when using coal stoves to heat and cook in the sealed room, if the ventilation is poor, it is easy to cause the tragedy of gas poisoning. Basically, many people die of gas poisoning can be seen in the newspaper every winter. Even if the government departments publicize it many times, it will be useless.

But the residents of the entire building died of gas poisoning, which is incredible no matter how you look at it.

Xia Qin is a girl who knows how to protect herself. Chen An knew that she would not easily joke about her safety. Her superiors asked them to dig out the truth behind it. The problem is that as a rookie reporter who has been in office for less than half a year, how can Xia Qin take on such a heavy responsibility? In the end, she is nothing more than following the field ace reporter to do some errands and errands. Even if there is danger, it is not her turn to rush to the front line. So Chen An didn't say anything more, just let her grasp the right position herself.

Due to the cancellation of Xia Qin's holiday, the two of them had their plans to go to Baihu Park to have a natural soak. It was not until midnight that Chen An woke up lazily from the bed, brushed his teeth and washed up, and then solved the problem of eating in a tavern not far downstairs.

It is boring to be alone at home, but no one wants to go out in the middle of winter.

Lying on the small sofa, looking at the Cangyang Daily bought from the newsstand, the headline news was unexpectedly the "gas poisoning" incident that Xia Qin mentioned last night. After all, more than 60 people died, and no matter which city it was in, it was a first-class big news.

After reading the daily newspaper, Chen An took out the martial arts novels he had bought from the old book stall before, and at the same time turned on the radio on the cabinet by the wall, immersed in the world of affair with revenge, while listening to the radio news and paving time.

Just as he was enjoying watching it, the host who was honest on the radio suddenly interjected an emergency news, saying that another serious gas poisoning incident occurred in the Nancheng District, and more than 30 people were known to have died unfortunately.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Chen An's attention was shifted to the news content of the broadcast, and he felt a little surprised in his heart.

Nancheng District is a relatively backward urban area in Cangyang. In addition, the influx of a large number of foreign populations has caused this place to become mixed. The dirty and messy environment and harsh public security have made Nancheng District a high-incidence area for crimes. Although Nancheng District has improved a lot in the past two years under the government's emphasis on governance, in the eyes of most people, Nancheng District is still a "cancer" that Cangyang urgently needs to be eradicated.

I looked up at the wall clock on the wall, and it was almost evening before I knew it.

The same "gas poisoning" incident happened again. Without thinking too much, you know that Xia Qin must have to work overtime again tonight. Perhaps it was because she was bored or worried about Xia Qin's condition. Chen An decided to find Xia Qin and planned to have dinner together and go home together.

Turn off the radio, put on my coat, left home and went straight to the station on the side of the road. When he arrived in the Nancheng District by tram, it was already completely dark.

This is not the first time Chen An came to Nancheng District. It turns out that while studying at Lushan Academy, he and Xia Qin responded to the academy's call to come to Nancheng District to help the elderly. In fact, Nancheng District is not as unbearable as people's rumors. It is like a dragon's and tiger's den. In fact, as long as you don't deliberately go to those remote and complex streets, you basically can't encounter robbery or stealing things, let alone serious murder. At least when Chen An and his group of classmates came to Nancheng District, they didn't hear anyone robbed or stole their wallets.

The radio mentioned the location of the incident of "gas poisoning", and Xia Qin had a high probability of interviewing nearby. After walking around several streets, Chen An successfully arrived at the scene.

A cordon was pulled around the scene, and policemen wearing black uniforms could be seen maintaining order everywhere, because many nearby residents and passers-by gathered outside the cordon and were talking. After looking around for a while, Chen An quickly found the interview car marked with the Cangyang Daily.

"Hello! Do you know where Xia Qin is?"

He hurried to the interview car and Chen An saw only a middle-aged driver eating a lunch box in the driver's seat, and no field staff from other news teams were seen.

"Xia Qin? Oh, that little girl during the internship, she and Zhou Ji went to interview her." The middle-aged driver wiped his greasy mouth and frowned and looked at Chen An who was talking to the car window. "By the way, who are you? Is there anything wrong with Xia Qin?"

"My name is Chen An, Xia Qin's boyfriend. I came to see her because I was worried about her situation." Chen An said truthfully.

"So you are Xiao Xia's boyfriend, haha, she seems to have said this." The middle-aged driver dissipated his eyebrows and smiled. "It's a pity that you came at the wrong time. Xiao Xia and the others just left, and they probably won't be able to come back for a while... Young man, have you eaten? If you don't eat, I advise you to finish your meal first and wait for her."

"Thank you, I'm disturbing you."

Chen An sighed in his heart, feeling that he was not lucky. After that, he waited for more than half an hour but still didn't see Xia Qin coming back. His stomach was already hungry. In desperation, he had to leave temporarily. Before leaving, he did not forget to say to the middle-aged driver, if Xia Qin came back early, please tell her that he would have dinner nearby.

Since this area is full of residential residential houses, the place where you eat is separated by a street, in order to go and go back early, Chen An planned to go directly through a dark and remote alley. Anyway, he had less than a hundred yuan on his body, and he didn't feel sorry for even being robbed. Besides, the crime scene not far away was full of police, and no little thief dared to commit a crime under the police's nose.

As a result, when he was walking through the alley halfway, he actually saw a tavern with lights on.

"I really look for it without looking for it... Huh?"

He was delighted at that time. Unexpectedly, people opened shops in such places. It seemed that there was no need to run too far to find a restaurant. But when he came to the tavern, he was slightly stunned when he saw the curtains clearly.

Big red door curtains, strange black patterns.

It's strange. Is this tavern a chain?

However, due to hunger in his stomach, Chen An did not continue to think too much, reached out to lift the curtain and walked in.

"Hello?! Is anyone?"

Clinker, he didn't see anyone after entering the tavern, so he couldn't help but look around and ask loudly.

"Hello, welcome, sir, what do you want to order?"

As soon as Chen An turned around after asking, a beautiful woman in a red apron suddenly appeared in front of the dining table. Her hands were overlapping under her body, and her face looked at her with a business smile. Chen An, who was unprepared, was instantly startled.

"Hiss..." He patted his chest and calmed down, looking at the woman who appeared mysteriously in front of him. "Boss, your appearance without saying a word is too scary. I almost thought there was no one here!"

"Sorry, the guest, I was just looking down and I didn't know you're in." The woman explained with a smile.

"Forget it! I'd better order food first, boss lady, please give me a serving of fried rice." Chen An waved his hand.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The beautiful boss lady turned around and went into the kitchen without saying a word. In less than three minutes, she put a plate of assorted fried rice in front of Chen An.

"Your assorted fried rice."

"Thanks."

Chen An nodded, picked up the spoon on the dining plate and scooped a bite of fried rice into his mouth.

“Guest, how does fried rice taste?”

When the boss smiled even more when he saw Chen An eating fried rice.

"The taste is pretty good." Chen An nodded without any doubt. "By the way, boss lady, is this tavern you run a chain? I seem to have seen it somewhere else before."

"Answer, I have always run this tavern alone, and have never joined or opened other taverns." The proprietress said, pouring him a cup of hot water.

"So that's it, but the boss's wife is so proud to open the tavern here!" Chen An took the water cup and took a sip, and said in a tactful tone.

The choice of business location is very important. Not to mention other things, how many customers can a tavern be opened in such a remote alley? Even if the wine is fragrant or the alley is deep, the premise is that you must have outstanding skills, right? To put it bluntly, although the fried rice in the tavern tastes good, compared to other taverns, it is not a good place. If you insist on selling points, it is probably only the boss lady who is very beautiful.

"It doesn't matter if the customers are worried. In fact, my tavern has a fixed source of customers." The boss lady said with a smile.

"Sorry, I'm so troubled." Chen An said in a daze.

"You don't have to mind the guest." The proprietress signaled Wukou.

"Boss, please pay the bill, how much does it cost?" Chen An wiped his mouth with a tissue and drank the hot water channel in the cup in one gulp.

"It's better to count you ten yuan." The proprietress said softly.

"Okay." He took out the money from his pocket and put it on the dining table. Then Chen An hurriedly left the tavern and rushed back.

Shortly after he left, someone lifted the bright red door curtain and walked in again.

"Tsk tsk, ten yuan per serving of Kailing rice, when did you become so generous?" The visitor sat on the chair in front of the dining table and smiled at the boss lady opposite.

"He is destined to be here." The proprietress handed the other party a glass of brightly colored drink and said lightly.

"It's up to you." The visitor shrugged, picked up the drink and drank it.

"Has the matter been solved?" The boss lady took out a long pipe from somewhere and put it next to her mouth to suck the clouds and spit out mist.

"No, I have searched all over the Nancheng District but found no whereabouts of the other party. I wonder if I had received the rumor of wind and escaped in advance." The visitor shook his head and said.

"You are wrong. In fact, He is still in the southern city." said the boss lady. "It's just that His occult ability is very strong, and he just hides your perception."

"Where is He?" The visitor immediately said with a serious expression.

"You know the rules here, I can't tell you directly." The boss lady chuckled.

"I'll leave first." The visitor immediately stood up and said.

"Don't you leave if you don't eat anything?" The boss lady watched the visitor leave.

"You can eat any time you eat, but if He escapes, more innocent people will die in despair." After saying this, the visitor has already walked out of the tavern.
Chapter completed!