a person's business

"One Person's Business" Author: Oreki Tanka

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This is a short story I wrote about three years ago when I was still in college.

Because of professional issues, all novels written after college will have some narrative pictures instead of descriptions of internal situations.So when reading, it will be easier to read when you link the pictures in your mind.

The entire novel is less than [-] words, and I decided to post it after making some simple corrections.

It's worth a look.As for this very simple title, I also forgot why it came up like this in the first place. In short, it has not been changed. Let's respect the author's intention three years ago.

The story is simply a story of a killer and a cop living in the same building.

Content label: suspense reasoning

Search keywords: Protagonists: Zhang Weiming, Liu Changhang┃Supporting roles: Xiao Su, Fang Fang┃Others: killer, policeman

When the wind at night blows the moonlight from the starry sky through the window into this flower-filled living room, the curtains flutter suddenly.A man was lying on the sofa, falling asleep.There was a half cup of coffee warm on the coffee table, an ashtray full of cigarette butts, and a half lit cigarette in his hand hanging on the armrest of the sofa.The smoke rings are ridden by the breeze, slowly changing their appearance.

Obstructed by the curtains, the moonlight then poured into his whole body, and then condensed on one side.The cigarette burned Zhang Weiming's fingers, he shook off the cigarette in his hand and sat up quickly.Wipe your face and look at the wall clock, the night is already deep.He gently turned off the music playing on the cassette, and the "lightly tapping on my window" came to an abrupt end.He walked to a bedroom door and knocked lightly twice.

"Are you asleep? ... Good night."

The fax machine on the table beeped silently, and Zhang Weiming pressed the power off button.He unscrewed half of the door of his room, and one foot was ready to go in for sleep, but there was still a little red spot on the ground, and there was a trace of smoke, which was picked up by him and crushed in the ashtray.

You have to admire the feasting and feasting of this city. Under the neon signs, there are many people who are flirting and returning drunk.Before the alarm clock rings in the early morning, there will always be people passing through the busy streets.A police car with its lights off was parked at the end of the street, and two police officers were smoking cigarettes and quietly watching the two thieves.

This bakery closes very early, and it is a corner that is not illuminated by the neon street corner.

"Brother, are you sure no one will find out here?"

"No, don't worry, I have been stepping on it for three days, and once I get to this point, there is not even a ghost in this place."

The little thief took advantage of the faint light of the mobile phone screen, held the wire and poked the chain lock by feeling, but he didn't understand it for a long time. The elder brother got anxious and gave him a slap on the back of the head.

"Fuck you, aren't you good at mixing skills when you come out? Go away and let me do it."

"Take it, light it up... where's the wire?"

"It's on the lock."

"No, bring another one."

"I just brought one."

"I don't care for you, look for it,...Bie Nima turned on and off the lights, stupid?"

"Brother, I didn't drive it."

The two thieves were stunned, and looked up at the light source. Police Liu Changhang in uniform was looking at him jokingly.The thief blocked the light with his hands, and stood up awkwardly.

"Hey buddy, the fire is gone, borrow a fire."

Before Liu Changhang and his assistant police officer Xiao Su could get a hold of them, the two thieves ran away in a hurry, the general grabbed the clothes of the two men and told the two thieves to walk around in place, and a golden cicada shed its shell and ran away separately.Liu Changhang threw off his clothes and was just about to chase the big one, but Xiao Su, the assistant police officer, had already chased after him. Liu Changhang looked around and ran to the other end to chase after him.Both ends went over mountains and ridges, chickens and eggs were beaten, and Liu Changhang pressed the thief on the hood of a car.Turned over and lay on top, panting with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Run! Keep running! I'm calling you dishonest."

The sky had already been polished, Team Liu and his colleagues said hello to call it a day and went home. His girlfriend didn't have time to reply to the text message, so he said awkwardly, "I just finished work. Good night, good morning."

Zhang Weiming got up early in the morning, opened the floor-to-ceiling curtains, and the morning sun shone in warmly.He started to fiddle with the flowers and plants in his room. The four-leaf clover needs to be wiped, the crabapple needs to be placed in a sunny place, and the rose flowers have failed after careful care in the greenhouse. He had to harvest the dead branches and leaves. , How could that cactus be harder to bloom than the iron tree in the corner, it really made him helpless.

He went and knocked on the door.

"Are you awake?...Still sleeping? Still angry about what happened yesterday? Okay, okay, I'm not angry anymore. It was me who was wrong yesterday, and I lost my temper. I will listen to you from now on. ...I'm going down to buy breakfast, what do you want to eat? Then I'll bring it for you as usual. "

Liu Changhang held the lunch box in one hand and smoked a cigarette in the other, took a few puffs indiscriminately, took a deep puff of the cigarette with his mouth puffed out, and squeezed the cigarette into the lunch box.He and Zhang Weiming walked up and down the stairs and greeted each other at the same time.

"Morning, are you back to work?"

"Morning, go out and buy breakfast?"

"Hey, Chief Liu works so late every time, it's really hard work."

"It's not hard, it's work, I'm used to it. Isn't Mr. Zhang in a hurry to go to work after getting up so early? How is your work recently?"

"Fortunately," Zhang Weiming looked at the boxed lunch in Liu Changhang's hand, "Mr. Liu should still rest a lot and have some serious meals. His body will not be able to bear it if he keeps doing this."

Officer Liu shook his head and smiled, buttoned the lunch box in his hand, and the two of them moved out of the way.Zhang Weiming went down to the corner of the stairs, turned his head and pointed to the lunch box in his hand, "Do you want me to take the garbage down for you?"

"Huh? Thanks."

"Nothing. Are the police and the people cooperating?"

Liu Changhang returned home with a smile. The two of them are neighbors across the door.

Zhang Weiming came to a breakfast shop, and the boss was busy behind the glass cabinet.

"Boss, two cups of hot milk..."

The boss turned around, "Take three butter packets and a vegetable salad, shall we?" The boss had wrapped them for him in advance, and when he handed them to him, he said with concern, "Mrs. Zhang's illness is not cured yet. Is it? Haven't seen her for a while."

The corners of Zhang Weiming's eyes twitched unnaturally, and he smiled: "It's much better, she doesn't go to work, so she's too lazy to get up so early."

"Mr. Zhang, I didn't say that there are not many people who love their wives as much as you do. It's just that you bring the same breakfast home every time, don't you want to change it?"

"...It's fine to eat what you're used to." Zhang Weiming paid, "See you later."

There are two porcelain plates on the table, a butter packet, a vegetable salad, and a glass of milk steaming on the table.Holding a glass of milk, Zhang Weiming silently took a sip in front of the window. The scenery outside the window was nothing to see, so his eyes were not focused.While drinking, he poured some milk into a potted white orchid, and the wall clock on the wall struck a few times.

He went and knocked on the door.

"I brought you your favorite butter package and vegetable salad, which are on the table. You can drink the milk when you get up. I have thought about what happened last night, and I know you don't like mine. I don’t like work very much. I go out too early and come back too late. I don’t have time to spend with you, so you go to sleep. After two days, the boss pays the salary, and I will quit. Don’t be angry anymore , well, you can take care of your illness at home, I'm going out to work."

Zhang Weiming walked to the door, then came back and knocked on the door, "You can call me if you miss me, and I can hide and listen to your calls when I am working."

He works at the bar, helps in the back kitchen during the day, sorts out and counts the drinks, he is thinking about her phone calls during the day, and breaks a bottle of red wine absent-mindedly.The red wine stains all over the place were in a mess. He hurriedly cleaned and wiped it, but the manager passed by at this moment.

"Who broke it?"

"I..." Uneasy.

"You don't need to receive this month's salary."

Zhang Weiming continued to clean up the wine stains, "Yes."

He always felt that her call should have come in at this time, even if he didn't have him, he still wanted to call and say a few words to her.He hid in the toilet of the bar, took out the phone and stared at it for a long time, his fingers hung for a long time without pressing it.He came out again, looking at the red wine stains on his body by the sink, and was very distressed.Colleague Xiao Zhao also just came out to wash his hands, he asked.

"Xiao Zhao, red wine got on your clothes, how do you wash them off?"

"Didn't you say last time that you can wash some stubborn stains like rust and blood stains with vitamin A tablets crushed into powder and washing powder? I tried it, and it's very effective. Red wine should also be able to wash it off. "

"Oh, yes, let me try."

Zhang Weiming put the small white pill on the napkin, crushed it with a cup, and carefully scrubbed the wine stains on his clothes with the napkin.When he changed into a clean bartender uniform, he was still worried about the phone in his trouser pocket.

The phone in his trouser pocket buzzed and vibrated until it called out, and police officer Liu Changhang, who was lying on the bed and snoring loudly, finally got up.

"Hey?"

"Liu Changhang!!!"

"Ah? Ah! Missy."

"Liu Changhang, you haven't eaten with me for a week and a half. You promised me to pick me up after get off work today, and it's already six o'clock. What about you? I'm the only one left in the whole building of the company. You want me alone Are people locked in office buildings?"

Liu Changhang was startled, and sat up directly from the bed, "Miss, I'm sorry, I'll pick you up right away, 10 minutes, give me 10 minutes."

Liu Changhang hurriedly put on his clothes, but before he put on his shoes, he brushed his teeth and held a tooth cup, and went out the door.I went downstairs to rinse my mouth in one go, threw the toothbrush in the trash can, and the tooth cup in the back seat, and tidied up in front of the mirror