The familiar tavern is just an insignificant episode on Chen An's way home, and it was left out in a blink of an eye. After all, this type of tavern that provides wine and food can be seen everywhere in Cangyang, with similar appearance and decoration. In addition, the price is affordable and the environment is affordable. Most people in the city like to visit and gather in their spare time, which can be regarded as a food culture feature throughout the Great Zhou.

When I got home, the living room was pitch black and there was no one in the bedroom. I didn’t need to think about it to know that Xia Qin was working overtime again. Chen An had long been used to this. The competition in the newspaper industry has been fierce this year and it is very important to the timeliness of news. If I cannot get it published as soon as possible, the industry’s influence and commercial interests will be greatly affected.

After drinking some water to quench his thirst, Chen An lay down on the small sofa and rested, intending to wait for Xia Qin to come back before going to bed. The clinker was sleepy and he fell asleep unknowingly.

He had a dream.

In a dream.

He seemed to be born in a port city ruled by the Western Barbarians. He relied on his mother and sister since childhood. After studying for a few years, he became an apprentice for a grocery store. During the apprenticeship, he only had to eat, live, and have no salary. He usually lasted five or six years before he became a formal friend. Even so, there were still a large number of poor children flocking to him.

Later, his mother became ill after overwork and her condition worsened. In order to treat her mother, he borrowed some money from the local gang. Unfortunately, his mother still died. He also owed heavy debts. Because he failed to repay the money in time, the gang that borrowed money planned to take his sister to the prostitute village to pay the money despite the friendship between his fellow villagers. He became angry and was disgusted by the side, and he stabbed several gang members who were trying to behave badly to his sister with a knife.

There is no doubt that he caused a big disaster.

The gang members who rushed over to hear the news caught him, and hung on the beam of a warehouse, and were dying. The other party originally planned to sank him into the sea, but a small leader told him that even if he took his sister to the prostitute village, it was not enough. He simply left him to do some shameful work for the gang to pay off his debts.

From then on, he became a gang member.

Perhaps it was to repay the life-saving favor of the little leader, or perhaps to repay the debt. At that time, in this port city where gangs were numerous and police and gangs colluded with each other, he often fought and killed for the sake of profit. He was fearless and quickly became a famous person and became the person he valued most under the little leader.

Everyone knows that gangs are not easy to survive, and it is not surprising that one day they die on the street, but it is easy to enter and difficult to withdraw. Within two years, his old and big bosses killed all the whole family. He successfully took the lead for revenge on the small boss and was promoted to the backbone of the gang.

His life has improved, and countless younger brothers are rushing around every day, and even supporting his younger sisters are going to the best school.

He gradually emerged and naturally became a thorn in the eyes of other gangs.

Then--

Because of his subordinates' betrayal, a policeman suddenly appeared during a contraband transaction. He fled in a hurry under his cover, but was ambushed by a hostile gang in an alley and killed in a pool of blood.

...

...

Perhaps because the dream was too real, Chen An suddenly woke up, with cold sweat on his forehead subconsciously touching his neck. After seeing the familiar scene in front of him clearly, he breathed a lot. Fortunately, it was just a dream.

In previous dreams, Chen An was like an audience member standing in the third person's perspective. Even if the content of the dream is thrilling and exciting and real, he could maintain the normal heart of the bystander. But this time, the strong sense of immersion in the first person made him feel as if he was experiencing a strange life personally, and he could not distinguish between reality and dream for a while.

Click—

At this time, the door suddenly twisted and opened.

"Chen An, you haven't slept yet? Are you waiting for me to come back?"

Xia Qin took off the flat shoes under her feet, rubbed her sore heels and changed into slippers, and came to the living room physically and mentally exhausted. When she saw Chen An on the sofa, she was surprised.

"Yes, but I just took a nap." Chen An yawned, covered his mouth and took the bag thrown by Xia Qin, and inadvertently glanced at the wall clock on the wall. "It turns out that it's almost twelve o'clock! Then again, you're working overtime too late tonight, right?"

"Oh, don't mention it, I'm in great trouble today..." Xia Qin took a sip of water and lay weakly in Chen An's arms and sighed. "I was about to get off work, but who knew that someone suddenly called to report the information and said that a murder occurred in the Nancheng District. As a result, there was a mouth on it. Poor we rushed to the scene immediately..."

"Murder? This is big news!" Chen An said in surprise.

"Haha, there are more exciting things next!" Xia Qin smiled bitterly. "Do you know? We arrived at the scene and found out that the so-called murder occurred in a five-story apartment building. The deceased were residents of the entire apartment building. A total of more than 60 people died mysteriously at home..."

"What?" Chen An said with wide eyes and daring to believe it.

"It's hard to believe it, right? But that's the case." Xia Qin murmured at the ceiling with a dull look at the eyes of the sky. "More than 60 living lives are gone! There are seven children alone. You don't know that when I saw the police transporting the bodies, I almost fainted..."

"How did these people die?" Chen An said with a serious expression.

"The police's preliminary judgment was the death caused by gas poisoning, and I also smelled a pungent gas odor at the scene." Xia Qin said.

"No..." Chen An fell into deep thought. "Even if the gas leaks, it is impossible for the entire building to be unaware of anything..."

"This is the problem." Xia Qin took a deep breath and said. "Do you remember I said that anyone reported that this was a murder?"

"Of course, is this really the result of someone's intentional murder?" Chen An frowned.

"I don't know, the current situation is that the police need further investigation to determine the result. Why did the report report the report? "Xia Qin said in a deep voice.

"So you suspect that the reporter must know some inside information, or that the reporter is the murderer?" Chen An guessed.

"Yes, because when we were planning to find a reporter to verify, the reporter found no trace, so it is difficult not to make me think about this." Xia Qin rubbed her eyebrows and said.

"Have you reported this to the police?" Chen An asked.

"No, someone stopped me." Xia Qin shook her head.

"Um?"

"The above means that we hope we find out the truth one step earlier than the police."

"..." Chen An couldn't help but feel silence. "Please, you are reporters, not detectives! Your leader has no problem with his brain, right?"

"Repeated pursuit of the truth of news is the responsibility of the reporter, not to mention that the leader is counting on us to discover an exclusive news!" Xia Qin said helplessly.

"This case is quite a bit serious. I think you'd better not get involved too deeply, so as not to have any accidents. It's better to leave it to the police as much as possible." Chen An said worriedly.

"I understand!" Xia Qin said with a relaxed smile. "It's getting late, let's take a shower and go to bed quickly... By the way, I forgot to tell you something, my rest will be cancelled tomorrow."
Chapter completed!