Chapter 13 Brother Bing’s whereabouts
Hearing Xie Bingran say that he wanted to "go out for something," Xu Chen immediately looked alert:
"What are you going to do? You can't go anywhere today!"
His tone was firm and his attitude was strong.
Xie Bingran had already stood up, looked down at Xu Chen, and regained the strong look of "Brother Bing".
"You haven't spoken to me in three years of high school, and you insist on having dinner with me tonight. Why on earth?"
Xu Chen thought for a while, it was really difficult to explain, so he casually replied:
"Just because I haven't spoken to you in three years, I want to talk to you."
Xie Bingran put his hands into his pockets again:
"Then wait until I come back."
He said and left.
Xu Chen suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Xie Bingran's wrist:
"You can't go anywhere, I won't let you go."
Xie Bingran was stunned, not expecting that Xu Chen would catch him forcefully.
At the same time, the words "I won't let you go" seemed to touch something in her heart...
Xie Bingran's eyes flickered, but immediately returned to being cold and gloomy.
She twisted her arm and easily broke away from Xu Chen's big hand.
Xu Chen felt the tiger's mouth hurt and was speechless.
"Brother Bing"'s strength is really great, and his name as "The God of War" seems to be true.
Facing the strong and stubborn Xie Bingran, Xu Chen felt a little helpless.
I still like the introverted and well-behaved little girl back then...
"In that case, I will follow you wherever you go." Xu Chen said.
Xie Bingran sneered:
"I'm going to pee, do you want to follow?"
Xu Chen: "If possible..."
Xie Bingran's face showed a cold light: "Do you want to die?"
Xu Chen: "..."
Xie Bingran: "I'll be in the toilet on the first floor. I'll be up in a moment."
With that said, she put her hands in her pockets again, turned around and went downstairs.
Okay...
Concern leads to chaos and false alarm.
Xu Chen shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but curse in his heart:
With how strong and domineering "Brother Bing" is now, he doesn't usually stand and boo, right? !
……
Xu Chen was eating French fries, waiting for Brother Bing to come back, and looking around with nothing to do.
McDonald's twenty years ago was basically not much different from that of later generations.
Whether it's meals or decoration details.
However, the clothing of the people in the store still shows the obvious atmosphere of the times.
At this time, Smith Barney, Jeanswest, and Yichun are all synonymous with fashion, high-end, and foreign style to the middle and high school students in the county.
The little girl sitting next to Xu Chen even has the Smith Barney logo on her socks. It is obvious that her family conditions are very unusual...
In addition, in addition to eating, the customers in the store usually just chat. There is no scene more than ten years later where everyone is busy scrolling through their mobile phones and noisy Douyin BGMs are played one after another.
Speaking of which, I still miss the era of feature phones a little bit.
At least the actual distance between people seems to be closer.
……
Xu Chen was about to finish a bag of French fries, so he took out his phone and checked the time. It was almost ten minutes since Xie Bingran left.
I felt faintly uneasy again.
"Oops..."
Xu Chen felt bad and quickly got up and went downstairs.
On the first floor, there is a small toilet door.
Xu Chen stood in front of the women's toilet door and looked around. The aunt passing by rolled her eyes at him with disdain on her face.
It's like seeing a metamorphosis.
Xu Chen ignored this and shouted Xie Bingran's name twice into the women's toilet, attracting unkind looks from around him.
There was no response from the restroom.
A fat lady just came out of the women's toilet.
The fat elder sister was startled when she bumped into Xu Chen head-on.
Xu Chen stopped the eldest sister: "Is there anyone else inside?"
The eldest sister clutched her chest: "No... no more." Xu Chen secretly said something bad, turned around and looked around on the first floor, but there was no trace of Xie Bingran anywhere.
After two quick circles, Xu Chen walked out of McDonald's, feeling very annoyed.
I went to dinner with Xie Bingran today just to prevent her from getting involved in the off-campus case from her previous life.
Unexpectedly, "Brother Bing" actually found an opportunity to sneak out, which made Xu Chen speechless and angry.
Rebirth does not mean predicting everything, but also facing various uncontrollable changes...
It was already evening and the sky was getting dark.
Xu Chen looked around at the street corner, feeling increasingly anxious.
He took out his cell phone, but there was no Xie Bingran's number at all.
In fact, he didn't even know whether Xie Bingran had a mobile phone.
After all, he and Xie Bingran hadn't spoken to each other for three or four years before today.
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Xu Chen took a breath and quickly calmed down.
He shouted Xie Bingran's name several times on both sides of the street in front of McDonald's, which attracted the attention of passers-by on the street.
At this moment, several figures came out of an alley behind him.
It was a few high school students smoking, looking at Xu Chen with doubts on their faces.
Xu Chen recognized these people as Xie Bingran's "younger brothers" and had met them in the cafeteria at noon.
One of them is named Li Rui, who is in Class 3 like Xie Bingran. His name was also included in the list of criticisms announced by the school in the morning.
"Sister-in-law?...Ah no, Brother Chen!"
Li Rui said.
Xu Chen has already walked in front of him:
"Where's Xie Bingran?"
Li Rui blew out smoke and pointed behind him:
"Brother Bing went over there."
Xu Chen: "Where did she go? What did she do?"
Li Rui said:
"Brother Bing said it was her own private matter and she wouldn't let us follow her."
He took a puff of cigarette and added:
"She said she would be back in a while, Brother Chen, just wait a moment."
Xu Chen looked up and saw that besides Li Rui, there were about six or seven more people in front of him.
"Brother Bing may be in danger. I don't have time to explain. We need to split up and find her quickly."
Li Rui was stunned:
"But Brother Bing... won't let us follow."
Xu Chen said coldly:
"She may be in danger. Find her first. I'll take care of anything."
Seeing Xu Chen's serious look, Li Rui threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with his foot:
"Okay, since sister-in-law...since Brother Chen said so!
Brother Bing said she would be back soon and she should be nearby. ”
Xu Chen looked around and saw people coming and going on the streets in the evening.
It seems that Xie Bingran originally planned to go out and deal with the matter, then go back to McDonald's to find Xu Chen again.
What exactly will be the "private matter" she wants to deal with...
Behind Li Rui, a young man with a shaved head squeezed over and said:
"Brother Rui, I just came over there and saw Brother Bing following two adults into the old department store at the back."
Xu Chen: "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, I saw it with my own eyes!"
"What kind of adults are these two?"
"They are just two uncles, about thirty or forty years old. I have never seen them before, so I don't know them."
The old department store is just over two hundred meters ahead.
Cracks appeared in the building last year, and it has long been evacuated and surrounded. It is said that repairs will not be carried out until the second half of the year.
Xu Chen thought for a while, then took out his cell phone and dialed the police number.
"Police uncle, we saw a school girl being taken into the old department store by two bad guy-looking uncles...
Yes, it’s the old department store on Caiyuan Street...
Those two uncles don’t look like good people! A few classmates and I are going to take a look first...
Police uncle, come here quickly..."
(End of chapter)