I can dream about my own death.

In the afternoon, the three of them wandered around Changfeng City aimlessly, interviewing some unimportant passersby and asking them for their opinions on the gold theft case.

The three of them were slacking off together, and before they knew it, it was time to get off work.

Chen Wensheng was heading back to Chenxing Low-Rent Apartment, and since he and Li Yucheng weren't going in the same direction, they parted ways at an intersection.

On his way home, he took a long detour and went to the farmers' market.

He went to the market for two reasons.

Firstly, he had almost finished eating his food and needed to replenish his supplies, especially fresh vegetables.

Secondly, he was very curious whether the person he saw in the crowd that morning was actually Old Zhou, the fishmonger.

He boarded a bus, arrived at the market, and got off.

After getting off the bus, he went straight to Lao Zhou's fish stall and found that the stall was open for business and Lao Zhou was leaning against the wall smoking.

Chen Wensheng looked Lao Zhou up and down, then stopped at his mouth, looking at the cigarette dangling from his lips, and asked with a smile, "Lao Zhou, you've struck it rich? A hundred-yuan pack of He Tianxia cigarettes, you just smoke them like that?"

"No...no! This pack of cigarettes was a gift from someone." Old Zhou immediately shook his head in denial.

Chen Wensheng nodded, then turned to look at the white plastic bucket containing the fish. He noticed that many of the fish in the bucket were belly up, and reminded him, "Old Zhou, you forgot to turn on the oxygen pump. Many of the fish in the big bucket are belly up."

Old Zhou stepped forward and took a look, then slapped the back of his head in frustration: "We were closed for a few days and only reopened this afternoon. We're still a bit rusty with the business. We even forgot to turn on the oxygen pump."

As Lao Zhou spoke, he pressed the power button and turned on the oxygen pump.

What kind of fish do you want?

"Let's have tilapia then," Chen Wensheng decided, deciding to have dinner with Xu Xiaoqi.

"Okay!" Old Zhou skillfully scooped up the fish and then butchered it.

Chen Wensheng asked with a smile, "Old Zhou, did you go to Jingyun Road this morning to join in the excitement of that gold robbery?"

Old Zhou, who was scaling fish, stopped and explained, "I've been preparing to reopen my fish stall all morning and haven't been to Jingyun Road. Besides, I'm not one to join in the fun, and even if I had the time, I wouldn't go."

"Oh!" Chen Wensheng nodded, then changed the subject, asking, "The day before the lockdown, I even came to your fish stall specifically to buy some fish. What I didn't expect was that you had closed down."

"I went back to Tanshan City those few days to pay respects to my brother." Old Zhou chatted as he worked, quickly finishing processing the fish. He tore off a red plastic bag, packed the fish meat into it, and said, "This fish is a bit bigger, fourteen and a half yuan, I'll just charge you fourteen yuan."

"Oh, I see." Chen Wensheng replied while scanning the QR code with his phone, without asking any further questions.

After all, a memorial service is a funeral, so it's not appropriate to pry into the details.

Of course, it would be a lie to say he wasn't curious. Judging from Old Zhou's age, he was only in his early forties, and his brother couldn't be much older, which meant that Old Zhou's brother had died very young.

The fact that Lao Zhou made a special trip back to his hometown to pay respects to his deceased brother shows that Lao Zhou and his brother had a very good relationship.

After paying, Chen Wensheng turned and left.

Before Chen Wensheng had gone far, a conversation could be heard behind him.

"Old Zhou, your white plastic bucket is really good quality. It's been several years and hasn't changed at all; it's almost like new. Where did you buy it? I'd like to buy one too."

"This plastic bucket was a gift from the fishmonger, but he's changed careers now, so I don't know where he bought it from."

"I can't buy such high-quality plastic buckets anymore, what a pity!"

Chen Wensheng paused for a moment, listened to the two brief sentences, and then started heading home again.

On his way home, Chen Wensheng always felt that Lao Zhou's behavior was a bit strange, even abnormal.

Considering the face he saw on Jingyun Road that looked a lot like Lao Zhou's, and the fact that Lao Zhou happened to be back in his hometown to pay respects to his brother, he suspected that Lao Zhou was inextricably linked to the gold heist.

As Chen Wensheng passed by a secondhand mobile phone store, he remembered his promise to buy Xu Xiaoqi a mobile phone.

He stopped and went into the mobile phone store, selected a nearly new second-hand mobile phone worth around a thousand yuan, and paid for it.

A dozen minutes later, Chen Wensheng arrived at Xu Xiaoqi's house and gently knocked on the door.

Xu Xiaoqi opened the door.

Chen Wensheng took out the phone he had just bought and handed it to Xu Xiaoqi: "This is the phone I promised to buy for you. For many days before, because of the rabies incident, I didn't have time to buy it for you. I finally got it today, here you go!"

"Thank you!" Xu Xiaoqi took the phone expressionlessly and started playing with it.

"Don't stand there playing, sit on a chair and play," Chen Wensheng reminded with a smile.

Xu Xiaoqi nodded, then took a key out of her pocket and said, "This is my dad's key. He probably won't need it for a while, so you can use it, Uncle. From now on, you won't need to knock when you come to my house."

"Okay!" Chen Wensheng put away the keys. "Last time, I noticed you really liked eating fish, so I bought another one today. I'll cook fish for you."

"Thank you." Xu Xiaoqi's expression was very cold, and her tone was also very indifferent.

But Chen Wensheng could tell that she was genuinely grateful to him.

To be honest, he felt particularly sorry for Xu Xiaoqi's situation. Because of her serious heart condition, she had to deliberately suppress all the emotions that a normal person should have. She couldn't express emotions normally, such as happiness, sadness, depression, etc.

What angered Chen Wensheng even more was that Wang Qinghe had schemed against her father, Xu Pingshi, causing him to be charged with dangerous driving.

If he hadn't investigated and discovered that the brakes on the dump truck had been modified, and that someone had framed Xu Pingshi, it would have been a mistake.

If convicted based on the serious consequences of running over and killing several passersby, Xu Pingshi's prison term would be at least five years, and in more serious cases, he could even be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Without Xu Pingshi's protection, Xu Xiaoqi, a seven-year-old girl, was just a lamb to the slaughter.

Xu Xiaoqi's liver will eventually be transplanted into the wealthy Xue Mingzheng, extending his lifespan, which was originally destined to end.

If the rich want to deal with the poor, they can use coercion, bribery, or even dark and despicable means such as hiring thugs to harm them.

Seeing that her uncle was standing still without saying a word or going into the kitchen to cook, Xu Xiaoqi knew that he was thinking about something, so she didn't disturb him and quietly stood there waiting.

More than a minute later, Chen Wensheng came to his senses and smiled at Xu Xiaoqi, saying, "Xiaoqi, don't worry, I won't let bad people hurt you."