Original sin

It's not the first time I've been in contact with Wang Tao, counting this time, it must have been three or four times.

However, Shen Chen always felt that there must be secrets in Wang Tao, and he appeared strangely twice, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe him as elusive.This is also the reason why Shen Shen is very wary of Wang Tao, and therefore, he really takes the old beggar's words of being careful with Wang Tao seriously.

He somewhat regretted telling Wang Lu his doubts about Wang Tao. He felt that he was still immature in this regard and somewhat emotional.

If there is something wrong with Wang Tao, if the old beggar really knows something, then the situation of the old beggar will be very dangerous now.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to him. In fact, what I'm more curious about is why he said that." Wang Tao poured a glass of wine, which is a good wine, five-year Moutai.

"This wine shouldn't be cheap, right?" Shen Chen picked up the wine and said casually.

Wang Tao said: "In fact, these cigarettes, wine, tea, in terms of its real value, none of them are worth the price. All its added value is defined by people. Take this bar How much does it cost? About a few tens of dollars is already considered too much, but now a bottle has to be sold for as little as a few thousand. Why? It’s nothing more than the reputation of this wine, and the brand is what it is A real selling point."

Wang Lu gave Wang Tao a blank look. She didn't quite understand why her elder brother suddenly started talking about wine, and it sounded weird.

Sure enough, Wang Tao changed the subject: "People are the same, everyone says everyone is equal, but is it really possible? Even if we don't want to admit it, the social class division has already been there. The country, in which era, who dares to say that there is no class distinction? We now see a lot of rich second generations, official second generations, and now there are second generations of writers. Are these people really the second generation? No see Come on, some of them are even better than blue. Nowadays, many rich second generations are no worse than the older generation in business, and the second generation of officials may go further in official career than their parents, including the second generation of Wen, the children of writers and artists Most of them have taken over the class of their parents. It is really not easy for other people to join their class."

Shen Shen said, "So?"

"I just want to say that social classes have existed for a long time, and they are relatively solidified. Just like me, I took over my father's business, and my goal is to be able to do better than my father and make this family business bigger and bigger. Strong. Of course, the prerequisite is legal business. So I can’t do those messy things. There is a saying, if we only talk about money, our family’s money will never run out, at least with our current consumption level. Said that the whole family spends a lifetime without any problems at all."

Shen Shen admitted this.

Wang Tao raised his glass and touched Shen Chen's glass lightly, Shen Shen lifted the glass subconsciously, Wang Tao and Wang Lu raised their glasses again: "My father once warned us that a businessman, in fact, I think it's better to be a capitalist." Appropriately, it is understandable for a capitalist to think about how to earn more money and how to improve the living conditions of himself and his family in the early stage of starting a business, but when it reaches a certain scale, money is just a number. At this time, we We should think more and go further. Take our company as an example. At present, there are more than 1000 employees in large and small positions plus grassroots employees. Then these 1000 people are our responsibility. We are not only To live well for yourself, you should also enable all employees to live the lives they want.”

Wang Tao is talking about a business owner's sense of social responsibility and mission.

Wang Lu said, "Brother, you don't worry about being annoying when you are always nagging like this."

Wang Tao smiled: "Okay, let me just say a few words, you see, Xiaolu has opinions."

Naturally, Wang Lu couldn't be really interesting, she was just afraid of Shen Shen's embarrassment.

Shen Shen said, "What can I say?"

Wang Tao said: "Come on, let's have a drink first."

At Wang Tao's suggestion, the three had a toast.

Shen Chen didn't hold back, since they're here anyway, he can't help but drink this wine, but he's very measured, he knows how much he can drink.

After drinking a glass of wine, Wang Tao said to Shen Shen: "I know you have always been very interested in that old beggar, so let me tell you something you don't know. The old beggar's surname is He, he said it himself, as for the name I don't know why. But one thing I can be sure of is that he should be an insider of your father's incident back then. "

Even if Wang Tao didn't talk about Shen Chen, he would know this.

Seeing that Shen Chen was silent, he continued: "He lives in a shantytown in Dongshan. By the way, that shantytown used to be the location of a certain pharmaceutical factory. But then a fire broke out inexplicably in this pharmaceutical factory, and a big fire destroyed the whole place. The factory burned down. Later, a shanty town was built there, and it has been like this for so many years. Do you think he lived in that place because he still knew about the fire?"

Shen Chen also began to be a little curious.

"He always leaves early and returns late. He goes out early in the morning with a broken textile bag, and usually comes back around ten o'clock in the evening. My people try to follow him to see what he is doing, but he can always Get rid of them, I'm not bragging, I'm afraid that even your professional stalking may not be able to keep a close eye on them."

Wang Tao was telling Shen Shen that the old beggar had strong anti-investigation capabilities.

"Since you have a lot to ask him, why don't you ask?" Shen Chen asked Wang Tao.

Wang Tao smiled wryly and shook his head: "I really want to go to him directly, but I know very well in my heart that even if I ask him, he won't say anything. Of course, you are different from me. If you ask him, you must be sure." I will. Otherwise, why would he deliberately show his face in front of you, and why would he say such things to you. "

Wang Tao paused: "And if I really go to him, I really can't argue if something happens to him."

That's what he thought.

"So that's what I thought, I'm going to see him, but I won't go alone, you go with me, the three of us will make him speak clearly, why beware of me, be careful of me, What shameful thing did I, Wang Tao, do? Shen Chen, I did this not for myself, nor for you, but for my sister. She felt very sad to alienate her, and she is a person with a great sense of justice, which you should be very clear about. If there is a problem with me, or if there is a problem with our entire Wang family, it will be a blow to her. Big, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."

Wang Tao finally expressed all his thoughts.

Shen Chen didn't expect that Wang Tao came up with this idea, but Wang Tao was right, it would be good for both Shen Chen and Wang Tao to clarify the matter face to face.

Wang Lu opened her mouth wide when she heard this. She felt that this was inappropriate, but she knew that even if she tried to dissuade him, it would be useless. She knew exactly what kind of person her elder brother was.

She still had some expectations in her heart. If this matter could be explained clearly, maybe she and Shen Chen could return to the way they were at the beginning, and then she would have the confidence to win over Shen Chen.

Although the relationship between Xu Jing and Shen Shen is also very close, she believes that Shen Shen's heart is more inclined to herself.

After eating a meal for more than 40 minutes, I didn't actually drink much of that bottle of wine, probably only half a bottle.

"Then let's go now? It won't take long to walk from here. That's why I chose to eat here." Wang Tao seemed to have prepared for a long time, and he chose this place to be far away from the old beggar he said. The place where I live is about two kilometers away.

Both Shen Chen and Wang Tao didn't let Wang Lu follow, but let her go back first.

"Are you sure you're here?" Shen Chen doesn't look like an old beggar's residence. It's not that it's too dilapidated, but it doesn't look like a beggar's residence. It's a two-bedroom abandoned house, and there is actually a A room similar to a study or office.

"Honestly, I couldn't believe it when they took pictures for me to see. This is actually a beggar's residence. Look at these books, there are some books of all kinds, but the appearance of these books should be It was sold as waste paper." Wang Tao said, pointing to the broken bookcase.

Shen Chen didn't speak, he was watching carefully.

Wang Tao said again: "Look at this whiteboard again, and the words on it."

Shen Chen leaned forward, and he saw clearly that there was a photo on the whiteboard. It was his own photo, and it was a photo when he just graduated from the police academy. He was wearing a police uniform, so he looked very heroic.

"This photo looks very young." Wang Tao joked.

Shen Shen said softly: "I don't even have this photo. It was just graduated from the police academy. I was assigned to the Lincheng criminal police team before the assignment. The higher-ups planned to let me go to the town below. Then I went to Xiuwu. I Dad said that the more remote the place, the more tempered people will be. He also said that only those who have really lived at the grassroots level can be independent in future work."

Speaking of his father, Shen Shen couldn't help feeling a little sad in his heart.

Wang Tao said, "Look at the words on it."

There are two lines of words next to Shen Chen's photo, introducing Shen's general information, mainly recording several social relationships with which Shen Shen often interacts.

Shen Chen looked at Wang Tao, and Wang Tao waved his hands quickly: "I don't even know your information, so please don't wrong me."

But apart from this photo and those two lines of writing, Shen Shen and the others didn't find any valuable clues in the room. It seemed that the old beggar had cleaned it up very well.

"He should come back around ten o'clock, why don't we wait?" Wang Tao asked.

Shen Shen asked softly: "Did he leave the door open when he went out or did your people open his door?"

"Of course he didn't close the door himself. Besides, if you think there is anything to steal in this place, the only ones that can be sold for some money are the broken books he got back."

The two naturally sat down on the old wooden sofa, and they decided to wait here until the old beggar came back.

The two of them chatted one after another, and the topic Wang Tao talked about the most was the matter between him and Wang Lu. Shen Shen could tell that, just as Wang Lu said, her brother cared about her very much.That concern comes from the heart.

Shen Shen looked at his watch, it was almost ten o'clock, at this time, footsteps came from the aisle outside.

Hearing the footsteps, it should be that the old beggar has returned.

I don't know why, but Shen Shen felt a little nervous in his heart. He glanced at Wang Tao, and Wang Tao was also a little unnatural. Anyway, this is his "home", no matter how shabby it is, it doesn't seem right for them to come here uninvited. OK.

But they can't leave now if they want to, so they can only bite the bullet and stay here.

The old beggar opened the door and saw two people sitting on the wooden sofa. He seemed to be talking to himself, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'll just say it, I thought I forgot to turn off the light."

Shen Chen stood up, and Wang Tao also stood up.

Shen Chen said, "I'm sorry, we broke in by ourselves."

The old beggar glanced at Shen Shen, then looked at Wang Tao: "It's okay, no one stipulated that this place is mine, and I just live here for a while."

The old beggar ignored them, sat down by himself, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and took out one from the crumpled cigarette case, lit it: "The cigarette is not good, so I won't take it out to greet you." It's up to you."

Shen Chen looked at Wang Tao, who coughed and cleared his throat: "Old man, can I ask you something?"

The old beggar nodded: "Yes, but I know what you want to ask, so, can you let me talk to him alone?" The old beggar's words made Wang Tao a little helpless, but Wang Tao couldn't say anything, so he stood up When he came, he walked outside, and when he went out, he gently closed the door.

"If you don't look for me, I will look for you." The old beggar seemed to be smiling, but the scalded scars on his face looked very hideous, and asked solemnly: "What do you want me for?"

"The purpose of looking for you is to tell you that I made a mistake before, and there is nothing wrong with Wang Tao." The old beggar said it naturally, but Shen Shen was a little dumbfounded. This old beggar is really speechless. My friend became like this because of a misunderstanding.