Original sin

Liu Bai was sitting in the yard drinking tea, holding a copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", which was a book he liked very much.

Tao Min came out of the room and sat down on the chair beside him: "It's been two days since I went to the studio, and I'm really worried about whether they can do a good job with that mess."

She wanted to visit the studio.

Liu Bai put down the book: "Stay at home with peace of mind, the police have said that the other party will probably attack you again."

Tao Min didn't take it seriously, she said that the other party had already taken the account book away, so she shouldn't do anything to her.

Liu Bai sighed: "Now that Chang Qing is dead, I don't know how many secrets he has taken away. Xiao Min, I don't agree with you to go to the studio until many problems are clarified, and there are many things in the studio. Where can I go more, let the people below do the work of the studio first, whether he does it well or not, there will never be any big mistakes."

Tao Min had no choice but to listen to him, she picked up Liu Bai's teacup and took a sip: "Old Liu, I didn't blame you, you are also responsible for the affairs of the studio, you always ignore the affairs of the studio Ask, it’s not good to act like it’s none of your business, and besides creating, you’re also a shopkeeper.

Liu Bai smiled wryly: "You know, I don't know anything about business. Besides, Xie Changqing is indeed better than me in the management of the studio. With him in charge of the studio, I have almost nothing to do. Don't worry. Isn’t it good to make your own creations? I’m a musician, and creating good music is what I should do, isn’t it?”

"Well, I can't say no to you. You are always reasonable, but haven't you thought about it? In this way, all the credit and achievements will belong to him. The most important thing is that he can accumulate enough contacts. You should know that Networks are really important in our country, they are all resources. In the future, you will have to ask for help. Take the matter of your children’s education as an example. If you have a network of resources, you can just find someone to help You solve this problem. Old Liu, I'm not talking about you, even if you don't think about us, think about our future children!"

Liu Bai was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Seeing how you scared me, I really thought you were pregnant."

Unexpectedly, Tao Min actually nodded, and said seriously: "Yes, I'm already pregnant, and my one didn't come this month."

This time Liu Bai was really stunned, he didn't react for a long time, and finally he came back to his senses: "Really, really?" He was very excited, he stood up immediately, and walked to Tao Min's side , and then squatted down: "Come on, let me listen, baby."

Tao Min sneered, and made a gesture to push him away: "What are you listening to, this is so big, you can't hear it at all, okay?"

Liu Bai refused and insisted on squatting down to listen. Tao Min had no choice but to let him: "I said, you and Xie Changqing are brothers and classmates, but his children have already gone abroad to study. How about you? I just got married. Mr. Liu, can I interview you? Why do you want to get married at such an old age? Didn’t you have enough fun before?”

She rolled her eyes mischievously.

Liu Bai also seemed to enjoy her appearance as a little woman: "I think, since you want to start a family, you must find a woman who understands me. It's best if the two of you can have common interests and hobbies. So I have been looking for and waiting, and finally I am looking forward to you."

Tao Min lightly stroked Liu Bai's head, who was squatting in front of him, with his ears on his belly, his eyes were full of love.

The phone rang, and it belonged to Liu Bai.

Liu Bai stood up and picked up the phone: "Hello, who is it?"

Then I heard Liu Bai yelling: "What? How could this happen?"

"What happened?" Tao Min was taken aback by his appearance, and hurriedly asked.

Liu Bai said: "A fire broke out in the No. [-] recording studio, and the entire No. [-] recording studio was almost completely burned. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished before it spread. The specific cause of the fire has not yet been clarified. They asked me if I wanted Call the police, what do you think?"

"Old Liu, why don't I go and have a look." Tao Min was also shocked, no matter what, it was definitely not a good sign.

Liu Bai still hesitated, he said: "You are pregnant now, why don't you stay at home and I'll go and see." He was worried about Tao Min and the child in his stomach.

He had read in the book that the first two months of pregnancy are very important, and he must be careful not to miss it.

In fact, he and Tao Min have been actively preparing for pregnancy, and he has learned some related knowledge.

"I'm not that vulnerable. Besides, you don't know as much about the situation in the studio as I do. It's settled, I'll go. And don't forget, the police have been secretly protecting me, you can't trust me Can't you trust the police?"

In the end Liu Bai had no choice but to compromise, he said he would go with Tao Min.

As soon as their car came out of the garage, they saw Sister Lan. Sister Lan was driving a black Honda today.

"Where are you going?" Sister Lan asked, Liu Bai glanced at Tao Min beside him, and Tao Min didn't hide anything: "Something happened in the studio just now, a recording studio caught fire, I suspect that this matter is not simple, I think Go see what's going on."

Sister Lan was also surprised when she heard that, she said: "Well, we will go with you."

She opened the car door involuntarily and sat in the back seat, and she asked Tao Min to sit in the back seat as well.

Then Sister Lan explained to the policewoman who was following her and asked her to drive behind them.

The car started, and Tao Min said to Sister Lan: "I'm really sorry, because of me, you have to suffer outside."

Sister Lan waved her hand: "This is my job, by the way, why did the recording studio catch fire?"

Liu Bai said: "We don't know about this, but I am very strict with them on weekdays. They are not allowed to bring cigarette lighters into the recording studio, and there are not many people smoking in the studio. , there are only three or four people who can be counted, and they are all people who don’t need to enter the recording studio.”

Sister Lan frowned and thought about it for a while. She felt that if the fire in the recording studio was not an accident, then the other party's purpose was probably to lure Tao Min or Liu Bai out. Thinking of this, she sent a message to Fu Hong directly, asking Fu Hong to Arrange some people to stand by at Liu Bai's music studio.

Of course, those people just need to hide in the dark first.

"Have you found the ledger yet?" Tao Min asked.

Sister Lan shook her head, until now the police haven't found the person who attacked Tao Min that day, let alone retrieved the ledger.

In fact, the police were not to blame. The other party's methods were clean and neat, leaving no clues for the police at all.

"Our people asked Professor Wang, and he didn't know about the account book, and he also said that there was no person he invited to do market research for him in the roster made by the information department of the studio. I feel a little puzzled, I don’t know what Xie Changqing is doing. But Professor Wang said, it doesn’t matter whether there is an account book or not, he will transfer the money to the studio account.” Sister Lan said.

Tao Min shook his head: "It's not about money, and we can't accept his money until we figure it out. To be honest, I think there are many problems in this studio, problems everywhere. Except for Lao Liu's creative department, other departments have more or less such problems, thanks to Chang Qing's shrewdness, in fact, many problems should not have appeared, but they just happened."

Xie Changqing is indeed a smart person, not only shrewd but also well versed in business operations.

Liu Bai sneered: "God knows what shady things Xie Changqing is doing in the studio."

After he finished speaking, Tao Min glared at him fiercely. This open-mouthed Liu Bai didn't think too much about it, how could he say it in front of the police?No matter what, the studio is the foundation of their existence now.

Liu Bai realized that he had said something wrong and closed his mouth.

Sister Lan noticed Tao Min's small movements, and she smiled lightly: "Ms. Tao, don't be nervous, Xie Changqing is Xie Changqing, you are you, even if Xie Changqing has done something, even if he used the name of the studio, it doesn't matter. It will affect the normal operation of the studio."

Only then did Liu Bai let out a long breath of relief.

Soon the car stopped downstairs, and the three of them took the elevator upstairs to the recording studio.

The burnt-out recording studio No. [-] was in disrepair, and the equipment in it must have been unusable.

The loss this time was preliminarily estimated to be more than 30 yuan. Although it was not too much, this incident cast a shadow on Liu Bai and Tao Min's hearts.

The purpose of the other party's doing this must be for them, for the matter of the account book. They are warning them not to worry about it. If they are not obedient, maybe they will take some further actions.

"What do you guys eat? How could such a thing happen?" Liu Bai got a little annoyed, and shouted at the security captain.

Tao Min pulled him back: "Don't blame them, they don't want such a thing to happen."

The security captain had a bitter face: "Mr. Liu, there are only a few of us, and we are divided into two shifts. We can't be guarded here all the time, and you have also explained before that our security guards cannot go to the recording area. here."

Liu Bai was stunned, it was really him who said this, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the recording area, and he felt that those security guards patrolling the recording area were just for show, what he hated the most was this form doctrine.But he didn't expect that there would be an accident in the recording studio. He calmed down, and after thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't blame the security guard.

"Okay, you go down, it's okay, you Mr. Liu was just a little anxious just now, don't take it to heart."

The security captain nodded: "Thank you Mr. Tao."

After the security captain left, Tao Min complained: "Old Liu, can you stop being impatient and yell at people when you come here? Do you think they can handle those people? They don't even know what those people are really going to do." Can't find it."

Liu Bai was a little depressed, he knew that Tao Min's words made sense, and he had seen the other party's methods before, they were not something those security guards could deal with.

Sister Lan checked it and said, "For the time being, there are no traces of intentional arson. There is no aging problem in the wiring of this recording studio, right?"

Liu Bai shook his head. He said that the recording studio here will carry out regular line maintenance, and there will be no problem of line aging. Moreover, their electricity operation is very standardized, and there is no possibility of illegal operation. More importantly, when something goes wrong, The recording studio is empty and not being used.

Sister Lan also suspected that someone set the fire on purpose, but she couldn't find any clues. She checked the scene carefully again. Suddenly, her eyes fell on the direction of the burned audio console. Walking over, squatting down, picked up something, it was a silver brooch.

"Mr. Liu, have you seen this brooch?" Sister Lan walked up to Liu Bai and asked him with the brooch. Liu Bai looked at the brooch, frowned and said, "It looks familiar, but I also want to see it for a while." I don’t know where I saw it before.”

"Show me." Tao Min reached out and took the brooch handed over by Sister Lan, only glanced at it, and then her face was a bit surprised.

"Why, Ms. Tao?" Sister Lan noticed the change of expression on Tao Min's face, and Tao Min pursed her lips: "Well, this brooch is very similar to the one that Ye Qingzhu often wears, I'm not sure if it is That's it."

"Ye Qingzhu?" This time it was Sister Lan's turn to look shocked. Isn't Ye Qingzhu already dead?

"That's right, let me tell you, why does it look so familiar, it was indeed worn by Ye Qingzhu before, especially when she wore that pink sweater, she likes to wear this brooch the most."

Sister Lan was lost in thought. Although this brooch probably belonged to Ye Qingzhu, when did Ye Qingzhu leave the brooch here?If Ye Qingzhu dropped it by accident, then it should have happened before Ye Qingzhu died.

She has seen other recording studios, and every recording studio is very neat and tidy. If this brooch was really dropped by Ye Qingzhu himself, then it should have been discovered long ago, because the place where it dropped is very conspicuous. .

"When was the last time this recording studio was used?" Sister Lan asked, Liu Bai looked at a man in charge of the recording studio, and the man said, "Three days ago."