"Who is Lu Yao? There seems to be no such person." There was a middle-aged woman at the front desk, who was cracking melon seeds and reading a newspaper. She replied without raising her head.

"No? I heard from a friend that he lives in your guest house!" Wang Lin said, "How about you help me check it out?"

"There aren't many people living in the guest house!" The woman raised her head and glanced at him, "There really isn't anyone with the name you mentioned."

"Check his real name, Wang Weiguo, is it there?"

"Wang Weiguo? It seems there is." The woman picked up the registration book, flipped through it, and said, "Is that the person in Room 205?"

"If the name is correct, it's him." Wang Lin said with a smile, "He lives in the guest house, so he must use his real name."

"This person in Room 205 checked out this morning." The woman looked at the record.

"Ah? Did you check out the room this morning?" Wang Lin and Gu Qingyu looked at each other and asked the front desk, "Comrade, do you know where he went?"

"How do I know? I'm not familiar with him." The woman shook her head.

"Isn't he a distinguished guest of your Cultural Bureau? He is also a famous writer in your province!"

"I think he has no money! He doesn't even have money to buy cigarettes! He's a distinguished guest! He's not expensive at all! I don't know if he's famous or not. We have a lot of writers here! The whole yard next to it is full of writers!" the front desk said. , "He has no money, but he still smokes Hongshan Tea cigarettes that cost three yuan a pack. He smokes three packs a day! That's nine yuan a day! Sometimes when he has more money, he still buys Hongtashan cigarettes that cost 11 yuan a pack. !Three packs a day, that’s 33 yuan! He can’t stop for a day, and after a month, the money for cigarettes alone will cost more than 400 yuan! By the way, he also likes to drink coffee, and a cup of coffee costs 5 yuan! Who can drink it for ordinary people? Can you afford it? This person is really bad at living!"

"Yes, he likes to smoke red camellia tea, which costs three yuan a pack! He also likes to drink coffee." Wang Lin said regretfully, "That's him without a doubt. Oh, what a pity, it's just a penny-pinching!"

Gu Qingyu said: "I'll call and ask Liu Yuhui. Maybe he can still contact Lu Yaoren?"

Wang Lin nodded: "Then just call and ask."

Gu Qingyu made a call at the front desk to Liu Yuhui's unit.

Liu Yuhui didn't know either, so he said he wanted to ask a friend.

Ten minutes later, Liu Yuhui called back and told Gu Qingyu: "It turns out that Lu Yao is going home to prepare for the New Year. He is staying in the guest house here to hide and create."

Wang Lin listened to Gu Qingyu's story and said, "Then let's go to his home to find him. Does he live in Xi'an? Or has he returned to his hometown?"

Gu Qingyu said: "It should be at home in Xi'an. His wife and daughter are both in Xi'an."

The three of them asked around about Lu Yao's home in Xi'an, and then went to find him.

"A famous writer must have some money, right? And his salary is not low, it is 150 yuan a month!" Gu Qingyu said, "Add in royalties and so on, he can definitely be considered middle class."

Wang Lindao: "The female comrade at the front desk is right, he is just too good at smoking. After the first part of "The Ordinary World" was published, he only received 680 yuan in royalties, but he smoked more than 400 yuan every month. The first part of "Qian's Smoke" took him two or three years of hard work. Do you calculate the income ratio? Not to mention the money he spent on his daughter. I heard people say that he likes his daughter very much and she wants to practice piano. She was going to buy a piano right away, and she wanted to have a sandwich for her spring outing right away, so he went to the best hotel and bought the best sandwich for her to eat. Two sandwiches cost 60 yuan, which is equivalent to a month’s salary of a low-level employee.”

Gu Qingyu said: "Spending money so lavishly? That will make life difficult. How come his lover doesn't care about him?"

Wang Lin smiled bitterly: "The souls of writers are independent and great, and cannot be restrained by anyone."

Gu Qingyu said: "If this continues, then my lover won't be able to get a divorce?"

Wang Lin thought to himself, you really guessed it right!

However, it was difficult for him to say this in advance.

Li Wenjuan said: "Brother-in-law, we found him, can you help him?"

Wang Lin said: "Of course, I will do my best to help him. However, even if I give him money, I guess he will use it to buy higher-end cigarettes. He will have to finish them soon."

"..."

However, what disappointed Wang Lin and others was that they still failed to meet the great writer in their mind during this trip.

Lu Yao went away to experience life.

And no one knows where he went, not even Lu Yao's wife.

After going back and forth like this, the sky turned dark.

The weather in Xi'an was already cold, but snowflakes started to fall again in the evening. The sky and the earth were vast, and the strong wind blew from the Loess Plateau, bringing endless yellow dust with it, covering the sky and the earth.

The only thing Wang Lin could do was to go to a nearby cigarette shop, buy a few boxes of the best cigarettes, and put them at Lu Yao's house.

Because he understands that a great writer like him can't stop someone from quitting smoking with just a few words of advice. It's also difficult for a person's destiny to be changed by another person.

The writers he admired so much, the writers he tried every means to meet, but God finally let them pass by.

Maybe everything is destined!

Just like Lin's sister Chen Xiaoxu, although she entered his life, he could not change her life trajectory.

When Wang Lin and the others returned to the hotel, Tian Xiaoqing and the others had already returned.

After the six people met, they went to the restaurant to have dinner.

Tian Xiaoqing reported to Wang Linhui: "The purchase price of the 1988 treasury bills was not high, and you could buy it for 75 yuan. Because it was too far away from the date of redemption. But we went to three banks and only bought 20 yuan.

Thousands of dollars in treasury bills!”

"Ah?" Wang Lin said with a smile, "I miscalculated! In remote places, prices are indeed much lower, but if you think about it, the banks here are also poor, and each bank cannot deposit too many treasury bills."

Tian Xiaoqing smiled and said: "That's the truth. Let's continue tomorrow. Try to get up as early as possible to go to the bank to exchange treasury bills."

Wang Lin said: "Okay, the day after tomorrow is Sunday. No matter how much we exchange tomorrow, we will go home the day after tomorrow. There is no need to stay here anymore. We can just move to another place next week and continue. In short, before the end of the year, you will be good at purchasing treasury bonds."

, don’t worry about other things, and there is no need to sell it for the time being. If the acquisition has not been completed before the year, we will continue after the year, and when the selling price rises, we will sell them all."

Tian Xiaoqing and others nodded in agreement.

Li Wenjuan smiled and asked: "Brother-in-law, what is there to do in Xi'an? We are all here, why don't we go out for a walk?"

Wang Lindao: "Don't go out to play at night here, there is nothing interesting. I will take you to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum tomorrow! I have been here several times, but I have never been to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum! Miss Gu, have you ever

What’s the arrangement?”

Gu Qingyu smiled and said: "I came here mainly because I wanted to see Lu Yao's face. I'm sorry that I can't see him now. If you don't find me annoying, I'll go with you to see the Terracotta Warriors and Horses."

Li Wenjuan giggled and said: "Sister Gu, I think it's better for you to act alone. My brother-in-law is most afraid of others trouble him. Brother-in-law, right?"

Wang Lin glared at her: "What are you talking about? I think you are very annoying! You should act alone!"

Li Wenjuan suddenly felt that she had been greatly wronged. She flattened her mouth and shouted: "Brother-in-law, do you find me annoying? Okay, then I will disappear! I will let you lose me forever! I will let you taste losing me."

The painful taste!"

Wang Lin looked at her moody expression and chuckled: "You disappear? Then I won't be happy anymore, will I be in pain? Are you overthinking it? If you don't believe me, try it! You little brat! You still want to control me?"

thing!"

He said to Gu Qingyu: "Miss Gu, don't mind, children can't talk."

Gu Qingyu smiled slightly: "I'm fine. Wenjuan is quite cute."

"Humph!" Li Wenjuan looked at Wang Lin, then at Gu Qingyu, suddenly stood up and ran outside the restaurant.

Tian Xiaoqing stood up and shouted: "Wenjuan, where are you going? The food will be here soon! Are you not going to eat?"

Wang Lin watched Li Wenjuan run out of the restaurant and said in a deep voice: "Leave him alone! Her sister is right, I dote on her too much! I dote on her unscrupulously! She is a foodie. When the food comes, she

Will definitely be back!”

Tian Xiaoqing said: "This is Xi'an, and I'm not familiar with the place. I'm afraid that she will run out and get lost. What should I do?"

Wang Lin said: "She is very smart! It's windy and snowy outside, she wouldn't run out to suffer from cold and hunger! I think she went to the bathroom."

Tian Xiaoqing couldn't say much.

After a while, the food was served, and Wang Lin smiled and said, "Let's eat."

Tian Xiaoqing said: "I'm going to look for Wenjuan. It's been ten minutes since she went to the bathroom."

Wang Lin said: "Don't look for her. If she wants to be angry, just let her be angry! I want her to understand that the price of being angry is starvation! Eat!"

He stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the gourd chicken. Thinking that this was what Li Wenjuan ordered, he picked up a chicken leg and put it in Li Wenjuan's bowl. Then he picked up some warm shredded kidneys, braised shredded squid, chicken, rice, sea cucumber, and kapok.

The shrimp balls were placed in Li Wenjuan's bowl, filling up an empty bowl.

Gu Qingyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Mr. Wang, you say you don't care about her, but in fact you care about her more than anyone else."

Wang Lin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This sister is really spoiled by me! When she first came to my house, I said whatever I wanted to her, but she didn't dare to be angry with me. Now she just shows off my face at every turn! I

We can’t starve her, right?”

Gu Qingyu said: "Not only are you happy as your lover, but you are also so happy as your sister. I see how she dresses and looks more like your lover than her sister."

Wang Lindao: "She is not only a foodie, but also a little girl who loves stinky beauty!"

"However, she is really more suitable for you like this. She has the appearance of wealth. And you are Mr. Wang who has a lot of money!" Gu Qingyu said with a smile, "I have met Li Wenxiu a few times, but I always think she is too much.

It’s simple.”

Wang Lin said calmly: "Wenxiu is pregnant, so she can't put on makeup, and she doesn't dare to be particular about what she wears. If she puts on makeup, she will be more beautiful and richer than Wenjuan!"

After dinner, Li Wenjuan hasn't come back yet!

Wang Lin felt anxious and uneasy!

Tian Xiaoqing put down her chopsticks and said, "I'm going to the bathroom to take a look. You don't have to wait in such a long queue for the bathroom in this hotel, right?"

Wang Lin hummed: "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Tian."

Tian Xiaoqing smiled slightly, got up and went to the bathroom.

After a while, she ran back quickly: "Wang Lin, it's bad! Wenjuan is not in the bathroom!"

Wang Lin asked in confusion: "Then did she go back to the room?"
To be continued...