Chapter 1006: Mihua Town is in dire straits(1/2)
Brooklyn is the most populous borough in New York and the largest among the five boroughs in New York.
Because there are areas where blacks and other ethnic minorities gather in Brooklyn, the crime rate remains high, and all kinds of racism and racial discrimination make it the most dirty, chaotic, and sinful place in New York.
But in 1996, New York City was vigorously improving public security, especially in Brooklyn, which made the overall living conditions of Brooklyn stable and improving.
In comparison, Tokyo, which is also an international metropolis, is experiencing a stable but declining trend, and the crime rate in Mihua Town has soared.
As for the reasons, everyone knows.
In Brooklyn today, except for the fact that the black community is still full of poverty and backwardness, the living standards in other parts of the area are basically not much different from those in developed areas of New York.
Hondo Yingyou currently lives in an ordinary neighborhood in Brooklyn.
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Following the address given by Patrick, Qin Zhibo came to the address where our hall Yingyou currently lives.
This place is located in a quiet residential area. Every household in the residential area has a highly consistent architectural style, and they are all neat two-story buildings.
The small courtyard in front of the building is a green lawn with no vegetables or fences.
It's just that the place where Yingyou lives looks a little poorer than the surrounding neighbors. The lawn has not been taken care of for a long time and is covered with weeds.
Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi walked through the path that was almost submerged by weeds, came to the door of the house, and pressed the doorbell.
However, the bell that was supposed to make a sound did not make any sound. It looked like it was broken.
Qin Zhibo thought to himself: The people who lived here were really slovenly. They didn't mow the lawn and didn't replace the doorbell if it broke.
From this, Qin Zhibo can basically judge that there is no male master in this family.
In the United States, as long as the male owner is not a man who is frustrated with playing with things, he will take the initiative to repair his own lawn, and even enjoy it, forming a trend of comparison with each other.
Because mowing the lawn is the prerogative of the male head of the family. The better the mowing is, it means that the male master is well-managed. Even if he does not mow the lawn himself, he will pay someone to mow it.
Correspondingly, if Lao Wang next door is mowing the lawn without the consent of the male owner, the conflict will be huge.
The doorbell didn't work, so Qin Zhibo knocked on the door again.
Dude, dunk, dunk.
Dude, dunk, dunk.
Snap, snap, snap.
I switched from knocking on the door to banging on the door, but there was still no response from behind the door.
Koizumi Hongzi: "Aren't you at home?"
"Um……"
Qin Zhibo checked the news broadcast time before going out. Today is Saturday, and I think Yingyou did not go to school.
The two returned to the path covered by weeds, looked around, and Qin Zhibo decided to call Yingyou.
I didn't call Bentang Yingyou in advance because I wanted to give him a surprise, but now it seems that it was a bit unnecessary.
But just as Qin Zhibo took out his phone, he suddenly felt a line of sight behind him observing him.
He turned back suddenly and looked directly at the row of windows on the second floor.
One of the four windows had thick dark gray curtains drawn, but Qin Zhibo did see it when he turned around.
The edges of the curtains on that window were shaking.
There is someone at home...
"What's wrong?" Koizumi Hongzi asked.
"There are people at home." Qin Zhibo replied.
"Yeah?"
At Qin Zhibo's reminder, Koizumi Hongzi closed her eyes and tried to sense it with her sixth sense, and her intuition told her that there was indeed someone inside.
"But why didn't he open the door?"
Qin Zhibo casually guessed: "Maybe we came here suddenly and thought we were some suspicious people..."
At this moment, a middle-aged man walking his dog passed by on the street and said hello to Qin Zhibo.
"Hello?"
"Hello~"
The middle-aged man grabbed his beagle, stopped and asked, "Are you here to see this family?"
Qin Zhibo looked back at the house behind him, nodded and replied: "Yes, do you know the situation of this family?"
The middle-aged man hesitated and said, "I'm not sure. People here rarely show up."
"But there are often people in suits and ties who come to the people living here and deliver a lot of food and daily necessities. Occasionally they will take the person out and let her sit in their car and go somewhere..."
As he spoke, the middle-aged man approached Qin Zhibo pretending to be mysterious and asked in a low voice: "Are you a policeman? Are you here to investigate this family?"
Qin Zhibo was a little startled, but he had to say that this middle-aged man was quite accurate in judging people. Although he was not a policeman at the moment, he was better than a policeman.
The middle-aged man denied it when the man in front of him denied it, showing a proud expression, "That's right, I almost never make mistakes when I look at people."
"According to my observation, the person living in this house is a prostitute..."
"Secret prostitute?" Qin Zhibo was surprised.
The law and order movement in Brooklyn has just begun, and many of the cultural dregs that were once popular have not been completely abandoned, and are even turning from light to light.
In this middle-aged man's eyes, he doesn't have to go to work every day, and strangers often come to bring him food, and he stays in that dark room for half an hour at a time.
This is not a flesh and blood business, so what else can we do?
Therefore, the middle-aged people suspected that Qin Zhibo, the "policeman", was sent by the superiors to conduct an undercover investigation.
"Let me tell you, an Asian pretty boy recently lived in that house. Maybe the older one is making money to take care of the younger one..."
Suddenly, the middle-aged man's gaze shifted, and he seemed to see something, and immediately stopped talking.
"Here he is."
"Officer, you must investigate carefully and make this community clean..."
After saying that, the middle-aged man took the beagle and left.
Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi looked in the direction indicated by the middle-aged man, and it turned out that it was our hall Yingyou who had returned from outside.
At this moment, Qin Zhibo didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It turns out you are the little one who was kept...
Our hall Yingyou was carrying two large bags of things, and he happened to bump into the two people standing on the path.
"Mr. Qin!"
"Anko-san!"
Qin Zhibo looked through the opening of the black plastic bag and saw some tools inside, such as weeding shears, screwdrivers, and work gloves.
"Why are you here suddenly!"
Hondo Yingyu's face was full of surprise, and he excitedly stepped forward to give the two of them a hug, but Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi reached out to stop him at the same time.
"Wait a minute! Put down the tools in your hands first."
As soon as the main hall Yingyu looked at the things bought by his left and right hands, he felt embarrassed and quickly put the things on the ground, otherwise some unexpected harm would occur.
"By the way, have you finished what you have to do?" After the hug, I asked Yingyou.
Before they parted ways in New York, Qin Zhibo told him that he and Koizumi Hongzi had to do other things in the United States, but did not tell Hondo Eiyou the details of the matter.
"That's right..." Qin Zhibo smiled and said his next plan, "We will take a break in New York for a while, and then return to Japan after a while, so I wanted to see how you are doing here before leaving.
In this way, I will have a chance to explain to your sister when I go back..."
Our hall Yingyou does not have the contact information of Sui Wu Reina. To ensure safety, Qin Zhibo is still the only contact person for Sui Wu Reina.
When Yingyou heard Qin Zhibo mention his sister, he immediately made a very happy expression, "I'm living a good life here. The landlord of the boarding house has accepted me, and the neighbors are also very friendly..."
"Friendly? I don't think so..." Koizumi Hongzi said in a nonchalant manner at this time, obviously revealing that people nearby have been gossiping about this family.
Hearing this, Bentang Yingyou smiled slightly bitterly.
In fact, on the way here, he had already seen the neighbor walking his dog nearby saying something to Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.
Although he couldn't hear the specific content, he knew it must be bad content.
The reason is that the reputation of the family where I am staying is not very good in the neighborhood.
On the second day after he moved in, he felt the disapproving eyes of the people around him when he greeted the neighbors.
"You must have heard something, but I can guarantee that he is definitely a good person who lives here."
After saying that, our hall Yingyou went to open the door.
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There was a strong smell of air freshener in the room.
To be continued...