In the elevator, Li Zi'an put Li Xiaomei down and opened the envelope.

The envelope contained a piece of letterhead paper and a photograph.

Li Zi'an took out the letter and photo, and when he saw the photo, he was stunned for a moment.

The photo shows a sandy beach, the sun is shining, and an old man is standing on the beach with a drink in his hand, looking in the direction of the sea.

This old man is Huang Bo.

What made Li Zian stunned was not the person in the photo, but the time taken yesterday, July 28, 2020, at 4:22 pm.

"Huang Bo is not dead? This is impossible, I checked him at the time, he is obviously dead, how can he take pictures on the beach?" Li Zi'an's heart was confused.

He then looked at the photo carefully, and he suspected that it was a person who looked like Huang Bo, but after a closer look, he confirmed that it was Huang Bo. However, he found that the photo was not taken normally, Huang Bo was in front of him was a sea, there were yachts, and people surfing in the sea, and the photo should have been taken secretly from a yacht.

Li Zi'an opened the letter again.

There is a sentence written on the stationery: Tomorrow at noon, the story of Paris, meet and talk.

The elevator stops and the doors open.

Li Zi'an was still looking at the letter paper and was a little distracted.

It's so weird.

"Dad, it's here. Li Xiaomei said.

Li Zi'an came back to his senses at this time, he stuffed the letter paper and photos into the envelope, and then picked up Li Xiaomei and walked out of the elevator. He wondered whether to tell the housekeeper about it, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was better not to tell her, he didn't want her to get involved, and he didn't want her to worry.

Yu Meilin sat on the sofa in the living room, working on her laptop, and saw Li Zi'an coming back with Li Xiaomei in her arms, Li Xiaomei was still holding an ice cream in her hand, and asked with a smile: "Husband, how many ice creams did you buy Xiaomei?"

Before Li Zi'an could answer, Li Xiaomei raised the ice cream in her hand: "Mom, one!"

Yu Meilin gave a disgusted look: "You wipe your mouth clean before you speak." ”

Li Xiaomei wiped her mouth a little, and then found that there was brown chocolate crispy crust on her hand, and she fed it to her mouth.

After eating, there is no evidence.

"Nothing. Li Xiaomei said.

Li Zi'an couldn't help but smile bitterly.

You're a.

"Xiaomei, I'll carry you upstairs, it's time to sleep. Li Zi'an said.

Li Xiaomei said: "No, I want to sleep with my parents." ”

Li Zi'an glanced at Yu Meilin and sought her opinion.

Yu Meilin said with a smile: "Okay, you go back to the house with your father first, and your mother will come after finishing the work in hand." ”

Li Zi'an carried Li Xiaomei into the room, and then put her down.

"Daddy, take the ice cream apart for me. Li Xiaomei raised the ice cream in her hand high.

Li Zi'an pretended to be unhappy: "Dad put it in the refrigerator for you, and you will eat it tomorrow, if you eat two ice creams at a time, it will be easy to have diarrhea." ”

Li Xiaomei hugged Li Zi'an's legs: "Dad, please, you can take it apart for me." ”

Li Zi'an: "......"

A few seconds later, Li Xiaomei sat on the sofa again and began to eat ice cream.

Li Zi'an stood by the window and took out the photo again.

How can a person who is obviously dead live again?

He never figured it out.

His eyes fell on the date of the photo, wondering if it could be Hank's trick by adding yesterday's date to the previous photo. This is also a possibility, and with today's PS technology, it's easy to do that.

July 28, 2020...... Oh, Meilin's birthday is August 15th, and there is still half a month to go before Meilin's birthday, I have to prepare a birthday gift for her, what gift do I prepare?"

Mu Chuntao's birthday is October 1, which is the National Day.

Li Zi'an took out his mobile phone and looked at the calendar, and suddenly found a problem.

When Yu Meilin told him about her birthday, she didn't say whether it was the national calendar or the lunar calendar, if it was August 15 of the lunar calendar, it would be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival overlapped with the National Day, that is, if Yu Meilin's birthday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, then she and Mu Chuntao's birthday this year were the same day.

If the housekeeper and Momoko have the same birthday, then who does he spend it with?

It's a headache to think about.

Li Zi'an looked at Li Xiaomei, who had already eaten half of the ice cream, and asked tentatively: "Xiaomei, did you celebrate your mother's birthday?"

Li Xiaomei said: "After that, I will draw a birthday card for my mother." ”

"Well, that's good, do you have mooncakes to eat on your mother's birthday?"

"There are cakes, no mooncakes. Li Xiaomei said.

Li Zi'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Without mooncakes, it's not the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Li Zi'an took a picture of the photo, then put the photo in an envelope and put the envelope in the alloy toolbox. It's useless to think about it now, go meet Hank tomorrow and see what Hank has to say.

Subsequently, Li Zi'an sent the photo to the "lonely sentinel".

Dong Xi didn't reply.

Li Zi'an didn't wait, and dialed her again.

The phone went through quickly.

"What's the matter?" Dong Xi's voice said.

Li Zi'an said: "I met Hank just now, he gave me a letter, the envelope contains a photo of Huang Bo, the date taken is yesterday, I have already sent the photo to you WeChat." ”

"I'll see. ”

Li Zi'an continued: "Hank asked me to meet at a restaurant on Embassy Street at noon tomorrow, I don't know his motives and purposes, so I will say hello to you in advance." ”

"I saw the picture you posted, go meet him and listen to what he has to say. Dong Xi's voice.

"That's what I was going to do, I'm sure he's the big fish. Li Zi'an said.

Dong Xi said: "Don't rush to conclusions, subjective consciousness often affects our judgment, what you need is evidence." ”

Again, Li Zi'an didn't want to talk to her about this, so he changed the topic: "Are you still in the desert?"

"Yes, there is a professional archaeological team from above, who will take over the archaeological activities of the ruins, and Professor Kang and his students will also stay to assist the archaeological team in their archaeological work. ”

"Anything new?"

"The side hall has been cleared out, and ancient armor and cold weapons have been found, as well as some living utensils, and the bones you mentioned have not been found. However, I have reminded them that if they find bones, they will do it safely. Dong Xi said.

"If there's anything important to discover, please tell me. ”

"No problem. ”

"I'm going to meet Hank tomorrow, can you send a few agents or something to protect me?"

"No, it won't. ”

Doodoo ......

Without warning, Dong Xi hung up the phone.

Li Zi'an was a little speechless: "The next time I talk on the phone, I will hang her up once and let her experience this feeling." ”

Li Xiaomei gave an ice cream-flavored burp: "Dad, I want to listen to your story." ”

Li Zi'an put away his mobile phone: "Dad will take you to wash up first, and then tell you a bedtime story." After a while, Li Xiaomei lay in the quilt, her little face was clean, and her little feet were also clean. Li Zi'an took off his shoes and lay on his side on the bed to tell Li Xiaomei a bedtime story.

Li Zi'an made a trip to fold the branches, and then went to take a shower, and when he came out of the bathroom, Yu Meilin also entered the house.

Yu Meilin glanced at Li Xiaomei, who was asleep, and said with a smile: "Xiaomei sleeps with us, I see how you are still bad tonight." ”

Li Zi'an smiled: "I'll sleep honestly tonight and don't do anything." ”

Yu Meilin leaned over and pecked Li Zi'an on the cheek: "I'll go take a shower." ”

She didn't shy away from it, took off her skirt in front of Li Zi'an, and then went to the bathroom barefoot.

Li Zi'an's eyes were hot, but he could only endure it, he felt that it was unlikely that there would be any story with the housekeeper's wife tonight, because Xiaomei was here.

The sound of water was coming from the bathroom.

Li Zi'an didn't light sandalwood anymore, he went to bed, lay next to Li Xiaomei, looked at the little padded jacket that was snoring and sleeping, and his eyes were full of doting.

A snot bubble bubbled out of Li Xiaomei's nostril, growing and shrinking as she breathed.

Li Zi'an took a tissue from the bedside table and wiped her nose, and then couldn't help but peck at her little face: "You little slug, your bad problem must be inherited from your mother." ”

"Chocolate ......," Li Xiaomei muttered from her little mouth.

Li Zi'an was speechless on the spot.

I'm eating chocolate in my dreams, Li Xiaomei, can't you be a little more productive and dream of being a scientist?

Yu Meilin suddenly poked her head out of the bathroom door and whispered, "Husband, come over here." ”

Li Zi'an got out of bed and walked over and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I forgot to take my slippers, you can carry me to bed. Yu Meilin opened the bathroom door and opened her arms, looking like she was waiting to hug her.

A piece of holy light suddenly shone into Li Zi'an's eyes, and his soul was purified, both mentally and physically full of respect.

"Don't you want to hug me?" Yu Meilin said coquettishly.

Li Zi'an came back to her senses at this time, no wonder she went to the bathroom barefoot without slippers just now, it had been planned a long time ago, this was a routine.

However, he still willingly went up and picked up the housekeeper, walked back and put her on the bed. Then he remembered something and went back to the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" asked Yu Meilin in a low voice.

Li Zi'an said in a low voice: "I'll go get your clothes, you won't sleep with Xiaomei like this, right?"

Yu Meilin blinked: "I'll get it myself later." ”

Li Zi'an was slightly stunned, then understood, and said in surprise: "You don't want to ......"

He looked at Li Xiaomei, who was asleep, and he felt that something was wrong.

Yu Meilin rolled her eyes: "Aren't you just gentle?"

Li Zi'an walked over stubbornly: "What if I wake up the child?"

"The child sleeps well, it won't wake up, grandma told me that she wants to hug her grandson, don't make an excuse to be lazy, come over and hand in your homework." Yu Meilin beckoned.

Li Zi'an: "......"

Li Xiaomei was dreaming that she had become a baby and was lying in the cradle.

Her mom and dad stood by the cradle, rocking it together.

The cradle swayed, swayed, creaked.

Her mother was still singing, but it didn't sound like a lullaby.

What a strange dream.