Chapter 54: Don't Desire
On a cloudy day with a wind, the sky was blue, and the closed windows in the room were blown with a "thunderclap", and yesterday evening the news broadcast that there would be strong winds and torrential rain today, so try to go out as much as possible.
Liao Tang sat at the desk, the table was covered with white test papers, she held the pen tightly and slowly put it down, it had been several days since Aunt Tang's disappearance was unknown, and I didn't know if the kidnappers had learned that they had called the police, so they refused to continue to provide clues.
Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, the old year is about to leave, and every family is busy preparing for the arrival of the new year.
And the Tang family is deserted, everyone is restless, and they are always thinking about Tang Xinlan who has not returned home. Tang Yunan always locked himself in the room, and only came out when he was eating, he began to become silent, bowed his head and took a few bites of food before quickly leaving his seat.
Tang He didn't keep the news at home, he was busy with his work and career, and if there were clues about Tang Xinlan's traces, he would naturally receive a notice from the police, so he almost didn't come back much.
Tang He's insipidity and meaninglessness made Liao Tang lose sleep for several nights. After all, the kidnappers are criminal criminals, although they said that they would not harm Aunt Tang's life for the sake of interest disputes, but they have already called the police, how can they have no worries.
But she could only sit there, and there was nothing she could do.
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something consciously, and turned on the mobile phone that had not been turned on for a long time, to be honest, she still had a few traces of nostalgia in her heart, if this matter had nothing to do with Lu Tingye, maybe he could help her.
She admits that she questioned him at first, but eventually chose to believe him.
Her eyes were staring straight at the phone screen, and it eventually showed that there were several missed calls, all from the same person, Ning Qin.
There wasn't even a text message about him.
The wind whined outside the window, and the raindrops the size of beans fell rapidly. In the distance, dark clouds dominated the sky, layer by layer, and then black and oppressive filled the entire area.
The last time it rained so heavily, it was on his birthday, Liao Tang smiled self-deprecatingly, and there was a little indescribable coolness in his heart.
"Qin, the phone has been turned off these days. I just saw a message from you. ”
"It's okay, Aunt Tang, is she okay?" Ning Qin asked with concern.
Liao Tang was silent for a few seconds and said, "Now the police haven't found out where she is, and they explained to us that the location is secret, and the investigation is time-consuming and laborious." ”
"Is Tang Yunan okay?" Ning Qin couldn't help but ask her.
Liao Tang said: "If such a big incident happened, he was in a very bad state. ”
"Wait for the rain to stop later, ask him out, and the three of us will go to the supermarket together. ”
"I'll ask him later. ”
"Good. ”
Ning Qin hung up the phone, she looked at the phone and lost her mind, hesitated for a long time, and finally dialed the number that was lying there quietly, she was a little nervous, and she didn't think about what to say, or directly asked him if he knew what his father had done.
"Hey ......"
Liao Tang didn't react for a while, and couldn't help blurting out, only to realize that it was an illusion in his urgency.
"The user you dialed is turned off. ”
Then a cold female voice interrupted what she was about to say, and for a moment she felt like a fool who was obsessed with it, unwilling to recognize the reality in front of her all along.
She turned her head and slipped her phone into a drawer, and in the blink of an eye, she found a cold tear falling on the back of her hand, and her fingers paused slightly.
She pretended to wipe it without incident, but there were all kinds of tastes in her heart. It turned out that what Aunt Tang said had hinted at everything to her a long time ago, but at this point, her heart was still chaotic.
Is she too confident? will ignore all the accidents that have occurred in the past year, and will easily like someone, and at the same time insist that this relationship is a happy relationship?
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Liao Tang paused at the door of Tang Yun'an's room, and after a few seconds, she reached out and knocked on the door.
"Come in. ”
Hearing Tang Yun'an's voice, she pushed open the door, and suddenly felt that her breath was quickly swallowed up by the thick smell of tobacco in the room the moment she pushed the door open, and her brain was blank.
"Tang Yun'an!"
Liao Tang couldn't help but roar at him angrily, he was lying lazily on the sofa, and there was an ashtray on the small coffee table, which was full of dust.
His eyes were red, and he stayed up for several nights, and his whole person was almost in a state of mind. Hearing Liao Tang's roar, he let go, the cigarette case fell to the ground, and a few cigarettes slipped out.
"Sister Liao......"
Tang Yunan's voice was hoarse, Xu was smoking too much, and he always felt that there was something in his throat that he couldn't spit out, and it was strange and uncomfortable when he spoke.
"What about not eating every day and hiding from smoking?" Liao Tang glared at him viciously, and his tone was very unfriendly.
"No, I'm in a bad mood. My mom doesn't have any news, can I not be in a hurry?"
"You do this again!" Liao Tang pointed at him with a small finger, paused, and said, "Wait for Auntie to come back...... I'll sue her when she comes back! ”
Tang Yunan couldn't help but smile softly, and asked tentatively, "Is Sister Liao worried about me?"
When she first found out that Tang Yunan was smoking, she realized that Tang Yunan was not what everyone knew on the surface, he was a sunny, smiling and carefree boy. In fact, he, like her, will feel overwhelmed by sudden, unfamiliar changes.
And he can only digest his emotions internally, and then show a smile that doesn't matter, so that no one can worry.
"The rain is about to stop, shall we go out for a walk?"
"If it's just the two of us, I'll go. ”
Liao Tang thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, you go and wash your dirty face and wait for me in the living room." ”
Tang Yunan touched his face and said to her thoughtfully: "You actually saw it." ”
Before going out, Liao Tang sent a text message to Ning Qin, saying that she couldn't go to the supermarket with her, and she quickly replied with a "yes".
The air is fresh after the rain, with a hint of coolness. In the evening, she and Tang Yunan walked side by side on the street, neither of them speaking.
The tiny droplets of water on the leaves slowly fell on her neck, and after a few seconds, she felt cool and cool, and heard Tang Yun'an speak: "Your father called me last night and asked me to go with him to the agreed place where the kidnappers negotiated in two days." The police didn't know about it, and he said he wanted to keep my mother safe. ”
Liao Tang's face was overjoyed, "In that case, Auntie will be able to come back safely soon." ”
"Well, yes. Tang Yunan said: "I didn't plan to tell you, but I can't bear to see you worry all the time." ”
"I'll go too. ”
Liao Tang's tone was firm. She can't stay at home anymore, as long as she stays, she will keep thinking, instead of this, it is better to take her aunt home in person.
"Hey," Tang Yunan sighed and said, "If you really can't help it, then let's go together." ”
"Good. ”
Later, they turned around and walked back, and when they were about to get home, Tang Yunan's face suddenly changed, and his tone was a little panicked: "Sister Liao, I remember!"
"What?"
Liao Tang glanced back at Tang Yun'an, who was standing still.
"Do you remember, there was a time when you always said that someone was following you, and I suddenly remembered the face of that stalker. When I came back from playing basketball that afternoon, I saw you walking in front alone, and I was about to say hello when someone ran away from me wearing a hat and running away. ”
Liao Tang looked stunned and asked, "Then what?"
"I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and then you shouted, and I walked up to you. In a trance just now, I remembered his face, as if it was your classmate Cheng Xinyuan. ”
A hint of surprise flashed in Liao Tang's eyes, and then she thought of Lu Tingye's previous statement that Cheng Xinyuan seemed to know a lot about her whereabouts, and thought of the pervert whose face was covered by the prank at the beginning, and all the shadows overlapped together, she was suddenly shocked in her heart, what was his purpose?
"That day in the supermarket, he admitted that he and Ning Qin were junior high school classmates," Liao Tang paused, looked at Tang Yun'an and said: "After you came, he became very cramped and uneasy, probably afraid that he would be discovered, so he immediately took the opportunity to get out of ......"
Tang Yun'an's expression was complicated, and he moved his lips, but he still didn't say anything.
Liao Tang's gaze fell on Tang Yun'an fixedly, and he muttered, "I seem to understand how things have developed step by step to get to where they are now......
Tang Yun'an was a little unconvinced, he felt that Liao Tangbi was smarter than many girls, and she would have noticed the scheming and small actions of her friends, so she immediately asked her: "Have you never doubted her?"
The corners of Liao Tang's mouth moved slightly, she was smiling bitterly, but in fact, her heart seemed to taste the taste of grapefruit, which was sour.