Chapter 22: Upper Floors
The final of the 1500m was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and Lin Xi woke up at 7 a.m. to make himself a pot of coffee.
At half past nine, she picked up a group of dog friends at the school gate, and a group of 6 people drove 3 luxury cars, and Lin Xi had a little headache when she saw it.
What is more troublesome than her is her group of dog friends, who should have wandered in their dreams early on Saturday morning, but ran to this "barren mountain and wild ridge" to watch Sister Xi run. After parking the car outside the gymnasium, Zhang Peng hooked up with Lin Xi's shoulder as if he hadn't woken up, "Sister Xi, I'm sleepy." β
Naturally, he was pushed away by Lin Xi in disgust, and threw the breakfast he bought for everyone into his hands.
Breakfast was bought at the breakfast stall where he had been questioned by the police. It was very much to her taste, and after the questioning, she passed by and often went back there to buy a little thing.
Everyone swept into the gymnasium and joined Lin Xi's track and field team, although they were of the same age, they didn't know each other and were not in a circle, Lin Xi could feel that the two groups of people couldn't talk together for the time being, and she couldn't always take care of the left and right.
After 10 o'clock after eating, Zhang Peng and Qi Xiuyuan's habit of a cigarette after dinner came, Lin Xi and the track and field team went to say hello and went, and walked to an inconspicuous place outside the gymnasium with their dog friends, and several people gathered in a circle.
Lin Xi, who was sandwiched between a group of trendy brand-name men and women in a pair of sports shorts and fluorescent yellow jackets, was very eye-catching no matter how she looked at it, attracting passers-by to look sideways from time to time. Lin Xi refused the cigarette handed by Zhang Peng's younger brother and chewed gum.
"Sister Xi, are you changing sex now?, only messing with Xueba?" it was Qi Xiuyuan who spoke.
"Learning makes me happy," the smoke from the smoke rings spit out by everyone filled the smoke, and Lin Xi couldn't help but take a step back, "And they're all very good." β
Zhang Peng, "Hey, it's not like we're talking about it, it's in vain that we rushed so far in the morning to see you run." β
"Hey, I didn't eat the quiche I bought, and I got up early in the morning to buy you breakfast. Lin Xi learned his tone and went back.
The autumn sky is cloudless, and the gymnasium is crowded with people under the scorching sun, and the shouts and screams are endless. Some of the players on the field are bound to win, and some are dejected and look like they have been forced to participate in the competition. The crowd converged along the outer ring of the gymnasium and the track and field team in the reporting area.
Lin Xi was the first of the crowd to participate on Saturday, and after the report, she got the number plate, and Huizi helped her pin it to pin it to the fluorescent yellow sports vest. Han Yuan was cheering her up on the side, and she was also trying to liven up the atmosphere.
"Which of you can help me get some ice water? It's hot today, I'm going to cool down after my run. Lin Xi said to the dog friends, they are idle here, and they are just sending them some work.
But before a group of second ancestors could speak, Wang Yubin volunteered to buy water first.
Zhang Peng stared at the direction he left for a moment.
Before going on the field, Liu Shuo also repeated the tactics to Lin Xi, grabbing the position after the start to pull the distance, and maintaining physical strength at a constant speed in the middle to prepare for the final half lap of the sprint.
Qi Xiuyuan stabbed Zhang Peng with his elbow and glanced at him with his eyes, "Sister Xi is in demand everywhere." β
Swap back a dismissive face.
Wang Yubin came back after buying water, and Lin Xi had already stepped on the runway and was in place. Her position is not very good on the outside lane, but it doesn't have much of an impact on the half-distance running.
A gunshot rang out, and 15 girls of different heights set off. Compared with other contestants, Lin Xi's legs are not the longest or the tallest, but they must be the brightest in the audience. That bright yellow first scuffled in the crowd, and gradually entered the first echelon to distance itself from the people behind him.
Because there was a relay sprint in the afternoon, Lin Xi didn't dare to rush too fast, and ran at the end of the first echelon of 4 people.
Two laps later, there was already a girl in the first echelon who gradually fell behind because she worked too hard in the early stage, and the first echelon and the last person also opened up a distance of nearly half a circle. At the end of the third lap, only Lin Xi and two other girls were left in the first echelon.
Entering the last lap, when Lin Xi turned straight from the corner, he saw the other two girls running the relay, the distance was a little far and he couldn't hear clearly, but Lin Xi still felt their cheering with enthusiastic shouts.
She hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, and leisurely raised her arms to them.
A group of people were waiting at the finish line, and Qi Xiuyuan hooked Zhang Peng, "Yo, Lin Xi's physical strength is good enough, and he still has room to compare his heart." β
Huizi hooked the corners of her mouth, "She has practiced this since she was a child." β
Zhang Pengqi Xiuyuan didn't think much about it, nodded in compliance, and then heard Huizi's words, "I heard that I chased you all over the yard and playground since I was a child, and I practiced." β
Zhang Qi and the two, "......"
Qi Xiuyuan came to Huizi's side and whispered, "You have to learn from her and chase You Yang all over the yard, maybe it's already in hand." β
After speaking, he consciously used Zhang Peng as a shield to avoid Huizi's poisonous hands.
Lin Xi began to accelerate in the last half lap, the first place girl not only had good physical strength, but also the speed of the whole process, and in the last lap she had already opened the distance, Lin Xi was trying to catch up with the second girl.
Perhaps due to lack of physical strength, or perhaps subconsciously reserved for the relay in the afternoon, Lin Xi finally crossed the finish line in third place.
Everyone began to gather around the finish line, and Zhang Peng naturally took away two bottles of iced mineral water from Wang Yubin's hand, dropped a sentence of "thank you, buddy", unscrewed the cap of the bottle and brought the water to Lin Xi.
She couldn't speak before she could breathe, and she paced on the spot to adjust her breathing before she took the water, divided it into several sips, and drank most of the bottle, and poured the remaining half bottle on her arms and legs to cool down.
Wang Yubin didn't know where to find a tissue for her, and intimately instructed, "The pores are still dilated after running, be careful when you touch cold water all of a sudden, you will catch a cold." β
Before Lin Xi could say thank you, there was a disdainful "hiss" sound from the side, Zhang Peng put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked like he could never stand up straight, "Sister Xi, that's a foreigner's physique, not so delicate." β
The tone was sarcastic and a little rushed, and Lin Xi obviously felt that Wang Yubin's figure was stunned. She glared at Zhang Peng and frowned, "I don't take you like this, I'm like a female King Kong." β
Zhang Peng didn't say anything more, Qi Xiuyuan observed his words, and shook his cuffs exaggeratedly and glanced at the omega on his wrist, "Sister Xi, what time are you relaying?"
Lin Xi thought about it and couldn't remember it a little clearly, and looked at Han Yuan.
It's understandable that I don't remember, first of all, my brain is really not very good, plus she just ran 1500, her brain and breath are the same, and she is in a mess. Liu Shuo's men's 3,000 meters was about to start, and Han Yuan was helping him sort out the number plate, not noticing what was happening here.
Wang Yubin had already memorized the order of the game, but he just looked at Lin Xi's group of friends who were a little aggressive and incompatible, and didn't know whether to open his mouth or not, until Lin Xi cast a look at him, "Xueba, do you remember?"
He just opened his mouth, "Half past one." After a while, 11 o'clock is Liu Yanshuo's 3000 meters, and 12 o'clock to 12:30 o'clock has a lunch break. β
"There's still more than two hours to go, let's eat. Zhang Peng received.
Lin Xi asked a few friends to go first, and she waited for Wang Yubin's game to go over to find them.
"Lin Xi......" Han Yuan couldn't help but ask her between the games, "Your friend doesn't seem to be very easy to get along with." β
She asked directly and cautiously, and Lin Xi's heart inevitably sank a little.
"There's nothing," you don't have to think about subconsciously denying, "everyone met for the first time today, and the tempers of several of them are like this, and it's fun to get acquainted with them." Don't take it to heart. β
Lin Xi explained for his friends, saying miserable and weak clichΓ©s, and he was not even convinced.
But some of the ugliness of society is like this, and the differences between classes and circles are so nakedly there. Lin Xi had no reason to let Fa Xiao condescend, let alone ask his classmates to curry favor.
If when she opened up in high school, she only vaguely understood that "money can make ghosts grind", then what is spread out in front of her now is the naked "class".
Lin Xi is brave and proud, but also sentimental, immature and sensitive.
It's even more hypocritical.
Courage is supported by friends, pride is given by family history, immaturity is delivered by age, and sensitivity is innate.
Hypocrisy may be an inexplicable emotion that arises after experiencing life. It is also the only one that does not come from others and belongs to Lin Xi to himself.
And Han Yuan on the other side also realized for the first time that she was very different from Lin Xi.
If you got along with Lin Xi before, except for the occasional gap in values, Lin Xi never showed a superior posture in front of her.
But the sense of superiority that her group of friends revealed inadvertently and without even expressing a stance was displayed in front of Han Yuan in another naked posture.
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The relay final in the afternoon has always been the highlight of the Games, and the stadium is packed with people ready to watch this good show.
Lin Xi was holding a nervous heart in the last stick, and after the referee fired the starting gun, his nerves were highly concentrated, tensing the muscles of his whole body, and staring intently at the figure of his teammates.
When Han Yuan took over the second baton, they had already rushed to the position of being neck and neck with the second place.
Han Yuan and the other party were on equal footing, no one let anyone, and handed over the third stick almost at the same time.
Lin Xi had already prepared the posture of receiving the last baton in the position, and they had more time than the first and second places in the baton, and fell a little behind when they entered the final sprint.
She just felt that there was no other thought in her mind at that time except for running.
Lin Xi's start was not fast, but the afterburner leg speed was fast, she listened to the shouts that resounded in her ears, sprinted hard, and the moment she crossed the finish line, she felt as if they had won.
Han Yuan was the first to rush up and give her a bear hug, shouting excitedly "We won, we won", "First first". The other two girls also joined the group, and the four of them hugged each other and jumped and jumped to celebrate the victory.
In just a moment, four girls with different backgrounds and personalities share the purest joy.
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Lin Xi didn't wait for the award ceremony to leave in the end, and she and a group of dog friends were not interested in staying for the closing ceremony, not to mention that Lin Xi's sweat was wet and dry, dry and wet on her body, she just wanted to go home and take a hot shower and change into clean clothes.
Zhang Peng said that he wanted to celebrate her in the evening, and he set a seat in Vixx at night, and a group of dog friends got up early in the morning and now they are wilting one by one, and they plan to go home in the afternoon to sleep first and fight at night.
Huizi accompanied Lin Xi back to the apartment on Student Street, and when Lin Xi changed her clothes and came out of the bathroom, she saw her leaning on the balcony railing in a daze.
"What do you want to eat at night?" Lin Xi asked, lighting a cigarette. She endured a day and didn't smoke for the sports meeting, she was refreshed and the first puff of cigarette was fast, and the whole person was a little fluttering all of a sudden.
"The food at noon is a little tired, go to Xiaotang's house to eat some soup or water, or eat some salad. β
Lin Xi glanced at Huizi's small arms and legs, and there was not even excess fat on his body.
And Lin Xi himself, who basically didn't eat anything except breakfast today, consumed so much energy in a day, and was about to eat a big meal without guilt, "Then let's go to Xiao Tang's house." "At least she can eat some meat.
"Oh gossip, how have you been with You Yang lately?"
Lin Xi, Zhang Peng, Qi Xiuyuan, Shao Yi and You Yang grew up together since childhood, and You Yang was the eldest.
Lin Xi only met Huizi when she entered the fifth junior high school, and her mother was still alive at the time, hoping that she would be a good child with excellent character and learning, so the head teacher arranged her and the good girl Huizi of the study committee to be at the same table.
In the later relationship, I found that the "good girl" was only because she was cold.
The first time Huizi met You Yang was a month after the start of school. Girls of this age like to hold hands and go to the toilet together between classes. Back at the door of the class, she was attracted by the slender boy leaning against the side of the hallway, wearing a high school uniform.
Although Lin Xi's academic performance has not improved by leaps and bounds, at least he has been influenced by Huizi's tablemate in his learning attitude. You Yang appeared in order to send learning materials to Lin Xi, and happened to fall into the love of the little girl who entered Huizi.
The young man who is as green as jade is more handsome and stable than all the boys she has come into contact with, and the silver-rimmed glasses are very Sven and a little mysterious.
Childhood love is so simple, just such a glimpse can be rooted in the heart.
She still remembers these back and forth, You Yang sent study materials to Lin Xi, and Lin Xi took Huizi to the high school.
The little girl who has just entered the 16-year-old is so nervous that she can't even go to the senior floor as if she has stepped into a forbidden place.
But Lin Xi has always been as carefree as a person who has nothing to do.
This age is the most sensitive to the opposite sex, and the seniors in the years can only hide a little secret in the diary, except for a few more praises with their girlfriends, they don't dare to make more moves.
But Lin Xi didn't have any scruples even when he asked You Yang about the seniors.
She still remembered that when they were in the teaching building of the high school during recess, Lin Xi bumped You Yang's waist with his elbow without any worries, and his eyes were still flashing with excitement, "Hey, who is the boy who walked by with a basketball just now?"
Keiko remembers that she was a little envious of their closeness, and even a little jealous and jealous.
You Yang was like an older brother, slapping Lin Xi on the back of his head, telling her to sober up and study hard.
I thought that the one-sided liking would be like this with You Yang's graduation from high school, but because of Lin Xi's existence, You Yang also stayed in Huizi's life.
If you want to say that the two of them have something, in fact, there is nothing, but everyone knows the ambiguous relationship between her and You Yang. But if anyone comes out to talk about this, they will obediently shut their mouths every time they kill Lin Xi with a fierce look.
During You Yang's college years, whether in Nancheng or in the United States, I heard that he had a few relationships, but usually before everyone could find out who the woman was, it was gone.
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Keiko looked up from her memories and replied, "Well, that's it, let's go out for dinner once in a while." He's been quite busy lately, though. β
Lin Xi thought about it, he used Barrister You as a private detective, the kidnapping case, Lin Zhengxiong's car accident, and even the background of the company's shareholders asked him to check, so it was strange that You Yang was not busy.
It's also very face-saving to be able to take time out to watch her run.
"It's been more than two years since You Yang returned to China, and you guys are so tepid? Don't really treat yourself as a spare tire. Lin Xi and Huizi don't have to hide their words, they are straightforward and want to say anything.
One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, but after all, Huizi is the passive one in this competition.
At the age of 23, I haven't talked about a serious relationship, don't look at her ruthlessness when she counts Lin Xi, but in fact, her thoughts are sometimes simple. Lin Xi didn't want her to waste too much on a relationship that didn't bear fruit.
After watching as a bystander for so many years, I also know that if the two of them can have something, they should have achieved positive results a long time ago.
Keiko lowered her head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Actually, someone has been chasing me recently, and I haven't agreed yet......"
"What?" Lin Xi heard some shocking secret, pinched his cigarette and held Huizi's face with both hands, with an excited and shocked face, "Who is who? Do I recognize it?"
Huizi opened Lin Xi's hands that were ravaging her cheeks, and pinched her waist in a counterattack, causing Lin Xi to jump back and dodge.
"The mouth is like a laser gun, so which one do I answer first?" Keiko looked at her amusedly.
"All of them, do I know them?"
"I don't know. β
Lin Xi's little face was puzzled, "What's it called?"
"Xie Anlun. β
"Xie Anlun?" Lin Xi repeated the name, without any impression, and said thoughtlessly, "His English name must be Allen." β
Keiko, "......"
"What are you doing?" Lin Xi entered the torture session.
"I'm engaged in finance, and I don't know much about stock investment. β
"Are you handsome?" After asking the basic situation, the most important point came here.
Huizi tilted her head and thought about the man's appearance, Lin Xi saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and asked, "Then who do you think he or You Yang looks good?"
Keiko, "......"
Lin Xi didn't hesitate to hold Huizi's arm and shook it, and was pushed away in disgust and glanced at her, pretending to be angry, "Can't eat yet?" Hurry up and clean up, and I'll talk to you in detail when I eat." β
Four weeks have passed since the Jinya poisoning incident, although the incident has not been reported much on the social news, but because of the severity of the incident, the criminal investigation team has still received attention from the provincial department, and even Ye Youliang has put pressure on Ye Zeyan from time to time.
Jin Ya received a phone call at 7:50 p.m. before the crime and was called away, and according to the surveillance outside the hot pot restaurant, she got into a taxi. However, the taxi driver did not install a dash cam in his car, and he also pulled a lot of guests in the city that night, and he was not impressed by Jinya.
Jin Ya called back at 8:10 a.m., and according to the signal, it was in the southern city area and was located in the same area as Bar Street. However, when investigating the surveillance outside the bar when Jin Ya was unconscious, the surveillance records of the bar for a week disappeared, and it was obvious that someone had done something.
Several large transfers received during his college years were opened in Qingchuan City, Chi Duong Province, and the head of the account was named Chen Zifan.
When the criminal investigation team felt that there was finally a breakthrough, they were told by Qingchuan that after further investigation, they learned from their relatives that Chen Zifan died in a major traffic accident with his father and sister as early as 15 years ago.
Ye Zeyan sat in the office, looking at the information on the whiteboard with a group of police officers, and fell into deep anxiety.
"According to our investigation, there is a high probability that the first suspect, Huang Song, is still in Nancheng. Although the surveillance records outside the comatose bar where Jin Ya was in a coma were erased the week of the crime, we transferred the records of several bars around the neighborhood and the previous ones, and Huang Song was found in the past six months, which can be judged to be a habitual offender who picks up corpses. Liu Fen reported.
"We have also deployed manpower with the city bureau to strengthen late-night patrols and surveillance near Bar Street. He hasn't been seen for a month, and it's very likely that he will commit a crime in the near future. Ye Zeyan added, Junyi's face was serious and slightly tired, "The provincial department is already putting pressure down, if there is no major breakthrough, the provincial department will intervene." β
The more the case is investigated, the more suspenseful it becomes.
The time of Jinya's death does not match, the income during college is unreasonable, and the identity of the payer has long since died.
Everyone hopes that the case can be solved as soon as possible, but if the provincial department intervenes, to a certain extent, it also reflects the ineffective handling of the case by the Nancheng Criminal Investigation Team, even if it is not meritorious, it is equivalent to giving the city bureau a slap in the face.
Ye Zeyan rubbed his eyebrows irritably.