On the other side of the phone was a clear and nice female voice, which came through the wind. I can't hear too much emotion in this sentence, whether it is concern or missing, it is well restrained, and it does not reveal anything.

It is the consistent style of Gu period.

"Well, don't worry, I'm in Meaux, and things are pretty much done. ”

Shen Chuanyuan took out the Bluetooth headset from his pocket, and walked forward unhurriedly, the sun shining on his body, with the unique warmth of a sunny winter day, as if squeezing out a little temperature from the ice and snow.

Just like Shen Chuanyuan's calm voice, there is a reassuring power in the plainness.

"Meadow is one of the few cities in Xiangxi that has not been overdeveloped, there are not many shops here, and it still maintains a traditional business model without over-commercialization. The local residents' way of life is also relatively ancient, and even some remote families are still practicing a self-sufficient farming mode, which is very Miaojiang's characteristics. So, you know, small periods...... The objects here are very suitable for the spring exhibition, and they can be placed in the Tianwentang Museum as new exhibits at the beginning of the year, which is worth the trip. ”

There is no problem with the report of this field trip, which is Shen Chuanyuan's usual rigor and meticulousness.

If it were in normal times, Gu Zhi would definitely not continue to ask. She knew Shen Chuanyuan's character, gentleness and peace were just his habitual gentlemen, and he was willing to leave room for others, and he would not let anyone fail to get off the stage.

The so-called psychoanalyst said conclusively that if you want to see a man's true character, don't be deceived by his rhetoric, and don't just believe his current attitude towards you, but look at what he looks like when he deals with small things.

For example, whether he will have violent tendencies when playing games and losing more than a dozen in a row, whether he will be condescending to the restaurant service staff, and whether he can be kind to strangers who have nothing to do with him, this is the side he tries to hide but can't help but show his feet, and through these can we see his true attitude towards his partner in the long life in the future.

But these are obviously not valid for seeing Shen Chuanyuan's heart.

He is polite and thoughtful to everyone, even if the object is a stranger who has never had the opportunity to meet a second time in this life, he does not hesitate to express kindness and make the other person feel decent and comfortable. If you have to describe it, Shen Chuanyuan is like a warm breeze mixed with the fragrance of peach blossoms in early March, moisturizing things silently revealing warmth, and he is a real beautiful son.

And that doesn't mean he's weak or willing to make any concessions for anyone.

Shen Chuanyuan is just too good at finding a strong position in interpersonal relationships.

Some time ago, Shen Chuanyuan proposed to go to other places to find some materials for the spring exhibition, and before leaving, he went to Gu Zhi alone. After inquiring about his girlfriend's recent work arrangements, he intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the research topic at hand.

Among them, there is information about the city of Meaux.

Gu Qi is a student of several sessions of Shen Chuanyuan, and she is also a student brought out by He Sheng. She and Shen Chuanyuan were four years apart, and Shen Chuanyuan was studying with He Sheng when she was in Z University. Because of his outstanding ability, Shen Chuanyuan is very valued by He Sheng, Lao He takes him with him in almost any project, and the teaching assistant of the undergraduates in the Gu period is Shen Chuanyuan.

Counting them down, it's from that time that their contact began.

It is like an iceberg beauty coming out of the picture of an ancient lady, and a gentle and elegant beautiful son, the attraction is irresistible and natural. Gu Qi later recalled this paragraph carefully, at that time, Shen Chuanyuan held a stack of He Sheng's corrected homework and sent them to the classmates in the class.

His voice was low and straight, and he called her name in a slighter tone - "Number Three, Gu Period, full marks".

The sunlight outside the window sprinkled on Shen Chuanyuan's side face, like a layer of warm filters, and even his eyebrows and eyes became more gentle. When he took the notebook, he curled the corners of his lips and chuckled, his gaze stopped on Gu Qi's face.

"Little junior sister, this paper is well written, and the angle of entry is very special. ”

"No...... Because I was very interested in totems, I wrote casually. ”

"Write casually, junior sister is too modest, these materials must have cost you a lot of effort, since it is done with your heart, it is enough to deserve any praise. Do you have time to talk after class? I'm interested in your chosen direction. ”

Shen Chuanyuan's voice was not loud, but it was as sincere as determination.

Gu Qi immediately lowered his head, not wanting to be seen by others on his suddenly flushed cheeks.

The little feelings of the girl's first love were stimulated, she had always been above the top, but in that moment, her heart turned into a pool of spring water wrinkled by the wind.

That moment was destined for a long time, and then the story between her and Shen Chuanyuan became almost inevitable.

Later, after graduating, Gu chose to stay in school, and taught at Z University with his teacher He Sheng, who was both a master and an apprentice and a colleague, and his friendship was never broken. She and Shen Chuanyuan had a good impression of each other, and then they were involved for many years, and they have been going around and around ambiguously.

The last layer of window paper is still Lao He's boat pushing the boat.

That's already a matter of staying in school for a long time, and every university has research indicators, which are often handed over to the old professor organization with a very high level and status, and Lao He is the living signboard of Z University. Among them, there is a research on Xiangxi Miaojiang that is in charge of He Sheng, who has studied this topic for many years, and Lao He has also made many field trips and obtained a lot of rare information.

However, because the research direction is too large, it cannot be completed overnight, and they have not completely written a final report for many years.

The last time He Sheng went to the real investigation, he seemed to have made a terrible discovery.

After coming back, he was very excited, shared a lot of experiences from the trip with Gu Qi, and also saw a lot of photos of local totems, and she still remembers the teacher's appearance like a treasure. He Sheng originally wanted to complete the topic selection report, but there were a lot of trivial matters during that time, and the integration of many materials required a lot of time and energy, so these had to be delayed. Then, it was Gu Qi and Shen Chuanyuan who had a clear relationship, but He Sheng, the old man, was very happy, and then Gu Qi, who was in love, inevitably found time to fall in love, He Sheng also approved it with a wave of his hand, and the project was suspended again.

Until the end, He Sheng suddenly disappeared, and the half-written report was only a half-finished product.

It stands to reason that the data on the subject for which the results of the research have not yet been obtained cannot be made public.

But Shen Chuanyuan is not an outsider, even if he just looks at the friendship over the years, his character is completely trustworthy. So for those materials and data that are not core, she simply opened up her permissions and let Shen Chuanyuan view them.

And that's where the problem comes in.

After that, Shen Chuanyuan went to Mocheng quietly, and the reason he gave was to find suitable exhibits for the Tianwentang Museum and prepare for the spring exhibition. But Gu Qi clearly remembered that when He Sheng had just disappeared, He Manzhou had a very bad mental state for a period of time, always having intermittent nightmares, and part of the scene in her dream overlapped with the photos in Miao Jiang's topic selection.

What is the connection between those mysterious totems and elusive metaphors and He Sheng's disappearance?

Why did Shen Chuanyuan hide this?

These messy thoughts were circling in Gu Qi's mind, and they had reached the point of not vomiting and being unhappy.

She was silent for a few seconds, and didn't ask anything directly, but continued to ask meaningfully: "Then when will you come back?"

"Tomorrow night's flight will arrive in Z city at about 2 o'clock in the morning. Shen Chuanyuan chuckled lowly, and lowered his voice a little soothingly, "Don't worry, everything that should be done has been done without any accidents." The scenery here is beautiful, and I can come with you for a vacation...... By the way, I chose a gadget to take home, and it was a gift for you. ”

"You know I'm not talking about these ......"

The end of Shen Chuanyuan's words had not yet dispersed, and he was interrupted by Gu Qi.

According to Shen Chuanyuan's understanding of her, she must have frowned slightly, chewed the subtext of his sentence carefully, and found between the lines the evidence that she called "intuition", wanting to prove something, and these so-called proofs, Gu Qi would never say it.

Her self-esteem is far greater than her need for emotion, and her personality will never allow her to show weakness, no matter who it is.

It's really a self-deceptive character, but that's what makes her cute.

"Okay, what do you want to ask me?" Shen Chuanyuan's voice was flat and gentle, as if he was patiently calming his upset lover, "Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with me here, you speak slowly." ”

Hearing this, Gu Qi was silent for a few seconds before sighing softly.

The more Shen Chuanyuan behaved with confidence, the more Gu Qi felt that he was unreasonable. Just like the more Shen Chuanyuan thinks about everyone and deals with all the problems rationally and thoughtfully, the more Gu Qi will feel that doubt is a kind of stain for him, as if he has stained a piece of people's sincerity with ugly ink stains and become not pure enough.

But how can you not doubt it?

After He Sheng's disappearance, Shen Chuanyuan resolutely chose to resign, without even consulting Gu Qi. If such a self-assertion just made Gu Qi feel uncomfortable, then since He Manzhou told about those strange dreams, Shen Chuanyuan's behavior became even more unreasonable.

He investigated these clues on his own, and at first he looked through the relevant materials, hoping to find clues from them that he could dig deeper. Later, he also asked Gu Qi a lot of related things, and these things were carried out completely behind He Manzhou's back.

Gu Qi couldn't say what he thought was strange, whether it was Shen Chuanyuan's excessive attention to He Manzhou, or his mystery and abnormality. Those suspicions and discomforts were entrenched in her heart, fermenting repeatedly between reason and emotion, and being swallowed countless times.

And such emotions reached their peak with Shen Chuanyuan's trip to Mocheng, and he couldn't hold it back anymore.

"You're investigating this privately, why don't you let Manman know?"

This sentence Gu Qi asked very restrainedly, in fact, what she wanted to say was much more than that, since earlier, she had already doubted Shen Chuanyuan's behavior. However, she just put it up to the point and didn't put too much pressure on him.

After all, the relationship between her and Shen Chuanyuan is here, Yu Gong is the same brother and sister taught by He Sheng, and the love over the years is here, and it is too stiff for anyone to look at. In private, Shen Chuanyuan's status in her heart has always been different.

"Xiaoqi, you are the elder sister of the long man, I have known her for so many years, don't you know her character? When the teacher was still there, I couldn't see her suffer a little grievance, and I never wanted to involve her, now that the teacher is gone, we should not cause any trouble to the little junior sister. ”

"Then you asked me about Miao Jiang's topic selection, what is the matter, do you care about the teacher's itinerary that year, is it because of the exhibits of the spring exhibition, or do you want to investigate other things?"

"Yes, you're right, I suspect there are other reasons for the teacher's disappearance. For this questioning, Shen Chuanyuan's performance can be called calm, he found out all the key points of Gu Qi, and explained them one by one, "I didn't tell you in detail, because I haven't found out anything substantive for the time being, everything is based on my guesses, so there is no need to say it, if there are clues, I will tell you." ”

Speaking of this, Shen Chuanyuan's tone paused slightly before continuing.

"Xiaoji, you care about me, I know this. Feelings are mutual, but everyone's expression of emotions is different, speculation and the chain reaction behind it is meaningless, we are all adults, there is no need to waste time because of excess emotions. You should trust me, in every way. ”

These simple words blocked all the words that Gu Qi didn't ask.

Shen Chuanyuan was too rational and too determined, and he smoothed all her worries without leaking, so that there was no need to ask the unspoken words again.

They have known each other for many years, and they know each other too well.

Just like Gu Qiming knew that if Shen Chuanyuan didn't want to say anything, he would definitely not be able to ask anything from him, but he still couldn't help but want to ask. And Shen Chuanyuan also knows too well how to make Gu Qi quiet, this is not a real knot to untie the knot, but it is the best way to avoid disputes in a short time.

What seems to be an ambiguous appeasement is nothing more than a decent perfunctory.

"Okay, I'll explain it to you when I get back, don't worry about it. ”

The conversation ended with Shen Chuanyuan's understatement, with the harmony it deserved.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Qi leaned on the back of the driver's seat and closed his eyes a little tiredly.