When she looked up from the thick pile of information again, the hour hand was already pointing to "nine", and she stretched, rubbed her temples and eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief.

There are a lot of materials, not a day or two can be sorted out, she sorted out the information that sorted out her thoughts, neatly placed it in the corner of the table, and put another pile of materials into her backpack.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of the door opening, and she looked up to see a man in his forties pushing the door in, and the man was a little surprised to see that there were still people.

"Xiao Gu, haven't you gone back yet?" he looked at the stacks of materials on the table, smiled, and knew it in his heart.

"Director Liu. Gu Yanran stood up and said hello to Liu Wei'an, "I'm still preparing some materials, and I'm ready to go back now." ”

Liu Wei'an is her university tutor, and he has always been very careful to cultivate her, and in his spare time, Gu Yanran will come to her studio to help do some research.

"Hey, young people are just motivated, but don't be too anxious, the information is not in a hurry, or your body is important," he walked over and took a copy from his desk and put it in his briefcase, "Let's go, send you back." ”

"No need, Director Liu, I'll just go back by myself, I still have some other things, so I won't bother you. Gu Yanran hurriedly sorted out his things and passed by him, bowed slightly, pushed open the door and left.

Liu Wei'an looked at her distant back, shook his head and sighed, "Sometimes this temper is really exactly the same as your father's, stubborn." ”

When I walked out of the studio, I found that it was drizzling and dimming the street lamps in the distance.

I didn't eat dinner, I was a little hungry, the small supermarket not far away was still lit, she didn't bring an umbrella, she could only cover her hands above her head and trot over in the rain.

There are not many people in the store, they all choose things on the shelves, Gu Yanran pushed open the glass door, and the little clerk inside stepped forward enthusiastically and asked, "What do you want to buy...... After seeing Gu Yan clearly, he was frightened, and took a few steps back, frowning.

Of course Gu Yanran knew what was going on, she smoothed her wet short hair with her right hand, her hair covered the right side of her face, and walked to the shelves without saying a word.

Even with his back to the door, Gu Yanran could still hear the clerk running to the side and whispering to someone, "Look, that woman's face ......"

"Shh----hh ”

"Why, it's so light. ”

Gu Yanran smiled and began to choose the bread on the shelf, whether to buy meat floss or seaweed...... Alas, Gu Yanran was entangled.

She looked up at the outside of the store, and countless droplets of water fell from above, merged with the droplets below, and continued to slide faster.

The glass lined the gray and black exterior, reflecting the figure of a short-haired girl, a terrible scar was reflected on the right cheek of the face, the new skin and dead flesh were uneven, like crawling worms, the woman in the glass touched the right side of her face, and sighed silently.

It was a large burn scar, a scar that had ruined her face and almost ruined her eyes.

She casually chose a meat floss bread, walked to the cashier to pay, standing in front of her was a mother and daughter, the girl stood next to her mother and looked around, she turned her head and saw Gu Yanran's face, like a frightened rabbit, desperately hiding in her mother's arms, "Mom, I'm afraid of ......"

The mother turned her head to look at what was going on, and when she saw Gu Yan, she moved forward in disgust and avoided it like a plague god, urging the clerk, "Hurry up!"

Gu Yanran silently turned her face away, didn't say anything, and handed the bread to the cashier after the mother and daughter left, and the cashier didn't want her to stay for another minute, so he quickly collected the money and made change.

"Thank you," Gu Yanran took the change, pushed open the glass door and walked away amid the impatience and disgust of others.

It's been like this for the past three years, everyone saw her take a detour, pointing and pointing, and at first they would be aggrieved and sad, but after a long time, they now feel that there is nothing. People live for themselves and always care about what others do.

The rain had stopped, and Gu Yanran walked briskly towards home.

The location of the house is better, and there are lights and shadows along the way, and a person does not look gloomy and lonely.

This house was bought by her family three years ago when she was going out to study at the end of the college entrance examination, she didn't like to be crammed into a dormitory of less than 20 square meters with other people, and she didn't like her private space to be stopped, so she resolutely chose to live outside the school, and even if she returned late, there was no big problem.

It was a small terraced house, surrounded by a manicured lawn, and each one would have two units, but this one was now only lived by her, and the upstairs was still empty, sometimes giving people a chilling feeling.

The sound of the combination lock being unlocked sounded, Gu Yanran pushed open the door, took off his shoes at the entrance, walked to the sofa and fell straight on the sofa, a sore pain hit his back, hey, it's really tiring to work so long every day.

She turned her head sideways and looked at the porcelain vases on the coffee table, which was a porcelain vase from the late Qing Dynasty that she bought a few days ago, the value was not very high, but the pattern of the bottle made her fall in love at first sight, so she bought it without hesitation.

The flowers in the porcelain vase were listless, she turned over, picked up the porcelain vase, and changed the water for the flowers inside.

If people see themselves using the cultural relics of the late Qing Dynasty as a vase here, they must say that they are violent and ruined, she smiled, put the porcelain vase back in its place, turned on the TV, took out the bread she had just bought, and ate it while watching.

Scenes were played out on TV, but her eyes were unfocused, and her thoughts didn't know where to go.

She turned off the TV, didn't turn on the lights, and sat quietly on the sofa alone, for how long, it has always been a feeling of being alone, and loneliness has become a habit.

She closed her eyes and listened to the cold wind howling outside, and after a long time there was the sound of even breathing.

When he opened his eyes, it was already bright outside, and after looking at the time, it was just half past six, and Gu Yanran couldn't sleep, so he got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hair and bathe.

I hastily made breakfast, filled my stomach, and prepared to go out.

When I picked up the bag, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't read the materials I brought back yesterday, and my bowels were green, and my workload was going to increase today.

Director Liu's studio is located in a deep alley, and you can't find it if you don't look closely, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a hole in it.

Today was a little different from the silence of the past, there were five or six cars parked outside the alley, and there was no one in the cars.

Presumably he came to find Director Liu, Yan Ran thought, picked up his bag, and walked into the alley.

The studio was as busy as ever, but it felt like everyone was hiding a sense of eagerness and excitement.

A person next to him hurriedly walked by, saw that it was her, and turned back, "Why did you come so early today, Director Liu said that you can come later today." ”

This is one of the few people who can speak in the studio - Fang Nuo, who is one year older than her, and is also a student of Director Liu.

"I woke up early, I wanted to come early when I had nothing to do. Yan Ran smiled at her kindly, saw the door of the conference room closed, and asked, "What's wrong today, there are so many cars outside?"

"I don't know, there was a large wave of people just now, it seems that they were sent from above, and I didn't listen carefully to what they said, and now Director Liu and them are in the conference room. She approached Yan Ran, and the thief said, "I think it's a good thing." ”

"Which time did you say it? Yan Ran smiled faintly, suddenly thought of something, walked quickly to the table, found the materials that were sorted out yesterday, and handed them to her, "The materials are all ready." ”

Fang Nuo took it, looked at the thick pile of information in his hand, and said incredulously, "Yanran, are you a god, it will be done in two days, I thought it would take two weeks at the earliest, now I can make a difference, I love you to death, Yanran, thank you, I will treat you in the evening and have a big meal." ”

Yan Ran just wanted to push it, and suddenly the door of the conference room opened, and several middle-aged men in suits came out first.

Director Liu followed closely behind and shook hands with them again, "Don't worry, I will be fully responsible for this matter, and I will do my best." ”

"Lao Liu said that, we are relieved, you have so many outstanding and capable students, and we also welcome them to join us. The only white-haired old man next to him was radiant and held Director Liu's hand.

"It's better to have such an opportunity to give students experience, and tell Yang Ju that he will definitely give him a satisfactory answer. Director Liu smiled and sent a few people out of the studio for a while before turning back.

During this period, the pot exploded in the studio, and several people next to him kept talking.

"What's the matter? Director Liu attaches so much importance to it. ”

"How do I know, Director Liu came and asked. ”

Liu Wei'an was full of smiles when he came in, but he was mixed with a little sadness.

There was an instant silence inside.

"Tomorrow, the people of the No. 1 team will go with me, and Nanjing will find a large-scale ancient tomb, the identity of the tomb owner has not been determined, and we will do research there for a few days. Director Liu looked at the excitement on the face of the person who was named, and seemed to think of something, "By the way, Xiao Gu, you can go with you." ”

Yan Ran nodded.

Hearing Yan Ran's name next to him, he also clicked on it, and whispered:

"It's only been a few days since I arrived, and it's so good. ”

"Who knows, it matters. ”

Although the voice was soft, not a word fell into her ears.

"Xiao Gu, come with me. Director Liu turned around and walked towards his office, Yan Ran followed closely, and the discussion behind him became louder.

In the office, Director Liu glanced at her, "If you go, the progress can be much faster, don't care what others say, don't take it to heart, children at this age will inevitably have some thoughts of their own." ”

"I know, never took it to heart. ”

"Your father told me that you haven't been back for a long time, so take this opportunity to go back and see him. ”

Standing there without saying a word, Director Liu was embarrassed to say anything more, some things can be stopped, after all, this is a family matter.

"Director Liu, if it's okay, I'll go out first. ”

"Okay, let's get out, I'll let you know later. ”

She walked out of the office, and Fang Nuo waited outside.

"What, what did Director Liu say?"

"It's nothing, just let me prepare myself. ”

"Oh. Fang Nuo nodded, "You go back and tidy up your things first, I'll go back first, I'll be in a hurry when the temporary notice comes." ”

"Hmm. Yan Ran left first.

For many years, she has been going to the archaeological site with her father to explore, and she has also been to the tomb a few times, she has rich experience, and she is afraid that the people in other groups are not comparable, she knows Director Liu's intention to bring her.