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Spencerred looked at her in surprise, his eyebrows furrowed habitually. He looked at the girl sitting across from him, and a trace of doubt rose in his heart. At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the hair of Liu Fanxu's sideburns flew up and crossed her pale cheeks, and Spencer Led felt an urge in his heart, he wanted to raise his hand to comb her naughty broken hair, and wanted to pin them behind her ears for her, as if he had done this action many times. However, his excellent memory told him that he had never seen this girl, so why, why did he feel familiar with her in his heart.

He lowered his eyes in contemplation, but could not think of a reason, and he looked up at her again, only to see that she was always smiling, staring intently at him, as if he were her whole world. This suffocating feeling made him subconsciously lower his eyelashes, he pursed his lips, and replied with some uneasiness, "Okay." ”

Although both of them seem to be preoccupied, they really play chess, but they are not soft. Because they were all geniuses at mental arithmetic, it didn't take long for kung fu to evolve into a rapid chess duel, and the number of spectators watching their group became more and more.

Because of their rhythm, the outcome was quickly decided, and Liu Fanxu narrowly won by a slight margin. This immediately drew exclamations from the crowd of onlookers, as Spencer had never lost here, although he had always lost to Gordon when he was at BAU. He didn't particularly care about the result in the first place, so he didn't particularly care about losing this game, but he was amazed in his heart that he could still meet an opponent who was on his par with him here, and a feeling called joy arose in his heart for no reason, just like the comfortable feeling he felt when he talked to Maeve on the phone every week, with a little satisfaction and the joy of being understood.

Geniuses are always lonely, they are always subconsciously looking for companions, hoping that someone will be able to enter their world, and Spencer is no exception. So, after packing up the chessboard, he looked at Liu Fanxu and introduced himself, "My name is Spencerred, what's your name?" ”

The shallow smile on Liu Fanxu's face gradually faded, she raised her head and looked directly at Spencer, looked at his face seriously, tracing his facial features little by little, and after a while, a bright smile suddenly bloomed on her face, and she said with crooked eyebrows, "My name is Liu Fanxu." Spencer, can I call you Spencer? ”

"Of course, if you want," Spencerred nodded, quietly relieved, his lips curled in pleasure and lowered his eyelids again. Liu Fanxu's gaze swept over a space-related professional book on the desktop in his hand, her expression was suffocated, a trace of complexity flashed on her face, she moved her lips, and said in a low voice, "Now, are you studying space theory?" ”

"......" Spencerred

"No, that's good," Spencer Reed retorted at once, his eyes flashing with excitement, the excitement of finding a like-minded friend, and he curled the corners of his lips and continued, "It's a pleasure to see you today, do you usually come here?" ”

"Yes, I'm living nearby, what about you?" Liu Fanxu smiled and asked rhetorically, she needed to confirm his address, since he still appeared here, then he should still live nearby. Sure enough, after hearing her question, he raised his hand and waved, "I also live around here, it's incredible, we only met now, I mean I've actually lived here for several years, and I'm basically familiar with the surrounding residents." ”

"I think it has something to do with my profession, I travel a lot, and when I'm not working, I'm always at home and reading, so I rarely come out." Liu Fanxu shrugged indifferently, she looked at the crowd around her that had gradually dispersed, smiled and continued, "If it wasn't for a sudden whim today and wanted to come out for a walk, I wouldn't have come here." ”

"Can I ask for your mobile phone number?" Spencer Red looked at Liu Fanxu and asked a little nervously, "I mean, so that we can agree on a time to play chess together in the future, you know, my work is always on a business trip." ”

"It's great, great tiy!" Liu Fanxu was surprised, she didn't expect it to be so smooth, you must know that Spencer Red is no longer the stupid child who just walked out of school, he is more cautious and keen, and he will not rashly accept the closeness of strangers who suddenly appear. She was already ready for a long-term war of resistance, but she didn't expect that she could exchange contact information with him now.

While talking, the two had already set up the chess pieces on the chessboard, and when they started the game again, the two tacitly agreed not to choose to play fast chess, but to lay out relatively slowly while chatting. The two were more interested in what they were talking about than in the chess game. Whether it's mathematics or chemistry, philosophy or literature, medicine or engineering, whether it's boring or unpopular, there seem to be endless topics to talk about between the two of them, one after the other. Often just after saying a beginning, the other party can quickly understand what he means, this tacit understanding that seems to have known each other for many years and is so intimate that there is no distance makes Spencer Red feel at a loss and deeply infatuated at the same time.

None of them wanted to stop, they kept talking and discussing, as if they would keep talking like this as long as no one interfered. But it was just a beautiful reverie, as Spencer's cell phone chimeled interrupted their conversation. He frowned and took it out of his pocket and glanced at it, and then when he raised his head to look at Liu Fanxu again, his face was apologetic, and he said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I'm going to go first." ”

She knew very well that this was an urgent summons from BU, but she couldn't say goodbye to him as she had done in the past, so she could only force a smile and pretend not to know, and said regretfully, "Goodbye, Spencer." She watched intently as Spencer Led picked up his messenger bag, walked a few steps out but suddenly stopped, he turned to look at Liu Fanxu, his expression was mixed with apprehension, he looked into Liu Fanxu's eyes and asked in a low voice, "I can contact you again, right?" ”

"Atanytime......" Liu Fanxu met his clear gaze, suddenly squinted his eyes and said with a smile. Spencerred, who had received the answer, breathed a sigh of relief, curled the corners of his lips and strode away more lightly. She looked at his back until it was gone, then slowly lowered her eyelashes, the bright smile on her face faded until it disappeared, her eyes were misty, her heart was so sad that she raised her hand and turned the ring on her ring finger, remembering the conversation they had just had.

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"Huh? You say this ring? Spencerred raised his hand and gestured at the ring on his ring finger, explaining with some embarrassment, "I'm not married, and as for why I brought this, I don't remember when I started it, I have had this on my hand since I started, and I've gotten used to it for so many years, so I haven't taken it off." ”

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"Really, it looks like it's the same style, and you haven't wanted to take it off for some reason? It's weird, and so am I. Spencer Leaned over to look at the ring on her ring finger, then stretched out his hand to compare it with hers, his face curious and amazed.

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"Don't want to take it off?" Liu Fanxu's thoughtful face finally showed a shallow smile, she blinked her somewhat moist eyes, and whispered, "It's not too bad, isn't it?" ”

After sitting at the chess table for a long time, Liu Fanxu stood up and walked home absentmindedly. By the time she lay down on the sand, her expression was already full of exhaustion, and she raised her arms to cover her eyes, and a tear slowly slipped down the corner of her eye until it disappeared between the strands of hair on her sideburns. She just lay like this, motionless, until the sun sank, the street lights turned on, and the room became dim, Liu Fanxu still didn't move, she seemed to be asleep, and the silence made people feel depressed.

For a long time, the night was thick, and it was probably past the early morning, and Liu Fanxu, who was lying on the sofa and maintaining a posture, suddenly put down his arm that was pressed on his eyebrow bone. She raised the wrist of her other hand and looked through the night at the task bracelet that was attached to her wrist, her eyes complicated. She was silent for a long time, and finally exhaled a heavy breath.

When Spencer Ridder walked into the BAU office, the confused look on his face still hadn't faded, and his heart was always filled with a kind of doubt, which was unusually familiar to Liu Fanxu, as if he and she had known her for a long time, but he didn't remember the kind of worry and hesitation at all. He didn't understand what this meant, he thought that he had a good impression of Maeve at the moment, after all, she was the most speculative girl he had met in the past thirty years, but now after getting along with Liu Fanxu just now, he suddenly became unsure.

"Hey, Red, why are you standing here in a daze, hurry up and go to the conference room to gather." Morgan walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulder, and led him forward, his sideways glance swept over Red's face, and continued as if nonchalantly, "If you need to talk to me, I've got time at any time. ”

"Thanks, Morgan." Spencerred grinned, a reluctant smile but at least he was no longer basking in the feeling that he couldn't put into words. He let out a breath and decided to put these worries aside for the time being, and for now solve the murder case at hand.

Liu Fanxu sat up from the sofa, she closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, and then spit out heavily. She stood up and walked to the closet, picked out a conservative dress, and only looked at her wrist again when she was fully dressed. Just for a moment, time seemed to become heavy, and it was gradually slowed down, and Liu Fanxu had disappeared from this apartment at this time.

When she reappeared in a certain world, she was standing in the middle of an asphalt road, the old rules, no identity and no hints, to put it bluntly, she was a black household who suddenly appeared in this world. Liu Fanxu glanced up at the dark night sky, and was a little glad that it was the dead of night at this moment, otherwise her strange appearance would definitely cause panic. She raised her hand and rubbed the corners of her forehead, remembering a similar situation she had encountered before, and her head ached.

Throwing aside the memories of her cruel past experiences, Liu Fanxu walked slowly to the sidewalk, thinking about what to do next as she walked. Looking at the shop windows lining the street through the dim lights of the roadside, the first thing you can determine is that this is Japan, and then you can be sure that it is the beginning of the 21st century. Liu Fanxu took out a document from her backpack, which happened to be in line with this point in time, fortunately, now the information is not expanding, and the network is not completely interoperable, her transnational identity can be used.