Chapter 13: The Return
Looking at the familiar face behind the counter, although he had lost his police uniform and wore a black striped sweater, his temperament was still the same. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But when I think about it, I can't even call out his name, and the fact that dreams are so close to reality makes me feel more and more confused.
"I'm done." My eyes glanced at the grey goose down blanket, and I hesitated to ask whose it was.
"Oh~ By the way, when I came to take over, I saw that you fell asleep again in the corner, so I helped you cover it, and you just let it go." The boss answered my question cheerfully.
Nodding, I said thank you in my throat, maybe only I could hear.
It's not that I don't want to talk to the bookstore owner who has the same appearance as Gu Liang in reality, but this is not a dream after all, my presumptuousness and my straightforwardness will become an eternal memory in everyone's heart. I was afraid to face the eyes of the world, because I knew very well that they might not mean what they meant me.
"You don't really like to talk to people, do you?" I was startled by a voice that suddenly appeared behind me, and when I looked back, I saw a yellow-haired boy sitting on the sofa in the distance standing silently next to me.
The fair-skinned smiling cheeks are like the warm sun in winter, making people feel very kind.
I tried to twitch the corners of my mouth to smile back, but my face was a little stiff, and I guess I didn't have to smile well, maybe a little scary.
"Dumo, go back and read your book, don't disturb my guests." The bookstore owner waved his hand and motioned for the boy to return to his original position.
"I'm sorry I scared you just now." The boss put away his serious expression and comforted me with a smile.
"No... it's fine." I grabbed my things and turned to leave.
"Customer! - The boss's call sounded behind me, and I stood in front of the glass door that I was about to walk out of, and stopped.
I didn't dare to see him again, because countless voices in my heart were warning me, that was really not Gu Liang, don't have illusions anymore, you and him are originally people from two worlds.
"Come back when you have time, I can introduce you to a few interesting books."
I didn't look back, just silently agreed, pushed open the door, the cold wind outside cleared my mind more, and I stepped on the way home, gradually forgetting the most beautiful dream.
A hurried alarm woke me from my slumber, and when I opened my eyes to look at my familiar nest, I knew this was reality.
At 7:20, if there is not so much traffic jam in the morning rush hour today, I will have a chance to eat a burrito when I go to the unit.
Lazily left the warm bed, walked to the window, tugged at the curtains on both sides with both hands, and pulled them open suddenly.
The sun's rays hit my body directly, and a new day meant a new beginning. I want to cheer myself up, even if I don't have Gu Liang in my life, I have to face my life happily.
Because today is Friday, I have been busy all morning, and the occasional harassment from my colleague Li Xiang always interrupts half of my work.
I was a little upset, but I didn't want to say it, so I had to put up with him again and again.
Finally staying up until the lunch break, my work was over, and I let out a long sigh as I looked at the half-eaten burritos on my desk.
"Lu Wei, don't you have an appetite? How about I treat you to a big dinner? "Li Xiang slipped in front of me on his four-wheeled car.
I looked at the manager's office in the back room and the chair under his buttocks, thinking that last time Manager Gao didn't say that he would not be allowed to destroy the company's property, why didn't he have a long memory, and it would inevitably be another complaint when he was seen for a while.
"I'm not too hungry, you can go eat." Kindly rejecting his kindness, I tidied up my desk.
"Lu Wei, have you encountered something, how do I feel that you are always absent-minded in the past two days." Li Xiang's concerned eyes made me not know how to answer, looking at his ordinary appearance, and reminded me of Gu Liang in my dream.
Maybe my life should be to marry an ordinary person like Li Xiang, have children, and then spend a long life.
"I read a book with a suspense and crime-solving theme, so I've been thinking about the content of the book." I said lightly.
"Oh, I know you told me yesterday that you went to a bookstore. Hey~ It's okay to read less of those nonsense things, it's better to read the newspaper, at least half of what is written here is true. Li Xiang said as he stood up and returned to his desk and took out a stack of newspapers.
He put the newspaper on my desk and patted it with his hand: "Read more news, learn about life, or read the financial chapter, maybe the next investment tycoon will be you." Saying that, he compared his two hands to a gun, and he felt a chic 'piu~piu~' to me a few times.
I think I'd better find a new target, Li Xiang and I are too far away from each other, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find a common language.
Everyone in the office went to dinner, but I was the only one sitting at my desk, looking at the thick stack of newspapers in front of me, and pulling out a random one from the middle.
"The city's heating preparations have entered the countdown", "The entry of autumn vegetables from other places into the market hits the price of local vegetables", "The noise of the square aunt is disturbing"・・・・・
It's really a very people-friendly subject, and the reports are all trivial matters related to daily life.
After a quick flip through a few times, I finally saw the legal system, which I may still be a little interested in.
An article in the bottom right corner of the page caught my eye, titled "Today's Verdict of the Criminals in the Nansha City Murder and Cremation Case"
Xue, a senior manager of a group, was sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional homicide, deprived of political rights for life, and compensated the victim's family for economic losses of 2.86 million. His father, Xue, was co-ordinated in the crime, and the kidnapping case was sentenced separately.
It's... can't be a coincidence, right? I turned on my computer with suspicion and anxiety, and searched for the news of the murder and cremation case in Nansha City.
Among the dozen or so links that popped up, there were several detailed reports at the top.
The article records a horrific homicide case that occurred in Nansha City at the end of 2015, where the son of real estate tycoon Xue Moumou, who returned from Japan, killed a 26-year-old young woman, Yu Moumou, and after informing his father by phone, he was induced by Xue's father to carry out various misdeeds of destroying the body and destroying the traces. Later, Xue's father kidnapped and threatened the company's executive Han in order to clear his son's crime, let Han participate in the destruction of evidence, misled the police, and then pleaded guilty on behalf of his son. Through the efforts of the police, the truth of the case was finally made public, the hostages were successfully rescued, and the criminals were brought to justice.
What's the situation?? Could it be that the "Cold Camellia" I read is not a novel, but a real case record adapted from a news theme?
No, it's definitely not, I remember that the last description in the book was Han Camellia's confession, and what was said in the news was exactly the ending of my dream.
I felt cold in my palms, cold in my back, and everything was getting weirder and weirder. Did I really dream, or did I forget what I had read, which led me to dream later?
Gu Liang・・・Book House Owner・・・
I looked at the computer monitor in horror, and my mind was completely messed up.