24. Lost photos

The next day, Fang Da and Pang Yue appeared at the door of Dr. Chen Jian's house on time, and the door was opened by a woman who was nearly fifty years old, perhaps because of her neglect, she looked a little haggard, "Who are the two of you?" ”

"I'm Fang Da, this is Pang Yue, and I spoke to you on the phone yesterday. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Fang Da stepped forward and explained, "You are Dr. Chen's wife." ”

The woman nodded, her eyes turned to look at Pang Yue who was standing behind Fang Da, she looked Pang Yue up and down a lot, and then said softly, "Is this Professor Li's daughter?" ”

Seeing Mrs. Chen looking at her, Pang Yue immediately took a step forward politely, "Hello, Mrs. Chen!" ”

"My husband often mentions your father," Mrs. Chen looked at her again, her brow furrowed, "but ......"

"You mean to say that Professor Li rarely mentions that he has a daughter, do you?" Fang Da felt that Mrs. Chen should be suspicious of Pang Yue's identity, after all, the two looked very different.

“…… I'm really sorry about that," Mrs. Chen explained, "Actually, we haven't seen each other since Professor Li left Tongqi University, but I just think it'...... You don't look too much like your father. ”

"That's what a lot of people say." Fang Da looked at Pang Yue with a smile, "She's actually more like a master." ”

"Are you ......," Mrs. Chen said, looking at him in surprise.

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm a student of Professor Li."

"Oh! I see," Madame Chen smiled slightly, "It seems that your mother is really a beauty." With that, she opened the door a little, "Please come in, both of you." ”

Fang Da and Pang Yue bowed politely before walking inside.

"Dr. Chen, he ......" Pang Yue looked at the portrait placed in the living room and said softly.

"It's pancreatic cancer, and it was already at an advanced stage when it was discovered." Mrs. Chen came out with two cups of tea, and she saw Pang Yue staring at her husband's photo in a daze, so she walked over. "My husband was always chattering before his death, and I didn't know how I would leave in the end, and as a result, I ......," said Mrs. Chen's tone, which became sad.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Pang Yue said to Mrs. Chen embarrassedly, after all, her mother had just left her, so she could empathize with this kind of pain, "My ......"

"We are very saddened by Dr. Chen's sudden death, and I don't think even my teacher could have imagined that Dr. Chen would pass away so suddenly." Fang Da interrupted Pang Yue's words in a sad tone.

"Well, if my father found out, he would come in person." Pang Yue was reminded by Fang Da, and immediately changed the topic, and then took advantage of Mrs. Chen's lack of attention and made a grimace at Fang Da.

Mrs. Chen sighed, and then said calmly: "Is there anything wrong with the two of you coming to find your husband?" ”

"Well, I want to send him a biography of his life as a birthday present when he is sixty years old, but my father is busy with his own research all day long, and he is not very concerned about this matter, so as a daughter, I can only hide from him and collect and sort out the affairs of his life myself." Pang Yue re-said the same set of rhetoric with Professor Ouyang.

"Professor Li really has a caring daughter," Mrs. Chen nodded, and sighed from the heart, "It's better to be a daughter!" ”

Pang Yue smiled embarrassedly, feeling a little sorry for the lie he had told.

"I told you just now that I haven't been in touch with my late husband since Professor Li left, so I don't know what else I can do to help you?" Mrs. Chen said.

"That's right," Fang Da explained, "Yesterday we went back to Tongqi University to find the teacher's classmate during the university, Professor Ouyang, he provided us with some information about his research at the school, we flipped through it, and found that the teacher had also participated in the 'Hiking Association' of which Dr. Chen was the chairman of the school when he was studying, but some records about that time were very simple, so we asked for Dr. Chen's contact information, thinking of visiting in person, but I didn't expect ......" Fang Da said here, A sad expression was revealed, "So I wonder if you've ever heard Dr. Chen mention that association here?" ”

"It turned out to be a hiking club," Mrs. Chen heard the words 'hiking club', and a warm smile appeared on her face, "My late husband often mentioned it when he was alive, and he often said that he and Professor Li traveled to the famous mountains of City C at that time. ”

"Dr. Chen often mentions it!" Pang Yue said happily.

"Well, my husband was always very excited every time he mentioned it," Mrs. Chen recalled with a happy face, "and every time he could talk endlessly, now that I think about it, it seems like it happened yesterday." ”

"Then may I ask, did Dr. Chen mention that there were any girls whose father admired among the people who participated in this association at that time?"

"The girl that Professor Li admires," Mrs. Chen thought for a moment, "are you referring to Professor Li's girlfriend?" ”

Pang Yue nodded vigorously, "That...... My father had a girlfriend at that time, didn't he? ”

"Haha," Mrs. Chen said with a smile, "I don't think so, my late husband always said that Professor Li was like a stone at that time." ”

"Ah, I don't." Pang Yue looked disappointed.

"But...... I heard my late husband mention that Professor Li seemed to have a crush on a girl back then. ”

"Really?"

"Well, I don't remember what it was called, after all, it was twenty years ago."

"So I wonder if Dr. Chen still has photos of the hiking club activities back then?" When Fang Da heard that Professor Li had a crush on a certain girl when he was a student, he immediately remembered the photo of Li Yuan and a woman that Pang Yue had shown him, and Li Yuan's expression was full of happiness.

"Well, this is there, my husband is a nostalgic person, and he always tidies up the old things in the past, you sit here now, and I'll look for it."

"Thank you so much!" Fonda said.

After Mrs. Chen left, Pang Yue whispered, "Do you think the woman Mrs. Chen said will be that woman?"

Fang Da knew that Pang Yue was referring to the woman standing next to Li Yuan in the photo, "Hmm! Quite possibly. ”

"Really!" Pang Yue whispered excitedly.

At this time, Mrs. Chen walked out of the study with an old-fashioned photo album, "This is what my late husband left, but ......" and put the album in front of them.

Pang Yue carefully held the photo album, and Fang Da directly moved a stool to sit beside her.

“…… However, some of the photos in it seem to be missing, which is really strange. Mrs. Chen said with a puzzled expression.

"Gone?" Pang Yue stared at Fang Da and thought, it wouldn't be so coincidental.