Chatting about the day's work, Li Zhilin had already driven the car to the gate of the community: "I haven't been here for a long time." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"But I didn't come back here because I had trouble to deal with." Jiang Yuan looked out the window and sighed.

Afraid that Jiang Yuan would mention my sadness, Li Zhilin stopped him from talking in time, and told me to go home and have a good rest, and he would contact me in two days: "Don't worry about Mi Zhen's side, Zixuan didn't also arrive at the venue yesterday, I believe that with his ability to reverse accounts when he quarreled with Mi Zhen, he will definitely tell Mi Zhen about this matter." After saying that, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Mizhen is going to be angry, right?" Nothing has been done, and a series of troubles have been caused, so no one can keep their senses, right? It is also reasonable for Mi Zhen to lose her temper.

Li Zhilin thought about it, shook his head, and told me not to be nervous: "No." She's not that unreasonable child. ”

"I didn't mean that."

"I know." Li Zhilin patted me on the shoulder comfortingly, "She will be very worried when she hears that you are in danger." And although there are some situations, maybe it will be a blessing in disguise," Li Zhilin tried his best to adjust the atmosphere more relaxed, but in exchange for Jiang Yuan's disdainful snort.

However, because Li Zhilin's words were too good to listen to, I didn't mind Jiang Yuan's indiscriminate temper: "It's good that I can really cover it up if I don't have it." Also, Zhilin, I have something I want to ask you for. I looked at Li Zhilin cautiously.

"What's the matter?"

"It's about the old bowl, don't tell Mi Zhen yet."

Li Zhilin smiled knowingly: "I understand, are you afraid that after Mi Zhen knows about the old bowl, her mind will be hot and she will get into trouble, right?" ”

"No, it's not." I hurriedly waved my hand and explained the misunderstanding, "I don't want Mizhen to risk it alone, if you tell her, she will investigate this matter alone." But there's too much to complicate in this matter, isn't it? And now she is no longer alone. We'll work with him to solve the problem, right? ”

Li Zhilin was slightly stunned, and only after recovering his senses did he rub the back of my head: "I know, I'll tell her when we meet in two days, and we'll figure it out together." ”

Having received a satisfactory answer, I left satisfied, but did not see the two thoughtful expressions reflected in the rearview mirror. Knowing that I was sure that I had walked into the community, Li Zhilin looked at my back with a gloomy expression, and asked Jiang Yuan, who was sitting in the back, as if talking to himself: "Do we really want to continue to use her like this?" ”

Jiang Yuan looked out the window and didn't answer anything, he stared at the now empty gate of the community, his brows furrowed. "Go back yourself. I want to walk around on my own. After a long silence, he got up to push the car door.

"You're going to tell him the truth?" Li Zhilin asked with some uneasiness.

Kanyuan didn't look back: "I'm not idle to that point." ”

I closed the door carefully, only to hear my mother's voice behind me: "Done?" ”

Shocked, I turned my head a little newly, and my mother's face was not very good: "Scared me." I thought you were still sleeping. ”

Mom shook her head expressionlessly: "You didn't come back last night. ”

Being asked like this made me even more humble: "I told you before that I might have to spend the night outside on Friday. ”

"In the company?"

"Well, I'm at the customer's place." When I speak, I feel a little weak.

"What kind of customer?"

I don't understand why my mother is so desperate about this question, because I was frightened because I didn't close my eyes all night, and my tone slowly turned bad, and I said perfunctorily with some impatience: "It's a customer I negotiated before." "But the hexagram is that when I said the words 'negotiated before', a strange feeling permeated my heart, and something flashed through my mind, but I didn't grasp it, or the problem of my mother chasing after me made me misestimate the opportunity to seize it.

"That's right." Mom nodded, "I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to remind you of Ben's self-love problem lately." ”

I was stunned for a few seconds before I realized that my mother seemed to be worried in the wrong direction: "I think you seem to have misunderstood something." ”

"Really?" Mom asked me nonchalantly.

"I didn't stay overnight at someone's house and I didn't come home all night. I did attend a conference yesterday and there were a lot of people in it, and it was serious. Although I usually always look like a hanger, I have my own bottom line, what I can do and what not to do, I know very well in my heart. ”

I knew that my mother must have misunderstood something, so I quickly explained to me: "I definitely didn't do anything I shouldn't do, it was really just a friend who sent me back." ”

The two mothers replied to me and me, but in the end they just sighed: "You are so self-conscious, and the truth is explained to you." ”

"Don't sigh, luck will run away." It wasn't until I successfully escaped that I began to change the subject cheekily, "You waited for me last night and didn't sleep all night?" ”

However, my mother just shook her head: "I slept well, you don't look at what time it is, I should go to morning exercise." ”

I looked up at the clock hanging on the living room wall, it was already 6 a.m., and thinking back to the thrilling experience of last night, I breathed a long sigh of relief: "Mom, I didn't sleep all night yesterday." ”

"It's done?"

I shrugged my shoulders a little helplessly: "It's not nothing, but it's just the first step in a long journey." Okay, I won't tell you, I'll go catch up on sleep first, and you don't need to call me for breakfast or lunch. Stretching, I walked straight back to the bedroom. The moment I closed the door, I was on my knees on the carpet, and I was really nervous just now. If it weren't for my mother's understanding of the direction, I was really afraid that I would have told the story myself.

After a while, I threw myself on the pillow, maybe I was really tired, and as soon as my head was on the pillow, the whole person fell into a quiet dream. In the dream, I kept climbing the stairs where I couldn't see the camera, and when I was about to suffocate in this endless despair, I saw my father standing on the platform one level above me and looking at me with a smile, he was holding the necklace with the white snake pendant in his hand, and his mouth was open and closed, as if he was saying something, but in the dream, I couldn't hear anything clearly, and wanted to rush forward and hug him, but it was always a few steps away from me, still smiling so gently. It wasn't until I saw the light stealing from behind him that I ran out of the seemingly endless staircase, but I couldn't find my father again. "Dad!" I screamed and woke up from my dream, and there was nothing but a damp patch on my pillow. A great deal of regret gripped me, and I closed my eyes again, this time with nothing but endless darkness. When I woke up again, it was already half past two in the afternoon, and it was cold for half an hour before I got up and went to the kitchen to find water to drink.

It took me a whole glass of cold water to calm down, and there were a lot of unread messages displayed on the plane. Click on it and take a look, almost all of them were sent by Mi Zhen, mainly to comfort me not to mind too much about yesterday's auction, it doesn't matter what happens. Flipping through Mizhen's text messages one by one, his consciousness slowly came to his senses. The scenic spot at home is quiet, and now I am alone, after thinking about it for a while, I still dialed the phone to Mi Zhen, and after waiting for a while, Mi Zhen's slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'll wait for you to call back until you fall asleep." Mi Zhen's nasal voice was just waking up when she heard it.

"I didn't know you were sleeping. I was sleeping while you texted and called you back as soon as I woke up. You also stayed up all night yesterday, worried about us, right? ”

It could be heard that Mi Zhen had been hiding her embarrassment, and she said in a hesitant voice, "Who is worried about you?" It's just that because you're participating in this auction for the first time, I'm afraid something will go wrong. Tsundere's tone, but from the first sentence it revealed his slow concern.

"But it still went wrong, I didn't buy anything, I'm really sorry."

Mi Zhen laughed on the other end of the phone: "Who said you didn't take a picture?" Didn't you shoot a lone wolf sculpture yesterday? This morning, my friend who runs an antique shop received that big gift, and when he knew it was related to me, he scolded me for a long time. I'm walking around the store right now, thinking about how I'm going to get rid of that thing. ”

"I didn't think it would arrive." Thinking of Li Zhilin's discussion at the restaurant, I felt that this time I would fall into a situation where I was empty, but I didn't expect that the ornaments I took yesterday would be sent to Mi Zhen's friend the next day.

"Why? Didn't that big boss run away yesterday? So if you don't take it with you, of course you will send it to the store. "It seems that the maze already knows what happened yesterday.

However, I still tried to say more: "Mi Zhen, what happened yesterday?" ”

"Well, I know it all." Mi Zhen's voice was mixed with a hint of schadenfreude, "Zhilin called me and told me, and I also went to observe the tragic situation of Xuan Xuan." ”

"He's angry, isn't he?"

Mi Zhen's voice didn't sound as angry as I imagined, but she couldn't support the school students and said intermittently: "Zixuan? He was dying of rage. I was already angry because I decided to let you do such a dangerous thing without authorization, and it was a pity that you didn't see it because I went out of my way to laugh at him and was about to explode. After speaking, he also said "zizi" twice to express regret, "However, he has a sentence that is very right." Squinting at Eun's anticipation, he unconsciously became serious again.

"What?"

"Let me not involve you in this. I regret letting you go yesterday, although I know that with Li Zhilin here, there will be no big mistakes, but now that I think about it, it is really too dangerous. Zixuan is right, I have always put my own interests first. ”

It seems that the two of them still had a big quarrel, I silently summarized in my heart, and Mu Zixuan should have said something very hurtful to Mi Zhen, so he let Mi Zhen be like this first. I wanted to say 'it's okay', but I felt that comfort in Thailand paled. I could only be silent on the phone.

Fortunately, Mizhen quickly recovered her spirits: "However, I have always been like this. Now that I've pulled you onto our thief ship, I'm certainly not going to let you go easily, little girl, you know too many secrets. ”

"I know." Listening to her anticipation relaxed, my mood also relaxed a lot, "Until things are returned to their original owners, I will not leave you." ”

"What a good boy with righteousness. Okay, do you have time tomorrow? If you have time, let's come out and meet up, just to talk about yesterday's events. And I'm curious about why you bought Lone Wolf. ”

Do you meet? Thinking about my mother's attitude this morning, I was a little worried about whether I would be able to make it tomorrow. I could only ask Mi Zhen to wait for my news at night: "My mother became suspicious this morning, and I don't know if I can find a suitable reason to go out tomorrow." ”

"Obedient child, it's not easy for you to follow your sister through the wind and waves." Mizhen was clearly skeptical of my explanation.

"There is something special about the situation. Okay, has there been any progress on what I asked you to check earlier? "I'm more concerned about the news of Su Baichang's hometown that Mi Zhen asked to investigate before.

But Mi Zhen gave me a more negative answer: "I'm sorry to tell you, there is no progress at all. I checked all the auctions around Su Baichang's hometown, and not only did there be no record of Su Baichang's participation, but even his family's. ”

"What about his partner or something?"

"No, there isn't. I've confirmed all the possibilities you can think of, and they're all blank records. ”

I was about to say something more when I heard the sound of the door lock turning outside the house, so I hurriedly hung up the phone: "Wait until we have a chance to meet, my mother is back." Tomorrow's thing, texting you in the evening. ”

I hung up the phone, pretending to have just woken up, and secretly observed my mother's every move after she entered the door. Mom seemed surprised that I was awake now: "I thought you were going to sleep late." I called you a lot when I went out just now, but you didn't respond. ”

"I'm so tired." I laughed, wondering how to open my mouth to explain tomorrow's events, "Mom, do you want to eat anything for dinner?" I'll do it. ”

"Whatever, I'm not too hungry. What about you? What do you want to eat? Mom put the rice and noodles she just bought into the cupboard, "By the way, your dad had mung beans with worms before, and I threw them away." ”

I just remembered that I hadn't touched the beans in the cereals for a long time, and I bought them when my father was in good communion in the winter. "Throw it away?" It's something I didn't care about at all before, but why does it sound so sad now? Daddy's traces will disappear from this house little by little, right? Suddenly, I didn't want to speak, I didn't want my mother to see the red circles under my eyes: "How about mushroom soup?" Then I stir-fry some vegetarian dishes, and it is better to eat light in summer, and the mushroom soup is also very replenishing. I suppressed the sound of my crying, but I couldn't suppress the tremor in my tone. Hurriedly put his wallet on his hand and walked out the door: "I'll go to the vegetable market and I'll be back soon." ”

When I finally walked out of the community, I couldn't help but vent the sadness accumulated in my heart, and the tears that had been hidden in my eyes slid down at this moment. Suddenly, I felt someone behind me tap me on the shoulder, because I knew how embarrassed I was crying, I didn't dare to look back, I could only lower my head and ask who the person behind me was.

The man standing behind me walked up to me and handed me a checkered handkerchief: "Wipe away your tears first." ”

Because of the other party's voice, I raised my head in surprise, I didn't expect that comforting me who was embarrassed was actually Jiang Yuan, whom I hated the most. "Why are you here?"

"Zhilin and I have never left." Jiang Yuan's answer surprised me a little, and I didn't care about the tear-stained look on my face, I looked at Jiang Yuan in surprise with wide eyes, but in exchange for Jiang Yuan's disgusted expression: "Oops, it's dirty." When a girl cries, shouldn't it be pear blossom with tears, isn't it pitiful? Why do you look so scary when you cry. ”

I wanted to say thank you, but I swallowed it back into my stomach, wiped away my tears, and walked to the vegetable market without paying attention to him. After that, Jiang Yuan kept slowly following behind me, not far away, not close, and the two of them did not communicate at all. It wasn't until I walked back to the community again, in desperation, that I turned around and asked, "Are you going to go to my house for dinner?" ”

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "No, I just want the handkerchief back." ”

Hearing him say this, I was a little helpless for a while: "The handkerchief will be returned to you after I wash it tomorrow, is there anything else?" If you rub rice, it's not possible. ”

"How did you give it back to me?"

Yes, I don't know anything, I don't even know how to contact him, I can only find a step for myself a little stupidly: "How about I change it to you next time?" It's the only way I can think of. ”

Jiang Yuan looked at me quietly, and when I felt that the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing, he frowned and said, "Whatever you want." Trouble is dead. He pulled out his cigarette case, crouched on the side of the road and smoked, and waved at me impatiently. I didn't know what to say, so I froze in place.

"What? Are you still waiting here for me to escort you home? ”

"Nope!" I gritted my teeth and turned around.

The anger that I had nowhere to vent made me chop up the board so loudly that I felt scary to hear it. When I took the mushroom soup out of the pot, I remembered that Jiang Yuan said that Li Zhilin and he had been waiting for me. Out of gratitude, I decided to give Li Zhilin a call. Glancing at her mother in the living room, she seemed to be caught up in the TV show. Cautiously dialed Li Zhilin's phone number, and after the other party connected, he lowered his voice and was about to say thank you, but he heard the other party's extremely tired voice coming out of the phone: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Sorry to disturb your sleep, didn't you?" I thought he was asleep in the car.

"Well, nothing. How's it going, are you feeling better? After sending you back, I called Mi Zhen and told me what happened yesterday, and then I slept at home until now. Did Mizhen call you?" Li Zhilin's voice was confused, and he should not have been completely awake. However, I was a little surprised by his answer, Jiang Yuan clearly told me just now that the two of them had not left at my door. But why does Li Zhilin now say that he slept at home for a day? Could it be that Jiang Yuan is the only one waiting for me outside?

The sound of 'hey, hey' kept coming from the other end of the phone, and I came to my senses and quickly prevaricated, "Hmm." Mi Zhen said that she was coming to my house tomorrow, and I asked if you would like to talk to us about yesterday's events. With that, I glanced in the direction of the living room again and noticed that my mother's attention was still on the TV show, and she didn't notice me at all.

Li Zhilin hesitated for a moment before refusing: "I'm sorry, I have other things tomorrow, can I talk about it next time?" Although it is a solicitation, it is a reason that cannot be refused. After a polite and polite word, I hung up the phone with a lot of worry and had dinner with my mother. When I was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, I mentioned that I was going out tomorrow: "Mom, I have something to do tomorrow and need to go out." ”

"You're so busy." Mom smiled at me a little sarcastically, and it sounded a little chilly to my heart.

"There's been a lot going on lately." I suppressed the grievances in my heart.

"Of all the people around me, you're the only kid who is very busy." Mom continued to speak in this chilling tone, and although I don't know why Mom suddenly spoke in such a strange tone, I guess it had something to do with the fact that I didn't return all night last night. I put away the dishes and chopsticks in my hand, not wanting to continue the topic.

"Whatever. I've already said what I need to say this morning, so you can do it yourself. Mom saw that I was unresponsive, pouted, and sat back on the couch to watch TV.

She didn't see it, and when I turned around and walked into the kitchen, my eyes were already covered with tears, and I could only silently say sorry in my heart, hoping that she would forgive me for not being able to tell the truth now.

A few tears ran into my mouth mischievously, the bitter salty taste made me feel a little broken, resisted the urge to cry and washed the dishes and chopsticks, and finally sent a text message to Mi Zhen: "Come and pick me up tomorrow, but don't park the car at the entrance of the community, wait for me at the subway station near my home." ”

I wiped my tears with the back of my hand and sneaked back to my room, I don't know why things turned out like this, everything was normal the other day. Maybe it was yesterday that I stayed out for the night, which really made my mother angry. But I really didn't have any other way. I will never give up on things related to my father, although I feel wronged in my heart, but I still don't want to break the agreement I made with myself. Wait, when it's all over, tell Mom what's going on. I comforted myself like this, and although I was sad, I fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up again, it was not yet dawn, and when I glanced at the alarm clock, it was only 4 o'clock. When I was bored, I suddenly thought of the problem that Mi Zhen didn't help me solve yesterday, and Mi Zhen said that he didn't find any traces of his trading near Su Baichang's hometown. But I doubt this outcome very much.

I tapped the information on the notebook, trying to call up the auctions organized near Su Baichang's hometown in the past two years, and the antique goods that had been auctioned, and I was more sure that Su Baichang did not give a reason for participating, because I saw that many of these auctions had appeared in Su Baichang's shop. If there is no doubt that the goods in Su Baichang's store are indeed these auction items, then what kind of identity or method did he use to get them?

I sorted out a few familiar items and stored them in a USB flash drive. Glancing at the clock on the screen again, it was almost seven o'clock in the morning, and the sound of the door crashing let me know that my mother should have left the house. I don't know if she's deflated. Stretched, and sent a short message to Mizhen: "Wait for me in front of the subway!" I'll leave right away. ”