Ning Si thought she was hallucinating, and she repeated in a daze, "Who are you talking about?" ”

"Qi Yu's, the former general manager of Jinqi Industry, the Qi Yu who was killed and abandoned half a month ago. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Gu Li seemed to be afraid that she wouldn't understand, and emphasized Qi Yu's identity experience.

"Why him? Nope······ No, you and Qi Yu are ······ What is this? Ning Siyi's whole person was confused, and it took a long time before he came to his senses and asked, "Could he be the guest who borrowed the books and didn't return them, and took you to the factory······ Right? “

"That's right, Qi Yu is a guest of the bookstore, and he couldn't get the book last time, so he had to come to the door in person this time." Gu Li pretended to spread his hands helplessly.

“······” Ning Siyi looked confused, and asked in a trembling voice, "What's going on?" Qi Yu is a book borrower? Can be ······ But isn't he dead? ”

Gu Li put one hand in his trouser pocket, raised the other hand and rubbed his smooth chin, it was a flowing action, but it was pleasing to the eye, and there was a faint feeling of charm and uninhibitedness, he approached Ning Siyi and asked softly: "Is there a conflict between the two?" ”

“······” Ning Siyi shook his head, there is indeed no conflict, there is a borrowed and repaid.

"But the others are gone, what can you do?"

"What should I do?" Gu Li straightened up again and looked sideways at the door of the Chinese-style mansion: "Of course, it is to enforce the rules of the library!" What does it matter if he's not there? “

Ning Siyi understood what he meant, and dared to love this guy not only to recover the books, but also to claim liquidated damages. I won't talk about the book, it should be returned to the library, but the liquidated damages are a bit ······ It's too much, didn't Qi Yu be kidnapped at that time, after all, there was a reason for the incident, and the deceased was the greatest, in this case, it was too unkind to think about the deceased's family to recover liquidated damages?

It's just a book!

Ning Siyi disagreed in his heart, thinking that Gu Li's approach was too harsh, and he was undoubtedly sprinkling salt on the wounds of the family members. She didn't hide her inner thoughts, Gu Li naturally easily understood her dissatisfaction, but he didn't make any excuses, the so-called saying more is useless, it is better to let her experience it herself. That's how you can grow quickly, isn't it?

Ning Siyi's small emotions couldn't affect Gu Li's actions in the slightest, and soon they came to the mansion. Perhaps because she knew that the owner of the house was no longer alive, she always felt that this magnificent house was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere, which was unprovoked and depressing.

The video doorbell on the eaves soon sounded: "Hello, who are the two of you?" The tone was respectful and courteous, and as soon as you heard it, you knew that it was a well-trained housekeeper and deacon.

Gu Li's attitude was humble, and he said to the door with a signature gentle smile on his face: "I take the liberty to disturb, I am Gu Li from the Hometown Library, Mr. Qi Yu has made an appointment with me, and I visited today to settle the matter of the agreement." ”

"This ······" The housekeeper on the other end was in trouble, but he quickly responded: "I'm sorry Mr. Gu, I'll go and ask for instructions first, and trouble the two of you later." ”

Gu Li nodded in agreement.

Soon, the butler went and returned, and opened the door to welcome the two in.

They were greeted by Qi Yu's widow, a lady in her early 40s, dressed very plainly, looking a little sluggish but unable to hide her elegant temperament.

Gu Li greeted Mrs. Qi with a solemn expression: "Hello Mrs. Qi, I'm sorry to disturb you during this time period!" I am Gu Li of the Hometown Library, and she is my assistant Ning Siyi. ”

Ning Siyi heard Gu Li introduce her to Mrs. Qi, and nodded solemnly with a paralyzed face, which could be regarded as a greeting. No matter how messy her inner thoughts are, her face is always serious and cold, except for Gu Li, no one else can see through the real emotions under her paralyzed face. This expression is not flattering under normal circumstances, but it is especially appropriate in a serious situation, such as this moment!

Mrs. Qi was very well-educated, and shook her head to say that she didn't mind: "The reason for Mr. Gu's visit, the housekeeper told me just now, is that he had an agreement with his deceased husband." ”

"Yes, Mr. Qi borrowed a book from my library before his death." As she spoke, she asked Ning Siyi to take out a document from her backpack and hand it to Mrs. Qi.

Ning Siyi's backpack did have a document in it, which was tightly sealed in a brown paper bag, and she didn't know what was in it, but she didn't expect it to be Qi Yu's borrowing agreement!

"Books?" Mrs. Qi obviously didn't expect that the so-called agreement between the other party and her husband was actually a book, so she came to the door solemnly, she thought it was a debt, property disputes and other more difficult things, she almost wanted to call the lawyer over.

"Yes, that book is a unique book, very precious, Mr. Qi and the library have a word, the term is 10 years, and it just turned 10 years last month. Now that he had been killed, I had to take the liberty of coming to the door to get it. ”

Looking at the last signature of the agreement was indeed written by her husband himself, she acquiesced in the authenticity of the matter, in fact, Mrs. Qi didn't care much about the process, and after learning that her husband had borrowed only books and not other valuable things, her mood was not so heavy. She has never been careless, just shopping for beauty every day, playing cards with other ladies, and she doesn't know anything about business, and now her husband has died suddenly, and there is no suitable person to take over the operation of the company.

"Mr. Gu, I don't know that my deceased husband once borrowed books, but you can go to the study to look for it, and I'll ask the housekeeper to take you there!" Mrs. Qi beckoned the housekeeper over and instructed the other party a few words, and then said to them apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I'm not feeling well, so I can't accompany me, please take care of yourself." With that, he departed accompanied by the servant.

The housekeeper who was left behind was not verbose, and took Gu Li and Ning Siyi straight to the study. The study is at the end of the corridor on the first floor, it is said to be the important place of this home, idlers are not allowed to enter, of course, that is when the master of the study is still alive, and now the study is a person who walks to tea and cool, except for the housekeeper who occasionally comes to tidy up, no one else will come to this end.

The housekeeper took out the key to open the door, a feeling of suffocation came to the face, the three of them entered the room, the housekeeper turned on the light, the bright light illuminated the room in an instant, and the layout of the room was exposed to the light without reservation.

There are many books in the study, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, novels, business biographies, economic philosophy, etc., which are crammed into the shelves. Unlike the Hometown Library, most of the books here are ordinary books that can be bought in the market.

"I would venture to ask, this is all of Mr. Qi's collection of books?" Gu Li stood in front of the bookshelf and asked the housekeeper.

"Yes, as far as I know, all of Sir's books are sitting in the study."

"That's ······" Gu Li groaned, and an expression that seemed to be a smile appeared on his face again.

Ning Siyi asked curiously, "Gu Li, isn't the book you looking for here?" ”

"Not there." Gu Li smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter, I probably know where he is." ”

Ning Siyi was a little inexplicable: "Where is it?" ”

"You'll find out soon."

After leaving the Qi family, Ning Siyi expressed confusion about today's trip and came with great fanfare, but returned empty-handed, didn't he say that he wanted to recover liquidated damages? I didn't find this book, and I don't want liquidated damages?

When did Gu Li speak so well?

"What are we going to do next?" Ning Siyi asked.

"To find my books, of course."

"Do you really know where the books are? So why do we still come to Qi House? ”

"Because I have to give him a chance."

Gu Li smiled, her tone was flat, and she couldn't hear anything unusual, but she clearly felt the strangeness in Gu Li's smile.

"What······ Opportunity? Her heart chuckled, and her heart began to beat rapidly, and if she could, she would rather Gu Li not say anything.

"A chance to end it all in harmony." Gu Li turned his face sideways, looked at her and replied seriously, his smile was still gentle, but his eyes flashed with excitement, like a wild wolf on the prairie teasing a dying prey.

"You know, Siyi. Sometimes fate can go awry, but it doesn't matter, I'll fix it. ”

Ning Siyi couldn't describe the mood at that time, today's Gu Li is very weird, and his behavior is like two people on weekdays. She stopped, not daring to go any further, the familiar back in front of her was so strange that she couldn't convince herself to get close to him.

"I ······ I don't quite understand what you mean. ”

She suddenly found that she didn't know Gu Li at all, and she didn't know about her hometown library, she knew her own temperament, she had never wanted to have too much contact with others, and she didn't like to study the environment too much, she would deliberately ignore some discordant places, even if she liked the hometown library very much, she only thought that she was just temporarily deposited, she only needed to do her duty, and she didn't need to know those things that had nothing to do with her.

The more people know, the more painful they are, and sometimes, ignorance is happier.

Ning Siyi is actually a very simple person, and what she yearns for is a simple life, no matter how many strange things happen around her, and no matter how bizarre the world becomes, as long as she doesn't disturb her normal life, she won't even have basic curiosity, and she is a person who keeps to herself. But Gu Li couldn't allow her to shrink any longer. He turned to stand a step ahead of her, and took the pocket watch engraved with the word "fate" from his bosom and handed it to her.

"From the moment you pick up the pocket watch, there are some things you can't escape. I obviously saw it, but I had to convince myself that I didn't see it, and the days of cowering in my own little eggshell and deceiving myself will only make you more uncomfortable. It's time to open your eyes and see the world you're in. “

Ning Siyi's face was expressionless, her face was pale, and an indescribable cold rose up in her back spine, she didn't expect Gu Li to suddenly open the fragile layer of window paper, she wanted to open her mouth to deny it, she wanted to refute Gu Li's words, she wanted to tell him loudly that she didn't know anything, she didn't see anything, but she couldn't say a word for a long time. She can't lie casually after the secret is revealed, and in front of reality, all lies and illusions will be ruthlessly exposed.

The truth is often unforgiving, and she thinks she can continue to live the peaceful life she dreams of by pretending not to find anything, but she doesn't know that the truth lurks like a ticking time bomb in the peace she has built, only to burst open when she can't hide it one day, and her world will collapse with it.