Chapter 35: Time and Parting
August 29, 2010, Dijie Town, Tiangang City.
Zhou Yukun slowly walked on the familiar road in the town, looking at the buildings around him that had undergone great changes, and there was something indescribable in his heart.
He turns 16 this year, three years after the death of his parents. In the past three years, he has never given up the search for the real murderer, originally thinking that as long as he knew the appearance of the old man, it should be very easy to find him. But the reality hit him hard!
Yes, there hasn't been any progress on this matter since the old man was found in surveillance video three years ago. All the clues were interrupted when they reached the old man, and he tried to go to the hospital to check the person's registration information, but the result was that there was no such person; He also tried, looking for anyone who was familiar with or knew the old man at the scene that day, but in the end everyone shook their heads and remained silent.
Zhou Yukun gradually stopped his steps, raised his head and looked at the very familiar courtyard in front of him, which was where he grew up. Maybe it's for nostalgia, Zhou Yuqian didn't sell the house at the beginning, but kept it.
Pushing open the door, he didn't stop long, and went straight into the house. Raising his eyes to look at the two black and white photos in the living room, Zhou Yukun's eyes glowed slightly red, and he walked to the photos and knelt down directly.
"Mom, Dad! I'm 16 years old this year, and it's time to get ready for high school. However, this time I may have to go against your wishes, I don't think I'm a suitable person to sit in a classroom, in this regard, Yu Qian did a better job than me, and this year he was admitted to the key high school in Tiangang City with the third grade in the school. So, leave the academic matters to Yu Qian! ”
"Hehe, I know you're going to scold me again when you hear this, but I'm not going to be lazy this time." Speaking of this, Zhou Yukun's tone was stunned, and his eyes became sharp: "Yes, I have more important things to do, and I will definitely find your murderer." Although I haven't found any clues in the past three years, I believe that I will definitely find him, no matter how far he runs, no matter how much time I have to spend, I will definitely find him, I will definitely !! ”
"Actually, I had a fight with my uncle and aunt before I came out. Of course, I know they're good people, so I don't want to pull them all into this. So, I deliberately pretended to be deceived and became angry with them...... Haha, by the way, I acted very similarly this time, I didn't even see that kid Yuqian, do you think I'm very smart? ”
"Okay, let's talk so much for now, I may talk a bit too much this time, just because I don't know when I will come back next time. Well, before you leave, clean this place again, or you two won't clean up your room much, and it will definitely get dirtier and dirtier! Saying this, Zhou Yukun lowered his head and kowtowed three times to his parents.
Standing up slowly, Zhou Yukun picked up the broom in the corner of the wall and began to clean the room one by one. First, I cleaned the living room and bedroom, and then wiped the kitchen carefully, and then stopped when everything was new.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead with great satisfaction, Zhou Yukun looked at his results with a smile. Suddenly, his gaze rested on a somewhat airtight hut, remembering that it was where his parents used to work, which was the so-called research room.
Alas, he shook his head helplessly, he didn't like to enter this room since he was a child, because the environment inside was closed, the air was very poor, and there was a lot of earthy smell. Gently unscrewing the slightly rusty doorknob, sure enough, a pungent smell came from inside the door, and he couldn't help coughing violently.
After opening the door and clearing the air for a few minutes, Zhou Yukun pinched his nose and walked in. Seeing that the inside is not as dirty as imagined, but much cleaner than the outside, the area of the room is not very large, except for the shelves on both sides of the antiquities, only the delicate wooden table in the middle remains.
Alas, I really don't understand, but how did my parents spend a day and a night in this environment!
A casual look around the room revealed that there was hardly anything to clean. But he didn't feel surprised, after all, Zhou Yuqian also came back here occasionally, and he may have come to clean it not long ago.
Looking at the strangely shaped items on the shelves, Zhou Yukun didn't understand his parents' hobbies very much, and he was actually interested in these things. Thinking so, his gaze suddenly fixed on a corner of the shelf, only to see an iron box placed there.
Actually, this thing is not very conspicuous, but it seems very out of place compared to the surrounding things, after all, the others are either copper items or ceramics and other things.
Subconsciously holding this iron box in his hand, Zhou Yukun was about to open it to take a look, but suddenly felt a hot sensation in his right hand, as if he had touched a piece of red-hot iron. With a "bang", the iron box was thrown directly to the ground by him, and the hot burning sensation disappeared suddenly.
Looking at the ground strangely, Zhou Yukun almost didn't pop his eyes out, just because what he saw was really unexpected. It turned out that after the iron box fell to the ground, the lid was directly lifted, and a golden square object fell out and appeared in front of his eyes.
Rubbing his eyes vigorously, Zhou Yukun looked at the ground again, this time he was sure that he was not dazzled, this thing on the ground was really the jade seal!
Wait, wait. No, according to the previous investigation, the jade seal should have been taken away by the old man, why did it appear at home inexplicably now? Moreover, looking at Zhou Yuqian's appearance, he shouldn't know that there is a jade seal here, so that means ...... Has anyone else been to this room?
Although he didn't understand what was going on, Zhou Yukun hurriedly picked up the jade seal, and soon he found that the strange burning sensation was indeed coming from the jade seal, and it seemed that even the jade seal was happy about his arrival. Without the slightest suspicion, he concluded that it was indeed a genuine jade seal, because other fake jade would never have such spirituality.
Reluctantly put the jade seal in his pocket, Zhou Yukun picked up the iron box on the ground again, and he saw that there were many papers full of words in it. After a cursory glance, he found that this seemed to be some identification information for jade seals. And underneath the papers, there is a photograph pressed.
Curiously picked it up and took a look, he saw that the words "1990 Wenqu University Archaeology Department Graduate Graduation Commemorative Gift" were written directly above the photo. Looking closely at the people in the photo, Zhou Yukun quickly found out the figure of his father when he was young, and his mother was more recognized, just because she was the only girl among all the graduate students!
"Hehe, I didn't expect my dad to be so powerful, the only girl in the class can be chased by my dad." Muttering a little funny, Zhou Yukun subconsciously looked at the others and found that there were not many people in the class, only about 20 people in total. And in the middle of all the students, an old man with half-white hair was sitting......