Chapter 3: The Flickering Night (5)

Jingyi looked at the time again. Shu Yan is a mackerel

No matter how irritable you are, you can only sit here patiently and wait.

It's three o'clock, and if she doesn't go back at four o'clock, she'll be found at any time...... has already taught Qiu Wei, but she can prevaricate for a while, saying that she went to Zhishen, but it is only for a while. A phone call is about to pass, and it will be revealed immediately.

She was in turmoil when someone suddenly barged in.

"Meng Yuan?" Jingyi shouted to Daomei.

The person who came was dressed in a bamboo cloth robe, took off the old-fashioned hat and glasses he wore on his head, and went to pretend to be an old decoration, and he also looked like a young student, but he was not wearing Mengyuan.

Jingyi was stunned, only thinking that this person had a good face, but she couldn't remember who it was for a while. This man's round face had a pair of small eyes, Xu was running too quickly, sweat dripping down his neck, panting while wiping sweat with his sleeve.

"May I ask who you are?" Jingyi asked.

"Miss Cheng, right? I'm Gu He. Gu He was still wiping his sweat, and there were beads of sweat on his eyebrows, "I am Meng Yuan's classmate, and we met in school." Remember? Romeo and Juliet? โ€

Jing Yi thought back and nodded.

She remembered.

"I remember you." Jingyi said. On that day, I accompanied Dai Mengyuan to wait for her outside the theater. She looked at Gu He. This summer, she actually had a lot of contact with Gu He, but they were separated by two or three hands, and they didn't meet.

"Give me a glass of water first, I'm here running." Gu He finally took advantage of this moment to regain a little calm.

Jingyi poured him a glass of water.

He simply picked up the teapot, and felt that it was too hot, there happened to be an ice bowl next to it, and there were ice cubes floating in the cold water, so he did not hesitate to pick up the ice bowl and pour the tea and swallow it with ice.

Jingyi wanted to remind him that it was not good to be careful of freezing, but when he saw that Gu He had already drunk all the big bowl of ice water, he didn't say anything, just urged: "Why are you here?" What about Meng Yuan? โ€

Gu He looked at her.

Jing Yi felt that Gu He's eyes might have been frozen by ice water, which was very cold.

"Meng Yuan was taken away by someone from the police station last night." Gu He said.

"What?" Jingyi froze.

Gu He said: "Last night, we were having a meeting when the police suddenly came to the door. Meng Yuan covered our escape and dealt with them himself. The police took him away. โ€

"Why take him? What did he do, and the police were going to take him away? Why did you come to tell me now? Jingyi hurriedly asked.

Gu He was silent for a moment and said, "I am also on the wanted list, so my actions should naturally be secretive." It's just that Meng Yuan told me about your meeting before, so I'll wait here early in the morning. I didn't expect you to actually come. Miss Cheng, it is your responsibility to save Meng Yuan. โ€

"Of course I ...... What do you mean? Jing Yi reacted.

"Miss Cheng, our actions are very secret. Meng Yuan only went out to send you a letter yesterday, and maybe he also met Brother Ling. With all due respect, if it wasn't for Brother Ling who exposed our residence, it was because of Brother Ling that it was exposed. Gu He said clearly.

Jingyi only felt that her breath was blocked in her throat and she couldn't speak.

"Meng Yuan and I, as well as representatives of some big schools in the south, joined forces to petition in Beiping, you know this." Gu He said.

"You're hinting at me, but I'm not immune to it, right? Or do you want to say, I betrayed you? Jing Yi looked at Gu He, and suddenly felt that this person's small eyes were like a pair of rat eyes, and she immediately felt disgusted. Even more disgusting was the menacing hint in his tone.

"Miss Cheng, you can't say that. We didn't hide it from you, and that's true. I firmly disagree with this, but Meng Yuan trusts you. Now Meng Yuan is out of ......"

"I'll find a way to save him. Tell me the details. Jing Yi no longer has the patience to go around in circles with Gu He.

So Gu He told her the news he had found out.

It all started with this demonstration. Because of the violence that occurred during the march and the bloody clashes that followed, the city of Beiping was heavily guarded for two or three days. The authorities attached great importance to it and were determined to find out the students who took the lead in causing trouble. Dai Mengyuan and Gu He are both on the list. It's just that they are acting strictly, and they have long expected the authorities to do this, and their whereabouts are uncertain these days. Even though some of the students have already been arrested, they are still unharmed. Originally, they planned to leave Beiping in the next two days, and they didn't want anything to happen at this time. Now that Dai Mengyuan was arrested, he inquired about whether he was locked up in Banbuqiao Prison, and his life and death were unknown.

When Jingyi heard this, she was anxious, painful and remorseful, and she couldn't speak for a while, but her hands trembled. It was as if he had been stabbed somewhere on his body and had his flesh ripped off, and he didn't feel pain at first, but now he was more anxious than the pain. There was also a terrible thought in his heart, that is, if Meng Yuan hadn't been because of her, he wouldn't have to risk showing up...... It's all her willfulness.

After Gu He finished speaking, he remembered it again and said, "The police station has been harassing Meng Yuan's mother for several days. Mrs. Dai was anxious and angry, and had been sick for a few days. After Meng Yuan was arrested, they searched the door again, and Mrs. Dai was frightened again, not knowing what would happen. โ€

Jingyi bit her lower lip.

Dai Mengyuan is extremely filial. He has always kept these things from his family. Mrs. Meng is young and widowed, and she wants Meng Yuan to shine on the lintel again, but if something like this happens, a lawsuit will be caused, how can the old lady stand it!

"Mr. Gu," Jing Yi grabbed her handbag, "I can tell you that the fact that Meng Yuan was arrested by the police will definitely not be deliberately done by my brother." My brothers, including me, are in fact ignorant of your actions. If we leak the news, now is the most dangerous time for you. I should do my best in Meng Yuan's affairs, you can rest assured. โ€

Gu He nodded and said, "Of course I would like to believe that this matter has nothing to do with Brother Ling. Miss Cheng, I will ...... if there is news of Meng Yuan."

"No need." Jingyi said, "It's not convenient for you to find me, not to mention that you don't trust me." In the matter of Meng Yuan, we are just doing our best. Goodbye. โ€

After Jingyi finished speaking, she opened the door of the private room and left.

The two bubbles of hot tears in his eyes can still maintain normalcy in front of Gu He, and he can't help it when he goes out.

She pulled a handkerchief to cover her mouth and hurried downstairs.

The group that was about to go upstairs saw a woman rushing down in a panic, and they didn't have time to dodge, and the one who walked in front still bumped into her.

"Girl, please go slowly." It was an elder who said to her kindly.

"I'm sorry." Jingyi lowered her head, and didn't have time to apologize seriously to the other party, so she bowed and ran down the stairs.

"What's going on?" The old man smiled and said, "Are you young people all so careless today? I am very much in favor of advocating equality between men and women, paying attention to hygiene, and strengthening the body, but if the traditions that the Chinese people should have, such as gentleness and frugality, if they can be retained, it is better to keep some. โ€

"That's what Tao Gong said." The middle-aged man who followed him also smiled and said, "There are quite a few young people who don't talk like it now. I heard that the police station and the city defense headquarters are jointly operating, and they are being cleaned up in the past few days, and I think it will be peaceful in a few days. It's just that the world is declining, and it must not be solved by just arresting a few chaotic parties...... Tao Gong came unfortunately, just in time. Tao Gong, please. โ€

The elder known as "Tao Gong" did not comment on what the middle-aged man said, and smiled at the young man who followed him: "It seems that I am really unlucky." โ€

The middle-aged man laughed, stretched out his hand to help him, and asked him to continue upstairs, and said, "Tao Gong is still angry with the Seventh Prince?" โ€

This elder is none other than Tao Shengchuan. He had a luncheon with his old friend today, came to the Summer Palace for a walk, and when he was tired of shopping, he came to the teahouse to talk about it. He was followed by his second son, Tao Si, and his seventh son, Tao Xiang. I came lightly, and I didn't want to come up to the teahouse, so I was hit.

"I don't get angry with him, he's not done with me." Tao Shengchuan was in a very good mood today, and he drank a little wine at noon, which was a little loose. It's not that he's angry with his son, but there is some taste of love in it. Everyone also heard it, talking and laughing funny, who doesn't know that this seventh young master Tao Xiang is the person in the heart of Tao Shengchuan, the king of the northwest?

Only Tao Xiang is used to smiling, and he is teased in public by his father, and he doesn't care much about cooperating.

Of course, there is another reason for this: of course, his father would not recognize the woman just now, but if he didn't admit his mistake, the woman who left crying was none other than the tenth miss of the Cheng familyโ€”he wouldn't have recognized it so really, who knew that the moment she lowered her head and passed by him, he saw the bag in her hand and the bracelet on her wrist...... The bracelet she was wearing on her wrist should have only one left, and the other, in the *** chaos that day, was forced to throw her hand on the roof of the car and shattered...... If it hadn't been for the bracelet to block it for her, she would have been seriously injured; And he didn't have time to save her.

How could it be so coincidental to meet her here again.

When Tao Xiang saw his father and the others enter the private room, his steps slowed down, and his eyes swept aroundโ€”the plainclothes guards who came with him were already stuck in their positions. He walked a few steps down the corridor, and the private room next door to the east and west had also been taken over by them, he looked inside, and said to the people around him, "Pay attention to any suspicious people nearby." โ€

Since his father came to Beiping, he has personally inquired about all security matters. Tao Si laughed at him for being overly nervous, but he felt that when the wind was raging, it was not too nervous.

As he spoke, he walked into the private room facing the street, heard a voice behind him, and turned around, and the door closed at the same time.