Ma Yi didn't say anything more, turned around and was about to go back to the house.

Fu Lingyuan's voice came from behind again: "She lives here, I'm sorry for you." ”

The tone was no longer idle, and was replaced by a calm and heartfelt.

Ma Yi paused, glanced back from the corner of his eye, did not make any response, went back to the house by himself, and closed the door.

……

After Fu Lingyuan left, Ruan Shu actually didn't fall asleep, he lay down with his eyes closed for a while, and the alarm clock set before going to bed last night rang.

Turning off the alarm, Ruan Shu sat up from the bed, and saw that the big bear in the corner of the wall had been turned over, and now it was facing her with a straight face - no need to guess, it must have been Fu Lingyuan's doing.

The slight curvature of Big Bear's lips seemed to smile at her.

Ruan Shu quietly looked at it for a few seconds, got out of bed, and walked in front of it.

Slapped it in the face.

He patted it in the face again.

I patted it in the face again.

In the end, she paused, picked it up with both hands, walked back silently, and put it on the side of the bed where Fu Lingyuan had been lying......

……

I haven't forgotten the promise I made with the boy last night. After washing up, seeing that the time was about the same, Ruan Shu went out for a morning run, ran all the way to the other side of the river, and stopped at the public fitness equipment area.

It's about the same as last night, there are a lot of people, most of them are old men and old women, some morning exercises, some square dance, some walking pets, and some walking grandchildren.

Ruan Shu's eyes circled, and he didn't find the boy for the time being, and he wasn't in a hurry, just where he met him last night, while stepping on the spacewalker, waiting.

It didn't take long for someone to suddenly greet him with a smile in his voice: "Big sister, good morning." ”

Ruan Shu tilted his head in response, and looked at the boy's dark eyes that were very similar to Chen Qingzhou, and his mind shook slightly.

I have to say that looking at him under the blue sky and white sun at this moment, it is really two points like Chen Qingzhou last night.

"Good morning." She got off the spacewalker and stood back on the ground—she already had a good idea of how he looked last night, and she wasn't too surprised when he showed up.

Smiling, she teased: "You're really not afraid, you'll come to see me alone." ”

"There are old grandparents and grandmothers around, they all know me, and the big sister can't do anything to me." The boy blinked, "And, I can see that Big Sister is not a bad person. ”

Ruan Shu was convinced by the first reason, but she could only laugh at the latter - after all, she was still a child.

The boy looked at her sweatshirt and said, "My mom has the same outfit as my big sister, but my mom's one is blue." ”

Ruan Shu glanced down at himself and asked, "Your mother also likes to run?" ”

The boy's eyes rolled, probably thinking that it didn't matter whether he revealed or not at this point, so he nodded: "Hmm." My mom usually runs in the evenings. I'll stay with her when she's here. ”

Well? When you're here? Ruan Shu grabbed this sentence, and her mind quietly checked - it seems that Fu Qingci hid the child here and raised it secretly, and she herself does not live here for a long time, otherwise it is easy to expose the existence of the child.

The boy also seemed to notice that he had accidentally said more, and his words stopped a little abruptly, glancing at her expression.

Ruan Shu had a worried face, and answered with a light smile: "I am the opposite of your mother, I usually run in the morning. Last night, I ran back to the night for the first time, but I happened to run into you. It's fate. ”

Then she bent down slightly to look at him: "So you are willing to help me adopt a hedgehog?" ”

The boy nodded and confirmed, "Hmm." ”

"Your mom agreed?" Ruan Shu asked.

"I haven't had time to ask my mom for her opinion yet." The boy smiled, "But it doesn't matter, I can make my own decisions." ”

The second half of the sentence is another mature little adult's tone. Ruan Shu smiled lightly in his heart, curious: "Then can you tell me why you are willing to adopt?" ”

The boy obviously thought very clearly, and did not hesitate to reply, "Ah Zhen, it's time to have a boyfriend." ”

Ruan Shu: "......"

She thought that the answer was nothing more than that he liked hedgehogs or had one more for Ah Needle to be a companion, but she never expected it to ......

Ruan Shu blinked and stared at him: "Do you know what will happen after you find a boyfriend for Ah Zhu?" ”

When she asked this sentence, she once again sighed in her heart that she was not as loving as this child—why had she never considered asking for a daughter-in-law for the little thorn man......

Think about the appearance of her and Fu Lingyuan lying in a cardboard box last night, is it also old enough to need sex......

In other words, she doesn't understand how the age groups are distributed in the hedgehog world.

The boy was answering her question, "I know." will give birth to a small needle. ”

Ruan Shu: "......"

His expression was very serious, and he blinked.

At such an angle, Ruan Shu suddenly found that his eyelashes were long and slightly curled, like "small eyelash essence".

It was really not appropriate to continue the discussion with a child on this kind of issue, and she had planned to stop there.

However, the boy looked suspicious, and suddenly remembered and asked, "Yes, big sister, how old is your Koko?" ”

This question stumped Ruan Shu. She really didn't know. You have to ask Fu Lingyuan specifically......

Pursing her lips, she guessed to herself and gave a rough answer: "It's more than a year old." ”

The boy smiled, "Almost." However, Ah Zhu may be a little older, she is already one year and nine months old, and she will soon be two years old. ”

"That's fine." Ruan Shu nodded, and then asked, "You see when I send the hedgehog over?" ”

The boy thought for a moment: "Tonight? ”

Ruan Shu raised his eyebrows: "What about seven o'clock?" Almost after dinner. ”

"Old location?" The boy answered.

"Okay." Ruan Shu made an OK gesture in the tone of a successful transaction, "I will see you at the old time and place tonight." ”

……

On the way back, he passed by the convenience store he had just found during his night run last night, and Ruan Shu went in and bought himself a bottle of water.

At the checkout counter, there are two rows of shelves under the nose of Du Leis, and the words "hot-feeling-ultra-thin, convex-dot thread" are prominently typed on the outside of the box.

With a flicker of his eyes, Ruan Shu curled his fingers slightly, and raised his hand hesitantly.

The cashier ordered here: "Hello, your water is five dollars and six cents." ”

"Oh, good." Ruan Shu withdrew his hand and reached into his pocket to take out the money to pay.

Walking out of the convenience store, she frowned, knocked on her head with her fist, and pulled her face to leave quickly.

When he returned to the psychological counseling room, he happened to meet Ma Yi watering flowers in the backyard, so Ruan Shu told him about Koko: "I will handle the hedgehog's whereabouts by myself, so I don't need to trouble you." ”

Ma Yiyan turned around when he heard this: "Decided to return it to your ex-husband?" ”

Originally, if he mentioned Fu Lingyuan, she wouldn't think it was too much. But just after the third watch, when she found Fu Lingyuan climbing the window in the middle of the night, Ruan Shu always felt that there was a hole in his eyes. After all, the noisy movement between her and Fu Lingyuan was quite loud, and she wasn't sure if Ma Yi was unaware......

Inexplicably, it was a little embarrassing. She shook her head and explained, "No. It was last night when I was running at night in the community on the other side of the river that I met a child who also raised hedgehogs at home, and I was going to give it to him. ”

Ma Yiwei didn't ask more about this, and instead mentioned another matter: "When will you find someone to install your anti-theft window, and finally let me know in advance." I don't like the fact that I have random strangers coming in here. ”

Random strangers come in...... Ruan Shu felt that his words seemed to be insinuating.

"I reconsidered it again, and I thought about it or not installing the security windows." She smiled, "The previous tenants have all stayed well, and there are no surprises." And you don't have to worry about the first and second floors, and I don't have anything to worry about if I live on the third floor. ”

Ma Yi helped the frame on the bridge of his nose, and his eyes behind the lenses were faintly shining, and he said lightly: "Well, whatever you want." ”

Then he turned around and continued to water his flowers.

Ruan Shu also went back to his third floor, and after taking a shower, he made himself a simple fruit and vegetable salad for breakfast as usual, and did not forget to prepare one for Xiao Thorn Lang, adding more minced chicken to it than yesterday.

The phone was vibrating violently.

In fact, since the moment she took a shower, a phone call or message has come in for a while. Because they were all from Chen Qingzhou and Huang Jinrong, she didn't care about them.

sat down at the desk and flipped out the information given by Ma Yi to check it - she asked Ma Yi for it herself, and gave it to her for a while, but she never read it after she got it, and she was busy opening the company, if it wasn't for Fu Lingyuan turning it out, she would have almost forgotten.

However, Fu Lingyuan is sharp-eyed, there are so many things on her bookshelf, but she takes a fancy to this, and the document bag on the outside is obviously very ordinary......

After opening the information, I accidentally flipped to a few pictures of the patient's injuries before the operation, all of which were skin corroded by sulfuric acid, close and very high-definition. Ruan Shu was still chewing something in his mouth, and at first glance, he suddenly couldn't swallow it anymore, and reached out to turn back to the front of the information.

Male, 178 tall, and estimated to be between 20 and 25 years old. At the end of August last year, he was found on the main road and sent to the hospital, at that time he was unrecognizable, breathing weakly and unconscious, according to the police now after investigation, it was found that his first murder scene was in a nearby abandoned factory, where he should have died quietly, but he himself crawled out of the factory and onto the road with his last will before falling unconscious.

Ruan Shu frowned and looked down again.

Similar to what Ma Yi had told her at the time, the man had no body or anything on him that could prove his identity, except that during the operation, a tail ring was removed from the finger of his left hand and a stud earring was removed from his left ear. Both things are retained because they are corroded by sulfuric acid and stuck to the skin and cannot be removed.

Photographs of tail rings and studs are attached to the information, but they are also unrecognizable due to sulfuric acid. The police took both items to the Physical Evidence Division for analysis and identification, and none of the materials in each had too many clues that could provide further investigation value. Stuck to the skin and left on the clothes, the material was ordinary, except for a "Muji" men's shirt tag stuck into the flesh from the back of his neck, there was nothing.

Oh, by the way, there's one more thing: he's highly myopic.

I was about to continue looking through it when the phone in my hand vibrated again.

This time it was Cao Wangde who called back.

Ruan Shu put down the information for the time being and picked up the phone.

Cao Wangde apologized again for yesterday's temporary no-show, and at the same time made a new appointment for the time and place of tomorrow's meeting.

Ruan Shu expressed a few words of concern and condolences for his son Xiaobao's injury, and the two ended the call.

As soon as the phone was put down, it rang again.

Staring at Chen Qingzhou's name jumping on the screen, Ruan Shu indifferently flipped the phone to the back to cover it.

……

At the end of the phone call, the result was still the same as the countless times before, no one answered. Chen Qingzhou put away his phone and gave up completely.

"What, what...... Girl, she still ......" Huang Jinrong was obviously very anxious, but at this time, because he lacked confidence to do something wrong, his tone was very weak, and his words were a little stammering.

Chen Qingzhou rarely gave Huang Jinrong a cold face.

Huang Jinrong's eyes flickered, he didn't dare to look directly, the previously majestic eight-character eyebrows were completely towering, and he grabbed the corner of his clothes in his hand uneasily, and said, "That...... That...... Then I'll go to the door in person now to find the girl to apologize to her. No matter what she wants me to do, I'll do it, and that's all I have left with this old face anyway......"

said that he really walked out and made a gesture to go out.

"Come back, Uncle Rong." Chen Qingzhou's expression was a little softened, but his tone was still serious, as if he was the patriarch at this time, and said in a deep voice, "If you come to the door again, you will be causing trouble!" ”

Huang Jinrong was anxious: "But girl, she-"

"Alright." Chen Qingzhou frowned and waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about this matter anymore, don't use text messages and phone calls to harass her anymore, I'll solve it." ”

"Then ......," Huang Jinrong asked hesitantly, "can you guarantee to coax the girl back?" ”

Chen Qingzhou was speechless, but there was a helplessness that he couldn't do anything: "Of course it can't be guaranteed." ”

Soon he added: "But it will be more and more chaotic for you to meddle anyway." ”

Huang Jinrong's face revealed injury, of course, more annoyance: "But I just don't understand, why is the girl so angry." My friend clearly said that his godson was very satisfied with our girl, and the two of us had a good chat and had something to eat together. What the girl is this ......?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Chen Qingzhou's face sank again: "Uncle Rong, let me ask you one last time, who is this person you introduced to her?" ”

"Didn't I show you all the photos, he looks dignified, and he is a decent businessman." Huang Jinrong raised his eyebrows, "Although my friend was met by me in prison, he is different from us, he is either a mixed road, or an ordinary person, and he has not killed people or set fires, purely because the ancestral house was forcibly demolished, he does not understand the tricks and doorways behind those officials, and blindly petitions and reports, so he was sent in casually with a name." ”

"At that time, I was plotted inside, if it wasn't for him and I blocked it, how would I still have the life to stand here now? His sentence was much shorter than mine. After half a year of imprisonment, he was released from prison. After he was released from prison, he kept in touch with me and sent me photos of his life, and when he was in prison, he always mentioned to me that his godson, business was doing very well, and he had filial piety, and took him to live in the United States and provide for the elderly. During this time, his godson was in the country because he had something, and the two old men of us only poked and poked and poked the two young people together. ”

Huang Jinrong is actually still a little aggrieved: "If you want to introduce the person to the girl, can I be casual and so-so?" Among the people I know, it is rare for this friend to be clean, and although I have not seen his godson with my own eyes, I have inquired very carefully......"

Chen Qingzhou was quiet for two or three seconds, and said, "Okay, Uncle Rong, anyway, this matter is like this for the time being, and I will handle it all, you don't have to make any moves first, otherwise there will be no consequences, and I can't do anything." ”

Huang Jinrong looked worried: "That...... Then you can coax the girl......"

"It's best to coax back. But I think you're ready for her to ignore us again. ”

Hearing this, Huang Jinrong's expression showed a sense of despair.

Chen Qingzhou took it into his eyes, shook his head, and entered the study with Rongyi.

"Second master, Boss Cao has re-appointed the eldest lady according to your instructions, and we will have lunch together at noon tomorrow."

"Well, get ready, I'll go over tomorrow."

"Okay, second master." Rong Yi promised, and then reported, "Yesterday, Qingbang and Longhubang temporarily changed their location to the tea house, which is purely a coincidence. Confirm that there was no fight in the end, although the eldest lady was also there, but there was no accident. ”

Chen Qingzhou smiled faintly: "With Ling Yuan here, even if there is a fight, it will definitely not affect her." ”

"Second master, Long Batian, the dragon of the Dragon Tiger State, is narrow-minded and self-serving, this time he was rectified by Boss Fu, although he is obedient on the surface, but I always feel that he will not give up."

Chen Qingzhou glanced at Rong Yi when he heard this: "His eyesight is better than before." ”

Rong Yi smiled: "It's not all because I have been by the second master's side for a long time. If it weren't for the foresight of the second master who had been paying attention to the real-time dynamics of the other brother states, we would not have quickly grasped the situation of the new state lord of the Dragon and Tiger States in such a short period of time. I really didn't expect that among so many sons of Long Hu, it was this one who snatched the seat in the end. ”

Chen Qingzhou couldn't help but stare thoughtfully: "Hmm...... It was a bit of a surprise indeed......"

In an instant, he confessed: "Keep an eye on it." There will definitely be small actions by Longhubang against Qingbang, and even more ruthlessly. Also, pay attention to Ling Yuan's side......"

Rong Yi heard a little taste: "Second master, what do you mean...... Long Batian may attack Boss Fu? ”

Chen Qingzhou's expression gave him the answer.

Rong Yi also frowned slightly: "Second master, then shouldn't we be the boss of Bang Fu?" He can't have an accident right now. His current position is getting more and more stable, and Lu Ye is trusting him more and more, once he makes a move, even if he can't succeed, it will definitely cause a heavy blow to Lu Ye, which will be of great benefit to us. ”

Chen Qingzhou's expression was calm, and his tone was also calm: "The things we are waiting for are also the things that Ling Yuan is waiting for, and they are all waiting for the other party to make the first move and reap the benefits." But now this triangle is actually getting harder and harder to balance. We have been weak, and if Ling Yuan continues to stabilize according to the current situation, and his wings are getting fuller, he will not have a problem waiting to be a yellow finch at all. And once we completely lose our value to Ling Yuan, he should consider swallowing us up, and he can also make meritorious contributions in front of Lu Zhenhua by the way. ”

"What does the second master mean......" Rong Yi made a gesture to wipe his neck.

Chen Qingzhou didn't say anything or not, but said: "No matter whether Long Batian will continue to make small moves behind Qingbang's back, we have to muddy the water a little bit." ”

Rong Yi hesitated for a moment and proposed: "Then Second Master, if we want to attack Boss Fu first, this is a very good opportunity." We can provoke and stir up the situation, and kill people with the hands of Long Batian, or even we can do it ourselves and transfer the dirty water to the Dragon and Tiger State......"

"Wait a minute."

Rong Yi was a little anxious when he heard this: "Second Master, you won't be taking care of the relationship between Boss Fu and Eldest Lady, right?" But aren't they all divorced? If you were on Boss Fu's side, you would definitely not take into account the relationship between you and Officer Fu. What's more, you are still the elder brother of our eldest lady, and the eldest lady said that she didn't recognize the Chen family, but her feelings in recent times will not be cultivated in vain, so she has fallen into her heart. ”

"Not that problem." Chen Qingzhou interrupted him, his fingers tapping lightly on the tabletop, "I just think...... Ling Yuan seems to be ...... to Longhubang"

Halfway through speaking, Rong Yi was puzzled: "What happened to Boss Fu to Long Hubang?" ”

I haven't figured it out yet. It's weird anyway. Chen Qingzhou thought about it and ordered: "Prepare to do it first, and then look at the specific situation if you don't move." ”

Rong Yi hurriedly agreed: "Okay second master! ”

With a light breath, Chen Qingzhou changed the subject: "What's the situation with Officer Fu?" ”

Rong Yi didn't dare to say that Fu Qingci had met with Tan Xiao almost every day since he was released from the hospital, and only talked about what was important: "Officer Fu seems to be about to be reinstated." She went to the bureau early this morning, and she hasn't come out yet. ”

Chen Qingzhou didn't speak for a minute, and then asked, "Let you stare at her if there are children around her, no clues?" ”

"No, second master...... Our people are all following Officer Fu, she has only been back to Fu's house once in the past two days, and she just told you that she went to the bureau in the morning, and the rest is to stay in her own apartment. I've been to the mall, I've been to the pet store. ”

"To the pet store?" Chen Qingzhou grabbed his words and interrupted.

"Well, Officer Fu went to the pet store last night, as if he was planning to buy a male hedgehog. The question of the hedgehog's breeding offspring was also asked. "Eiichi reported.

Chen Qingzhou frowned: "When did her family raise hedgehogs?" ”

"Back to the second master, we are trying to figure this out." Rong Yi told the truth, and said hesitantly, "I'm investigating whether there is a possibility of raising hedgehogs in the police officer's house...... I will continue to keep an eye on Officer Fu's whereabouts. ”

Chen Qingzhou's face was slightly sick.

……

In the evening, Ruan Shu finally fed Koko, picked the cherries on his body and body, and patiently and meticulously bathed and dried it—mainly considering that today would be the first time that Xiao Thorn Lang and his future daughter-in-law would meet, and he could not leave a bad impression on others.

Before putting it in the sleeping bag, she also stuffed a pine nut into its arms for it to hold, which was counted as a welcome gift for its future daughter-in-law.

Everything was packed up, and seeing that the time was about the same, Ruan Shu went out with his sleeping bag and went to the other side of the river to make an appointment.