He pinched his cigarette and said with a rare sense of seriousness: "I am a good person, and I have never harmed the little flowers of the motherland." ”

The little flower of the motherland asked: "Then when can I come to get a tattoo?" ”

"Let's go to college first."

Cheng Ji's original intention was to let this little girl "rein in the precipice", but unexpectedly, she said: "I have been escorted, Imperial Capital University, Department of Physics." ”

“……”

Imperial Capital University is still the most difficult physics department to get into, and this physicist may be a physicist in the future.

Cheng Ji asked, "Where do you want to tattoo?" ”

Lin Hemiao put his hand on his chest: "Here." ”

Cheng Ji's face was merry, and the corners of his mouth twitched, like a prodigal boy who mixed up with flowers: "Little sister, go find a better female tattoo artist elsewhere, I'm here, where I don't want to take off my clothes." ”

Of course, this is a lie, he Cheng Ji didn't take off people's clothes, but the cleaner it was, the less he touched it.

Why not touch?

Because his hands were dirty.

He got up: "No." ”

Lin Hemiao put away her ID card and student card, and put on her backpack: "Cheng Ji," there was an indescribable stubbornness in her eyes, and she said, "My name is Lin Hemiao." ”

Cheng Ji replied with a smile: "Lin Hemiao, study hard and make progress every day." ”

Lin Hemiao stood stunned for a while and left.

On January 8 last year, at the gate of 1204 in the imperial capital Fushengju, Cheng Ji asked her: "What is your name?" ”

She grabbed his sleeve at the time: "My name is Lin Hemiao." ”

At that time, Cheng Ji was a distinguished guest of Fushengju, and when the manager saw him, he also had to call Cheng Ye respectfully.

It was almost evening, and the streets were sparsely populated.

Lin Hemiao stood in the middle of the road, tilted his head, and looked at the banner pulled above - congratulations to Lin Hemiao, a student from Hongshui No. 1 Middle School, for winning the first prize in the National Physics Competition.

She was going to get a tattoo with the bonus.

The old house Lin Village is only a more than ten minutes' walk from Huaqiao Street, and when Lin Hemiao arrived home, it was just dark.

"I'm back."

She passed by the hall and went directly to the firewood room at the back.

"Where did you die, and you still know how to come back?" Wu Shufeng grabbed her bag, "Take the bonus." ”

Wu Shufeng is Lin Hemiao's mother, biological.

Lin Hemiao doesn't like to talk, she is introverted, and before she was eight years old, people in the village said that she was an autistic and a fool.

She only went to school at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve, her teacher discovered that she had an amazing talent for numbers, and then she jumped four levels in a row, turning from an autistic fool to an autistic genius.

In the past few days, the weather has become warmer, Xu Tanxi has been busy with the store, the decoration has been completed, and it will probably open next week.

"Hello."

Business in the convenience store is not busy, Wang Xiaodan is watching the drama, he pressed pause: "Take the express delivery, right?" ”

"Yes."

"What's the tail number?"

Xu Tanxi said: "0317." ”

"Wait a minute."

Rong Li did not come to the convenience store today.

Xu Tanxi took the express delivery and went back to his store opposite, the supply of goods had not yet arrived, and the cabinets and shelves were empty. She opened the courier, and it was a wind chime in the shape of an ancient tripod, which she bought from the Internet and wanted to hang in the store.

Cheng Ji came down from upstairs: "Miss Xu." He wore his sleeves on, and a string of black characters was tattooed on his arm, "I have to go to the door, if there are any guests, can you greet me first?" ”

Xu Tanxi responded and said okay.

"Thank you."

Cheng Ji went out.

Ten minutes later, he came back and took Rongguan over.

Rong Guan closed the door and called first: "Sister Xu." After calling someone, his head drooped and listless.

Cheng Ji said: "I'll buy you food, you stay in the store, don't run around." ”

"Oh."

Cheng Ji took his coat and went out again.

Rong Guan sat on a stool, hanging his head, like a frosted eggplant, wilting.

Xu Tanxi put down the wind chimes, bent down, and asked softly: "Guanguan, is there anything uncomfortable?" ”

He shook his head: "My brother said that my mother is going to court today." ”

He didn't know what going to court was, but he heard from the aunts in the village that his mother was going to jail.

"Sister Xu, can't you come out of jail?"

Children's eyes are not yet polluted, their eyes will be darker and brighter than adults, and they are full of ignorance, confusion, and fear of unknown things.

"Does Guan Guan miss his mother?"

Rong Guanguan nodded vigorously, and cried in the blink of his eyes.

In the end, he is a child, no matter how sensible he is, he will cry when he hurts.

Xu Tanxi squatted down and wiped his tears with a soft handkerchief: "When you go to see your mother next time, I'll give you a box of candy, okay?" ”

He nodded with teary eyes: "I'm going to take it to my mother." ”

Xu Tanxi said yes and softly coaxed him not to cry.

Su Min's case was held in the city, and Rong Li passed in the morning.

Rong Guanguan did not go to kindergarten in the afternoon, and at four o'clock, Cheng Ji called Rong Li, he said, the lawsuit was lost, the legitimate defense was not established, and Su Min was sentenced to eight years. Guan Guan seemed to understand, and kept crying, and waited until the evening, when he was tired of crying, he fell asleep.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Cheng Ji received a call from Rong Li.

"I'm at the station, come and pick me up."

The last passenger bus from the county to the township was half past six, and there were no more cars at this point.

Cheng Ji just sent Rongguan back to the old lady Qiuhua, and he didn't finish his meal: "I'm not your driver." ”

"I'll give the money."

After speaking, Rong Li hung up.

Give money?

Is he short of money? Cheng Ji didn't want to pay attention to it at all, opened another can of beer, drank a few sips slowly, and took the car keys downstairs: "Miss Xu, do you have a driver's license?" ”

The goods just arrived in the afternoon, Xu Tanxi was still counting and sorting, and he hadn't gone back yet.

She replied, "Yes." ”

At 7:58, a red private car stopped next to Rong Li.

The street lamp was a little far away from him, and he stood against the wall, looking at the person in the car against the light, if it was someone else, he couldn't see clearly, but it was the person he could see clearly.

He snuffed out the cigarette he hadn't finished smoking and threw it into the trash: "Cheng Ji asked you to come?" ”

Xu Tanxi got out of the car, she forgot to take her coat when she came, the thin floral dress was not cold-resistant, her face was red from the cold, she said: "Mr. Cheng drank alcohol at night and couldn't drive the car." ”

The wind was cold at the end of October, and she stood alone in the cold white moonlight, her skirt swaying, and her hands that were hanging down from her skirt were blue from the cold.

Rong Li glanced at her hand, didn't ask any more, went to open the co-pilot's door, he didn't go up, and walked to the main driver, and the two shadows on the ground overlapped: "I'll open it." ”

After saying that, he went in first and sat in the driver's seat.

Xu Tanxi sat in the co-pilot and fastened the seat belt.

Rong Li closed the window and turned on the heating, he drove very fast, stepping on the accelerator all the way, the wind was already strong, and in the speed, there was a harsh sound.

Xu Tanxi didn't talk much, sat upright, didn't speak all the way, she looked sideways at the car window, the neon outside the window was retreating, and his shadow on the window was very quiet.

Suddenly, Rong Li's cell phone rang.

"Is it Mr. Rong Li?"

The night was very quiet, Xu Tanxi could even hear the voice on his mobile phone, it was a lady.

Rong Li: "Yes. ”

The lady said, "Your father's ashes are still in our funeral home, and the escrow period has expired, do you need me to renew it for you?" ”

After the forensic autopsy, Rong Hai's body was cremated and has been stored in the funeral home for three months. As usual, it's time to bury when the case is over.

Rong Li said, "No. ”

His voice was faint, cold and low, as if it were coming from afar.

The lady continued to ask, "Then when will you come and pick it up?" ”

Xu Tanxi turned his head and saw that he was laughing, the kind of smile that was cold to the bones.

He said, "Take it and feed it to the dogs." ”