Chapter 36: The Swarm

When he saw Shen Ran standing outside the door in light-colored clothes and waving to him again, Lu Cheng felt that his mood was lit up at once.

It seems that being able to see him standing in front of him healthily is the best thing, and nothing else matters.

"How are you feeling today?" Lu Cheng invited him in and sat down in his office.

"It's good. Thank you for taking care of it. ”

"It's not about taking care of you, you're fine. In the future, I will also pay attention to let you do less of these energy-consuming things. The two sat on the sofa, and Lu Cheng made him a pot of tea.

Shen Ran took the tea, waved his hand and said, "It can't be said that it is your responsibility, I was originally a consultant, this is what I should do." Also, if I don't understand this, I don't feel at ease. No, I'm still coming to you because of this. ”

"Well, what kind of organization did you say he was a member of, and what did the group mean?"

"That's the case, I'm afraid what I'm going to say will be a little strange, that's why I want to see you in person, I'm afraid I can't say it on the phone."

"It's okay, you can tell me anything." Lu Cheng sat at Shen Ran's oblique angle, leaning forward in Shen Ran's direction.

"When I fell asleep in the past two days, I saw Li Lizi again, I should have dreamed of her."

Hearing Li Lizi's name, Lu Cheng held his breath. He thought carefully about whether he had found any strange signs when he stayed at Shen Ran's house that night.

In the dream, she stood in Li Mingyu's house again. Still like the first time I saw her in the field, she took one look at me and walked out into the room.

This time I followed in, and the lights were on in the room. The computer on the table is also on, but Li Mingyu is not in the room, and the black background on the computer screen is full of English letters, which should be a foreign social software.

teleg

AM or what, but I don't usually use social software, let alone foreign software that needs to circumvent the wall, so I can't confirm it for a while.

There's an area in the middle of the screen where line after line of English is scrolling.

There is also a string of numbers interspersed with it.

English scrolls so fast that I can only try to capture the text on the screen.

g

OUP Group ......

I've seen suppo appear next to this string of numbers a few times

t g

oup, so I judge what kind of mutual aid organization or group number this is.

Other static text on the page includes transactions, as well as abbreviations with unknown meanings, kush, LSD, etc......

My gut tells me that these words don't refer to normal transactions, and that this page is suspicious.

There were several words about death scrolling across the screen, but I didn't see them, and I wanted to get closer.

But at that time, the screen immediately jumped to the screensaver screen, and only a goldfish was left wandering on the screen.

And I can't seem to walk out of my way, I can't touch the computer.

Li Lizi had been standing not far in front of me, with her back to me, and she was also looking at the computer. I don't know if she understands it, but from what we know about her before, she dropped out of school and doesn't usually have a good learning environment, so she may not be able to understand all the meanings in English.

I wanted to open my mouth and ask her what she saw.

That's when she moved, she walked to the computer desk, picked up something from the table, then turned around, looked at me with a smile, and reached out to show me the thing she had just picked up.

It's a note.

It's a little old, and it's a little sticky.

A string of numbers was written on the note.

I recognized just the first few numbers, the string of numbers that had just scrolled on the screen.

I memorized the numbers as fast as I could.

And then, and then ...... I don't remember, I seem to have dreamed of something else, I heard someone talking to me......"

Speaking of this, Shen Ran stopped.

Lu Cheng, who had been struggling to write and take notes, also stopped, "Huh? Who told you what? ”

"Well, nothing, I don't remember exactly. That doesn't matter. ”

"Oh. Unimportant...... I can't remember ......" After taking notes, Lu Cheng raised his head and asked, "Do you still remember that string of numbers?" ”

"Well, remember, I was also surprised, I slept for so long, but when I woke up, I was still very impressed by the string of numbers. I'll just write it down. ”

Lu Cheng put his notebook and pen in front of Shen Ran.

Shen Ran quickly wrote down a string of numbers: 524846492......

"Okay, I'll look it up. However, the transactions you saw in your dream, as well as the English letters, are really quite in line with Li Mingyu's own confession, and you may not know very well that those letters have something to do with drugs.

And he did use that software to do illegal transactions, and now the country is no longer allowed to log in, so he used a little method.

Judging from these points, your dream is really ......" Lu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"Evil Sect." Shen Ran laughed at himself.

"It's magical, I think it's kind of magical. Even if there is really something evil, I am yang, and it does not dare to come close to you. Lu Cheng said it seriously.

Shen Ran smiled, "Then I'll trouble you, Team Lu." ”

Shen Ran still didn't tell Lu Cheng why he wanted to inquire about the information in these dreams, first, he didn't want to expose himself too much, and second, if he wanted to say what these investigations would have to do with his disappearance, he couldn't say clearly, there was no evidence, bits and pieces, he was just moving forward with intuition.

He didn't say it, and Lu Cheng didn't ask.

As soon as this strange question came out, Lu Cheng realized that most of them were similar to Sun Hui's case last time, and he had been investigating something.

He only told himself a part, but not the whole picture.

But this is also what he decided early on, as long as it is not a violation of laws and regulations, Shen Ran doesn't want to say it, he won't be reluctant.

He also grabbed Shen Ran and said to him: "If you have something to say, you can tell me." ”

He wanted to speak, and he listened.

But it will not be reluctant, and at the same time, it will be taken seriously and checked seriously, even if these clues seem to be whimsical and unreliable.

If nothing is found, will Shen Ran be disappointed?

And if you really use this number to find out something......

He looked straight at Shen Ran. What does that mean exactly?

What was in his dream?

Shen Ran was looked at by him like this, and his eyes widened, "Uh, my business has been said, if the land team has nothing to do, then I'll leave?" ”

"Oh, uh-huh......" Lu Cheng realized that his gaze was too direct.

Shen Ran got up and was about to leave, when Lu Cheng suddenly remembered something again and stopped him: "Wait a minute." ”

"Huh?" Shen Ran turned around.

"I, I still have something to say to you." Lu Cheng lowered his head at this time and didn't look directly at Shen Ran.

"Oh, you say." Shen Ran sat back on the sofa and waited for Lu Cheng to speak.

Lu Cheng didn't have the previous simplicity, he first brewed for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and rolled over what he wanted to say in his head, and finally raised his head, looked at Shen Ran, and said: "That's the case, I don't know if you have any scruples during this time, and when you are working, you are not at ease enough......

I mean, I don't know, are you afraid to get too close to me, want to keep your distance from me, do you think, I'm gay? After asking this, Lu Cheng glanced at Shen Ran seriously.

Shen Ran didn't look at him, just looked at the teacup in front of him. Lu Cheng couldn't see what he was thinking.

Lu Cheng also turned his head to look at the teacup in front of him.

"I know it may have been a bit abrupt to invite you to dinner that time. The environment is also not very suitable. I don't know if I'm thinking too much, but I feel like you've changed a little since that meal...... You seem to have become wary and distanced from me. ”

Lu Cheng's tone sank unconsciously.

Realizing that he had paused here for too long, Lu Cheng immediately changed his tone and said with a little ease: "I just don't know, are you worried, I will be ...... Actually, I ......"

Lu Cheng is next ready to say the set of rhetoric he has been thinking of for a long time, that is, his brilliant achievements in past blind dates and his careful plans for future blind dates.

Unexpectedly, Shen Ran showed a subtle smile at this time.

He raised the corners of his mouth lightly, looked at Lu Cheng, and still said calmly, "No." I didn't think so. I can't get you wrong. Didn't think so. ”

Shen Ran expressed his attitude so simply, Lu Cheng didn't expect that the words he had prepared hadn't finished yet.

"I did have some concerns in the past, but not what you think, or rather, I was worried...... It doesn't matter, since you think it's better to get along like in the past, then we'll be the same as before, I don't have any ideas. ”

In a few neat sentences, Shen Ran had already expressed his meaning clearly.

Although he still concealed between his words, as restrained as he always was.

Lu Cheng didn't know what his concerns were, but since he wasn't worried about it, he shouldn't have to worry about it.

"That's good. Then I'll be fine, I'll look it up with the number you gave me. Go back and stay safe. ”

The matter has been explained, and Lu Cheng has no reason to stay with Shen Ran any longer.

"yes, okay."

After leaving the police station, Shen Ran still took a taxi as usual.

Sit in the car and think back to that conversation.

Shen Ran smiled softly again.

What surprised him the most was not that Lu Cheng had been worrying about it, but his voice.

He recognized Lu Cheng's voice.

That night he had heard a voice talking to him in a daze, and that was all he had to say, and he remembered it all now.

He'd heard those words before.

What is he not worried about, is he alienating himself......

Thinking about it, he wanted to laugh again.

He remembered that he had opened half of his eyes in a blur, the curtains fluttering in front of him, and the moonlight shining on the windowsill.

In total, I fell asleep for about a day and a half.

That should have been that night.

That voice was Lu Cheng, yes, he was by his side at that time.

He didn't know why Xu Guangyuan didn't tell him these details, but it didn't matter, he was very sure of his judgment.

He can't misremember his voice.

It turned out that he was there. I also talked a lot to myself.

Thinking of what Lu Cheng said, the smile on Shen Ran's face receded a little.

He was explaining his sexuality to himself. Regarding this aspect, Shen Ran had already told himself in his heart that that night, what he wanted to say was that he was not gay. So there have been no other ideas for a long time.

It's just that when I heard Lu Cheng say this in person, at that moment, I still didn't know what it was like in my heart.

Later, in Lu Cheng's words, I heard that he hoped that he would not be separated from him. Shen Ran felt a little cared again.

He still cares about his relationship with him. Whether it's a colleague or a friend, at least, he cares.

Thinking about it like this, Shen Ran's mood calmed down again.

Originally, he wanted to keep his distance from Lu Cheng, precisely because he was worried that he would feel that the two men should not get too close, but he didn't expect Lu Cheng to worry that he would mind.

Does this count as thinking about going together?

It's also a tacit understanding.

As a friend.

Shen Ran twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, wanting to smile and feeling a little sour.

Shen Ran felt that his mind was going up and down with this ride, and it was bumpy. It was rare for him to have such a quick turn in mood.

He doesn't quite understand his mood yet, he needs time.