There were a few birdsongs outside the store, Yiyu sat up from his chair and glanced at his phone, it was half past five in the morning, but the sun outside had already penetrated in, and the sky was already bright.

It won't be long before the first wave of office workers arrive in a hurry, choosing rice balls or cup noodles that are easy to heat for breakfast, and then walking briskly into the adjacent building.

Yiyu sometimes passes by and sees the tall building next to it, but she doesn't imagine the idea of the gorgeous decoration in the building, and with her observation of the convenience store, even the life of a white-collar worker in the building is not necessarily glamorous.

Like her, they might wake up from a humble rental house and step into the crowded subway after a wash.

The lucky ones will find a place to sit and rest in their chairs, while the unfortunate will have to hold on to the railings and struggle to support their legs even if they are tired, and often their drive can take hours.

For the small city where Yiyu used to live, a few hours was enough to get from one place to another.

A woman wearing black-framed eyes and a white shirt and professional attire walked into the store, walked to the shelf and took two rice balls.

If you don't come often, you definitely don't have such a fast and accurate speed, and Yiyu took the money.

"Heat it up for me, yes." The woman paused, as if remembering something, and walked to the nearby drink shelf and took two glass jars of milk. "And these two."

"Okay, wait a minute." Yiyu turned around and put the rice balls in the microwave oven, swept the price of the milk and reported it to her. "Do you eat here often?"

"Eh, how do you know," she said, looking at her in surprise, and then seemed to figure it out again, "I come a lot, you probably remember." She smiled, "No way, it's more convenient here near here, and you won't lose time when you go to work after eating." ”

"Busy, huh?" Yiyu asked.

"It's very busy, but who is not busy in this society now? It's busy. She sighed, took the milk and rice balls, thanked her, and left.

Everyone has their own difficulties, and it is impossible to see the essence of things with our eyes alone, so if we want to understand it deeply, we must actively explore the essence of things, rather than just seeing them by feeling.

Thinking of this, Yiyu seemed to think of something, and an idea arose in her heart.

At about half past seven, Zhao Ke pushed the door in, and he carried two cartons of milk in his hand, "The milk at the door has arrived, and I have signed for it." ”

"Thank you." Yiyu replied. "By the way, did you ask your police friends about that identification?"

"Not yet, it was too late yesterday, I'm afraid I'll make a noise to him, after all, I haven't been in touch for a while, and it's not good to bother rashly." He placed the crate next to the milk cooler.

"I'll call him now, your matter is more urgent, and you can't delay." He looked at Yi Yi depressed, and continued.

"I'm sorry for you."

Yiyu watched him press the call button, and the sound of "Di" sounded one by one, like a spark on her body, and there were countless ants crawling in her heart.

"Hello?" Zhao Ke opened his mouth to speak, and Yiyu knew that it must have been connected.

"Who? What's the matter? There was a voice on the other end.

"Zhao Ke, we used to have dinner together, forgot?" Zhao Ke smiled.

"Oh-" The voice on the other end dragged on, but it wasn't clear if he really remembered. "What's wrong? Can I help you? ”

"Well, I wanted to ask if your police department has any technology for written identification."

"Occasionally, it's going to be used, what's wrong?"

"I have a friend who's in trouble, so I might want you to help me get her stuff tested."

"That's the case, we have to go through the process of doing the appraisal, and I don't do this, this thing is generally the responsibility of professionals, so ......"

"I know, but can you do me a favor, this matter is really urgent, maybe you will miss the process after leaving, you see...... Just help. ”

"I'll try to help you ask first, and I'll give you an answer when I'm done."

"Okay, I'm sorry for you, let's have dinner together another day."

"I'm not sure if I can help you, so don't get your hopes up yet."

They exchanged a few more casual greetings, and the bureau had something to do, so the other end hung up the phone.

"You also heard it, don't worry, you can look for other clues, and call you as soon as I know." Zhao Ke turned off the phone and put it in his pocket.

"Okay." Yiyu also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry at this time. It seems that we have to start elsewhere first.

"Then I'll go first." She grabbed her things and walked out.

As she walked, she felt a little dizzy in her head, and a feeling of near death hit her heart. Fortunately, she stopped for a while and eased down, probably because the long period of high concentration made her physically exhausted.

She hadn't even applied concealer for the past few days, and through the reflector of the building, she could feel her haggard face. The top is lifeless, like the kind of person who has been sick for a long time and has no room to return.

There were very few people in the editorial department, and she saw Bai Yi'an at a glance. He held the "Travelogue of Youth." The book frowned, and I flipped through the pages one by one, not missing any of them.

Yiyu walked over and turned the book to the first page, indicating that it was written on the Ringing Moon Publishing House. "When I was in the store, it occurred to me that if we could find out the location of the publishing house, then we could find the author behind it."

"yes." Bai Yi'an patted his thigh, "I didn't expect to go in this regard." ”

He turned on the computer, searched for the words "Xiangyue Publishing House", and soon the page jumped to the specific information of the publishing house.

"I vaguely know about this publishing house because the company seems to have cooperated with them."

"We have to discuss what to do first, and we can't suddenly go and ask the author directly for information, which others won't reveal."

"Well, I know, my idea is that we can pretend to be collaborators who also want to publish books. Then try to see if you can get them to say something useful. Bai Yi'an proposed.

They discussed what they needed to do when they went to the publishing house, and they were ready to hurry up. Yiyu's dizziness flared up suddenly, and she felt weak all over her body, leaning against the wall next to her.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yi'an was walking in front, but there was no movement behind him, he turned around and looked, only to find Yiyu leaning against the wall.

"It's not a big deal, maybe I haven't eaten, and I'm a little tired."

Bai Yi'an noticed her pale cheeks, "Even if you want to find out what is going on, you can't toss yourself like this." He gently helped Yiyu with his hand, escorted her to the co-pilot, and took out a piece of chocolate from the drawer in the car. Eat some of this to replenish your energy first, and I'll see if there are any other stores to buy you something else on the way, you won't be able to hold it without eating. ”

Yiyu's head went blank, and she took the chocolate and put it in her mouth, but she still felt that the surroundings were far away from her. I only vaguely heard Bai Yi'an's voice asking her to rest for a while. She felt like she couldn't hold it anymore and closed her eyes.

The car drove very smoothly, I don't remember how long it was, Bai Yi'an patted her on the shoulder, "Wake up, eat these first." ”

She opened her eyes in a daze, and drank from the cup he handed her. It was a glass of brown sugar water, but she remembered that there didn't seem to be any store that would sell it alone.

"This also has two eggs, and a box of biscuits. Eat more. He put a bag of things on her lap.

She drank a few sips of brown sugar water and gradually became sober. I just felt as if I had slept just now, and no one disturbed her, and she slept very peacefully, which was a rare rest for her.

She opened the bag, which contained peeled boiled eggs and a box of chocolate vanilla cookies. She ate and drank, feeling that she was gradually regaining her strength.

"Thanks, I forgot to say it just now." She fastened the bag in her hand and realized that she had forgotten to thank her, and hurriedly said something.

"It's okay, you look really weak, you usually have to pay attention to rest." He smiled, "Fortunately, the clerk was very nice, I asked her to help make a cup of brown sugar water, and she agreed without saying a word." ”

"I don't think I can buy it on the road, and I'm going to ask you where it came from, thank you for the brown sugar water, I'm much better."

"I remember hearing that brown sugar boiled eggs are good for girls, but there are no such conditions on the road, so it should be about the same."

"Brown sugar boiled eggs seem to be a ...... for pregnant women who have given birth," Yiyu heard him say without being amused.

"Huh? Yes, I'm sorry, but it's still very nutritious. He coughed dryly and concentrated on the steering wheel.

"No, thank you very much. The eggs and cookies were delicious. ”

It probably took them more than an hour to drive to the location of the publishing house. According to their plan, they are ready to disguise themselves as two people who want to publish a book.

The person at the front desk saw them walk in, "What are you doing here?" ”

"We wanted to know what happened before the book was published, so we could consider which publisher to choose."

"Our Xiangyue Publishing House is well-known, we have published some hot-selling books, I don't know if the two of you have recently gone to the bookstore to see a new book, it is a travelogue, and the sales are very high."

Travels? "The Travels of Youth"?

Yiyu felt uncomfortable when she heard this, but Bai Yi'an dragged her and motioned her to adjust her emotions.

"We've heard about it before, so we wanted to come here to find out, who wouldn't want to get their book published a little better, you see?"

"If you want to talk about publishing cooperation, I'll make an appointment for you here, and he will answer a lot of questions."

The front desk ushered them into a small office room, where the editor was typing quickly on the computer. Seeing them coming, he didn't stop the speed in his hand, "Please take a seat." ”

"Editor Zhang, these two customers want to know more about the publishing process, please tell them more." The front desk poured two cups of tea, slowly exited and closed the door.

"Do you two have a book you want to publish lately?" Editor Zhang finally stopped and looked at the two of them.

"Yes, I recently saw a travel book, and found out that it was your publishing house, and I thought it was very good, so I wanted to consult it too."

"We do have professionalism here, you can come boldly and rest assured, that travelogue is really good, but it has to be written by the author well to become so good."

"Yes, we are quite familiar with the author, in fact, we came here after listening to his recommendation." Bai Yi'an looked over with a smile on his face.

"Oh, is it? Coincidentally, I wrote that travelogue. ”

"You took over? It would be better, but we don't know exactly where the author is, we haven't seen it for a while, and we want to see it. ”

"Wait, I'll look for the contract so you know a little bit and find a little bit easier. By the way, first of all, who are you from? He flipped through the stacks of papers on the table.

"We are from the Chenzhan Literature Department." Bai Yi'an replied.

"Chen Zhan? Eh, that book seems to have been signed by someone from Chen Zhan? I looked for it, and vaguely remembered that it seemed to be them. ”