The days passed, and nearly two weeks had passed since the last time Lin Fan asked Ling.

But he still couldn't figure out what was going on with the sudden interruption of the spirit last time, and he didn't know where to start, so he could only keep his doubts in his heart and talk about it later.

After all, he is just a painter, not a detective, and even if a detective comes, he can only be blind when he encounters this kind of thing.

This world is far from being as simple as I imagined, and my own road is still very long, step by step, I will understand one day.

In addition, the consumption of the spirit is quite large, and he can only give up, and he has been resting at home recently, petting the cat to eat.

Recuperate, live a stable life, and spend a rare period of leisure, which is equivalent to giving yourself a vacation.

This morning, it was rare to rain in the sultry Banyan City, and it humidified the Banyan City that had been sunning for several days, and the air smelled of humidity, but the rain stopped after a long time.

The rain evaporates into the air, making the already unbearable weather even more sultry, and the mixture of moisture and heat waves is particularly uncomfortable.

The air conditioner was still on in the store, and Lin Fan was eating dinner, using chopsticks, four dishes and one soup for two people, which was simple.

Stir-fried yellow beef, spicy chicken, steamed sea bass, seasonal greens, a bowl of duck soup.

Well

Simple.

After eating, there is a bowl of chilled mung bean soup made by Aunt Meng to relieve the heat, which is sweet and delicious.

Lin Fan's daily life is so simple and comfortable.

After drinking mung bean soup, Lin Fan sat on the sofa reading a book and resting, passing the time, and Aunt Meng was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.

In the past few days, Aunt Meng has suddenly become less talkative, and I don't know if it's because what happened at the neighbor's house a few days ago is too terrifying, or if she has something on her mind.

Aunt Meng didn't say, and Lin Fan didn't ask.

After all, it was a person I knew in my life, and he was suddenly killed like this, and the modus operandi was extremely terrifying.

You can't say that she deserves it, because the suspect's behavior is really too cruel, and he has crossed the bottom line of law and morality, and must be severely punished.

It can only be said that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, and the poor person must have something to hate.

Because they are not the parties involved, they look at things from different angles, and outsiders really can't understand what they are thinking.

As their old neighbor, Aunt Meng also felt deeply, but she was helpless, life stumbles along the way, everyone has their own difficulties, they have, she also has.

At this time, there were no customers in the store, and it was extremely deserted.

Of course, desertion is the norm in this shop, and it would be a really strange thing if there was an endless stream of customers on the first floor one day, after all, he didn't rely on the business on this floor to eat.

Even the boss doesn't care, and it's useless for others to care.

Coincidentally, it didn't take long for customers to come to the store.

Two young girls came to the store, a little girl of about six years old and her sister, who was a few years younger than herself.

Lin Fan recognized them, and it seemed that they lived in a nearby alley.

They often come to the store to read, and the two children are also well-behaved, although they are young, they are never noisy.

As for why there are no adults with them, maybe the parents are busy with work and don't have time, Lin Fan has never asked.

There are free mineral water and disposable cups, and even throat lozenges for guests to eat.

They never consumed anything extra, but Lin Fan didn't care, everyone who came was a guest.

Besides, the business on the first floor has never made Lin Fan make money, and it is normal to lose money.

The purpose of opening this floor shop was never to make money and make friends.

He doesn't have many friends so far, but isn't that the purpose?

After my sister took my sister into the door, she nodded and said hello to Lin Fan, who was sitting on the sofa,

"Hello brother."

Lin Fan also smiled slightly and nodded in response,

"Hmm."

Although Lin Fan usually treats people coldly, his patience and attitude will be much better for children, especially children who are polite and sensible like this.

It should be because I grew up in an orphanage after I was a child, because I experienced it, so I know more and am more willing to tolerate.

Then my sister took my sister to the bookcase to choose a book,

There are many types of books on the shelves, and there are also quite a few children's books.

After choosing a book for herself and her sister, my sister went to the shelf next to her to take two candies, opened one and handed it to her sister, and then carefully opened one for herself, put it in her mouth, with a slightly happy look on her face, put the bag in the trash, and then sat back on the sofa and read quietly.

Lin Fan sat on the sofa, the two cats beside him were lying quietly, the sun shone in outside the window, and all the scenery formed a quiet picture.

He holds a copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian writer García Márquez.

In the book, loneliness is the family crest of the Buendía family, and every member of the family wears it unconsciously.

They fear that they will be stuck in the quagmire of loneliness, and they rebel against loneliness in their own way. The paradox is that their survival is inseparable from this loneliness, because they are eager to maintain the arrogant posture of loneliness.

Lin Fan is also lonely, he grew up in an orphanage since he was a child, he doesn't know who his parents are, and the people around him reject him.

He never thought of looking for his biological parents and finding his own place, because since they chose to give up on him, then he didn't have to find them again.

Between this vast world, they may or may not exist somewhere, but Lin Fan already has a life of his own.

He never cared about the rejection of others.

If it weren't for Chen Xu, then he would have been alone and unfettered for at least the past 20 years.

There is a sentence in the book, "All the splendor that has ever been in life, after all, needs to be repaid with loneliness."

Lin Fan is looking forward to the coming splendor in his life, and he is willing to accept the loneliness that will come after this splendor.

I don't know why, Lin Fan enjoys this loneliness very much.

Of course, he is also very fortunate to have a friend like Chen Xu by his side.

Just then, a man outside pushed the door open.

A man with short hair, slender eyebrows, thin lips, eyeballs that move back and forth, and walks very lightly.

He saw Lin Fan on the sofa, his eyes rolled around, and said,

"Yo, boss, have you eaten?"

Lin Fan turned his head and glanced at it, and replied coldly,

"Hmm."

Then he continued to look at his book.

The two cats next to him also closed their eyes in disgust and did not look at him.

Lin Fan knew him, Aunt Meng's son, a bastard who was addicted to gambling without learning or skills, had come to the store several times before, and he had come to ask Aunt Meng for money.

I haven't seen him for a while, Lin Fan guessed that he should have gone to dinner, seeing that he had just been released.

Asking for money again,

Lin Fan wanted to ask him out, but after all, this was Aunt Meng's family matter, and he couldn't interfere.

He's not dead, he's alive and well, and if he dies, he can intervene.

Pity.

Seeing that Lin Fan had no intention of taking care of himself, Ren Jianxian didn't continue to find himself bored, so he walked inside with a smile and stood next to the counter.

"Mom!" Ren Jianxian shouted.

Aunt Meng heard the voice and walked out, looking at her son in front of her, her face was not very good.

"What's wrong?"

She has already been disappointed in this son, she and her husband came to Rongcheng to work hard decades ago, although tired, but life is safe, and finally worked hard to find a house that can be settled.

But I didn't expect that my husband and wife worked so hard, but this son was so uncompromising.

Idle all day long, after finishing junior high school, he came out to mess around, he was lazy and did nothing, and he also contracted the vice of gambling, delusional to get rich overnight, but he lost more and won less.

The family's savings have almost all been lost to him, otherwise he would not have needed to go out to work to support his family at the age when he should have retired.

Her husband had been sick for many years, and he had been lying in bed for the last few years of eating, drinking, and Lazar, and even he was finally angry to death by this unfilial son, and it made her sad when he recalled the disappointment in his eyes before he died.

This unassuming brute!

A few months ago, I was arrested for illegal crowd gambling, and I just came out today.

"Have you eaten?" Ren Jianxian asked, as if he cared about Aunt Meng.

"Eat, what? Didn't eat, you have the money to give me to eat? Aunt Meng glanced at him, it was really annoying.

"Mom, what you said, didn't I just come out today, you give me some money first, and I'll look for a job in a few days." Ren Jianxian has no remorse, this kind of thing is just commonplace for him.

said that he said that he would look for a job in a few days, but the key is that he said this every time, and every time he took the money, he went to gamble, and he didn't care what work he didn't work.

"You go out first, and I'll transfer the money to you later." Aunt Meng didn't want to look at him any more, she just wanted him to get out quickly.

"I haven't eaten yet, Mom, you dislike me so much?"

"I'll transfer it to you now."

Aunt Meng took out her mobile phone and transferred him a few hundred yuan.

"Hehe, thank you, Mom, then I'll go first."

After receiving the money, Ren Jianxian had a smile on his face, turned around and prepared to go out, and when his eyes swept over the counter drawer, a trace of inexplicable meaning flashed in his eyes.

A snicker appeared at the corner of his mouth, then faded away.

When passing by Lin Fan's side, Ren Jianxian glanced at him, nodded and smiled, did not speak, glanced around again, and then went out.

Aunt Meng shook her head and sighed, she didn't know how to end such a day, she thought of her sister in her hometown county, and an idea surged in her heart......

Then continue to go back to the back kitchen.

......

Towards evening, the little girl left with her sister, and before leaving, she still greeted Lin Fan, and Lin Fan still responded.

......

It's night,

Neon lights up one by one,

Lin Fan asked Aunt Meng to go back from work early, he went up to the second floor, and stood in front of the window as always, quietly looking at the sky outside the window.

It didn't take long for Lin Fan to turn around and go back to the bedroom, take a shower,

Just go to bed early.

The night is getting deeper, and the traffic on the road is gradually decreasing.

suddenly

There was a rustling sound from the locked door on the first floor......

......