Volume I: Chapter 19: Confused Memory

"It can't be!" Xiahoudun put down the newspaper in his hand, his eyes became wandering, and he repeatedly recalled the scene at that time. He remembered that before the action, Ding Yao also said that the child was very smart and his grades were among the best in school, and he felt sorry for his death. And the video information at that time was clear, and even the child's face, Xiahoudun could recall it. There must be a mistake! Thinking like this, Xiahoudun took out his mobile phone and dialed Xiahouyuan's phone.

Xiahou Yuan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Brother, are you looking for me?" ”

"Are you with Ding Yao now?" Xiahoudun asked hastily.

"In ...... Together, what's wrong? Asked on the other end of the phone.

"It just so happens that you also ask Ding Yao, the last mission on Beiqingshan Road was the spell spirit, how many victims there were, do you two remember?" Xia Houdun said, beads of sweat flowed down his face.

There was silence on the phone for a moment, and Xiahou Yuan spoke again, "She said that it was a couple, but how do I remember that it was a family of three......

"You remember a family of three, right?" Xiahoudun's voice became a little louder, and he finally found the same person as he remembered.

"But Ding Yao said it was two, and I was confused." Xiahou Yuan's voice was also a little confused, "Is something wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Xiahoudun replied subconsciously, he sighed softly, and said, "Go home and talk to you." ”

Xiahoudun hung up the phone and sat there with an uncertain expression.

"No, what's going on?" Chen Ming didn't expect his actions to make Xiahoudun so uneasy, he patted Xiahoudun on the shoulder and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"You kid!" Aunt Cheng also put down her chopsticks and began to count Chen Ming, "It's not easy for people to have a few days to rest, you have to talk about these with others." ”

Chen Ming was also a little stunned, he was just chatting with Xiahoudun normally, and when he encountered any objections, he just found evidence to refute it, he didn't know why Xiahoudun was like this, "I didn't expect this to be the case." ”

"But, I also remember two people." Chen Xuan, who was sitting next to Xiahoudun, held Xiahoudun's hand, and the napkin wiped the sweat beads on Xiahoudun's forehead and face, "Is it a mistake in the newspaper?" ”

"Maybe I'm mistaken." Xiahoudun relieved himself from the panic just now, he stroked Chen Xuan's face, Aunt Chong Cheng and Yu Xiaoxiao smiled, and then said to Chen Ming, who was standing on the side blankly, "Let's eat." ”

After dinner, Xiahoudun left Aunt Cheng's house and drove back to his home. Xiahoudun didn't eat his dinner well, he was always distracted, and he was in a hurry when he left, so that he didn't talk to Chen Xuan properly, he felt very guilty about it, but he really couldn't help but think about everything that happened just now, because it was so bizarre that it made him feel like a dream.

Xiahouyuan opened the door of the house and found that the lights were on in the house, and the sound of a ball game came from the TV in the living room, and he knew that Xiahouyuan was back. He took off his windbreaker and suit jacket, washed his hands, and then came to the living room, threw the newspaper he took from Aunt Cheng's house on the coffee table, and sat next to Xiahou Yuan, who was watching the ball game.

"Why did you come back before me?" Xiahoudun asked while rubbing his temples.

"When you called me, I was sending Ding Yao home." Xiahou Yuan picked up the remote control board, turned down the sound of the TV, and then looked at the tired Xiahouyuan and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Do you remember what the news headline on the morning of Beiqing's mission was?" Xiahoudun picked up a can of drink from the coffee table and drank it.

Xiahou Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Remember, it seems that a 'family of three was cut in half', right?" ”

"You remember a family of three, right?" Xiahoudun picked up the newspaper that had just been placed on the coffee table, took a deep breath, and handed the newspaper to Xiahouyuan, "Then you look at this." ”

Xiahou Yuan took the newspaper and saw that it was written "There was a murder case on Beiqingshan Road, the vehicle was intact, and the husband and wife were beheaded next to their own car", and his expression suddenly became very frightened, "This is impossible!" ”

"I also think it's impossible," Xiahoudun put the beverage can on the coffee table, looked at Xiahouyuan again, and said with his fingers crossed: "But today, at Aunt Cheng's house, Aunt Cheng, Chen Xuan, Chen Ming, Chen Ming's daughter-in-law and me, a total of five people, except for me, everyone else said that it was written in the newspaper at that time. ”

"Isn't it?" Xiahou Yuan showed a surprised expression, "Ding Yao also said that it was two today, but I clearly remember the video materials we watched together at that time, and it was indeed three people." ”

Xiahoudun thought for a moment and said to himself: "Is it because of the power of fighting souls?" ”

"The power of the fighting spirit?" Xiahou Yuan heard Xiahou Yuan's words and said, "Could it be that people who don't have the power of fighting souls have their memories tampered with?" ”

"Maybe it's just the opposite......" Xiahoudun said with a wry smile.

Xiahou Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you want to call Xun Yu?" ”

Xiahoudun glanced at his watch, it was already past nine o'clock, then shook his head and said, "It's a little late, let's go back." Moreover, if it was really the memory of the fighting soul that was tampered with, Lao Cao would have discovered it earlier than us. ”

"Yes, yes." Xiahou Yuan nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, you are not in the unit today, and there are documents in the department, saying that you will convene the team leader-level members to Xudu for a meeting next week." ”

"Next week?" Xiahoudun felt that the arrangement was a little sudden, so he asked, "What time is next week?" ”

"Monday to Wednesday, meet early Monday morning, pass on Sunday, and come back on Wednesday evening." Xiahou Yuan replied.

"This arrangement was too sudden," Xiahoudun frowned and asked, "Did you say that it was because of something?" ”

"That's not the case." Xiahou Yuan said.

"Oh, yes." Xiahoudun got up from the sofa and said to Xiahouyuan, "I will get married next Sunday." ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan also stood up from the sofa, looked at Xiahouyuan in surprise and said, "Your arrangement is even more sudden than a meeting, it's really a flash marriage." ”

Xiahou Yuan smiled proudly and ignored Xiahou Yuan. He walked in the direction of the study, muttering as he went, "Sunday, I'm going to meet those guys again......"

At six o'clock in the morning, Xiahoudun's alarm clock rang. As usual, after washing and shaving, Xia Houdun came to the kitchen and began to prepare breakfast. Although he kept reminding himself that the more he didn't know the truth of the matter, the more he couldn't panic, but at this time, his mind kept recalling things that were out of his memory.

Xia Houdun thought, looked down, and found that the water in the pot had not yet boiled, so he put the noodles in it, so he shook his head, quickly threw away the noodles soaked in the water, and prepared a new one. He slapped his face with his hand to sober himself up, and then began to prepare the vegetables and ham needed to make the noodles.

After a while, Xiahouyuan put two breakfasts on the table, and Xiahouyuan came downstairs at this time.

Xiahou Yuan sat on the chair, glanced at the listless Xiahou Yuan, and asked, "What's the matter, big brother." Still thinking about that? ”

"Yes." Xiahoudun nodded and said, "I always have a trace of uneasiness in my heart. ”

"Why don't you call Xun Yu after nine o'clock in a while?" Xiahou Yuan picked up the chopsticks and said.

"Let's talk about it." Xiahoudun shook his head and picked up his chopsticks, "This matter is probably not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, anyway, I have to go to a meeting next week, and when I go to Xudu, I will ask him in person." ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded, took a bite of noodles, and asked again, "It's Friday today, which of the two of us will pick up Xiaoling?" ”

"Let's go together." Xiahoudun also began to eat breakfast.

"Together?" Xiahou Yuan looked at Xiahoudun puzzled, quickly swallowed the noodles in his mouth, and asked, "Then I have to come back first after work?" You can't drive two cars to pick her up, can you? ”

Xia Houdun said while eating: "I'm not staying at home today, let's go to the unit to take a look, and by the way, prepare the documents to be reported at the meeting in the office." ”

"You're not accompanying your sister-in-law anymore?" Xiahou Yuan then asked.

"She's going to the clinic today, and I'm not going to look for her." Xiahou Yuan finished eating a bowl of noodles in three or two bites, and then pointed to the noodles in front of Xiahou Yuan that had not moved much, and urged: "Eat quickly!" Eat well and go. ”

At 8:50, the Xiahou brothers came to the unit. Xia Houdun saw Qiao Lili at the front desk looking at her phone seriously with her head down, so she didn't bother her, but stepped forward and rummaged through her mail and packages on the table.

Qiao Lili looked up and saw the silent Xiahoudun, startled, and stood up suddenly, "Team leader, why are you here?" ”

"What's that called?" Xiahoudun glanced at Qiao Lili and said, "I'm the leader here, shouldn't I come?" ”

"No, no," Qiao Lili quickly explained, "I mean, aren't you on vacation?" Is there another emergency today? ”

Xiahou looked at Qiao Lili with a smile and a slight teasing: "I sometimes really doubt how you became the front desk. ”

Qiao Lili hurriedly bowed twice to Xiahoudun, "I'm sorry, team leader, I can't speak too much." ”

"Okay," Xiahou Yuan, who was standing on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward to block Qiao Lili's words, "Don't be embarrassed for other little girls." ”

"I don't feel sorry for her." Xia Houdun retorted, "It's just an ordinary conversation between colleagues. ”

"Are you embarrassed by this?" Xiahou Yuan pointed to Qiao Lili, who was blushing with shame on the side, and said, "Look at it, it scares people." ”

"Did I scare her?" Xiahoudun looked at Xiahouyuan with a confused expression, "She came up and bothered me, saying that there was an emergency, so I replied to her twice, just kidding, this is to scare her?" ”

Xiahou Yuan looked at Xiahoudun helplessly and said, "You are the team leader, how can you joke with your subordinates." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Seeing this, Qiao Lili hurriedly apologized, "You two don't quarrel, it's all my fault." ”

"Hey, team leader, are you here?" Suddenly, Xu Xu ran down from the second floor, and when he saw Xiahoudun here, he stopped.

Xiahoudun saw Xu Xu's panicked expression, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Xu took two breaths and relieved for a while before saying, "Emergency!" ”

When Xiahou Yuan heard the words "emergency", he almost didn't burst out laughing, and quickly gave Qiao Lili a thumbs up, "Good mouth!" ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Xu pointed at Xiahou Yuan, looked at Xiahou Yuan with some puzzlement and asked.

"It's okay, he's sick." Xiahou replied, and then said to Xu Xu: "You continue." ”

Xu Xu continued: "Just now the police station called, saying that Dongyi's family abandoned their house and had a murder case, which may be caused by ghosts. I told them that you were on vacation, and I was just going to leave for Dongyi. ”

"It's not going to be another spell, is it?" Xiahou Yuan's expression immediately became serious.

"It's not!" Xu Xu said to Xiahou Yuan: "I have seen the photos of the scene, it will not be a curse spirit." ”

"Do you have the address?" Xiahoudun asked Xu Xudao.

Xu Xu hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes." ”

"Then don't be stunned." Xiahoudun took out the car key and pointed out the door, "Xiahouyuan, Xu Xu, follow me on a mission." ”

"Order!" Xiahou Yuan and Xu Xu replied in unison, and followed Xiahou Yuan out of the hall.