"Huh? Am I so obsessed? I smiled unnaturally and hugged her tighter.

She struggled away slightly, frowned and asked, "Are you thinking about the case again?" ”

"I ...... Yes, just thinking about some of the previous connections, it's okay, why don't you sleep a little longer? I asked with a smile.

Xue Xiaxia smiled slightly, "My dad is used to getting up early for breakfast, I get up to make food for him, and he should get up in a while." ”

"What a dutiful daughter you are." I patted her on the back and got up to wash up and make breakfast with her.

At a quarter past eight, Father Xue got up, and when he finished washing, we sat in the dining room for breakfast.

I quietly used the rune paper to sense his breath, everything was normal, the rune paper was quiet and there was no movement.

I suddenly felt like a bit of a jerk and was suspicious of everyone, maybe it was a habit after I became an exorcist, and I could only comfort myself that it was my "professional habit".

Unexpectedly, Xue's father said that he would take the high-speed train back at twelve o'clock, and he asked an old friend to climb the mountain together, and he didn't want to disappoint his family.

Xue Xiaxia said that he was a very principled person, so I didn't keep him.

In the blink of an eye, Xue Xiaxia and I drove him to the high-speed rail station.

He was sitting in the passenger seat, and I sat in the back seat and quietly looked into his eyes through the rearview mirror, and now through the lenses, my gaze seemed to be weakened by the lenses, and I couldn't find the strange feeling I had before.

But from the contours of my eyes, I still found a lot of angles that I was familiar with, and they did look like someone, but I couldn't remember them.

"Xiao Zhang."

He suddenly turned around, I was stunned for a moment, he seemed to be aware of it, and said with a smile, "You didn't rest, did you?" I think your mental state is so bad, I'll go back and you'll catch up on sleep. ”

"Oh, no uncle, I just look at the scenery in front of me!" I scoffed.

Father Xue smiled, "Before I came, I originally brought a piece of writing to you, but I didn't expect to forget it, I will send it to you by courier when I go back, I hope you don't dislike it, it's my own clumsy work." ”

"Uncle's handwriting?" I looked at him with some surprise, the meeting gift given by this father-in-law and his son-in-law for the first time was also too special.

Xue Xiaxia turned around and smiled at me, "My dad usually likes to write, and he is also the vice president of the local calligraphy association. ”

"Where, it's just a hobby, and the vice president is just a false name." Father Xue said modestly.

I said respectfully, "Uncle gave me the words, I will definitely collect it, I am a layman, I have never had these Yaxing, I hope that in the future, I can learn from my uncle to write and draw a picture, and cultivate my sentiments." ”

My words made both father and daughter laugh, and I accompanied the smiling face, indeed full of curiosity as to what the words he had given me would be.

Sending Father Xue away, on the way back, I asked Xue Xiaxia some things about Father Xue's daily life, under the banner of knowing his father-in-law, in fact, it was a further investigation of him, and I felt more and more that there was something wrong with this father-in-law.

However, I hope this is just my personal speculation.

Xue Xiaxia didn't have any defenses, and told me about Xue's father's usual hobbies, living habits, and previous work.

After a rough analysis, I think it's okay, this is the life of retired elders, it's too ordinary.

The next evening, I received the words from Xue's father.

I couldn't wait to open the package and unfold it, and the three wild grasses were immediately in front of me.

"Tianxingjian", the payment is Xue Weizhong.

Skywalker? What do you mean? I looked at the words and couldn't figure it out.

If judged according to the psychology of ordinary people, these three words are literally expressed, and junior high school students understand them, but they are generally connected to the next sentence, "The gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement", and it is better to understand the connection between the top and bottom.

Judging from the style of the font, it is particularly wild and free, but this is very consistent with the temperament of Xue's father, he is an elder with a very free mind, Xue Xiaxia said that he would not restrain her since he was a child, let her develop, and make any choices.

At dinner, I asked Zhao Heizi what he thought of the painting.

Zhao Heizi immediately put down his chopsticks, his brows furrowed and fell into a brief contemplation.

I smiled, "I'm just asking you to share your opinion, not to talk to you about the case, can you relax a little?" ”

Zhao Heizi was embarrassed to say this, he sniffed, "This is a sentence in Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", in which Lao Tzu also put forward the view of 'human law and earth, earth law and heaven, heaven law and Tao, and Tao law nature', so can you boldly guess that your father-in-law is actually a researcher of Taoism?" ”

I slapped the table, "yes, your mind has suddenly opened up when you remind me like this." ”

Zhao Heizi coughed, lowered his voice and asked with some embarrassment, "With all due respect, you ...... Isn't it...... Doubt his identity? ”

A chill rushed through my feet, then was replaced by a burst of heat, I scratched my scalp and nodded noncommittally, "Yes, I do find something strange about him." ”

I paused, sorted out my thoughts, and told Zhao Heizi my guesses and doubts.

Zhao Heizi's brows were deeply locked, and his face became more and more solemn after listening to me.

"That pronunciation habit is really strange, few people will be like that, most of them are some people who are not very good at Mandarin, they will pronounce it like that when they read, and they will naturally occasionally pronounce it as 'liao' in life."

I nodded and said helplessly, "But I can't remember who has such a pronunciation habit, obviously I think it's familiar, it's not the first time I've heard it." “

"It's too difficult to get rid of suspects with such pronunciation habits, indeed, after all, you have a lot of contact." Zhao Heizi sighed and said.

I buried my head in a few bites of food, straightened up and looked at him, which made him uncomfortable, and asked me what was wrong.

"Zhao Heizi, you tell me the truth, do you think I'm going too far, even my relatives have to doubt it, this may just be a coincidence, I'm too sensitive in my heart." I asked bitterly.

Zhao Heizi stretched out his hand and pressed it on my shoulder, and said seriously, "You are an exorcist, vigilance is a necessary quality for you, and you suspect that anyone is right, including me and you." ”

Facing his serious and warm gaze, I instantly felt that I was moved and full of strength, the lonely profession of exorcist is actually not lonely, there are good friends who share life and death to support each other.

Two days later, at nearly three o'clock in the morning, I was still researching the case, and Wang Haitang came back and ran upstairs and knocked on the door of my study.

My heart sank, I got up and walked over quickly and opened the door, "What's wrong Begonia?" ”

"Cousin, I brought a kitten back...... You go check it out. Wang Haitang gasped heavily, looking excited and excited.

"A kitten? Where is it? ”

"It's downstairs."

I followed Wang Haitang downstairs, and a furry black head appeared from her backpack on the living room sofa.

I was stunned for a moment, this is a black cat, its pupils are green, like two emeralds, staring directly at me at the moment, but there is no fear and cowardice, more vigilance.

"Cousin, it's really good, can I raise it?" Wang Haitang looked at me with wide eyes, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Wait a minute, I haven't figured out what the hell is going on." I winked at her and questioned her.

Wang Haitang leaned over and opened the backpack and took the black cat out, only then did I see the whole picture of the black cat clearly, it was black all over without a trace of miscellaneous hair, it should be an adult cat, the body is not fat or thin, medium is just right.

Wang Haitang held it, and it didn't have any resistance, so it was obediently in her arms, but its eyes kept staring at me.

I folded my arms and approached Wang Haitang, and the black cat did not show any hostility, but continued to stare at me with its emerald eyes.

"When I went to work at the bar, I saw it in the garden at the first intersection, it was squatting in the grass and calling at me, so I stopped the electric car and went to look at it, and there were some snacks in my backpack, I put it in front of it, I thought it was probably hungry, but it didn't eat, I thought it was because I was next to it and it didn't dare to eat, so I rode away."

I nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"Actually, I didn't have the idea of adopting it at that time, but the strange thing is that after I arrived at the bar, I went to the bathroom at about 9 o'clock in the evening, and found that it was in the green belt behind the bar, and if it hadn't called at me first, I wouldn't have found it at all."

"Are you mistaken, there are countless black cats that look like this in the world." I asked with a smile.

"No, no, it's it, because its eyes are so special, I've never seen a black cat with eyes like emeralds, it looks at me with expectant eyes, as if telling me to let me take it away."

"So you brought it back?"

"No, I still didn't make up my mind, I thought it might be hungry, it should be wandering around the neighborhood, I went back to the bar and got some sausages or something for it, and then I went back to work at the bar."

Speaking of this, Wang Haitang looked very excited, "I told my colleagues, they said that probably the black cat has a special fate with me, so they will follow me all the way, I thought about it, if I can still see it after work, I will bring it back." ”

"So you saw it again after work?"

Wang Haitang nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, it actually squatted on the mat of my electric car, it seems to know that the electric car is mine, probably it has my smell on it!" ”

The black cat's gaze at me softened a little at the moment, and I wasn't sure if it had really changed its gaze, or if I had a little pity in my heart.