Although Han Yu asked, he acted very quickly, he had gone up this narrow and steep staircase a few times, and he was familiar with it, the speed of going up the stairs was obviously much faster, he just put the basketball down when he walked up, and when he turned back and went downstairs, the basketball shook twice, but it rolled down faster than him.

"Huh?"

Han Yu was stunned, he had obviously put the basketball down just now, how could he still roll it down?

Zhou Erya reached out downstairs to catch the basketball, raised her wrist, and threw the basketball to Han Yu.

This time, Han Yu was very careful, didn't let go too quickly, slowly straightened up and got up, staring at the basketball.

Really...... As soon as he let go of his hand, the basketball involuntarily rolled up and down.

"I guessed right." Zhou Erya actually felt it when she came for the first time, but she felt strange at the time and didn't measure it, "Although it can't be seen with the naked eye, it's just a trick used in the decoration, in fact, this staircase is inclined downward." ”

Oblique?

Han Yu and Murong looked at each other, and they didn't understand what was going on.

Zhou Erya was saying that the staircase itself was not well decorated, so ...... Is it the cause of the accident?

What is going on in Bai Fei's case?

They both had a sense of foreboding.

"Next, measure the width and height of the staircase."

Zhou Erya didn't know where to find a tape measure and handed it to Han Yu.

Lying on the ground and touching the dust to measure this kind of work is out of grace, of course Zhou Gongzi will not do it, Han Yu smiled bitterly, he still didn't understand, but he seriously measured the first step.

"The height is 15.8 cm and the width is ...... 22.1 cm. ”

Han Yu frowned slightly, "The height of this staircase is too high, and the width is too narrow, no wonder it is uncomfortable to go upstairs and downstairs." ”

"Go on."

Zhou Erya motioned for him not to stop.

Han Yu was stunned, shouldn't the width and height of each step be about the same? What's the point of recounting?

He measured the second order suspiciously, and his brow furrowed even tighter.

"The height is 15.2 centimeters, and the width is 21.7 centimeters - this error is too big, right?"

When building the stairs, the width and height of an experienced master will be very similar, but even if the skills are mediocre, there will not be such a big difference.

- Of course, this may be the special of the first staircase, Han Yu didn't need Zhou Erya's urging, and began to measure the third staircase by himself.

"It's different!"

Although the deviation is not obvious to the naked eye, there is a deviation of a few millimeters to one centimeter between almost every staircase, plus the plane of each staircase is downward and inclined left and right.

"What kind of engineers and construction teams can come up with such results, and it is impossible to pass the test no matter how they accept, right? Is this the school people taking bribes? ”

Han Yu studied mechanics and engineering in Germany, and for him, who was strict in size to the point that he could not be worse than a centimeter, this deviation was simply provocative, which made him indignant.

"It's getting more and more interesting."

Zhou Erya motioned for Han Yu to come down, climbed the stairs himself, and squinted his eyes to look down from above.

The staircase itself is narrow, and the twisted height of the floor gives you the feeling that you could fall down at any time from this angle.

- And if you fall......

As far as Zhou Erya's eyes could see, there was a row of sharp fences, one of which was still stained with blood, reflecting the cold light in the afternoon light.

If you want to compare it, it's like Bai Sensen's teeth, like a monster that chooses people to eat.

"What the hell do you see?"

Because the platform was very narrow and could not accommodate two big men to stand, Han Yu could only learn from Zhou Erya at the bottom of the stairs and squint for a long time, but he couldn't see anything.

The only conclusion is: "This section of staircase is really a typical example of inferior engineering." ”

"Inferior engineering?"

Zhou Erya raised her eyebrows, as if smiling: "I'm afraid not necessarily." ”

Yes?

Han Yu didn't understand it even more.

Murong frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand.

"Actually, it's nothing, tomorrow I'll ask Adjutant Cai to help me make an appointment, you go with me, this case has dragged on for too long, and it's almost time to solve it."

A complicated look flashed on Zhou Erya's face, like sadness and reluctance, but it soon disappeared without a trace.

He paused, but there was a hint of helplessness in his tone: "It's just that the meaning of this truth ...... and responsibility, I really don't know who should bear it. ”

After Zhou Erya finished speaking, she sighed, walked slowly down the stairs, and said to Murong, "Come with me to the lake to see the sunset." ”

The lake is on the other side of the girls' dormitory, and at sunset, there are many girls who like to go there for a walk, and Zhou Erya thinks it is safer to take Murong with her.

Murong wanted to refuse directly, but when he came into contact with his eyes, his heart couldn't help but soften.

She knows a little about Lin Wanru, I heard that Lin Wanru is in school, and her favorite is sitting in the lakeside pavilion to paint lotus sunsets, the use of light is superb, there is a picture of lotus flowers red after the rain, which was originally collected by the British Museum, but was later redeemed by a large amount of money.

Presumably, that place is also a holy place in Zhou Erya's heart.

Therefore, Murong turned around and said lightly: "After sunset, you should go." ”

"I can treat you to dinner." Zhou Erya followed her and said.

"No, I like the food in the cafeteria." Murong refused coldly, in fact, he wasn't even in the mood to eat recently.

It was precisely because of Bai Fei's irritability that Murong felt that it was okay to go to the lotus lake with Zhou Erya to relax.

And judging by the way he looks, he should already know the truth.

"I think you like Grandma Wang's desserts too." Zhou Erya said again.

"I don't like sweet, her osmanthus cake is because of its low sweetness and natural floral fragrance, I like it." Murong explained seriously, "And only the osmanthus cake in this season is the most mellow, if it is after the spring and summer of the next year, the taste of the pickled dried osmanthus will fade a lot, and the fragrance will be reduced, so you need to add more sugar, which will destroy the best flavor." ”

Han Yu only rolled his eyes behind the two, it seems that these two people who are very particular about food are really compatible.

It's him, he can't follow as a light bulb, and there is the terrible daughter Gu Xueli waiting for a treat at night, and now he has nowhere to go with a box of materials.

"Ah Yu, you don't need to read the information, please send it back to Director Qiu's office." Zhou Erya walked to the corridor, as if she had just remembered Han Yu, stopped, turned her head to him and said.

"Oh yes, you should be on a date with your girlfriend at night, right? Need Adjutant Cai's car, just tell him, don't wronged your girlfriend. Without waiting for Han Yu to speak, Zhou Erya laughed again.

Han Yu's face turned red and wanted to explain, that was really not his girlfriend!

That's obviously a creditor!

But he was stupid at this time, and he didn't hold back a word for a long time, he just watched Zhou Erya and Murong walk away, and then looked at the box in his arms, and felt that his head hurt even more when he thought of meeting Director Qiu alone.

It is already late summer and autumn, the lotus leaves are still green, and the three or five lotus flowers stand proudly in the lotus leaves and lotus canopy, reflecting the sunset that is gradually sinking westward, which is poetic and picturesque.

I heard that Lin Wanru drew hundreds of lotus pictures here, including lotus flowers in the rain, lotus flowers on sunny days, lotus flowers under the rainbow after rain, lotus flowers with dew drops in the morning, lotus flowers plated with golden mangs at sunset, lotus flowers in full bloom, and withering lotus flowers......

But later, after she left school, she burned these lotus pictures, and only a small number circulated outside.

But these are just heard, Murong's mother admired and revered Lin Wanru, the first person to advocate the feminist movement back then, and these stories were all heard by Murong from his mother.

And Murong's mother, although she is open-minded and can even go out often, but after all, unlike the progressive female intellectuals who study at women's universities, she can't get in touch with them, can't really explore their lives and inner worlds, and can only get information from other people's mouths.

Murong's mother even bought a lotus picture of Lin Wanru from someone else and hung it in the bedroom, with two lines of Xiujuan's small characters written on it.

The payment is made by Mr. Jinzheng.

- Lin Wanru is cautious.

Because of this, Murong also studied Lin Wanru's paintings and wanted to distinguish the real from the fake.

But the one at home, the light and shadow change, the virtual and the real are intertwined, using Western oil paint, and with a trace of delicate brushstrokes of Chinese painting, it does have a very high artistic attainment.

Murong looked at Zhou Erya who was looking at the lotus pond, and was very emotional.

Thinking that his mother admired Lin Wanru so much, Zhou Yaer, who was deeply loved and cared for by Lin Wanru, must be able to feel the personality charm of her predecessors more, and she was influenced by her all her life and couldn't get rid of it.

"How much do you know about my mother?" Zhou Erya asked suddenly.

He obviously had his back to Murong, but the back of his head was like a pair of eyes, and he could see her trance.

"I only know that she is also a senior sister who went to this school, and she has a good hand in drawing." Murong replied.

"She painted a lot of lotus flowers here, and a few are missing, you must have seen one of them, right?" Zhou Erya turned around, looked at her, and smiled slightly.

He turned against the light, and Murong couldn't see his true expression clearly, but he just sighed in his heart.

Her mother couldn't put down the lotus picture, and her heart was sharp, and when she heard that the Zhou family had searched everywhere and retrieved Lin Wanru's left paintings, Murong would inevitably think about it, for fear of cutting off her mother's heart, and didn't want to do much.

"Sure enough, there's a pair in your house." Zhou Erya saw her hesitate for a few seconds and smiled.

He has eyes that can see through people's hearts.

Murong turned his face away from his gaze: "We didn't steal it. ”

The implication is that if you don't want to find fault and go back, even if you buy it with money, her mother won't give it.

The last thing the Mu family lacks is money.

"Don't be so nervous, I didn't ask you." Zhou Erya sat on the stone bench opposite her, "I just want to have a chance to take a look, and by the way, visit Ling Zun......"

"No need to visit, your time is precious, so don't waste it on this unnecessary thing." Murong paused and added, "I mean meeting and greeting my family, you must hate this kind of meaningless exchange as well. ”

He wanted to see his mother's posthumous work, Murong couldn't bear to refuse, besides, this matter is not up to her, the future son-in-law who was regarded by his parents as Chenglong's fast son-in-law came to visit, and the Mu family must be very happy and will hold a feast for him.

Therefore, Murong would rather take him secretly to his house to see the paintings.

Zhou Erya pretended to think for a moment and nodded: "You're right, although we are engaged, we still don't have too close contact with our elders, so, do you want to take me to see it privately?" ”

"I'll take you ...... when I find a time"

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, it's better to be tonight." Zhou Erya interrupted her with a smile and said.

Murong could understand his eagerness to get in touch with his mother's paintings, but he was too anxious tonight.

Murong's mother was born in a large silk family in Gusu Shen, her name is Yunqing, and she is also a famous family, she has been living in the mansion of Suzhou Annex, and after she became pregnant with Murong, because her husband's business moved to Shanghai, she also moved into a villa mansion near Nanjing Road in Shanghai.

This villa is very large, three inside and outside, two outside are European architectural style, Gothic spires and Chinese glazed tiles are mixed together, romantic and magnificent, there is also a Chinese attic in the backyard, on weekdays, Mu's father feasts all kinds of businessmen and celebrities in the mansion, all of them are two outside, and the innermost villa lives in Murong's mother, Shen Yunqing.

Shen Yunqing loves calligraphy and painting, after moving to Shanghai, he also brought a part of the family's collection over, the wing room is full of a lot of priceless ink treasures, the wall is not Tang Bohu's words, is the true handiwork of Zhu Zhishan, but her favorite is still hanging in the bedroom, a lotus picture that can be seen when you open your eyes.

At this time, Shen Yunqing had just woken up from a nap, and was facing the mirror Fu Fan drawing his eyebrows, preparing for tonight's wife's banquet.

Although she is nearly fifty years old, she is extremely well maintained, perhaps because of her good genetics, delicate and full skin, a pair of sparkling eyes, willow eyebrows and lips, her figure is also concave and convex, her manners are thousands, and she looks like she is in her early thirties at most.

"Is Rong'er getting better with a cold?" Shen Yunqing took out an American lipstick from the makeup box and asked.

Mama Liu, who was behind her, sighed: "When I asked people to deliver medicinal soup last night, I said that I was still coughing, and I said that there was something at school today, so I was not allowed to visit...... However, Xiao Huan saw Miss at the school gate and Young Master Zhou early this morning, and they also had breakfast together, and lunch was ......"

As she spoke, Mama Liu's face gradually showed joy again, and her voice was full of smiles: "You always said that Miss has a high heart and has her own ideas, and I am afraid that she will not agree to any arranged marriage, now you can rest assured, right?" If you want me to say, the third young master of the Overseer's family is handsome and smart, and those who come back from abroad have foreign ink in their stomachs, unlike those who only drink and get into trouble, Miss must like it! ”

Shen Yunqing didn't have any happiness on her face, she carefully put on rose-colored lipstick, pursed her lips, and said: "Don't be happy too early, Rong'er, this kid has too many ideas, and love and marriage are simple things, the more you think about it, the more troublesome it will be." ”

knows that a daughter is like a mother, Shen Yunqing smelled her resistance to marriage from her daughter's refusal to go to the engagement banquet.

But I heard that the young master of the Zhou family cared about her very much, and she was tired of being together for several days.

So in the past two days, she sent people to the school gate to keep an eye on it, wanting to see what was going on.

"I think, you don't have to worry, Xiao Huan has said, the two are very close, Miss is such a backbone person, if you don't like it, you can still eat with someone?" Mama Liu has seen Murong since she was a child and feels that she knows her very well.

"Recently, there was an accident at the Women's University, and it seems that someone died in Rong'er's troupe, and Young Master Zhou is a detective again, so it is estimated that it is because of this incident that they are glued." Shen Yunqing looked in the mirror, took a deep look at the lady with proper makeup inside, opened the jewelry box again, picked out a string of pearl necklaces from the South Seas, gestured in the mirror, and put it down again, her eyes were full of worry, "I hope she can become a new woman who is in charge of herself, and I dare not refuse to let her be independent...... I'm afraid that she is young and doesn't know how to measure, and something will happen......"

Murong is radical in thought, although Shen Yunqing is enlightened, but after all, she is her own daughter, of course she hopes that her daughter will spend her life safely, and she doesn't want her to be suppressed by the government like those young people who march on the streets......

There is also this repertory troupe, Shen Yunqing has talked to Murong's father many times, and has also talked with Murong a few times, not letting her be the heroine, only occasionally participating as a hobby, otherwise she is not allowed to join, and she is stopped in many ways, just because she doesn't want her to be too strong, attract attention, and lead to right and wrong.

"It's really not good for my daughter's family to show up, it's really better to get married early and have children, and enjoy peace and happiness." Mama Liu was very old-fashioned, and said according to the words of the housewife, "The master also ordered people to keep an eye on Miss Dian, so that she should not get together with the students who were marching, don't worry." ”

Shen Yunqing was a little upset when she thought of her daughter, she picked out a ruby necklace and gestured around her neck: "Let someone pick her up tomorrow, since she is sick, she will be raised at home for a few days, don't go to school." ”

In the past few days, the student demonstrations have attracted the suppression of the army, and Shen Yunqing does not want her daughter to be involved.

Although the woman Shen Yunqing admires the most in her heart is the author of the lotus picture hanging in the bedroom, she knows that because she can't be someone else, she will have a heart of worship.

She can't be like Lin Wanru, and she doesn't want her daughter to be like that.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, Shen Yunqing does not want to see this wind blow on his beloved daughter after all.

Tonight's Mrs. banquet in Mufu, all the ladies invited were upper-class celebrity wives, starting from more than four o'clock, the cars outside continued to drive in one after another, and the wives walked to the banquet hall one by one, wearing the latest dresses or well-cut cheongsam.

And at the back door of Mufu, there were two people standing.

Murong and Zhou Erya.

Zhou Erya said with a smile: "Tonight, your father will attend Hua Dong's banquet, and your mother will entertain the wives and wives. ”

Murong rolled his eyes in his heart, so he didn't think so.

This jade-faced fox must have already inquired about his parents' itinerary today, so he suddenly mentioned that he wanted to see this lotus picture.

"You follow me, don't get bumped into." Although Murong is not afraid of heaven and earth, his heart is the opposite of his appearance, but after all, it is a girl's house, and it is inevitable to be nervous when he sneaks to his mother's embroidery room with a big man.

If you are bumped into by the servants, it will definitely reach the ears of your parents, which is too embarrassing.

"Is it okay to be so close?" Zhou Erya's smile deepened, leaned to her side, and asked pretendingly.