Chapter 10: Shadows in the Mirror
Liu Yanshi patted the locked door of the room.
"Hey! You're coming out, Shi Zuocai. Isn't it just a pair of pants, what's the shame, are you a man? ”
As she spoke, she leaned her face closer to the crack in the door and lowered her voice:
"Are you really so afraid to talk to Xiao An, wouldn't it be nice to call Mr. Demon out?"
An indifferent voice came from the door: "I won't let him do anything wrong anymore." ”
Liu Yanshi sighed, said "Okay", ran back to the living room, dragged two chairs with difficulty, and just put them in front of the door of Shi Zuocai's adoptive mother's bedroom, Shi Zuocai in the door spoke again:
"Put back the chair I had for myself."
"What!" Liu Yan said angrily: "There are only three chairs in your house, each of which looks exactly the same, who can recognize which one is your exclusive one?" ”
"The one on your right hand, the right hind leg has serious wear and tear, and there are traces of a utility knife on the armrest, that is my exclusive chair."
Liu Yanshi was stunned, took a closer look at the chair on his right, and it was really exactly as he described, and looked at the closed wooden door in surprise:
"You still have a camera to peep at yourself?"
"Just listen to it." The voice on the other side of the door said coldly: "I have lived here for ten years. ”
"I'm really going to be by you...... said this, Liu Yanshi obediently dragged the chair in his right hand back to the living room, and An Heshi, who had been standing uneasily on the side of the sofa, snorted:
"Classmate Liu, classmate Shi...... Is something wrong? ”
"Leave him alone, there are a few days every month." Liu Yanshi replied angrily, and then pulled An Heshi to sit in front of the bedroom door.
"Okay, Shi Zuocai, you have to listen carefully to Xiao An now, it's a really serious matter!"
The voice inside the door said coldly:
"Be sure to explain the ins and outs in twenty words."
"Shi Zuocai, you are very excessive!"
Liu Yan didn't look at it, but Anhe City was very well-behaved and cooperative, she took a deep breath, and explained the current situation in just nine words.
"The person who stalked me...... More than one. ”
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the room, as if something had fallen to the ground. Liu Yanshi climbed forward curiously, put his ear to the door, and heard the sound of footsteps pacing around, even if he couldn't see anyone, he knew how anxious Shi Zuocai was at this time. She snickered.
"Go on."
Anhe nodded quickly, like a schoolboy who had done something wrong.
"Yesterday when I came home from work, I also met the beggar...... Then I couldn't help but run away, and when I went out of the tenth road, trying to see if I had gotten rid of him, I found several men in black sunglasses who had taken refuge in the alley as soon as I turned around......"
"How many people are following you?"
Anhe City said cowardly:
"There should be three or four...... Actually, I didn't see it clearly, I was really scared at the time, so I didn't think about it that much...... I stopped the taxi and ran away......"
"Are you sure you read that right? Maybe you're just reading it wrong. Someone else doesn't mean to stalk you at all. ”
An He City panicked: "This shouldn't be wrong...... Because after I got into the taxi, I also saw them in the rearview mirror, and they kept looking at the taxi I was sitting in, and it looked really scary...... It's like ...... The shadow in the mirror is ......."
"You must be mistaken. It is not excluded that the taxi they originally wanted to sit in was preempted by you. ”
Anhe shook his head seriously: "I still think I'm not mistaken......"
"You're wrong. There is now a large amount of data in the medical field to prove that when patients are exposed to a certain mental stimulus for a long time, they may develop delusion of victimization, and the main obstacles are lack of basic trust in other people, sensitivity and suspicion......"
Shi Zuocai said a lot of things like a cannon, and Liu Yanshi finally couldn't help it, and shouted:
"Shi Zuocai! Can you recognize the facts for me? Don't fool Ann anymore! ”
There was a beastly throat hissing from the other side of the door, a habit that had been used when he was at the height of his agitation when he was in the stuffy bottle.
"Yes. So now assuming that Anhe City is really in a state of being tracked by multiple people, there is only one speculation that meets this situation. ”
"What speculation?" Liu Yanshi asked.
"The third."
"What is the third kind...... Liu Yan's eyes were confused, and he suddenly exclaimed.
She suddenly remembered that a few days ago, "Mr. Demon" had made three assumptions about the possibility of Anhe City being followed.
"After the bankruptcy, Anyiwen may have tried to remedy it, such as...... borrowing usury to turn around ......"
Just as he was recalling, the bedroom door was opened, and the two girls in front of the door were taken aback.
When he came out of the door, Zuo Cai had a flirtatious smile on his face, and his peach blossom eyes faintly flashed with some kind of sick cheerfulness, and he stretched out his hand to rub Anhe City's hair:
"Come, kitten, let's have a good talk...... Let's start with your dad, okay? ”
- At this time, Shi Zuocai has been replaced by "Mr. Demon".
……
Given that Mr. Demon is not in the habit of being autistic, the location of the conversation is shifted from the ends of the bedroom to the living room.
"Let's start with the most basic things......" Shi Zuo Cai crossed Erlang's legs and smiled: "Your father, Uncle An, has been on a business trip to a foreign country since March last year, and hasn't been back since, right?" ”
An Heshi grabbed his knees, nodded, and said suspiciously: "My father...... Does it have anything to do with this? ”
Liu Yanshi gave Mr. Demon a look uneasily, but he just shrugged his shoulders loudly:
"I don't know, I just want to know a little bit more about your situation so that I can find a way for you."
Anhe City obviously believed Shi Zuocai's statement, so Shi Zuocai continued to ask:
"In the six months since he disappeared, has he contacted you, or your mother?"
Anhe City thought for a moment and replied:
"I still had a month to go on a business trip, and I would call about once a week...... Then there was none. When I call him, it's always down...... Dad, is something wrong with him? ”
Liu Yanshi was about to speak, but Mr. Demon smiled first and spoke:
"Not necessarily, right? As far as I know, if you want this kind of enterprise to go abroad for exchange and group study, there is often a closed training link, during which you really can't use electronic devices. ”
"Yes, yes, I have many companies in Australia that are like this......" Liu Yanshi smiled with a smile on his face, and moved to Shi Zuocai's side, and drew a √ behind him without a trace, secretly praising Mr. Demon in his heart is really a rare warm man in the world, better than a certain stuffy oil bottle.
"Let's ask more about the more homely things." Shi Zuocai continued: "Although I haven't seen Uncle An for many years, I still have the impression that he is a good person, but after all, I am just an outsider, and I don't know much about the situation in your family. Have you ever had some family conflicts or something? ”
An Heshi wrung his fingers and thought for a while, and shook his head firmly:
"No. My dad has always been very good to the family, mom and dad are also very loving, and dad has a very honest personality, many times the family is mom who has the final say, let mom decide small things, and he will come out to bear any big things, from childhood to adulthood, I have never seen them quarrel...... Dad, he's really nice and nice guy. ”
"That's right." Shi Zuocai frowned slightly, touched his nose, and asked:
"Then do you remember that Uncle An said anything to you two months before his business trip, or behaved differently than before?"
An He City thought about it and hesitated:
"I don't remember very clearly, in fact, since my father opened a stationery company, he has always gone out early and returned late every day, and he has no chance to talk to his family, and he is often so busy that he doesn't have time to eat dinner...... But a few days before the business trip, once he came home on time for dinner, drank a lot of wine, and kept telling me to study hard and have a good time every day......
Shi Zuocai narrowed his eyes slightly, was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly stood up with a smile:
"I see. Then it's fine. Leave the rest to me and Liu Yanshi, don't you still have to go to work today? ”
With that, he stood up and pushed Anhe City with a smile and walked out the door. Anhe City was like a doll at the mercy of others, and before she could react, she was sent to the door of the living room, she turned around in a hurry, hesitated, and said before Shi Zuo closed the door to send off guests:
"Mr. Shi! That one...... I know that you may think that the fact that I was being followed has something to do with my dad, after all, my dad has disappeared for so long, and it is natural for him to think so, but ......"
An Heshi pursed his lips:
"I think...... I'm sure my dad must be a good guy. Because he is really a very gentle man, he has been like this since I was a child, and every time I was unhappy, he would gently pat me on the head...... Resemble...... Like classmate Shi just did...... He would smile and tell me that he would cross any hurdle...... So, I trust my dad, he won't do anything bad......"
Liu Yan's eyes flashed a little sadness behind him, and he quietly turned his head away. Shi Zuo was stunned for a few seconds, and then smiled softly and said:
"Yes, I do."
An He City bowed deeply to Shi Zuocai and turned to leave.
Looking at her figure gradually moving away, Shi Zuocai slowly closed the door with his backhand, and added a sentence lightly and with a smile on his face.
"It's weird."