Chapter III: Collapse of the viaduct

Get used to it...... Looking at the place where the Maserati was parked yesterday is now a Hyundai, it seems that the person has left. Let's go up and take a look, we still have to face what we should face, and at least we have to sort out our own things and take them away.

Li Yiming went upstairs, opened the door, and entered the house, but there was no one inside.

A one-bedroom single apartment, with a monthly rent of 3800, if it weren't for the fact that he and Ji Xiaoqin are both dance majors, they can often pick up some performances or something, just because of Li Yiming's family background, he can't rent this kind of apartment during college.

The house is a little messy, and the art students have a congenital defect in tidying up the housekeeping. Li Yiming looked at the familiar room, a little stunned, he walked to the trash can next to the bed, glanced inward, and then exhaled with relief...... A clean garbage bag with nothing in it......

Li Yiming didn't dare to check the sheets, sat down on the sofa with blank eyes, and turned on the TV casually......

The news was broadcast on TV, as if a newly built viaduct on the outskirts of the city had collapsed, caught up with rush hour traffic, many people died, and various departments were carrying out rescues, which seemed to have just happened.

Such news is very common, economic and social well, which project does not cut corners? There are gray expenses from bidding to approval, which must be calculated into the cost, if you don't do anything in the construction, how can the engineering company make money? The difference is only the degree of blackness of the heart.

Li Yiming sighed, didn't pay attention to the disaster scene on TV, and watched it worryingly. On the table, there was half a pack of unnamed cigarettes and a delicate lighter, which should have been left by Guo Xiang......

"If a man doesn't drink, a woman won't; If a man doesn't smoke, he can't be a father......" Thinking of the philosophy of the big brother in the pants, Li Yiming smiled self-deprecatingly, and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it.

It's a little astringent, a little choking.

Watching the smoke from his mouth dissipate, Li Yiming sighed again. That's it, let it go. Graduation is the rule of campus love, it is unrealistic to really ask Ji Xiaoqin to follow her back to her hometown Belvedere, she should have thought of it before, otherwise she would not have kept shirking when she asked her to find a job together. Yesterday's interview was not a big problem, and it should not be difficult to find a stable job in my hometown on my own terms, and then find a local girl to live a stable life.

Pack up your things and catch the nearest bus back to your hometown, and from then on it will come to an end for the city and the people of the city. Many people like to explain things clearly, in fact, there is no need to say it clearly in person, it only adds to the embarrassment, since it has happened, why bother yourself and others...... Big Brother Pants is right, this ...... Is it the rule......

The maturity of men is not more and more realistic, but more and more accepting of reality. Probably "died" once, Li Yiming seemed to feel that he had matured instantly, since anger and hatred are useless, then learn to look at the world with a kind eye and look at people gently. From Ji Xiaoqin's standpoint, she has the right to pursue her own life and what she thinks is happiness and morality...... That's how people measure others......

Thinking about everything, Li Yiming stood up and was about to pack his few luggage, but as soon as he moved, the black box in his pocket slipped out and fell to the ground......

This thing...... The scenes of the teahouse came to mind again, and the curiosity that was deliberately avoided came to my mind again. Li Yiming bent down to pick up the black box and sat down on the sofa again.

The black box is not made of any material, it is light and simple, and the workmanship is fine, a bit like the glasses case of high-end glasses.

I hadn't been in a hurry to check before, but now Li Yiming hesitated to open the box......

Or are they glasses?

Inside the box lies a pair of fashionable sunglasses, black frames, and brown lenses are connected left and right. Li Yiming picked up his glasses and put them on, and unconsciously glanced at the changing mirror on the side.

Cruel! A bit of a man's temperament!

When I looked down, I found that there were two other things in the box, a round cake ball the size of a fingernail, made of rubber, and pinched and soft. And a little thing like a lighter.

What is it? Buy glasses and get a lighter? Li Yiming picked it up curiously, and there was a button on it, and Li Yiming pressed it......

The picture in front of me shook for a while, and then ...... One...... Two...... Three...... Four......

The teahouse foursome came out one after another in front of their eyes, all four of them wore sunglasses, looking at themselves suspiciously, Qing Qiaoqiao was a little excited, and she was panicking and often stuffed something in her ears.

What's the situation? Li Yiming was stunned and took off his glasses in horror...... The screen disappears...... Bring ...... Four puzzled faces reappeared. The glasses frowned, Granny Wang squinted, and the royal sister Qing Linglong's mouth moved, as if she was saying something......

There was a slight sound from the small round ball on the table, thinking of Qing Qiaoqiao's previous actions, Li Yiming subconsciously picked it up and put it to his ear.

"Mr. Li?" A green voice came from inside.

No way! Real-time call virtual image? High-tech. Li Yiming has seen this scene in Hollywood blockbusters. This made Li Yiming deeply shocked.

"Mr. Li?" Qing Linglong shouted again. Granny Wang's face was already showing impatience.

"Huh?" Li Yiming has not recovered from the shock.

"Mr. Li, we contacted us after a while, did you find anything?" Qing Linglong saw Li Yiming in a daze, and there was a little dissatisfaction in her tone.

"......" Li Yiming really doesn't know what to say? He was more confused now.

"Sister, look, watch his TV there." Under the silence, Qing Qiaoqiao suddenly spoke.

TV? Li Yiming crossed the virtual image and stayed on the TV, which was still making a rescue report on the collapse of the viaduct. This is a big event, and it is estimated that it will be followed and reported for a while.

"Glasses, can you look it up?" Qing Linglong said solemnly.

"Give me 10 seconds," the man in glasses said, lowering his head, a tablet in his hand operating quickly. The impatience on Granny Wang's face quickly dissipated, and a slight surprise was written.

"The 208 elevated highway on the outskirts of the city collapsed in a large area 42 minutes ago, and the damaged road section reached 4.23 kilometers, and so far, 52 deaths have been confirmed, and the injured are still being counted." In less than 10 seconds, the magnetic voice of the glasses man sounded.

"Was it an accident? Or is it a clue? ”

"208 viaduct, completed in April this year, lasted 2 years and 7 months, the acceptance was completed in June this year, and it was officially put into use on June 24, from the official opening to today, two months are still 9 days. A project of this scale, no matter how much you cut corners, will not collapse at this time. The man with glasses looked at the tablet and said slowly.

"This must be a clue, well done, Mr. Lee. Let's keep an eye out for this direction and stay in touch. Sister Linglong said with a smile, and the virtual figure slowly disappeared.

"I underestimated you before." Granny Wang nodded, and disappeared with the figure of the glasses.

Li Yiming took off his eyepieces and looked at the TV in a daze......

Clue? What clues? Clue what? Can anyone tell me what's going on?

Pants guys, invitations, teahouses, quirky foursomes, high-tech ......

Li Yiming's mood is a little complicated, he realizes that he may be involved in something great, which makes him a little looking forward to it at the same time, but also a little excited, in the era of Hollywood blockbusters, every child will fantasize about his own difference. But then I felt very uneasy, it was the fear of the unknown.

Since you have access to it, there is no reason to let it go, at least you should understand what it all really is.

Li Yiming quickly made a decision. After all, he is a hot-blooded young man, and he has not yet reached the age of avoiding danger on his own, and when he encounters something new, he will always have the idea of finding out.

But what's next? Li Yiming began to be confused again.

I took out my phone and looked at the time, 5:20 p.m.

Eat first, then adapt to change. Li Yiming was a little proud of his decision, and from all indications, the eccentric foursome ...... No, it's the mysterious quartet who must be engaged in something great, and they seem to think of themselves as one of them, which gives them a chance to get closer to the truth.

I don't want to pack my luggage anymore, at this moment, Li Yiming's feelings about the Ji Xiaoqin incident suddenly faded a lot, this is what people often call a diversion of attention. Picked up the invitation and the black box and stuffed it into the satchel, carefully put the "lighter" in the pocket, and brought the eyepiece (the royal sister said to keep in touch), Li Yiming hurriedly went downstairs, and the moment he walked out of the bachelor apartment, Li Yiming seemed to hear that he was saying goodbye to his past life, goodbye to memories, goodbye to love, goodbye to the ordinary.

But it backfired, and as soon as he got out of the corridor, Li Yiming was instantly pulled back to reality.

In front of him stood a person, a woman, who was lively and lovely...... She is generous and dignified...... She stood up for ...... She's a bird...... She carries Li Yiming's longing for love...... She recorded the traces of Li Yiming's youth......

Ji Xiaoqin, a simple off-the-shoulder white T-shirt, a small pink skirt that reflects her legs, and delicate sandals set off her slender calves and Li Yiming's favorite ankles. With a hint of astonishment and a hint of shock, he stood in front of Li Yiming like this.

"Why are you here?" Ji Xiaoqin asked, as she spoke, a hint of surprise appeared on her face, the tip of her tongue was on her front teeth, and she walked towards Li Yiming with the coquettish smile that Li Yiming was most obsessed with.

"I came yesterday." Li Yiming blurted out, watching Ji Xiaoqin walking towards him, Li Yiming's heart was trembling, it was the person in front of him...... It's this face in front of you...... It's this smile in front of you...... Li Yiming took a deep breath and looked at the two handbags in Ji Xiaoqin's hand, very ordinary shopping bags, which contained clothes that should be newly bought, but the trademark on it, Li Yiming had only seen it in idol dramas.

"Yesterday? I ......" The smile on Ji Xiaoqin's face disappeared, three points of doubt, six points of panic, and one point of guilt......

The two of them just stood opposite each other, maintaining a relatively safe distance, and it would not be difficult for Li Yiming to give up the distance left by kneeling...... A Li Yiming will not fight hard to hurt people......