A rapid phone ringing woke up Qin Zhen, who was sleeping. I fumbled for the phone with my eyes closed, but knocked over the lamp on the bedside table. Qin Zhen frowned and cursed secretly, and finally picked up the call.

"Whoever you are, you're going to have to pay me a table lamp! Speak, who? Qin Zhen roared angrily.

"Big earthquake, Binzi has been missing for more than 20 days... I, I suspect he's going to find their old man..."Gu Jie on the other end of the phone didn't have his usual hippie smile at all, and his voice even trembled slightly.

With this sentence, Qin Zhen instantly fell asleep. He even sat up from the bed with some excitement.

After staying for a long time, he covered his face and sighed and said, "I knew that since the note left by Old Man Wang disappeared, I knew that Bin Zi would have something happen sooner or later!" What the fuck can't you discuss? Why do you have to go alone! Damn it! Qin Zhen scolded while anxiously rubbing his temples that began to ache faintly.

Gu Jie, who only listened to the other end of the phone, swallowed his saliva and said, "Then, what should I do now?" We can't leave him alone, we have to go find him! It's been more than 20 days, and now I don't know if people are dead or alive..."

"It's the middle of the night, and we can't find it now. It's useless to be in a hurry, so you can come to me tomorrow first, and then we'll discuss it. ”

"Uh-huh!"

Hanging up Gu Jie's phone, Qin Zhen lit a cigarette and remembered what happened at Wang Bin's house a month ago.

Qin Zhen, Gu Jie, and Wang Bin have been friends who have played together since childhood, although their family environments are different and their personalities are very different, but this does not prevent them from having a brotherly friendship for so many years.

It stands to reason that if you go up two generations, they simply come from different places. Gu Jie and Qin Zhen are still a little closer, and the grandfathers are old acquaintances of the year. Wang Bin's grandfather, on the other hand, moved his family from Xinjiang to the north about 30 years ago.

As for the reason, it may only be known to a few people in their grandfather's generation.

Moreover, the reason for this seems to be quite mysterious. I only know that Mr. Wang was a driver back then, and he was still the driver who drove for the scientific expedition team. However, after his last trip to the desert, he never drove again, and even moved his family to the north.

As for what happened during his last expedition, even in the face of his family, he remained silent.

Qin Zhen and the three of them have played together since they were children, they have been in trouble together, they have been beaten together, and even after they grow up, their relationship is very close.

Qin Zhen and Gu Jie both have their own small businesses that can solve the problem of food and clothing, while Wang Bin is even more disciplined and has become a 9-to-5 engineer. I thought that a few people would be happy like this in this life. Who knows, just a month ago, Wang Bin's grandfather suddenly disappeared! Or rather, he left a book and ran away.

If this matter is left on the junior, it is understandable to run away from home. But although Wang Bin's grandfather is still quite strong, he is also a man who is over the age of old! If you don't have any Alzheimer's disease, how can you just get lost? It's really a phenomenon that can't be explained by common sense!

Moreover, the words left by Old Man Wang are also quite obscure.

There are a few brothers who have nothing to say, Wang Bin naturally told Qin Zhen and Gu Jie the content of the letter. It is said that the piece of paper left by the old man said this: 'Half a life of regret, half a life of regret, half a life of involuntary self-control, half a life of nightmares.' I just want to be there again in my lifetime, and my wish has been fulfilled. Don't look for it. ’

At that time, when he just heard Wang Bin finish speaking, Gu Jie, who had no heart and lungs, was almost happy. I thought that the old man was making trouble, and asked Wang Bin who in his family made the old man angry.

However, Qin Zhen doesn't think so, these words left by this old man Wang are not so much 'leaving a book', but more like... Note. I'm afraid it's not just about running away.

I remember that Wang Bin said to Gu Jie very seriously at that time: "It won't be a trouble!" Grandpa must have some unavoidable hardship or secret. I remember when I was a child, I always listened to my grandfather muttering to himself, saying that some secrets were too tiring to be pressed in my heart, and this life was too tiring for this secret. ”

"So what's the secret? Don't you still have family treasures? No, it doesn't look like a pleasure to listen to your old man's tone! Gu Jie was still nagging without heart.

Wang Bin just frowned and looked into the distance at that time, and did not speak again. Then he was busy pasting the content of the missing person notice to the old man. And it was from that day that Qin Zhen and Gu Jie never saw him again.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the business in the store has been relatively busy this month, so Qin Zhen didn't take it too seriously. I always feel that a person who sees each other every day and has been together since childhood, where can he be lost? thinks that Wang Bin is just in a bad mood and doesn't want to come out.

During this period, Gu Jie occasionally came to the store to have a meeting, and when the two mentioned Wang Bin, they always felt that he was still in a bad mood for the old man's affairs, so they didn't bother him. But isn't it, who is in a good mood for this matter? As a buddy brother, all he can do is to do his best to help him find the old man.

In fact, I have been really busy these days. TV, newspapers, radio, the Internet, I thought of everything I could. But Old Man Wang is still nowhere to be found, but Wang Bin has also disappeared! Isn't this called a disaster?

This night, Qin Zhen smoked a lot. It was almost dawn, so I barely closed my eyes for a while, but I didn't sleep soundly.

As soon as it was dawn, there was a knock at the door. Qin Zhen knew that it was Gu Jie who came.

As soon as I opened the door, a gust of wind rushed in.

"Huh. It's a bit early, isn't it? I want to bring you some breakfast, but it's too early and there's nothing to sell," Gu Jie said in a sullen voice.

Qin Zhen's height of one meter eight has to look up at him. This stupid and stupid rough guy is an extremely unicellular person. Qin Zhen habitually glared at him, then turned around and sat back on the sofa, and lit another cigarette casually.

picked up the cigarette case and threw it to Gu Jie, but Gu Jie waved his hand and said, "Don't smoke, don't smoke, I've been smoking all night." This voice is about to be scrapped! Eh, what's going on? What did you come up with? ”

Since he was a child, Qin Zhen has been the one who uses his brain, what about Gu Jie? Undoubtedly the one who did it. And Wang Bin is introverted and never provokes right and wrong. But as long as the two of them provoke right and wrong, Wang Bin will definitely accompany him to the end.

So, habit becomes natural. Whenever there is any trouble, it is up to Qin Zhen to find a way and Gu Jie to carry it out.

However, this time, it's not a naughty and troublesome thing when I was a child. An old man running away from home with a secret and disappearing is enough in itself! Now another Wang Bin has been added! Qin Zhen really couldn't think of any good way for a while.

After taking two more puffs of cigarette, Qin Zhen said, "Old Man Wang left a note when he left, I don't believe that Bin Zi left nothing when he left?" You also heard this news from his family, right? Let's go to his house first, and get a look at the situation from them. ”

"Good! Let's go! With that, Gu Jie stood up. Qin Zhen glared at him impatiently and scolded, "If you don't let me sleep in the morning, it's just that!" Go to Binzi's house at this time, Uncle Wang, can't they sleep yet? ”

Gu Jie turned his head to look at the sky outside that was only gradually brightening, pouted and sat down again. Unconsciously picked up a cigarette, lit it and said, "This is evil!" One old and one young, scrambling to disappear! Where the hell have they gone? ”

Qin Zhen smoked a cigarette thoughtfully, and said leisurely at this time, "I think it is more likely that Xinjiang is there." ”

"Why?" Gu Jie asked stupidly. Qin Zhen glanced at him with disgust and said, "Why? How obvious, Binzi's family moved here from Xinjiang more than 30 years ago. If Mr. Wang can have any secrets, it must be in Xinjiang before he moved. Moreover, it should have something to do with his last desert expedition. ”

Gu Jie blinked and looked at Qin Zhen with a sneer. Qin Zhen continued, "There is no solid basis for saying this now, we still have to go to Binzi's house to look for clues." Otherwise, 9.6 million square kilometers, where can we find it? ”

"How do you know that they must still be in China?" Gu Jie asked curiously.

"Nonsense! Do you still have time to get a visa before you run away from home? And what Mr. Wang said was that he would go to that place again in his lifetime. That must have been there before, since it's not at our doorstep, where could it be? It must be Xinjiang! ”

After Qin Zhen finished speaking in one breath, Gu Jie looked at Qin Zhen with approving eyes, and pretended to praise him, "Yes!" The logic of your thinking is still remarkable."

"Don't, if it's really Xinjiang, our trip is a big trip. Have you ever been to the desert? ”

"Nope!"

"Well, I didn't either."

"......" Gu Jie looked at Qin Zhen speechlessly, and only after a while did he say angrily, "Hey! My Uncle Qin is a geography teacher! Haven't you been nurtured to have any essence since you were a child? ”

After hearing this, Qin Zhen smiled helplessly: "Who told you that the geography teacher must know how to explore?" Geography, is geography! Not a geologist, not an archaeologist! Besides, the desert there has always been called the Sea of Death. Don't say it's my dad, even if his principal comes, it's useless! It's not a side business at all! ”

Gu Jie was choked by Qin Zhen's snatch and said that he couldn't speak, and only after a while did he weakly ask, "What sea of death?" Is it the desert or the sea? How many deserts are there in Xinjiang? ”

"If my dad hears this, he'll be by you. How many deserts are there? Can the desert still be talked about 'one' and 'only'? Just one Taklama Dry is enough for us to find for a few lifetimes. Actually, it's just the desert, I just hope that the place where Binzi and the old man are going will not be that place......" As he spoke, Qin Zhen's expression turned solemn.

Gu Jie asked curiously, "What can make you show such a mourning-like expression?" ”

Qin Zhen looked at Gu Jie with a straight face, and then slowly spit out three words, "Lop Nur." ”