Chapter 44: The Key and the Uninvited Guest
For this kind of straightforward dialogue without greetings, Bai Yiyun is obviously a little unaccustomed.
However, she was only slightly stunned, then smiled kindly at Shen Ke, took out a carved wooden box from her handbag, and pushed it in front of Shen Ke.
"You're like your mother, you have your own ideas."
"They always have a lot of constraints when they are engaged in archaeology, such as archaeology not collecting or something. Although she was very young at that time, she was a great person who would stand out at any time. ”
"In the whole of Nanjiang University, there is no one who doesn't know Lu Hui. She would collect antiques, and sometimes go to the antique street to pick up leaks, which was almost the only thing she was criticized for at the time. ”
Bai Yiyun picked up the small spoon, stirred the coffee in front of him, and said slowly.
Her voice is soft, but it has a taste of time, and it easily transports people into the past.
"Don't you young people often talk about cyberbullying? It was pretty much the same back then. However, Lu Hui never took it to heart, until someone saw the antiques she donated in the museum, and she didn't explain it. ”
Hearing this, Shen Ke nodded lightly.
In her impression, Lu Hui is indeed like this, the antiques on the Bogu shelves at home have been changed one after another, and the ones that remain are basically broken and there is no way to repair them for the time being.
Those who received them were good, or were they repaired by her...... If she has accumulated a certain amount, she will donate it to the museum.
Spending one's own money to do such a useless thing is like a silly bubble in the head, bubbling out, like a mockery of human nature. But in this world, there are really such people.
In Lu Hui's eyes, those antiquities were like pearls, and she was reluctant to let these things be dusted, wandered outside, or locked up in a small world at No. 18 Xinghe Road.
They should appear in front of more people, so that more people can feel the weight of Chinese history.
Shen Ke looked at her right hand, her mother was holding her back then, standing in the museum, and said such things to her.
Lu Hui is a person who is pure to the point of selflessness.
"This carved box was a gift from your mother back then. After she died, I put some old things related to her in this box. I want to give you something more appropriate than putting it with me. ”
Bai Yiyun said, picked up the coffee cup and took a sip gently.
Shen Ke didn't look at her, stared at the box for a while, and opened it gently, there were a few old photos inside, an old-fashioned watch with a black strap, and a bunch of keys.
On top of the key, a small goldfish made of hose was tied.
Shen Ke's pupils shrank suddenly, she picked up the set of keys, and looked up at Bai Yiyun with burning eyes.
"This is the key to my house, the key to 18 Xinghe Road. This goldfish was made for me by an old grandfather who lived near my house, and I hung it on my mother's keychain. How could it be there for you? ”
Bai Yiyun nodded unhurriedly, "Well, that day was the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month. I came back from abroad and brought you a red woolen dress and chocolates, and asked your mother to come and get them. ”
"Maybe it's because she's too busy near the end of the year, she looks a little absent-minded, and when she washes her hands in the bathroom, she forgot her keys and watch at my house."
"Originally, I was going to send her over, but something delayed it, and then I ...... For so many years, it has been with me. ”
Shen Ke stared at Bai Yiyun deadly.
She didn't have any unnatural looks, and she seemed to be very calm.
Even for Shen Ke's impolite staring behavior, he didn't feel any displeasure.
"What do you want to eat at noon? Their steak was nice and there was also a Black Forest cake. ”
Shen Ke withdrew her gaze, she had only relived that day in her dream a few days ago.
I remember very clearly that I was wearing a red dress that night, and my mother Lu Hui did say that it was a New Year's gift from a friend.
The chocolate was opened on the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and she ate a lot of it along with a pile of festive snacks on the coffee table.
Before going to bed, her mother also specially told her to brush her teeth well.
So, go get the red dress and the chocolate, it should be real.
"Did she say why she was upset at the time?" Shen Ke asked seriously.
When Bai Yiyun heard Shen Ke's words, he randomly ordered a few signature dishes on the menu and frowned.
"Do you suspect that this has something to do with your mother's case?"
She handed the menu to the waitress and shook her head regretfully.
"I asked at the time, but she didn't elaborate, only said that it was a matter of work."
"Shen Ke, I'm sorry, I couldn't help you. For so many years, I haven't been in touch with you. ”
Shen Ke picked up the coffee that was already cold on the table and took a big sip.
The coffee has no milk or sugar, which is bitter and calms people down at once.
Shen Ke turned his head to look out the window, the revolving restaurant had turned to the other side, and looking down from here, it was a large street garden, and the vehicles coming and going from the south to the north suddenly shrank into ants.
"Bai ......" Shen Ke's words were interrupted before he finished speaking.
I saw a woman wearing a long suspender dress and walking with sunglasses in the wind dragging a dejected yellow hair and walked over.
She pressed the yellow hair to Bai Yiyun's side and sat down next to Shen Ke.
"Mom, that's what you said about Officer Shen, right! Xiao Cheng is in trouble again, people are coming to the door, you should hurry up and take a look. ”
Bai Yiyun's face turned pale, and the previous elegance disappeared all of a sudden, she stood up, looked at the little yellow hair next to her, and saw that there was no injury on his face, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shen Ke, I'm sorry, I'll take a step forward if there's something at home. I'll treat you to dinner again next time. ”
Shen Ke nodded lightly and stood up.
The little yellow hair looked a little familiar.
Bai Yiyun stood up quickly, his high heels hit the ground, and the sound of "tuk tuk" was much faster than before.
When the people were far away, the suspender dress stood up and sat down where Bai Yiyun had sat before.
"Aren't you going with you? White grapefruit", Shen Ke said lightly.
The woman's eyes widened in surprise, "You know me?" ”
Shen Ke shook his head, "When investigating at Xiangyang Hotel, they said that the pattern was painted by Bai Yu, the daughter of Bai Yiyun, the chairman of Baishi Group, when she was three years old. ”
Bai Yu was even more surprised, she gave Shen Ke a thumbs up, "Amazing!" I've heard you're a prodigy! ”
She said that she pulled the steak on the waiter to herself, and she didn't care about any appetizers and afterdishes, she took a knife and cut it, which was completely opposite to Bai Yiyun's style.
"Don't take my mother's word for it, she doesn't know your mother very well," Bai Yu said, smiling a little self-deprecatingly, "She's a typical businessman who does everything for a purpose." ”
"The establishment of the assistant society is to make contacts, and those who can go to Nanjiang University and have spare money to help students are all high-quality resources; Back then, I gave you dresses and chocolates, and guess why? ”
"I haven't contacted you for so many years, and I suddenly contacted you in the past two days, why?"