In the west of the city, there is a newly built high-tech industrial park, and there is also a wetland park next to it. In the park, flowers and trees are scattered and the paths are quiet.

There is a Western restaurant that has been very popular recently, and it is open in it.

Although Yu Guang has never been here, he has heard of it. Therefore, when Xu Mingzhi drove the car here, he frowned slightly, two big men always felt a little strange when they came to eat in this kind of place suitable for young couples to date.

But Yu Guang soon knew the reason why Xu Mingzhi came here.

Xu Mingzhi also made an appointment, a little girl of about twenty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a gray-pink long skirt, with long black hair loosely tied up on the top of her head, pink and cute.

Yu Guang stood in the doorway, and suddenly he didn't want to go in.

Xu Mingzhi took two steps, saw that he didn't follow, came back again, pulled him, and said in a low voice: "I finally made an appointment with someone, hurry over, the little girl has an hour and a half to eat at noon." ”

Yu Guang glanced at him coldly and wanted to get angry, but this was in the restaurant, not to mention that the little girl was innocent, so he suppressed the fire and followed.

After sitting down, Xu Mingzhi introduced the little girl. Su Ning, 26 this year, just graduated from graduate school, and just went to work in a high-tech enterprise in the park next to it last month.

Yu Guang's face was a little cold until Xu Mingzhi said: "She went to Xinhe Middle School in high school, and she is in the same class as your brother." ”

Yu Guang suddenly turned his head to meet Xu Mingzhi's gaze, his eyes full of shock.

Xu Mingzhi smiled, reached out and pressed lightly on his arm, then turned his head to look at Su Ning, and asked with a smile, "Have you eaten something?" ”

The little girl was a little restrained, shook her head and said, "I've already eaten it, you can just order it." ”

Xu Mingzhi was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that we would invite you to dinner?" ”

"I'll have something to do later, time is tight, and it just so happens that there is lunch in the company, so I ate at the company." Su Ning smiled shyly.

"Then order a drink, and see what you want to drink." Xu Mingyi said as he handed the menu to Su Ning, who didn't twist it, and chose a cold drink after sweeping his eyes.

Xu Mingzhi and Yu Guang were not thinking about eating, so they just ordered two pasta.

Su Ning didn't have much time, and Xu Mingzhi finally asked her out, so he naturally didn't dare to waste it. As soon as the waiter left, he took out a screenshot of the post that Shen Ning gave him at that time from the handbag he brought with him, gently pushed it in front of Su Ning, and asked, "Miss Su, take a look, do you remember this?" ”

After Su Ning glanced down, her face suddenly turned pale.

"I don't remember." She hung her head so hard that it was impossible to see the look on his face. But in his voice, there was obviously a little panic.

"You don't have to be afraid, no one will know about our meeting today except for the three of us." After Xu Mingzhi's assurance, he asked, "Can you tell us about what you see?" ”

Su Ning bit her lip gently, and her heart should be struggling and tangled at this time.

Yu Guang was a little impatient, and was about to speak, but was held down by Xu Mingzhi.

Xu Mingzhi silently shook his head at him.

Yu Guang also knew that the little girl opposite at the moment couldn't stand it, so he could only wait patiently and wait for her to speak.

After a long time, the waiter brought a drink, and the little girl raised her head sharply as if she was frightened, and after her eyes swept over the two people sitting opposite, she hesitated and asked, "After so many years, has that person not been found?" ”

Yu Guang pursed his lips and didn't dare to answer, he was afraid that once he spoke, he would not be able to help it.

Xu Mingzhi nodded: "Well, there has been no news." ”

There was a flash of struggle on Su Ning's face.

"Actually, I don't really know how he didn't see him. I just saw him arguing with the dean at the time just before he disappeared. Su Ning said, lowering her head again. Holding the glass full of ice cubes in both hands, it didn't seem too cold.

"It was Sunday night, and I had just finished studying on my own. I happened to be rehearsing a program in the music room for a few days, and when I came out of the music room and went back to the dormitory, I happened to pass by the building of the Academic Affairs Office. The dean's office was on the second floor, and the lights were still on in his office at the time. I saw someone standing in the hallway outside the office door, and the dean was reprimanding him, loud, and talking...... It's not good, he probably couldn't listen to it anymore, so he retorted, and then the two quarreled. I didn't know it was him at first, but the next morning I heard from my classmates that he had a quarrel with his classmates during the evening self-study and was taken away by the dean of academic affairs, only to know that the person was him at that time......" Speaking of this, Su Ning stopped, as if he had finished speaking.

Yu Guang still couldn't hold back, and asked, "Are you in the same class as him?" ”

Su Ning quickly glanced up at him, lowered her eyes again, and then shook her head and said, "No." I'm in the next class. But...... He was quite famous in our school at the time. After a pause, he whispered: "He has good grades, he plays basketball well, and he looks good, and many girls in our school liked him at that time." ”

Probably, she liked him too.

Yu Guang looked at the little girl with a ball in front of him, and this thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He felt that maybe Zhiyuan would like such a little girl.

And at the same time as this thought arises, sadness also surges.

He could never have known what kind of little girl he would like.

"Do you remember what the dean of academic affairs said about him at that time that caused him to quarrel with the dean?" Xu Mingzhi asked beside him.

Su Ning sniffed slightly: "I don't remember the original words, it probably seems to mean that his parents are just a small vendor, where did they get the money to buy those high-end things for him." ”

Yu Guang's hand resting on the table clenched suddenly.

Yu Zhiyuan has always been very economical in spending, and he will never ask his parents or him for anything valuable, and the only thing on him that can make people feel high-end is probably only that MP3. He gave it to him, and he helped his mentor make a project, and the tutor gave him a sum of money, and he thought that his brother was always that bulky Walkman who couldn't listen to English, so he bought him that MP3.

In fact, in '09, MP3 was not so unusual. It's just that that brand was not common in China at that time.

Yu Guang has thought a lot over the years, but he never thought that this MP3 he gave him had brought him such humiliation.

Anger, chagrin, sourness, all kinds of emotions came to his heart together, he closed his eyes, closed his eyes again, and almost used all his strength to suppress his emotions.

"Then do you remember why he quarreled with his classmates?" Xu Mingzhi's voice sounded again. Yu Guang forcibly cheered up and waited for Su Ning to answer.

Su Ning hesitated.

After a while, he said uncertainly: "I also heard it later, saying that the classmate thought that the MP3 he used was very similar to the one he lost before, and suspected that he stole him, and then they quarreled." ”

"Do you know what that classmate's name is?" Xu Mingzhi asked.

Su Ning shook her head: "I don't remember much, I just remember that it seems to be surnamed Lin." ”

Surname Lin?

The director of education at the time, who is now the principal of Xinhe Middle School, also has the surname Lin.

Is it a coincidence? Or is there something between these two people?

"When was the last time you saw Yu Zhiyuan, do you remember?" Xu Mingzhi asked again.

Su Ning thought for a while and said, "On the day he disappeared, in the third class in the afternoon, our two classes had physical education class together, and at that time, a person who often played basketball with him asked him to play basketball, but no one else seemed to want to play with him." Someone else called him...... Thief. ”

Yu Guang closed his eyes again.

These two words were like knives, stabbing him hard in the chest, and the pain made him feel like he couldn't breathe.

When Su Ning left, he didn't even pay attention. When he came back to his senses, there was no one on the other side. The ice cubes in that cup of cold drink had already melted halfway, and Su Ning didn't drink it.

That's when the two pastas they ordered came.

Xu Mingzhi pushed his share in front of him, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and sighed: "Eat first, I still have something to tell you after eating." ”

Yu Guang looked at the plate of pasta in front of him, but he had no appetite. He mechanically swept a plate of pasta into his stomach, put down his fork, took a sip of water, and looked up again, at least on the surface, nothing out of the ordinary.

"How did you find this Su Ning?" After Xu Mingzhi put down his fork, he asked.

Xu Mingzhi took a sip of water: "It was a friend who helped find it, when I contacted her, she was very resistant when she heard that I was going to inquire about your brother, I guess someone should have threatened them at that time." ”

Yu Guang lowered his eyes to look at the table, picked up the steak knife next to him with his right hand, and gently fiddled with it.

The sunlight outside the window shone in, fell on the silver-white knife surface, refracted the glittering cold light, and fell into Xu Mingzhi's eyes, inexplicably feeling a heartbeat.

Xu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, "In addition, your brother's MP3 seems to have been returned to your parents in the end, have you seen it?" Are you sure it's your brother's? ”

Yu Guang nodded silently.

"I got in touch with a classmate who was in the same dormitory as your brother at the time, and after he had an argument with his classmate, the MP3 was taken away by the teacher on duty, and according to the classmate, he didn't get it back after that. If this classmate's reaction is true, then the MP3 that was used to determine that your brother left school by himself must have been deliberately thrown there to disrupt the police investigation. Xu Mingzhi paid attention to Yu Guang's expression as he spoke, and saw that his expression did not fluctuate much, so he continued: "In other words, your brother's disappearance at that time may really have another hidden secret. ”

When he said this, he didn't raise his head, and his eyes kept lingering on the silver-white blade of the steak knife.

"Who is this classmate?" The calm voice seems to be as sharp as a blade, which is terrifying.

"I can't say that the other party strongly asked us to keep it secret for him before providing this clue. Moreover, he also said that even if it is found out that your brother really happened to him, he will not come out to testify. Xu Mingzhi was a little apologetic.