Chi training

I got married and borrowed Shen Ying's villa to hold the wedding. He didn't send me an invitation, so I avoided suspicion and hid in Taoyuan Village.When I went back the next day, the building was empty, the house was in a mess, and several cleaning ladies were cleaning it. I was afraid that I would hinder them from doing things in the house, so I went to the backyard to hang out.I originally wanted to find Shen Ying, but in the end I found Xiao Ai.

Xiao Ai may have walked over from his own home. The soles of his feet are covered with dirt, and there are traces of cream on his mouth. He is lying naked on a snow-white wedding dress with his eyes closed quietly.

I patted Xiaoai, he opened his eyes and looked at me, I asked him: "Why are you sleeping here?"

I took off my coat and put it on him, pulled him up, and looked at him with a smile: "Are you sleepwalking? Did David invite you?"

Xiao Ai got dressed and shook her head.I wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "Oh, then you came here smelling the cake."

Xiao Ai looked down and asked me, "Where did my clothes go?"

Wrapped in my coat, he blinked slowly and said, "I might really be sleepwalking."

He walked to the backyard, I followed him, and I could see the villa and the cleaning lady who was still busy in it from a distance. Xiaoai stopped, I lit a cigarette and handed it to him, and I lit a cigarette myself, smoking .We stood by the bushes, and I took out my phone to watch the wedding video and photos that Shen Ying posted on WeChat Moments yesterday.

I was looking for Xiao Ai inside, and Xiao Ai also looked, I don't know what he was looking for.

After the cleaning lady left, we entered the room. Shen Ying appeared. He was wearing a nightgown and was making coffee in the kitchen. When he saw us, he smiled and asked with concern, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

He looked at me and asked, I had eaten it, so he asked Xiaoai: "You haven't eaten yet, have you? What shall I cook for you?"

"Red Oil Chao Shou." Xiao Ai said, sitting at the dining table.Shen Ying threw a bag of peanuts over, I opened the refrigerator and looked, there were only dumplings and glutinous rice balls in the refrigerator, I said: "I'll go buy it."

There is a supermarket near a high-speed rest stop 45 minutes away from the villa, which I often go to.Shen Ying gave me the car keys, and I asked him, "What else can I bring you? There is nothing left in the refrigerator. When are you going back to Yusong? Are you having lunch here?"

Shen Ying said: "I have an appointment with a client for dinner at noon." He sent me to the door, looked at me and said, "You don't need him to say anything, do you? I'm too used to him."

I said helplessly: "Senior, you have never chased someone before. It is not so easy for a man to chase a man across the Himalayas."

Shen Ying raised her hand: "Forget it, pretend I didn't say it," he patted me, "To be serious, David told me yesterday, why didn't I see you, Junior Brother Guan, and I said, you didn't invite him. He Let you go to work at the law firm tomorrow. David is not such a narrow-minded person."

I tried to look at Xiao Ai through the gap between the pillars, and I vaguely saw his side face, he propped his chin in boredom, and stared at the bag of peanuts boredly.Shen Ying said again: "Why don't you ask him if he would like to move to Yusong with you? His mother is not in good health, so he will live in a nursing home. There is nothing wrong with professional medical staff taking care of him. Don't worry. The wages paid to you must be enough for you to spend."

I scratched my cheek: "I don't feel that time yet..." I couldn't help sighing, "I don't know where he lives, and I haven't seen his mother. It was a while ago that I found out that he had A..." I paused, "I had a twin sister."

Shen Ying smiled: "Think about it."

I changed my shoes in the entrance, but Shen Ying didn't leave for a long time. I smiled dryly, put on my shoes, looked at him, and said: "Everything is in the air, I understand, thank you senior for your concern! I know it."

I thought the way he stared at me, his silence to me was questioning my obsession, and worrying about my future - shelving my career for a relationship that I couldn't figure out the direction of, anyone seemed to be unwise.

I like Xiaoai, do I love him to this extent?

I couldn't tell, and I was very confused. The only thing I knew at that time was that Xiao Ai hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and he wanted to eat red oil Chaoshou, so I wanted to make it for him.

I went to the supermarket to buy a lot of things, and returned to the villa with two big shopping bags. When I passed by Shen Ying's workshop, I caught a glimpse of Xiao Ai.He was lying naked on a long leather chair under a row of fishing rods.Shen Ying is not here.I went into the house, went to the kitchen, put down my shopping bags, and boiled water.I called Shen Ying in the direction of the second floor, but there was no response. I went to the yard to look for him, but couldn't find him.Shen Ying was nowhere to be seen.The water boiled, I cooked wontons, fried a poached egg on top, and took the bowl to the workshop.

Shen Ying still disappeared, and Xiao Ai was still lying on that chair. There was a long wooden table next to him. On the table were two mobile phones, some photos, printed color pictures, and a large-format color-printed book spread out. Then, there was a blurry picture paired with large paragraphs of text. I glanced at it, and the picture was full of crooked, earthworm-like symbols.Also on the table is a vial of tattoo paint and a tattoo gun.

I put down the wontons and looked at Xiao Ai. Sometime ago, there were many earthworm-like symbols on his back, which were very similar to those in the picture in the book. I compared them and asked him: "Where is Shen Ying?" ?”

"I don't know," he said.

The symbol behind him is exactly the same as the symbol on the picture.I said, "Let's eat something."

I went to find Shen Ying again. I had to find him. I didn’t find him on the first floor, so I went to the second floor. The master bedroom is on the second floor. Door.There was no one behind all the doors I could open. I stood in front of the door that required a password to open. I yelled twice before knocking on the door. The villa was quiet.I decided to try a combination lock.I tried Shen Ying's birthday, but the door didn't open. When I wanted to try again, Shen Ying patted me from behind and said, "You can try my mother's birthday."

I was taken aback and watched him make a joke: "You have so many classified documents in your house that need to be locked away?"

Shen Ying raised her eyebrows: "Actually, I am a transnational spy/spy, shhh, don't tell me."

He walked downstairs, I followed closely and asked him: "Do you know how to get tattoos? Are you tattooing Xiao Ai?"

It's the latter question that really concerns me.

Shen Ying said: "Whoever pretends to be a god will have red letters written all over his body." He looked at me, "Did he tell you about the sacrifices here?"

I nodded again and again: "Of course I said that Chi Lian Shenjun, he can pretend to be a god at the age of seventeen, but he couldn't do the sacrifice when he was 17 years old, and he hasn't been able to do it since then. No one lives in the mountains anymore. Those who still live are old people, they are getting old, and they can't do it even if they want to do it."

Shen Ying said, "You know quite a lot."

I touched the bridge of my nose, the two of us walked out of the villa, and I asked: "So, those are red...? He asked you to tattoo him? He knew you would tattoo?"

Shen Ying laughed: "Don't be nervous."

Am I nervous?Of course I was nervous, and Shen Ying's piercing eyes certainly saw my nervousness.What am I nervous about?I was nervous that on a certain evening not long ago, when it was still dark, Shen Ying walked around beside me and Xiao Ai, and Xiao Ai held his hand.I was nervous that when he kissed Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai trembled all over. I was nervous that he was richer than me, had a better career than me, and had better looks than me. I was afraid...

Shen Ying stopped at the door of the workshop, put one hand on my shoulder, and said to me: "He pays, I contribute, we are just an ordinary employment relationship."

He went into the workshop, and I went in too.Xiao Ai sat up, put on her pants, and leaned against the table to eat peanuts. The bowl of wontons was put aside without moving.Seeing Shen Ying, he sat back on the bench again, and Shen Ying went to sit on a round stool next to the bench. He saw the bowl of wonton, picked it up, picked up the spoon and ate the wonton.He motioned me to look at the books and pictures on the table.

"The murals in the dark room of Tianfu Palace used to be full of these red and thin characters on the body of Chi Lian Shenjun in the murals. The tradition of the sacrifice is that before the official start, the elders of the eight villages in Qiongling will use snake blood Write these words on the gods played by people."

I picked up a photo, it was a photo of the mural, it was not very clear, maybe because of the lack of light, I saw a man with long black hair, his face couldn’t be seen clearly, his hair looked like many black snakes.I went to read that book again, it was too heavy and thick, I closed the book to read the title.

Compiled by Lu Mingyou and written by Shen Huaisu, "Research on Restoration of Murals in Qiongling Tianfu Palace and Compilation of Folklore Around It".

A mobile phone on the table vibrated, Shen Ying put down the bowl, made a gesture with me, and went outside to talk on the phone.After he left, I asked Xiaoai: "Shall I give you another bowl?"

Xiao Ai was still eating peanuts, some peanut coats fell from his mouth, and his eyes fell on the book.He doesn't speak.I said, "You asked Shen Ying to tattoo you?"

Xiao Ai nodded, he was still looking at the book, and said: "Shenjun Chilian used to be a snake, he practiced in Qiongling, he saw the flood of Dadu River every day, and saw many people drowned, he After cultivating the human form, he became a boatman by the Dadu River, and he crossed the river with Fali. One day, his merits and virtues were consummated, he flew into the sky, and became a god, but he didn't want to be a god, he wanted to continue saving people by the river, The Jade Emperor was moved by his spirit, and lowered a treasured tripod to suppress the Jiaolong who was stirring up trouble in the Dadu River and disturbed the people on both sides of the river. The tripod became an island, and the Jiaolong died in the Dadu River. , Over the years, its body rotted, its bones turned black, and it turned into a fish, that is, Ai. Although the dragon died, its brutal nature remained in Ai's body. The god returned to the sky and became a fairy , Occasionally go to the riverside to save people. There has never been a flood in the Dadu River. In order to commemorate him and thank him, the people built a Tianfu Palace. Sacrifice. These are the stories that the murals tell."

"Have you seen those murals?" I picked up the photo of the man with long black hair, "Is this the god?"

"Yes."

"Did you take the photo? Is this the room you mentioned for meditation?"

Xiao Ai shook her head: "I didn't take the photo." He said, "Shen Huaisu is Shen Ying's father, and he paid for the restoration of the mural."

I was even more scared, and I sat next to Xiaoai, I held his hand, and I asked him: "Is the person who pretends to be a god and worshiped by others?"

Xiao Ai said: "Yes, they worship him, sing to him, beat gongs and drums, and they will send the god to the Dadu River, put him on a boat, and send him to Ding Island. After three days and three nights , they will pick him up again."

"Three days and three nights? Then what do you eat and drink? What are you going to do for those three days?"

Xiao Ai shrugged: "Dancing."

"Dancing?" I opened my eyes wide. "Who are you showing me on the island?"

"Show God."

Xiao Ai stood up, and he danced for me.

The workshop is not big, and there are obstacles everywhere, such as tables, chairs, fishing rods, some wood, and a lot of tool boxes. Xiao Ai dances in such a cramped space.Sometimes he knelt on the ground, lay down, crawled, and was docile and submissive; When he opened his eyes for a moment, the black eyes swept over everything indifferently.His body is soft, his movements are powerful, and each of his beats is slow. God may also need some time to digest his piety and his struggle.

After he finished dancing, he went to peel peanuts and eat peanuts.

When Shen Ying came back, he looked at me and asked, "What are you talking about so happily?"

"Xiaoai showed me the dance just now." I stood up and said eagerly.

"Dancing?" Shen Ying raised an eyebrow and looked at me suspiciously.

"That's right, haven't you seen it? Chilian Shenjun dedicated the dance to God." I said.After finishing speaking, I took a quick breath and looked at Xiao Ai. Xiao Ai peeled peanuts as if nothing had happened. A peanut rolled from between his fingers to the ground. He chased it, picked it up, and ate it.Shen Ying sat back on the round stool, picked up the tattoo gun, Xiao Ai also sat back, and got down on the ground.The tattoo gun buzzed, I looked around, Shen Ying said, "Are you bored?"

I shook my head, stood leaning against the table, flipped through books, looked at murals, pondered the bible-like words, but didn’t leave.

The tattoo should hurt, but Xiao Ai didn't seem to hurt at all, he just lay on his stomach.Shen Ying said, "Let's play some music and listen."

There is a set of audio equipment in the workshop, and there are two rows of record racks full of records. I went to pick out CDs. There are many soundtracks of movies, and there is an original soundtrack called "Icy Tropical Fish".

I haven't seen this movie, the piano and cello symphony, the music sounds kind of sad.

I looked at Xiao Ai, his eyes were closed, snoring softly, he fell asleep.Shen Ying's little finger pressed against his skin, slowly dragging the little bit of ink, slowly writing words one by one that I couldn't understand.I want to know what those red words are saying, what is the meaning, I am looking for the answer in that book.I can not find.

I don't have many memories about Xiao Ai left, and even fewer belong to "happiness", and the closer to the "now" moment, the more frequently Shen Ying appears in these memories.I didn't go to work at the law firm for a long time, Xiao Ai came to see me every now and then, and Shen Ying happened to have a long vacation for herself. During the hottest summer, the three of us spent a lot of time together.

I bought snorkeling equipment and a diving suit, and we went to explore the treasure cave.

I watched TV programs, and I heard that there were also murals there, which were earlier than the murals in Tianfu Palace. An American named Howard Brown mentioned in a travel note written during the Republic of China that Brown was a rich man and a half-baked archaeologist. He speculated that the murals might have been left by the first group of primitive people living in Qiongling. Many experts searched for them and tried to go deep into the treasure cave many times, but they all failed. Shen Ying's father, Shen Huaisu, also organized many Such activities, unfortunately, failed to find the ancient murals that existed in a few words of an American.

We entered the Treasure Cave at the end of July. There were many people in the daytime, so we sneaked in at night. The water level was not very high at that time. Xiao Ai led the way. He went into the water first, and I followed. Shen Ying is the last.

It was very dark underwater, and Xiao Ai was wearing a waterproof headlamp. I was always swimming with the hazy light. When I surfaced, Xiao Ai and Shen Ying were already in the cave.We took off our snorkeling gear, piled them together, and went into the cave barefoot.It took about ten minutes to walk in from the entrance of the cave to see the first fork in the road. Xiao Ai picked a road and continued walking. I looked around and found that each road was very narrow and could not see the end. Xiao Ai was still at the front, and I was in the middle.

The cave is unusually quiet, and the place near the entrance is relatively humid. Moss can be touched on the walls, and sand and stones can be stepped on the ground. Wet footprints.I walked in his footsteps.

I asked Shen Ying: "Why did your father come to Yusong to do research?"

"Have you read all the books he wrote?" Shen Ying asked me back.

Shen Huaisu's books, which study people and mural folk customs, can be found in Shen Ying's study.I watched them all.

I said, "He didn't even mention it in his book."

Shen Ying said: "Because he couldn't do much research in Singapore, he was said to rely on his family relationship to study for a graduate student. He was not convinced, but he really lacked the ability to study and do research, so he had to pick such an unpopular one. I think I can add some academic achievements to my resume.”

"He couldn't find anything," he said.

I said, "At least he recorded the murals of Tianfu Palace."

"Are those murals worth recording?" Shen Ying said, "Have you seen those photos, those copied copies? I don't think those murals are of any research value. The murals of the same age are more exquisite and have more historical significance. There are many of them."

I changed the subject, and I asked: "In the book he wrote about the little boy, he said that the boy's father once brought the boy to this cave, in order to arouse his emotions about fear," I looked back at Shen Ying, he Also wearing a headlamp, the light pierced into my eyes, I couldn't see him clearly, "That's the parent your dad knew when he sent you to a special school, right? That boy who can't speak like you... I don't know How is he now, is he cured?"

Shen Ying said, "Are you talking about the case mentioned in "Man and Self-cognition"?"

I said, "Boy A."

Shen Ying said, "That child is me."

The road suddenly became wider, and there were two forks in front of us. There was a trickle flowing down to the ankles on the fork road. The light on Xiao Ai's head was high, and the two sides of the fork road seemed to be caves. When the light swept past, they were like many Half black and half white eyeballs.

I stop.Shen Ying came to me.

The boy I read in the book who can’t speak——Shen Huaisu called him boy A. Boy A’s father thought that because he couldn’t speak, boy A lacked any emotion that a human being should have. At the same time, because of the lack of emotion, Unable to form an emotional resonance with anyone, thing, thing, there is no morality and rules in Boy A’s world, he is ignorant, he is a patient with a sick soul, in order to heal Boy A, his father tried different methods In order to arouse his emotional resonance, he told him happy fairy tales, scary fables, he took him into the dark cave, told him the legend of wild men eating children, and he beat him.But no matter what he faced, even witnessing his mother having an affair, boy A never showed any emotion from the beginning to the end.He seems to have nothing to do with the world.

Xiao Ai said: "Let's light a fire here to warm up."

He stooped into a cave, and I followed. There was a bonfire in the cave. Xiao Ai lit the fire with a lighter, rubbed his hands, and pulled out some branches from the corners that couldn't be seen by magic, and threw them into the fire. pile.I didn't know what to say to Shen Ying for a while, so I talked to Xiao Ai, and I asked him: "I came back from the supermarket this afternoon and saw you. I wanted to call you, but I saw you walking with a man. "

Xiao Ai said: "Oh, you can tell the director, the director of the police station here, misses my mother, go to our house to see her."

I nodded, cleared my throat, and asked Xiaoai: "So... all the children here have heard the story of wild men eating children?"

Xiao Ai smiled: "My dad also used this story to scare me."

I coughed, Xiao Ai looked at the fire, and I looked around: "There are really murals here, are there any treasures?" I asked Xiao Ai, "Have you walked to the bottom?"

Xiao Ai poked the fire with a branch and shook her head.Shen Ying said, "I'll show you something."

Shen Ying took me to see a stone bed.The stone bed is also in a cave, which is higher than other caves and spacious. At first we went in, and it reflected a wall, and then he lowered the light slowly, and I saw a long piece in front of the wall. The stone slab is placed on a waist-high platform.I asked Shen Ying: "Is this formed naturally?"

Shen Ying said, "Does it look like a bed?"

"Like." I nodded.

Shen Ying stepped forward, he took off the headlamp and held it in his hand, as he walked, the light flickered, shining on the wall for a while, and passing over the stone bed for a while.The air was dry, and the surface of the stone bed reflected a cold light.Shen Ying said: "Don't you think it's amazing? If there were any primitive people living here, then, many, many years ago, tens of thousands of years ago, a certain primitive person among those primitive people stood here. Look at the bed we are looking at now." He stretched out his hand to caress the stone bed, and his fingers also glowed coldly, I walked closer, and I also touched the stone bed.

The touch of the stone is cold, and the color of the stone is different.

Shen Ying was still talking: "He also stroked this bed, and he also left footprints here, and he sat down here. After a hard day of hunting, he can finally rest for a while to catch his breath." He said Sat down, looked at me, "We're in the same place at different times, doing the same thing, it's like..."

The light from the headlamp fell on the ground, forming an elliptical circle of light. The footprints of Shen Ying and I were interlaced, and our reflections overlapped each other.Shen Ying said: "It seems that there is only one soul in the world, and it does the same thing day after day, year after year."

I said, "I didn't know Boy A was you, I thought your daddy was researching other people's kids."

I'm a little sorry, I think about what happened to boy A, and I don't think I should mention him.

Shen Ying didn't care, he said: "The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. Maybe only by breaking away from the role of boy A's father, can he look at boy A and himself more objectively."

He added: "You should be thankful that he didn't write his research into an autobiography. Autobiography is always a lie."

I said, "Not necessarily."

He smiled: "Exaggeration, isn't it human nature to add oil and vinegar? To magnify a little pain ten times can get ten times more sympathy, and to magnify a little warmth ten times is like getting ten times more care, a little love, repeated love Thinking about it can be regarded as love. The most noble person can't guarantee that he never lied in order to protect himself and protect himself. The person with the best memory can't guarantee that he can recall the past without missing any details. A pair of eyes only If you can see one world, there are hundreds of millions of people in the world.”

He stared at me: "Confession should go to the church to find a priest, you should kneel in front of the Buddha statue, fold your hands and close your eyes. The object of the confession should never be to yourself. People will lie to themselves, one after another. This is something that people cannot control. Got it."

No, that's not the case...

Shen Ying went back, I remember he also said: "Shen Huaisu is a weak person, you see, he can't even confess his identity and admit that he has a weird son, he can only write 'I was introduced by a friend Knowing Boy A and his father', he can only hide and write his own business as someone else's business."

I said, "But you said that this is the only way to maintain objectivity."

"I said 'more objective', he wrote in the book that Boy A's father slapped Boy A here, and he wanted to slap him a second time, but he didn't. I'll tell you, the second time , he continued the beating, and he took off his belt for the third time and the fourth time. I don’t remember much about what happened before I was ten years old, but this incident, I don’t know how it happened, what happened in Qiongling, I remember it very clearly. I remember that in the dark, I felt someone watching us, "Shen Ying smiled, "Maybe it's a savage."

We dived out and carried the backpacks placed by the sword washing pool on our backs. We dried our bodies, put on the hiking shoes in the backpacks, put on the windbreakers, and Xiaoai took us to climb the mountain.When I climbed Yunxianding, it was still dark. I sat in the Tongxuan Pavilion, very tired, and fell asleep for a while leaning on my backpack. When I woke up, Xiao Ai was gone. The other side was drinking hot water from the thermos. I looked out, and he said, "He went to see the sunrise."

When I went out, there were many clouds, which blurred the sky, and there was fog in the mountains, so I couldn't find Xiaoai.Shen Ying's voice came from behind me: "Don't worry, he has an elephant on his back, and he can run on the mountain in the middle of the night even under heavy rain."

I asked Shen Ying, "Did you not go to see the sunrise?"

Shen Ying shook her head and smiled: "I watch the sunrise in the meeting room every day."

"Sunrise in the mountains...is it different?" I said.

Shen Ying said, "Then do you want to go and have a look?"

I'm not familiar with Qiongling, I don't know where to go to see the sunrise, to find Xiaoai, everything is damp, the fog sticks to my face and eyelids, I can't breathe.

At this moment, Xiao Ai came out from the fog, and he was trotting in the heat. The temperature on the mountain was not high, and he was wearing too little clothes.I dug out the thermos and poured a cup of hot water. As soon as Xiao Ai approached, I handed him the cup, and he took a big gulp of it, breathing out more heat.He had a great laugh.

I asked Xiaoai: "Have you seen the sunrise?"

Xiao Ai nodded vigorously: "I see."

I said, "That's great!"

Xiao Ai's eyes were weird, and I said, "You want to see the sunrise, but you saw it, isn't it good? This is what you want!"

Xiao Ai smiled and drank water again, this time only a small sip.Shen Ying put on her backpack and went outside. He walked towards a forest.Xiao Ai and I were still standing outside Tongxuan Pavilion, and Xiao Ai whispered to me, "You should go back to Shanghai."

I eagerly asked him: "Then are you willing to go with me? We can take your mother to Shanghai, where the medical conditions are better, Shanshan can also be admitted to a university in Shanghai, we can..."

A group of birds flapped their wings and flew out of the woods. Xiao Ai trembled, looked up, returned the cup to me, and walked away.

This is my last, barely called "happy" memory of Xiao Ai.

Soon, I learned that David was missing.

I learned from Shen Ying that David has been out of contact since he came out of the W Hotel on a certain night in July. David's wife was very worried and insisted that David would never Won't leave without saying goodbye.Shen Ying and I discussed this. We agreed that the fact that his wife was pregnant could not restrain David from going out and fooling around. Instead, it would become a legitimate reason for him not to go home. Maybe he went somewhere and continued to go crazy. After a while It will appear by itself.My relationship with David was not very close, and there was a tense moment, so I didn't pay attention to his disappearance at all, and I forgot it when I heard about it. Accompanied by Director Guan, he came to me and asked about my relationship with David, and I remembered this incident again.

The police asked me where I was on July 22, what I was doing, whether I had any witnesses, and whether I had any proof.

On July 22, David drove all the way home from the law firm, ran through three red lights, and returned to his No. 23 villa at No. 15 Bayview. A taxi stopped at his door 6754 minutes later. , David came out with a suitcase, and got into a taxi. The license plate of the taxi was Yu A18k. David got off at the entrance of the W Hotel. He asked the front desk for a room card for the city night view suite on the 18th floor. It was reserved for David by the person who booked the room. David is a frequent guest of this suite in the hotel. The person who booked the room is Mr. Zhang, who is one of David's group of friends.David dragged his suitcase up to the 432th floor and entered the suite. Half an hour later, he was helped out of the room by two young men. One of them was helping David with his suitcase, and the other was on the phone.During the time David entered and left the suite, about a dozen people entered and exited the suite.The three of them reached the first floor and went straight out the door. A taxi with the license plate Yu A8E432 was already waiting at the door. David didn't get in the car immediately. He talked for a while with the two men who helped him down the stairs, dragged The man in the suitcase helped him put the suitcase into the trunk, another person lit a cigarette for David, and he lit a cigarette himself, smoking. After the two smoked their cigarettes, David got into the car. Then went back into the hotel.According to the memory of the driver of Yu A8E[-], David smelled heavily of alcohol and kept saying he had a headache. He needed to open the window to breathe. He originally said that he was going to the international airport. After the car drove two intersections, he checked his phone and found that there was no luggage. Take it, and got off the car at the intersection of Baima Avenue and Renmin Road. No matter how much I shouted, I couldn't return.The master driver took the suitcase back to the terminus and listed the lost property. David's wife later took the suitcase home. There were some changes of clothes in it. David seemed to be going on a short trip.

According to surveillance cameras, at 23:[-] p.m., David walked along Renmin Road for a while, got into Fulu Lane, and disappeared.David was never seen again.

On July 24, David's wife called the police.After some investigation and tracking, the police found that David had bought a plane ticket to the United States and booked a hotel in advance, but he did not leave the customs and his mobile phone was turned off, so he could not track the location.When they found me, the atmosphere of the conversation was quite relaxed. The supervisor first chatted with me for a few words, and he said: "Lawyer Xiaoguan, don't be nervous. This matter, I think it's just that the young couple had some disputes. Husband I don’t care if I’m married, I guess I think my wife is annoying, and if a woman has a big belly, it’s inevitable for a man. You know... The main reason is that his wife has something to do with our system. Lawyer Xiaoguan, it’s just a routine question question."

Of course I'm not nervous. I haven't seen David for a long time. Even if he was kidnapped or disappeared due to some accident, even if he died, what would it have to do with me?

The police officers who interrogated me were old and young. The old one was surnamed Wang and the young one was surnamed Lu. The old one was in charge of smoking, looking at the villa, chatting with the director of the management, and the young one was in charge of taking notes.He asked: "David had quarreled with his wife's family because he helped you check the matter of No. [-] Middle School. The quarrel was not very pleasant, you know?"

I shook my head.

Lao Wang asked, "What's going on at No. [-] Middle School?"

I said: "The math teacher sexually abused the female classmate."

Old Wang nodded, and asked the supervisor: "Hey, this villa of Lawyer Xiao Shen was built in such a deserted place, and he didn't see any surveillance along the way just now? Wasn't it closed all the time before, so he felt relieved."

Director Guan said: "Lawyer Xiao Shen is very worried about the security situation on our side, haha."

Xiao Lu asked again: "I heard that David forbade you to continue investigating that case, and you went to the firm to interview new witnesses, but David found out, and you and David had a fight in the conference room?" He asked Looking at me, he continued: "You quit your previous job at that time and were about to join their firm, but you got stuck in the job. You have been unemployed now, right?"

I looked at the superintendent, and I didn't want to involve Xiao Ai, so I said, "It wasn't as exaggerated as a fight, but there was a little quarrel."

Xiao Lu asked me: "Your hometown is Yusong, right?"

I nodded.

"When you were in junior high school, your mother took you to see a psychiatrist. Your school teacher said that you were not very friendly, and you were a little violent, right?"

I smiled: "You have made such a detailed investigation, so I am the most suspected person now?"

I made an inappropriate sentence, but it was a joke from my heart: "Then I shouldn't kidnap David, I should kidnap the teacher from No. [-] Middle School. He found someone to beat me up, in order to scare me. , don’t let me investigate the case, you see, the scars on my hands haven’t healed yet, no matter what, there’s a wrong and a debtor, why should I kidnap David?”

Finally, Xiao Lu asked me: "July 7, where are you?"

I said: "It's here. I'm with David's partner, Shen Ying, who was my senior in college. He gives himself an annual leave. Every summer at this time, he takes a break. We are in I played games at home for a while, went to the supermarket in the afternoon, and stayed in the villa since I came back."

On July 22, during the day, Shen Ying and I were together, played games, went to the supermarket, took a walk on Chilian Peak, and saw a Chilian snake, Shen Ying knew how to beat a snake, killed the snake, and brought it back Villa, peeled its skin, took its gall and soaked it in wine.I don't know where he got this skill from.I didn't think about it.Shen Ying didn't drink the glass of snake bile wine, after dinner, he went up to the second floor, I went into the guest room, watched TV, took a bath, read a book, and fell asleep.After sleeping until midnight, Xiao Ai came over, entered the guest room, and slept next to me.His feet were wet, he was cold, and I smelled alcohol in his mouth.

The two policemen didn't ask any more questions. After they left, the supervisor stayed behind, gave me cigarettes, talked to me, and said, "How is Lawyer Xiao Shen?"

I nod.Shen Ying hasn't been to the villa for a while. He has a case in Yusong that is about to go to court, and we have been in contact by phone.

I thought of the smell of wine in Xiao Ai's mouth, and I seemed to be able to smell it immediately.I asked the supervisor: "Are you familiar with Shen Ying?"

Director Guan said: "I know his father well. At that time, Tianfu Palace collapsed. If his father hadn't paid for it, Tianfu Palace would have disappeared long ago, but it still disappeared later.