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Xue Jin still failed to meet Liu Sha, but it was not easy to communicate on the phone.

He also had to thank Xiangxiang, Liu Sha must have talked to her before she reluctantly let go of her guard and was willing to talk to him.

"I'm sitting in the garden near your house. It's sunny here and not too cold." Xue Jin said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, and there seems to be a custom of making seafood for New Year's Eve dinner in Fengshi, isn't it?"

"……Um."

"I'm also on vacation recently, and today I'm actually going home with a friend to see my mother. He's from Fengshi." He talked to Liu Sha a lot like a family chat, and worked hard to manage the chat atmosphere , and then calmly changed the topic to the business, "I did someone else a small favor before, I don't know if Xiangxiang told you that I met her because of that..."

Xue Jin chatted with Liu Sha for more than half an hour. He was afraid of irritating Liu Sha. In fact, he didn't say too much about the case. He just asked some details about the time on the sidelines. Based on what he had learned in advance, he basically pieced together the case. The context of the matter.

Liu Sha had an accident in the overnight study room. It was not the end of the semester when the incident happened, and there were not many people in the study room, let alone those who really stayed all night.She stayed up late to make up lessons to prepare for a competition. She studied in the study room after two o'clock in the middle of the night. She wanted to go to the vending machine to buy a can of coffee to refresh herself, but she was kidnapped in the teaching building.The subsequent situation was basically similar to that encountered by Xiangxiang, except that Liusha was dragged into an empty classroom without monitoring, and of course no one came to rescue her in the middle of the night.

The teaching building where the overnight study room is located is an old building with a history of nearly 40 years.Although there is also monitoring, these cameras installed at the back are basically installed in places with dense traffic such as the stairs. The vending machine is in the corner, so of course there is no treatment for being photographed.

Liusha woke up in the hospital. The school blocked the news very well, in the name of protecting her, but in Xiangxiang's view, it was more like protecting the murderer - she accompanied Liusha to report the case, He asked for leave to take care of Liu Sha in the hospital for several days, and did not return to school until Liu Sha's parents arrived in Jiangcheng.

Xue Jin didn't quite understand why Xiangxiang was threatened before, but now it seems that the mastermind behind the scenes knows what she has done, and knows that this little girl with a clear mind is more difficult to deal with than Liusha, who has a weak personality.

He didn't hide his reason for coming to Liu Sha, he briefly talked about Ah Sang, and said: "I may not be able to help you, and I only ask for personal reasons, so you don't need to have a psychological burden, you can say whatever you want." Yes—I assure you, our conversations will be kept private."

After seven o'clock in the evening, Xue Jin waited for Gu Zhilin who was driving his car on the side of the same road. The two discussed it and decided to find a restaurant on the side of the road to deal with it.It was already eight o'clock in the evening when they finished their work, and they didn't want to spend the night in Fengshi, so they decided to drive back to Jiangcheng directly.

Considering that Gu Zhilin cooked a meal at noon and then drove him here, based on the principle of fairness, Xue Jin suggested: "Go to sleep for a while, I will drive."

"Let me do it." Gu Zhilin said, "It's just over two hours, I can last it."

There is nothing to grab, so Xue Jin just let him go, opened the car door and got on the passenger driver: "If you are tired, tell me, let's find a service area to change."

He really doesn't like to drive on the highway at night. It's okay in the urban area, and the high beams have been turned on for more than two hours on the highway. Xue Jin knows that his eyes will definitely hurt.So Gu Zhilin is willing to drive, he has no objection, anyway, it's not a big deal, at most, he will chat with him on the road to refresh himself, if Gu Zhilin can't stand it anymore, he will change it.

The information they got today was a bit much, but most of it was within their expectations.However, Liu Sha's mental state is indeed not good, and the credibility of what she said is still open to question.

Gu Zhilin was still in good spirits, so Xue Jin didn't speak to distract him. He sorted out what Liu Sha said in his mind, and then said: "If what she said is true, I think... We have to find another way to pass it up, and the two of us probably won’t get results if we try to do it.”

Gu Zhilin agreed.

Since the secretary's nephew was involved, the matter was not so simple that it could be resolved by reporting a case to the police station.Liusha also reported the case back then, but it was nothing in the end. Someone must have wiped his ass behind him. If they hand in the materials rashly now, they will probably only get angry, and nothing can be done in the end.

Xue Jin yawned, put a pillow on the back of his neck, and said lazily: "Let's tidy up later, and think about other ways."

They got on the expressway quickly. There were not many cars on the road at this point, and most of them were heading towards Jiangcheng like them.Xue Jin leaned on the neck pillow and played mobile games for a while, feeling his eyes were tired, so he locked the screen and closed his eyes, and started chatting with Gu Zhilin casually.

"I have received two new commissions, and I have to resume work after that. It's hard to say whether this case can be handed over. Don't put too much thought into it."

"It's okay, I'm not too busy recently." Gu Zhilin said, "The cases in hand are almost closed, and there are no new ones for the time being. I can follow up for a while."

Xue Jin can roughly guess why. Almost everyone in the industry knows Sunco's current situation. Under such circumstances, it is normal that there is no new commission. I was about to get into trouble again, so I changed the topic: "By the way, didn't you go home today, how is your mother?"

Gu Zhilin smiled.

"It's very good. The house has just been renovated, and she is busy arranging the balcony."

This is good, Xue Jin thought, he didn't want to continue to quarrel with Gu Zhilin, he was a little tired, and it was more comfortable to take a step back from each other.

When Gu Zhilin came to pick him up, Xue Jin thought a lot, including what Yang Zixi said before, and Gu Zhilin's attitude towards him.Xue Jin knew in his heart that with Gu Zhilin's current aggressive marking attitude, it was impossible for him to continue practicing Tai Chi with the other party, and it would not be of any benefit to the two of them to continue procrastinating - Gu Zhilin had already spoken, he now Everything he does has a premise, and Xue Jin has no choice but to express his stance on this: If he refuses Gu Zhilin, all his heartbeats and other emotions before will be wiped out, and there is no possibility of redemption.

Gu Zhilin used his own method to force Xue Jin to do multiple-choice questions.

For Xue Jin, he is actually more willing to maintain the status quo than to go further with Gu Zhilin, but now it seems that this kind of escapism is too selfish, and he can no longer continue to pretend that nothing happened.

Does Gu Zhilin like him?The answer is yes.

Does he like Gu Zhilin?Xue Jin thought... probably there are.Although it may not be the same as the "like" he used to understand, but he really cares about Gu Zhilin, so that he is led by the nose again and again by the other party, acting like a primary school student who is being confessed for the first time.

Then it’s okay to give it a try, he thought, there will be no loss of meat in falling in love.

Xue Jin turned his head to look at Gu Zhilin, who was concentrating on driving, with a deep profile profile, occasionally light and shadow passed over his face, like a quiet but vivid painting.

He stared at the painting for a while, relaxed his mood, and decided not to disturb the other party's driving, and wait until he returned to Jiangcheng to talk.But Gu Zhilin was stared at by him for so long, how could he just run away like this: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Xue Jin said, "you concentrate on driving."

The answer seemed serious, but there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Gu Zhilin didn't say anything, and nodded cooperatively: "Okay."

Fengshi was not far from Jiangcheng, and the road conditions at night were not bad, so they didn't take a detour to the rest area. They drove on the expressway for more than an hour, and they were almost at the outskirts of Jiangcheng.Xue Jin slept for a while, woke up and looked at his phone, it was [-]:[-].

"Find a place for supper later?" He suggested.

The meal at night was just a makeshift meal. He thought it tasted bad and didn't eat anything. At this time, his stomach began to protest.Gu Zhilin knew what was going on with him, so he didn't express any opinions, and let him choose a place by himself.

The lights along this section of the road are all drowsy orange. In the cold weather, the highway seems to be warm and cozy. With the air conditioner turned on in the car, Xue Jin feels so comfortable that his eyelids are fighting.He was really a bit tired. He was very careful when talking to Liu Sha in the afternoon, for fear of asking something that would make the other person uncomfortable, so he made a nervous call. Liu Sha was fine, but Xue Jin felt like he had just finished working overtime. .

He had rested for a long time, and he was still a little uncomfortable.In contrast, Gu Zhilin, who had been busy all day, looked like an iron man.

Xue Jin found a store on the review website, set up the navigation, and then yawned: "Aren't you sleepy? It's been a long day..."

Gu Zhilin didn't say anything, but as if echoing his complaint, a truck that was originally driving in front of them on the left suddenly lost control as if drunk, deviated from the lane and fell towards them——

It was a large truck. I don't know what it was carrying. In short, it swung its top and feet heavily. Almost the whole car was lying in the middle of the road.But everything happened so suddenly, even though Gu Zhilin had been paying attention to the road ahead, he couldn't avoid the sudden accident. He only had time to turn the steering wheel before hitting the truck compartment, which greatly deviated the direction of the car.

There was a screeching sound of tires rubbing against the ground, followed by a crash.

Xue Jin, who was drowsy just now, fainted for a few seconds, and finally came back to his senses—there was a car accident.

His mind was buzzing for a while, and he raised his head to look at the situation in front of him with difficulty, and was shocked to find that the steering wheel that Gu Zhilin turned just now in a hurry actually sent himself to the position of impact.

……how so?

Xue Jin hit the airbag with his whole body, hitting his stomach just right, so hard that he almost vomited his stomach out.His left arm was stuck between the airbag and the driver's seat, and it hurt so badly that it might be broken, but Xue Jin didn't care about it—the accident itself wasn't terrible, but Gu Zhilin was silent, he had to think quickly Way to call for help.

He heard the sound of blood dripping, he didn't know whether it came from Gu Zhilin or himself, the faint sound of someone outside the car beating on the window, but Xue Jin couldn't hear what they were saying.

He could only turn his head to look at Gu Zhilin with difficulty, squeezed out the air in his lungs, but made a small voice: "Gu Zhilin..."

The ribs were probably broken too, Xue Jin made a self-assessment, and then continued to call the names of the people around him with difficulty.

"...Gu Zhilin?"

No one responded to him.

Xue Jin panicked.

Half of his vision was blocked by the airbag, he couldn't see Gu Zhilin's face lying on the steering wheel, and he couldn't move his body. The only thing to be thankful for was that he was still conscious.But Gu Zhilin's driver's seat was closer to the impact site, and the injury would only be more serious than his, so I'm afraid he couldn't afford to delay for too long.

"Gu Zhilin?"

He yelled again, still getting no response, so he turned his attention away from the car window and began to think of ways to make a sound to attract the attention of the outside.

Fortunately, it was not too late, and there were still cars following behind, and soon someone came to break the door to save people.The situation on Xue Jin's side was much better. The car door was pried open not long after, and someone pulled him out.

He couldn't hear what the other party was saying, and he felt that the surrounding environment suddenly became very noisy, but it was a good thing—they were saved.

Xue Jin raised his arm with difficulty, and pulled the car door the moment he was dragged away from the car.

He was already exhausted from the pain, and this moment was just to attract the rescuer's attention, before he could speak, the other party nodded in agreement, and comforted him while taking him away: "Don't worry, we'll rescue him right away. "

Only then did Xue Jin faint in relief.