dead innocent

The wind chime hanging on the eaves of the door was rang, and the jingle quickly subsided.With the opening and closing of the glass door, the oppressive and calm airflow in the afternoon tore through the cold air in the store and rushed forward for a while, followed by a man in a suit and gold-rimmed glasses, who took off his suit due to the heat The jacket was in his hand, revealing a black shirt that was ironed and slim.

He went straight to the cashier counter, lowered his eyes slightly and stretched out an index finger against the glasses frame between his eyebrows to prevent it from slipping, as if he was asking the waiter about the taste.

The waiter directed him to the menu posted on the west wall.

Seeing him looking this way, a man in the booth in the west corner straightened his body, lowered the brim of his hat, and lowered his head to take a sip. Because too many ice cubes were added, and the sitting time was too long, the ice cubes melted. Light lemonade, did not see the lonely gaze from the amber eyes behind him stopped for a few seconds behind his back.

About six or seven minutes later, the wind chime on the eaves of the door rang again, and the waiter said briskly: "Walk slowly, welcome to visit next time."

The man spat out the straw that was bitten by his teeth, perhaps because he sat directly under the air conditioner, the humid cold air made his palms sticky and chilly, his teeth rattled, and the bone marrow all over his body was emitting cold air.

The sound of the waiter approaching without authorization also surprised him.

The waiter put a glass of drink in front of him and said with a smile, "This is what the gentleman just ordered for you, and he has already bought your order."

In front of him is a cup of light green tea, the tea bag is still soaked in the bottom of the cup, under the cover of a few petals, it is slightly swaying at the bottom of the cup——

He Cheng walked out of the cold drink shop with two cups of iced coffee, and glanced at the Municipal Bureau, which was a hundred meters away across the street. All business trips pass through this intersection, which can be said to be an excellent place for spying.

He crossed the road and walked towards the small square where he had parked just now. From a distance, he saw Chu Xingyun sitting on a wooden chair on the periphery of the square, leaning against a camphor tree with calm branches and leaves. On his body, the light spots seeping from the gaps in the branches and leaves fluttered and circled on his face and body like butterflies.

Butterfly.

Butterflies represent beauty in the eyes of the world. It is because of their beauty that they attract people's eyes and attract people to linger, so they are rounded up and hunted. The self-defense and defense capabilities of this beautiful little thing are almost zero.Their only means of survival are two fragile wings, and their wings are as easily broken as their lives.

Beauty is an advantage that conflicts with innocence, and it is an evil trap hidden in innocence. As long as you are born in the world of mortals, you cannot escape the fate of being polluted.

Since they walked out of the city bureau, Chu Xingyun's mobile phone has never been idle for a moment. He is like a general who has been deprived of his position. Even if he is exiled in the frontier, there are still a group of loyal generals at his disposal.

He Cheng knocked off a few leaves from the chair and sat down beside him, and handed him a cup of surprisingly warm iced coffee.

Chu Xingyun had just finished a phone call. Looking at the rushing traffic on the highway, he was lost in thought. He took the coffee and put it on his lap, and said to himself: "Where will Sun Shibin go?"

He Cheng wasn't sure if he was talking to him, so he glanced at him and saw that his eyes were obviously distracted, so he chose not to answer.

An hour ago, the Municipal Bureau had issued an investigation report to all the towns and urban areas passing through the west of Ludan Mountain. Sun Shibin had become a suspect wanted by the whole network. Qiao Shishi also led a team to follow the route provided by Wu Xiaoshuang. South to chase.

It takes time to track down, ranging from a week or two to several months. This is a long-term pursuit.Sun Shibin premeditatedly planned the murder and money-swiping, and his escape route would never be as simple as from Yinjiang to his hometown.Maybe he has other identification certificates hidden on his body, hiding in any small county town on the way, and it is not out of the question that nothing will disappear.

No, he must take action, because the whereabouts of the money is still unknown. They have monitored all the accounts that have contacts with the charity fund. Once large transfers and withdrawals are found, Gao Yuannan must be the first to know. 3000 million came from Lujiang Publishing House, how did the [-] million come from.

Not only that, but he always recalled the situation when he and Fu Yi sat on the roof of the building and talked. What they thought that night and the truth revealed at this time completely diverted from each other, which completely overturned Fu Yi's argument. Having wiped out the hard work of the criminal investigators these days, the case has returned to the original point again——

The only doubt now is the 3.8 million of unknown origin. Perhaps this huge amount is also the client's funds transferred by Sun Shibin.But so far, the source has not been found, and the person who lost the money has not reported the case. Perhaps finding the owner of 3.8 million can break the current deadlock and give an explanation to all investigators involved in this case, as well as an explanation of the truth.

Chu Xingyun felt a headache, not because his brain was overloaded under psychological pressure, but a physical headache.When he punched Zheng Xihe just now, he exerted all his energy, and for some reason, he pulled the tendon connecting his arm to his head, and now it really hurts.

He sighed, and fell back on the back of the chair, wanting to rest on the back of the chair for a while, but the back of his head did not hit the cold hard wood as he expected, but an arm.

He Cheng raised his right arm and rested it on the back of the chair, and took a sip of the coffee in his hand expressionlessly.

Chu Xingyun opened his eyelids and turned his head to look at him, and asked with the corner of his lips hooked: "Is what you said just now sincere?"

Because he freed up one arm for him to use as a pillow, He Cheng had no choice but to lean in his direction, crossing his legs and pretending to be stupid: "Huh?"

"Didn't you just say that I am different from the one surnamed Zheng?"

It was rare for He Cheng to speak the truth: "Of course you are different from him."

Chu Xingyun didn't know if he was praised by He Cheng, at least he was sure that what he did was recognized by He Cheng, although this person was not standing in the same river as him.But he believed that if he was unable to stand in the tide of the river rushing to the sea, He Cheng would not lack the courage to step into the river.

In fact, He Cheng's position is always in favor of him, and that is enough.

This feeling of being recognized, being protected, and even never being betrayed made Chu Xingyun feel safe and at ease.It was as if every trace of worry and every wrinkle was smoothed away by a gentle palm, and a fire was set up in his heart, which was burning hot, making him feel warm and ironed.No matter how embarrassing he was injured by the frost, rain, snow, storm, and waves, there will always be someone in his heart who will set up a fire for him to melt the ice in his heart, and let his blood flow with pure and warm heat.

He suddenly thought of the rainy afternoon a few years ago, the courtyard with brilliant summer flowers, and the promenade filled with the scent of begonias.

He stood on the balcony that was wet by the rain and looked at the sky, and saw the back of the young boy sitting in the corridor.The thin clothes on his body were wet by the wet rain and mist. Because of his short stature, his feet did not reach the ground, and his bare feet hung low in the air. in the soil.

Chu Xingyun walked out of the house, walked through the promenade full of begonia flowers, walked behind him and wrapped him in a thin blanket, and then sat with him in the promenade filled with the scent of flowers soaked in crushed begonia petals, Quietly looking at the flowers in the garden full of swaying branches and leaves in the rainy season.

"Brother Xingyun."

He heard Xiao Hecheng ask him: "Will you always be with me?"

"Of course, I'm your brother."

Chu Xingyun answered him like this.

I don't know how many ice cubes were put in the coffee in my hand, and it was getting colder and colder in my palm, as if I was holding a piece of ice, my skin was sore and itchy from the cold.

Chu Xingyun pulled out the straw, tilted his head up and drank half a cup like a drink, and didn't notice that a sip of coffee that was too late to swallow trickled down the corner of his lips.

He Cheng has been looking at him from the corner of his eye, and he has long noticed that his eyes are wandering, thinking that he is thinking about the case, so he doesn't bother him, until he suddenly takes a sip of coffee and doesn't know that he has leaked it, so he reaches out to hook him. Dropped a drop of water that was about to drip down his chin.

"What do you think?"

He Cheng asked.

Chu Xingyun turned his head to look at him, threw the remaining half cup of coffee into the trash can next to the wooden chair, and wiped his chin vigorously with his fingers.

"I'll go to the shanty town in the west of the lake by myself, and you ask Xiao Shu to pick you up."

He stood up and walked towards the parking lot of the small square, and within two steps he heard He Cheng's cell phone ringing, he stopped alertly, and heard He Cheng say, "Resign?"

Chu Xingyun turned around and asked, "Who resigned?"

He Cheng frowned and looked at him: "Well, I see." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, looked at Chu Xingyun with complicated eyes, and said, "Yang Shu."

The apartment Yang Shu rented was in a very good location, bustling but not too noisy, it was the preferred rental area for white-collar men and women with mid- to high-end income.

Half a day passed in a trance, and at this time it was approaching dusk. A round of red sun hanging on the waistline of the Pearl Tower was red like blood. Chu Xingyun got off the car and stood at the gate of Bihuayuan Community.Perhaps in order to block the dim light that diffused in the air like a layer of water light, he put on his sunglasses again, and looked up at a certain window in a certain high-rise building in the community that he had stepped into.

He walked a few steps forward, stopped suddenly, turned back, bent over the car window and asked, "Aren't you going up?"

He thought that He Cheng came with him for official business, but He Cheng didn't seem to have any plans to step into the home of the employee who submitted his resignation as the boss.

Sitting in the driver's seat, He Cheng looked at the windshield and said calmly, "No."

Chu Xingyun didn't stay too long, and the darker and darker sky seemed to be forcing him to act as soon as possible.

"Chu Xingyun."

He Cheng called him suddenly, and Chu Xingyun looked back at him.

"I'll wait for you here."

He Cheng said.

In line with this situation, it is natural for He Cheng to wait for him downstairs, but Chu Xingyun saw something unusual in his eyes.

He Cheng's eyes were rare and soft and focused, and seemed to contain a deep meaning that he could not express.

Chu Xingyun was stunned for a moment, nodded, turned and walked into the community.

Outside a door on the eleventh floor, he rang the doorbell, and a woman's indifferent voice sounded because of her extra vigilance: "Who?"

"it's me."

Yang Shu didn't open the door immediately, but removed the peephole cover on the door, her voice was still alert: "Is there something wrong?"

Chu Xingyun was a little discouraged suddenly, took off his sunglasses, took a step back, so that the people in the room could observe him more carefully, and said, "I——I'll come and see you."

A full minute later, the door was opened. Yang Shu was wearing a water blue cotton linen dress and stood by the door with her arms around her. She lowered her eyes and did not look at him, and said, "Come in."

After speaking, he turned and walked into the room: "The man from Zheng Xihe has already been here, if you have any questions, you can ask him."

Chu Xingyun bent down and was about to take off his shoes. Hearing this, he didn't change his shoes anymore, and walked straight towards her: "What did they ask you?"

Standing in the exquisitely furnished living room, Yang Shu turned her head, seemingly puzzled by his extra question, but she still answered: "They asked me if I knew who was trying to kidnap me, and also, I was at 5 Where did you go on the 6th?"

Chu Xingyun's heart tightened, and he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zheng Xihe also found that May 5th was a critical time point. The starting point of all time was May 6th, and he asked Yang Shu before him. .

In other words, it was yesterday's attempted kidnapping that made him notice Yang Shu.

"Then how did you answer?"

In desperation, Chu Xingyun's private affairs that were still entrenched in his mind before entering the door disappeared at this time, and he treated Yang Shu with the same mentality as he treated other people involved in the case.

The sensitive and delicate Yang Shu obviously noticed this too, she leaned on the back of the sofa with her arms crossed, turned her head and looked out the window, and said in a cold tone: "I don't know who that person is, and I don't know why he wants to kidnap me. May 5th—”

Yang Shu paused for a long time, during which Chu Xingyun had already walked in front of her, and the setting sun outside the window was sprinkled on the white wood grain floor through the window, like a golden wave of light.

Yang Shu kept avoiding his gaze, looked out the window and said: "On May 5th, Mr. He and I attended a banquet. After drinking a glass of wine, I passed out and woke up again in my own home. No matter how many times you ask me , this is my answer."

Seeing the indifference and persistence in her eyes, Chu Xingyun lowered his voice and tried to make his voice sound soft and patient, and said with a smile: "Actually, I need your help to recall, among the women who attended the banquet that night, is there Zhou Sisi? She was wearing a burgundy dress that night, and I'll show you the photo."

Chu Xingyun took out his mobile phone from his pocket and searched for Zhou Sisi's figure left in the surveillance video, but he didn't notice that Yang Shu frowned her two beautiful eyebrows, her expression became more indifferent and annoyed.

"Is that why you came to me?"

Yang Shu suddenly asked him in a cold voice.

Chu Xingyun raised his head suddenly, stared at her face for a moment, then silently picked up the phone, trying to make himself smile more naturally: "No, I, in fact, I should have come to see you a long time ago, you suffered yesterday Great stimulus, not for-"

In the middle of the sentence, he was blocked by himself, and Chu Xingyun sighed a little annoyed.

Yang Shu helped him finish with a smile: "Isn't it suitable for asking questions?"

After all, Yang Shu was noble and cultivated. When she was very angry, she only showed a cold smile, and quickly adjusted her emotions, trying to calm down: "What else? Do you have nothing else to say to me? "

Chu Xingyun raised his head and looked at her again, his eyes were very quiet.

He knew what Yang Shu was asking, and he knew how to answer to resolve the crisis between the two of them.But he couldn't say the five words 'we are friends'. Regardless of whether Yang Shu believes it or not, first of all, he doesn't believe it himself. If he tells others a lie that he can't even lie to, this person is still Yang Shu, and he says no. I don't want to lie to her.

Not only is it a deception to Yang Shu, but also a betrayal to He Cheng.

Yang Shu walked to the window, saw a high-end SUV parked at the gate of the community, turned her back to him and said, "Is Mr. He coming with you?"

"……Um."

Yang Shu clasped her arms silently in the twilight that was as calm as still water. The yellow light hit her, making her whole body covered with a layer of illusory mist.

"I have finished what I have to say. In short, I want to live a normal life. I hope that there will be no more police knocking on the door after today. Please pass this sentence on to Zheng Xihe, everyone is an old classmate, and I should cooperate with your investigation I also cooperated, and then please give me a peaceful and stable life."

Although Chu Xingyun's sense of smell is not very keen in terms of emotions, at this moment Yang Shu so clearly draws a Chu River Han boundary between them, classifying himself as an 'old classmate' like Zheng Xihe.He knew that Yang Shu no longer had any illusions about him, in other words, Yang Shu gave up on him.

The reason might be that she couldn't bear the gossip and gossip that challenged her deep-rooted sensitivity and aloofness, or maybe it was because her psychological endurance was not strong enough to stand side by side with him to resist the malice thrown by the world.After all, she is not a female warrior, she has no armor on her body, no weapons in her hands, she is slender, sensitive, and passionate, she is just an ordinary woman.

Chu Xingyun once loved her sincerely, but now, his love for Yang Shu followed the setting sun like Wujin Lie Yan, flames and blood, quietly and embarrassingly restrained the light, fell into the horizon, and turned into a bubble at the other end of the night .

He knew very well that he would never be able to persuade a woman who had lost faith in him to regain her enthusiasm for him, just as he would never be able to persuade a woman who did not love him to fall in love with him.

People are the most difficult and complicated animals to control. It is not difficult to find someone who likes you, but it is almost impossible to find someone who can stay in place and wait for you forever.

He respected Yang Shu's wishes, cut off the ambiguity and entanglement between the two of them for more than two months, and walked out of the apartment building only to find that the sky had already darkened at some point.Yinjiang City fell into the bustling night, more splendid and less chaotic than the daytime.

He Cheng kept his unilateral promise and waited for him at the gate of the community.

Chu Xingyun shrugged his shoulders slightly as if avoiding the cold, lowered his head, opened the car door silently and sat in the co-pilot, he didn't see He Cheng's eyes hidden behind the lens widened when he saw him coming back Brilliant, the amber eyes are like two fireworks exploding in the boundless night, and the light that diffuses at that moment is so gorgeous that people can't look directly at it.

It is like a ship that is tossing and wandering on the stormy sea. After going through thousands of turns, bypassing black mountains and white waters, wading through steep canyons and hidden reefs, going through wind, frost, thunderstorms, and bearing countless spring and autumn rotations, it finally sees the gradual change of wind and rain. The resting place, the place where the light of the sky bursts from the dark night, the mossy ferry.

He Cheng is the one standing at the ferry and watching the ships.