beloved does not come back

An old residential building in Fengtai District, Beijing.

When going upstairs, Jiang Tianxiao almost tripped over the messy waste in the corridor, He Sheng grabbed Jiang Tianxiao by the collar to prevent Jiang Tianxiao from falling on Yu Lang's back.

"This side... is quite chaotic," the young man walking in the front reminded gently: "Be careful."

His house is on the top floor, the sixth floor.

The man opened the door, entered the room, turned his head and said, "There are no extra slippers at home...please come in directly."

Jiang Tianxiao followed Yu Lang and sat down on the sofa, silently looking at the house in his early forties.

The first feeling is chaos.

Socks and underwear were thrown in the corner of the room, and a women's silk scarf was hung on the LCD TV.The wooden coffee table is full of messy little objects, razors, nail polish, cotton swabs... There is even a small unopened Durex.

The man collected the small items on the coffee table one by one into a plastic bag and said, "Wait a minute, I'll make some tea."

After a while, he came over again with an apologetic face: "The black tea at home is finished..."

"It doesn't matter," Yu Lang said, "Let's get down to business."

The man nodded, moved a chair and sat down opposite the three of them.

"My name is Chi Yang, late for Chi, Ocean's Yang," he said slowly, with a little hoarseness: "It's like this, my girlfriend... disappeared after leaving me a letter. I I really can't find her, so I would like to ask the three of you for help... as long as it is within my tolerance, I can pay as much as you want."

It wasn't until then that Jiang Tianxiao had the opportunity to take a closer look at the man in front of him: he was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, his eyes were quite large, he had deep double eyelids, and he had a long face.If it weren't for the blue stubble on his chin, he would be a very gentle-looking person.

"It's okay to help you find a girlfriend, but there are two things that I must explain to you first," Yu Lang said softly, "First, I used your girlfriend's hair for a brief divination that day, I... ...I told you at the time that the situation is very pessimistic, and you have to prepare for the worst; second, since you are looking for someone, you have to tell the truth about the situation."

When Yu Lang said "preparation for the worst", Chi Yang visibly trembled. He lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice, "It's ok... Anyway, I will find her."

"Well," Yu Lang looked at Jiang Tianxiao: "Take out the pen and paper and make a record."

"We have been together for two years. This year... let's start in August. My parents often call me and urge me to go back to my hometown for a blind date. They say that I can't afford a house in Beijing anyway, so I just go back to my hometown to be a teacher, or take an exam. Civil servants. I can only perfunctory them all the time and find all kinds of excuses, but because of this incident, I have some conflicts with my girlfriend."

"Why didn't you tell your family that you were in a relationship?" He Sheng asked.

"Because..." Chi Yang was silent for two seconds, and said, "My family is from Lanzhou. Our... concept is relatively backward. My girlfriend is older than me, and my family will definitely not agree."

He Sheng asked: "How old is she? And—have you tried to mention her to your family?"

"...Five years old, I am 26 this year, she is already 31. I tried to let the family know a little bit, they reacted very violently, so I will not say any more...My parents are old, I am not around, I I'm afraid that something will happen to them."

He Sheng nodded: "Well, then you can continue."

"During this period, the two of us often quarreled. I was leading the senior year of high school this year. I was really stressed and had a bad temper... Before she ran away from home, we had a cold war for a week, and I didn't go home for that week. Wait until I come back When Chi Yang said this, his voice choked, he took a deep breath, and then said: "She has already left, leaving a letter."

Yu Lang asked softly, "Can you show us the letter?"

"……Can."

Chi Yang got up and walked into the back room, and came out quickly, holding a copy of "Ideology and Politics 3 Cultural Life". He carefully opened the title page, held the paper inside in his palm, and slowly handed it to Yu Lang.

Yu Lang had already put on disposable plastic gloves and was holding a corner of the paper.

It looked like a random torn piece of paper, with a messy wavy edge on one side.Just two lines on the paper:

Chi Yang, you and I stop here, and you have to live a good life by yourself in the future.

周恪

There are circles of marks on the paper left after the water droplets have dried.

Jiang Tianxiao thought, I don't know whose tears are Chi Yang or his girlfriend.

"Uh, don't be upset when I tell you." He Sheng withdrew his gaze from the letter, "I think the words in the letter mean that she is going to break up with you. You can't find her, maybe it's because she did it on purpose. Do you want to avoid seeing you?"

Chi Yang shook his head: "She left with almost nothing except her ID card, and her bank card is still at home."

"Tell me about the newspaper." Yu Lang returned the letter to Chi Yang.

"That report..." Chi Yang's voice trembled slightly, and Jiang Tianxiao saw him clenched his fists: "That report is false, it was a week before I quarreled with Xiao Ke, when I was in school, Suddenly, a policeman called me out and interrogated me about Xiao Ke, when I met Xiao Ke, how long we had been together, etc. When he left later, he said that they suspected Xiao Ke...before ...Prostitution. He said that Xiao Ke’s problem was serious, so he asked me to prepare myself. I didn’t understand what he was talking about, but two days later, the report appeared on the "Daily Beijing". The school leaders asked I suspended classes and they said the impact was too bad."

Yu Lang: "Then do you know what your girlfriend did before meeting you?"

"She doesn't have a high degree of education and has always been a temporary worker. She sings in bars, singing in this bar for a while, and singing in that bar for a while."

Yu Lang crossed his arms, tapped his index finger on his arm, and said, "Okay, that is to say, the report said that you were caught in the anti-pornography and anti-illegal operation. This is completely nonsense, right?"

Chi Yang nodded fiercely: "I have no idea why this happened. I have called and looked for that newspaper office... Nobody paid any attention to me at all."

It was after five o'clock in the afternoon when the three of them left Chi Yang's house, but the sky in Beijing was already dark.

Beijing is much colder than Wuhan, dry and cold, with gusts of wind blowing up the fallen leaves on the street and blowing them straight on the face.

"Let's go and have something to eat first," Yu Lang went straight into KFC: "By the way, tell me what you think."

It was close to dinner time. Fortunately, this KFC had a second floor, and Jiang Tianxiao found a relatively secluded corner on the second floor.

He Sheng ordered two family barrels, and after the plane landed in Beijing in the morning, the three of them went straight to Chi Yang's house. Only now did they finally sit down to eat and drink.

He Sheng downed half a glass of Coke in one breath, hiccupped, and said in a low voice: "Couldn't this man be tricked by Shen Yuanmen to plot against us again? I don't think his words are reliable. "

Yu Lang shook his head: "He is a student of my tutor's colleague, and he teaches in high school, so his status is no problem."

"That's fine," He Sheng said, "Then let's talk about it one by one. Let me say first——First, I find it very strange. Isn't he teaching in a key high school? Why did he go to Fengtai to rent a run-down house? I think the house is at least 50 years old, and the neighborhood is very messy. But it is not easy to rent a house in Beijing, so this can be kept. Second, he said that his girlfriend is 5 years older than him and his family disagrees. I think this reason is too forced Well, 5 years old is not too much. Third, the newspaper matter—there are too many problems with this matter.”

Yu Lang nodded and looked at Jiang Tianxiao: "What about you?"

Jiang Tianxiao didn't dare to meet Lang's gaze now, and pinched the potato chip bag in his hand in a panic when he heard the words: "I find his house is very warm... Although it is very messy, his furniture is very beautiful. There is still a blanket under the coffee table in the living room... I think he and his girlfriend should have a good relationship, otherwise he wouldn't spend so much time at home. Also, the letter his girlfriend left him, Saying 'You and I stop here, and you have to live a good life by yourself', I don't know if I feel right, but I think... his girlfriend still misses him very much, if she is really angry, she wants to break up , would you write 'It's over for me and you' instead of 'It's over for you and me'?"

Yu Lang raised his eyebrows: "If you have any other ideas, continue."

"Also, about the newspaper matter, he said that the police first came to the school to find him, accusing his girlfriend of prostitution, uh--then generally speaking, he should ask his girlfriend? I think it is very likely that this is The reason for his falling out with his girlfriend... I think, is it possible..." Jiang Tianxiao paused: "His girlfriend admitted to him that she had indeed been a prostitute before... That's why he didn't do it for a week. Go home? Then go home and his girlfriend left."

"It's possible," Yu Lang looked at Jiang Tianxiao approvingly, and smiled: "You are still very careful in your observations."

Jiang Tianxiao's face was hot, and he stared at the family bucket on the table, not at Yu Lang.

He was afraid that when he saw it, he couldn't help giggling or blushing.

He had to bear it. Yu Lang said that if he asked him to take back those words, he would pretend that he hadn't said anything, and he agreed.Although he knew it was impossible, at least in front of Lang, he had to try his best to pretend that he could do it.

"OK," He Sheng grabbed the chicken burger, took a big bite, and said vaguely, "So we can reach an agreement: that Chi Yang definitely didn't tell the truth—at least he didn't tell the whole truth, right?"

"Well," Yu Lang sighed in a low voice, "Zhou Ke's life is more dangerous than good."

The three of them ate separately.

KFC was filled with the smell of food, and Jay Chou's "Sweet" was playing. At a glance, there were many young couples gathered together to rub their ears together.

In this warm scene, Jiang Tianxiao suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart. When there are people in this world who are deeply in love, there are also people who are suffering the pain of losing their lovers.Chi Yang probably didn't know that his lover might never come back.If he knew—would he regret it?I regretted arguing with her, regretted not marrying her early, regretted not staying for a second when I slammed the door to leave, and then looked at her again.

Many differences are sudden.

Jiang Tianxiao was biting his straw and distracted when he suddenly heard Yu Lang pick up the phone:

"Huh? What... ok... ok, we'll be right there."

In just a few seconds, he hung up the phone.

"An accident happened again," Yu Lang got up quickly: "Chi Yang received an email from his girlfriend, and we are going to his house now."