growing up

The heavy rain fell from morning to afternoon. After the rain stopped, the sun showed its appearance, but it was not bright, passing through the clouds and sky tepidly.It was extremely hot.

The abnormal weather made people's moods fluctuate, until in the evening, the sky was filled with red-hot sunset glow, and even the whole land was dyed red.

Ling Chao felt as uncomfortable as ten thousand bugs crawling in his heart. He was fidgeting, and dialed out from his mobile phone at an average frequency of once every 5 minutes.At first, Gu Yuan's mother's phone was still available, but later on, the phones of the three of them were all turned off.

Because of the weather, he couldn't change the ticket, and he couldn't leave even if he changed it.There is nothing to do but wait.

The family company has an important client today, and my father needs to accompany him all the way, and my mother also went out early in the morning, so only myself and my aunt are at home.He couldn't get in touch with Gu Yuan and the others, and he couldn't communicate with his family members, so he walked up and down the room anxiously, wishing that he could fly to City D to find out what happened immediately after growing a pair of wings.

The feeling of panic that had appeared since yesterday has been lingering in his heart, Ling Chao tried to convince himself that nothing happened, maybe it was just a power outage at home and no charging.But the further I got to the back, the more I understood in my heart that this was impossible.

That night, Ling Chao didn't know how he lived, he was half asleep and half awake in a daze.He saw a mass of fire burning, and the light of the fire occupied the entire field of vision, more blazing than the evening fire clouds.

And in the flames, lay a person who was so familiar, but couldn't see his face clearly.

There were people crying around, Ling Chao could hear it, it was Gu Yuan's voice.He turned around 360 degrees to search, and the voice was always around his left ear. It was so close, but he couldn't see it.

Ling Chao wanted to call Gu Yuan's name loudly, but he couldn't make any sound when he opened his mouth.It was as if something was strangling his throat, preventing him from screaming.

The whole body was hot from the fire, and he wanted to scream but couldn't. He waved his arms helplessly and flung around, trying to grab something, but there was still nothing.

Suddenly, the foot seemed to be empty, the body lost weight instantly, and fell backwards.

With a sound of "ah", Ling Chao bounced up from the bed, the feeling of weightlessness disappeared, the fire and crying disappeared, and there was only darkness in front of his eyes.

It turned out to be a nightmare!

Panting heavily, Ling Chao stroked his sweaty hair back along his forehead with his fingers, and touched his face again. Even though the air-conditioned room was on, he was covered in cold sweat.

After taking a breath, he turned on the bedside lamp, and the watch showed that it was only three forty in the morning.

I put on my shoes and got out of bed, took off my sweaty clothes, went into the bathroom and took a shower again, and when I came out, I was much more awake.

Ling Chao opened the door, quietly went downstairs to get a bottle of water from the refrigerator, and poured most of the bottle into it with grunts.The family members were all in a deep sleep at this point, and no one heard Ling Chao's subtle voice.

After going back to the house and lying down, he never fell asleep again.He held the phone and pressed the lock screen button again and again, watching the time skip by minutes until dawn.

Early in the morning, Bai Lan woke up to call Ling Chao, only to see Ling Chao who had packed up sitting beside the bed, with the suitcase and backpack to be taken away beside him.

"Are you up so early?" Bai Lan leaned against the door and asked.

Ling Chao was still in a daze, and heard the reflexive "ah" of the voice, turned his head and saw Bai Lan, and with a smile on his face, he called out, "Morning, Mom."

"Morning," Bai Lan said, "Then you pack up and let's go downstairs and have breakfast."

Ling Chao nodded and stood up, picked up his luggage and followed Bai Lan down.

"Take good care of yourself, do you know if you need to call mom?" Outside the security checkpoint, Bai Lan told Ling Chao for the nth time.

"Well, I know," Ling Chao hugged Bai Lan, "You and Dad are the same. Remember, you can't turn off your mobile phone, so I can find you at any time, okay?"

"Okay, okay," Bai Lan patted Ling Chao, "Okay, let's go in. Have a safe trip."

Before the plane took off, Ling Chao dialed Gu Yuan's phone for the last time, but the phone was still turned off.

He turned on the airplane mode, turned up the music, put on the headphones, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes.

After a four-hour flight, he landed on time. After picking up his luggage, Ling Chao couldn't wait to get into a waiting taxi and headed for the old city of D city.

When he arrived in the community where he lived, Ling Chao said to the driver: "Brother, please wait for me, I will leave my luggage with the guard, and you can take me to Qingyang Community."

"Okay." The driver agreed with ease.

Ling Chao didn't even bother to go home, so he took the suitcase down and pushed it to the guard room. An uncle he knew was on duty, and the uncle readily agreed to take care of him. After Ling Chao thanked him, he ran back into the car.

Qingyang Community is where Gu Yuan and the others live, and it is the school district of Qingyang Junior High School. Because it is summer vacation, there are not many people here, and there are not many cars passing by on the road at the door.

Ling Chao had already prepared the money, and without waiting for change, he opened the car door, got out of the car and rushed into the community.

Gu Yuan's building was close to the gate, and they arrived soon.At the elevator entrance, there were a few workers wearing the LOGO of a certain furniture store carrying a table and waiting. Ling Chao glanced at it, turned around and ran towards the stairs of the safe passage.

The doors of the two houses on the third floor were tightly closed, Ling Chao patted on Gu Yuan's door, but there was no response.Ling Chao turned around and looked towards the opposite side. A few small advertisements were still scattered in the crack of the door. Obviously, no one lived on the opposite side for a long time.

In fact, this result had been thought of early on, but Ling Chao didn't give up, he had to see it with his own eyes to believe it.

He leaned against the door, scratched his hair irritably, bit his lip and frowned.Where should he go to find Gu Yuan?

Suddenly, he remembered that the policeman who handled the big case last time was a colleague of Gu Yuan's mother, so Gu Yuan's mother should work at the Laocheng Police Station!

But this Saturday, Gu Yuan's mother doesn't need to go to work.But there should be officers on duty at the police station. If something really happened to his family, they should know something about it.

Thinking of this, Ling Chao has already run down.

But there are few people and vehicles on the road, and one of the occasional passing cars is also a private car.

He remembered that the police station was not far away. The last time the police went to the school to find him and took him back to cooperate with the investigation, the police car didn't leave for long.

Ling Chao took out his mobile phone and found the location on the map, which was less than three kilometers away from his current place.

Ling Chao didn't want to wait any longer, so he ran straight away, and he didn't care if he called a car and it might only take 2 minutes to come here.

It was noon in August, and it was extremely hot even in the north.

Ling Chao didn't seem to feel the heat. He followed the navigation prompts and ran to the destination at his fastest speed.

Along the direction of the wind, drops of sweat fell, and he didn't bother to wipe it off.

When he arrived at the gate of the police station, most of his clothes were already soaked with sweat.

Sure enough, there were not many people in the office, and it was noon again, and the policeman on duty was leaning on his seat and taking a nap.One who was awake saw Ling Chao coming in, and asked aloud, "Hello, what can you do?"

Ling Chao wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve as he walked, and only said when he was in front of someone: "I want to inquire about someone."

The policeman who received him was a young man who had just joined the job not long ago. He was a little puzzled when he heard that Ling Chao wanted to inquire about someone, but he still said seriously: "Who do you want to inquire about?"

"Do you know Zhang Yun? That's what you all know." Ling Chao asked directly.

"Zhang Yun?" The young man read the name over and over again, "Oh, I know, Sister Zhang, she used to be a very powerful criminal policeman."

"That's right, it's her. Do you know what happened to her house recently?" Ling Chao asked quickly.

"...this," the little policeman didn't have much contact with her at ordinary times, and he didn't understand her. He turned his head to look at a certain position, and he couldn't see who it was because his body was blocked by the computer. "Wait for me, I'll help her." You ask."

"Thank you." Ling Chao said gratefully.

The little policeman walked to the position he was looking at just now, lowered his head to wake up the person who was sleeping on his stomach, and said a few words softly, only to see a man with messy hair looking up and looking at Ling Chao from the computer, and then He lowered his head and said something to the little policeman.The little policeman beckoned to Ling Chao and motioned him to come over.

Ling Chao walked quickly to the table. Just as he stood still, the uncle policeman asked, "Who are you? What can I do with Zhang Yun?"

Ling Chao looked anxious, but he still said to him clearly: "I am her son's friend, and I have been unable to contact everyone in their family since the day before yesterday. I just came from H city, and I just went to their house No one was found, and I am very worried now, if you know where they are, can you tell me?"

"So that's how it is," the uncle policeman sat upright. He looked at Ling Chao, his expression suddenly became serious, and he only heard him say, "Something happened to Zhang Yun's family. Do you know her daughter?"

Ling Chao's heart shrank with a "thump", and he didn't hesitate to ask what happened to Qingqing. The policeman had already said: "He had a heart attack at noon the day before yesterday, and he had to be rescued for more than ten hours, but he couldn't be rescued in the end. ah!"

The uncle policeman shook his head in regret, and the young man also covered his mouth in surprise. There were not many people in the surrounding office area, and the sleeping people were still sleeping.

Ling Chao's mind went blank for a while, and his ears were buzzing. The strength in his whole body seemed to be exhausted in an instant, and his legs couldn't hold up anymore. The next second, Ling Chao collapsed at the desk the ground.

His reaction frightened the two policemen, who ran to his side to help him with a cry of "Oops".Other people who were awakened by the screams and chair dragging also ordered to look this way, asking questions one after another.

Ling Chao was carried to the sofa by the old and young policemen, and a glass of water was handed to his mouth.He shook his head feebly, avoided the mouth of the cup, and his brain slowly resumed operation.

Cyanosis?

Qingqing left?

It's a nightmare!

But it feels so real!

Why so suddenly?

Why didn't he return to City D earlier?

He also secretly bought the necklace that he saw in Kunming on the first day and gave it to Qingqing. He promised that the silver jewelry would keep the wearer safe and sound!

Ling Chao felt something running around in his head, and his irritated eyes hurt.

He raised his hand and touched the eyelids, but there was no moist feeling.

Surrounded by four or five policemen, everyone who took a nap woke up.They saw that Ling Chao didn't faint, but they didn't speak, and they didn't know what was going on for a while.

The uncle policeman who told him the news was sitting on his left, holding a fan to fan his back.

Ling Chao turned around numbly, facing him.But in just a few minutes, Ling Chao seemed to have run the whole marathon, his voice was full of unbelievable and trembling tremors: "What did you mean just now, did Gu Qingqing pass away?"

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