Tiandi Baiju
Chapter 22 Now
The three of them sat in the bar by the Qinhuai River for nearly an hour that night before Zhuang Li's car arrived. Zhou Luoyang was exhausted and lay down in the car.
"You won't be checked when you're passing the highway, right?" Zhou Luoyang leaned on the back seat and said.
"There is no blood on your body." Du Jing began to pack the collected materials and send them to the headquarters.
Until this moment, Zhou Luoyang could not get rid of the gunfire in his ears for a long time.
Zhuang Li drove the car to Nanjing, did not do anything, had to drive back to Hangzhou.
"Are you a native of Zhejiang?" Zhuang Lichao asked the stand-in, "What is there to eat and play in Hangzhou? This is my first time here."
The stand-in sat on the passenger seat and began to remove makeup, tearing off the shaped face. After all, he didn't know if Wu Xingping would be wanted. Using his appearance, he was afraid that he would be interrogated and cause trouble.
"Yo." Zhuang Li glanced at the stand-in.
"Anyone who sees my face will be silenced." The stand-in rarely made a joke, and Zhuang Li burst out laughing.
Zhou Luoyang listened to the conversation in the front seat and looked at Du Jing silently.
"Sleep for a while." Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang.
Zhou Luoyang: "It's thrilling all night, why don't you sleep in and let me see?"
Du Jing put on the earphones and called the company headquarters. This time his tone was relatively better. After hanging up the phone, Zhou Luoyang asked, "Mission completed?"
"Barely finished," Du Jing said, "The rest depends on how to deal with it over there."
Du Jing collected enough evidence, and only waited for the legal affairs of all parties to intervene to deal with this series of follow-ups.From Yu Jianqiang to the death of Wang Kezhi, and then to the hiding place of the transnational extortion organization UT, follow the vines, go deep into layers, and will implicate an extremely serious case.
The stand-in said: "I forgot to introduce myself, brother Jing, this...brother, just call me Ah Dan."
Zhou Luoyang nodded and said, "My name is Luoyang."
Zhuang Li said: "Who notified the police? What about your people? Didn't they come?"
The young man named Ah Dan shook his head blankly and said, "Didn't you ask for reinforcements? Of course they didn't come. I didn't notify you."
"It's not me." Zhuang Li said, "It's strange. When I arrived at the target location, I saw several police cars, so I didn't dare to approach."
"Be careful what you say." Du Jing reminded him coldly.
Zhou Luoyang was also a little puzzled, who would call the police? Is there anyone at UT monitoring the company's every move?
He glanced at Du Jing, but Du Jing waved his hand, signaling not to ask more questions.
They returned to Hangzhou at dawn, during which Du Jing was still doing finishing work.It was already noon when Zhou Luoyang woke up, and he and Du Jing went to Quyuan Fenghe to have afternoon tea.
Over in Wan City, Yu Jianqiang called, and Zhou Luoyang almost forgot about it.
"I heard that Wu Xingping was arrested," Yu Jianqiang said nervously, "Do you have any news?"
"I don't know," Du Jing said, "He got off the car in Jinan, and he hasn't been contacted again."
Yu Jianqiang said, "Where are you now?"
Du Jing replied calmly: "Hangzhou."
Yu Jianqiang said: "Don't come back for the time being, I will notify you later, and your salary will be paid as it is, and it will be treated as a paid vacation."
Zhou Luoyang drank his coffee and calmly listened to Yu Jianqiang express his anxiety.
Du Jing said: "Paid vacation is very good, and the boss will see you later."
Zhou Luoyang said: "Why do I feel that you sometimes talk to Yu Jianqiang like a fool."
Du Jing said: "The character set to play is an upright little rich second generation." As he spoke, he signaled Zhou Luoyang not to speak, and called the headquarters by himself.
"Application for a period of leave." Du Jing said.
Li Liangyi's voice said: "What's wrong with you recently? You haven't even asked for sick leave for a day since you returned to China. Why have you asked for leave one after another recently?"
Du Jing began to pinch his knuckles, made a soft noise, and said, "I have something to deal with at home, and the project is finished."
"How long?" Li Liangyi asked.
"One week." Du Jing replied.
Li Liangyi said: "Okay, until next Wednesday, but I have to come back in the middle to give a final summary."
Du Jing hung up the phone and said, "If I had known that the promise was so straightforward, I should have asked for a month."
Zhou Luoyang laughed. After Du Jing finished pinching his knuckles, he pinched Zhou Luoyang's fingers again. Zhou Luoyang screamed exaggeratedly and withdrew his hand.
"Go to Beishan Road for a stroll?" Du Jing said, "By the way, I'll show you the storefront."
It's not that Zhou Luoyang didn't think about it. Du Jing's proposal is very good, but Le Yao is studying in Wan City and needs someone to take care of him. It's obviously unrealistic to move back to Hangzhou, and Du Jing's job doesn't allow it.
Zhou Luoyang said, "What about Le Yao? We can't let him live on campus seven days a week."
He has not seen his brother for several days and misses him very much.
"I will pick him up on Friday and bring him to Hangzhou," Du Jing replied, "I will send him back to Wanshi to go to school on Sunday, and I will have a regular meeting on Monday."
"Then what about your work?" Zhou Luoyang said, "I might as well be in Wanshi and see you often, otherwise you only come to Hangzhou on weekends a week, what's the point?"
Du Jing said, "You really want to see me so much?"
Zhou Luoyang didn't answer, but glanced at him. In fact, he didn't really want Du Jing to do this job, no matter how good he was, it would be too dangerous.But out of respect for him, he didn't try to persuade Du Jing.
Du Jing added: "I can apply and be seconded to the Hangzhou branch. The boss said, as long as I am willing to come, I can choose the branch in China."
"Then why did you choose Wanshi?" Zhou Luoyang asked suddenly.
The two walked slowly along Beishan Road, and Du Jing looked up at the shops on the side of the road. One of them had a sign saying "Transfer", obviously the business was not doing well.
He didn't answer Zhou Luoyang's question, but instead said, "If you think about it seriously, you can drive it wherever you are."
"It doesn't have to be in a scenic spot," Zhou Luoyang replied, "After all, it's not a tourist business."
Du Jing said: "If you make it upscale, business will come naturally. Don't make it like a watch repair shop on the street."
Zhou Luoyang said: "When you were on a mission, I never seemed to question your professionalism."
Du Jing apologized politely: "It's my fault. As a shareholder, I only hope that you can earn more money."
Zhou Luoyang still had a debt on his head. He ran around with Du Jing these days, which effectively released his pressure and eased his anxiety. But when Du Jing reminded him, he remembered the problem he was facing. A whole bunch of questions.
"Let's talk about it," Zhou Luoyang said, "I have to deal with the things I have to face, so give me some more time. I don't want to leave Wanshi yet, I have to go back."
He likes Hangzhou, and of course he also likes Wanshi. There is no preference for these two cities for him.Wanshi has the thickness, simplicity and grandeur of Wanshi, and Hangzhou also has the elegance, beauty and gentleness of Hangzhou.
Occasionally, he subconsciously wants to escape from Wanshi for only one reason - debt collectors.
Grandpa's store owes 600 million. He is the only heir, and of course he also inherits all the debts of the store.The debt collector hasn't come to the door yet, but he knows that one day he will come.Sending Le Yao to the boarding house is also because he doesn't want his younger brother to face too many responsibilities, which are beyond his age.
"Du Jing?" Zhou Luoyang said.
After Du Jing's proposal was rejected, he didn't speak any more, just nodded.
"What would you like to drink?" Zhou Luoyang asked.
"No." Du Jing replied.
They walked along Beishan Road until dusk. The conversation between the two was normal before, but soon Du Jing fell silent again.Zhou Luoyang knew that he had spoiled his interest, but he had no choice.
"I owe money to the Antique Research Fund," Zhou Luoyang said again, "If the creditor comes to the door and finds that the building is empty, the reputation will be too bad."
Du Jing said: "You are not wrong, I did not think about it, and I did not think about the problem from your standpoint, it was all my wishful thinking."
Zhou Luoyang was full of apprehension, and finally said: "I really like going back to Hangzhou, we can..."
"Let's talk about it." Du Jing replied, "I'll go back tomorrow, and you have to pick up Le Yao on Friday."
Zhou Luoyang knew that he was a little sick. During the years they got along, there were not many occasions when Du Jing made a request. Most of the time, it was Zhou Luoyang who made up his mind.This also created a habit, as long as Du Jing asked for it in rare cases, Zhou Luoyang would try his best to satisfy him.
But this time he really couldn't listen to Du Jing. He had a premonition of Du Jing's reaction: exactly as he expected, Du Jing hardly spoke for the next 24 hours.
"Are you feeling better?" Zhou Luoyang was used to facing such low pressure. Others would definitely feel that Du Jing was being cold and violent, but only Zhou Luoyang would not be angry.
Du Jing nodded, and the two swiped their tickets to enter the gate. It was already Thursday when they returned to Wanshi, and Zhuang Li drove to pick them up.
"Send him home first." Du Jing said.
"What about you?" Zhou Luoyang asked.
Du Jing said: "Then go back to the company, there is something to deal with."
Zhuang Li took off his sunglasses and said, "Brother Jing, the procuratorate is already preparing to prosecute the two cases separately. The boss said that the client will come to our company tomorrow afternoon..."
Du Jing said patiently: "Why do you always have so much nonsense?"
Zhuang Li didn't dare to speak.
"When did you return to Wanshi?" Zhou Luoyang asked suddenly.
Du Jing didn't answer.
Zhou Luoyang: "Xiao Li, when did Du Jing join your company?"
While walking on Beishan Road that day, Zhou Luoyang inadvertently asked, "Why did you choose to go back to Wanshi?" but was avoided by Du Jing.
If it were someone else, maybe the sentence "Wan City is the political and cultural center, what's the problem with returning to Wan City?" could solve the problem.However, Du Jing didn't. If he didn't want to answer, there was only one reason: he didn't want to lie to Zhou Luoyang, so he didn't answer.
So Du Jing came back to Wan City for another reason, and Zhou Luoyang's attention fell on this point strangely, which was entirely due to the intuition of the two of them getting along day and night.
What is the reason?
"I... Brother Jing with half a year ago."
Zhuang Li glanced at Du Jing's face in the rearview mirror, and cleverly answered Zhou Luoyang from the side.
"You always knew I was in Wan City, right?" Zhou Luoyang said to Du Jing.
"Yes." Du Jing was very calm this time.
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while, then asked, "Why didn't you come to me?"
Du Jing didn't answer again.
Zhuang Li's expression was very, very disturbed, for fear that he might hear something he shouldn't have heard.
Zhou Luoyang said: "Let me tell you first, I'm not angry. With your intelligence relationship, it's easy to find someone. I think it's impossible for us to meet by chance at Yu Jianqiang's dinner. Did you already know that I live Where, even... are you spying on me?"
Du Jing: "Yes."
As expected, Zhou Luoyang thought so, and now it makes sense.
"So you report back to the head office, because I'm in Wan City." Zhou Luoyang said.
Du Jing thought for a while and replied, "You can say that."
Zhou Luoyang was a little puzzled, this is indeed what Du Jing did: "You...do you often appear in the community where I rent?"
Du Jing said: "I often lie on the bench downstairs in your house at night, and I also suffer from insomnia anyway."
Zhou Luoyang asked, "Why didn't you come up and knock on the door?"
Du Jing replied, "I'm afraid you're still angry."
Zhuang Li: "..."
Zhou Luoyang said: "Actually, whenever you knock on my door, I will open the door for you. But you are still at Yu Jianqiang's dinner..."
"I can't help it." Du Jing said.
Zhou Luoyang knew that what Du Jing was really afraid of was not that he was still angry with him three years ago.
"What you're afraid of isn't getting angry, it's that you're afraid of being separated for three years. We've become strangers who never met again." Zhou Luoyang said slowly, "What you miss is the days when we lived together three years ago. What you're afraid of is You have changed, I have changed, I am afraid that after I nod and say hello, I will never contact you again, and we will never go back to the past."
Du Jing: "Since you know it, why bother to say it?"
Zhou Luoyang said: "I always thought that just as I understand you, you are the one who understands me best."
Du Jing: "It's because I can't pass this level."
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said, "Now everything is fine, let's... and..."
Zhou Luoyang wanted to say "We're together again", but they weren't in a relationship before, so it seemed a bit strange to say that.He couldn't find the right words to describe it for a while.
"We meet again." Du Jing said calmly.
"Yes." Zhou Luoyang smiled, "Why bother to get upset over some trivial matter? When I saw you again, I felt that many difficulties can be overcome slowly for me. Neither you nor I have changed. Isn't it the best outcome?"
Zhuang Li stretched his neck, trying to see Du Jing's expression in the rear view mirror. Zhou Luoyang's words were really misleading. Of course, their relationship was also misleading.
The car stopped downstairs in the community and arrived at Zhou Luoyang's house. Zhou Luoyang and Du Jing were still sitting quietly in the back seat of the car. Zhou Luoyang glanced at him. The scars on Du Jing's eyebrows were especially clear under the sunlight.
He avoided Zhou Luoyang's sight and glanced at the familiar building from the car window.
"You're right, this is already the luckiest thing. When do you plan to let me move into your house?" Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang as if he wanted to start a lot of things.
Zhou Luoyang was about to drive out the door, but stopped when he heard this, and said, "Let me ask Le Yao for advice first."
"On Monday, he promised me."
"He was just being polite, following your words. I still need to formally..."
"Just like you, he is a polite and caring child." Du Jing interrupted Zhou Luoyang.
Zhou Luoyang didn't answer.
Du Jing was silent for a long time. Zhou Luoyang knew that he must have something to say, so he didn't leave. In the past few days, Du Jing has made two requests to him. This is unprecedented, but their goals are all directed at the same thing : Du Jing hopes to live with him.This wish was so urgent that even at the risk of being rejected, he had to declare it to Zhou Luoyang repeatedly.
"You don't have to worry about the store."
Sure enough, Du Jing opened his mouth after nearly 1 minute.
"I will solve the trouble for you. If you don't want to open it, you don't need to open it. There is no need to force yourself." Du Jing said seriously, "If you accept living with me, we will continue to be roommates, I mean , if you don't mind me moving here. You don't have to go to work, the salary is handed over to you, and you can control it, and I won't ask."
When Zhou Luoyang heard this, he laughed, feeling warm in his heart.
Du Jing raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Luoyang: "My salary is enough to support the two of us, plus Le Yao. It is also enough to cover all the expenses of the family. You can do whatever you want. If you want, I hope you can help me iron my shirt every day. After work, I will also share some of the housework. When I get home from work, we will have dinner together...I don’t know how to cook, but I can also learn to do it.”
Zhou Luoyang replied, "I see."
Du Jing said again: "I can help you pick up Le Yao and take care of him together. Otherwise, you have to work and take care of your family at the same time. You really can't handle it. We can be like... we can be like..."
"Live like two gays."
Zhou Luoyang said so.
Du Jing thought for a long time, he originally wanted to say "like we used to be".
But that is indeed a more apt description.
"Yes. Live together like two homosexuals." Du Jing replied, and finally added: "When Le Yao comes home, I can sleep on the sofa in the living room."
"I promise you, give me some time, and I'll let you know when I'm done." Zhou Luoyang got out of the car.
Zhou Luoyang's house was cleaned very cleanly, and no one could be seen at all, and the door lock showed no signs of damage, and everything was sorted and packed.If it was someone else, Zhou Luoyang would be furious with this kind of "intrusion-style care" without asking, but he had long been accustomed to Du Jing.
In the past few days, the two had been together almost day and night, but when they separated after returning from Hangzhou, Zhou Luoyang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable facing the empty house alone.
Just like in the past when Du Jing left without saying goodbye, Zhou Luoyang was not used to being in a dormitory where he was alone, after leaving school and almost until graduation.
In those few years, he always felt that one day Du Jing would come knocking on the door after class.
Just like when he got home today, Zhou Luoyang also felt that Du Jing would knock on the door and come in.
He sat on the sofa for a while, and suddenly felt lonely in this rented, quiet two-bedroom apartment.
[Can you accompany me to pick up Le Yao tomorrow evening? 】
[Depending on the situation, the company may have a meeting. 】
【Remember what you promised me. 】
[I always remember, but maybe there will be no results soon. 】
Zhou Luoyang reminded Du Jing, don't forget to investigate that crucial matter, but this reminder is meaningless: How can Du Jing investigate?Is it possible to gather colleagues and share their entire experience of traveling through time and space twice and returning to 24 hours ago, so that everyone can work together to find out the suspicious points?
Du Jing could only think on his own. At this point, Zhou Luoyang didn't have much hope for solving the mystery of any supernatural phenomenon. If it was the first time, he would just ignore it.
But since this phenomenon reappears, it means that it may happen a third time, a fourth time, or even many times.
At present, it seems that they have not had a bad influence on them. Zhou Luoyang sighed, and had to put the phenomenon of time travel behind him for the time being, and think about how to discuss with his younger brother Le Yao about the future of a new member in the family.
Ever since the car accident, Le Yao's mind has been very sensitive, or he has been a sensitive person since he was a child. After losing his parents and hemiplegia, Zhou Luoyang became his only relative, and he could feel that his brother's attention was always on him body.
Just like this Friday when I went to school to pick him up from get out of class, Le Yao had roughly guessed what happened not long after getting in the car.
"Has Du Jing moved here?" Le Yao asked softly.
"What?" Zhou Luoyang came back to his senses and said, "No, he's looking for you?"
Le Yao shook his head and said with a smile, "Have you been together this week?"
Zhou Luoyang replied: "No." At the same time, he thought, at least we are not together today.
Du Jing didn't come today, presumably because he was caught up in a meeting, Le Yao said, "Let him move here, I don't care. Anyway, I'm at school five days a week..."
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said, "Every time you say 'it doesn't matter', the truth is 'it does matter'. Leyao, why don't you tell me what's on your mind?"
"No way." Le Yao laughed and turned to look out the car window.
Zhou Luoyang first lifted the wheelchair up, then carried Le Yao upstairs, let him sit in the wheelchair, and then took out the key to open the door.
"Dangdangdangdang-"
Le Yao was surprised and said, "You cleaned the house!" "
When Le Yao was at home, Zhou Luoyang hardly did any cleaning. First, whenever he wanted to clean up, Le Yao always insisted on helping. In order not to burden Le Yao, the two brothers could only do simple cleaning.
"You definitely didn't clean it yourself." Le Yao pushed the wheelchair into the room with a smile and put things: "Did Jing find a cleaning company?"
Zhou Luoyang felt a sense of frustration. Sometimes he felt that Le Yao was more suitable to be a detective.
How on earth did he find out?
"Shall we have dinner at home?" Le Yao's voice came from the room and said, "No need to help, I can take the clothes by myself."
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said, "Go out and eat, what do you want to eat?"
Le Yao changed his clothes and came out, then asked again: "When will he come? I can take a shower if I have time."
"Who?" Zhou Luoyang immediately realized that it was Du Jing who Le Yao was asking again, so he explained, "If Du Jing doesn't come, he might have to work overtime."
Le Yao didn't ask any more questions, and rolled the wheelchair into the bathroom. Zhou Luoyang didn't offer to help him, but just watched from the side.In just one week, Le Yao has learned to take a bath without being cared for.
He supported the edge of the bathtub first, moved his legs over, then pressed the wash basin, and slowly slid into the bathtub with his clothes on.After pulling the shower curtain, I began to undress, and then took out the clothes and put them on the stool outside the bathtub.
"Well done." Zhou Luoyang praised sincerely: "Taught by the school?"
"Ah."
There was the sound of water in the shower curtain.
"Are you taking a shower every day this week?"
"Sometimes once a day, sometimes every two days, Aaron is usually waiting for me outside the bathroom."
"How are you getting along?"
"I feel like he likes me."
"What about you?" Zhou Luoyang asked.
Le Yao thought for a while behind the shower curtain, and said, "I like him too, he has a sense of responsibility just like you."
Zhou Luoyang knew in his heart that boys would always have a protective desire in their hearts, wanting to take care of those who were weaker than themselves, and would choose to take the initiative to take responsibility on many occasions, even if the responsibility had nothing to do with him.
This desire is innate, engraved in the genes that have evolved on the earth for hundreds of millions of years.Just like when he first met Du Jing, he felt it was his responsibility to take care of him from the very beginning.
"How is your reading?" Zhou Luoyang asked again, and went to the living room to sort out the clothes and books that Le Yao had brought back.
Le Yao answered in the bathroom, but his studies became the last thing to worry about. He has always been very talented and likes physics.Zhou Luoyang also agrees very much. If you study and do scientific research in the future, you don't have to deal with the society too much.
Zhou Luoyang had just tidied up his things, but Le Yao had already changed out of the bathroom. He put the bath towel on the bath mat, dried himself, then slowly got dressed, sat on the wheelchair, and started blowing. hair.
"Very good." Zhou Luoyang's nose suddenly became sour, and he said, "This is very good, Le Yao."
Le Yao looked at his brother and was about to say something when the doorbell rang. Zhou Luoyang opened the door and saw Du Jing unexpectedly.
Du Jing: "..."
Zhou Luoyang: "You...Why didn't you send me a message when you came here?"
Du Jing looked at Zhou Luoyang and said, "No matter when I come to the door, you will open the door for me. You said this yourself."
Zhou Luoyang: "..."
"Hi." Du Jing took off his sunglasses and looked at Le Yao.
"Hi." Le Yao smiled at Du Jing, "I'm waiting for you to go out for dinner."
Du Jing put a cake on the coffee table, sat down in front of the sofa, and asked, "How is school life?"
"Master, can you hold your feet high and take off your leather shoes?" Zhou Luoyang said pleasantly.
Le Yao replied: "My roommate takes good care of me."
Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang: "I accidentally twisted my waist when I was sleeping last night, and I couldn't bend over. Come here for a while, and leave immediately."
Zhou Luoyang came over with slippers, sat on the tea table, bent down to untie Du Jing's shoelaces, and changed his shoes.
"Mine?" Du Jing glanced at the slippers.
"Yes." Zhou Luoyang replied bluntly, and at the same time hoped that Du Jing would not say anything that should not be said in front of his younger brother, and looked at him more specifically, only to know if his condition had stabilized.
The three of them didn't speak for a while, but Le Yao took the initiative to break the silence: "Let me cut the cake, is there anything to celebrate?"
"Congratulations on your successful first week of school." Du Jing said, "What's the reason?"
However, Zhou Luoyang knew that Du Jing must have something to say, but it was not convenient in front of Le Yao.Sure enough, after looking at the phone for a while, he found the remote control, deftly turned the remote control a few times in his palm with one hand, pressed the TV button, and cast the video on the phone to the TV.
"...One of the top [-] real estate developers is thundering. This morning, Yu, the general manager of the company, was involved in multiple economic crimes. He was criminally detained for his construction safety issues..."
In the video, the client was handcuffed out of the company by the criminal police. The house number and the client's face were mosaiced, but Zhou Luoyang recognized at a glance that it was Yu Jianqiang.
"...the owners who bought their real estate protected their rights through legal means..."
Yu Jianqiang was arrested, and one of the crimes was "construction safety". From this point of view, Wu Xingping, who ran overnight, should also be arrested. I don't know what the confession is. Then the short video news turned to the host's comments on the property market, reminding Buying a house requires keeping your eyes open and so on.
"Did you buy his house?" Le Yao asked curiously.
Du Jing said: "No, I'm a dog licker, and I can't get a house if I lick a dog, so I can't afford a house by licking a dog."
Le Yao laughed, and Zhou Luoyang's mouth twitched, worried that Du Jing's undercover role in it, and Wu Xingping's cash dealings, might be involved.But since it is the company's task, the boss should settle it for him.
Du Jing slid down the video and asked Zhou Luoyang to watch the second video.
The content is that Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Wan City jointly enforced the law and carried out a special anti-criminal and anti-evil campaign, which achieved initial results. The news did not report the nature of the criminal gang, nor did it mention the criminals, hiding places, etc., only In particular, the phrase "according to reports from the masses" was mentioned.
The camera was aimed at a car with a mosaic license plate number. The police officer was interviewed in the back of the car, but Zhou Luoyang recognized the car. He and Du Jing squeezed together in the trunk for nearly five hours.
"Sweeping black and evil, don't forget your original intention." Zhou Luoyang said, "Very good."
"Eat the cake." Du Jing took the knife, cut it into four equal portions, and shared one portion for each person. Zhou Luoyang looked at the extra portion, and the two said in unison, "Regard Fang Xiaozhou."
Le Yao: "???"
Du Jing: "This is one of our rituals, and people should always have a sense of ritual."
Zhou Luoyang: "A ritual with a grudge."
The cake was very delicious, but Zhou Luoyang didn't want to eat more before the meal, but Du Jing relished it, finished his portion, and finally said: "Remember to express the rest to him."
"You're enough." Zhou Luoyang finally couldn't take it anymore: "When will this meme go on?"
Du Jing took his suit and said, "Come out with me, and come back in two hours to pick up Le Yao for dinner."
"Can it be another day?" Zhou Luoyang asked seriously.
But Le Yao said understandingly: "I'm going to finish my homework, and I'll wait for you to come back." After finishing speaking, he went back to the room.
Du Jing signaled Zhou Luoyang to put on shoes for him: "I'm disturbing your family happiness."
Zhou Luoyang said displeased: "What happened to the waist?"
Du Jing replied: "I bumped into you in the garage that day and hit you behind the back, and my back was torn."
"There is medicinal wine for traumatic injuries at home."
"Let's talk when we come back, hurry up." Du Jing glanced at the newspaper spread out on the coffee table, the bottom page was the page of the Shuangseqiu lottery, and said, "Are you memorizing the winning numbers?"
Zhou Luoyang said: "That's just for spreading the tea table!"
Zhou Luoyang got into the car. The road was very trafficked on Friday evening. Du Jing stared at the road ahead in a daze. Zhou Luoyang asked, "Is it better?"
Du Jing said: "Suddenly felt a little uncomfortable last night, but thinking of coming to see you today, it feels much better."
"Do you have a clue about that matter?" Zhou Luoyang asked inexplicably, "Where are we going now?"
Du Jing came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "No, I just want to take you to meet another person."
The destination was an expensive and famous hotel not far away. Du Jing took Zhou Luoyang into the top floor suite of the hotel and knocked on the door of the suite. Zhou Luoyang took a look and saw a young girl sitting on the edge of the bed. In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows was the figure of an old man in a wheelchair.
Outside the window is the blood-red sunset in Wan City in autumn.
Zhou Luoyang nodded with doubts.
"Hello." The old man glanced at them, smiled, and said, "Vincent, long time no see."
That was Du Jing's English name, and Zhou Luoyang guessed that they might have met in the United States.
Du Jing said: "That's him, his name is Luoyang."
The old man nodded to Zhou Luoyang, and Du Jing walked to the wine cabinet and mixed some drinks for himself.
"Who are you?" Zhou Luoyang had many thoughts in his mind - a scientist who studies time and quantum effects?Like an old intellectual, the young girl is his daughter?
"Let me introduce myself." The old man said, "My surname is Yao, and my name is Yao Kang."
Zhou Luoyang was even more puzzled. Du Jing didn't say anything along the way, leaving him in a fog.
"I used to have a daughter named Yao Lu." Yao Kang said, "I married a businessman named Yu Jianqiang."
Zhou Luoyang: "It's you?!"
There was a little sadness in Yao Kang's old smile, and he said, "It was I who asked to see you, thank you for everything you have done for me, an old man."
Du Jing handed Zhou Luoyang a drink, walked to the side and sat down.
"But you already..." Zhou Luoyang looked at Yao Kang in surprise.
"I'm not dead." Yao Kang said, "It's just that Xiao Yu always thought that I was dead. I'm far away on the other side of the ocean. It's quite easy to hide something."
Zhou Luoyang looked at Du Jing again, and vaguely guessed the whole story.Sure enough, Yao Kang told them the whole process of entrusting Du Jing to return to China to investigate Yu Jianqiang's case in the evening.
After Yao Lu and Yu Jianqiang got married, the elderly Yao Kang went to the United States for medical treatment.Yu Jianqiang still has some affection for this "big brother" who supported him to make a fortune and handed over half of his life's hard work to his "big brother".
However, a few years ago, Yao Lu committed suicide in China due to an attack of depression. Yu Jianqiang was afraid that it would affect Yao Kang's condition. It was not until half a year after his death that he notified Yao Kang, who was abroad for treatment.At that time, the old man, who was nearly sixty years old, had already begun to doubt Yu Jianqiang, and had thoughts of revenge.
But the medical appraisal is true, and it is no longer possible to reverse the case. It is even more difficult to find clues to investigate the original incident.What's more, what if you find a clue?Yu Jianqiang was not directly responsible for this, even for Wang Ke's death.Yao Kang was full of grief and indignation, supported his sick body, and his belief in seeking justice from Yu Jianqiang supported him to live for several more years.
Until the last time he was seriously ill, he wanted to let go like this.But he met Du Jing by accident. After Du Jing took over the case, he told him that it was impossible for Yu Jianqiang to get what he deserved.But he can find other ways to make him pay the price he deserves.
So Yao Kang pinned his last hope on Du Jing. Next, Du Jing asked him to propose a private entrustment, and entrusted it to Wanshi Changyi through the process, and then single-handedly planned the situation.To sanction Yu Jianqiang, an effective breakthrough is needed. Du Jing investigated Yu Jianqiang's background in detail and learned that apart from Yao Lu's death, there was another person related to him named Wang Ke.
Neither of these two murders had anything to do with Yu Jianqiang, at least he couldn't be sent to prison, so Du Jing thought of another way - a year ago, when the UT organization was being investigated in China, Du Jing turned to the murderer of Wang Ke. The suspect introduced UT's overseas institutions and told him that he wanted money and blackmail.
Sure enough, the suspect took the bait and contacted Yu Jianqiang through UT.So Du Jing returned to China with these two pieces of information, formally joined Changyi Company, began to collect evidence of Yu Jianqiang's other crimes, and followed the clues to help the authorities remove UT's office in China.
Zhou Luoyang smiled and said, "I'm ashamed to say that I'm not a private agent. I actually don't know anything. I just follow Du Jing."
"Vincent said that the two of you completed this case together." Yao Kang said, "I would like to thank you personally anyway. For you, this is just an insignificant episode in your own life. Words, but all the obsessions in his life, thank you."
Yao Kang wanted to get up from the wheelchair and bow to Zhou Luoyang and Du Jing, but he made a noise because of his inability to move. The girl hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man, and Zhou Luoyang immediately said, "You're welcome, this is what I should do."
Du Jing said: "He will go back tomorrow. So please come out and meet me today."
Yao Kang also said: "I prepared a thank you gift, which I agreed with Vincent a long time ago..."
Du Jing immediately said: "No need, a long time ago, I also said yes."
"Accept it." Yao Kang said, "Maybe there will always be something useful in the future."
"You're welcome." Zhou Luoyang said to Yao Kang, "He is paid, and this is his job."
Yao Kang laughed and said, "Vincent gets a salary, but you don't. When we met, he mentioned you on the first day..."
Du Jing got up unnaturally and said, "That's it, we are leaving."
"You charge
"You won't be checked when you're passing the highway, right?" Zhou Luoyang leaned on the back seat and said.
"There is no blood on your body." Du Jing began to pack the collected materials and send them to the headquarters.
Until this moment, Zhou Luoyang could not get rid of the gunfire in his ears for a long time.
Zhuang Li drove the car to Nanjing, did not do anything, had to drive back to Hangzhou.
"Are you a native of Zhejiang?" Zhuang Lichao asked the stand-in, "What is there to eat and play in Hangzhou? This is my first time here."
The stand-in sat on the passenger seat and began to remove makeup, tearing off the shaped face. After all, he didn't know if Wu Xingping would be wanted. Using his appearance, he was afraid that he would be interrogated and cause trouble.
"Yo." Zhuang Li glanced at the stand-in.
"Anyone who sees my face will be silenced." The stand-in rarely made a joke, and Zhuang Li burst out laughing.
Zhou Luoyang listened to the conversation in the front seat and looked at Du Jing silently.
"Sleep for a while." Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang.
Zhou Luoyang: "It's thrilling all night, why don't you sleep in and let me see?"
Du Jing put on the earphones and called the company headquarters. This time his tone was relatively better. After hanging up the phone, Zhou Luoyang asked, "Mission completed?"
"Barely finished," Du Jing said, "The rest depends on how to deal with it over there."
Du Jing collected enough evidence, and only waited for the legal affairs of all parties to intervene to deal with this series of follow-ups.From Yu Jianqiang to the death of Wang Kezhi, and then to the hiding place of the transnational extortion organization UT, follow the vines, go deep into layers, and will implicate an extremely serious case.
The stand-in said: "I forgot to introduce myself, brother Jing, this...brother, just call me Ah Dan."
Zhou Luoyang nodded and said, "My name is Luoyang."
Zhuang Li said: "Who notified the police? What about your people? Didn't they come?"
The young man named Ah Dan shook his head blankly and said, "Didn't you ask for reinforcements? Of course they didn't come. I didn't notify you."
"It's not me." Zhuang Li said, "It's strange. When I arrived at the target location, I saw several police cars, so I didn't dare to approach."
"Be careful what you say." Du Jing reminded him coldly.
Zhou Luoyang was also a little puzzled, who would call the police? Is there anyone at UT monitoring the company's every move?
He glanced at Du Jing, but Du Jing waved his hand, signaling not to ask more questions.
They returned to Hangzhou at dawn, during which Du Jing was still doing finishing work.It was already noon when Zhou Luoyang woke up, and he and Du Jing went to Quyuan Fenghe to have afternoon tea.
Over in Wan City, Yu Jianqiang called, and Zhou Luoyang almost forgot about it.
"I heard that Wu Xingping was arrested," Yu Jianqiang said nervously, "Do you have any news?"
"I don't know," Du Jing said, "He got off the car in Jinan, and he hasn't been contacted again."
Yu Jianqiang said, "Where are you now?"
Du Jing replied calmly: "Hangzhou."
Yu Jianqiang said: "Don't come back for the time being, I will notify you later, and your salary will be paid as it is, and it will be treated as a paid vacation."
Zhou Luoyang drank his coffee and calmly listened to Yu Jianqiang express his anxiety.
Du Jing said: "Paid vacation is very good, and the boss will see you later."
Zhou Luoyang said: "Why do I feel that you sometimes talk to Yu Jianqiang like a fool."
Du Jing said: "The character set to play is an upright little rich second generation." As he spoke, he signaled Zhou Luoyang not to speak, and called the headquarters by himself.
"Application for a period of leave." Du Jing said.
Li Liangyi's voice said: "What's wrong with you recently? You haven't even asked for sick leave for a day since you returned to China. Why have you asked for leave one after another recently?"
Du Jing began to pinch his knuckles, made a soft noise, and said, "I have something to deal with at home, and the project is finished."
"How long?" Li Liangyi asked.
"One week." Du Jing replied.
Li Liangyi said: "Okay, until next Wednesday, but I have to come back in the middle to give a final summary."
Du Jing hung up the phone and said, "If I had known that the promise was so straightforward, I should have asked for a month."
Zhou Luoyang laughed. After Du Jing finished pinching his knuckles, he pinched Zhou Luoyang's fingers again. Zhou Luoyang screamed exaggeratedly and withdrew his hand.
"Go to Beishan Road for a stroll?" Du Jing said, "By the way, I'll show you the storefront."
It's not that Zhou Luoyang didn't think about it. Du Jing's proposal is very good, but Le Yao is studying in Wan City and needs someone to take care of him. It's obviously unrealistic to move back to Hangzhou, and Du Jing's job doesn't allow it.
Zhou Luoyang said, "What about Le Yao? We can't let him live on campus seven days a week."
He has not seen his brother for several days and misses him very much.
"I will pick him up on Friday and bring him to Hangzhou," Du Jing replied, "I will send him back to Wanshi to go to school on Sunday, and I will have a regular meeting on Monday."
"Then what about your work?" Zhou Luoyang said, "I might as well be in Wanshi and see you often, otherwise you only come to Hangzhou on weekends a week, what's the point?"
Du Jing said, "You really want to see me so much?"
Zhou Luoyang didn't answer, but glanced at him. In fact, he didn't really want Du Jing to do this job, no matter how good he was, it would be too dangerous.But out of respect for him, he didn't try to persuade Du Jing.
Du Jing added: "I can apply and be seconded to the Hangzhou branch. The boss said, as long as I am willing to come, I can choose the branch in China."
"Then why did you choose Wanshi?" Zhou Luoyang asked suddenly.
The two walked slowly along Beishan Road, and Du Jing looked up at the shops on the side of the road. One of them had a sign saying "Transfer", obviously the business was not doing well.
He didn't answer Zhou Luoyang's question, but instead said, "If you think about it seriously, you can drive it wherever you are."
"It doesn't have to be in a scenic spot," Zhou Luoyang replied, "After all, it's not a tourist business."
Du Jing said: "If you make it upscale, business will come naturally. Don't make it like a watch repair shop on the street."
Zhou Luoyang said: "When you were on a mission, I never seemed to question your professionalism."
Du Jing apologized politely: "It's my fault. As a shareholder, I only hope that you can earn more money."
Zhou Luoyang still had a debt on his head. He ran around with Du Jing these days, which effectively released his pressure and eased his anxiety. But when Du Jing reminded him, he remembered the problem he was facing. A whole bunch of questions.
"Let's talk about it," Zhou Luoyang said, "I have to deal with the things I have to face, so give me some more time. I don't want to leave Wanshi yet, I have to go back."
He likes Hangzhou, and of course he also likes Wanshi. There is no preference for these two cities for him.Wanshi has the thickness, simplicity and grandeur of Wanshi, and Hangzhou also has the elegance, beauty and gentleness of Hangzhou.
Occasionally, he subconsciously wants to escape from Wanshi for only one reason - debt collectors.
Grandpa's store owes 600 million. He is the only heir, and of course he also inherits all the debts of the store.The debt collector hasn't come to the door yet, but he knows that one day he will come.Sending Le Yao to the boarding house is also because he doesn't want his younger brother to face too many responsibilities, which are beyond his age.
"Du Jing?" Zhou Luoyang said.
After Du Jing's proposal was rejected, he didn't speak any more, just nodded.
"What would you like to drink?" Zhou Luoyang asked.
"No." Du Jing replied.
They walked along Beishan Road until dusk. The conversation between the two was normal before, but soon Du Jing fell silent again.Zhou Luoyang knew that he had spoiled his interest, but he had no choice.
"I owe money to the Antique Research Fund," Zhou Luoyang said again, "If the creditor comes to the door and finds that the building is empty, the reputation will be too bad."
Du Jing said: "You are not wrong, I did not think about it, and I did not think about the problem from your standpoint, it was all my wishful thinking."
Zhou Luoyang was full of apprehension, and finally said: "I really like going back to Hangzhou, we can..."
"Let's talk about it." Du Jing replied, "I'll go back tomorrow, and you have to pick up Le Yao on Friday."
Zhou Luoyang knew that he was a little sick. During the years they got along, there were not many occasions when Du Jing made a request. Most of the time, it was Zhou Luoyang who made up his mind.This also created a habit, as long as Du Jing asked for it in rare cases, Zhou Luoyang would try his best to satisfy him.
But this time he really couldn't listen to Du Jing. He had a premonition of Du Jing's reaction: exactly as he expected, Du Jing hardly spoke for the next 24 hours.
"Are you feeling better?" Zhou Luoyang was used to facing such low pressure. Others would definitely feel that Du Jing was being cold and violent, but only Zhou Luoyang would not be angry.
Du Jing nodded, and the two swiped their tickets to enter the gate. It was already Thursday when they returned to Wanshi, and Zhuang Li drove to pick them up.
"Send him home first." Du Jing said.
"What about you?" Zhou Luoyang asked.
Du Jing said: "Then go back to the company, there is something to deal with."
Zhuang Li took off his sunglasses and said, "Brother Jing, the procuratorate is already preparing to prosecute the two cases separately. The boss said that the client will come to our company tomorrow afternoon..."
Du Jing said patiently: "Why do you always have so much nonsense?"
Zhuang Li didn't dare to speak.
"When did you return to Wanshi?" Zhou Luoyang asked suddenly.
Du Jing didn't answer.
Zhou Luoyang: "Xiao Li, when did Du Jing join your company?"
While walking on Beishan Road that day, Zhou Luoyang inadvertently asked, "Why did you choose to go back to Wanshi?" but was avoided by Du Jing.
If it were someone else, maybe the sentence "Wan City is the political and cultural center, what's the problem with returning to Wan City?" could solve the problem.However, Du Jing didn't. If he didn't want to answer, there was only one reason: he didn't want to lie to Zhou Luoyang, so he didn't answer.
So Du Jing came back to Wan City for another reason, and Zhou Luoyang's attention fell on this point strangely, which was entirely due to the intuition of the two of them getting along day and night.
What is the reason?
"I... Brother Jing with half a year ago."
Zhuang Li glanced at Du Jing's face in the rearview mirror, and cleverly answered Zhou Luoyang from the side.
"You always knew I was in Wan City, right?" Zhou Luoyang said to Du Jing.
"Yes." Du Jing was very calm this time.
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while, then asked, "Why didn't you come to me?"
Du Jing didn't answer again.
Zhuang Li's expression was very, very disturbed, for fear that he might hear something he shouldn't have heard.
Zhou Luoyang said: "Let me tell you first, I'm not angry. With your intelligence relationship, it's easy to find someone. I think it's impossible for us to meet by chance at Yu Jianqiang's dinner. Did you already know that I live Where, even... are you spying on me?"
Du Jing: "Yes."
As expected, Zhou Luoyang thought so, and now it makes sense.
"So you report back to the head office, because I'm in Wan City." Zhou Luoyang said.
Du Jing thought for a while and replied, "You can say that."
Zhou Luoyang was a little puzzled, this is indeed what Du Jing did: "You...do you often appear in the community where I rent?"
Du Jing said: "I often lie on the bench downstairs in your house at night, and I also suffer from insomnia anyway."
Zhou Luoyang asked, "Why didn't you come up and knock on the door?"
Du Jing replied, "I'm afraid you're still angry."
Zhuang Li: "..."
Zhou Luoyang said: "Actually, whenever you knock on my door, I will open the door for you. But you are still at Yu Jianqiang's dinner..."
"I can't help it." Du Jing said.
Zhou Luoyang knew that what Du Jing was really afraid of was not that he was still angry with him three years ago.
"What you're afraid of isn't getting angry, it's that you're afraid of being separated for three years. We've become strangers who never met again." Zhou Luoyang said slowly, "What you miss is the days when we lived together three years ago. What you're afraid of is You have changed, I have changed, I am afraid that after I nod and say hello, I will never contact you again, and we will never go back to the past."
Du Jing: "Since you know it, why bother to say it?"
Zhou Luoyang said: "I always thought that just as I understand you, you are the one who understands me best."
Du Jing: "It's because I can't pass this level."
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said, "Now everything is fine, let's... and..."
Zhou Luoyang wanted to say "We're together again", but they weren't in a relationship before, so it seemed a bit strange to say that.He couldn't find the right words to describe it for a while.
"We meet again." Du Jing said calmly.
"Yes." Zhou Luoyang smiled, "Why bother to get upset over some trivial matter? When I saw you again, I felt that many difficulties can be overcome slowly for me. Neither you nor I have changed. Isn't it the best outcome?"
Zhuang Li stretched his neck, trying to see Du Jing's expression in the rear view mirror. Zhou Luoyang's words were really misleading. Of course, their relationship was also misleading.
The car stopped downstairs in the community and arrived at Zhou Luoyang's house. Zhou Luoyang and Du Jing were still sitting quietly in the back seat of the car. Zhou Luoyang glanced at him. The scars on Du Jing's eyebrows were especially clear under the sunlight.
He avoided Zhou Luoyang's sight and glanced at the familiar building from the car window.
"You're right, this is already the luckiest thing. When do you plan to let me move into your house?" Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang as if he wanted to start a lot of things.
Zhou Luoyang was about to drive out the door, but stopped when he heard this, and said, "Let me ask Le Yao for advice first."
"On Monday, he promised me."
"He was just being polite, following your words. I still need to formally..."
"Just like you, he is a polite and caring child." Du Jing interrupted Zhou Luoyang.
Zhou Luoyang didn't answer.
Du Jing was silent for a long time. Zhou Luoyang knew that he must have something to say, so he didn't leave. In the past few days, Du Jing has made two requests to him. This is unprecedented, but their goals are all directed at the same thing : Du Jing hopes to live with him.This wish was so urgent that even at the risk of being rejected, he had to declare it to Zhou Luoyang repeatedly.
"You don't have to worry about the store."
Sure enough, Du Jing opened his mouth after nearly 1 minute.
"I will solve the trouble for you. If you don't want to open it, you don't need to open it. There is no need to force yourself." Du Jing said seriously, "If you accept living with me, we will continue to be roommates, I mean , if you don't mind me moving here. You don't have to go to work, the salary is handed over to you, and you can control it, and I won't ask."
When Zhou Luoyang heard this, he laughed, feeling warm in his heart.
Du Jing raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Luoyang: "My salary is enough to support the two of us, plus Le Yao. It is also enough to cover all the expenses of the family. You can do whatever you want. If you want, I hope you can help me iron my shirt every day. After work, I will also share some of the housework. When I get home from work, we will have dinner together...I don’t know how to cook, but I can also learn to do it.”
Zhou Luoyang replied, "I see."
Du Jing said again: "I can help you pick up Le Yao and take care of him together. Otherwise, you have to work and take care of your family at the same time. You really can't handle it. We can be like... we can be like..."
"Live like two gays."
Zhou Luoyang said so.
Du Jing thought for a long time, he originally wanted to say "like we used to be".
But that is indeed a more apt description.
"Yes. Live together like two homosexuals." Du Jing replied, and finally added: "When Le Yao comes home, I can sleep on the sofa in the living room."
"I promise you, give me some time, and I'll let you know when I'm done." Zhou Luoyang got out of the car.
Zhou Luoyang's house was cleaned very cleanly, and no one could be seen at all, and the door lock showed no signs of damage, and everything was sorted and packed.If it was someone else, Zhou Luoyang would be furious with this kind of "intrusion-style care" without asking, but he had long been accustomed to Du Jing.
In the past few days, the two had been together almost day and night, but when they separated after returning from Hangzhou, Zhou Luoyang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable facing the empty house alone.
Just like in the past when Du Jing left without saying goodbye, Zhou Luoyang was not used to being in a dormitory where he was alone, after leaving school and almost until graduation.
In those few years, he always felt that one day Du Jing would come knocking on the door after class.
Just like when he got home today, Zhou Luoyang also felt that Du Jing would knock on the door and come in.
He sat on the sofa for a while, and suddenly felt lonely in this rented, quiet two-bedroom apartment.
[Can you accompany me to pick up Le Yao tomorrow evening? 】
[Depending on the situation, the company may have a meeting. 】
【Remember what you promised me. 】
[I always remember, but maybe there will be no results soon. 】
Zhou Luoyang reminded Du Jing, don't forget to investigate that crucial matter, but this reminder is meaningless: How can Du Jing investigate?Is it possible to gather colleagues and share their entire experience of traveling through time and space twice and returning to 24 hours ago, so that everyone can work together to find out the suspicious points?
Du Jing could only think on his own. At this point, Zhou Luoyang didn't have much hope for solving the mystery of any supernatural phenomenon. If it was the first time, he would just ignore it.
But since this phenomenon reappears, it means that it may happen a third time, a fourth time, or even many times.
At present, it seems that they have not had a bad influence on them. Zhou Luoyang sighed, and had to put the phenomenon of time travel behind him for the time being, and think about how to discuss with his younger brother Le Yao about the future of a new member in the family.
Ever since the car accident, Le Yao's mind has been very sensitive, or he has been a sensitive person since he was a child. After losing his parents and hemiplegia, Zhou Luoyang became his only relative, and he could feel that his brother's attention was always on him body.
Just like this Friday when I went to school to pick him up from get out of class, Le Yao had roughly guessed what happened not long after getting in the car.
"Has Du Jing moved here?" Le Yao asked softly.
"What?" Zhou Luoyang came back to his senses and said, "No, he's looking for you?"
Le Yao shook his head and said with a smile, "Have you been together this week?"
Zhou Luoyang replied: "No." At the same time, he thought, at least we are not together today.
Du Jing didn't come today, presumably because he was caught up in a meeting, Le Yao said, "Let him move here, I don't care. Anyway, I'm at school five days a week..."
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said, "Every time you say 'it doesn't matter', the truth is 'it does matter'. Leyao, why don't you tell me what's on your mind?"
"No way." Le Yao laughed and turned to look out the car window.
Zhou Luoyang first lifted the wheelchair up, then carried Le Yao upstairs, let him sit in the wheelchair, and then took out the key to open the door.
"Dangdangdangdang-"
Le Yao was surprised and said, "You cleaned the house!" "
When Le Yao was at home, Zhou Luoyang hardly did any cleaning. First, whenever he wanted to clean up, Le Yao always insisted on helping. In order not to burden Le Yao, the two brothers could only do simple cleaning.
"You definitely didn't clean it yourself." Le Yao pushed the wheelchair into the room with a smile and put things: "Did Jing find a cleaning company?"
Zhou Luoyang felt a sense of frustration. Sometimes he felt that Le Yao was more suitable to be a detective.
How on earth did he find out?
"Shall we have dinner at home?" Le Yao's voice came from the room and said, "No need to help, I can take the clothes by myself."
Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said, "Go out and eat, what do you want to eat?"
Le Yao changed his clothes and came out, then asked again: "When will he come? I can take a shower if I have time."
"Who?" Zhou Luoyang immediately realized that it was Du Jing who Le Yao was asking again, so he explained, "If Du Jing doesn't come, he might have to work overtime."
Le Yao didn't ask any more questions, and rolled the wheelchair into the bathroom. Zhou Luoyang didn't offer to help him, but just watched from the side.In just one week, Le Yao has learned to take a bath without being cared for.
He supported the edge of the bathtub first, moved his legs over, then pressed the wash basin, and slowly slid into the bathtub with his clothes on.After pulling the shower curtain, I began to undress, and then took out the clothes and put them on the stool outside the bathtub.
"Well done." Zhou Luoyang praised sincerely: "Taught by the school?"
"Ah."
There was the sound of water in the shower curtain.
"Are you taking a shower every day this week?"
"Sometimes once a day, sometimes every two days, Aaron is usually waiting for me outside the bathroom."
"How are you getting along?"
"I feel like he likes me."
"What about you?" Zhou Luoyang asked.
Le Yao thought for a while behind the shower curtain, and said, "I like him too, he has a sense of responsibility just like you."
Zhou Luoyang knew in his heart that boys would always have a protective desire in their hearts, wanting to take care of those who were weaker than themselves, and would choose to take the initiative to take responsibility on many occasions, even if the responsibility had nothing to do with him.
This desire is innate, engraved in the genes that have evolved on the earth for hundreds of millions of years.Just like when he first met Du Jing, he felt it was his responsibility to take care of him from the very beginning.
"How is your reading?" Zhou Luoyang asked again, and went to the living room to sort out the clothes and books that Le Yao had brought back.
Le Yao answered in the bathroom, but his studies became the last thing to worry about. He has always been very talented and likes physics.Zhou Luoyang also agrees very much. If you study and do scientific research in the future, you don't have to deal with the society too much.
Zhou Luoyang had just tidied up his things, but Le Yao had already changed out of the bathroom. He put the bath towel on the bath mat, dried himself, then slowly got dressed, sat on the wheelchair, and started blowing. hair.
"Very good." Zhou Luoyang's nose suddenly became sour, and he said, "This is very good, Le Yao."
Le Yao looked at his brother and was about to say something when the doorbell rang. Zhou Luoyang opened the door and saw Du Jing unexpectedly.
Du Jing: "..."
Zhou Luoyang: "You...Why didn't you send me a message when you came here?"
Du Jing looked at Zhou Luoyang and said, "No matter when I come to the door, you will open the door for me. You said this yourself."
Zhou Luoyang: "..."
"Hi." Du Jing took off his sunglasses and looked at Le Yao.
"Hi." Le Yao smiled at Du Jing, "I'm waiting for you to go out for dinner."
Du Jing put a cake on the coffee table, sat down in front of the sofa, and asked, "How is school life?"
"Master, can you hold your feet high and take off your leather shoes?" Zhou Luoyang said pleasantly.
Le Yao replied: "My roommate takes good care of me."
Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang: "I accidentally twisted my waist when I was sleeping last night, and I couldn't bend over. Come here for a while, and leave immediately."
Zhou Luoyang came over with slippers, sat on the tea table, bent down to untie Du Jing's shoelaces, and changed his shoes.
"Mine?" Du Jing glanced at the slippers.
"Yes." Zhou Luoyang replied bluntly, and at the same time hoped that Du Jing would not say anything that should not be said in front of his younger brother, and looked at him more specifically, only to know if his condition had stabilized.
The three of them didn't speak for a while, but Le Yao took the initiative to break the silence: "Let me cut the cake, is there anything to celebrate?"
"Congratulations on your successful first week of school." Du Jing said, "What's the reason?"
However, Zhou Luoyang knew that Du Jing must have something to say, but it was not convenient in front of Le Yao.Sure enough, after looking at the phone for a while, he found the remote control, deftly turned the remote control a few times in his palm with one hand, pressed the TV button, and cast the video on the phone to the TV.
"...One of the top [-] real estate developers is thundering. This morning, Yu, the general manager of the company, was involved in multiple economic crimes. He was criminally detained for his construction safety issues..."
In the video, the client was handcuffed out of the company by the criminal police. The house number and the client's face were mosaiced, but Zhou Luoyang recognized at a glance that it was Yu Jianqiang.
"...the owners who bought their real estate protected their rights through legal means..."
Yu Jianqiang was arrested, and one of the crimes was "construction safety". From this point of view, Wu Xingping, who ran overnight, should also be arrested. I don't know what the confession is. Then the short video news turned to the host's comments on the property market, reminding Buying a house requires keeping your eyes open and so on.
"Did you buy his house?" Le Yao asked curiously.
Du Jing said: "No, I'm a dog licker, and I can't get a house if I lick a dog, so I can't afford a house by licking a dog."
Le Yao laughed, and Zhou Luoyang's mouth twitched, worried that Du Jing's undercover role in it, and Wu Xingping's cash dealings, might be involved.But since it is the company's task, the boss should settle it for him.
Du Jing slid down the video and asked Zhou Luoyang to watch the second video.
The content is that Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Wan City jointly enforced the law and carried out a special anti-criminal and anti-evil campaign, which achieved initial results. The news did not report the nature of the criminal gang, nor did it mention the criminals, hiding places, etc., only In particular, the phrase "according to reports from the masses" was mentioned.
The camera was aimed at a car with a mosaic license plate number. The police officer was interviewed in the back of the car, but Zhou Luoyang recognized the car. He and Du Jing squeezed together in the trunk for nearly five hours.
"Sweeping black and evil, don't forget your original intention." Zhou Luoyang said, "Very good."
"Eat the cake." Du Jing took the knife, cut it into four equal portions, and shared one portion for each person. Zhou Luoyang looked at the extra portion, and the two said in unison, "Regard Fang Xiaozhou."
Le Yao: "???"
Du Jing: "This is one of our rituals, and people should always have a sense of ritual."
Zhou Luoyang: "A ritual with a grudge."
The cake was very delicious, but Zhou Luoyang didn't want to eat more before the meal, but Du Jing relished it, finished his portion, and finally said: "Remember to express the rest to him."
"You're enough." Zhou Luoyang finally couldn't take it anymore: "When will this meme go on?"
Du Jing took his suit and said, "Come out with me, and come back in two hours to pick up Le Yao for dinner."
"Can it be another day?" Zhou Luoyang asked seriously.
But Le Yao said understandingly: "I'm going to finish my homework, and I'll wait for you to come back." After finishing speaking, he went back to the room.
Du Jing signaled Zhou Luoyang to put on shoes for him: "I'm disturbing your family happiness."
Zhou Luoyang said displeased: "What happened to the waist?"
Du Jing replied: "I bumped into you in the garage that day and hit you behind the back, and my back was torn."
"There is medicinal wine for traumatic injuries at home."
"Let's talk when we come back, hurry up." Du Jing glanced at the newspaper spread out on the coffee table, the bottom page was the page of the Shuangseqiu lottery, and said, "Are you memorizing the winning numbers?"
Zhou Luoyang said: "That's just for spreading the tea table!"
Zhou Luoyang got into the car. The road was very trafficked on Friday evening. Du Jing stared at the road ahead in a daze. Zhou Luoyang asked, "Is it better?"
Du Jing said: "Suddenly felt a little uncomfortable last night, but thinking of coming to see you today, it feels much better."
"Do you have a clue about that matter?" Zhou Luoyang asked inexplicably, "Where are we going now?"
Du Jing came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "No, I just want to take you to meet another person."
The destination was an expensive and famous hotel not far away. Du Jing took Zhou Luoyang into the top floor suite of the hotel and knocked on the door of the suite. Zhou Luoyang took a look and saw a young girl sitting on the edge of the bed. In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows was the figure of an old man in a wheelchair.
Outside the window is the blood-red sunset in Wan City in autumn.
Zhou Luoyang nodded with doubts.
"Hello." The old man glanced at them, smiled, and said, "Vincent, long time no see."
That was Du Jing's English name, and Zhou Luoyang guessed that they might have met in the United States.
Du Jing said: "That's him, his name is Luoyang."
The old man nodded to Zhou Luoyang, and Du Jing walked to the wine cabinet and mixed some drinks for himself.
"Who are you?" Zhou Luoyang had many thoughts in his mind - a scientist who studies time and quantum effects?Like an old intellectual, the young girl is his daughter?
"Let me introduce myself." The old man said, "My surname is Yao, and my name is Yao Kang."
Zhou Luoyang was even more puzzled. Du Jing didn't say anything along the way, leaving him in a fog.
"I used to have a daughter named Yao Lu." Yao Kang said, "I married a businessman named Yu Jianqiang."
Zhou Luoyang: "It's you?!"
There was a little sadness in Yao Kang's old smile, and he said, "It was I who asked to see you, thank you for everything you have done for me, an old man."
Du Jing handed Zhou Luoyang a drink, walked to the side and sat down.
"But you already..." Zhou Luoyang looked at Yao Kang in surprise.
"I'm not dead." Yao Kang said, "It's just that Xiao Yu always thought that I was dead. I'm far away on the other side of the ocean. It's quite easy to hide something."
Zhou Luoyang looked at Du Jing again, and vaguely guessed the whole story.Sure enough, Yao Kang told them the whole process of entrusting Du Jing to return to China to investigate Yu Jianqiang's case in the evening.
After Yao Lu and Yu Jianqiang got married, the elderly Yao Kang went to the United States for medical treatment.Yu Jianqiang still has some affection for this "big brother" who supported him to make a fortune and handed over half of his life's hard work to his "big brother".
However, a few years ago, Yao Lu committed suicide in China due to an attack of depression. Yu Jianqiang was afraid that it would affect Yao Kang's condition. It was not until half a year after his death that he notified Yao Kang, who was abroad for treatment.At that time, the old man, who was nearly sixty years old, had already begun to doubt Yu Jianqiang, and had thoughts of revenge.
But the medical appraisal is true, and it is no longer possible to reverse the case. It is even more difficult to find clues to investigate the original incident.What's more, what if you find a clue?Yu Jianqiang was not directly responsible for this, even for Wang Ke's death.Yao Kang was full of grief and indignation, supported his sick body, and his belief in seeking justice from Yu Jianqiang supported him to live for several more years.
Until the last time he was seriously ill, he wanted to let go like this.But he met Du Jing by accident. After Du Jing took over the case, he told him that it was impossible for Yu Jianqiang to get what he deserved.But he can find other ways to make him pay the price he deserves.
So Yao Kang pinned his last hope on Du Jing. Next, Du Jing asked him to propose a private entrustment, and entrusted it to Wanshi Changyi through the process, and then single-handedly planned the situation.To sanction Yu Jianqiang, an effective breakthrough is needed. Du Jing investigated Yu Jianqiang's background in detail and learned that apart from Yao Lu's death, there was another person related to him named Wang Ke.
Neither of these two murders had anything to do with Yu Jianqiang, at least he couldn't be sent to prison, so Du Jing thought of another way - a year ago, when the UT organization was being investigated in China, Du Jing turned to the murderer of Wang Ke. The suspect introduced UT's overseas institutions and told him that he wanted money and blackmail.
Sure enough, the suspect took the bait and contacted Yu Jianqiang through UT.So Du Jing returned to China with these two pieces of information, formally joined Changyi Company, began to collect evidence of Yu Jianqiang's other crimes, and followed the clues to help the authorities remove UT's office in China.
Zhou Luoyang smiled and said, "I'm ashamed to say that I'm not a private agent. I actually don't know anything. I just follow Du Jing."
"Vincent said that the two of you completed this case together." Yao Kang said, "I would like to thank you personally anyway. For you, this is just an insignificant episode in your own life. Words, but all the obsessions in his life, thank you."
Yao Kang wanted to get up from the wheelchair and bow to Zhou Luoyang and Du Jing, but he made a noise because of his inability to move. The girl hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man, and Zhou Luoyang immediately said, "You're welcome, this is what I should do."
Du Jing said: "He will go back tomorrow. So please come out and meet me today."
Yao Kang also said: "I prepared a thank you gift, which I agreed with Vincent a long time ago..."
Du Jing immediately said: "No need, a long time ago, I also said yes."
"Accept it." Yao Kang said, "Maybe there will always be something useful in the future."
"You're welcome." Zhou Luoyang said to Yao Kang, "He is paid, and this is his job."
Yao Kang laughed and said, "Vincent gets a salary, but you don't. When we met, he mentioned you on the first day..."
Du Jing got up unnaturally and said, "That's it, we are leaving."
"You charge
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