Tiandi Baiju

Zhou Luoyang signaled Du Jing to stretch out his hand, and when he saw the bruise on the back of Du Jing's right hand, he suddenly understood.

Zhou Luoyang slowly cultivated another habit, that is, trying to understand Du Jing's logic. When mania and depression biphasic episodes are mixed, their behavior is incomprehensible to outsiders, and it will only look terrible in the eyes of outsiders. .

But no matter what they do, there is an inner motivation in their subconscious mind, such as Du Jing's crazy gesture of smashing his hands.

Maybe even Du Jing didn't realize it, but Zhou Luoyang figured it out right away - why did he hold the stapler with his left hand and smash the back of his right hand?instead of somewhere else?

Because Sun Xiangchen held the back of Du Jing's right hand while Du Jing was driving.At the moment when it was difficult to vent his emotions, Du Jing achieved the self-psychological protection of "breaking contact" by smashing the back of his hand.

"Left hand." After Zhou Luoyang figured it out, he said to Du Jing.

Du Jing: "?"

Zhou Luoyang put the rubber band on Du Jing's wrist.

Du Jing understood and said, "It's not very useful, I tried it."

That is a self-punishment mechanism, which means punishment for emotions.When self-emotions are out of control, you can use a rubber band to flick your hand, and with slight pain, mentally ill patients can wake up briefly.

Zhou Luoyang saw someone share it on a forum. Although he also thought it was useless, what he wanted was not to punish Du Jing or let him punish himself.

"You can't activate it yourself," Zhou Luoyang said, "I can only activate it."

As he spoke, Zhou Luoyang pulled up the rubber band, and with a soft sound, it flicked on Du Jing's wrist.

"Understood." Du Jing drank his tea and looked out of the coffee shop in a daze. The rain was getting lighter, but the wind was still strong.

The trees by the West Lake are swaying in the wind, and the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows block the wind, just like a silent movie.

"What song is that?" Du Jing suddenly asked again.

"The wind in July, the rain in August..." Zhou Luoyang took out his mobile phone from Du Jing's pocket, played a song for him, and said, "Run back?"

"Eat dinner first, take a taxi back," Du Jing said, "Beware of catching a cold."

After returning to the dormitory that day, Zhou Luoyang took a shower and caught a cold as expected.

He hadn't had a serious illness for several years, but this time he had a severe cold and had a fever in the middle of the night, which made his whole body scorching hot. Du Jing immediately went to find a thermometer.

"41 degrees," Zhou Luoyang said weakly, "It's a record, it's amazing."

Du Jing: "..."

Du Jing said, "I must go to the hospital immediately."

Zhou Luoyang: "Leave me alone, I'll take a fever-reducing medicine, and after I sleep again..."

"Go to the hospital!" Du Jing roared angrily.

"Okay, okay..." Zhou Luoyang barely got up, and said, "Being so cruel to patients, do you have any conscience..."

Du Jing didn't go to the school hospital, he picked up Zhou Luoyang and went downstairs, let him get in the car, fastened his seat belt, with an irritable face, kicked the accelerator and rushed out.

When turning the steering wheel, Zhou Luoyang reached out to his wrist and flicked him with a rubber band.

Du Jing calmed down instantly, and the dangerous aura emanating from his body gradually calmed down, like a lion retracting its mane.

"Slow down," Zhou Luoyang closed his eyes and ordered weakly, "Be careful not to hit a tree."

That night, Zhou Luoyang was beaten with a bottle all night, while Du Jing sat quietly by the bed in a daze.

There was only the soft sound of rubber bands in the ward. Zhou Luoyang was really bored and couldn't sleep. Du Jing didn't let him play with his mobile phone, so he could only bounce him with the rubber band on Du Jing's wrist.

"It hurts." Du Jing said.

Zhou Luoyang looked at the ceiling and said casually: "Oh." But he didn't stop, but the force was a little lighter.

After playing for a while, Zhou Luoyang fell asleep. Du Jing's eyes were red, and he lowered his head to touch the small piece of his wrist that was flushed red.

Many years later, the watch that Zhou Luoyang gave him was replaced by the rubber band.

The plane hummed, but Du Jing was still sleeping soundly.Zhou Luoyang withdrew from his memories and went to the bathroom to wash up. When he came out, he saw Huang Ting finished watching a movie and staring out the window in a daze.

A bright moon was rising into the night sky, shining silver light on the sea of ​​clouds, and there was still an hour before the plane landed.

Seeing Zhou Luoyang coming back, Huang Ting hurriedly gestured to him, pointing to the empty space beside him.

Zhou Luoyang: "?"

Zhou Luoyang glanced at Du Jing who was covered with a blanket, then looked at Huang Ting, and sat down beside Huang Ting.

"What?" Zhou Luoyang asked.

"Do you know Lin Di?" Huang Ting said in a low voice, "That beautiful consultant."

"Not very familiar," Zhou Luoyang asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Huang Ting was silent for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "Is she married?"

"No, count, very, familiar." Zhou Luoyang reiterated, and then realized a question: "Do you want to pursue her?"

Huang Ting's expression was a bit strange, and he said, "Not necessarily, I just wanted to ask."

Zhou Luoyang didn't know much about Huang Ting, and they hadn't met a few times since they officially recognized him, so they could only say, "I can't help it."

"I didn't mean to ask you for help." Huang Ting said unnaturally.

Zhou Luoyang remembered the conversation between Huang Ting and Lin Di in a certain 24 hours, and asked curiously, "Are you still married?"

"I don't even have a girlfriend," Huang Ting said, "What kind of marriage?"

"It shouldn't be," Zhou Luoyang looked at Huang Ting and said, "As a member of the Appearance Association, I don't think you look like someone who can't get a girlfriend."

Huang Ting smiled helplessly, and said, "I really didn't think about it seriously before. I had a serious illness and changed a lot of my thoughts."

Zhou Luoyang said: "After returning to Wanshi, shall I try to ask her out?"

Zhou Luoyang has seen Lin Di's circle of friends, and it doesn't look like she has a boyfriend. She often flies around the world, and no one has ever taken pictures of her.

"That's really great," Huang Ting said sincerely, "Please accept my most sincere thanks."

"The premise is that you have no other intentions." Zhou Luoyang said.

"Absolutely not." Huang Ting immediately replied, "I...don't hide the truth. Boss Zhou."

"Just call me Luoyang." Zhou Luoyang replied casually.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" Huang Ting asked seriously.

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Zhou Luoyang turned his head and glanced at Du Jing, Du Jing woke up.In fact, Du Jing had already woken up when Zhou Luoyang left his seat.At this moment, he didn't take off his blindfold, listened to the music on the plane, and didn't look for Zhou Luoyang, as if he was thinking about something.

"Believe it," Zhou Luoyang said to Huang Ting, "falling in love at first sight is the only way to love."

Huang Ting never expected that Zhou Luoyang's answer to this would be so direct.

"Really?" Huang Ting laughed and said, "I've asked many people, and you are the first to say that."

Zhou Luoyang replied: "But everyone has their own views on feelings, and it varies from person to person. How does Lin Di feel about you?"

"I don't hate me." Huang Ting said, and after thinking about it, he scratched the thick hair on the top of his head with his fingers, and said, "But I don't know if she likes me, I think I still like girls."

Zhou Luoyang: "???"

Zhou Luoyang didn't quite understand why he suddenly mentioned the issue of sexuality, but Huang Ting seemed to fall into a soliloquy and said, "Of course, it's good to be like my brother and wife, but you two..."

"Stop it," Zhou Luoyang said to Huang Ting, "We are not in the relationship you think."

Huang Ting said, "I know."

The two of them had a tacit understanding, and Huang Ting naturally understood that Zhou Luoyang didn't need to deny anything, if he said no, he really didn't.

Huang Ting said: "I can see that, after all, I am also a criminal policeman, and my lover is not like you."

Zhou Luoyang hummed, and was a little lost in thought. Huang Ting added: "You are better friends than lovers."

Now it was Zhou Luoyang's turn to be a little surprised.

"Because I also have a brother like this," Huang Ting said with a smile, "he's a scholar."

Zhou Luoyang suddenly asked, "Does he like you?"

"I don't like him," Huang Ting said, "I don't like him either, but it doesn't affect the relationship between us. Sometimes it's really hard to tell the difference... There were some complicated things between us before. It is related to the case he took over."

Zhou Luoyang suddenly became interested. By Huang Ting's side, is there a boy with a relationship like him and Du Jing?

"If you go the wrong way, he will chase after you," Huang Ting said in a trance, "and take you home. If he goes the wrong way, no matter how rough the road ahead is, I will find him. We can do anything except sex Do it for each other."

"Is he married?" Zhou Luoyang said.

"No," Huang Ting came back to his senses, and said, "But I feel like he's about to fall in love. We've known each other for over ten years, and we separated for a while..."

Zhou Luoyang said: "I also separated from Du Jing for a while."

Huang Ting grimaced and said, "When we meet again, you will understand that he is still him."

"Yes." Zhou Luoyang didn't care whether Huang Tingxi liked Lin Di, but he became interested in his "friend" unexpectedly.

"How do you know that your feelings for each other are not love?" Zhou Luoyang said.

Huang Ting thought for a while and replied: "I don't know, but I remember that we did talk about sexual orientation... He is perfect, he is a top student, he is very organized in his thinking, and he is very good. At that time, he returned to China , Talking about a relationship, I jokingly said, or let’s live together. What he said was, ‘We don’t need to be lovers, as it is now, isn’t it better than lovers’.”

Zhou Luoyang suddenly noticed a key piece of information that Huang Ting didn't say.

"He likes boys." Zhou Luoyang said.

"I didn't say that." Huang Ting said seriously, "I didn't expect that one day I would become someone's emotional counselor."

Huang Ting naturally knew that Zhou Luoyang must also have his troubles, so he would be curious about other people's affairs, so as to compare himself and understand himself.

Zhou Luoyang said: "And then? I'm sorry I asked too much, I didn't mean it, I just...you don't need to tell me who he is."

"Let it take its course." Huang Ting said, "The other brother, the one who likes boys, told me that no matter how the relationship develops, we can do whatever we want, and we don't have to force ourselves to do what we don't want to do. Of course,' I'm going to force' situation is out of the scope of the discussion. And when you understand what love is, you go for it, whether it's for him or someone else."

"But this is for both of you..." Zhou Luoyang said, "Won't it be unfair? If he relies on you a lot, but you like someone else..."

Huang Ting looked at Zhou Luoyang, but did not speak.

Zhou Luoyang understood almost at the same time: "If this kind of emotion really arises, then there is indeed love between you, but it is hidden too deeply."

"Yes." Huang Ting said, "Last night, I told him that I met a girl, and he understood immediately and said, 'Congratulations, brother'. So, I decided to try my best, but the girl treated me For me, it's kind of...uh...like another species from another world, and I often... don't know what they're thinking."

Zhou Luoyang suddenly let go of some kind of attachment in Huang Ting's words at that moment.

"You're right," Huang Ting said, "Love at first sight is the only way to love, it's just that sometimes it hides too deep and requires you to spend time understanding your own emotions."

The plane started to land, Zhou Luoyang didn't talk any more, and sat back in his seat.

Du Jing adjusted the back of the seat and took off the blindfold. The scars on his face were particularly eye-catching and dazzling under the spotlight.

"From now on," Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang, "you will be my assistant, and you are an intern. If we change our identities, you won't have to act."

Zhou Luoyang looked at Du Jing suspiciously: "Are you sure? Your history of Khmer..."

Du Jing stretched out his hand, Zhou Luoyang thought about it, clapped his hands with him, and tacitly accepted his proposal without a word of nonsense.

After exiting the customs, Du Jing and Zhou Luoyang were about to leave the airport and bid farewell to Huang Ting.

Huang Ting has his task, which is to investigate the smuggling channels of antiques in the money laundering case.After the two parties agreed on the contact information, Huang Ting hailed a taxi and went to the Interpol office in Ho Chi Minh City.

"So can you order me to do anything for you?" Zhou Luoyang said, "How much salary will the boss pay me?"

Du Jing came closer and whispered in Zhou Luoyang's ear: "It depends on your performance, it depends on how far you are willing to go for your work."

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Du Jing put on his sunglasses, Zhou Luoyang dragged his suitcase, and went to hail a taxi to find a place to stay.

It was raining continuously in Ho Chi Minh City, at the end of the rainy season. Du Jing’s company booked a B&B for him in the suburbs, a 10-minute drive from downtown, with two bedrooms and one living room, and locals provided meals.On the mountainside, there is a swimming pool outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and you can see the farmland outside when you pull up the curtains.

Zhuang Li arrived a day earlier than the two of them, connected to the network in the hotel in advance, and deactivated all monitoring.

Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang: "Take a rest casually, most of the time you don't need to show up, just come to play."

"Good boss, yes boss." Zhou Luoyang relaxed a lot, seeing the hazy mist shrouded in the hills in the distance, the homestay prepared curry crab, rice, and grilled chicken skewered for them.

The glass dining table is covered with information, as well as the itinerary map of the missing persons.

"The person with the clearest target and the best way to track down is still Xiao Wu, the Internet celebrity." Zhuang Li said, "I found out that he has a small account on the hornet's nest, and the registered name is his mailbox. , I punched a card in front of the Mariamman Temple in Ho Chi Minh City."

"He disappeared in this temple," Zhuang Li finally said, "or shortly after leaving the Mariamman Temple. Because there are not many scenic spots in Ho Chi Minh City, and the scenic spots are relatively close to each other. In Mariamman The temple won't stay for long...he's about to go to the next attraction. But he didn't continue to check in at any other attraction, which means that this is the most likely place of disappearance."

Zhuang Li looked at Du Jing with an expectant expression, hoping to get a word or two of praise from his boss.Du Jing was too lazy to talk to him.

"So your plan is to check the Mariamman Temple?" Du Jing said.

Zhou Luoyang said: "Find a quiet place in a temple, and start... knocking people unconscious before taking them away? But where are they going to be taken? I don't think it's realistic to do this, after all, there are many tourists in the temple."

Zhuang Li said: "If two people are traveling together, this person can completely deceive the target, for example...well, buy a bottle of water, put some anesthetic in it for him to drink, and then take it to a place where no one is around, and wait for him to faint , transport people away without anyone noticing, and it's over."

"Carrying a person out of the temple," Du Jing said, "There are tourists everywhere, Zhuang Li, can you use your brain a little bit?"

Zhuang Li: "Uh... I imagine, is there a place in the temple... like a secret door, or a secret passage? After you faint people, carry them in, and then go to the back door of the temple from the secret passage, and transport them away?"

Du Jing's expression was unbearable, but Zhou Luoyang felt that Zhuang Li's speculation was normal, and he would think so too. Of course, all these inferences were based on the premise that Xiao Wu's disappearance location was indeed in the temple.

Zhou Luoyang observed Du Jing, then looked at Zhuang Li, and said, "Is there something wrong? I think it makes sense."

Zhuang Li: "???"

As soon as Zhou Luoyang interrupted, Du Jing couldn't scold Zhuang Li anymore, so he had to patiently say to Zhou Luoyang: "Where is the reason? Do you think this reasoning is reasonable? How much does it cost to bribe a monk from a temple and abduct foreigners with great fanfare? ! How likely are the rumors to leak out?!"

"Yes...that's it." Zhuang Li also felt that it was a little unreasonable, and replied, "But if the monks in the temple are involved with this organization, such as donating money, they may turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye. Eyes? Or..."

"Yes," Zhou Luoyang said, "It's very possible! What if they collude?"

Du Jing was on the verge of despair, it didn't matter if Zhou Luoyang couldn't figure it out, but Zhuang Li was his subordinate.

"Why is it so complicated to do such a simple thing?!" Du Jing finally lost his patience, and said to Zhuang Li, "How do you take him away after being kidnapped?! Tell me!"

Zhuang Li was very afraid of Du Jing, so he hesitated, "Take him away directly?"

"Use a sack to carry it?!" Du Jing said, "Use a car!"

"Yes!" Zhuang Li immediately echoed, "Drive away, Brother Jing."

Du Jing: "What can you do if you buy a black car driver? Why make it so complicated? And build a secret road in the temple?! Are you crazy?"

Zhuang Li and Zhou Luoyang suddenly woke up like a dream, and said, "Yes! Yes!"

The room was silent, after a full minute:

"They must have at least one transfer base," Du Jing said, "or more."

"Yes!" Zhuang Li replied, "First take the person near the tourist attraction, after shopping, then take him into the car, where he can be directly anesthetized and sent away."

There are often black cars soliciting passengers near tourist attractions, especially vans.It is normal for multiple people to carpool, and tourists, as single men, will not be wary of drinking water and food.After getting on the car, you fall into a coma, and when you get to the transfer point, you can hand it over to the next group of people and take them away.

Zhou Luoyang had more questions at first, such as why he didn't get in a car to abduct people after arriving at the airport, or when he went out the next day after arriving at the hotel, but these questions were all overturned by him in an instant - most of the airports are regular vehicles, And when you arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on the first day, you must have booked a hotel for the day. If you don’t check in, it is equivalent to leaving clues for tracing.

If the black car is parked in front of the hotel, it is also easy to be photographed by surveillance, and it is more likely to arouse the vigilance of the victim.After much deliberation, it is indeed the most reasonable and efficient to choose to start outside the first scenic spot on the second day after arriving in Ho Chi Minh City - Xiao Wu and the kidnapper will stay first, and temporarily leave their luggage at the front desk of the hotel the next morning, and go out to play , was taken away by the stun.The abductor used the cards again and went back to claim the luggage.

As for where to go at the second stop, the victim must not have made a very detailed plan, and even if he did, he would not tell his friends.

But how to trace this line is actually quite difficult.

"What about the things I asked you to bring?" Du Jing said.

"Brother Jing, don't worry," Zhuang Li said, "I'm taking them all with me."

Zhuang Li opened a small black box and said, "Thanks to my sister-in-law's archaeological invitation letter, all the things we brought over have not been made things difficult by the customs. The declaration is for archaeological research."

"What's this?" Zhou Luoyang looked curiously while eating his lunch. The box was full of round patches.

This afternoon, they took a walk in front of the Mariamman Temple, which is a Hindu temple.When he came out, Zhuang Li found an opportunity to put this kind of stickers on all the black cars that solicited customers.

After returning to the homestay, Zhuang Li turned on the computer, and the routes of the seventeen vans were all displayed on the big map screen. Du Jing began to analyze their routes. Between the scenic spots, a luminous net extending in all directions is formed.

Every place I have been to is marked, all four areas of homestays, restaurants, hotels, and scenic spots. After get off work hours, black cars run around, until after ten o'clock, they return to the driver's home.

Then, Zhuang Li successfully tracked all the vans used to solicit tourists in front of the popular scenic spots.

"Let's go shopping," Du Jing took off his sunglasses, looked around, and said, "Rome wasn't built in a day, we combine work and rest, and I'll take you around."