365 Difficult Ways To Live

After searching for almost two months, I finally found the pagoda tree.

But Chu Yu didn't get excited, more panic, because the closer he was to the truth, the more he could feel its depth and complexity, and unconsciously felt awe.

Huaxieting, Mu Shangqing's home, the pagoda tree behind the house, and the fallen flowers all over the ground.

Chu Yu thought of Xia Yihan's persistent dream - Sophora japonica flowers all over the ground, dilapidated house, and a man lying in the house.

Three images, in Jinling Villa, she learned that the man lying down was Mu Shangqing, and now she deciphered the other two images - the dilapidated house refers to flowers Xie Ting, and the ground is full of petals, it is from the back of the house. The tree fell.

It stands to reason that Xia Yihan did not grow up in Huaxieting, even if Mu Shangqing mentioned it to her, if there is no major event, it will not be deeply rooted in her memory and frequently appear in dreams.

Could it be that in November five years ago, several potential victims met in Huaxieting, and something unusual happened, which left a psychological shadow on her?

However, the flowering of locust trees usually falls in summer, and may fall from June to August. In November, it is the end of autumn and early winter. It stands to reason that there will be no more locust trees on the ground. That is, when the potential victim meets Xia Yihan in Huaxie Court The background environment in is different.

What went wrong?

Chu Yu was so focused on his thoughts that he only cared about planing the rice, but didn't move the vegetables. Mrs. Cai pushed the ground seafood in front of her: "Sister, you pick up the vegetables!"

"Thank you Grandma Cai," Chu Yu said with a smile, "How good is your craft, did you learn it in the original restaurant?"

"Yeah, following the chef... I learned a little bit secretly."

"You were in the restaurant, did you meet Uncle Mu?"

"Yes, he has a... girl."

"What does that girl look like?"

"I can't remember clearly, it seems...white and clean, just like him."

"Is she tall?"

"It doesn't seem to be high, just a little bit bigger."

Chu Yu recalled Xia Yihan's height. When she was twelve or thirteen years old, she was indeed shorter than her peers, and there was a layer of baby fat on her face. She looked like she was eight or nine years old. Years old, she also believes!

"Did you say hello to Uncle Mu?"

"No," Old Madam Cai shook her head, "When he was here, he rarely interacted with... us, and then disappeared for so long, he probably didn't want to be recognized."

Chu Yu looked at Mrs. Cai, don't look at her stuttering, she looks simple and honest, her insight into the world is no worse than those articulate people.

"Then did you hear the conversation between him and the girl?"

"At that time, I was very busy...in and out, but he said something that left a deep impression on me," Mrs. Cai unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth, "He said to the former dam: If one day I Retired, I must come here to grow vegetables!"

After Chu Yu finished listening, he was speechless for a long time, and quickly laughed to cover up his stupefaction.

Hua Xieting, to Mu Shangqing, should be a sad existence - mother's irascibility, neighbors' exclusion, peers' beatings and scolding, mother's boyfriend's rape and violence, just twisting one out is enough to make life worse than death, Not to mention all of them crowded into a pile, it was full of his childhood and youth, recalling it, it was all bloody and sad.

Why would he want to come back here?Is it because his mother is buried here?

Chu Yu suddenly had an idea in his heart, and wanted to practice it.

"Grandma Cai, did you remove Aunt Zhou's grave during the demolition?"

"There shouldn't be... her grave. From the outside, I don't know there is a grave there. It's not obvious at all... At that time, it was demolished... I dug the earth dam for a while, but I didn't hear that human bones were dug out. .”

"Then when Uncle Mu came, was that pagoda tree still there?"

"Hey, he refers to that tree... what he said."

"The tree was falling, wasn't it?"

Mrs. Cai thought about it for a while, "I don't remember exactly, but it seems to be in summer...they wear short sleeves."

Chu Yu knew in his mind that the pagoda flowers all over the ground in Xia Yihan's dream should be the scene she witnessed with her own eyes when she and Mu Shangqing came to Xie Ting together in the summer six or seven years ago.

Combining what Mrs. Cai said, Chu Yu recalled the information he had checked before. The Huaxie Court was confiscated in August six years ago. The city government was planning to make plans for rectification. In two or three months, the word "demolition" was painted on the houses, and many shacks and buildings blocking the road were pulled down and turned into ruins.

But later, due to insufficient funds, there was no movement in Huaxie Court, no construction was started, and people moved out. The originally bustling small block seemed to have become a cemetery. At night, it was silent and there was no work to be seen. people.

This state lasted until the end of five years ago, that is, in December, when the construction team re-entered Huaxie Court, choked up, demolished the old ones, and built new ones, which became the pattern it is today.

Chu Yu finally understood why he couldn't find the locust tree when he searched and searched in the past.She knew that the locust tree was probably related to Mu Shangqing, so she asked her subordinates to investigate Mu Shangqing's former residence.

Throughout his life, Mu Shangqing has mainly lived in three places, namely: childhood to adolescence - Huaxieting, undergraduate to doctoral period - Capital University, State Key Laboratory to Superman's work period - Linquan North Road Famous district.

The subordinates checked these places one by one, but they didn't find any locust trees. Chu Yu was a little confused at the time. Could it be that there was something wrong with her analysis?

Now, she suddenly realized that there was a locust tree in Mu Shangqing's childhood, but it was cut down because of demolition, and the neighbors in the neighborhood don't know about it now. Only those who have lived for a long time and are good at observation like Mrs. Cai have the impression.

After thanking the old lady Cai, Chu Yu took Song Qingyang to the side of the Yiming teahouse. The teahouse is located in Mu Shangqing's former residence, and the flower bed behind is where the pagoda tree grows.

Chu Yu took out his mobile phone and looked at the map of the tracker. Although the current location is displayed at Youhe Hotel on Chongli Street, there is a mark on the flower bed. She marked it on purpose this morning——According to the report from the junior sister, Xia Yihan stayed at this point After half an hour, I didn't move or speak, unlike waiting for someone, standing silently.

Now that he has learned about Mu Shangqing's past, Chu Yu feels that Xia Yihan should be remembering something.

She tried to guess her next move.

Originally according to Chu Yu's plan, after letting Xia Yihan go, she would meet Mu Shangqing, or meet the person who sent her the "31276" text message, but now, the tracking locator has been removed, and the person in charge of tracking has been arrested. Brought back to the provincial office, it is simply a modern version that lost his wife and lost his army.

Chu Yu had to speculate on Xia Yihan's actions again, trying to find her again.

Judging from the current situation, Xia Yihan's goal is not to carve pagoda tree flowers. If her mission is completed after carving pagoda tree flowers, then she will stay in Changyan City and disappear for a while without risking being arrested. Hurry back to Wangjiang.

She rushed back to Wangjiang, probably to complete the next action, but what is this action?

Chu Yu remembered that Xia Yihan drew his sword forward and told her solemnly: the purpose of carving Sophora japonica is to kill a person - the director of the Superman Department.

Then she nearly stabbed her to death.

Chu Yu almost believed that her ultimate goal was herself.

But Xia Yihan ran away and fled back to Wangjiang. If she really wanted to kill her, she should stay in Changyan, look for opportunities, and strike again.

In the past, Chu Yu felt that she could analyze and speculate on Xia Yihan's behavior, and her guesses were close to ten, but when it came to Fushan Hospital, she was a little powerless.

It felt like Xia Yihan was playing cards more and more unreasonably. He didn't know if he had fallen into a state of madness, or because she was smarter than her and played her into the applause.

Chu Yu was afraid that he might be a bit of a fan of the authorities, so he asked Song Qingyang, a bystander, for advice.

Song Qingyang moved the old man's hat back, "Who knows you two, one was arrested on purpose, the other was let go on purpose, and I don't know that you came and went on purpose, why are you so polite!"

Chu Yu sighed, she doesn't want to be polite now, she really wants to find Xia Yihan, but the conditions don't allow it!

It was getting dark, and Chu Yu didn't return to Superman's place. She came to Youhe Hotel and asked to stay in Room 212, which was the room Xia Yihan had just left.

The room was clean, it had been cleaned, and there was nothing left, but Chu Yu’s mobile phone showed that the tracker was still in the room. She followed the direction arrow and came to the bedside table. When she opened it, she saw the bedside table lying flat inside. Little black box.

She picked it up, squeezed it with her index finger and thumb, her eyes fell on it, but her thoughts drifted to Xia Yihan.

She only made hands and feet for the clothes on the day she arrived at Fushan Hospital. Did Xia Yihan know that there was something hidden in the underwear from the beginning, or did he just discover it today?

Chu Yu tended to be the latter - the younger junior sister followed Xia Yihan today, but she was still following the police from the provincial department. If it was just the junior junior sister, Chu Yu was confident that she would have excellent tracking skills and would not reveal her secrets.

But if there is another tail in the back, it will be easy to show off. Xia Yihan probably spotted the police and sensed something was wrong. He checked his body and found a tracker, so he left quickly.

Chu Yu now felt that Xu Huaiyu and Xia Yihan were on the same team, uniting to deal with Superman.

But now, she didn't have time to worry about Xia Yihan's whereabouts, so she had to focus on the locust tree.

Her mind was too chaotic, she simply took out her notebook, and together with Song Qingyang, wrote down all the key points related to Hua Xieting.

1. Since 24 years ago, Zhou Lanxin has been buried under the pagoda tree, and the grave was not dug away during the demolition

2. In the summer of six or seven years ago, Mu Shangqing took Xia Yihan back to Huaxie Court, which was the time when the locust trees were falling.

3. Mu Shangqing said to Xia Yihan: If he retires, he will return to Huaxie Garden to grow vegetables

4. On November 11, five years ago, five potential victims met in Huaxie Court (Xia Yihan may also be there)

5. Before Xia Yihan carved Sophora japonica, he asked "Xue Jinping": What did you do in Huaxie Court five years ago?Who ordered it?

6. Xia Yihan's dream is the flowers Xie Ting, when the Sophora japonica flowers fall to the ground, Mu Shangqing is lying in the house

7. After Xia Yihan finished carving the pagoda tree, he went back to Huaxie Court and stood there for half an hour where the pagoda tree grew (suspectedly remembering)

From Jinshui Hospital to Fushan Hospital, from tracking the Phantom of Sophora japonica, to arresting, to letting go, and returning to the original point.Superman stumbled and searched for many fragments, but he didn't know how to put them together. Chu Yu was always looking for key hints, trying to put the fragments together into a whole painting.

Now, a strong premonition strikes, Hua Xie Ting, the key reminder of the whole painting, is held in her hands.

Chu Yu took the notebook and meditated for more than an hour. His brain was like a short circuit, dark and filled with various clues. The clues were constantly connected and combined, and he kept trying to make mistakes.

After two hours, Chu Yu stood up, looked at the hazy night, took out his mobile phone, and called Wu Ke: "Take all the personnel from Superman's office and come over immediately, the sooner the better, I will send you the location .”

Wu Ke looked at Yue Yangchao behind him, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Chu Chu, next to it is the Provincial Department Building. It is strictly guarded, and the entire Superman's Office has been gone. What if they make a surprise inspection, isn't it okay?"

"I'll take care of it if something goes wrong. You guys bring the tools to open the tomb and come here quickly, or it will be dawn!"

Hearing Chu Yu's tone, Wu Ke knew that there was something important to do, so he didn't dare to ask any more. He immediately packed up the guy and prepared to "break out of prison" and set off.

Half an hour later, in the cold wind, Chu Yu looked at the two standing in front of him - Wu Ke and Yue Yangchao, and was speechless for a moment.

The only remaining members of the Superman Department are the four of them. The others are either lying in the hospital or trapped in the Public Security Bureau.

The moment felt particularly bleak.

Chu Yu changed into her overalls, made a mark where Xia Yihan stood during the day, picked up the shovel, and started digging.

Wu Ke trotted over: "Boss, this is a public land. If we are discovered, we will definitely be arrested. You will be in big trouble!"

Maybe it was time to change from Director Chu to Diaomin Chu, and his career would be over.

Chu Yu held on to the shovel and looked around. It was early in the morning, and there was no one on the street, and their location was in the dark, the street lights couldn't reach them, and there was no surveillance around. It should be completed before dawn, so there should be no incidents.

"It's okay, let's dig quickly with this mark, and fill the soil back when the time comes, and we shouldn't be found."

Under her arrangement, the other three also started working.The four people were divided into two groups, with an interval of two meters between them. Two people in each group stood facing each other with a distance of one meter, bent over, and concentrated on digging.

They worked together, and the speed was gratifying. It didn't take long for them to dig almost one meter deep. Several people took turns to rest and start working again when they had enough breath.

Song Qingyang worked continuously for an hour, and sat by the flower bed for a while. She took an old hat and fanned herself. On this hot day, she was sweating profusely.

Not sitting for a long time, she jumped up suddenly, Sa Yazi ran inside, and said in a low voice: "Quickly get out, quickly get out, Xu Ting's car is here!"

Wu Ke and Yue Yangchao listened, picked up the shovel and went to hide behind the teahouse, ready to sneak away.

They ran for a long distance, only to realize that Chu Yu hadn't followed. Looking back, they saw her holding a shovel, standing upright on the spot, as if to welcome the distinguished guest.

A black car had already driven to the side of the flower bed, the wheels screeched when braking, the headlights were dazzling, piercing the darkness, the lights enveloped Chu Yu, and fixed his crime at the crime scene.

Xu Huaiyu got down, slammed the car door, and followed by three criminal policemen with guns.

Xu Huaiyu's expression was unclear, but Chu Yu didn't need to look at his expression to know his current state - fortunately he didn't have high blood pressure and heart disease, otherwise he could have called an ambulance directly.

"Officer Chu, don't you think you have nothing to do and have changed to tomb robbery?"

Chu Yu didn't want to play Tai Chi with him, so he cut straight to the point: "Five years ago, did you keep looking for Mu Shangqing, but his whereabouts have been unknown?"

Xu Huaiyu stood still: "What do you mean?"

Chu Yu stomped his feet and stepped on the side of the pit, "He's right under my feet."