blind circle

It was already dark when the two returned to Weijiang City. After a day of driving, Ji Liang and Shu Xin both returned to their homes.

Shu Xin looked at the empty house and suddenly felt empty in his heart. Without Lin Lei's yelling, the house seemed extraordinarily quiet.

Lin Lei's two older brothers were the ones who watched him grow up since he was a child. The eldest brother has always been the pillar of the Lin family. Although the second brother has a bad temper, he is a man with a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart.

Although Lin Lei's native family was miserable, his uncles and aunts made up for his childhood shortcomings, so he has such a warm and kind heart.

Shu Xin prayed secretly in his heart that nothing would happen to such a nice family!

At this moment, there was a "ding" sound from the elevator outside the door, and the door of the elevator seemed to be pushed open.

Shu Xin lost the ability to speak because of childhood, so he is more sensitive to voice than ordinary people.There are two households on one floor of theirs, and Ji Liang has already gone home just now, who else will come to this floor at this time?

He subconsciously walked up to the cat and took a look. The voice-activated light at the door was not on, but there seemed to be a dark figure standing at his door in the darkness.

The black figure also seemed to be extra cautious. In order not to irritate the voice-activated lights, his movements were extra cautious.

Shu Xin couldn't help holding his breath, and subconsciously clenched the doorknob with his left hand to prevent any sudden incident.

His pupils were gradually focused by the faint light, and he seemed to vaguely see a light reflected from a gold-rimmed mirror frame.

Shu Xin was taken aback, and immediately associated the gold-rimmed mirror frame with Dr. Liang in his mind.

He has always had an intuition in his heart that the case of Xia Wanjun's disappearance is inseparable from Liang Hui, and when he was in the interrogation room last time, he had a very bad impression of Liang Hui, and he even suspected that Liang Hui was narcissistic. personality disorder.

Shu Xin held the doorknob with his left hand, and quietly took out the phone in his pocket with his right hand. He quickly sent a WeChat message to Ji Liang: "Liang Hui seems to be at the door!"

Ji Liang quickly replied after a few seconds: "Don't be afraid, leave it to me. Lock the door and don't go out!"

But while reading the news for a while, when Shu Xin looked at Maoyan again, the shadow outside the door had disappeared.

After a while, the door next door suddenly opened, and Ji Liang clapped his hands to activate the voice-activated lights, but there was no one in the corridor.

At this time, the elevator was still on this floor, Ji Liang stretched out his hand to press the elevator, but there was still no one inside.

He quickly climbed up and down the stairs and looked up and down, but he didn't find any traces of people walking upstairs and downstairs.

Ji Liang had just finished taking a shower. He rushed out immediately after receiving Shu Xin's WeChat message. His upper body was wearing a loose sports vest and a pair of solid-color sports shorts underneath. The flip-flops on his feet were still wet. water stains.

At this moment, Ji Liang suddenly smelled a pungent and sweet aroma. He sniffed it carefully, and found that the smell was not like perfume, but like some kind of incense after burning. .

He stood in the corridor for a minute, and after the scent gradually dissipated, he sent Shu Xin a WeChat message: "Open the door."

Shu Xin was still looking at the cat's eyes, then he gently opened the door and looked out, and gestured with sign language: "Did you find anything?"

In order not to startle the snake, Ji Liang also replied in sign language: "Go and pack your things now, come to my house to sleep at night, I will wait for you at the door."

Shu Xin made an OK gesture, then quickly went back to the house, carrying his schoolbag, and followed Ji Liang to his house.

Ji Liang locked the door and said in sign language, "Are you sure it was Liang Hui outside the door just now?"

Shu Xin replied, "I'm not sure, it's too dark outside, I can't see clearly."

Ji Liang continued to gesture: "Did you smell something strange just now?"

Shu Xin nodded, and wrote on his mobile phone, "It smells like agarwood from Bodhisattva Chess, with a scent of peach blossoms in it."

Shu Xin: "Someone in our department bought this spice when they went to Cambodia for sketching. Because the taste is very unique, I have some impressions of it."

Ji Liang was a little surprised, and gestured: "The name of this spice is very weird, what special meaning does it have?"

Shu Xin shook his head, "I only know that this kind of incense is rich in a place called Bodhisattva Province in Southeast Asia, and it is very valuable."

Ji Liang pondered for a moment, "Let's not worry about it, I'll go to the property to check the monitoring tomorrow, and I can't rule out that some relatives and friends from a certain house upstairs or downstairs went to the wrong floor when they visited."

"Maybe it is, or it may be a thief who came to check the spot in advance." Shu Xin gestured: "We still have to be careful."

Ji Liang nodded, seeing that Shu Xin was still looking dusty, he pointed to the location of the bathroom, and said, "Go take a bath, kid, I'll watch in the living room."

Shu Xin nodded, and was about to go to the bathroom when he suddenly turned back, showing an embarrassed expression.

His hand stopped in mid-air for a while, and he gestured slowly: "...I left in such a hurry just now, I forgot to bring my pajamas."

"I'll go back and get it!" Shu Xin quickly gestured.

"No need!" Ji Liang put his backhand against the door, "If the person outside the door just now was really Liang Hui, then maybe he's still hiding nearby," Ji Liang reminded: "You forgot that he actually molested you in public last time! "

"Molesting...?" Shu Xin was a little dumbfounded, "It's not to the point of molesting..."

"Wear mine!" Saying that, Ji Liang led Shu Xin into his bedroom.

Although Shu Xin has been to Ji Liang's house many times, this is the first time he has entered Ji Liang's bedroom.Ji Liang's bedroom is very simple, without any fancy decorations, the most conspicuous thing is a photo frame on the bedside table.

Ji Liang was busy looking for pajamas for Shu Xin in the closet, while Shu Xin walked towards the photo frame curiously.He picked up the photo and took a closer look, only to see that Ji Liang in the photo still looked a little green, Ji Liang from a few years ago was smiling brightly in the sun, and he was hugging a middle-aged man who seemed to be in his 40s Men, both in police uniforms.

Shu Xin gestured curiously, "Who is this?"

Ji Liang glanced at the photo, and a touch of sadness quickly flashed in his eyes, "It's my mentor, just like you and Zhang Heng."

Shu Xin quickly caught the change in Ji Liang's expression. It seemed that this topic was not suitable for the present, so he wisely placed the photo frame in the distance.

After a moment of silence, Ji Liang picked up his clothes and said to himself: "He is the real hero in my heart, but...he died during the mission."

Ji Liang's hands paused, and then he took out a vest from the closet.

Shu Xin lowered his head slightly, and said in sign language, "I'm sorry, it's a sad thing to mention about you."

Ji Liang smiled lightly, "It's okay, people have to learn to let go, and say goodbye to everyone around them one by one."

Shu Xin nodded, he understood that this sentence was also meant for himself.

In fact, in these days, Zhang Heng's death has relieved a lot in his heart, a large part of which is because the appearance of Jiyue has filled the vacancy in his heart.

Shu Xin gestured and said: "I once read a book, the author mentioned that her grandma would put her bowl upside down on the table after every meal, which implies that grandma can eat at any time. Facing the mentality of death calmly.”

Shu Xin: "Grandma's mentality is in line with Heidegger's famous saying - to live towards death. Only by clarifying the meaning of death can we deeply understand the meaning of life. The death of a person will bring the demise of relationships. It's always."

Ji Liang suddenly had a feeling of admiration for Shu Xin. The mind of the former young man had already surpassed his age, but what Ji Liang didn't expect was that Shu Xin's mind still had a thorough understanding of the world and a sense of freedom. .

This also relieved Ji Liang a little. He was always secretly worried that Shu Xin would be trapped in his own blind circle and couldn't get out. It seemed that he was worrying too much.

However, this made him look forward to Shu Xin even more, wondering what kind of "surprise" this young man will bring to him in the future.

Ji Liang made a five-body posture, which made Shu Xin laugh, and he handed the selected pure white sports vest to Shu Xin, "Is this one okay? My clothes are all big in size, and this one is The smallest size."

Shu Xin nodded, took the vest with a little embarrassment and went to the bathroom.

While Shu Xin was taking a shower, a video call came from Ji Liang's cell phone. He frowned at the screen of the cell phone, and hung up it impatiently.

But the other party insisted on calling several times in a row, Ji Liang was so annoyed that he directly turned the phone to silent and put it upside down on the table.

A few minutes later, the other party finally compromised, but another text message followed.Although the person who sent the text message was an unfamiliar number, Ji Liang knew who it was.

He clicked on the text message and saw that it read:

"Peregrine Falcon, I sincerely apologize to you for the previous strategic mistakes! I invite you to come to Juhua Restaurant for dinner this Saturday night. As the old saying goes - turn a war into a treasure. CJF needs you, and I hope to join forces with you again .”

Ji Liang smiled contemptuously, and pressed the delete button casually.

Since the day he returned to China, he is no longer affiliated with CJF, and the code name "Peregrine Falcon" no longer exists in this world. Peregrine Falcon has disappeared into this world with the teacher, and now there is only the captain of the criminal investigation——Ji Liang .

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, Ji Liang pulled back his thoughts, and his eyes fell on Shu Xin who had just walked out of the bathroom.

Although Shu Xin is 1 meters tall, he is thin and thin. The shoulder straps of the sports vest hang from his collarbone and fall long, and the hem has reached his knees.

There were still some dewdrops on the bangs on his forehead that had been wiped dry, his fair face was a little flushed by the steam, and his two big watery eyes seemed to be staring at him with some restraint.

Ji Liang couldn't help swallowing, his Adam's apple rolled up and down his neck slightly, "The clothes seem a little too big..."

Shu Xin quickly waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, but he glanced at the bedroom next to him, feeling a little worried for a while.

Ji Liang's house has two bedrooms and one living room, but one of the bedrooms is full of fitness equipment and some musical instruments, and there is only one bed in the whole room.

Shu Xin gestured, "I'll just sleep on the sofa tonight."

Ji Liang was a little displeased when he heard it, and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that my bed is not as big as the one in Qijia Village?"

Shu Xin was slightly taken aback, noticing the change in Ji Liang's expression, and then nodded obediently.

That night in Qijia Village, he and Ji Liang slept together on a small bed, but he obviously felt that Ji Liang didn't sleep well, and his sleep seemed very light.

At night, the two of them slept on each side, and there seemed to be a clear boundary between Chu River and Han in the middle.

Lying on his side on the bed, Ji Liang was still thinking about the text message just now, and could still smell the faint scent of shower gel on Shu Xin's body from time to time.

He wanted to turn over but was afraid of disturbing Shu Xin's rest, so he could only stiffen his body and force himself to maintain the same posture.

It was equally difficult for Shu Xin to fall asleep while lying on his side. He heard that Ji Liang beside him had stopped moving, so he froze in his side-lying position all the time, but for some reason, his heart beat faster and his breathing became a little constricted. .

He could only forcibly divert his attention, and began to analyze the matter of the two Lin brothers in his mind.

The twilight was dark, and no matter whether it was Lin Lei, his uncle, aunt, or Shu Xin, they basically stayed up all night.

The next day, when the first ray of sunlight came through the window in the morning, Shu Xin slightly opened his eyes, and he tiptoed up and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Ji Liang.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Shu Xin was cooking noodles when a low voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Not bad." Shu Xin turned his head and gestured with his hand, "How about you?"

Ji Liang nodded slightly, and handed Shu Xin a key, "You lived here until Lin Lei came back," Ji Liang said, "I'll accompany you home to pack your clothes later, and then send you to school. "

The corner of Shu Xin's mouth curved slightly, and he readily accepted the key.

Shu Xin was in a good mood throughout the morning. After the first class ended, suddenly there were several students from the Department of Psychology discussing in low voices:

"Have you heard? The school really has ghosts!"

"Yeah, it's scary! I was in the dormitory last night, and someone kept knocking on the door of the dormitory next to me, so we couldn't sleep all night!"

"Really? I thought it was because someone came back late and kept knocking on the door!"

The girl sitting aside and listening quietly opened her eyes suddenly: "The next door to your dormitory? Isn't there no one living there!"

The air froze for a moment, and the girl whispered again: "That's right! At first, we thought that someone was deliberately playing a prank, so I yelled at the door. As a result... the person... After a while Come knock on our door!"

Several girls listened with horror.

"And it was still knocking slowly and rhythmically. Both Aning and I were afraid of being haunted, so we didn't dare to open the door. We could only ask loudly who she was, but she didn't make a sound."

Shu Xin couldn't help but look back at them, only to see that the girl with a frightened face was very tired, as if she didn't sleep well last night.

Just as Shu Xin was about to use his mobile phone to ask them about their situation, a junior student stumbled in.

Fear was written all over his face, and he shouted: "Girl...the girls' dormitory, a dead body was just found!"

Several girls screamed in fright and cried together.