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10.

Day by day, gradually approaching summer.

This season is the most embarrassing. In late spring and early summer, unlike the pleasant greenness of spring, every move is filled with unbearable heat and irritability.Tang Ming sat on the swivel chair, pulled up his slightly tight neckline, and looked at the vibrant scenery outside the window.

The city has been relatively peaceful recently, with constant small incidents and almost no major cases, which made him, a policeman who is busy all day long, gradually slow down.Tang Ming thought about what to eat at noon, he was so busy for a long time, and occasionally relaxed, he always hoped to eat something good to reward himself.When he was making a decision, the mobile phone on the table buzzed. Tang Ming took it to see that it was his friend Ji Chennan, and asked him if he had time for dinner or if he wanted to get together at noon.

Good guy, Tang Ming was overjoyed for a while, so he hurriedly replied whether he wanted it or not.

Ji Chennan who received the reply message: "..."

Tang Ming glanced at the clock on the wall. There were still 10 minutes before the noon break, and he suddenly fell into an excited mood.

When the hour hand clearly pointed to the rest time, Tang Mingteng stood up suddenly, and the swivel chair swayed behind him.He changed into casual casual clothes and declined the invitation of his colleagues.As soon as he came out, his face was illuminated by the hot sun outside, and he hurriedly covered it with his hands.

Ji Chennan, who was punctual, had been waiting outside for a long time. Tang Ming saw his friend's car, went straight to it, opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.

"Wow, it's cool and cool." Tang Ming lamented the air conditioner in the car while fastening his seat belt.

Ji Chennan snorted, opened the window a little and threw the extinguished cigarette butts into the trash can, and started the car: "It's a bit hot today."

"Yes, it will be even hotter in the future." Tang Ming said, "Why did you think of inviting me to dinner today?"

Ji Chennan: "Friends should get together more. It just so happens that you have time, and you can't find anyone to make an appointment with you."

Tang Ming nodded, agreeing, always happy to have food.

"When did you buy this car? It's quite comfortable to sit on."

Ji Chennan: "After coming to work in this city for a month, the payment was paid in installments, but it has been paid off now."

Tang Ming: "Working in a big company, the salary is high."

Ji Chennan: "Look at what you said, I came to this city to earn more money. If I can't even afford a car, I might as well go back to my hometown. Besides, you are doing well, don't make yourself so pitiful."

Tang Ming waved his hands again and again: "How can we police earn any money? We do things for the people."

"Hypocrisy." Ji Chennan gave him a gouged look, "If you are so rare about my car, how about I pick you up from get off work every day?! Mr. Public Servant of the People."

Tang Ming: "No, no, no, what does this sound like? Let others see me and think I'm your little boy."

Ji Chennan chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Black Bread, you're the only one who thinks that way. When others look at your face, they will know that you can only be my friend."

Tang Ming: "..."

It feels very good to be chatty with friends again, as if I have returned to the lush campus era in an instant.

In fact, don't look at Ji Chennan's handsome appearance, he also took the route of being indifferent and domineering in school, and won a lot of little fans who secretly fell in love with him when they saw him. Tang Ming often hangs out with him, so he knows that this kid is a bad boy, smoking, drinking and fighting In addition, the whole person is a man who does not fall, but he can do what he can without leaving any traces, so Tang Ming often makes him take the blame.

That's why on the day of graduation, Tang Ming wanted to punish him, and gave him a messy CD, expecting to receive Ji Chennan's frantic questioning call the next day.

Unfortunately not, and he also forgot to ask in his playfulness.

After all, the summer vacation after the college entrance examination is the best time to relax completely.

Tang Ming: "Where are you going to eat?"

"It's not far from here." Ji Chennan reported the name of the restaurant.

"Oh, there." Tang Ming said, "It's nice there, and it's not too far away. I don't have much time for lunch break. I remember my colleagues ate there, and they kindly packed it up for us night shifters. I tried it, and it was delicious."

Ji Chennan: "Then you didn't go again?"

"I'm a bachelor, why go to such a good place if I have nothing to do, just eat something."

Tang Ming touched his head in embarrassment.

Ji Chennan: "Call some of your colleagues?"

Tang Ming: "That's not acceptable, the boss knows how to scold."

Ji Chennan was helpless: "Look at your promise."

The car turned a corner smoothly and stopped in front of the hotel.Tang Ming couldn't move his eyes from the moment he saw the name of the restaurant, and turned his head every step of the way, hoping that Ji Chennan, who had parked his car, would hurry up.

Ji Chennan booked a box on the second floor, and after entering, the waiter brought them up skillfully.

The environment of the box is excellent, and there is a cluster of fragrant orchids in the middle of the transparent disc.The two sat down, and the waiter asked, "Do you want to serve now?"

Tang Ming stared at Ji Chennan with a pair of piercing eyes.

Ji Chennan hummed with a smile on his lips.

He suspected that if the food was not served, the starving Tang Ming would eat him up.

While waiting for the food, the two still chatted for a while, during which Ji Chennan took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

"Why do you like smoking so much recently?"

Ji Chennan smiled and said nothing, at this time the food was just coming out, Tang Ming had no time to take care of it, and offered to help Ji Chennan iron the bowls and chopsticks, the man looked at him like that, hurriedly said that the food should be eaten while it was hot, Tang Ming was moved happily Chopsticks.

The cigarette rolled around between the lips and tongue, and the dry and astringent taste continued to surge.From the beginning to the end, Ji Chennan didn't have the idea of ​​eating. Thanks to Tang Ming's cooking, he took the cigarette out of his mouth slowly and held it in his hand when he was almost done eating.

"I need your help with something," he said.

"Huh?" Looking at him, Tang Ming suddenly felt overwhelmed, "I knew it, why invite me to dinner if you have nothing to do."

"Don't say that." Ji Chennan twirled the cigarette between his fingers. Ji Chennan lowered his head and looked at it. Inexplicably, he remembered the little boss last night, and he willfully asked him to smoke, "I'm still very happy to see you."

Tang Ming: "Don't be bureaucratic, just talk about things directly."

Ji Chennan: "I want you to check someone for me."

Tang Ming: "???"

Ji Chennan: "You are a policeman, so it should be more convenient. I want to know all the information about that person and his parents."

Tang Ming looked confused: "I'm a policeman, not a private detective, how can I abuse my power?!"

Ji Chennan: "Then you go and pay for the meal, but I didn't eat a bite."

The conversation turned very smoothly, without even the slightest bit of guilty conscience.

Tang Ming: "..."

Tang Ming: "Fuck me."

Dare to set him up here, it's hard for him to tell him to eat more just now.

Tang Ming gritted his teeth with hatred.

Ji Chennan: "What can be checked and what can't be checked, you know, I understand."

Tang Ming was speechless, but he had eaten all the food, and he didn't have much money on him, so he could only sit helplessly on the chair, and Ji Chennan kindly poured him a cup of tea.

"Tell me, which otherworldly immortal wants to trouble you to find out?"

"A noodle shop owner." Ji Chennan snorted, and before Tang Ming could ask any questions, he said first, "My name is Song Wan, and she is the protagonist in the CD you gave me when I graduated."

Tang Ming didn't understand it for a while, but after savoring it carefully, the expression on his face was too rich to describe.

"You..." He was eager to say something, but his mouth was dry and his mind was blank, "You...you, so you read it?! How did you get together with him?! No, why, he is also there Here? Damn, I also saw a ghost."

"Coincidentally, he opened a small noodle restaurant in this city. I have eaten there. The taste is quite good, but the location is a bit out of the way. Usually there are not many customers, but many are repeat customers." Ji Chennan said a place, "If you are free , If you are too busy to panic, you can also take care of his business."

Tang Ming: "You... no, what is your relationship with him now?"

Why was there a very intimate tone in the words, which made his scalp tingle.

"I live with him about 5 days a week." Ji Chennan finally lit his cigarette after dawdling for a long time, "However, his home is far away from the company, so it's quite troublesome." After speaking, he laughed.

"You..." The male policeman showed an unbelievable expression.

Ji Chennan: "Don't think about it, I'm not gay. It's just that I happened to be free at that time, and I ran into it by accident. How should I say, at the beginning, my mentality was similar to yours now. I thought he should be someone who would be promiscuous in that circle, otherwise what If you are willing to shoot a video like that, you just want to play tricks on him."

"And then?" Tang Ming's expression gradually became serious, "Going to bed?"

Ji Chennan took a puff, but swallowed the smoke directly into his stomach without exhaling it.

"Well, it's on." The black-haired man slowly moved his gaze upwards, "Is it disgusting?"

Tang Ming was at a loss for words, what should he say, no, he was really shocked when he heard it for the first time, but this is the other party's matter after all, the other party's choice, even under the guise of a friend, he can't make more comments.However, in his experience, he has never encountered two men together. Assuming conditions permit, he really wants to hide in a corner and digest it slowly.

The delicious meal I just ate, I feel a little nauseous.

"No..." Tang Ming stammered and forced a smile, "It's not disgusting, it's a new era now." He said awkwardly, "Are you dating?"

Ji Chennan: "No."

Tang Ming: "..."

Tang Ming: "Then you?"

Ji Chennan shrugged: "It's just an ordinary gun|friend relationship."

"Damn it." Tang Ming called out, "You're too much of an idiot, no wonder the girlfriends who broke up with you call you a scum."

Ji Chennan was helpless: "They all broke up peacefully. I didn't have an affair during the relationship, and I was concentrating on managing the relationship. Why did you blame me in the end? I am also very wronged."

Tang Ming raised his forehead, okay, okay, he doesn't understand Ji Chennan's world.

"Then, since you and that Mr. Song Wan are ahem..." For Tang Ming, who is well-behaved and wants to have a good girlfriend, it is a bit embarrassing to say the word Pao | Friends, "Why do you want to investigate when you are good?" he?"

Ji Chennan: "Recently, I got to know some things about him, and found that it is different from what I thought before, so I am a little concerned."

"What's the matter?" Tang Ming asked subconsciously. Seeing Ji Chennan looking at him, he patted his head, "If you can't say it, forget it, haha..."

"It's nothing, I ask you to investigate, and you will find out." Ji Chennan paused, shaking off the ashes, "When he was 18 years old, he was raped by his stepfather, and the video was taken by that shameless stepfather .”

Tang Ming was taken aback for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he said, I'll wipe.

"Didn't you call the police?"

Ji Chennan: "It's been several years, and his stepfather has passed away."

Tang Ming couldn't hold back, and said something stupid again.

"It's really surprising. If he hadn't told me yesterday, I would probably still see him with colored eyes. It can't be avoided. And once the secret is shared, everything will be different. To be honest, last night I heard When I saw this, I was very surprised, and even wanted to leave on the spot, but I vaguely felt that something would happen if I left, so I endured it, but I still care about it very much." Ji Chennan said, "I hope to know something about him, Only in this way can we avoid hurting him in the future. At the same time, I also want to confirm the correctness of these things, after all—"

Tang Ming: "Are you sympathizing with him?"

"Sympathy?" Ji Chennan frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Tang Ming's choice of words, "No, maybe I looked down on him before, but now, he has the same position as me and you in my heart. are equal."

"Ji Chennan." Tang Ming called him, "Could it be that you like him?"

If it is really a simple gun|friend relationship, there is no need and should not do so much beyond the border.

Pao|Friends is a representative word for happiness, there is no past, no future, two people enjoy each other for a while, and after separation, they are also strangers.Now, your active understanding, is it because you want to bear this past with the other party? !

"how is this possible."

After a few seconds, the man responded with his usual fake smile on his face.

The policeman knew in his heart that whenever he wanted to escape, he would use this kind of smile to deceive others.

"I just want to make the relationship between us smoother, and I am a gentleman, and I don't want to hurt others casually and naively."

Tang Ming: "The reason."

"I think you can publish "The New Hundred Thousand Whys"." Ji Chennan really wanted to roll his eyes, "Song Wan is very obedient and obedient, probably because of the shadow left by his stepfather, sometimes obedient and timid Too much, like a poor rabbit. Such a person has never done anything wrong, why should I hurt him, I am not shaking S. "

Tang Ming looked at Ji Chennan thoughtfully.

The dead duck is stubborn, he thought.

The atmosphere became inexplicably silent, Tang Ming drank the tea that Ji Chennan poured just now, and Ji Chennan finished smoking the cigarette alone.Both of them were eager to find something to talk about, but they couldn't think of anything at this time, no one proposed to leave, and they were deadlocked.

At this time, Ji Chennan's cell phone rang, vibrated, and buzzed on the dining table for a while.

Ji Chennan took a look and hung it up.

"Who called?"

"My mother." Habitually biting the butt of his cigarette, he spoke vaguely.

Tang Ming: "No answer? Maybe Auntie has something to do."

"I don't want to answer it now, I will call her back when I am free in the evening."

I don't know what I'm hiding from with a guilty conscience.

After a while, the phone rang again, this time it was a short vibration, probably a text message.

Ji Chennan unlocked it with his fingers, read the content of the text message, and murmured: "So it's so late."

Night?Tang Ming glanced at his phone, only an hour had passed, and the sun was still shining outside.

"Song Wan sent me a text message saying he was awake." Ji Chennan said as he stuffed the things on the table back into his pockets one by one, looking like he wanted to leave, "He asked me where I was, and we agreed to meet in the afternoon. Go to the supermarket."

Tang Ming was surprised: "You just woke up now?"

What shocked him even more was that Ji Chennan, who was too troublesome, actually went to the supermarket? !

"He sleeps a little late. Besides, they are all bosses, so they are naturally much more relaxed than office workers like us." Ji Chennan smiled, "Do I need to send you back?"

The innocent policeman was confused by the man's pretentiously ambiguous words, and his face was agitated.

"No, no, no." He shook his hand, "I still have a lot of time, and it's not far from here. It's time to go back and digest it."

"Let's do it like this." Ji Chennan stood up and threw the cigarette in front of Tang Ming, "This is for you, don't pick it up anymore, be careful that you won't get a wife."

Tang Ming was annoyed: "I want you to talk more."

Ji Chennan smiled: "I'll pay the bill, I'll go straight down later, and make an appointment when I'm free."

"Yes." Tang Ming nodded and looked at him, "...I will do my best on that matter."

Probably because of my occupation, I like to look at people's eyes more and more when speaking. Maybe I believe that the eyes are the most incapable of lying.At this moment, Tang Ming saw the light in Ji Chennan's eyes, that dazzling and eager light.

Do you need to be so excited? !He doesn't understand.

What a liar.

Ji Chennan glanced at him, didn't speak, grabbed the car keys and walked out.

Tang Ming didn't get up until he heard the sound of the car engine starting from outside, grabbed the cigarette case, went to the window, watched Ji Chennan's car drive away, and disappeared around the corner.

TRAIN STATION.

Bai Mu came out dragging a lemon yellow suitcase.

She had a headset on her ear, and she was talking as she walked, obviously talking on the phone.

"Hey, um, don't worry Mom, I'm here."

There were still many people at the beginning, but they all dispersed as soon as they got out of the station. Bai Mu avoided the crowd and the taxi drivers who came up to solicit customers, and walked fast on the road alone, trying to pretend to be a permanent resident in this city.

The driver chased after her and asked a few questions, then he focused on the next guests.

Bai Mu pressed the somewhat loose earphone: "...I'm out, you continue talking."

"Oh, you child." Bai's mother was very anxious on the other end of the phone, "Why did you come out so early, did Ji Chennan come to pick you up?"

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the sky is warm and yellow, and the light and shadow projected on the ground are also mixed.

As soon as Bai Mu heard Ji Chennan's name, he stopped immediately. "No." She licked her lips impatiently, even sitting on the train for several hours, with a hard seat, it can be said that she was thirsty, tired and hungry, "Didn't Aunt Ji say that no one answered his phone, and he didn't know I was coming?" gone."

Mother Bai: "Maybe it will be connected again later, silly boy, I don't know what to wait for you to walk so fast. Your Aunt Ji has already said that as long as you come, Ji Chennan will take care of you. They are all in the same city, and they are still so hot-tempered." , you have to bear with everything, you know?"

Bai Mu stared down at the shoes, suddenly feeling a little wronged.

She wanted to say that she had waited for 15 minutes. Standing in the station was very boring and uncomfortable. On the one hand, she was looking forward to it.

Bai Mu wore a skirt today with a round neck, revealing her slender neck.

A little cold, but willing, thinking that if Ji Chennan came, he might like it.That time at Shengsheng's wedding, he stared at her neck for a long time, and she knew it well, it was just because of face, she was too embarrassed to respond.

But even with such careful dressing, it is useless if no one comes.

Bai Mu was annoyed for a while, she knew that she should wear a coat.People in their 20s, still think that they are a little girl in the youth campus who pretends to be in love and has a hot head? !

Walk forward slowly, and finally go faster and faster, as if wanting to escape the right and wrong place of the station.

"Mom." Bai Mu called out complainingly, "Stop talking, I'll just stay in a hotel today."

"What does it mean to stay in a hotel today?" I can imagine the staring look of Mama Bai on the other end of the phone, "Otherwise, where else do you want to stay? Mama told you that Ji Chennan would take care of you, but he is a man anyway. Live in his house, you absolutely don’t go there. You are not married yet, don’t leave a bad reputation. If you are not used to living in a hotel, rent an apartment and find a job there by the way, don’t come back, so we don’t have to watch You worry about..."

"Oh." Bai Mu blushed, "Look at what you're talking about, I'm just here to play."

No matter how old you are, you can't stand it in front of your parents.

Gradually walking into the downtown area, there are more and more people around, and Bai Mu, who is wearing a skirt and pulling a suitcase, seems a bit out of place.The thin-skinned Bai Mu's heart was beating like thunder, but luckily he called to cover it up.She had done research on her mobile phone before, and she knew the most suitable and safest hotel to go to, so she hoped to reach her destination as soon as possible at this moment.

The light behind is becoming more and more intense, as if it is in the final dying struggle, the street is noisy, the cars are constantly roaring, and the voices of people, mixed with the creaking sound of the trunk wheels, are endlessly noisy.

Bai Mu saw a large supermarket in the distance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that he would just go there to buy some food and most importantly, water.When I got closer, I noticed a man standing in front of the supermarket.She is fair and clean, very slender and pretty, and her age can't be seen from her face, she is neither tall nor short, and she magically blends all kinds of abrupt elements together, which makes people feel inexplicably comfortable at first glance.

Years of work had caused Bai Mu's vision to decline slightly, and the distance was a little far away. She was curious, and stared at the man with half-closed eyes. Seeing him looking at his phone from time to time, she guessed that he might be waiting for someone.Thinking of his experience at the station, Bai Mu couldn't help empathizing, stopped, and wanted to see who the man was waiting for.

"Twilight? Twilight?"

Suddenly there was no sound on the other end of the phone, only the sound of car horns meeting each other could be heard, and Mama Bai called out worriedly.

"Hey." Bai Mu replied with a low voice, as if afraid of affecting the man, "Mom, I'm here."

But this is completely superfluous, they are too far apart, and the supermarket is full of people, it will not attract attention at all.

"Song Wan—"

Bai Mu raised her head, feeling strangely nervous and short of breath, and felt joyful for a moment because he was better than herself. When she got there, she was thinking wildly, and suddenly she felt that the man who came running after him looked a little familiar.

Come closer.

The wheels of the suitcase creaked and creaked, which was really unpleasant.

Bai Mu couldn't believe it, looked at him, then looked down at the ground for a while, the light on the ground was all blood red.

Head up again.

Ji Chennan, she was very sure that the man after that was Ji Chennan.

The voice from the front was louder, so I could hear Ji Chennan saying, "Song Wan, you're tired, I'll wait a while longer to find a place to park." The handsome man lowered his head, turned his back to her, and didn't speak, but he couldn't see what was going on. expression.Then Ji Chennan laughed and tried to hug him, but the man ran away in panic, his ears were full of bright red.

The two chatted in front of the supermarket.

Mother Bai: "Has the hotel arrived? Is the environment good? Is the bed used? The bathroom..."

"...Mom." Bai Mu said dryly, his throat was uncomfortably astringent, and someone had sprinkled some salt into it.

Mother Bai: "What's the matter? Could it be that the hotel is not good, if it's..."

Long-winded words for a while.

In the distance, Bai Mu watched the two people who were very tightly bound walk into the supermarket together.

It's too close, the position of the two people, maybe they didn't notice each other, but from the perspective of others, it was completely showing themselves to each other without reservation.

Bai Mu reluctantly covered her eyes, thinking of a lot in an instant, when she was 16 years old, it was hot in summer.The sky is frighteningly blue, the trees are densely shaded, and the voice of reciting English can be heard passing the classroom.

She rarely wears knee-length skirts, flat shoes, and ponytails hanging neatly behind her ears.The hibiscus in the corner of the school was blooming, and I found it novel, so I kept staring at it until I almost bumped into it before I remembered the function of eyes to look at the road.

The male voice next to him gave a nasty whine, just watching the excitement.

The 16-year-old girl blushed and muttered sorry.

Then she heard laughter, not teasing, but gentle and soft, "So the hibiscus has already bloomed, do you like hibiscus flowers?"

——I was the first to meet him, obviously it was me, but, but...

"...It's all right, Mom." Bai Mu said slowly and slowly, "I'm here, the hotel is nice, I want to sleep, I'm a little tired from the car, I'll hang up first, goodbye."