Netherworld Investigator

Back home, the father and son finished their dinner hastily as usual, Qiao Xin closed the door to do his homework, Qiao Kejun took off his coat, and fell on the bed with all his clothes tired.

There are very few people in this residential area, and it is very quiet. Through the door, you can vaguely hear the sound of Fanfan turning over on the balcony.Fanfan was that little Samoyed, Qiao Xin insisted on giving it such a silly name, so Qiao Kejun just let him go.

He didn't turn on the light, and lay on his back in bed, lost in the overwhelming silence and darkness.

Drowsy, his memory seemed to go back many years ago.

The winter of this year was extremely long, and Qiao Kejun changed into winter clothes one month earlier than usual.

That morning, he opened the curtains at six o'clock in the morning as usual, and the sun shone into the room, and he felt a long-lost chill.

He opened the carry-on suitcase randomly placed in a corner of the room, took out the scarf, gloves and windbreaker one by one, picked up a white sweater to put on, and folded the rest and put them in the cabinet.

There were only a few pieces of clothes in the empty closet, but now it is filled with more than half of it at once.After thinking for a moment, Qiao Kejun closed the empty suitcase and put it on the top of the wardrobe.

It seems that I won't leave here for the time being.

After being dismissed from Shengci Hospital, Qiao Kejun returned to Nancheng alone.This house is the place where he grew up. It is on the coastline and has beautiful scenery. He can fall asleep to the sound of the waves every day.The sound of waves hitting the rocks was all he imagined about his mother in his childhood.

Over the past two months, Qiao Ke has developed the habit of walking and meditating on the beach every morning. The sand is so soft that the footsteps and time in it become slow.

Being alone away from crowds and noises seems to be an innate way of life for Qiao Kejun, but compared with the busyness of the past ten years, this slowness is like an infinitely stretched illusion.

In the past, he was immersed in the operating table and laboratory, but this kind of immersion was also a kind of numbness.Withdrawing from this immersion, one will feel a sudden awakening of consciousness, just like the old tree with broken branches and branches in the courtyard was washed by a cold rain and the dusty torso was washed, revealing a terrible The face under scrutiny.

A few days ago, during the long-lost phone call with his father, Qiao Hengjing did not express too many opinions on what happened to him, and only suggested that Qiao Kejun change his career.

The tone of this suggestion is just like the concern he has always given in the past, reserved, restrained and calm,

Qiao Ke was noncommittal.

The feeling of powerlessness weighed on the tip of his tongue with the weight of the years, making him unable to say anything, and he could only let the silent electric current silently resolve this melancholy.

At the end of the short call, Qiao Hengjing asked him to help send a set of old stamps stored in the storage room to the city where he was on a business trip.

Qiao Kejun complied.

He opened the dusty attic for a long time, and spent several hours looking for the stamps in his father's mouth. In the process, he accidentally discovered many small objects that had been preserved, such as old clothes that were washed white but soft. , a small number of well-organized photo albums, a brand-new primary school exercise book with only the name written on the cover, a cassette player that has been out of print for a long time... and what surprised him most was that among this pile of "collections", there was actually There was also a small, charred milk pot.

Life is like a huge net, and the memorial is a knot in it. Although it has no direction, it is inextricably linked with everything around it.

Qiao Kejun put down the small milk pot in his hand, got up and walked to the window, and set up the window.

Just at this time, a butterfly flew out from the branches and leaves of the big tree in the courtyard, and flew into the spider web in the corner of the attic.

Qiao Kejun stretched out his hand and freed its fluttering wings from the entangled white spider silk.

He fell into distant memories, but a fresh idea surged from the bottom of his heart, like a little snail poking its head out of the wet soil after a gentle heavy rain, its long tentacles trembling and swaying in the air .

As he walked down the attic, he heard the video phone in the living room beeping inexorably.

Qiao Kejun glanced in the direction of the gate unexpectedly. This was the first time in several months that someone came to him on his own initiative.

He pressed "Connect", but Xia Ruolan's face suddenly appeared on the screen.

"Dr. Qiao, we meet again." She smiled sweetly at the camera hole in front of the door, "I haven't seen you for two months, you must have forgotten who I am again."

This is not the first time he has met Xia Ruolan.

Qiao Kejun has many admirers, but most of them are reserved women who are well-educated and pay attention to reputation. Few of them are like Xia Ruolan, who pursues him passionately regardless of him, and makes a lot of noise. Known.

At that time, Xia Ruolan was chased by her creditors to nowhere, and threatened to sell the two sisters together as prostitutes if she didn't pay back the money.So, she had no choice but to choose the fastest way to get money, and entered a star-rated private club as a senior hostess.

Many men regard being able to enter the Lanting Club for consumption as a matter of face, which shows that a person not only has money, but also has status.

But there is no doubt that Qiao Kejun was not among these people.The reason why he appeared here was because he performed an operation on the only son of a rich businessman some time ago, and the rich businessman wanted to get acquainted with him further.

Although Qiao Kejun didn't want to socialize with these people, but the other party also invited Dean Shen to accompany him, so he had to show up.

As soon as the food was off the table, and before the rich businessman had time to introduce the second half of the event, Qiao Kejun excused himself from feeling unwell and left in a hurry.

And Xia Ruolan, who was being forced by the drunk and domineering gold master, happened to be rescued by Qiao Kejun who was passing by.

No matter how you look at it, this should develop like a romance novel, where the handsome and wealthy hero saves the poor and beautiful heroine from the dire straits.

To be honest, at that moment, Xia Ruolan was not indifferent.What's more, she didn't believe that this man was indifferent to her.That night, the two looked at each other in the darkness and chaos, and what she saw in the man's dark pupils was not only her own faint reflection, but also a clear sense of surprise and shock that could not be concealed.

It's just that I didn't expect it, but a few days later, when she appeared in Qiao Kejun's consulting room dressed in otherworldly clothes, this man had completely forgotten who she was.His voice is nice, and he has the sexiness of abstinence like himself. It would be better if he didn't ask her to obey the rules and register in line.

A cold and clean man can especially arouse people's desire to conquer.After that day, Xia Ruolan appeared around Qiao Kejun every now and then, and the doctors and nurses who were close to Qiao Kejun at that time knew of her existence.

It's a pity that from the beginning to the end, no matter how much she stalked, Qiao Ke didn't give her any warm response.

Only once, Xia Ruolan took advantage of the moment when he was holding the test tube with both hands and couldn't move, she stood on tiptoe and wrapped her arms around it.

His lips were slightly cold, with the bitter taste of coffee.

This kiss was like a superficial touch, so short that it seemed as if it never happened.

Xia Ruolan stopped, turned around, and threw herself into Qiao Kejun's arms: "I know everything about you being investigated by the committee. When I went to find you the other day, Lu Kai said that you had already left. I was very worried. Well now, I finally found you, let me stay by your side from now on, okay?"

Unmoved, Qiao Kejun lowered his head and looked straight at her with disinterested indifference in his eyes, "Will I offend you if I push you away?"

Xia Ruolan maintained that posture, gritted her teeth, and said bitterly, "Yes."

In the next second, Qiao Kejun pushed her away.

Xia Ruolan was filled with shame and anger, but what Qiao Kejun said slowly made her stunned.

"You were actually asked to come here. It seems that Shen Siyuan still doesn't give up."

Xia Ruolan never believed in love, love was just an excuse for some ridiculous desire.

What's more, at that time, the sharp knives and red paint of the creditor were enough to make all romantic imaginations hideous.

In the middle of the night when Qiao Kejun rescued her, Shen Siyuan found her.

He asked Xia Ruolan to find ways to get close to Qiao Kejun, gain his trust as much as possible, and then report everything in detail.The remuneration proposed by Shen Siyuan happened to be the amount of Xia Ruolan's remaining debt.

Out of self-protection instinct, Xia Ruolan didn't want to get into this troubled water.

However, the intelligence held by the Dean, surnamed Shen, is not limited to her financial situation.Soon, some shocking photos came pouring in like snowflakes, all of which were Xia Yinglan's daily life.

Apparently, her sister was under some horrific surveillance.

After weighing for a long time, when Shen Siyuan came to the door for the second time, Xia Ruolan readily agreed to his request.

"You are indeed a smart woman as I expected." Shen Siyuan looked at the photo of the Xia family sisters in his hand, and said with a calm smile.

Xia Ruolan was extremely surprised: "You, why are you..."

"How do you know?" Qiao Kejun took out a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator and handed it to Xia Ruolan, "Have you heard of mind control?"

Xia Ruolan looked confused and astonished.

"Under the premise of skin-to-skin contact, as long as I want, I can capture the thoughts in other people's minds." Qiao Kejun calmly took a sip of water.

"Are you kidding me? How could such a thing happen!" Xia Ruolan couldn't believe it at first, but then she thought about it. Compared with such absurd and mysterious things, it is impossible for Qiao Ke to be talking nonsense or joking with her. Obviously lower.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked suspiciously, "If you are so powerful, why are you still being played around by Dean Shen?"

"I mean, as long as I want, I can do it. But usually, I don't want to do it." Qiao Kejun glanced at her lightly, "I hate skin contact with other people, so if you touch me again , don’t blame me for being rude.”

"Then tell me, what am I thinking right now?" Xia Ruolan suddenly stepped forward and took Qiao Kejun's hand.

Qiao Kejun gently shook her hand away: "I'm not a magician who pleases the audience, so I don't need to prove myself to you. However, I do have a suggestion, since you urgently need 40 yuan to pay off your debts."

"what?"

"Let's make a deal." Qiao Kejun said calmly, "140 million, you give me a child."

Xia Ruolan: "..."

"Of course it is in the form of test-tube babies." Qiao Kejun analyzed the pros and cons for her layer by layer, "Of course I can find a surrogacy agency, but to be honest, surrogacy is not legal, and illegal medical behaviors are hard to escape. The dean's eyes and ears. Besides, if you can't complete the task from me, I'm afraid he won't let you go easily. Making a deal with me may be beneficial to both of us."

Qiao Kejun smiled rarely, "Of course, you can also refuse."

Xia Ruolan snorted angrily: "Are you not afraid that I will convey this news to Shen Siyuan? Then I can get the money right away."

Qiao Kejun shook his head: "If you refuse, I will make you forget about it immediately before stepping out of this door."

After bowing her head and thinking for a moment, Xia Ruolan whispered, "Then I give birth to the child, what will happen after that?"

Qiao Kejun replied calmly: "What I hope to find is a conceived body of life, not the mother of the child. This is my bottom line. I hope you can understand."

"There's no way to control people's feelings." Xia Ruolan retorted, "After pregnancy, a woman will have feelings for her child. It would be too cruel for you to force a mother to separate from her child."

"From a biological point of view, maternal love is just a hormonal response. If necessary, I can inject you with drugs that inhibit progesterone, prolactin and oxytocin, thereby reducing your happiness as a mother. Of course, this step is not necessary , because some women are born with insufficient secretion of hormones that can produce maternal love, and children are dispensable to them." Qiao Kejun sneered, "Mother's love is the biggest lie in this world."

Xia Ruolan thought for a moment, and then said: "Well, even if it's not for me, but have you considered for the child? It's very pitiful to be born without a mother."

"It is probably the most pitiful place for him to be brought to this human world by my private decision." Qiao Kejun said indifferently, "As for not having a mother, it is quite secondary."

Xia Ruolan finally accepted the deal, she was more willing to trust the person in front of her than Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan was a little surprised when he found out that she was pregnant, but he didn't say much, but sent her a few more recent photos of Xia Yinglan, in name to reassure her, but in fact, to remind her not to have Different heart.

That day, when Xia Ruolan returned to her residence, it was rare to see Qiao Kejun standing by the window with her back turned to her.

"How did you come in, and what are you doing here?" Xia Ruolan's tone was sharp.

After her pregnancy, although Xia Ruolan has been living in a high-end maternity center and received careful maintenance, Xia Ruolan's temper was still affected a lot, and she became irritable and irritable.Every time she saw Qiao Ke, she couldn't help but sarcasm him, mocking him as a cold-blooded ghost, saying that he thought money could buy everything, how much she regretted dealing with him, and how unfortunate it was to be his child.

"It's really unfortunate to be a child of our Qiao family." The man turned around and smiled gently, "However, there is no way to do this, I hope you can understand that strange human beings like us also need heirs .”

Xia Ruolan looked at him, he looked exactly like Qiao Kejun's face, except that there were a few more wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and forehead, and his eyes were more transparent, as if he could see through everything. The temperament of a mature man has its own unique charm.

Qiao Hengjing smiled wryly, "I just didn't expect my son to adopt such an extreme method to leave offspring."

While speaking, he looked at Xia Ruolan's face calmly, his eyes lingering on her tear mole for a long time, his solemn expression gradually turned dark.

He sighed, "Please rest assured, after this matter is over, in addition to the agreed rewards, I will find a way to completely free you from those people's control."

"any solution?"

Xia Ruolan had already experienced the abilities of those superiors. She couldn't believe everything that the elegant old man in front of her promised, but she couldn't help but hope.

"I can help you erase this unpleasant memory and arrange a new identity for you in another country. If you want, you can start your life anew."

Xia Ruolan repeated these four words word by word: "Start again?"

Three months after Qiao Xin was born, Xia Ruolan accepted Qiao Hengjing's suggestion.

Qiao Kejun once told her that it is not a natural instinct of a mother to protect her child, but the result of being affected by a peptide hormone whose name is unknown.

Later, Xia Ruolan thought, maybe it was true, or maybe it wasn't.

That day, she held her son in her arms for the last time.Xia Ruolan didn't think she loved him that much.At least, she gave birth to him, stayed away from him, and none of her actions were out of love.

But when she thought that this child was about to withdraw from her life completely, Xia Ruolan still felt a sense of loss.

"Will it be possible for me to remember everything later?" she asked.

"I won't completely erase your memories, but lock them in a small room." Qiao Hengjing slowly put his hand on top of Xia Ruolan's head, and whispered to her, "If one day, I think It will be safer for you to remind you of everything, and I will reopen the lock."

Soon after, Xia Yinglan, who was far away in Chaocheng, received the news of her sister's death announced by the police.

When relaying the story to her sister, Xia Ruolan concealed those parts that were too bizarre, which was a secret she promised to keep.

Xia Yinglan was silent for a while, and then whispered: "Why didn't you tell me back then, I don't know the real reason why you left, you will pay off the debt..." She looked into her sister's eyes sadly, "Is it worth it?"

"If it's all because of that woman, of course it's not worth it." Xia Ruolan's tone was brisk, she raised her eyebrows and looked at her younger sister with a long-lost seriousness in her smile.

But seeing you doing well without me makes it worthwhile.

She didn't say this sentence, but Xia Yinglan heard it as if she had a heart-to-heart, and the eyes of this normally cheerful girl turned red again.

"Tsk, annoying crying bag." Xia Ruolan took out a tissue and handed it to her sister angrily.

"It's obviously you, it's always been you who provoked me on purpose." Finally, Xia Yinglan couldn't hold back, hugged her lost and recovered sister, and scolded while crying: "I hate you the most, bad woman!"