Against the current Hengdao

Chapter 121 The Shadow of the Lake Tower

In midsummer, the campus of Yanda University is shrouded in scorching heat, presenting a beautiful scene of lake light and tree shadows.

The students in the school have all gone home on vacation, and some have gone out to work as interns to earn money as tutors.But the campus is not deserted at all. Cars are crowded close to each other on the narrow road between the teaching buildings, and bicycles are weaving back and forth.The crowds are bustling with fruit stalls and supermarkets.

This is the most prestigious institution of higher learning in Yancheng, and a gathering and distributing center for talents from all over the world to exchange and study in summer.Students who usually do not have the opportunity to pass the entrance examination and stay in this university take advantage of the summer vacation to travel thousands of miles north and visit the campus where the lake reflects the shadow of the pagoda, which can be regarded as broadening their horizons and increasing their knowledge.

The car was parked on the street outside the west gate, and there was no way to break into it.All the people in the car got off and entered the campus on foot.

Chen Jin and Qi Yanxuan walked in front side by side, the flow of people and scenery made the two young people dazzled, and their eyes flicked around.From time to time, the two quickly looked at each other, and occasionally touched each other quietly with the middle knuckles of their palms, their eyes filled with freshness and excitement that had just arrived.

Chen Jin was carrying a big luggage bag, and Yan Xiaodao followed behind silently, offering to help carry another piece of luggage.Yan Xiaodao was released from the ward of the hospital, and he is still on call from the police station. According to the rules, he is not allowed to leave the door of his house. Today he made a special trip out to bask in the sun and meet people.

Next to Yan Xiaodao was Ling He.Ling He was in charge of driving, picking up the two children who came from afar from the train station to the campus.

Qi Yanxuan turned around after walking for a while, very politely: "Brother Xiaodao, brother A Ling, thank you both for picking us up from such a long distance."

Yan Xiaodao strode forward, with a faint smile on his face: "Thank you? You two boys came all the way here, and you don't know the place well, how can you not pick me up?"

Ling He asked: "The dormitory has been contacted? Is there a bed?"

"Get in touch!" Qi Yanxuan nodded obediently, "My classmate's elder brother is a top student of Yan University, and he lent us a bed to sleep in."

"Sleeping in the bed of a high-achieving student may give you both a bit of a domineering temperament!" Ling He teased the two young ones.

"Ah... is that so, can you?" Qi Yanxuan turned around again, and Fuzhi looked up and down Mr. Yan like a soul, wanting to laugh, "Can you show your arrogance?"

Ling He also glanced at Yan Xiaodao.

Yan Xiaodao looked elsewhere, his eyes were obviously wandering, absent-minded: "..."

Xiao Qi, who works very hard, came to Yanda University to take a tutoring class during the summer vacation.This kind of cram school uses famous teachers and famous schools as a gimmick to attract attention. It is hard to say whether it is really useful. It does have a psychological comfort and gold-plated effect on students who are in urgent need of medical treatment.

Beds in Yanda’s dormitory buildings are hard to find during the summer, and you can’t get in the queue unless you ask your acquaintances to go through the back door.Each dormitory is full of foreign students who come to study TOEFL classes and cram schools. With longing and anticipation for the future, they are exhausted in the hot and anxious atmosphere.

Ling He calmly took over the social task of reminiscing about the old days, obviously talking more nonsense than usual: "Xiaoxuan, you go to cram school, what does Xiao Chen do every day?"

Chen Jin was still a little cautious in the face of Mr. Ling, and she turned around and said, "I'm here to accompany him! I also contacted a part-time job to earn some pocket money."

Qi Yanxuan asked: "Part-time job for half a day, what do you do with the rest of the day?"

Chen Jin said as a matter of course: "I will accompany you. You go to class, and I will go to the playground to play ball!"

Just passing by a newly opened student cafeteria, Qi Yanxuan said with a wink, "Go to this cafeteria for lunch?"

Chen Jin also replied coolly with her eyes: the daughter-in-law can eat whatever she says, don't ask me.

After experiencing ups and downs and setbacks, if there is no one shot and two parted ways, then it will be a more stable stream of water, and this is generally the way between partners.Qi Yanxuan's father was given a light sentence because he surrendered himself to the police and performed major meritorious service. He will be released in a year or so.Qi Yanxuan took advantage of the situation and officially came out with his parents and relatives. After arguing for a while, both parties could not stop arguing, and chose to settle down in the face of the real reality of life, and continued their respective life choices.

Xiao Chen seemed to have a more tempered temper, and the irritability and hostility in his eyebrows subsided quietly, appearing to be mature, but Qi Yanxuan followed obediently.The nerve that was looking for awkwardness in my heart was pulled out of the source, and the two of them lived together, what is there to be angry about in life?

Ling He kept watching the two young men who were flirting and touching hands from behind, and laughed abruptly: "Don't make trouble in the dormitory at night, six people live in one room, if you mess around, you will be kicked out!"

Xiao Qi and Xiao Chen shivered their shoulders together, it was clear that they were eager to move and guilty of guilt.

"No, no..." Qi Yanxuan argued in a low voice, his ears turning red.

Chen Jin didn't know how to blush, and didn't even bother to hide it.Won't?Making earth-shaking troubles on the dormitory beds, the campus couples are battle-tested, experienced, and self-taught.

Mr. Yan was silent all the way, so he didn't speak much, and his presence in the group was almost zero, which was quite different from his usual bold and talkative style.There was a huge crowd in front of him, and the noise of vehicles turned into distant and near echoes in his ears, and he couldn't hear clearly.

Yan Xiaodao became visibly thinner and became thinner and out of shape within a few days.

His back and figure are still strong and strong, but people close to him can tell that his muscles are thinner, his palm and phalanx are more protruding than before, his cheeks and eye sockets are slightly sunken, and his eyebrows are deep and dignified.

Ling He occasionally held Xiaodao's wrist, rubbed it with his palm lines, and comforted him silently.

There was very little talk between the two of them, or in other words, they knew each other too well, so there was no need to speak those empty-headed comforting nonsense.When you are sad, I know how to be rational and quiet.

Qi Yanxuan turned around and joked: "My Brother Xiaodao has lost a lot of weight recently! Brother A Ling, you have starved Brother Xiaodao to lose weight!"

Ling He's eyes were full of apology: "Yes, I didn't take good care of him, he was starving and thin."

Qi Yanxuan said with a smile: "You abused Brother Xiaodao? You tortured him so much that he stopped talking!"

"Where is it?" Yan Xiaodao frowned and denied, lowering his head to avoid the scrutiny of the crowd, not wanting others to see that he had encountered any situation-when did Master Dao have something wrong?

Ling He looked at Xiaodao affectionately: "Maybe the company is busy, and I haven't been cooking seriously at home recently, which made you hungry and thin. I will criticize it. I will take you to the best restaurant in the city later."

When did Ling He adopt this style of painting?Chen Jin was so frightened that she turned around, thinking that a fake Mr. Ling was following behind her, did Mr. Yan change her boyfriend?This is definitely not the person I met last time in Sanjiang, right?

"No need..." Yan Xiaodao defied Mr. Ling's kindness with a vague look.Ling He is so overly gentle and considerate to cater to him, trying hard to tease him with jokes in a way he is not good at, which makes him not used to it, and even makes him very uncomfortable, and he doesn't want to accept it.He has never been weak or fragile, and he doesn't need anyone's excessive care or care, let alone any cheap attention woven by sympathy and pity.

Men sometimes get awkward, it's very awkward, they have strong self-esteem, especially people like Yan Xiaodao.

He has no way to act like a baby in front of outsiders, so he can only find trouble with Ling He.

His current awkward state of mind is even a bit like Chen Jin back then.

Facing Ling He, he may have always had a subconscious sense of superiority, immersed in the realm of his magnanimity and chivalry, trying to shield Mr. Ling from the wind and rain with his stalwart body and solid shoulders. Now, one day, dignity and superiority The feeling is suddenly shattered, and I find that the stalwart and solidity are illusions, which is indeed a bit unbearable.

Yan Xiaodao rejected Captain Xue's proposal, resolutely not allowing the police to harass his adoptive mother, Yan Shi, and he hoped that Yan Shi would know nothing about everything.The old debts should be treated as if you accidentally stepped on a piece of shit on the side of the road. There is nothing worth investigating. Do you have to pull this rotten pile of bad debts and ponder over and over again?

Once the real name data file is extracted, combined with biological evidence such as photos, blood type, DNA, etc., the police will sooner or later find out Yan Xiaodao's family identity and successfully find his biological parents for him.Yan Xiaodao also sternly rejected this proposal, and directly threw a cold sentence to the director: Don't look for me, I don't want to know who they are.

Never want to know.

……

Mr. Yan sometimes plays the piano alone at home, practicing a few simple tunes, immersing himself in the tunes can offset many disturbing annoyances.

For a few nights, Ling He didn't want to disturb his quietness, and deliberately moved to the guest room to sleep or stay up late to work.The two temporarily separated.

It's just that Mr. Ling usually couldn't stand it in the middle of the night, and sneaked over to see him. Every time when he was holding his breath and pretending to sleep, he lowered his head and kissed his nose, and reached under the quilt to caress him. His matted hair was itchy. Give him a face!

The two of them sent Chen Jin and Qi Yanxuan to the dormitory, helped the two students arrange their study and accommodation, and walked out to wander around the campus.

The hot summer wind is blowing, the willow branches are hanging down the lake, the treasure mountain and the water tower are quietly parked on the lake, and the microwave ripples tremble the reflection of memories.

From time to time, Ling He gave Xiaodao advice: Which one is the library building, which one is the famous business management school, which ones are the first, second and third teaching buildings, and which one is the gymnasium where weekend dances are often held.

Yan Xiaodao, who has never studied in university and never drank ink, wandered around Yanda campus with his Lanxiang excavator license in his pocket, and sincerely admired Mr. Ling: "You studied the map beforehand? You know everything?"

Ling He nodded: "I have indeed memorized the map."

Yan Xiaodao asked casually, "Have you been here before?"

Ling He nodded again: "I came here when I was a child."

Yan Xiaodao really just asked casually, but the words "I came here when I was a child" caused his sensitive mind, which was already overloaded and under pressure, to slump severely, causing his heart to ache.I came here when I was a child, when?When Linghe's father and his family came to Yancheng?

Is it on Yanda campus?

Ling He pointed with his hand: "The buildings in front are the School of Humanities and the School of Life Sciences, go and have a look?"

The habitual ubiquitous companionship sometimes makes people ignore the cherishment that should be there.Yan Xiaodao subconsciously pulled Linghe's hand and held Linghe's wrist tightly. The nasal mucous membranes felt uncomfortable due to a heat wave mixed with exhaust fumes that happened to pass by. Blown away and gone.Ling He's caring company is the only comfort and support for him to hug his thigh with peace of mind.

……

Crowds began to surge in front of the building of the School of Life Sciences, and students gathered one after another with their notebooks in their hands and walked into the large lecture hall.A red banner hangs high above the entrance of the building, with the words "Yan University Academic Exchange Summer Lectures by Famous Masters" written on it.

A bus was able to enter the campus because of the special license plate of the school office. At this time, it was slowly parked beside the narrow street in front of the building, squeezed against a mighty array of bicycles.The bus door opened, and a bamboo and wooden cane stepped out, and an old professor walked out slowly.

The "Summer Famous Lecture Hall" invites three national treasure ashes-level experts and scholars to give lectures and discussions every week, and to open up the mountain for young students who are full of curiosity and vitality. Today, an old academician is invited.

Professor Ning Hengqian's back is slightly hunched, it can be seen that he has already passed the retirement age and will not often appear on campus.But the old man was hale and hearty, with bright eyes, walking on crutches without the help of others, and walked to the door of the building without any haste, followed by two doctoral students who helped him carry a water glass and a briefcase.

Ling He took Yan Xiaodao just after visiting the college building, and came out from the entrance of the building.

Ling He smiled warmly: "I guess you won't be interested in the lectures on 'Genes of Ancient Marine Biology and Global Environmental Change', so go eat first and make you fat!"

Yan Xiaodao laughed at himself: "I'm very interested, but I really don't understand!"

Both of them are handsome, tall and tall, walking among a group of immature faces that look like students, it is too eye-catching, and the sense of presence cannot be ignored.

Professor Ning Hengqian bent slightly, and habitually turned slightly sideways on the stairs. He treated people as his name said. He still maintained a gentle and modest manner after seventy years, and even took the initiative to make way for the young people going downstairs.Ling He and Yan Xiaodao looked away, rushing down the stairs with the idea of ​​lunch.

Professor Ning's clear eyes looked up from bottom to top, from Mr. Ling's lower body indifferently upwards, he saw Ling He's face, a real face.

Ning Hengqian's gaze suddenly froze, lost time and space, and suddenly collided with a lost memory in a long time ago!

Ling He looked down, a smile on his lips amazed Fei Hua, and he didn't stop walking.He didn't recognize Professor Ning Hengqian, who had pale hair and pale face, and the two passed each other.

On the stairs, Old Professor Ning jerked his body to the right and leaned against the handrail of the stairs. Subconsciously, he had to hold onto the handrail tightly to maintain his standing and balance.The two doctoral students behind hurriedly supported the old man, thinking that the old man was not feeling well due to brain ischemia after lunch, and he was going to faint?

Ning Hengqian was stunned, his hands and shoulders on crutches were convulsed, he still struggled to turn his head when he lost his balance, and looked for that figure in the crowd.He didn't have much trouble finding it. Even if Mr. Ling appeared on the camera with his long hair draped over his shoulders, he stood out from the crowd as dazzling, and his long hair shone in the sun!

"...Yun Zhou?" Ning Hengqian murmured a desolate voice.

Ling He tied the top bunch of hair loosely and gracefully behind his head, let a piece of hair hang down, and put the rest of the messy hair on his back shoulders casually.In the hot weather, he cut his long hair two inches short, but he still ignored Yan Xiaodao's occasional insinuations and resolutely refused to cut off all his long hair.

"It's impossible...it's not him..." Ning Hengqian was slapped on the shore by the huge tide-like impact and trembled all over, making the students around him scared and almost calling an ambulance.The old man forced himself to wave his hand calmly, refused medical emergency, and sat directly on the stairs in the corridor, staring at the back of the young man who was gradually moving away and finally disappeared into the crowd.

The white shirt on Ning Hengqian's body was clean and unmarked, with the handsome style of an old-school scholar, he took out a clean handkerchief to wipe off the sweat and tears from his forehead and the corners of his eyes, feeling unbelievable when he was hit by difficult and painful memories.

Ning Hengqian subconsciously placed his right palm on his chest to cover up the unforgettable pain, almost suffocating.

This can't be Gu Yunzhou, his student Gu Yunzhou disappeared more than ten years ago and is no longer alive!

"Ethan?...Ethan Gu?" Ning Hengqian murmured, thinking of this blurred name.

What he saw in his eyes was the fragrance of wisteria permeating the white walls and gray tiles of the Yanda campus.

What he sees is the elegant figure walking in the boundless spring scenery of the lake and pagoda.

A boy named Ethan came all the way with his father. He once walked by the lake and stood in front of him and bowed politely.It was a very handsome boy with an impressive appearance.All the old men in the academy liked to see this cute child, and would pat him on the head affectionately, and then shout "Morning, little Ethan"...

Ling He had clearly walked a long way, but at this moment he suddenly turned his head.

He seemed to hear someone calling his name.

He turned his head and looked around alertly, also in disbelief.Except for Ling Huang, that pervert who is old and tough and never dies, who else knows his real name back then?Yan Xiaodao didn't even know his name.

The wall flowers and tree shadows are still there, and the campus is changing and people are changing, and people no longer come.Ling He looked around in a daze, but couldn't see anything in the end.

……

Yancheng Police Station, a regular meeting of the task force codenamed "Operation BRICS".

"Gu Yaoting, Liang Tong, and Jian Mingxun have been arrested one after another. Now we have basically figured out the whole story of the case. The case is serious. It is really heinous and chilling." The tone of the report was oppressive and heavy, and everyone present had mixed feelings.

"Ling He, the victim of 'Bricks' No. 1, we didn't know the real name and identity of No. 1 at the beginning, so we were in a stalemate for a while, and now we have found important clues from the video evidence." Director Bao Zhengwei folded his hands on the conference table Above, "The victim who was tortured to death in the video had a tattoo on his left ankle. After zooming in countless times to capture the screenshot, it was finally recognized as two lines of cursive letters."

The black tattoo reads [NarcissusXCamellia].

"It looks like two kinds of flowers and plants, but they are actually the English names of the male deceased and his wife. The deceased tattooed his and his wife's names on his ankles as a souvenir. According to Gu Yaoting's confession before, Ling He's mother was in the local area. The intensive care unit of a certain hospital passed away. We followed the clues and found a young foreign woman named Camellia Yun who died in the hospital that year. It is said that she died of organ failure caused by the deterioration of hereditary disease, but the key information of the medical records was seriously missing. Bao Zhengwei said as he glanced at the participants. Everyone looked down and looked down at the manuscript with heavy expressions. "Then, the husband of the woman surnamed Yun has also been found. His surname is Gu, his passport name is Narcissus Gu, and his Chinese name is Gu Yunzhou."

In the electronic system records, the Chinese name "Gu Yunzhou" that he plays for fun does not appear, so it is difficult to check.

Gu Yunzhou sandwiched his wife's surname between his own, and tattooed their English flower names on his ankles to show his lifelong love.

Bao Zhengwei later said: "In this way, we can learn more about Gu Yunzhou's whereabouts before he was killed. He is a scholar and has obtained the postdoctoral exchange qualification of 'Paleontological Genetics' of a certain college of Yanjing University. He was originally in Yanjing University. Studying and doing academic research at large, under the tutelage of Professor Ning Hengqian, a doctoral supervisor, he should have lived near the campus of Yanda.

"Gu Yunzhou is married, with a wife and children, and a six-year-old son. His wife, Ms. Yun, died unfortunately in the hospital, which must have caused great pain to the person involved. But what is even more unimaginable is that one day later, Gu Yunzhou died He suddenly disappeared outside the west gate of Yanda University. The incomplete surveillance video shows that someone invited him into a black car with unknown license plates, or lured and hijacked him on the street! At the same time, his six-year-old son, whose passport name was It's Ethan Gu, Ethan Gu. The father and son have since disappeared without a trace, and the teachers and students of the college don't know their whereabouts.

At that time, the teachers and students of the academy were still speculating that Gu Yunzhou was overly saddened by the death of his wife, so he left the country with his youngest son.

In fact, Gu Yunzhou was killed shortly after his disappearance and passed away without leaving a trace.

The passport file photo of the boy Ethan was placed on the conference table, together with the photo of Ling He, the victim of "BRIC" No. 1, and finally merged in the sight of the police to outline a complete plot dossier.

……

After digging deep into the old case, everything ended in Gu Yaoting's arrest.

This guy Gu Yaoting is bold and frank, and he is quite courageous in doing evil, and he doesn't hide his domineering arrogance even when he is about to die.Gu Yaoting confessed to the acts of being a tiger's minion over the years, and he did not intend to hide it for himself or anyone else, and it would be a bad life to peel off any number of layers of skin.

The truth is just like the rumors in the circle at the beginning, this ambitious and strange man Gu Yaoting is the "good friend" of Zhao Huaifeng, the eldest son of the Zhao family. At the same time, Gu Yaoting plays the role of the abuser who helps the tyrant to bully those fish who lack the will and ability to resist.

The horse boys have been arrested one after another, and those who can confess have been confessed, and those who deserve the law have also been detained in the detention center, waiting for the belated trial of law and justice.However, the tentacle of justice has a cap in the end, and the authority of the law is on the top of Gu Yaoting's spiritual cap, reaching the end.

Director Bao Zhengwei also kept silent, and the interpretation of the case stopped abruptly here, and did not continue to describe the content that was not clearly written and kept secret in the dossier.It all depends on one's own interpretation and imagination. Everyone in the police is filled with righteous indignation and hatred, but there is nothing they can do.

Just tomorrow, it is said that the Zhao family old man will have a tea party for the old people in the circle at Xishan Villa. At the same time, it will also be the 120th anniversary of the late Zhao family old revolutionary's birth.On the upper layer of the blue sea clouds, it is still shrouded in golden light, and the wind and rain are peaceful, and it will not feel the slightest influence of the dark wind and cold rain in the world and the arrest of ghosts and snake gods.

Tea party and birthday commemorative party, can you meet Zhao's father and son?

Even if they meet on the spot, who can bear them?

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