Mystery Tracker 2

In late July, S city.

Although City S is located in the north, it is quite unbearably hot during the twenty days from late July to mid-August every year.As soon as the sun comes out during the day, the temperature rises in a straight line and can reach 34 degrees in no time.The world seems to have become a big steamer, which makes people sweat profusely.In this season, the best time of the day is five or six o'clock in the evening, when the heat gradually recedes after the sun sets, and the wind is a bit cooler.People who have been in the room for a day all come out of the house at this time, so people can be seen walking in the square, in the garden, and enjoying the coolness everywhere, which is really very lively.

Just next to the bustling park, there is a residential area that has been around for some years. A family on the fifth floor of the residential area is a little busier today than in the past.After three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a figure in the kitchen who had been busy inside, and from time to time, there was a scent wafting from it.The table in the dining room was covered with a brand new tablecloth, and two cold dishes with both colors and colors were already placed on it.

"Dad," Li Jiayu poked his head in from outside the kitchen, "You don't need to make too many dishes, it's just the four of us, we can't eat too much."

"Hey, when your colleague comes to our house for dinner, you have to order a few more dishes. He is your lifesaver. Besides, is it your birthday today?" Father Li took the frying spoon stewed with braised pork off the fire, and put the Put the pot of fish on the fire, then waved to Li Jiayu, "Go out and wait, it will be ready in a while."

"Ah."

Li Jiayu walked back to the living room from the kitchen and saw his mother coming out of the room.Li's mother was wearing a suit with red flowers on a black background. As soon as she saw Li Jiayu, she asked, "I said Jiayu, do you think I can wear this?"

"Wow! Mom, you don't need to dress so formally?!" Li Jiayu was a little surprised and a little funny. This suit is expensive, and his mother only wears it when she has something to do. This is the first time Li Jiayu saw her mother wearing it at home.

Mother Li gave him a white look: "Your colleague came to our house for dinner, I can't meet people in home clothes?!" Seeing Li Jiayu pursing his lips and snickering, Mother Li couldn't help complaining, "My clothes were originally intended to see me It was worn by my daughter-in-law, who knows that it is used now... You too, your birthday is such a good opportunity, why don't you call your girlfriend over? Why do you get a colleague to come back?"

"Mom! You are here again!..." Li Jiayu cut off his mother helplessly, "Didn't I tell you already, Rui Heng is not just an ordinary colleague, he saved my life at that time! If it weren't for him Stop that moment for me, your son might have died in the line of duty..."

"Bah, bah, bah!" Li's mother repeatedly interrupted Li Jiayu's words, staring and scolding: "What nonsense are you talking about when your birthday is too old?!"

"That's why!" Li Jiayu said, "Your son is able to celebrate his 30th birthday here alive and well today, thanks to someone else. Besides, he injured his hand trying to save me, and he hasn't recovered yet." Well. Ruiheng is a forensic doctor, how important are hands to him? I haven't thanked him yet, so I should invite him to dinner today to thank him, right?"

"I didn't say I shouldn't...Look at what I said, you are waiting for me with so many words." Li's mother nagged, but her expression was much calmer than before. She even asked with a little concern: "Then How is his hand now?"

"He..." Li Jiayu was about to answer when he heard a knock on the door.

"It is estimated that someone has arrived!" Li Jiayu hurried over to open the door.

The door opened, and it was indeed Jiang Ruiheng standing outside.He was wearing a shirt today, a pair of casual trousers underneath, and was holding a wooden box in his hand.Seeing Li Jiayu who opened the door and Li's mother behind Li Jiayu, Jiang Ruiheng showed a decent smile: "Hi Auntie, I came to bother you today." He said and handed over the wooden box in his hand, "I brought a bottle of red wine here, Auntie can taste it in a while."

"Hey, it's fine if you come, bring something! Please come in, please come in!" Mother Li greeted warmly with a smile.

Good start! ——Li Jiayu gave Jiang Ruiheng an encouraging smile, took the red wine in his hand, and handed the slippers he had prepared to Jiang Ruiheng's feet.

Jiang Ruiheng walked into the house, just as Father Li came out of the kitchen with dishes.Seeing Jiang Ruiheng, Li's father also greeted him: "Xiao Jiang is here?"

"Yes, uncle." Jiang Ruiheng greeted politely.Seeing the fish in Father Li's hand, Jiang Ruiheng sniffed and exclaimed, "It smells so good! Uncle's craftsmanship is good!"

"Hey, fool around, fool around." Father Li said modestly, but smiled happily on his face. "There is still one dish short, you sit down for a while, we will have dinner in a while!"

"Okay." Jiang Ruiheng nodded.

"Little Jiang, stop standing here, go, go and sit down!" Mother Li greeted Jiang Ruiheng to the living room. On the coffee table in the living room, there was already a plate of sliced ​​watermelon. Mother Li pointed and said : "It's pretty hot outside, come and eat a piece of watermelon to cool off!"

"Okay, thank you, auntie!" Jiang Ruiheng thanked politely, picked up a piece of watermelon with his left hand, and took a gentle bite.

Seeing Jiang Ruiheng's action, Mother Li's smile froze.She looked at Jiang Ruiheng and asked with concern: "Little Jiang, how is your hand recovering?"

"Oh, it's much better." Jiang Ruiheng raised his right hand and moved it. "There is basically no problem with activities now, but I still can't exert my strength. The doctor said that I need to exercise for a while."

Listening to Jiang Ruiheng's understatement, and thinking about what her son said just now, Li's mother also felt distressed: "Hey, speaking of it, your hand was also injured for our Jiayu, really..."

"Auntie, don't say that. At that time, we both wanted to catch criminals. It was a business. Besides," Jiang Ruiheng glanced at Li Jiayu, showing a decent smile, "I have such a good relationship with Jiayu, I can't say anything. Let him get hurt."

When he said this, Jiang Ruiheng's expression was very natural, and outsiders would definitely not be able to hear anything unusual.However, Li Jiayu had a different feeling when hearing these words, it was sweet and mixed with a touch of distress.

Today's meeting is the first step of the "coming out action" discussed by Jiang and Li.A week ago, after the case in Yunxi County was over, Li Jiayu approached Jiang Ruiheng and asked him if he would like to meet his parents.Jiang Ruiheng was shocked when he heard it.

"You want to come out to your parents?!"

"It's not about coming out, it's just trying to get in touch first." Li Jiayu lowered his eyes and fiddled with the water glass on the table, and said, "I've been thinking about the two of us for the past few days, and I always feel that cheating like this is not the way to go. This time I told my mother that I have someone I like, thinking that she would not always be thinking about introducing someone to me, but unexpectedly, my mother urged me more frequently than before, asking me all the time how to get along with people How is it going, when will I bring him back... I don't think this is the way to go... Besides, I have read a lot about coming out of the closet on the Internet. Parents, let them have a psychological preparation, and they will accept it slowly; some people say that if they come out, they will be finished, and parents will not accept it... I think that with my mother's temperament, I may not be able to hide it for a long time. Sooner or later, she will push her out; of course, it may take a while to infiltrate, but it's better than doing nothing." Li Jiayu said for a long time, and only then looked up at Jiang Ruiheng: "How about it, dare you Will you try with me?"

After Jiang Ruiheng listened to Li Jiayu's narration, the expression on his face didn't seem to change.He just looked at Li Jiayu very seriously, and after a while he said, "Have you thought about it?"

"I didn't think too much about it," Li Jiayu said honestly, "That's why I want to hear what you think. Didn't you come out to your parents? Do you think I should say it?"

Jiang Ruiheng smiled wryly when he heard the words: "You know the result of my coming out."

As soon as Li Jiayu said the words, he knew that he had asked the wrong question, so he shut his mouth and lowered his eyes again.

Jiang Ruiheng didn't speak any more.He could see that Li Jiayu hadn't fully made up his mind.So he stretched out his hand and lightly grasped Li Jiayu's right hand that was placed on the table: "Jiayu, this matter is not a trivial matter, you must think clearly before you act. I don't want you to repeat my mistakes."

"People have been led into a ditch by you, it's useless to say this now..." Li Jiayu muttered and complained.

Jiang Ruiheng didn't expect Li Jiayu to say such a sentence, so he couldn't help laughing, but before he could say anything, Li Jiayu said again: "I think, since we are both together, we have to find a way to solve this matter, rather than infinite I'm afraid it's better to take the initiative to attack now if I procrastinate and wait for some day to be exposed. Anyway, stretching the head and shrinking the head is a knife..."

Hearing Li Jiayu's determination to "go to death", Jiang Ruiheng thought it was funny on the one hand, and felt a little guilty on the other - he knew that Li Jiayu was not purely gay, and the reason why he took the current path was completely forced by himself. Abducted here... The tragedy of breaking up with his parents back then is a pain he still doesn't want to recall. Thinking of this, he tentatively opened his mouth: "Jiayu, if you really don't want to talk, I can understand..."

"You?" Li Jiayu cast a sideways glance at Jiang Ruiheng, "Who was the one who didn't confess one dissatisfaction to my mother before?"

"I'm that..." Jiang Ruiheng just wanted to explain, but Li Jiayu waved his hand, "I know what you're worried about, aren't you just afraid that if I don't confess, you want to give yourself a backhand, and if you don't feel happy one day, you will dump me Are you going to get married? I'm doing this now, you should believe that I'm serious, right?"

Jiang Ruiheng was startled, and all the words on his lips disappeared just now—he was indeed dissatisfied with Li Jiayu's ambiguous behavior towards his parents, but after he complained, he could also understand Li Jiayu's actions.After all, coming out is not an easy task, and there are countless gays who choose to hide their sexuality from their parents.Compared to this, Jiang Ruiheng cared more about Li Jiayu's attitude.Because no matter how he behaved before, Li Jiayu either didn't respond as if he didn't see it, or just looked around and talked about him... It was his attitude that made Jiang Ruiheng feel uneasy.But if Li Jiayu wants to prove his feelings in this way...

"Ruiheng," Li Jiayu continued, with a calm and serious expression, "There were some messy things in my family in the past, I don't want to talk about it. Anyway, my mother took care of me alone for two years, and she suffered a lot during that time .So in recent years, I always think that I can follow her as much as possible to make her happy. I know she has many problems, but she is my mother after all...but now I also find that I always follow her It's not a way, and it's not fair to you, so I decided to change the way and let her accept my choice, but with my mother's temperament, this matter will definitely not be easy..." Li Jiayu looked at Jiang Ruiheng, his eyes Firmly, "So, are you ready to accompany me up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire?"

Jiang Ruiheng stared at Li Jiayu steadily, feeling a surge of emotion in his heart.For a long time, he always complained that Li Jiayu didn't love deeply enough, and didn't dedicate enough, but he ignored the difficulties in Li Jiayu's heart.It's ridiculous that I was still thinking "every day counts as a day". It seems that the coward is probably me, right? ...

Some crystal clear things faintly emerged from the eyes behind the lens, Jiang Ruiheng stared at his lover, and solemnly promised: "Okay."

……

After a few people chatted for a while, Father Li finally finished the last dish.He smiled and greeted everyone to have dinner.While walking towards the dining table, Li Jiayu secretly looked at Jiang Ruiheng and asked him how he was feeling.Jiang Ruiheng smiled back at him, signaling him to rest assured.

Father Li made six dishes: cold cucumber shredded tofu, cold lotus root slices, braised pork, fish in sauce, fish-flavored eggplant sticks and mushrooms and green vegetables, two cold and four hot, two meat and four vegetables, red, green and green together, It's tempting to look at.Jiang Ruiheng wanted to open the red wine, but Li Jiayu snatched it up: "I'll do it."

Jiang Ruiheng smiled and nodded.

Mother Li put the chopsticks on the table, and went to Jiang Ruiheng to hesitate for a moment: "Xiao Jiang, do you use chopsticks or spoon?"

"Chopsticks are fine. I can use chopsticks with my left hand."

The four sat down, raised their glasses and raised their chopsticks.Li Jiayu didn't talk much at dinner, but today he was afraid of embarrassing the atmosphere, so he kept talking about interesting things about the police station to enliven the atmosphere. Jiang Ruiheng also cooperated from the side. Although Li's father and mother didn't know him very well, they obviously listened carefully.Jiang Ruiheng observed secretly, and he found that among the parents of the Li family, Li's mother was obviously in a strong position. She liked to express herself very much and always wanted to participate in the chats between him and Li Jiayu.On the other hand, Li's father seemed more honest, he didn't speak much, and sometimes he shut up and gave way when Li's mother robbed him of the words.Facing such a mother, it may not be easy for Li Jiayu to come out successfully.Thinking of this, Jiang Ruiheng cheered up and dealt with it more carefully.Li's mother didn't know the inside story, and the two juniors deliberately behaved, the meal was a happy one.

After the meal, Mother Li's attitude towards Jiang Ruiheng was a little closer than before the meal.While Li Jiayu was helping his father clean up the dishes, Li's mother chatted with Jiang Ruiheng: "I said Xiao Jiang, isn't your family from the local area?"

"Well, I'm from Beijing."

"Hey, not many people come to us from Beijing. How did you come to our place?"

"Oh, I was seconded here to form the forensic team, which is Jiayu's team. Later, I liked the working environment here, so I stayed."

"Oh. So you and our Jiayu have been colleagues for many years." Perhaps because of drinking a few glasses of red wine, Li's mother talked more, "Hey, you have such a good relationship with Jiayu, do you know Do you know who the girl Jiayu likes is?"

"Oh? Jiayu has someone he likes? I don't know yet." Jiang Ruiheng replied with a decent smile.

"This kid, he told me that he has a girl he likes, who is also engaged in technology, and seems to be out of town. I asked him about the specific situation and he didn't say anything." Li's mother waved her hand and complained, "You said he would He's already in his thirties, and he's so shy about chasing a girl, when will he be able to catch her girl?..."

"What are you guys talking about?" At this moment, Li Jiayu came out of the kitchen with fruit in his hand, and asked casually when he saw that the two were talking lively.

"It's nothing, just chat casually." Jiang Ruiheng smiled and didn't intend to answer.I don't want him to say nothing, but Mother Li couldn't help but leak the secret by herself: "Isn't it about you! When will you bring me a daughter-in-law back..."

"Mom!" Li Jiayu's smile suddenly faded, "Didn't I tell you not to talk nonsense?!"

"What am I talking about? Isn't it just a date?! You said that you are thirty years old, and you have been chasing after a girl for so long and there is no result. Is it okay to ask? Besides, Xiao Jiang is not an outsider. , and won’t tell you nonsense…”

Mother Li probably really drank too much, she didn't notice the huge change in Li Jiayu's expression at all.Li Jiayu's face was white and red, and he was about to have an attack. When Jiang Ruiheng saw something bad, he coughed quickly and reminded him not to be impulsive with his eyes.

Li Jiayu saw Jiang Ruiheng's eyes, and sat down on the sofa, but did not make a sound.

Jiang Ruiheng felt a little relieved.He looked at Li's mother who was still nagging, deliberately glanced at his watch, and then said, "Auntie, it's getting late, and I should go back. I have to go to another place for a meeting tomorrow morning..."

"Hey! Look at me, I forgot the time as soon as I said it." Li's mother quickly stopped talking, "You have to go on a business trip tomorrow? Then hurry up and leave."

"I'll take you out." Li Jiayu got up with a slightly cold face, and walked towards the door without saying a word.

Jiang Ruihengsheng was afraid that Li Jiayu's behavior would arouse Li's mother's suspicion, but fortunately, Li's mother didn't seem to notice it, and nodded in agreement, saying that he should give it away, but Li Jiayu didn't respond, took the key and put on the shoes, and nodded. He walked out of the house without looking up.

"Look at you, you performed well all night, why didn't you persevere until the end?" Jiang Ruiheng said after walking out of the building.

Li Jiayu lowered his head and kept silent, his mouth pouted.

Jiang Ruiheng held him back: "What are you doing? Are you really angry?"

Li Jiayu raised his eyes, his face full of thousands of words, as if he didn't know what to say.He held it back for a while, and finally let out a sigh of despair: "I've reminded her before, who knows that she still..."

Jiang Ruiheng immediately realized what Li Jiayu was talking about. He smiled and patted Li Jiayu's head: "Okay, the old man's thoughts cannot be changed all at once. As you said, you have to take your time. Today is not going well overall. Is that a good sign."

Li Jiayu didn't answer in dismay.

"Okay, it's your birthday today, don't be unhappy. By the way, I have something for you." Jiang Ruiheng said, looking around, and then pulled Li Jiayu to a secluded corner of the courtyard, and then magically pulled it out of his trouser pocket He took out a small box, opened it and handed it to Li Jiayu——

Li Jiayu's eyes widened instantly.

Inside the small box was a platinum ring, a typical men's ring, with a small broken diamond inlaid on the evenly thick ring.Looking at the atmosphere without losing toughness.

"This……"

"Birthday gift," Jiang Ruiheng replied with a smile, "How about it, do you like it?"

Li Jiayu raised his hand to pick up the ring. Taking advantage of the still dark sky, he clearly saw the words "J&L" engraved on the inside of the ring.

Seeing these three characters, Li Jiayu couldn't help laughing.He raised his ring and raised his eyebrows at Jiang Ruiheng: "Why do you come up with such an old-fashioned trick?"

"You don't have to be afraid of old tricks, as long as it works." Jiang Ruiheng replied as a matter of course, "How is it? Officer Li Jiayu, have you been moved?"

Li Jiayu pursed his lips and did not answer, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was clear.

"Take it well and put it in a safe place, so your mother won't see it."

"Got it, don't worry."

"Jiayu,"

"Ok?"

"Happy birthday."

"Ah."