The Swan Bay Murders

Immediately after the funeral in Berlin, his mother was hospitalized.

My uncle also had elevated blood pressure, which once reached 200. The doctor told him to take medicine and injections on time every day, and he did not dare to be sloppy at all.

At this time, Brother Bai Chuan's company was in a hurry, and he was so busy that he couldn't take it anymore, so he had to go back.

Although we are ready to transfer the work back to China, it cannot be done in a day or two.

"Then I've worked hard for you these few days." Brother Bai Chuan packed his luggage, with a piece of bread in his mouth.

The impact of Berlin's death has not yet dissipated, and the mood is as gloomy as the sky outside now.

But life has to go on, Brother Bai Chuan has to work, uncle and aunt have to recuperate from illness, and I have to live a good life.

"It should be." I poured a glass of water and handed it to him, he took it to drink, and I squatted down to help him clean it up, "Anyway, I don't have a job right now, and I'm going to look at the house these few days, and if I find something good, I'll write it down." Come down and wait until you come back to decide."

We still live in Xu Zhao's house, and uncles and aunts also live in. Sometimes Xu Zhao will come over, and it is inevitable that they will be a little embarrassed when they meet.

I also want to move out quickly. Xu Zhao has put me under a lot of pressure these days. Every time we meet, whether it is words or actions, he has crossed the line. He is no longer willing to be my friend.

"Okay." Brother Bai Chuan finished eating the bread and put down the water glass.

I zipped up the suitcase and lifted it up.

"Don't work too hard, just call me if you have anything to do." It was time for him to leave, and he patted me on the shoulder again.

I sent him downstairs, and the cold wind outside made him shrink his neck.

"Go back." He frowned, not letting me go outside.

"..." I thought I should say something, after thinking for a long time, I said, "Bon voyage."

After we finished speaking, we were all stunned, and then we laughed rarely.

Brother Bai Chuan left, and my uncles and aunts were all in the hospital. I cleaned the house thoroughly, then made lunch, put it in an insulated lunch box, and went to the hospital.

My aunt's eyes turned red when she saw me, and I felt a little guilty.

"Do you feel better?" I touched the medicine bag, it was cold and the medicine was cold.

"Bo Chuan is gone?" Auntie sat up, and I hurried to help her up.

"Well, he'll come back when he's done with his affairs."

I took out all the small lunch boxes and arranged them, and asked, "Uncle has gone out?"

"He went to get the medicine."

Just as I was talking, my uncle opened the door and came in. He was taken aback when he saw me, and then said, "Jiang Luo is here."

"Well, uncle, let's have dinner first." Brother Bai Chuan and I inquired about the tastes of the two elders in advance, except for the ones that they are not allowed to eat recently, we picked out what they like and made some.

"You didn't eat it, did you?" Uncle gave me a pair of chopsticks, but I didn't pick it up.

"I came over after eating, you guys eat, I'll go ask the doctor and auntie about the situation." I poured a cup of hot water for each of them and left the ward.

I just drank a few sips of porridge in the morning. It may be that I didn't have a meal some time ago, which made me a little anorexic now.

Auntie will be out of the hospital next week, and I have to find the house before then.

I was sitting on a bench in the corridor of the hospital, constantly checking the renting software.

Suddenly, I felt that fate was very magical. At the beginning, I would never have imagined that I would meet my parents in Berlin because of such things in the future, and it seemed that I would live together for the time being.

I'm actually not very willing to live with Brother Bai Chuan, but now Brother Bai Chuan is busy and has no time to take care of uncles and aunts, so I should help.

It won't be too late for me to leave when everything is back on track.

I contacted several agents, and I set a time to go and have a look.

I lived like this for the next few days. I couldn't sleep at night, so I smoked day and night. I ate very little during the day, and my weight plummeted.

During the period, Brother Bai Chuan called me, asked about the situation of my uncle and aunt, and also cared about me.

"It's not that you have a bad appetite recently. A friend of mine is a doctor in the gastroenterology department. We just met and he told me how to recuperate. You can try it when I go back."

His voice seemed to come from far away. I couldn't hear it clearly, and it felt more and more like Berlin.

"Jiang Luo? Are you listening?"

"I miss you." My cigarette burned out, and tears rolled down again.

After saying this, I suddenly came back to my senses, the other party was not Berlin, not my lover.

"I'm sorry." I quickly apologized, "I..."

"I miss you too, I will go back as soon as possible."

Brother Bai Chuan came back four days later. The weather was fine, neither wind nor snow.

This time I did not go to the airport to pick him up, but accompanied my aunt during the examination.

Brother Bai Chuan got off the plane and came directly to the hospital. He frowned when he saw me.

"Why are you thin again?" He stared at me, making me feel a little uncomfortable.

"Auntie can leave the hospital early if there is nothing wrong with the examination today." I changed the subject awkwardly, "Do you have time in the afternoon? Let's go and see the house together?"

"Okay." He rubbed his temples and asked again, "How is my dad?"

"This course of treatment is over. The doctor said to control the diet, don't smoke, drink or eat spicy food, and pay more attention to it. There shouldn't be any problem."

He breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and patted my head: "Thank you for your hard work."

I don't know what's wrong, my nose is sore by his actions and words.

It has been half a month since Berlin passed away, I dare not think about him, but every time I see Brother Bai Chuan, I will think of Berlin unconsciously.

The two brothers look so much alike, whenever I feel a little dazed, Brother Bai Chuan tells me with his actions that they are only similar in that face, and the rest are completely different.

Berlin doesn't say thank you politely to me, he likes to hug me, pick me up, and run around the living room.

During these years together, the only time he said sorry was after his death.

The aunt came out after checking, and her expression brightened immediately when she saw Brother Bai Chuan.

Having lost one son, the other is even more precious.

After sending my aunt back to the ward, she learned that she was about to be discharged from the hospital, and she felt better. In addition, Brother Bai Chuan came back and said that she would not have to go there for at least half a month, so she became so happy that she talked more.

No. 16 days in Berlin, we all seem better on the surface.

In the afternoon, my uncle accompanied my aunt, and Brother Bai Chuan and I went to see the house.

The first one is an ordinary three-bedroom apartment. The community is a bit old, but the residents are all retired teachers. The environment is very good, not noisy and very quiet.

This house has been around for almost 20 years, and it still has the old wood-based decoration style, and the light in the house is not very good.

We went on to look at a house in the opposite community. This is a newly developed community. People have just started to live in it two years ago.

Brother Bai Chuan liked this place very much. After discussing with the agency, he asked me: "What do you think?"

In fact, it doesn't matter where I live, as long as I have a place, it's good.

"I can do it." I replied very carelessly, looking around casually.

The agent seemed to have misunderstood something, and said with a flattering smile: "It's perfect for you to live here. Don't think that there are too many three-bedroom rooms. What's the matter with your parents coming over? Why don't the two of you sleep in separate rooms? It's convenient!"

When I heard that, I frowned.

Brother Bai Chuan also knew that he had misunderstood, and explained: "We live in a family of four, including our parents."

In the end, his explanation was still very ambiguous, and the agent said with a smile, "Oh, it's quite open."

I couldn't stand it anymore and turned to go to the balcony.

I don't know what Brother Bai Chuan told him afterwards, but we did rent that house after all.

Everything that needs to be settled has been settled, and the most urgent thing is to prepare the things needed for daily life, so that I don't have to go back to Xu Zhao's place when my aunt is discharged from the hospital.

Brother Bai Chuan is going to open a branch company in China, and he is busy with procedures and renting office buildings, so the matter of filling the house falls on my shoulders again.

That's fine, it's better to be busy than to be idle. Now whenever I'm free, I think about Berlin. I think it's probably a disease, and it won't get better for a while.

Knowing that we were going to move out, Xu Zhao asked me out.

"It's normal for them to move away, why are you leaving too?" Xu Zhao held the coffee cup in front of him with both hands, his face full of confusion.

"Uncle and aunt are not in good health now. Brother Bai Chuan is too busy to take care of them, so I will..."

"What do they have to do with you?" Xu Zhao patted the table, attracting strange looks from around.

I don't like him like this, but he's always been so short-tempered growing up, and it's the same with me.

"They are my lover's family." I said, "I can't completely draw a line with them just because Berlin died, not to mention that I am also responsible for Berlin's death."

"He committed suicide, what responsibility do you have?" Xu Zhao suddenly held my hand, sighed and said, "Jiang Luo, you can't do this anymore, Xing Bolin wanted to harm you until his death, you still read with him?"

I felt uncomfortable and didn't want to admit it, but I couldn't deny that what he said was wrong.

Berlin's letter was silent, but he did mention certain things.

I don't want to think about it because I still love him.

Until he dies, I don't care if he wants to harm me or not, but at least my name is engraved on his heart.

I also believe that he loves me, but love is no match for temptation.

"Xu Zhao." I pulled out my hand vigorously, looked at the cup in front of me and said, "I will never forget him, I will only love him in my whole life."

The old song that was widely sung was playing in the coffee shop, and we were all silent.

"Lifetime" is a very heavy word, but I feel that I really can't get out of it for the rest of my life.

Looking back on how it was years gone by And the good times that Ihad Makes todayseem ratherSadSomuchhaschanged

Yesterday reappeared, and my heart was pierced when I heard it.