The Swan Bay Murders

I think it is necessary to interfere with Jiang Luo's relationship with Yi Li.

It's not that I'm prejudiced against Yi Li, it's mainly because the two of them have too many different personalities. To put it bluntly, I'm a little afraid that Yi Li will lead Jiang Luo badly.

Well, I admit, I'm just biased against Yi Li.

Although it's not moral to say bad things about my ex-boyfriend, and I'm not that kind of person. We broke up for more than two years, and we rarely contacted each other, and even less talked about it with others.

There is a saying that goes well: One is different from the other, and each is happy.

When they broke up, they were calm and sincerely wished each other a better life in the future. After parting ways, each of them had a new life, and they really lived well.

There is no need to always bring it up, let alone to discredit the other party.

but……

Jiang Luo has never been in such close contact with anyone. He even went in with his mobile phone when he went to the toilet. Although he said it was because he was reciting English words, I still think it was for the convenience of him chatting with Yi Li.

"You have a good relationship with Yi Li recently?" Jiang Luo came in to deliver the documents to me, and I pretended to ask casually.

He had just cut his hair, and now he looked blankly.

"It's okay." He rubbed his nose, which was a little red.

In the past two days, Jiang Luo has caught a cold. In the morning, I specially found a knitted vest for him to wear over his shirt. The temperature in the office is low, and he always has to wait until it gets cold before he remembers to turn on the air conditioner. It's strange if he doesn't catch a cold.

"I see you have a lot of contacts." I pretended to be typing, and said, "Let me make an appointment with him. He is a man. Don't miss out on business and affect your life."

Jiang Luo's cell phone rang suddenly, and he apologized repeatedly.

I thought it was Yi Li's headless fly looking for him again, but it turned out to be just a reminder of an event.

"We made an appointment to meet on Saturday." Jiang Luo said, "He asked me to go to his office."

"Ah..." I looked up at him, "Saturday is tomorrow, so I'll go with you."

"No need." Jiang Luo quickly refused, "He let me go there alone, saying that it's not good if you're here."

I was a little unhappy, and I probably didn't have a good expression, which made Jiang Luo at a loss.

"I'll take care of it, don't worry."

I figured that Jiang Luo didn't expect much from Yi Li, after all, that person seemed too unreliable.

But as far as I know about Yi Li, if he is helpless, there is basically no more suitable doctor.

The reason why I turned to Yi Li for help at the beginning was entirely because I felt that he could empathize with what happened to Jiang Luo. Their childhood was very unhappy. I hope that Yi Li's cheerfulness today can infect Jiang Luo.

But having said that, infection is infection, if you want to take Jiang Luo to go crazy, I will definitely stop it.

"It's not convenient to go there from home. I'll see you off at that time. When you meet him, I'll walk around casually. Call me when you're done."

When I said this, I kept wondering if I was taking too much control, and I wondered if Jiang Luo would dislike me for doing this.

In fact, I haven't fully grasped Jiang Luo's character and thoughts until now, because he always frowns suddenly when I think he is about to laugh.

"Okay." Jiang Luo pushed the file in front of me again, "The file is ready, you can take a look at it first."

When he turned to go out, the watch suddenly dropped to the ground. I looked up and saw that the leather strap was broken.

I hadn't noticed his watch before, but now it looks like it must have been worn for many years.

He apologized to me, closed the door and left.

Jiang Luo was always like this, no matter what happened, he had to apologize to others first, but he didn't do anything wrong.

I took the realization back and re-frozen it on the computer screen.

Looking at his own face reflected on the clean screen, he suddenly remembered Jiang Luo's appearance when he first found out that Berlin had AIDS.

He kept apologizing and even tried to jump off the building when I wasn't looking.

Looking back at that time now, I thought that the sky would collapse and the days would not be able to continue, but we have come to this day, and we are all living a good life.

I don't know if Berlin's death made me restless, tossing and turning in the middle of the night, or getting up and going to the balcony to smoke.

In the end, Jiang Luo was also there.

Wrapped in a blanket, he curled up on the sofa chair on the balcony, looking up at the birdcage next door, smoking a cigarette while wondering what he was thinking.

When I opened the sliding door, he was startled, and subconsciously pressed the cigarette butt, but he was relieved when he saw it was me, and put the cigarette back in his mouth.

"Didn't you agree to quit smoking?" I closed the door, lit a cigarette, and stood beside him.

He shrank back into the sofa and asked me, "Do you want to sit down?"

I went over and sat down on the edge of the sofa.

"Is that bird pretty?" I asked.

He smiled lightly and said, "It's not pretty."

I laughed along with him, turned around and asked him: "Then what are you doing here without sleeping at night? Cultivating relationships?"

He may not be used to my jokes and has no idea how to respond.

"Just right, I have something to tell you." I took a deep breath on the cigarette and exhaled it again, "You and Yi Li, enough is enough."

He was silent for a while, probably wanting to ask why.

"It's not because of what happened between the two of us..." I explained, "He is too playful, and I don't think it's suitable for you."

"Brother, where are you thinking?" He poked my shoulder with his finger, "You misunderstood."

It may be that there is a problem with my language organization, and now it is obvious that Jiang Luo has misunderstood.

Before I had time to explain what I meant, he said: "Yi Li has a new target recently. He said that he doesn't have any friends here to chat with, but he wants to find someone to talk to. He probably thinks I'm a good listener. , That's why I like to contact me so much."

I am very satisfied with his explanation.

I nodded and smoked a cigarette in order to hide my guilty conscience.

"Actually, I can understand him." Jiang Luo's tone was light, and in such a late night, there was a sense of coolness, "When you like someone, you always want to share that feeling with others, as if your heart is full, then If you don't express this feeling, your heart will explode."

I was thinking about his words over and over again, and then he actually laughed.

I looked back at him, not understanding why he suddenly laughed.

Jiang Luo probably understood what I was thinking, and said with a smile, "Think about it, the heart is like a balloon, it keeps inflating, and then explodes with a bang, so violent and bloody!"

I looked at him with a straight face, and felt that the scene was not funny at all.

I put the cigarette in my mouth and raised my hands to ruffle his hair vigorously.

Then he held his face and said to him vaguely: "Stop thinking about it, go back to sleep after smoking this cigarette, all the messy things in your head are locked, the key is here with me, don't even think about it again." Open it."

His hand rests on the edge of the sofa, and we stare at each other for a moment before the cigarette burns his fingers.

On Saturday, when I have nothing to do, I basically never take a step out of the house, especially when I was joking and smoking on the balcony late at night the night before.

But this Saturday I got up early, made breakfast, and waited for Jiang Luo to get up, so we could go out after dinner.

As soon as I put the fried eggs on the table, he came out and sat on the chair in a daze.

My mother came over with the puppy in her arms and said to me, "Find something to eat for the puppy."

Ever since Jiang Luo brought this little thing back, my mother has been inseparable from it.

My dad complained to me recently, saying that the puppy got favored and he was left out of the palace.

The puppy has been busy all morning, and when I packed up and was about to go out, I found that Jiang Luo didn't eat much breakfast at all.

"What's the matter? Stomach discomfort?" Jiang Luo's previous loss of appetite problem has been resolved, and now he eats every meal normally, and my mother is intentionally recuperating for him, and his health is much better.

He shook his head and whispered to me, "Brother, I'm nervous."

I was amused by his appearance: "Do you know what you look like now?"

"what?"

"It's like me when I was sick and my mother wanted to take me out for an injection." I put my arms around his shoulders and took him out, "Let's go, I'll be fine."

I am cheering Jiang Luo up every day, and I am actually saying this to myself.

It will be fine, Jiang Luo's problem will eventually become no longer a problem one day.

I sent him downstairs to Yili's office. I followed the agreement at the time, after parking the car, Jiang Luo went upstairs, and I went for a stroll.

Opposite this office building is a small business district. I went through the underpass to buy a new watch for Jiang Luo.

There are always a lot of people in this kind of place on weekends. I don't like shopping, and I'm not good at giving gifts.

When I crossed the road, I saw the brand store of the watch I was wearing, so I opened the door and went in without thinking.

The clerk was a smiling girl in a uniform. She came over to me and asked, "Hello, sir. May I help you?"

It seems like most people don't like being nagged by shop assistants while shopping, but I'm just the opposite, because I'm really not good at buying things and giving gifts.

"I want to look at men's watches." I looked around the store for a week, and my eyes were fixed on the glass display rack.

She followed my gaze and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, sir, this watch is sold in limited quantities, and we don't have it in China yet."

I nodded, feeling a little pity.

"You can come here and take a look." She led me to the other side, "Do you want to wear it yourself or give it away?"

"Give it away," I said, "my brother."

She nodded with a smile and asked, "Where is the price range?"

I didn't answer, but looked intently at the various watches in the showcase.

"Please take this out for me to have a look."

"Mr. has a good eye." The clerk opened the glass door of the showcase, took out the watch and handed it to me. "This brown leather strap with a simple and elegant dial is very suitable for young people to wear."

I stared at the second hand, and the clerk's words went out after listening to the left ear and the right ear.

"Just this." I handed it back to her, "Pack it up for me, thank you."

"Okay, wait a minute."

When walking back with the small paper bag, I still have to pass through the underground passage. There is an old man playing the saxophone, and a man opposite is fascinated.

I walked past them until I got out of the underground passage and could still hear the voice of the saxophone.

"Jasmine", adapted by foreigners, is still graceful and graceful.

I stood at the exit of the underground passage, listened to the song, and then started to move forward.