The Swan Bay Murders

I seem to really pay too much attention to Jiang Luo's privacy, which is very bad, but I can't control myself.

Maybe I really transferred all my love and miss for Berlin to him. I tried to reflect on myself, but when I encountered him, I still couldn't take it lightly.

After Jiang Luo came out from Yi Li's side, he uncharacteristically said that he had something to ask me to go first, but he didn't say what it was, so I drove over almost without thinking.

I felt like a despicable stalker. On the way, I reminded myself several times that I should turn around and go home, but followed all the way.

The cemetery in the north of the city is probably where his family members are buried.

I didn't follow in again, that would really make me look like a criminal.

Originally, I didn't intend to let Jiang Luo know that I was following him, but seeing him walk alone on the side of the road without being able to get a taxi after he came out, I felt a little distressed.

He didn't ask too much about my sudden appearance, but yes, this is Jiang Luo's character, and he rarely asks why.

He won't ask me why I follow him, why I help him heal, and why I pay so much attention to him.

Fortunately, he didn't ask, because even I couldn't answer it myself.

After returning home, he entered the room, I was still worried, so I called Yi Li.

"I knew you would look for me." There was some noise in Yi Li's side, as if in a restaurant.

"That's why I'm not going to play tricks, tell me about Jiang Luo's situation."

"Wait a minute." He whispered something to others, and then I heard the sound of the chair moving. After a while, the surrounding was quieter. He changed from the noisy room to a slightly quieter place, "Jiang Luo Do you know the cause of it?"

"What is it?" My heart suddenly twitched, and my intuition told me that it must not be something easy to accept.

"I want to keep the patient's secret, so I won't disclose it." I can imagine Yi Li's expression at the moment, it must be the pride after a successful prank.

"You are really enough. I don't need to keep Jiang Luo's affairs secret." I don't know where the confidence came from, and said to him, "If I ask him himself, he will tell me."

"Then why don't you ask him?"

That was Jiang Luo's scar, how could I bear to uncover it.

"Bai Chuan." Yi Li suddenly became serious and asked me, "Do you like Li Jiangluo?"

How should I describe my feeling at this moment, the chill went from my spine to my fingertips in a split second, my heart thumped, and I began to speak indiscriminately: "How is it possible, how could I like him."

There was a sudden "click" at the door, and the door that was not closed tightly locked itself.

I was taken aback, gathered myself together, and said, "Don't guess, Jiang Luo is my brother's lover. My brother is gone, so I should take care of him."

Yi Li chuckled and stopped discussing this topic with me.

He said: "Jiang Luo's problem is mainly psychological. We talked about it today, and we are not very optimistic. It is not a day's cold to freeze three feet. It will take time to melt this ice."

"I know." I sighed, and his words were as I expected, "But can you tell me, is it possible for him to fully recover?"

"Is this important to you?"

I thought about it, and it's really important.

As for why it's important, I don't need to tell Yi Li, so I just said: "You answer me first."

"I'm only [-]% sure, because he himself is very pessimistic about this matter, and he doesn't think he can get better."

"What should I do?" I asked.

Yi Li was silent for a while, and said, "You may not be able to do what he needs."

I boldly made a guess: "Should he fall in love with someone?"

"Yeah, you can't do it, can you?"

I probably can't.

I know very well that Jiang Luo's love has died along with Berlin. His trust in people is still there, but his trust and expectations in love have been completely lost.

In his situation, it is very difficult to open the door of the heart once. If it were me, I would not dare to try it a second time.

I thought of Xu Zhao, that person had been by his side for so many years, and Jiang Luo could not rely on him willingly.

In his world, there is no love anymore.

"Xing Baichuan." Yi Li said, "You are so cowardly."

I didn't bother to talk to him, I was only worried about Jiang Luo's condition: "Is there any other way?"

"What do you think? He doesn't even have the motivation to get better. What else can he do?"

Yi Li is right, but I don't want to just give up.

The treatment has just begun, and my purpose is not to make him accept sex, but to let him let go of the past and get out of the cage. His heart knot is here. If he doesn't untie it, he will never be truly happy.

"Yi Li, I owe you a favor this time." I said, "This is the first time I beg you in so many years, Jiang Luo..."

"You still say you don't like it?" Yi Li laughed loudly on the phone, "You didn't pay that much attention when you chased me back then, didn't you?"

I don't know how to explain my relationship with Jiang Luo to him, he can't understand at all.

I also stopped making unnecessary rebuttals, and just said: "As long as Jiang Luo can be cured, you can make whatever request you want."

"I don't have any requirements." Yi Li stopped laughing and said after a pause, "I'm relieved that you can find a suitable person."

The topic between the two of us seems to have become a little ambiguous. When we broke up, I knew that Yi Li no longer loved me, and I was more concerned about my career. Now that I think about it, it is indeed my fault.

"I've already met my true love, hurry up too." Yi Li said, "I'm hungry, go in and eat. Leave this guy Jiang Luo to me. I quite like him."

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

I stood by the window, let it go for a while, and lit another cigarette.

We made an appointment with Jiang Luo to quit smoking, but none of us did it.

After smoking a cigarette, I opened the window to let the smell out, then changed my clothes and went to the living room.

My dad was watching TV on the sofa with Zai Zai in his arms, and my mother was busy cooking.

Jiang Luo should still be in the room, I glanced at his closed door, and then went into the kitchen.

"Just right." My mother saw me coming in, took a look at me and said, "Set all the dishes and chopsticks, and bring me the plate."

She doesn't know about Jiang Luo, and we don't need to tell her, so as not to worry about one more person.

"Just now when Jiang Luo came out, I thought he had something to do with you." My mother poured the vegetables in the pot into the plate, tasted it, and nodded, "Where did he go now?"

"He looked for me?" I frowned, and suddenly remembered that the door suddenly locked itself just now.

"Go get him to eat."

I obediently called Jiang Luo. When he opened the door, his eyes were sleepy and his hair was messed up.

"Asleep?" I laughed at him.

"Yeah." He didn't have any expression, just blankly.

"Let's go, go down to eat." I walked in front, and after going down a few steps, I found that there was no movement behind me. When I turned around, I found that he was still standing there stupidly, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." He hurriedly followed, and ran down beside me sideways, saying, "I'm starving to death."

I watched him run into the kitchen, smiled helplessly and shook his head.

I have nothing to do on weekends, and I continue to work in my room after dinner.

Suddenly, a new WeChat notification popped up on the phone, and it was Yi Li who asked me to have a drink together.

My attention was attracted by another message, which was sent by Jiang Luo before.

I was probably on the phone at the time, and then went to dinner, so I didn't notice the message.

Nothing special, just to say thank you for the watch I gave, and he said he would cherish it.

I don't know what's wrong, so I typed a string of text without even thinking about it.

【You should cherish yourself more, nothing is more important than you. 】

I got a chill from myself, so I quickly deleted them all, and then sent him another sentence.

[As long as you like it. 】

Yi Li probably saw that I didn't reply, so he just called.

"Are you coming or not?" He was noisier than before, and he knew it was in a bar without listening.

"I won't go." I didn't like that kind of place in the first place, and finally I can rest, I just want to stay at home quietly.

"Come on!" He changed the place again, and I could finally hear him clearly, "Come and check for me."

"what?"

Yi Lishen said mysteriously: "Didn't I say that I found true love? We are together, come and play together!"

"You are with true love, what is my ex-boyfriend doing?" I couldn't understand Yi Li's brain circuit anymore, after replying this sentence, I wanted to hang up the phone to see if Jiang Luo would message me again.

"Can you do it?" Yi Li became unhappy, "I only know you here, come and help me see how other people are doing, what if I am a bad person and I am kidnapped?"

I want to say, whoever has the ability to abduct him would be really powerful.

But I still agreed to him. After all, as he said, he really doesn't have any acquaintances in China, so it would be good for me to support him in the past.

Yi Li grew up in Vancouver since he was a child. If it weren't for this temporary secondment, he might not be able to come to China once in a few years.

He told me the location and kept urging me: "Hurry up, we'll wait for you!"

I changed my clothes and tidied myself up. Before going out, I saw the pair of cufflinks I put on the bookshelf, and I put them on with a green hand.

I haven't been to the bar Yi Li mentioned. To be honest, I'm not familiar with all the bars here. The guys from the company hang out every weekend, but I never participate in their activities.

After a lot of hard work and searching for a long time, I finally found the bar with a German name.

Once inside, the eyes are dazzled and the demons dance wildly.

The waiter led me to find Yi Li's box, and I was stunned as soon as I entered.

I know the man sitting next to him drinking.

It turned out to be Xu Zhao.