Mystery Collection 2

After school started, Gu Tingxi was busy with school life, but whenever he was free, he would go to the bookstore. Everything seemed to be going on step by step, but the seemingly unchanging life had undergone subtle changes in the dark.

After the Zhou Tong case, Gu Tingxi also met Chen Yifei a few times. He was as energetic as before, always smiling, and it seemed as if there had never been any quarrel with Han Chen. The relationship between the two naturally returned to the past .

As for Han Chen, as usual, he kept the bookstore in good order, and spent his free time in sports, reading, and eating, but Gu Tingxi felt his anxiety and fatigue more and more, as if he had returned to the day when they first met .

Han Chen stood there in a state of confusion covered in rain, with few words and no expression on his face, his whole body seemed stiff and alienated, only a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes shone with light.

Gu Tingxi doesn't remember when the change started, but the Han Chen in his eyes always has a gentle and light smile, and has a character as soft as a sponge. The slightly withdrawn Han Chen in his memory seems to be just an illusion.

There are many questions that Gu Tingxi dare not think or ask. The relationship between him and Han Chen has never been as indestructible as it seems on the surface. Once many things are carefully analyzed, the illusion he has built up with great difficulty will fall apart. Trust is what he can do now. The only support for maintaining the status quo is also the few things he can give Han Chen.

Gu Tingxi didn't want to make himself look so depressed, he shook his head and put those worries and scruples behind him.

Han Chen walked to the cashier, patted his head with his hand, and asked with a smile, "Why are you so sad?"

Gu Tingxi forced a smile and asked, "Didn't you say you were going out to investigate the case? When will you go?"

Han Chen's smile seemed to freeze on his face, he rubbed his nose and said, "Just a few days."

"Where to go?"

"Not sure yet."

Gu Tingxi twisted his neck, and said lightly: "Then when you get there, send me the address, and I will look for you the next day."

Han Chen looked at him silently, and asked for a while, "Are you afraid of death?"

Gu Tingxi was suddenly stunned. During this year, people around him kept reminding him that being with Han Chen would be dangerous, but this was the first time someone put the word death in front of him bluntly, and that one But the person was Han Chen himself.

It is difficult for Gu Tingxi to answer this question. In fact, he has struggled on the verge of death twice in his life, but now that he thinks about it, he seems to be unable to remember how he felt at that time.

Gu Tingxi frowned in embarrassment, and looked at Han Chen with a dejected expression.

Han Chen smiled slightly. He glanced at the wall clock on the wall and said, "It's still early, let's go for a walk."

The two closed the store and walked on the street at dusk. Spring was not here yet, and the air was still cold, but Gu Tingxi had already put on spring clothes.

Han Chen touched his cool fingers lightly, and took his hand in his backhand.

"Don't be so greedy for coolness all the time, you know?"

Gu Tingxi stopped and turned around to look at his face. He opened his mouth and said with difficulty after a while, "I've never been able to take care of myself well. I've almost been mentally handicapped since I met you. Do you want to come back sooner?"

Han Chen's eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice suddenly became hoarse. He hugged Gu Tingxi's shoulder with a wry smile: "It may take a long time for me to go, maybe a few months, maybe a few years, we will be separated for a long time."

Gu Tingxi's Adam's apple was rolling, he tried to hold back his impatience, but the reality still made him irritated and collapsed: "Brother Chen, I'm not afraid of death, you take me with you, I'll go wherever you go, I can't just do it like this Waiting for you, I have to do something."

Han Chen let go of his thin and thin body, gently brushed his hair, and said in a low voice, "Come to me, you must come to me."

Gu Tingxi nodded awkwardly, "I will find you anywhere in the world."

Han Chen couldn't help but hugged him, kissed his forehead on the lonely street, and murmured, "I'm sorry."

Gu Tingxi rubbed his sore eyes, not understanding why Han Chen wanted to apologize.

The sudden sound of car horns caught the attention of the two of them. Gu Tingxi turned his head to look. There was a familiar car parked across the road. A short man stood at the door and bowed respectfully to Gu Tingxi.

"Why is it Assistant Tang?" Gu Tingxi looked at him in surprise, at this time Assistant Tang opened the car door, and it was none other than Gu Zhongping who came out of the car.

Gu Zhongping looked at Han Chen from a distance, showing him a gentle and kind smile.

Gu Tingxi crossed the road, ran towards him quickly, stood still and said, "Dad, why did you come back without saying anything?"

Gu Zhongping said sullenly, "Don't you want me to come back?"

Gu Tingxi shook his head nah: "I didn't say that."

At this time, Han Chen had come to several people and said hello to Gu Zhongping.

Gu Zhongping patted him on the shoulder: "It's getting late, I want to have dinner alone with my son today, Xiao Han, go back first."

Han Chen hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Okay, uncle, then I'll go first."

Gu Zhongping sighed slightly: "What should be said and what should not be said, there is no need to say it now, and you know what to do in the future."

After Han Chen nodded, he turned and left. The evening sun fell on his face, making him look hazy and illusory, as if he would turn into a bubble at any time, and go to a place that Gu Tingxi didn't know.

Gu Tingxi watched his figure disappear at the intersection, and then turned around and asked Gu Zhongping, "Dad, what were you talking about just now?"

Gu Zhongping smiled: "I'll let him take good care of you, get in the car."

Without knowing why, Gu Tingxi was pushed into the car by him, and brought into the restaurant in a daze.

Even though there were several intimate conversations, Gu Tingxi didn't see Gu Zhongping for a while, and still couldn't warm up, so he could only sit on a chair and watch Gu Zhongping order food.

Gu Zhongping opened the menu and reported the names of a bunch of dishes. When Gu Tingxi heard it, he felt something was wrong. Why did he order thirty or forty dishes for just the two of them?

He couldn't help asking, "Who else is coming?"

"No one, just the two of us."

Gu Tingxi scratched his head: "Then let Assistant Tang come in and eat."

"He is not only my assistant, but also my bodyguard, and he is not allowed to eat outside." Gu Zhongping handed the menu back to the waiter, "Serve."

Thinking of Assistant Tang's size, Gu Tingxi couldn't help but said, "Can Assistant Tang fight? I think the big guy can subdue him with one hand."

Gu Zhongping laughed when he heard the words: "The three Han Chens may not necessarily be Assistant Tang's opponents, let alone that silly kid in the big head. That's fine, we father and son will not mention outsiders when we eat today."

The dishes ordered came up one after another, and the table was full, Gu Tingxi counted boredly, there were a total of forty dishes, he glanced at Gu Zhongping, and couldn't help but ask: "Is it too much or an exaggeration? It can't be wasted like that."

Gu Zhongping smiled gently, and said slowly: "We father and son don't have many opportunities to eat alone, only once or twice a year, I may have to get busy in the future, and I won't be able to have dinner with you for a while, according to the three Counting one dish and one soup, this is probably the amount for the next ten years.”

Gu Tingxi's nose was sore: "If you are really busy, I'll just go and find you. Why do you have to do this?"

Gu Zhongping didn't answer, he lowered his head and touched the corner of his eyes, and said suddenly: "Dad, I'm sorry, I haven't been able to take good care of you."

Gu Tingxi was caught off guard by his low mood, he looked at Gu Zhongping in a daze, but didn't know what to say to comfort him for a moment.

Gu Zhongping opened the briefcase and took out his wallet from it. Gu Tingxi knew that there was a family photo of them there.

Gu Zhongping took out the photo in front of Gu Tingxi, and carefully pointed at Fang Siku's position: "Look, this is your mother. You and her are most similar in eyes and temper."

Gu Tingxi took the photo with wet eyes. When he opened his mouth to speak, tears fell from his eyes. He sniffed and said, "If I still remember her, that would be great. If she is still alive, that would be nice."

Gu Zhongping patted his head, "Everyone will die, if this day really comes, don't be afraid, you have to be strong, you know?"

Gu Tingxi didn't know if it was a coincidence, two very important people mentioned death to him within a day, as if death was approaching them step by step.

Gu Zhongping's hand holding the photo trembled, he hesitated and said, "This photo...or...I'll give it to you later, and put it with me first."

After all, Gu Zhongping was reluctant to give him the photos, so he carefully put away his precious photos, Gu Tingxi noticed that he didn't put them back in his wallet, but carefully stuffed them into his coat pocket.

Gu Tingxi looked at him awkwardly, "Dad, let's eat first."

"Yes, let's eat. Do you think these dishes are all your favorite?"

Gu Tingxi looked around, and he really liked them all. He looked at Gu Zhongping in surprise, and asked him with his eyes.

Gu Zhongping couldn't help laughing: "It's said to be a picky eater, but in fact, there are quite a few dishes you like to eat. You can find dozens of dishes by picking and choosing."

Gu Tingxi shook his head with a smile. What surprised him was nothing else but that Gu Zhongping knew what he liked to eat, and ordered almost all of them correctly. Instead of going further into this topic, he peeled a shrimp and put it in the In Gu Zhongping's bowl: "Dad, eat vegetables."

Gu Zhongping looked deeply at his face, put the shrimp into his mouth, and said suddenly: "Taste every dish."

Gu Tingxi: "Okay..."

The author has something to say: the main story is about to start, the main story will not be too long, and will not be interspersed with complicated cases, but it will still focus on suspense reasoning, I feel that I have a bit of a stream of consciousness when writing the case == After the main story is over, it will be later The case is easy to write only about the case itself. Let me secretly say that although Nangong does not have many roles, he is an important role, really!