Mystery Pursuit

At the end of April, it rained in Jingchuan City. The spring rain fell from the boundless sky, and it fell intermittently throughout the day.

In the evening, the sky was gloomy, the light was dim, and the dark room was very suitable for sleeping, but the person on the bed did not sleep soundly. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and he was short of breath. Shaking, trying to wake up from the dream.

Half a minute later, Wu Yuzhou frowned, opened his eyes suddenly, escaped from the nightmare, he sat up slowly, leaned against the head of the bed to pant, a little panic remained in his eyes, the pupils seemed to reflect the raging fire in the dream, The air was also tinged with the smell of charred corpses, and his stomach was churning for no reason. He picked up the cigarette case beside the bed, took out a cigarette and lit it. The smell of tobacco dissipated in the air, gradually dispelling the smell of charred corpses.

Fires, charred bodies.

In 12 years, he woke up from this dream countless times.

He put out the cigarette and walked out of the bedroom.

In the huge living room, there is only a light gray sofa, and there is a white envelope on the sofa. He opened the envelope and took out the letter paper to unfold. On the paper, it was written in black and white: Welcome back, at 4 pm on April 30th, on the west side of Spring Square, Dongsheng BBQ Shop No. 7, there is the person you are looking for.

There was also a recording pen in the envelope, and he pressed the switch of the recording pen.

"Don't come here, please don't come here... help... help!"

In the girl's sweet and immature voice, there was infinite panic. Even after 12 years, Wu Yuzhou was still very familiar with this voice. Feeling the girl's fear and helplessness, his heart tightened, and he took out a cigarette again, took out one, and held it in his mouth. lips.

Wu Yuzhou listened to the recording several times in a row, and the girl's cry for help lingered in his ears, lingering.

In the past 12 years, time has turned into a veil, covering the past, and he has no memory of many trivial past events, but the girl's fair and tender face is very clear, just like yesterday, and now he can't imagine what it will be like to grow into a girl , and wanted to know very much, the fingers couldn't help but increase the strength of the pen, as if to crush the recording pen.

When he returned to Jingchuan from Lhasa two days ago, he lived in a house prepared by his aunt. At that time, the letter was stuck in the crack of the door. For this reason, he asked his neighbors and checked the elevator monitoring, but he could not find the sender.

The light rain was still falling outside the window. He rolled up half of his sleeves, revealing the smooth lines of his arms. He lowered his eyes and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was 5:40 in the evening, and there was 7 hour and 1 minutes left before 20:[-]. Just take a new voice recorder with you, change your shoes and go out.

The taxi window was soaked by the rain, and the flashing neon street scene became abstract and blurred. Wu Yuzhou pressed half of the car window, let the rain drench his face, and wanted to see the night view of Beijing and Sichuan.

On rainy days, the road is congested, rows of red taillights merge into a long river, the car slows down, Wu Yuzhou looks around from the half-pressed window, there are tall buildings on both sides of the road, and the LED lights on the floor read: Yu Weiwei Happy birthday!He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think of which female star Yu Weiwei was. The city was changing so fast that he couldn't keep up.

The driver glanced at the silent customers around him from time to time. He has been driving a taxi for more than ten years. He has seen many people of all kinds. It is rare to see such a good-looking one. People can't help but want to take a few more glances, but the gaze in the eyes of the guests is as cold and clear as the frost in autumn, with a slight sense of alienation.

After deliberating for a long time, the driver asked, "This is the young man's first visit to Jingchuan?"

Returning to the homeland has become a traveler.

Wu Yuzhou smiled helplessly, and pressed the car window, "Well, I just came here two days ago."

After getting a response, the driver’s courage doubled, and the second-changing tour guide enthusiastically introduced the scenic spots in Jingchuan City, “There are many interesting places in Jingchuan, such as the ancient city of Linxi…”

Wu Yuzhou thanked the driver and got off the car. As soon as his feet landed, cheerful square dance music rang in his ears. The rainy weather could not stop the enthusiasm of the aunts for exercising. He walked around the crowd and walked towards the west side of the square.

Spring Plaza is located in the south of Jingchuan City and belongs to Xining District.

Xining District was originally Xining County. In the past few years, the city expanded its area and included Xining County and changed it to Xining District. It is currently in the initial stage of development, and the environment is relatively chaotic. The east side of the square has been demolished and remodeled, and the west side is still a large area. In villages, all kinds of illegal self-built houses emerge in endlessly.

On the west side of the square, restaurants and food carts form a street of snacks, fried skewers, teppanyaki, grilled cold noodles... all kinds of snack carts are crowded with diners, noisy, Wu Yuzhou has a headache, he speeds up his pace to Dongsheng The barbecue shop left, and a scream came from behind just two steps away.

When Wu Yuzhou turned his head, the woman knelt on the ground and hugged the yellow-haired young man's thigh, "Dongdong, Mom has found you."

The yellow-haired young man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and before he could speak, the servant behind him kicked the woman away, "Crazy woman, if you keep calling your son, I will kill you, get out of here."

The woman got up from the ground, staring at Huang Mao bewilderedly, muttering something, she knelt and took a few steps forward, then stepped forward to hug Huang Mao's thigh, this time Huang Mao couldn't bear her, and pulled it out of her mouth Half of a cigarette, the cigarette butt with sparks slammed on the woman's shoulder, "Screw my son again, I will go to your house to kill you at night."

The woman was indifferent, and tightly hugged the yellow-haired thigh, "Dongdong, you can't beat someone, you will be arrested by the police uncle."

Huang Mao scolded, "Fuck!" He raised his hand to grab the woman's hair and wanted to hit her.

Wu Yuzhou raised his legs and prepared to go there, but he was taken a step ahead by the four people who came from the opposite side. The one who walked in the front was a thin girl. She showed her ID to Huang Mao, "What's going on?"

Huang Mao and the attendants behind him changed their faces when they saw that it was a policeman, and said with a smile: "Sister policeman, this lunatic calls whoever he catches as his son, and keeps pestering me without giving her a lesson..."

Wu Yuzhou didn't listen to what was said later, and walked forward quickly, and walked into the barbecue restaurant at 6:40. Table No. [-] was by the window, and there was no one there. He sat down, ordered a glass of lemonade, and waited for the person in the letter.

Within half a glass of water, four people came in at the door, the skinny little girl was the first to bear the brunt. Wu Yuzhou recognized her as the policewoman just now, and the waiter led the four of them to the window. He subconsciously turned his head and looked out the window.

The four sat at table number six behind him. After ordering, the young man shouted: "Warmly welcome Comrade Cheng Xiaolu, join our mixed-race baby group."

"Mixed race? Who is the mixed race in our team?"

The young man cleared his throat, "Let me introduce to you solemnly, the boss is Korean mixed with Han, brother Dalin is Manchu mixed with Han, and I am Qingdao mixed with Shenyang. How about you? Do you have mixed blood genes in your family?"

The female police officer named Cheng Xiaolu was stunned for two seconds, and said falteringly, "Xining District mixed with Dongning District, does it count?"

The young man clicked his tongue and said with a smile, "Let's just count."

The distance between the two tables was too close, and the voice of chatting at table six automatically entered Wu Yuzhou's ears. Hearing this kind of mixed race for the first time, he lowered his head and sipped his saliva, thinking: It's really boring.

Looking up again, there was a woman sitting across the table, with disheveled hair, obvious shoe prints on her clothes, and a trace of blood hanging from the corner of her mouth. She was the crazy woman she met just now. She stared straight at Wu Yuzhou, as if she wanted to see the heart through flesh and blood, After a while, she blinked her eyes, her muddy and demented eyes gradually cleared up, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, the mud sticking to her cheeks rolled down to her chin, she wiped her body with muddy hands, and stepped forward to grab Wu Yuzhou hands, "Dongdong, it's really you, mom has found you..."

"..." Wu Yuzhou realized that something was wrong, and walked out with his hands.

The woman looked at the empty palm, and suddenly screamed and howled, "Dongdong, don't go!" She squatted down, hugged Wu Yuzhou's calf from behind, and pulled back desperately.

In an instant, the eyes of all the customers in the store fell on Wu Yuzhou, and some people held up their mobile phones to take pictures. He quickly pulled the hat behind him and put it on his head, and said with downcast eyes, "You misidentified the person."

"Dongdong, my mother has been looking for you for 12 years, it is impossible to admit my mistake..." The woman's eyes were firm.

"My name is not Dongdong, you are really mistaken."

The woman shook her head, holding onto Wu Yuzhou firmly.

Facing the unreasonable mental patient, Wu Yuzhou had a big head and was in a stalemate for a while. He turned around and bent over, parted the hands of the woman on his calf, straightened his back for a moment, and met the eyes of the person from table six. , He saw the man's face clearly, turned around and walked out, just two steps away, his wrist was grabbed suddenly, the man's fingers were strong, and the palm was warm, not the hands of a crazy woman.

Wu Yuzhou caught a glimpse of the hand on the wrist from the corner of his eye. The fingers were slender, the joints were distinct, and the nails were neatly trimmed, with no extra inch. It was rare for a man to have such clean hands. His wrists, sleeves, and sleeves were as white as snow, without any stains.

He turned his head and saw the man's face clearly. It was clear and tough, with long and narrow eyes and thin single eyelids, which was particularly memorable.

The man whispered softly: "Zhou Qizheng?"

Wu Yuzhou moved his wrist, but did not withdraw his hand, "You have admitted the wrong person." There was a hint of displeasure in his calm tone.

The man was startled, and after a while, he let go of his hand, "Sorry."

Wu Yuzhou didn't answer any more questions, and walked out of the barbecue restaurant with his long legs.

Yu Ye chased to the door, looked at the tall figure, disappeared in the boundless drizzle, his heart seemed to be turned upside down by the rain, he couldn't recover for a while, it was too similar, how could there be such similar people in the world?

"What's the situation? Was that person just now? A ghost? Or twins?" Lin Jie followed out without knowing when.

Yu Ye shook his head, turned around and went back into the store, someone called the lunatic's husband, and she was holding his hand at the moment, "It's really Dongdong, our son is back."

Her husband was half-believing and glanced at the owner of the barbecue shop.

Boss: "They look a bit similar, but Dongdong was five years old when he got lost, and he should be seventeen now. The youngest buddy just now is 27. I don't think it's Dongdong."

"I'm so sorry to trouble you again, I'll take her home right away."

After the mad woman left, the store returned to calm, but Yu Ye lost his appetite, he didn't feel like eating, and he was absent-minded about eating a meal.

On the way home, the car stopped at a red light intersection, Lin Jie bent his elbow and lightly bumped Yu Ye, "Don't think about it, it can't be Zhou Qizheng, you saw his dead body with your own eyes back then, people can't be resurrected from the dead, and porridge ( Zhou Qizheng) looks at you... always full of love, but today this person's eyes are full of indifference, and he clearly dislikes your rash behavior."

Yu Ye: "The body was so burnt that the face was unrecognizable."

"I know you have always had fantasies about this matter, but if you think about it carefully, when Congee wished to hang on you and refused to leave for a minute, if he was alive, why didn't he come to you? And that person just now, sister There is an obvious scar on the tail, it looks like it was scratched by a knife in a fight, and you don't even want to run over a bug, so you will use a knife?"

Yu Ye was speechless. After a while of silence, Lin Jie said again: "It has been more than ten years since the Police Academy, and my son is one year old. You are still living in the past..."

Yu Ye closed his eyes amid Lin Jie's preaching voice, and Wu Yuzhou's face appeared in front of his eyes. His complexion was cold and fair, his facial features were delicate, his eyes were peach blossom, the corners of his eyes were slightly sunken, and the tails of his eyes were slightly long. His eyes were as clear as stars, and his face was exactly the same. It couldn't be someone else, but his eyes were calm and firm, with a hint of indifference, and it couldn't be Zhou Qizheng's eyes.

After the car parked downstairs, he walked home quickly, took out the cardboard box at the bottom of the press box from the cabinet, opened it, and took out a photo. In the photo, Yu Ye had one arm around Zhou Qizheng's neck, and the two were smiling like flowers.

That year Yu Ye was nineteen and Zhou Qizheng was eighteen.

Time flies by like a fleeting horse, and 12 years have passed without knowing it, and the teenage romance is like a dream.

Yu Ye lost sleep that night.

At three o'clock in the morning, I received a call from Lin Jie.

"Didn't sleep?"

"Ah."

"It's just that I don't need to sleep, come to Room 3, Unit 2, Building 401, Lilai Community, behind Dongsheng BBQ Restaurant."

"Is there a case?"

"Well, the crazy woman and her husband I met at the barbecue restaurant at night were killed. The person who reported the crime was..." Lin Jie paused, "It's very similar to Zhou Qizheng, who went to the victim's house in the middle of the night without saying the reason. big."

The author has something to say: temporarily decided to reopen this article... iron head.