can't go wild

When Aino came back, it was almost eight o'clock.

Chu Xiuxiu was still dawdling by the sea, so she wanted to wait for her eldest nephew to come back so that she could have a heart-to-heart talk with him, and by the way, she talked about today's dinner.Captain Xing looked like a generous person, and he invited her to drink a cup of caramel milk tea at 18 yuan at noon, and at night, there was only 15 yuan of box lunch left.

It's 2022, how can I eat 20 yuan, right?

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xiangye didn't share her righteous indignation, nor ignored her, but just frowned and said, "I don't like seafood."

"Ah?" Chu Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, but she still didn't realize why the topic jumped here.Then she showed suspicion again, "That's not right, didn't you go to eat a seafood feast? It was fresh fish caught in the sea."

"Just for the sake of cliche, I didn't eat a few mouthfuls." Aino said indifferently.

"That's it, then you are miserable too. Don't those rich second generations of them like to fix those flashy things, and the meat they eat is raw. I haven't eaten that much in Luye." Chu Xiuxiu felt deeply. .

The place where the three of them met was on the beach, 300 meters to the right was the homestay, 50 meters to the left was a row of wooden houses selling goods and snacks, and in front were tourists strolling on the beach.

There is also a green area behind the cabin, like a small park, with many coconut trees, you can go in to escape the heat.There is also a barbecue restaurant in the open space inside.

Xing Zhou looked at Xiangye and asked, "Are you full?"

Aino: "Yes."

So the three of them went to eat barbecue.

Chu Xiuxiu was full of question marks, didn't she just eat the fast food? The 15 yuan box lunch, she ate it clearly, why can she eat barbecue again as soon as Aino comes back?

Did she miss any plot?

Chu Xiuxiu didn't understand until the delicious charcoal grilled meat was served.This store does not require customers to bake by themselves, the boss only serves it after baking. Because it is right by the beach, the business is very good.

The three of them sat in the corner, smoked by the smoke, but not eye-catching.

After 10 minutes of eating, Chu Xiuxiu realized: it was not that Xing Zhou was stingy, but that the person who ate was wrong.From this point of view, the crime prevention department is still a good unit, at least the employee benefits are good.

"Hey, does your unit have seven insurances and one housing fund?" Chu Xiuxiu showed off her newly learned vocabulary generously.

Aino was stunned, he really hadn't inquired about it, he didn't even know if there was any salary, Xing Zhou was the one who paid when he went out, he was used to it.He looked at Xing Zhou, and Xing Zhou replied calmly, "Yes."

Chu Xiuxiu: "Then your unit is pretty good, you deserve to be a civil servant."

As the topic drifted further and further, Xing Zhou pulled it back neatly, "We've met people and eaten meat, should you talk about it?"

"Cough, cough." Chu Xiuxiu cleared her throat, took a sip of barley tea, and said, "I didn't intend to hide it from you, isn't it because I have to go to cram school during the day, and there were no people there just now?"

Xing Zhou: "Name."

Chu Xiuxiu: "Auntie."

It turned out to be like this, kind aunt.As expected, she is the daughter of a priest's family, and her name is also two characters, which is much more stylish than names like Lian and Yuan.

Xing Zhou: "What's the relationship between Song Yuan and your mother?"

Aino looked over suspiciously, when did Song Yuan get involved with her mother again?Xing Zhou didn't bother to explain, and motioned Chu Xiuxiu to continue.

Chu Xiuxiu looked solemn, "Yuan trusts you very much. He said that in the current criminal arrest department, only you two are completely trusted by him. As for the others, he is not yet fully sure. So for the next thing, I hope that for the time being you know."

The two looked at each other, quickly made a decision, and took off the headset.

Chu Xiuxiu carefully looked around again, and then said in a voice that only the three of them could hear: "My mother, she has the blood of that woman."

Aino: "Is that the woman who strayed into Luye Plain by mistake?"

A woman strayed into the deer field by mistake, gave birth to a child, who became the key, and opened Pandora's magic box ever since.This is the story Xing Zhou told Aino.

"Yes." Chu Xiuxiu nodded with certainty, "Actually, after several generations, if you really want to have blood from outside, you will be in a mess long ago. I was born without the characteristics of a key at all. In Luye, paper is Very precious things, many things can only be handed down by word of mouth or simple stone carvings, so my mother doesn't know much about that person, the only thing I heard from her is that the woman— —Her surname is Shen."

Aino's expression changed slightly, "Shen?"

Chu Xiuxiu: "Does it sound familiar? Your father's surname is also Shen."

Aino: "What do you want to say?"

Chu Xiuxiu: "Both Yuan and I suspect that there is some kind of connection between the two characters 'Shen', which is why Chu Lian attaches so much importance to Guanshuitan."

To put it bluntly, they suspected that the woman came from Guanshuitan, where more than [-]% of the people in the village had the surname Shen.As for whether Guanshuitan has any connection with Luye Plain, it is not sure.

Xing Zhou: "Just a suspicion, no evidence?"

Chu Xiuxiu bit a piece of meat hard, "It's good to just have doubts, at least connect all the clues, right? Don't be too greedy, Captain Xing."

At this time, Zong Mian had already arrived at Guanshuitan to investigate, but Xing Zhou was inconvenient to contact him at this time, so he continued to ask: "You still haven't answered my question, what is the relationship between Song Yuan and your mother?"

Chu Xiuxiu: "Listen to me slowly, this is about Song Yuan, Chu Lian and Song Ling who stole the key. Although you know that Chu Lian played against Song Yuan and caused him to be arrested, what's more Let Song Ling misunderstand that her brother is dead, but don't know exactly what happened, right? I can tell you the truth."

It's a long story.

At that time, the Luye Plain experienced a rare water source depletion, and most of the people were forced to embark on the road of migration.Chu Lian, Song Yuan, and Song Ling, the group of wanderers, were captured by the priest during this process.

Half a year later, the three got news of the key by accident, so they made a plan to steal the key, intending to escape from Luye completely.

The plan went smoothly at first, but something went wrong in the middle.

At that time, Song Ling was in charge of guarding outside, Chu Lian was in charge of restraining the enemy, and Song Yuan was in charge of stealing the keys.But there was a mistake in their news. Obviously the priest should have three keys in his hand, and the three of them each had one key, which was just right, but when Song Yuan opened the key-opening box, he found that there were only two keys inside.

The situation was urgent and they were about to be discovered. Song Yuan had no time to find the third key, so he could only pull Song Ling and Chu Lian to retreat quickly.

In order not to worry Chu Lian and Song Ling, he lied about the number of keys, and planned to let Chu Lian and Song Ling take the keys to pass by when the time came. He gritted his teeth and carried them through the door by himself.

But he didn't know that it was because of this little white lie that he was killed.

It took them three days and three nights to walk from the priest's quarters to the gate.During those three days, they were on their way while avoiding the mad pursuit of the priest, and their experience as wanderers played the greatest role.

But on the last day, when they were about to see the dawn of hope, the careful Chu Lian still saw through Song Yuan's lies.

Chu Lian didn't say anything, didn't ask questions, he quietly left a hole, and led the priests to catch up.Song Yuan is usually the one responsible for the ending, so he was "killed" logically.

The reason why Song Yuan doubted Chu Lian later was actually because of Chu Lian's abnormal behavior before the pursuers appeared.As if he had noticed something in advance, he asked Song Yuan to hand over the key to him for safekeeping.

The key was stolen by Song Yuan, so it was kept on him all the time.He didn't intend to use it himself, and it's okay to give the key away, and it can reassure Chulian's heart, so he said that he had kept his own share, and shared the other two keys with them.

But who knew that it took only two hours for the keys to be handed over before the pursuers arrived.

Song Yuan looked like he was killed, but in fact he was only seriously injured, and Tuozhen secretly saved him.At the beginning, he was unwilling to doubt Chu Lian, but later, he met those people who chased and killed him back then.

From their mouths, he knew the flaw that Chu Lian deliberately left.That flaw couldn't have been left by him himself, and it couldn't have been his sister, either Chu Lian or someone else?What's more, he took the key from him so presciently.

Everything is absurd like a farce.

Many years later, Chu Xiuxiu propped her chin and told Xing Zhou and Xiangye: "This is actually a misunderstanding. Chu Lian must have thought that Song Yuan lied and didn't want to give him the key, so he did it. Who knows..."

Aino was silent for a moment, and said, "Even if we do it all over again, as long as the number of keys is two, the tragedy will still happen."

Chu Xiuxiu was stunned, and then felt disappointed.

In Luye Plain, trust is both precious and cheap.Even if Song Yuan told the truth, so what?Will Chu Lian suspect that he secretly hid a key?Will he believe that Song Yuan will give him the precious key?Would he kill himself to make sure he got the key?

All this is unknown.

Believe it or not, before making a choice, it is all empty words.Since Chu Lian didn't even ask at the beginning, he chose to play the black hand, which shows how fragile the trust between them is.

When Chu Xiuxiu thought about it at this moment, she also found it incredible.How can there be such a bad guy like Song Yuan in Luye?If she hadn't been in contact with Song Yuan and got to know him, I'm afraid she wouldn't believe it either.

She and Chu Lian, but laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps, right?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiuxiu bit another piece of meat hard, showing how heroic she was when she was in Luye.The people at the other table noticed her and cast curious and scrutinizing eyes on her, but she didn't care anymore and let her go freely.

At this moment, she just wanted to be Cigu again, not Chu Xiuxiu.

After stuffing the meat boldly, Cigu turned back into Chu Xiuxiu, wiped her mouth, and said, "Afterwards, Song Yuan was taken back by my father. Although my father didn't kill him, he didn't treat him well either. , During those four years, his only pastime was to hide in a corner secretly, listening to my mother talk about the outside world."

Aino: "The outside world?"

"It's false." Chu Xiuxiu shrugged, "My mother knew the content from the woman surnamed Shen, but it has been passed down from generation to generation, and the story has long been out of shape. Moreover, the outside world is changing every day, but Lu Ye seems to be eternal. How can we really know what it's like outside?"

After a pause, Chu Xiuxiu smiled and said, "But I still like to listen."

In those fictitious stories, people outside have enough food and clothing, and can sleep on soft beds every day.Legend has it that there are red candies there, which are sweet, and you can forget your sorrows if you eat them.There is also a pink cloud there, which brings good luck just by seeing it.

According to legend, the mountain there is as high as the sky.The gods live in the sky, and because of His protection, the outside world is so beautiful.

"At the beginning, my father forbade my mother to mention these things. He said that the world was a mirage, an illusion, a bubble, and even if it was real, it didn't belong to us. But when I was young, I always pestered my mother to tell me, I was scolded by my father for this. After Song Yuan came, I couldn’t help being curious once, and when I pestered my mother to talk about it, he would hide in a corner and listen. There are many times, and he comes more often. My father actually knows , but this time he didn't stop it."

After a pause, Chu Xiuxiu continued: "Song Yuan is actually very smart. He saw through my father's ambivalence. He appeared in the corner, not just to eavesdrop. My mother was finally moved by him. At that time, she had already I'm bedridden, maybe the only person I can't let go of is me, so I promised to send Song Yuan away, but the only condition is - he owes me a favor."

Xing Zhou: "So he left that cipher text for you?"

Chu Xiuxiu nodded and stopped talking.The past is very long, it has been 20 years since Song Yuan appeared, but it is only a few minutes when it is said.

In fact, she still has no real sense of coming to the new world. Even after three months, she still feels that it is like that pink cloud that she has never seen before, and it will disperse when the wind blows.

Aino: "Last question, what about their previous stories, do you know?"

Chu Xiuxiu was stunned, "Once upon a time?"

Aino: "Before I became a priest's prisoner."

Chu Xiuxiu: "Ah, you're talking about when they were homeless. Most of these homeless people don't know who their parents are, and they just... have been homeless anyway. Song Yuan and Song Ling are indeed brothers and sisters , their parents died very early. As for Chu Lian... He seems to have been in various teams of homeless people since he was a child. There is no fixed team, and no one knows his specific origin. Song Yuan and Song Ling were Before I was arrested, I actually only knew him for a few months."

At this time, Xing Zhou said: "After Chu Lian left Luye, he fixed his eyes on Guanshuitan not long after, so he must know something that others don't."

Xiang Yezhi understood: "Maybe it has something to do with his origin?"

"Think about it, my mind is empty now, and I need to add some nutrients." Chu Xiuxiu waved her hands, then lowered her head and melted into the smoke and fire of the world, chomping on meat and shaking her legs happily.

Eating meat is good, eating meat is wonderful, no worries, no pain, no worries.

It's just that she just stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a new piece of meat, when a hand stretched out from the opposite side and took the whole plate away.Xing Zhou directly used the tongs and put half a plate of meat in Aino's bowl without any rejection.

"Aren't you hungry?" He asked.

From now until now, Aino has not eaten a single piece of meat, and Chu Xiuxiu has eaten all of it.At this moment, he couldn't tell Xing Zhou that he came back after he was full.

Xing Zhou's expression is a bit dangerous, let's go with it first.

In this way, eat two pieces first, and then put the chopsticks.

Do not eat too much.

Feed me if you have the ability.