can't go wild

For a moment, the distance between the two was so close that if Xing Zhou lowered his head a little, they could kiss.Aino could feel the palm of his hand getting hot, he was holding himself back with great strength, and his calm eyes seemed to gather a storm.

But in the end, Xing Zhou still didn't cross that line.He let go of Aino, took the cigarette in his hand, and took a puff. When the smoke swirled around again, blurring their vision, he said:

"Have you ever thought that maybe I'm not as good as you think?"

Looking at each other across the smoke, everything became hazy.Aino immediately thought of the word, "Looking at flowers in the fog", but the beauty of blooming flowers was replaced by the deep night—that was the color of Xing Zhou's eyes.

Aino was shrouded in that smear of night, as if the sky was dark, but there were no stars when he looked up.He didn't answer for a while, but when he wanted to speak, Xing Zhou had already put out his cigarette, patted his head, and said, "Go back."

Is it his delusion?

Aino looked at his back and frowned deeply, he felt that there was something in Xing Zhou's words, as if he was hiding something.Or maybe it was just that he was overthinking, and this was just an excuse for Xing Zhou not to cross that line with him.

Silent all night.

The next day, the two of them had breakfast in the living room downstairs as usual, porridge and side dishes, without seafood, which was rare and light.

The little niece is still lying behind the counter and peeking here. She still loves Brother Ono, and the novelty has not passed.But she frowned, vaguely feeling that the atmosphere was a little different from yesterday.

Those two people, why didn't they speak.

It was Jue Ming who broke the silence first. He didn't know what the atmosphere was like here, he chirped about his new discovery, "Good news, I got in touch with other people who created the website with Xiangqi back then. He told me, They created that website at the beginning because of club activities in the school. The theme was to care for the mental health of contemporary people and provide a platform for mutual assistance and communication. The people who participated in the creation came from different departments or even different schools. There were about seven or eight people. .Xiangqi is an art student, and he designed the layout of the website together with him, and also contributed some start-up funds."

Aino: "Any more?"

Jue Ming: "It's been so many years, people have gone their separate ways, lost contact with each other, and no one visits that website anymore. For them, it represents the past and is a memory of their school days. It has nothing to do with them now. Probably only Xiangqi remembers it all the time, and occasionally goes up to take a look. However, he told me the origin of the name 'a small house'."

As he spoke, Jue Ming cleared his throat and said, "I have a house facing the sea, where spring flowers bloom. It comes from Haizi's poem."

Everyone knows such a famous poem.Aino was a little surprised that they didn't take the second half of this sentence, but took the first half, which is little known.

A small house with a hint of childishness and good hope.

Coincidentally, Aino was at the seaside at the moment.

He turned his head to look at the sea outside the window, and couldn't help but think that these coincidences might be destined somewhere.It was so coincidental that Cigu appeared on the sea, and then met Song Yuan in "a small house", and finally brought him and Xing Zhou here through an online post.

The seaside is indeed a good place to meet again.

A Ping brought them bad news, because Chu Xiuxiu was still "alive" and they didn't have any direct evidence to prove that it was Wang Wenzhi who pushed Chu Xiuxiu into the sea, so he was easily released on bail.

On the surface, his charges were only for secretly taking photos, and he didn't even release the photos for dissemination or profit.The world will not know that the real Chu Xiuxiu has been buried in the icy sea water. They don't know the truth, just like they don't know the existence of Lu Ye.

"What should I do?" A Ping looked at Xing Zhou and Aino with a little nervousness, "Did I not handle the matter well? I interrogated Wang Wenzhi with the seniors from the police station last night. I met Chu Xiuxiu that night, but he said that Chu Xiuxiu fell into the sea completely by accident. He was just afraid, so he ran away."

Xing Zhou poured a glass of water and handed it to him, "Drink some water and speak slowly."

A Ping obediently took a sip of water, sat down to talk, but his posture was still a little reserved, "It's like this. He said that he was very angry when someone poured wine at the club that day, so he just left. He went home and changed After putting on a set of clothes, I felt unwilling, so I went out again with my camera, planning to go to the public beach to take some photos of the bonfire party, but I happened to meet Chu Xiuxiu. Chu Xiuxiu is a frequent customer of his store, and he knew him. Seeing that she was wearing a floral dress and braided, she was pretty and cute, so I got a little inspiration and said that I wanted to go to the sea to take pictures. Looking at the beach from the sea, changing angles and so on.”

As he said that, he thought about it again, "Oh, by the way, he also said that the reason why he went with Chu Xiuxiu was firstly because Chu Xiuxiu's family had a boat, and secondly because he wanted to take pictures of Chu Xiuxiu together. I have thought about the composition and composition, and I will call it—the girl by the sea.”

Wang Wenzhi is indeed as Sheng Ming commented, he has a lust but no guts.He did the candid photos, but the photos he took were not so bold, and he didn't make any similar obscene things.

Among the students of Hanhai No. [-] High School, he has a good reputation.

Chu Xiuxiu often went to his shop to read books, so of course she knew him. Hearing that a familiar shop owner with a good reputation asked her to borrow a boat to take some photos on the sea, Xinshan didn't refuse, so it was possible.

The most important thing is that after many investigations by Xing Zhou, Wang Wenzhi is indeed an ordinary person, and he cannot stand the interrogation by the police.Moreover, in his perception, Chu Xiuxiu was not dead at all, she was rescued, so even if Wang Wenzhi confessed the truth that night, nothing would happen to him.

It's a big deal to lose money.

A Ping added: "Wang Wenzhi's parents divorced in the early years. He is with his mother. He is not close to his father, but his father is a well-known boss in the local area. This time, his father also protected him."

Aino listened silently, without commenting.

Xing Zhou glanced at him, and pondered: "Since Chu Xiuxiu is fine, it's okay for Wang Wenzhi to be released on bail. I believe you will take care of the secret filming in the future."

A Ping was startled, "Is that all?"

Xing Zhou: "We still have a lot of things to investigate. Now that the real situation of Chu Xiuxiu's fall into the sea has been confirmed, we need to put this matter aside and proceed to the next step of investigation."

A Ping: "What's the next step? Are you really not going to check anymore?"

"No." Xing Zhou shook his head, and stretched out his hand to A Ping, "Thank you for your cooperation these days."

A Ping looked still a little confused, and seemed to want to say something more, but looking at Xing Zhou's cold face, he finally made a compromise. "Then I won't bother you, and I wish you success in the next investigation. But I thought I could get involved in some big case, which is a bit too exciting. Sorry, then I'll go first."

After finishing speaking, Ah Ping politely shook hands with Xing Zhou, got up and said goodbye.

Aino watched him walk out of the hotel, stood outside for a while, then grabbed his hair and strode away.

"You did it on purpose?" Aino looked at Xing Zhou again.

"Aren't you curious about where Qingye is? Maybe there will be an answer soon." Xing Zhou said.

Hearing this, Aino thought about it, and had a rough guess in his heart, so he didn't ask further.At this time, the boss came over again and told them about the fireworks show with great interest.

"Tomorrow is the fireworks display. Both of you will go to participate, right? Seriously, although the history of our fireworks display in Hanhai City is not long enough, it is no worse than those famous places. It will definitely be a loss if you don't watch it." The boss road.

The little niece also poked her head out from behind the boss, "My uncle is right, brother Xiao Ye, you must go and see, and I will go too."

Is it a fireworks display?

Aino's thoughts suddenly returned to his childhood.When my parents were still there, they would buy some fireworks and set them off every Chinese New Year.It's just that burning is prohibited in Jiangzhou City, so he can only put some very small ones.Later, although he lived in the unfinished building, no one took care of him anymore, but Xiangqi didn't have the time to deal with these things.

All the excitement does not belong to unfinished buildings.

At this time, Aino would quietly leave that house and climb up to the roof alone.The view there is very good, although it is windy everywhere and it is a little cold, but he is still enjoying himself while sitting there wrapped in a thick down jacket and watching the fireworks in the distance, holding Tang Pozi he picked up from the second-hand market.

After all, Jiangzhou is a large inland city, and there are always places where fireworks can be set off.One flower here, one flower there, they are connected into a piece, which is far away and beautiful.

"Do you want to see it?" Xing Zhou asked.

"Casual." Aino was careless, on the surface he didn't want to see it at all, but Xing Zhou knew that casually meant wanting to see it.

So Aino ushered in a two-day vacation.

The matter of Chu Xiuxiu is basically clear, just waiting for Aoba to show up.While waiting, it is a good choice to put aside all heavy or trivial things, enjoy the sunshine by the sea and watch a firework show.

"It's summer vacation now." Xing Zhou said.

This is a summer vacation that should belong to Aino.

Hearing what he said, Aino remembered that he had just graduated from high school.The summer vacation for graduating from high school is the most special and longest vacation in life, with a full three months.

The little niece kindly invited Aino to pick coconuts with her, because the owner of the homestay planned to set up a stall selling coconut milk tomorrow to earn some extra money, but Aino ruthlessly refused.

How would you spend your vacation that belongs to Aino?

All those who need to bask in the sun will be passed, and all those who need to put in physical strength will also be passed. He will lie quietly, be a salted fish by the sea, think about nothing, do nothing, and just take a photo. It will be a world-famous painting—a Quiet gentleman.

And in such a slow time, the annual Hanhai City Fireworks Festival is quietly approaching.