Warm Water Spirits

Aunt Song came over and whispered, "Sleeping?"

Pei Zhe nodded, when the phone rang, it was Pei Yue.

Pei Zhe went into the study room, smoothed the composition paper into Jiang Yunqi's language documents, and picked up the phone.

"Pei Zhe", Pei Yue's voice echoed, as if in a very empty place.

The [-]th floor of the Provincial People's Hospital is the top floor. At this point in time, the wind is a bit loud.Nurse Cui from the pharmacy department pulled a few times and pushed open the iron door of the roof. With the help of the wall lamp, she probed to find Pei Yue who was standing on the phone.

"All of Yun Qi's medical files are gone."

The sound of the wind stopped for a moment.

Pei Zhe stood next to the desk, and his gaze was fixed on the cover of Jiang Yunqi's collection of wrong questions in various subjects. The three words "Jiang Yunqi" in the name column were written by Jiang Yunqi when he started school.

Pei Yue walked back, with a slightly anxious tone, and said to Pei Zhe: "The results of this physical examination came out, and I asked the nurse to sort them into Yunqi's case file as before. But as soon as I got to work this morning, Nurse Cui came over to find I mean Yun Qi’s files—all the files of the seven years, the files recording the lung infection and amnesia after the Suihu explosion, all disappeared.”

"I've been looking for it all day. I've also been looking for it in the archives department on the fifteenth floor, but I can't find it."

The heavy iron door closed behind him, completely blocking the sound of the wind.

Pei Yue's voice was trembling, she took a deep breath and continued: "Then I adjusted the surveillance in the file department, and found that all the surveillance from a week ago had been erased—"

There was a swish, as if something had been pulled away.

A chilly wind rang out from the phone in an instant.

"Pei Zhe?"

Pei Zhe opened the study window, but did not speak.

The night was dark, cold and humid, and there was a fog in the distance.The street lamps were engulfed in the white mist, and the eyes were pale and distorted.In the darkest place, the light is swallowed up, as if something is dormant, the noise brought by the wind is similar to the chewing of a ferocious beast, approaching step by step.

The broken arm finally crawled out of the abyss, its five fingers were ferocious, and it never gave up.

"I see."

Pei Zhe turned to face the room, equally gloomy, but a warm yellow leaked from the crack of the door.

"Sister, rest early. I will transfer this matter to the criminal investigation team. Don't worry."

Pei Yue didn't say anything more, and paused for a moment, "Pei Zhe, you have to be careful."

When You Kuang received Pei Zhe's call, Li Xun had been missing for four hours.

Pei Zhe informed the provincial doctor about the situation, and You Kuang immediately arranged for someone to go there, and then said, "Pei Si, Li Xun is missing."

"The surveillance found that the last time it appeared was on Yufeng Road South Street, on the food street, not far from the attached middle school."

Pei Zhe closed his eyes and remained silent, with a serious expression on his face. When he opened his eyes, a frightening cold front flashed across his eyes, "Is it life or death?"

You Kuang hesitated for a few seconds, "I don't know".

"He has a tracker on him, but the signal was artificially cut off an hour ago at the garbage sorting office on Taoyang Road in the suburb of Shunping. Our people have rushed there, and it should be here."

Pei Zhe asked You Kuang to tell him as soon as there was news.

The light in the study was turned on, brightening the room.

On the far side of the bookshelf, near the curtains, there is a locked cabinet. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice it.

Pei Zhe found the key between the pages of the fourth book on the upper shelf and opened the cabinet.

It was a stack of photos and a gun.

The barrel of the gun was shiny and reflective, and the bullets scattered on one side.

The following movements are slow and proficient, as if they have been performed countless times, the wrist is reversed, the fingertips are rubbed, and it is calm and unhurried.

Pei Zhe held the gun in his right hand, and methodically removed the magazine with his left hand, opened the safety, and pressed the latch.A gun disassembled to pieces.The parts fell into the cabinet one by one, and the bullets bounced off with a very soft sound.

Pei Zhe watched for a while, his eyes focused, and his expression was calmer than ever. There was blood and gunpowder smoke piled up in his eyes, which were cruel and chilling, silently.

Put it back as it was, and the next second, the bullet is loaded.

Pei Zhe stood alone for a long time holding the gun.

After a long time until the indoor temperature was the same as the outside, Pei Zhe put the gun back, turned off the lights and walked out of the study.

Jiang Yunqi couldn't sleep well at first.

The phrase "I'm afraid you don't like me" was rolling in my mind, worrying back and forth, worrying that Pei Che would be aware of a ten-thousandth chance, and holding a faint reverie.

The brain nerves were overactive, and when he fell asleep in such a daze, Jiang Yunqi had a dream.

He dreamed that he was standing in an empty dilapidated house, with the twilight outside, the slanting sunlight laying a thin layer on the yellowed and peeling walls.After a few steps, I could hear my own footsteps. Jiang Yunqi looked around for a while, and felt as if he had seen it somewhere...Suddenly, in the shadows in the distance, there was a person standing with his back to him. With just one glance, Jiang Yunqi was incomparable Overjoyed, he forgot everything and ran towards the man's back wholeheartedly.

"Brother Pei!"

The man turned around.

In the next second, Jiang Yunqi screamed in horror, backed away in fright, his calf suddenly lost strength, and fell to his knees.

Pei Zhe in front of him was covered in blood, with a knife sticking out of his chest!

The blood was dripping, and kept dripping, as if it couldn't stop, all the way to Jiang Yunqi's hand, hot and wet, it was Pei Che's blood.

Jiang Yunqi was trembling all over, tears came down uncontrollably, his heart seemed to be smashed by someone's punch, it was shattered badly.

Jiang Yunqi lowered his head and cried uncontrollably, his chest convulsed and throbbed, and his eyes were blurred, Jiang Yunqi cried hoarsely: "Brother Pei, Brother Pei..."

"Brother Pei, what's wrong with you—"

Suddenly, the bloody palm of the hand on the ground touched something.

Jiang Yunqi sobbed and looked down——

It's a dagger.

Suddenly, I lost the strength to breathe.

Jiang Yunqi was frightened and remained motionless.

He stared blankly at the palm of his hand, and there was a sharp pain in his throat caused by the sudden holding of his breath.

Jiang Yunqi raised his head stiffly, as if he was stupid, his face was full of tears.

The dagger that pierced Pei Che's chest was gone.

In his hand--

"Brother Pei!"

Jiang Yunqi coughed violently and panted very fast. When he opened his eyes, there was darkness, and the darkness that could not be seen to the end——

"Woo...Brother Pei..."

Jiang Yunqi had never been so afraid in his life.

Jiang Yunqi called Pei Zhe over and over again.

Someone opened the door and entered.

"Yun Qi?"

Jiang Yunqi was crying so hard that he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, so he stretched out his hand towards the figure walking towards him, "Wuuu...Brother Pei..."

This happens for the first time.

In the past four years, Jiang Yunqi has never had a nightmare, let alone such a tragic nightmare.

Pei Zhe followed Jiang Yunqi's gesture of stretching out his arms, and hugged him into his arms.

Aunt Song heard the sound outside the door and hurried in, "What's the matter? You're so short of breath! Are you sick? Didn't the physical examination go well?"

Pei Zhe frowned, stretched out his hand to touch it, and his pajamas were drenched in sweat.He simply pulled him out of bed and sat in his arms. Pei Zhe patted Jiang Yunqi on the back and said to Aunt Song, "It's okay, I'm dreaming."

Jiang Yunqi sobbed and hugged Pei Zhe, trying his best to shrink himself into Pei Zhe's arms.

Aunt Song went to touch Jiang Yunqi's forehead, covered in cold sweat, "Wipe off the sweat later and change into clothes, so I must catch a cold."

Pei Zhe nodded, "I'll do it."

When I took a shower, I became a little more conscious.

Jiang Yunqi was hiccupping and staring at Pei Zhe with bloodshot eyes.

The water temperature was slightly higher, and Jiang Yunqi's face turned red.

"Are you okay?" Through the water mist, Pei Zhe approached and stared at Jiang Yunqi with a soft voice.

Jiang Yunqi was speechless.

The scene in the dream was unbearable for him in his life.The great fear is accompanied by the indelible grief, which goes hand in hand, as if it happened in real life.

Jiang Yunqi was very scared, and subconsciously looked at his hands again to confirm that there was nothing in them.

Jiang Yunqi's wrist trembled violently.

"What's wrong?" Pei Zhe stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Yunqi's trembling wrist.

Jiang Yunqi stared at Pei Che holding the back of his hand as if out of his body, stopped shaking, but still didn't speak. After a while, tears fell down again.

It fell on the back of Pei Zhe's hand.Hotter than anything.

Pei Zhe sighed, and stroked Jiang Yunqi's hair with the other hand, carefully and steadily: "Yunqi, don't be afraid."

"Brother Pei is here."

The three words seemed to have stimulated the initial nerve. Jiang Yunqi raised his head, his eyes were full of tears, his eyes were redder, and he opened his mouth hoarsely: "Brother Pei..."

The immediate peace seemed false.

Under the tenderest warmth, the unknown hottest poison flows.

"I'm here." Pei Zhe replied without hesitation.

"Brother Pei..."

Pei Zhe picked him up, took a bath towel aside and wrapped the dripping Jiang Yunqi from head to toe, "Brother Pei is here, don't be afraid."

Jiang Yunqi, who was leaning against Pei Zhe's arms again, curled himself up into a ball, saying Pei Zhe's name over and over again.Pei Zhe also went back to him again and again, wiped it clean, and changed a dry towel. Pei Zhe carried him back to the bedroom.

Jiang Yunqi put his arms around Pei Zhe's neck and did not let go, and Pei Zhe let him pull the quilt to cover him.

Suddenly, Jiang Yunqi stopped moving, and even his breath suddenly became weak.

Pei Zhe looked down at Jiang Yunqi.

The shirt that was unbuttoned before will be rubbed down, revealing the shocking scar on the left chest.

Without blinking, Jiang Yunqi stared at the scar on Pei Zhe's chest with a moment of despair.

The tears pooled again, this time running coldly down pale cheeks.

Jiang Yunqi murmured in a distraught voice, "Who did it...who did it...I'm going to kill him—" His eyes were so red that they almost bleed.

It suddenly darkened in front of my eyes.

Pei Zhe stretched out his hand to cover Jiang Yunqi's eyes, his voice was right next to his ear, and his breath suddenly approached.

"Brother Pei is fine."

"Yun Qi, close your eyes."

The whole person seems to have fallen into the vast and deep sea in an instant, surrounded by the tranquility of the sea, and the mighty power that can sweep everything and suppress all turbulent waves, when it reaches the eyes, only a gentle touch remains.

The eyelashes trembled in the palm of his hand, and Jiang Yunqi's breathing gradually became steady.

I don't know how long has passed.

Pei still covered Jiang Yunqi's eyes.

"Brother Pei..."

"Ah."

"do not go."

"Okay. Don't go."