brave and coward

After the show ended, Wen Dong followed Hua Lin and walked out with the crowd, while glancing at Xue Younian's direction, he saw Xue Younian took Jan to the backstage.

Outside the concert hall is a fountain square. This point is exactly the time for today's music fountain performance. Everyone is watching, and some people play the violin to the music.It's all here, Hua Lin and Wen Dong are also standing by to join in the fun.

While watching, suddenly someone called Hua Lin.

Hua Lin and Wen Dong turned their heads at the same time, and saw Xue Younian and Jan again...but it was not the two of them who called Hua Lin, but a foreigner.

Wen Dong looked familiar to this foreigner, but couldn't remember where he saw it for a while.In his eyes, most of the foreigners are born like a mother.

He was reasoning that this person might be one of the band tonight, Hualin greeted that person in Chinese, what is his name Mr. Lavshsky... oh, it is the main guy at tonight's concert.

But this person's name was too awkward and long, even if Hua Lin reminded him again, Wen Dong still couldn't remember it all, so he just smiled at him and said "Hello".

Lavsky just told Hua Lin to speak Chinese, and the pronunciation is quite good, but at this time, he nodded to Wen Dong in a perfunctory way, and then changed back to a foreign language, and chatted with Hua Lin .Hua Lin also used a foreign language.

Without saying a few words, someone asked Lavsky to go back for something, and Lavsky left. Xue Younian bid farewell to Hua Lin and Wen Dong, and took Jan away—although Jan seemed quite He didn't want to leave, but he didn't make a fuss, he just looked back at every step, his expression was so pitiful that Hua Lin couldn't bear to see it.

But if you can't bear it, you have to bear it, otherwise what else can you do?

When they were all gone, Wen Dong asked, "What did you just say?"

Hua Lin said: "It's nothing. I just heard that Xue Younian said that I was there, so I came over to say hello."

Wen Dong asked: "Do you know each other?"

"It doesn't count. He and Xue Younian are friends. I met him twice when I was studying abroad. I'm not familiar with him." Hua Lin said.

Wen Dong said: "I checked online that this person is very good, is he friends with Uncle Xue?"

"..." Hua Lin thought for a while, and said objectively, "Uncle Xue is also quite good in the field of theoretical medicine."

Wen Dong stopped talking, and his expression was a little off.

Hua Lin asked, "What's wrong?"

Wen Dong deliberately looked at him with a very artificial look, curled his mouth, and said, "I don't like you saying good things about him."

Hua Lin was amused by him: "Are you still young?"

Wen Dong raised his eyebrows slightly and didn't speak, but he seemed to have said enough clearly.

"...Get lost." Hua Lin said.

Wen Dong laughed: "I'm not kidding you. It's getting late, I'm going to buy some water, let's go back."

Hua Lin nodded, watching him run to a nearby vending machine to scan the QR code to buy water, for some reason, his heart moved a few times.

He is not a dull idiot like Shen Weixing who has been interested in people for a long time but still insists on making troubles before realizing it later. He had such a dream before, and there was something in his heart. idea.

But...

Wen Dong bought a bottle of mineral water and a can of Coke and came back. He unscrewed the water and gave it to Hua Lin. He pulled off the ring and drank it himself. He yawned while drinking.

"...You actually don't have to participate in the activities you don't want to participate in." Hua Lin looked at him and said seriously, "Wendong, I think there are some things I should tell you clearly, although I have told you many times gone."

Wen Dong said with a smile: "I just yawn and you are not happy."

"Don't open your mouth on purpose. You know I'm not upset because you yawned." Hua Lin held the bottle, frowned, and said slowly, seriously, and politely, "Wendong, I'm with you." The differences in hobbies, personalities, jobs, and backgrounds are actually not that big of a problem. The essential problem between the two of us is that our views on love are different. You can also say that this is the only problem. I would rather lack than abuse. If there is no such person , I can always be single. Although I sometimes joke in the group, I really don’t think it’s a difficult thing. How should I put it, the love I imagine is lifelong, yes From the beginning to the end...do you understand?"

Wen Dong smiled and said, "It's similar to what Brother Shen thought."

Hua Lin thought for a while, and then smiled: "It seems to be the same." Then the smile gradually faded, and he said, "Wendong, otherwise, let's be friends."

"I--"

"I'm serious, don't make jokes like before." Hua Lin said, "It's really boring, Wen Dong."

Wen Dong was silent for a while, then laughed again: "Okay, I understand. I won't tease you again, this time I promise it's true."

At this moment, Hua Lin couldn't tell what was going on in his heart.There was no relief as imagined, and even a little bit of a sense of loss.

Although Wen Dong also said happily before that he would stop chasing him, but afterwards, he said in a flattering way that what he said the day before and he started chasing him the next day were two different things... This time, it was not like this.

Over the next week or so, Wen Dong really never hooked up with Hua Lin, at most he laughed and laughed with other people in the group.

The more Hua Lin peeked at the screen, the more annoyed he became. He wanted to scold others, mainly Wen Dong.

If the words of that day were placed on Shen Weixing and Dai Xiaojing Zhang Zuo, he would still believe that it was true that the other party did not understand and caused a misunderstanding, but on Wendong, he would not believe it.

What he said that day was clear enough, as long as Wendong made a guarantee, even if he could not confirm the validity period of the guarantee, at least it was an attitude—as long as Wendong said nothing, was serious, and moved towards lifelong tenure Let's go, they can try it, he doesn't care about the gap between the two in other aspects.

He couldn't believe that Wen Dong didn't understand what he said.

And Wendong politely rejected him, which meant that he didn't want to promise to give up the whole forest for his tree.

Gan, this scumbag is so blatantly frank!Too bad.

Hua Lin was only thankful that he didn't speak too bluntly at the time, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to be rejected like that.Now I can forcefully hold back a little bit of respect.

At this time, something happened in the hospital, whether it was big or small: Luoyang hadn’t come to work for three days, the hospital couldn’t contact him, he made phone calls, went to his residence, and couldn’t find anyone .

This matter is not under Hua Lin's control, but Hua Lin can't ignore it.The hospital belongs to his family, and Luoyang is more or less a human life. If such a big living person is missing, he must be concerned.

It's okay not to care, but with this concern, Hua Lin vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Luoyang used to hang around in front of Hualin, looking like a social fanatic, but now Hualin inquired in the hospital and found that other people's impression of Luoyang was quite different from his own.

Others either think that Dr. Luo is shy, or think that Dr. Luo is aloof, or think that Dr. Luo's Chinese skills are too poor to communicate smoothly... In general, Luo Yang and others have gone a long way.

Hua Lin's first reaction was that Luoyang was interested in him, so there was such a contrast, but when he thought about it again, he felt that it was wrong.

Luoyang is very warm to him, but it is definitely not the way to chase him.Hua Linhuo is so old, it's not like he hasn't been pursued by A, B, C, Ding. Although he is not tempted, he is not stupid, and knows that the other party's various actions are chasing after him.

Of course, there are people in this world like Shen Zhixing who are so enthusiastic that they simply adore doctors and want to be good friends, but Shen Zhixing is also quite proactive with others, which is not the same as Luoyang.

Hua Lin frowned while thinking, while refreshing Moments casually, and suddenly saw Zhang Zuo updated a photo of clubbing.He stared at the photo for a few seconds, remembered something, hesitated for a moment, and opened Wendong's page.

【private chat】

Hua Lin: Let me ask you something, have you been in touch with Luoyang these days?

Wendong: No.What's wrong?

Hua Lin: He hasn't been to the hospital for three days, and he can't be contacted everywhere.

Hua Lin: I don't know if he has any other friends here. Didn't you call him in a bureau before? Can you ask if anyone who went there at that time had contact with him?

Wen Dong: Okay, I’ll ask, don’t worry

(3 minutes later)

Wen Dong: Brother Lin, I just asked, it seems that Luoyang didn’t go to Luoyang at all that day

Hua Lin was stunned for a moment, and directly called Wen Dong: "Are you sure he didn't go that day?"

Wen Dong said: "I asked a few people in the bar, because I saved the game, counting my own people, they were also very enthusiastic that day, I should remember correctly, they didn't see the mixed blood from the beginning to the end. Otherwise I'll ask the person who went there."

After a while, Wen Dong called and asked other people who had passed by, and they all said that they had never seen a mixed race.

Luoyang's appearance is quite outstanding among the crowd. If you go there, you won't be impressed for no reason.

Listening to the silence on the phone, Wen Dong actually had an idea in his heart, it wasn't that he was narcissistic, but he really suspected that Luoyang was going for him, so he said in advance that day that he couldn't go, and Luoyang didn't go either.That was not the case with no one that night.

But it was a bit embarrassing for him to tell Hua Lin about this, and he hesitated.

Just as Wen Dong was hesitating, Hua Lin said, "Maybe it was because you said you couldn't go that day, so he didn't go."

Wendong thought for a while and said, "But, Brother Lin, I thought so too, but I didn't think it was right. Dr. Luo didn't give me the feeling that he was interested in me, except that I made a joke in front of you when we met for the first time, and later privately He never asked me out, I took the initiative to talk to him."

Hualin: "..."

"No, don't get me wrong," Wen Dong quickly explained, "I contacted him privately when I went to the bar to join in the game, and asked him to go to the bar. I had no other communication with him."

Hua Lin was startled again.

After hanging up the phone, Hua Lin thought for a while, and came to the conclusion that Luoyang was the only one who actively approached him from the beginning to the end.

But why?chasing him?not like.

Take a ten thousand step back and say, if you really want to chase him, why flirt with Wen Dong in front of him, and deliberately create a romantic image in front of him?Does it do any good for chasing him?Although Wen Dong is an open and frank scumbag, he will deliberately avoid talking about that when chasing him.

Take [-] steps back and say, even if you are really chasing him, there is no need to be so indifferent to other people.

What Hua Lin feels now is: Luoyang does not intend to establish relationships with other people at all.

This is not normal.

With this in-depth understanding, the more Hua Lin thought about it, the more something went wrong, so he called Luoyang's personal information to take a closer look.Taking a closer look, Hua Lin couldn't help shivering, and stayed there for a while.

——Luoyang worked as a field doctor in a certain area.

At that moment, Hua Lin thought of Peter who used to be a war correspondent, the Chinese Peter who he suspected was killed by Xue Younian and who looked exactly like himself.

When he became suspicious, he checked Peter's information. Peter had been to the war-torn area in Luoyang, and the year seemed to match.

...No, it's just a coincidence.

Hua Lin wanted to tell himself this, but there was always a voice in his heart saying: No, this is probably not a coincidence.

【private chat】

Hua Lin: Luoyang, if you see this message, please call me back

In fact, Hua Lin had no hope, he even suspected that Luo Yang was dead and was killed by Xue Younian.Although he was not sure that there was a connection between Luoyang and Peter, his instinct told him so.

His intuition told him that Luoyang came to avenge Peter.

After thinking about it, Hua Lin called Wendong and asked, "Can you pick the lock?"

Wendong: "...huh?"

An hour later, Hua Lin sneakily appeared downstairs in Luoyang's residence.This used to be a dormitory complex for work units. It has been a few years. The stair room is full of flowers and plants, and it is quite quiet.

Touching his nose next to Wendong station: "Brother Lin, why don't you just forget about it. Don't you all call the police, the police must have checked his house long ago. It's fine for the police to go in, but it's unreasonable for you to go in. And they The police must have more experience than you."

Hua Lin didn't know what to do, so he backed off, but Wen Dong kept persuading him, so he changed his mind: "He's here, ask his neighbors if he's okay."

The two knocked on the door of the rented house in Luoyang.Some of the neighbors didn't know Luoyang at all, and some said that they only met a handsome mixed-race guy upstairs and downstairs occasionally, but they didn't speak to each other.

Just as he was about to return in vain, he bumped into a man coming upstairs.

Hua Lin didn't know that person, but that person and Wen Dong did, and they greeted each other: "Hey, Brother Dong, why are you here?" He said looking at Hua Lin.

Wendong smiled and said, "Qiangzi, why do you live here?"

It was the parking boy who borrowed Wendong's mobile phone at the entrance of the bar before.

Qiangzi said: "My grandma lives here and refuses to move. My mother told me to come and see if I have nothing to do."

Wen Dong asked: "Which floor is it?"

Qiangzi didn't think much about it, and said, "on the fifth floor, do you want to sit up?"

"Why should I sit at your grandma's house?" Wen Dong asked, "I want to ask you something, have you ever met a mixed race here?"

Qiangzi was stunned: "Half-race? Oh, did you mean the one on the fourth floor? My grandmother's house is directly downstairs and lives with a mixed-race."

Wen Dong said, "Yes."

Qiangzi's expression became a little subtle, and he asked, "What are you looking for?"

Wen Dong saw that his expression was not right, so he said, "Is there something wrong?"

Qiangzi looked at Hualin again, hesitant to speak.

Wen Dong was about to explain, but Hua Lin said he was waiting downstairs, and then left.

After a while, Wendong went downstairs to find Hualin, and said in a low voice, "Qiangzi went to Luoyang's house two months ago, and said there wasn't much in it, and it looked quite normal." He stopped and said, "There is only one thing that he thinks is abnormal. There is an altar in the room with fruits on it, and it seems that incense is often burned. But there is no portrait, tablet, or Bodhisattva, and there is only a camera. He felt inexplicable at the time, thinking about it. It was a little creepy, so I ran away."

"...Is he a thief?" Hua Lin discovered the blind spot.

Wen Dong coughed lightly: "I just told him."

Hua Lin said, "Oh." Then he said, "It's all right, let's go back."

Wen Dong saw his abnormal calmness and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Hua Lin didn't speak.

He didn't want to involve Wendong.

Now he is 90% sure that Luoyang has something to do with Peter, which means that Luoyang's disappearance is also 90% likely to be related to Xue.