Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

"Uncomfortable with me?"

"Not really. I'm used to it."

Elo hit his cheek with his tongue, "If you insist." He shrugged, rolled up the car window, restarted the car and drove slowly on the road. I didn't put on the headphones to play the music until the car was far away from me. The melodious music The sound instantly blocked the rest of the irregular noise, and I walked forward slowly.

I am telling the truth.For many years, I have been used to walking alone, and take a walk back at a casual speed in my spare time. This is similar to meditation to me, and it will make me stable. "Thought temple", there is such a word, although it is far from the temple, I really need a separate time and space without being disturbed by anyone.I usually speak politely to people, but I echo the thought faithfully in my heart—I don't need anyone to share my peace.How considerate it is to put me aside when I shut myself down, good or bad, I don't want people to do things they haven't asked for.

Yes, I don't think it's considerate for Elo to pick me up without authorization, but if he is an uninvited guest, he may be evaluated as unreasonable, this is my true thought.

51. Pierrot 10

April 8

That day was the last time I saw Jin Dongshu.I have been extremely busy for a week, without her help, it is really difficult to do all the case investigations. I can barely blend into the crowd and communicate, but it is difficult to get close to the old socialites and ask for information from others ;I also lack my own news channels, and I also have the double pressure from Wu Ji-he has always been not only a workaholic himself, but also wants to force others to be crazy with him. The sophistication of cleaning the last drop of sugar cane rules me, and makes me work even on rest days.

The local election season is approaching, and the complicated affairs are doubled than usual. Everyone is so busy. I tried to advance the investigation in various trivial tasks, but the income was very limited. I thought that the policeman named "Miki" might find some clues. Without his contact information, he finally came to the conclusion that it would be impossible not to go to Gaoyuan, so he asked Wu Ji for a business trip, and finally got him to let him go, but he had to turn back in three days at the latest.

I hastily booked the train ticket for the night, planning to take the train at night, so that I could have the whole day of the next day to facilitate my work, so I left the newspaper office two hours early.When I got home, everything was quiet. I thought Elo was not at home. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him lying on his back on the sofa in the living room, looking thoughtfully at somewhere in the sky. He turned his head when he heard me enter the door. Not biased, as if nothing happened.Ever since I rejected him that day, Elo's behavior has been a little abnormal. He does what he says and does what he says, and his attitude is still unexplainably enthusiastic. Therefore, it is strange, as if once I look away indifferently, he will immediately restrain his expression. There was a cold look behind him.For some reason, this kind of unreasonable fantasy seemed extremely real——his eyes gave off an unintentional cold impression.

I said I was on a business trip for a few days. Seeing that he didn't respond, I went upstairs to pack my luggage. A bee ran rampant in my room and buzzed. I opened the door leading to the balcony and drove it out. I didn’t sit down, but just bent over and held the mouse in one hand to watch the screen. Elo walked lightly like a stork and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind. And put his chin on my shoulder and looked at the opened page, "It's going to Gaoyuan."

I broke away from his embrace, "I have to go for a few days." I told him again.

"Come back soon."

"It shouldn't take a long time." Wu Ji would not allow me to go for too long.

"The outside world is not easy." Ello leaned over and slid the mouse to take a few glances, "Remember to bring an umbrella."

"It doesn't rain so much in Gaoyuan."

"But it's probably been raining a lot lately," Elo said. "Bring a handful."

After packing up, I took the train to Gaoyuan overnight. Elo volunteered to take me to the station. This time I was in a hurry and there was no reason to delay. Before leaving, he bought me fruits and drinks on the platform to avoid hunger on the way. not bad.It would have been even better without that close kiss that said goodbye.

August 8 at ten o'clock in the evening

I ran in Gaoyuan for two or three days, and returned to Wuyou covered in dust.I went to the orphanage, and there were no survivors in the hospital. I tried to communicate with the dean, hoping to find out the whereabouts of the rest of the people with the help of the saved files. After showing the press card, he was also willing to tell me what he knew. I tried to find a few of them according to the address he gave, and I got much less than I expected, because the reason why I could find them easily was that they couldn't provide more information—these people who grew up scattered in Gaoyou Orphans are blind or deaf, or have intellectual disabilities. Physical reasons prevent them from leaving Gaoyuan. Some of them are even in welfare institutions. They cannot answer questions about the past. They were punished and not allowed to eat. He just escaped, and stayed in his room all the time.

I put the key in the door and didn't have time to turn it. Elo pushed the door open from the inside and pulled me into the room while holding my wrist. I hurriedly pulled out the key and threw my luggage on the ground. When the dining table was seated, he had already prepared food for me, and forced a pair of chopsticks into my hand for me to taste.He prepares good meals, but they are full of fish fillets, fresh shrimp and raw meat. After a long journey, I only want to eat some soup and rice to soothe my stomach and intestines. No matter how delicious it is, I don’t really want to eat cold food.The staple food he gave me was ramen, and when I was about to reach out, I was stopped. He smiled and asked me to eat a few bites of meat first, thinking that he had specially prepared this table for me, I reluctantly picked up a few chopsticks to dip in the ingredients Eat it (the soft and cold taste cannot be rescued by the seasoning).Only then did Elo allow me to eat noodles. During this period, he continued to put the fish and shrimp dipped in sauce into my bowl or directly to my mouth. He didn’t listen to what he said. He persisted in doing this boring action , I finally had to raise my voice and tell him to stop in a serious tone.Elo raised his hands in surrender and said that there was no malice, "I just want you to eat more. After all, you have worked hard for a few days."

"You don't need to worry about such small things."

"Okay." He pursed his mouth and pretended to be pitiful, "I'll be happy to see you eat more."

I ignored him, and after eating most of the bowl of noodles, put the rest of the meat together, and left a plate to wash with the ramen bowls and chopsticks. Elo talked about unimportant topics next to me, and I occasionally echoed, He invited me to see a new circus performance in the past two days. I immediately rejected him on the grounds that I was too busy with work, but Elo had almost endless topics. Before I lost patience, he asked if I found anything in Gaoyuan. I said that there was not much useful information and I had to read it again, and expressed my concern that Wu Ji might give me a good reprimand.

"Have you checked the local newspapers?" Elo asked, "Lihua Daily and the like are not mainstream newspapers, but you can also read them."

I pause to wipe down my hands on the counter.

"Speaking of Gaoyuan's orphanage, the most famous one is... the food poisoning incident."

I turned to face him, "Where are you from?"

"Gao Yuan," Elo curled his knuckles to his lower lip, "but he moved after he was a teenager."

"You didn't tell me."

"I wanted to surprise you a bit—like this one."

"The problem is that there are not many newspapers in the local public library, and the Lihua Daily has long been closed down due to the conflict of new media."

"How about starting with the reporter?"

"I'm checking, but I still need some time."

"Ah, by the way," Elo suddenly remembered, "I have your express."

"What express?"

"I don't know. I arrived this afternoon. I left it at your door."

I went up to the second floor, and sure enough, I saw a brown cardboard box in front of the door, wrapped tightly with yellow tape, and the delivery address was unknown.The box was very light, and when I shook it in my hand, there was a sound of something bumping inside. I found scissors to cut the seal, and found some odds and ends in the box, a gold earring in the shape of a maple leaf; The lipstick was broken quite abruptly, and the paste was sticking like it was broken by a hard press; there was a piece of white paper at the bottom of the carton, and when I took it out, I found a sentence written endlessly in red pen on the back: "Crawling hissing in the shadow of love, not in the name of love." Nothing else in the box.

I thought and thought, but I didn't know who would send these to me. I couldn't think too much because I was really tired, so I went to bed and fell asleep quickly after washing.

52. Pierrot 11

April 8

Jin Dongshu disappeared for a week. Out of love, I asked about Jin Dongshu's whereabouts in the morning. Wu Ji was still impatient and said more, only willing to reveal that she had encountered trouble recently and needed to hide in a safe place for the time being.

"How is the investigation of the Kung Fu case if you care about it?"

"It's in progress." I coughed, "I already have a look."

"Hurry up, before the wind blows all over the sky, I won't even touch a chicken feather." He threw me another errand, asking me to interview one of the strong candidates for mayor in the upcoming election.

In the process of preparing the interview script, I occasionally think of Jin Dongshu.When she was gone, I especially realized that it was better to have a golden winter tree in the world than nothing, and to have her as a friend, unlike Elo, who is not an enemy, but can hardly be classified as a friend. No matter how affectionate and sticky his behavior is.This morning he insisted on sending me to work. I failed to catch the bus and had to accept it. He fastened my seat belt, dug out snacks for me as breakfast, and lowered the window to see when I got off the bus. Follow me into the building.until I entered the office it seemed that I