Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

I can still feel that sight.

Seriously, are these behaviors common among male friends?At least I didn't feel this kindness in front of any other male friends.My situation is special, so it is difficult to use as a reference, but Elo is not a normal person after all, the more you react violently, the more motivated he is, he has always been like this, in order to prevent his exaggerated behavior from getting worse, I had to pretend to be ignorant , this kind of behavior is actually a bit like playing dead, and I'm not sure whether humans other than brown bears also eat this set.

I didn't lie to Wu Ji, I did find some clues to this case.Following the few reports I found, I found its newspaper office and reporters, and called or emailed one by one to confirm. I got in touch with one of them, and he directed me to find a local newspaper in Gaoyuan, “As far as I know, they were Write in more detail." The reporter said.I had never seen this newspaper in the Gaoyuan City Library.It is expected that there should be old newspapers hidden in the newspaper office. I found their contact information through the Internet. I would like to ask the reporter who reported on the Jinmeng Welfare Institute and whether the report is still there.It turned out that the reporter had left his job a few years ago, so he couldn't be contacted for the time being. Fortunately, the newspaper office did have some newspapers published in the past, and they could fax them to me after confirmation.

When the lunch break was about to end, I received a fax from the other newspaper, and after carefully browsing through it, I got a name. "Liu Zhiyuan." He was the mayor of Gao Yuan at the time.After that incident, he was transferred to Wuyou in parallel. Seeing that his term of office was approaching, he was about to retire after resigning this time. The new elector was gearing up and giving speeches all over the street. It was because of this incident that I have been busy these days. God, I don't know how many times I have rejected Elo's invitations - but then again, I didn't reject him just because of this.There were too many refusals, and I considered whether to simply agree out of courtesy the next time he asked.

Maybe I should pay a visit, but Liu Zhiyuan's term of office has not yet expired, and meeting him will be more difficult than ordinary people.I searched out his information, and there was a photo of him in formal attire. He had a dark complexion, a serious face, sunken eye sockets, deep nasolabial folds, and sagging skin on his cheeks due to age.

I asked Wu Ji for his office number and tried to dial to see if I could arrange a meeting. The phone rang for a long time before someone picked it up. A calm male voice asked me who I was looking for. I explained the reason to him, just saying that I wanted to An exclusive interview with the mayor did not mention the Jinmeng Welfare Institute. He told me that Mayor Liu has been busy with affairs recently and it is difficult to spare time, but he will call me back later after asking for instructions.

About 40 minutes later, he called back and asked me if I had enough time from [-]:[-]pm to [-]:[-]pm three days later. I had no reason not to agree. I confirmed the schedule with him and reported it to Wu Ji.I was just taking a breather after all this when I got an unexpected phone call.

So I sat in the dessert shop.It was the one that Jin Dongshu took me to.Not long after, Miki appeared wearing the same peaked cap as last time, and the milk tea I ordered happened to arrive, and I put it in front of her.

"Jin Dongshu contacted me."

"I haven't seen her in a week."

"She got into trouble." Miki said, taking a sip of milk tea, frowning and pushing aside.

"I know. Wu Ji-our editor-in-chief said so. Is she okay?"

"It will be fine after this period of time."

"Sometimes I wonder if she's a reporter or a detective."

Miki took off his peaked cap, stroked back his sweaty hair, and put the hat on his head backwards, "She is so silly and bold. It's not bad, isn't it interesting?" She licked Dry lips, told me that I found the information of the surviving children in the orphanage.

Before I could thank her, Miki stretched out his hand lazily: "One person is two hundred, seven people, a total of fourteen hundred."

I blinked, "For Jin Dongshu's sake, is it a friendship price?"

"The discount has already passed." Her voice was still light and a little hoarse, half dreamy and half awake, but her meaning was very firm.

I didn't bring any cash, so I asked her to wait for me to withdraw the money in the store. After receiving the money, she took out a stack of folded papers from her pocket, as if the scene was re-enacted.

"Chenghui." Miki said soullessly, "Maybe there will be another cooperation, so let me just say that I don't like milk tea. Order me a cup of coffee next time."

For a moment I seriously thought that perhaps black-hearted businessman was her job.

After she left, I looked through the materials left by her, and the more I read, the more I felt cheated. I had seen some of them in person when I went back to Gaoyuan, and the information written on the paper was no more than what I knew about myself. I don't know if the expenses can be reimbursed... There is a high probability that Wu Ji will not agree.I ran my finger on the edge of the page and flipped through the pages until, unexpectedly, I reached the last page.

"Are you going out today?"

"No, I can't. I have to work." The same answer as always came out of my mouth.

Elo flattened her mouth like a depressed duck, "It's not that you are short of money or something, why are you working so hard all of a sudden?"

"Because I have already done it, and I have to finish it well."

"What if it can't be finished?"

"It's scary for the editor-in-chief to be angry."

Elo rolled her eyes upward and walked away from the door.After a while, I walked over and closed the door, lying on the bed, holding the crumpled information sheet up in front of my eyes.

"Jinmeng Welfare Institute Survivor Profile." It says so, below it is a name I've never heard of and a face I've seen too many times.

Next to the name of "Qi Ying" is a photo of the child.Said to be a child, maybe because of the mixed race, the facial contours have been quite obvious, with prominent browbones, dark eyes, rosy and plump lips, that face is so familiar that I can recognize who it is from childhood. trace.

— Elo.

He used to be a child of Jinmeng Orphanage. He knew that I was investigating this incident, but he didn't mention his origin and pretended to be ignorant.No, not ignorant, not so well hidden.But rather than saying that he is not good at concealing it, it is better to say that he deliberately leaked a little bit of the truth from his fingers out of curiosity and malice to me.The development of the whole thing was quite weird, but I subconsciously chose not to ask, as if I realized that bad things would happen once I brought things up.

"I cut fruit for you." Elo's voice sounded suddenly, so close that it seemed to be in the room.I was startled, and hastily put my hands back under the pillow to stuff the materials, and said loudly, "No, I don't want to eat now."

"It's a very fresh orange," Elo said slowly at the door.

I was afraid that my delay in opening the door might attract his attention, so I had no choice but to invite him in.

Elo gently opened the door, a burst of fresh fruit smell hit his nose, he looked at me thoughtfully, put a plate of cut blood oranges on my table, and left in a hurry.

I heard his footsteps indeed coming down the stairs.

Smelling the coming wind and rain, I picked up my phone and started sending messages.

53. Pierrot 12

April 8

Wu Ji died in a hurry, making everyone unprepared.

On the most unusual Monday, when I didn’t have enough time, Elo generously gave me a ride. There was nothing in the back compartment of his big truck. Maybe it was the sunflowers that I saw before that impressed me too much. Sometimes it looks empty.I'm not a lazy bed person, but I was extremely sleepy that day, so I missed the bus.Before getting out of the car with the briefcase in hand, I saw a circle of people around the entrance of the newspaper office from the car window, whispering like swarms of flies buzzing around the corpse. The window of the car spreads to the body, and the tentacles of the spirit receive special signals before the intelligence-excitement, terror, curiosity, relish.Several police cars parked nearby, their red and blue lights flickering eagerly, and three uniformed men got off one after another from the police cars, rushing to push aside the crowd and go inside.

Elo was sitting in the driver's seat, looking out the car window with interest, and wanted to have a discussion with me. I looked at my watch and expressed regret to him that I couldn't be a patient listener.I said goodbye to him in a hurry, and when I was about to get out of the car, he suddenly grabbed the tie with one hand and fell towards him. He thought about the situation and leaned forward, tilted his head skillfully, and gently pressed his lips against the tie. The corners of my lips.I was stunned for three seconds before I realized that according to the conventional saying, he should have given me a kiss.

I pushed him away hard, but he didn't resist, and followed my strength to retreat to a safe distance.I frowned and wiped the touched place with my sleeve. The soft touch of the flesh made my skin feel numb, as if I saw a wriggling caterpillar one centimeter away from my hand. It was harmless, but my heart was still fuzzy. of.Before I could say anything, Elo urged me to get out of the car, then stepped on the gas pedal, and drove away without any regrets.

After I squeezed into the crowd of onlookers, I discovered that the newspaper office was sealed with tape. When I bent down to get in, someone stopped me, and I showed my press card before letting me go.At the front desk, I asked what happened. The front desk said Wu Ji was dead. I didn't quite believe it at first, but then I realized that if it was a joke, her expression and content were too serious.

"Are you serious?"

She swore she would never lie.

The style of our agency is always hard and simple, the air conditioner has been installed, and the temperature is below [-] degrees, and we refuse to use it. We only rely on a few fans hanging from the ceiling to stagger out the hot air.And those simple ceiling fans seemed to be Wu Ji's final destination. Fishing lines were wrapped around his neck and hung in the middle of the ceiling fans. The bends of the two arms' joints were pierced by fishhooks, and each was suspended on a fan blade. His whole body They were all in mid-air, their feet were off the ground, and their legs were straight and stiff. "Just follow