north bird south

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Today was supposed to be the day when the case was revoked and Yu Yao was brought back.However, a heavy rain suddenly fell in Huai City. It came suddenly and violently, trapping many unsuspecting cars and people outside.

Xu Zhiyuan was placed in confinement. In order to prevent him from climbing over the wall and running out again, the place of confinement was a study room without even a bed.He was sleepy and could only take a nap on his stomach on the table.It was disturbed by the sound of thunder and rain in the middle, and when I opened the curtains, the dark clouds outside were like ink. Although it was daytime, it was no different from night.

Thinking about Yu Yao's matter in his heart, Xu Zhiyuan's mood couldn't help becoming damp, and he couldn't sit still.

He knocked on the door of the study room and called his parents, but only got a sentence from the housekeeper: "Master and Madam went to pick up Mr. Yu, probably trapped by the rain outside."

Xu Zhiyuan clenched his fingers and found an excuse for his stomach discomfort to ask the housekeeper to unlock the door.He intentionally stayed in the toilet for a long time, and then pretended to stay in the living room for a long time, clutching his stomach, and drank a cup of hot water that the housekeeper had cooked for him.The butler could see that he seemed to be waiting for something, and asked, "Did the young master have an appointment?"

Xu Zhiyuan cleared his throat and disguised himself, "No... I'll just rest here for a while..."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes that kept drifting out of the window caught an inconspicuous figure in the dimness, running towards Xu's house with difficulty, holding an umbrella that was twisted and twisted by the wind.Xu Zhiyuan put down the cup, stood up immediately, opened the door and shouted into the wind and rain: "Under your feet! Be careful of tripping."

That figure was Wu Xiaofeng.

There was the sound of rushing rain in his ears, he couldn't hear Xu Zhiyuan's words clearly, he squinted his eyes and took the deformed umbrella cover away from him and said "ah", and then he tripped over the inconspicuous iron threshold Falling—although he didn't fall down, the umbrella in his hand took the opportunity to fly into the wind and returned to "freedom" in a scattered manner.

Xu Zhiyuan clicked his tongue, only covered his head with his coat, and ran into the rain to bring the dazed Wu Xiaofeng into the house.The housekeeper hurriedly handed over two dry towels, Xu Zhiyuan didn't care to wipe the rain off his body, and asked, "How's it going?"

Wu Xiaofeng wiped the rain off his face vigorously, and gasped, "Sishan appeared in the public prison today and took Mr. Yu away. The police said that there was insufficient evidence after investigation, so Mr. Yu is not guilty and can be released."

Xu Zhiyuan ground his back molars, and said, "Did you tell my uncle what I told you?"

"I said it, word for word." Wu Xiaofeng nodded quickly, and said, "Mr. Yu also asked me to tell you, don't worry, he will come back safe and sound."

"Did you see my parents pass by?"

"Master Xu and his wife arrived after Mr. Yu was picked up. The engine of the car broke down. They are resting in the bureau's office now. They will come back when the rain stops."

Xu Zhiyuan heaved a sigh of relief after learning that everything went well, slumped on the sofa, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, drink some hot water."

Wu Xiaofeng thanked him while wiping the water. His body was warmed up by the hot water entering his throat. He muttered, "It's raining at this time, such an annoying weather."

Xu Zhiyuan leaned his head on the back of the sofa, turned his head and looked out the window - his heart was still filled with nameless anxiety.He knew that Yu Yao accepted Sishan's asylum in order to use him to withdraw the case and hide his identity.

Since the reporter dared to bring up the charge of "colluding with fellow robes", he must have noticed something. In addition, the "suspicion" of his companion Yang Zhi's boss has not been cleared. If the police were to investigate, maybe some fatal clues would be exposed. , At that time, it will not only fall short, but also implicate his "protective umbrella" Xu Zhenping.Yu Yao will also be pushed to the cusp of a dilemma.

The phone at the stairway rang, and the butler went to pick it up. After quietly listening to the purpose of the other side, he said, "Sorry ma'am, Mr. Yu is not at home."

Xu Zhiyuan's tense nerves were almost overly stressed by Yu Yao's name, and he asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Mrs. Pei." The housekeeper said.

Xu Zhiyuan had long forgotten to continue acting as "The Patient with Stomach Pain". He turned over the sofa, took the microphone from the butler, and said, "Is it Aunt Six?"

There were two voices on the other side of the microphone, Wu Yuan said cautiously: "Young master?" Pei Linwan continued. "Has Yao not answered the phone yet?"

Xu Zhiyuan's heart that had just been soothed couldn't help beating again, and he asked, "What's wrong."

Wu Yuan didn't seem to be very used to chatting with others on the phone, so he stumbled and said, "Young master, I'm looking for Mr. Yu... Is Mr. Yu not here, someone said it just now."

"Yu Yao isn't here," Xu Zhiyuan said after these days, gradually calming down his temper, "Our housekeeper answered the call just now. Sixth Aunt, did you call for Yu Yao? ?”

"I'm worried about Xiao...I'm worried about Pei Zhen. It was Lin Wan's idea to call Mr. Yu. She said um...she said Mr. Yu would know."

Xu Zhiyuan couldn't understand what Wu Yuan meant. He knew that Pei Linwan was smarter and more sensible than other children of the same age, so he guided him, "Can you give Lin Wan the phone number?"

"Oh, Lin Wan—it's Young Master Xu who is talking, you can answer for Aunt Six." Wu Yuan passed the microphone over, and after a moment of silence, Xu Zhiyuan heard a tender and clear "Brother Zhiyuan".

"Lin Wan, did you ask Aunt Liu to call for something? Where did your father go?"

"It's like this," Pei Linwan explained, "It rained a lot just now, and the thunder was rumbling, but Dad suddenly answered the phone. It was the uncle from the Central Hospital who called him over to do something for someone. Emergency surgery."

"Uncle?"

Wu Yuan explained from the side: "It's Xiao Pei's leader, the director of the Central Hospital."

"So Dad asked me to stay at home, listen to Aunt Six, and drive out by myself." Pei Lin said in the evening, "But the rain outside is getting worse and worse, and the Central Hospital can't make calls. Aunt Six is ​​very worried. I told my sixth aunt to find A Yao, I used to always go to A Yao when I was in trouble." Pei Lin hadn't seen Yu Yao for a long time, so he couldn't help changing the subject, and asked softly, "Brother Zhiyuan, When A Yao comes back, can you ask him to call me? It’s also okay to write a letter, I wrote him a lot. I miss him a little bit.”

Xu Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and agreed first: "...Okay." Then he asked: "You mean... Your father is going for an emergency operation? Has someone had an accident?"

"Father asked my uncle the same thing, and the uncle only said, 'I'm fine for the time being, I'll wait in the hospital'. Besides my father, he also called four doctors. He didn't say who was performing the operation. My father seemed very puzzled, Keep frowning."

"..."

Xu Zhiyuan suddenly felt a little strange about this.According to Pei Linwan's description, the operation that Pei Zhen will participate in is probably a secret job that only a few colleagues know about.No one knows who the protagonist of this operation is - if it is a critically ill patient who may be dying at any time in the hospital, as the director, Pei Zhen should not be suspicious when he hears the news, but if it is an external injury, " What does it mean?Someone is about to send a "temporarily fine" injured patient to the hospital in the heavy rain, and the dean secretly summons doctors to wait for him to perform emergency surgery?

For some reason, with mixed emotions in his heart, Xu Zhiyuan felt more and more palpitations as he watched the heavy rain outside.