God's offering

"Because many unexplainable things happened." Lu Yinbai said mysteriously.

Su Yinxiu's curiosity was aroused at once, she took two quick steps to follow Lu Yinbai's footsteps, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"In the beginning, a lot of prospectors came, and they ran around the island by themselves without the guidance of local people. At that time, the security measures were not in place, and many people disappeared. Rumors spread that the sea monsters cannibalize people. " Lu Yinbai laughed as he said that, obviously not convinced, "Later, we finally negotiated a project, but before construction started, their boss came to visit us. At that time, the typhoon was approaching, so he insisted on taking a boat, but even People disappeared with the boat, and some people on the island said that Sea God didn’t want anyone to touch its territory, and got angry, and since then, Xingchen Island has rarely had contact with the outside world.”

Su Yinxiu thought of the Sea God Temple built at the foot of the mountain. When she went up the mountain, she saw someone put new tributes on the table, "According to the people on the island, the sea god is a god, and should protect Xingchen Island, Xingchen Island and the outside world." After the connection, the development will be better, so how can the gods play a role in it? It’s really a contradictory statement.”

Lu Yinbai didn't deny it, he stopped, pointed to the big tree beside him, "Here, it's here."

The banyan tree next to me is at least hundreds of years old, because the soil is thick and the branches are luxuriant. It is said that the Lu family saved the Sea God under this banyan tree. There is no basis for any legends of the year.

Su Yinxiu took out his camera to take pictures as a routine, Lu Yinbai looked at the banyan tree, and remembered the dream he had when he returned to the island. It was so real that he still has lingering fears. Tang Ao was waiting for him here two years ago, because it is easy to live here. No one will come up, it is very secretive, Tang Ao said that it was hard for Lu Yinbai to imagine his waiting mood from the evening to the dawn of the next day, that kind of... the process from expectation to despair, but the problem is that he never I have received a message from Tang Ao asking him to come here to meet.

"Senior, what happened to you today? You were absent-minded." Su Yinxiu put away the camera and said.

Lu Yinbai scratched his hair distractedly, took out a cigarette from Lin Yue from his pocket, lit one, squatted on the side of the tree trunk and smoked fiercely.

Su Yinxiu walked over and knelt down beside him. She had known Lu Yinbai for many years, so she could roughly figure out his temper, "Senior, I know that your family rules are very strict, and some things are not convenient to say at home, but I am an outsider. That matter in your family has nothing to do with half a dime, maybe you can talk to me about something that bothers you?"

Lu Yinbai squinted his eyes and exhaled a regular smoke ring, then twisted the butt of the cigarette on the ground twice, watched the flame of the cigarette end, and then sighed with determination: "I found Tang Ao."

"What!" Su Yinxiu raised her voice, covered her mouth, put her head in front of Lu Yinbai, and asked nervously, "Where did you find it?"

Lu Yinbai rolled his eyes angrily, "I popped out by myself."

He briefly told Su Yinxiu how he found Tang Ao, including Tang Ao's loss of memory. Of course, he didn't tell all about his doubts.

Su Yinxiu curled her lips and rubbed her chin like Detective Conan, "Could it be that senior Tang Ao suffered from amnesia, a car accident? Knocked on the head? Or experienced a major accident, may lose memory for a short time."

"Maybe he hit his head," Lu Yinbai thought for a while and said, "Because he is more stupid than before."

Tang Ao is actually not stupid. When he was in school, he won all kinds of scholarships in the department. If he hadn't disappeared, he would have been directly guaranteed the postgraduate quota. In addition, he looks handsome and has a good reputation in the university. Su Yinxiu caught a glimpse of them together from a distance, tsk tsk, it was indescribably ambiguous, just like in a novel, surrounded by warm-toned pink bubbles, although Lu Yinbai didn't tell her clearly, Su Yinxiu already had it in her heart. The basic idea is that her main task now is to find a reasonable reason for the senior who is in love with the authorities, and then assist the two to elope.

Thinking of this, Su Yinxiu immediately cheered up.She thought for a while, then analyzed: "According to what the senior said, after you left, Senior Tang Ao stayed on the island. Did something happen during this period that stimulated him?"

Lu Yinbai felt that there was a possibility. After he left in a hurry, he had no contact with the people on the island, and knew nothing about what happened in the past two years.

"Take him to the hospital for a check-up when you return to City S," Su Yinxiu said comfortingly, "At least he's been found, don't worry about other things slowly, and don't let him get any stimuli and cause secondary injuries."

After going down the mountain, Su Yinxiu went back to catch up on sleep because she didn't have a good rest last night. Lu Yinbai wandered around the village blowing the humid sea breeze, and finally decided to find someone. About Tang Ao, this is probably the only one. People are willing to talk to him.

Aunt Tang didn't expect that Lu Yinbai would take the initiative to find her. She poured a cup of tea for Lu Yinbai, sat hesitantly across from him, rubbed her hands awkwardly, and asked cautiously: "Is it... Is there a Bao?" news?"

The Tang family had all moved out two years ago. They were equivalent to being expelled from the island. There were only a few basic pieces of furniture left in the house. Only Aunt Tang insisted on staying here, waiting for news of her son. For two years, I don't know how she came here, Lu Yinbai didn't know where to start, so he could only remain silent in the face of Aunt Tang's questioning.

Aunt Tang had a painful expression on her face, she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and choked up, "I knew that child A Bao was gone. One month after he disappeared, I dreamed that he was covered in blood, so I knew He is gone, and staying here is just to find his bones and let him die with peace of mind."

Dream?Lu Yinbai's eyebrows skipped a beat.

"I dreamed of him two days ago. He was smiling. He asked me, Mom, if Ah Bai is back." Aunt Tang covered her mouth and wept. This petite and thin woman was suppressing great pain. Even his voice was old and distorted, "He will still think about you until he dies."

Perhaps infected by Aunt Tang's emotions, Lu Yinbai felt a heart-wrenching pain at that moment, and the pain ran all over the nerves. He pressed his lips tightly, and the color of his lips began to turn white.

Probably because I haven't talked to anyone for too long, or maybe because I lost control of my emotions, Aunt Tang said intermittently: "I killed Bao. If I let him go, he must be alive and well."

"I can't blame you," Lu Yinbai felt a little guilty because he was also one of the people who caused this situation. He handed the water glass to Aunt Tang and said, "No parent can accept this calmly. Aunt Tang, I know it might be too much to talk about it now, but could you please tell me in detail what happened on the day Abao disappeared."

That day Lu Yinbai was being confined by Lu Qiguan, and the relationship became more tense after he left the island. He could only inquire about some news from Lin Yue. Lin Yue said that Tang Ao was indeed missing, but he didn't know the specific details.

Aunt Tang took a sip of water, and her mood stabilized a little. She looked far away and recalled the summer two years ago, "It was nothing special that day. Your Uncle Tang was furious about the two of you and said that he would sever the father-son relationship with Ah Bao. Bao Na's stubborn temper yelled to find you, his father locked him in the firewood room angrily, and put a big lock on the door. After starving him for two days, I only found out that he had disappeared when I secretly delivered food to A Bao. gone."

"What happened later?" Lu Yinbai asked: "After I left, did anything special happen?"

"Later," Aunt Tang looked at Lu Yinbai anxiously, "Later I begged Mr. Lu to find A Bao. Although the old man was very reluctant, he took many people up the mountain to look for him, but found nothing. Even if A Bao disappeared Well, the people on the island still pointed their fingers at A Bao. The family members couldn’t bear to be judged by others, so they left Morning Star Island in the name of being expelled after getting the old man’s permission. I was the only one who stayed. Is there something special—— During that time, the weather was bad and there were a lot of dead fish, so we had to go to far seas to fish, but it only lasted for a month.”

The appearance of dead fish may be a problem of ocean pollution. Tang Ao can't be so stupid as to drink poisonous seawater and cause amnesia. Lu Yinbai still has no idea. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, wrote down his mobile phone number and handed it to Aunt Tang: " Aunt Tang, if you believe me, leave here tomorrow, find a place to settle down, and call me after half a month."

Aunt Tang wanted to ask something, but when she saw Lu Yinbai's firm gaze, she felt hopeful, she carefully put the note close to her body, and nodded.

When Lu Yinbai came home, he happened to bump into Lu Qi who was about to go out at the door. Lu Qi sized him up with sharp eyes, and snorted coldly: "I know that I'm not doing my job properly all day long."

"Yes, yes, yes." Lu Yinbai responded perfunctorily, bypassing Lu Qi and walking home.

"Wait," Lu Qi called to stop him, "Your fifth uncle said you took the key to the darkroom?"

"Yes." Lu Yinbai admitted without hesitation.

Lu Qi ignored his foolish appearance, and said solemnly: "Did you see any tricks?"

Lu Yinbai scratched his messy hair and dropped a lot of dead leaves, "It's just a small room, what else can I do?"

As expected, Lu Qi was so angry that his face turned pale, and he said coldly, "Come with me."

He didn't leave the door, turned around and walked home, Lu Yinbai curled his lips, had to follow, and arrived at Lu Qi's study room, just as he remembered, the large collection of books in the study room were arranged in an orderly manner and packed in different categories, Lu Qi He took out a delicate sandalwood box from the dark compartment of the bookshelf, handed it to Lu Yinbai, and signaled him to open it.

Inside the box was a delicate silver knife. The body of the knife was covered with delicate patterns, dense vines wrapped around the tip of the knife along the handle, the cold light from the tip made Lu Yinbai shudder, and subconsciously closed the box.

"You sharpen this small knife, it will be used in the memorial ceremony, today I will go outside, buy some things, and let you take care of the things at home, and you also take care of your mind. technique."

Lu Qi didn't give Lu Yinbai time to reply, he turned around and left. Lu Yinbai held the box and felt like a hot potato, wishing to throw it away.