He Yu was standing far away, in a corner.

So no one noticed him.

Right now, this small alley, which is neither a historical site nor an Internet celebrity attraction, is surrounded by water.Many people holding their phones were chattering.

Not long ago, Xie Qingcheng returned to Moyu Lane.

Xie Qingcheng came back by taxi.

-

Because he had been crazy with He Yu for too long yesterday, it was already late when he woke up, and with the follow-up payment and quarrels, it was already dark when he returned to Moyu Lane. Normally, everyone should have dinner at home at this point up.

But this is not the case at the entrance of Moyuxiang.

When Xie Qingcheng called nearby, he found that there were many policemen standing at the entrance of the alley, and the policemen were blocking some people who were holding up their mobile phones and taking pictures and videos.

"The car can only park here." The driver said, seeing that there was a one-way road ahead.

"Then stop here, thank you."

Xie Qingcheng paid the bill, and just as he stepped off the taxi with his long legs, a glaring white light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.For a moment, he thought it was because he was too uncomfortable and his eyes were dazzled, but later he realized that the onlookers who were stopped by the police were frantically taking pictures and videos of him.During that battle, those who didn't know why the star came.

"it's him!"

"Xie Qingcheng, can you tell me what is the relationship between the broadcasting tower murder case and you?"

"Why was your video posted by criminals? Why did you release yours instead of others? Are you connected to Chengkang Mental Hospital?"

"It is said on the Internet that you are also involved in the plan to impose house arrest and molestation on mentally ill women. Why don't you plan to clarify?"

"Xie Qingcheng, why are you insulting Professor Qin Ciyan? He is unparalleled! Do you have a conscience! You are the only one who can be a doctor and a teacher! Get out of jail soon!!"

Xie Qing had roughly known the situation before he came, because of the case of the Shanghai Radio and Television Tower, their family has now become the unlucky ghost standing on the cusp of the storm.Someone spread the address of Xie Qingcheng's home on the Internet, so whether the small Internet celebrities who took the video or the simple-minded passers-by, they all began to crowd into Moyu Lane like piranhas smelling blood. .

Not to mention that his house was splashed with paint, even the neighbors were implicated.

Aunt Li rushed out to argue with them, but a video was shot and posted on the Internet, saying that this was Xie Qingcheng's mother, and the shrew was messing around.

Xie Xue was even more outrageously accused, and was directly identified as Xie Qingcheng's concubine, a mistress.

The person who posted the video earned a lot of traffic.

Later, Xie Xue cried and called the police. When the police came, Chen Man also came, and drove these people out of the alley. The few who made a lot of trouble were directly sent to the police station for tea by Chen Man.

When other people saw this, although they didn't dare to splash paint to disturb the people, there were still quite a few people gathered around the alley and refused to disperse. They knew that Xie Qingcheng would definitely go home, look, isn't he coming back now?

"Shoot him!"

"Xie Qingcheng, look at the camera."

"..."

look at your mother.

Xie Qingcheng ignored them at all, he slammed the door of the car as if he was out of the street, pulled the cordon and walked in with a sullen face.The little broken taxi in Shanghai was abruptly taken out of the supercar posture of a mafia boss by him.

"elder brother!!"

The alley was quiet. Xie Xue was sitting on a small stool in front of the house. As soon as she saw Xie Qingcheng, she flew over. With a weight of more than 90 kilograms, Xie Qingcheng's waist was so painful that she almost gave it to him. It broke and took two steps back.

Normally, her elder brother could catch her casually with one hand, and even hold her in place several times, but now Xie Qingcheng couldn't even bear this pounce. Eyes: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"...It's okay." Xie Qingcheng coughed lightly, "I didn't stand still."

Chen Man also came over: "Brother Xie."

The neighbors were all in the yard, grandpa and aunt, waving cattail fans to drive away mosquitoes and flies, saw Xie Qingcheng come back, they all looked at him.

No one spoke.

Aunt Li was sitting under the old camphor tree in flowered pajamas wiping her tears, and a pair of old slippers were worn backwards, dragging on her feet.

Xie Qingcheng hugged Xie Xue, patted the head and back of the girl in his arms, and looked around—because of the influx of Internet celebrities who made videos before, this dilapidated but quiet and elegant alley was in a mess. Uncle Liu’s flower pots were smashed, Aunt Zhao’s fence was torn down, and even the husky kennel raised by Sister Wang’s son next door was squeezed into a pile of rotten wood.

The dog stood by the side stupidly, and it probably hasn't slowed down until now. It was thinking, isn't it the king of house demolition?How could these people be more beastly than it, and demolished all its kennels?

What is even more glaring is that the walls, doors and windows of Xie's house and the surrounding two households were splashed with blood-like paint, and someone wrote a few shocking "roll" characters with scarlet spray paint.

Xie Qingcheng's psychological quality is really good. Faced with such a situation, he was not defeated. He didn't even suffer too much impact—that's right, I've gone through what happened last night, what else can stimulate me now? his.

He just felt sorry for hurting others, and after a long silence, he turned his head to the silent neighbors in the yard and said, "...Sorry for disturbing you."

The evening wind rustled in the courtyard, blowing over the loquat trees, ivy, and the nightdresses and pajamas of the old aunts and uncles.

After a while—

"Thank you..."

Grandma Zhang spoke.

Xie Qingcheng didn't respond, he thought he was calling Xie Xue.He has not been called Xiao Xie by his neighbors for many years. Everyone thinks he is cold and fierce, so they call him Professor Xie, Dr. Xie.

Xiao Xie was still the name they used when he was studying.

It wasn't until Grandma Zhang walked over tremblingly, stretched out a hand like old bark, and grabbed his arm, that he realized that it was him she was calling.

"Well, Xiao Xie, don't be afraid... We all put our mobile phones in the house, and no one has them on us. No one will take pictures of you here to harm you..."

Xie Qingcheng was startled.

Only now did he see tears of worry in Grandma Zhang's muddy old eyes.

"It's okay, good boy, go home and have a good sleep, there are police outside, they can't come in, we will clean the yard... Don't think so much, it's okay, it's okay."

"Yes, Xiao Xie, it's all right."

"That's a bunch of ghosts in human skin, don't take those Internet celebrities too seriously."

"That's right, and my fence has been planted for more than ten years, and it's broken and I just replaced it with a new one."

"Thank you brother, my kennel can also be replaced with a bigger one. This is what Ah Wu bought when I was a child. It's too cramped to sleep in now."

Xie Qingcheng was quite numb outside just now, feeling nothing, verbal violence is the least important thing to him, but there is no need to mind the dust and crumbs, he doesn't even bother to give the other party a look, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone good.

But at this moment, when he looked at these old neighbors who had been together for more than 20 years while looking down, he suddenly felt that something was breaking in his heart, it was hot, but it was a dull pain.

"...I'm really sorry to bother you to this extent."

He didn't know what to say, especially when he saw that the white orchid plant raised by Uncle Liu's family was also trampled on, and the graceful flower tree fell among the mud and broken pottery.

His heart also seemed to be cut by fragments of pottery pots. Looking at the hunched figure of Uncle Liu, he said, "...Auntie Sun planted this before."

Aunt Sun is the wife of Uncle Liu, who suffered from lung cancer, and passed away a few years ago. She loved white orchids the most during her lifetime. This one was planted by herself more than 20 years ago. At that time, she was still a big sister with a loud voice... Liu Grandpa is also a tall and straight uncle.

The flowering tree, which has not been damaged by wind and rain for 20 years, was trampled and squeezed by the crowd that came that night, and the trunk was broken in the middle.

Grandpa Liu was fascinated by the growth rings in the tree trunk. Each ring was like a shadow of the good old days, and it was the ripples of her smile.

Xie Qingcheng is a tough guy, but this time, after he was silent for a long time, his voice was still uncontrollable and a little hoarse: "... Uncle, I'm sorry."

"...Ah, it's okay, Xiao Xie." After a long time, Uncle Liu came back to his senses in a daze. He walked over with a cane and patted Xie Qingcheng's back, just like the one who was there when he was a child The uncle who worked in the steel factory patted the boy with his tower-like hands.

"It's fine, it's just a tree. It's fine for people to be fine, and it's fine for people to be fine. Trees... trees can... be planted again..."

But when the old man said this, he couldn't help but lowered his head and wiped away his tears.

Everyone knows that it will not be the same tree again. The person who planted the tree has become the bone under the spring, and the tree has finally gone with its youth.

Grandpa Liu wiped away his tears, and tried his best to put on a smile on his wrinkled face: "You bought this tree for Wanyun from the flower and bird market at that time. Your parents helped her plant it together, and you Think I'm old and confused? I still remember it."

"That's right, Xiao Xie. Allah has lived in the same place for more than twenty years. What kind of person is Nong, what kind of people are Nong's parents? Allah doesn't know? What is said outside, both Nong and Xiaoxue have neighbors, I'm going to panic, you know? Go into the house and rest, wash up, and see how well Chali is doing."

"That's to say, hurry up and wash up, your face is so ugly, hey, Nong's father and mother will be heartbroken to live, heartache to death..."

Xie Xue raised her head from Xie Qingcheng's arms, looked at everyone with tears in her eyes, couldn't bear it anymore, buried her head in her brother's arms again, and cried loudly with a wow.

Xie Qingcheng thanked and apologized repeatedly, and finally took Xie Xue and the others back to the house.

Chen Man and Aunt Li also entered their room.

Looking from the inside of the house, the paint spilled on the windows looks more like the blood of ferocious claws.

Xie Qingcheng: "..."

Chen Man: "Brother Xie, don't worry too much. These people are like locusts crossing the border. They passed by immediately. They are picking quarrels and provoking trouble. I asked my colleagues to settle accounts with them one by one. Moyuxiang will With the police on guard, there will be no more problems..."

Xie Qingcheng coughed lightly. He was already sore all over and had a fever. Right now, he was trying to hold on. However, the lights in the room were dim, so no one could see that he was obviously sick.

He knocked out a cigarette and wanted to light it, but when he saw Aunt Li, he put down the lighter again.

"..."

"Brother, what shall we do now..."

"Xiao Xie, was there some misunderstanding about Professor Qin? You... You mentioned him a few times before, and you were very respectful. What you said... there must be... there must be something What's the reason?" Aunt Li wiped her tears, "Can you think of a way to explain it? Huh? Then some people will stop chasing you, it's hard for you..."

Xie Qingcheng: "..."

"Xiao Xie, talk to me."

Outside the house is a long night that is too thick to melt.

The closest people in the house are by your side.

Xie Qingcheng fiddled with the steel lighter unconsciously with slightly trembling fingers, it lit up, then went out again, lit up, but the light went out again...

Finally he threw the lighter aside, closed his eyes, his voice was hoarse and tired, but firm and stubborn: "No."

"..."

"No one wronged me, I said it, and it's all my truth."

"I really can't understand the absurd things Qin Ciyan did. My mentality changed at that time, and he didn't have a good relationship with me. That's what I said on the spur of the moment, and I didn't think about it."

"..."

"But bro—"

"I'm not perfect, Xie Xue. Your brother is just an ordinary person, he will be afraid and worried. You were only so young at that time. I saw him being killed with my own eyes. I can't persist in the medical system anymore... I Scared, I quit. That's how it is."

A little silence.

Xie Xue's voice was like a helpless kitten: "...Brother, can't you tell the truth even with us?"

Xie Qing was in a daze for a long time, as if the ghosts of the past flashed in his eyes, he finally closed his eyes, lowered his head, put his palms together, resting between his brows, and said softly: "What I said is the truth. I'm sorry... ...I have let you down."

The conversation that night ended in a long silence.

Xie Qingcheng is a very stubborn person, this is very clear to the three listeners in the room.

"There is 3 yuan in this card, Aunt Li, you take it. We can't just say that we won't pay for the damaged things in the neighbor's house. If it wasn't for me, they wouldn't suffer for no reason. This is a burden." Xie Qingcheng said, "I will find a way to deal with the rest of the situation, you can rest at home and don't run out."

"Xiao Xie..."

Xie Qingcheng's eyes are very similar to his mother's, with the same peach blossom eyes as Zhou Muying's, and the same toughness as Zhou Muying's.

Aunt Li's heart twitched again.

She is an abandoned baby of Keat Tzu Church. When she was young, she used to be a table hostess in Shanghai nightclub, serving those old towel customers. Others said she was a whore with stinky crotch. Zhou Muying interrogated this woman in the task of cracking down on pornography and illegal activities. .

At that time, Li Miaoqing refused to accept anyone, took a cigarette in her mouth and asked the police to come, and sat in the interrogation room, refusing to explain a word.

She said I'm just a whore with stinky crotch, what's the matter, you arrested me, and I sold it later, I want you to control it!

Zhou Muying said, Li Miaoqing, you are only 17 years old.I don't want to send you in. Once you enter that place, your whole life will be stained after you come out.

I know you have no parents, no family, here is my business card, this is our office phone number, this, is my home phone number, private.

What do you need you to find me.I'm not just a cop, I'm a woman, I'm a mother.I don't want to see a girl who is not yet an adult walk such a road.

You can call me Mu Ying, don't call me Police Officer Zhou.

I can help you, don't be afraid.

At that time, it was such a pair of peach blossom eyes, looking over at her in the interrogation room.

Li Miaoqing felt like an earthquake had struck her body, and the source of the shock was the heart that had already been riddled with holes.

She later became one of Zhou Muying's friends of all kinds.

This relationship has been maintained very stable, Zhou Muying has always taken care of this errant girl, pitied her every year and festival, let her come to his house for dinner, never looked down on her.

When Zhou Muying and Xie Ping couldn't find a suitable place to live, Li Miaoqing asked them about a second-hand house deal in Moyu Lane where she lived, so she became neighbors with them.

After more than 20 years of ups and downs, Li Miaoqing never touched those filthy flesh and blood to earn a living. She made cheongsams, worked as a tailor, and sewed gorgeous gowns for Zhou Muying one after another.

Now Li Miaoqing has two temple spots, and Zhou Muying is the bone under the spring.

The last cheongsam she made for sister Zhou was Zhou Muying's shroud, a very beautiful brocade. She sewed long sleeves on purpose to cover Zhou Muying's severed arm.

Because Li Miaoqing knew that Officer Zhou was not just a police officer, she was also a woman, a mother, and a wife.

She is beautiful.

She's the prettiest...with those firm, bright eyes.

Now these eyes seem to be looking at Li Miaoqing who has long been wrinkled through the years.

Xie Qingcheng: "So many things have happened, this is really nothing to me."

Li Miaoqing sighed, and finally said nothing more.

Xie Qingcheng arranged for the women and girls to rest.

It started to rain outside.

The night was deeper.

Xie Qing put on an autumn coat, took two umbrellas, and handed one to Chen Man.

"Go back earlier."

"...Brother, are you staying here tonight?" Chen Man was a little surprised. He thought that according to Xie Qingcheng's character, he would definitely be with Xie Xue today.

But Xie Qingcheng couldn't bear it anymore.

His forehead was as hot as a fire, and his body was limp and weak, not to mention the unspeakable pain and numbness somewhere.

If Chen Man was more careful, he would find that Xie Qingcheng didn't sit down much tonight.

"I can't stop. I have something to do at school, I have to go back to the dormitory first."

"Then I'll send you off..."

Xie Qingcheng pushed open the door, and a cool autumn rain blew in from outside.

"No need." He held a large black umbrella with a carbon handle, wrapped it tightly in an autumn windbreaker, and walked into the dark night.

He couldn't pretend for too long, he could feel his back was soaked in cold sweat, hot flashes came up one after another, his face was hot, his eyes were dizzy, and half of his consciousness seemed to be pulled out of his body.

Chen Man: "Then you..."

"Let's go. You have worked hard today. You should go home early."

When we walked outside the alley, it was already past two o'clock in the morning, and there were still people waiting outside in the rain. Xie Qingcheng admired their perseverance.He hailed a taxi inside the cordon, and when the car came, he put away his umbrella and got into the taxi, blocking out the explosion-like noise and flashing lights.

As soon as he got into the car, he couldn't hold it anymore, leaned back on the back seat tiredly, raised his hands and closed his eyes: "..."

Brother: "Brother, where are you going?"

"..."

"Big brother?"

The other party yelled a second time, and Xie Qingcheng recovered from the burning blur.

He knew he should actually go to the hospital.

But he didn't want to go at all, how should he tell the doctor?

What happened in the small room of the clubhouse, with his self-esteem and ruthlessness, he would rather knock out his teeth and swallow his blood, he would rather bring it into the grave.How did he explain the cause of the fever to the doctor?

He is a doctor himself.

Just go back and take some anti-inflammatory drugs.

Thinking of this, Xie Qingcheng changed the hospital between his lips and teeth to: "The dormitory of the teaching staff of Shanghai Medical Sciences is troublesome."

The taxi drove away.

Xie Qingcheng didn't see Chen Man standing among the noisy crowd. After standing for a long time, the little policeman frowned worriedly, and finally turned back to Moyu Lane first, and followed him out after a while.

He didn't even see that in the 24h convenience store across the road, He Yu was sitting behind the glass window, drinking a cup of coffee.

Then He Yu threw away the coffee, pressed down on the brim of his hat, and walked out of the convenience store.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

"If Zhou Muying is alive, her views on Chen Man and He Yu"

Zhou Muying: Chen Man is a good boy, but he does things in a hurry, so he should learn to slow down.

Chen Man: ...Aren't my appearances slow enough in these chapters, Auntie?

Zhou Muying: He Yu, you can tell the police if you have any difficulties, come on, come with me to the office, let me ask you what happened that day in the clubhouse, Qingcheng is so strong, did he bully you?

He Yu: Yes, auntie, he bullied me, and I have been ridiculed for days... (wronged)

Xie Qingcheng: ...

Note:

"That's right, Xiao Xie. Allah has lived in the same place for more than twenty years. What kind of person is Nong, what kind of people are Nong's parents? Allah doesn't know? What is said outside, both Nong and Xiaoxue have neighbors, I'm going to panic, you know? Go into the house and rest, wash up, and see how well Chali is doing."

dialect.It means "Yes, Xiaoxie, we have lived together for more than 20 years, what kind of person are you, what kind of person are your parents, we don't know? What do you say outside, you and Xiaoxue and neighbors, Don't worry, you know? Go in and have a rest, take a shower, look at how tired you are."

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