sunk in yesterday

Guan Yuzhou picked up the photo and wiped off the thick dust on it with his fingertips, revealing the image with moth-eaten marks underneath.

Xia Zhuo's knees were still aching. He grabbed Guan Yuzhou's arm and stretched his neck to look, "Who is it?"

Guan Yuzhou frowned slightly, and handed out the photo.

This photo is the same size as the one in the album, so it should be from the same camera.Its well-worn edges show just how much it has been loved by its owner.

It's a pity that even if Xia Zhuo saw the above image at a close distance, he still couldn't recognize who it was.Rather, the photo looks eerie at first glance.

"Is this a shot of a woman's back?"

Guan Yuzhou nodded, "I don't know who it is, but the level of photography is really bad."

Xia Zhuo answered: "Not as good as half of your level?"

Guan Yuzhou took a deep look at him, and Xia Zhuo immediately understood, and changed his words: "Understood, I understand, it's not as good as one finger of yours!"

Guan Yuzhou laughed when he heard that, "How can it be so exaggerated?"

"Of course you are the best." Xia Zhuo praised him as a matter of course, "You can go to the hall and go to the kitchen, you can earn points to beat hooligans, you can solve problems, you can save Mingming, you can find a boyfriend and you can even warm the big bed~"

Xia Mingming's Mingming.

The other person walked in front of the god of death for a while, and [-]% of the souls did not come back. Xia Zhuo even made up a jingle, and after finishing speaking, he did not forget to rub him like a puppy: "Am I right?"

If he hadn't seen him secretly wiping dust on his clothes with his hands, Guan Yuzhou would really have thought that he just wanted to get close to him.

He pretended not to see it at all, and stretched out his hand to pinch Xia Zhuo's face, "Is this how to make people happy?"

Xia Zhuo didn't even know that two gray marks were pinched on his face, and he still shook his head and said, "How can this be, my feelings can't be more sincere or more real. Thank you Mr. Guan for saving my life, I will definitely use my body in the next life May."

"What about this life?"

"Isn't it already promised?"

Guan Yuzhou raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why should the benefits I deserve in this life be cheaper for me in the next life?"

"Then what do you say, I can't afford anything but myself...how about marrying you twice?"

"Why do you tie it twice?"

Xia Zhuo said in a low voice: "Just... leave once and then reunite?"

Guan Yuzhou laughed angrily.

Xia Zhuo observed her words, and immediately changed the subject: "So, will I know this woman?"

"It could be your biological mother, or it could be Xia Youjiang's other lovers."

Xia Zhuo yearns for family affection, the more things he doesn't remember, the more he longs for them.

But he listened to Guan Yuzhou's brief account of his life experience of being abandoned since childhood and being adopted by another couple, and his mood was so complicated that he couldn't recognize it himself, so he just said "oh" dryly.

He rubbed the rough paper, in which the woman with her back to the camera exposed only half of her left ear, she seemed to turn her head but didn't look back, the dark background and her silhouette almost blended together, the whole composition had a kind of A depressive color that can be recognized after a long time.

Guan Yuzhou patted his head, "It's a painful process for a woman to give birth, and her husband can't be around. She gave birth to you under such psychological and physical torture, which shows that she loves you."

"What happened to her after that?"

"It is said that he died of illness."

Xia Zhuo listened blankly, a blurred face suddenly flashed in his mind.

Under his gaze, the scene in the photo changed. The woman with long hair turned her head in a panic while protecting her slightly protruding abdomen.

The illusion was shattered in the blink of an eye, and only the dark figure remained on the yellow paper.

He lowered his eyes and said sullenly, "Well, she should love me."

Guan Yuzhou involuntarily softened the lines of his face, so as not to let him continue to be immersed in this kind of longing, "Come here and find the rest of the cabinets, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time."

There are many books on the shelves, which smell old and most of them are out of print.It's a pity that they rummaged from top to bottom, but they didn't get anything. After Xia Zhuo took out a book in the middle of the bottom row with some frustration, his movements obviously froze, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Guan Yuzhou frowned, "What did you find?"

"This book is so light." Xia Zhuo shook the book, and immediately heard small sounds coming from inside.

He opened it, and found that a square groove was dug out of the book, and it was made into a delicate and secret storage box.The book, which has reduced the weight of the paper by more than half, does not feel real when picked up. There are more than a dozen old and new air tickets hidden in it.

He immediately laid out the tickets on the floor, and found that all the time and destinations on it were the same, and they all flew to a backward seaside city on May [-]nd.

"May [-]nd..." Guan Yuzhou was thoughtful. This was the date of Xia Youjiang's death.

Xia Zhuo was taken away from this small city by the Si family when she was three years old. Before that, she was raised by her biological mother alone.And Xia Youjiang died in a plane crash when he was 17 years old. Excluding the air ticket that he failed to bring back that year, there are a total of thirteen books hidden in the book, one is not many, and one is not.

This shows what?

Looking at it this way, Xia Youjiang's purpose for going to this city seems to be clear.

He couldn't think of any other reason besides sweeping the tomb for worship.

When you are alive in this world, you don’t care about it, but you only care about it after you die?

Guan Yuzhou looked surprised, at this moment, the piercing ringing of the phone broke the silence in the room.

The two of them cast their eyes on the bedside table at the same time, Xia Zhuo moved his feet subconsciously, but did not go.He obviously had scruples about this, and thought of a series of things that happened after answering the phone last time.

After letting it ring for a while, Guan Yuzhou strode forward to pick up the receiver.He didn't press the PA button, but the voice on the other side resounded throughout the room:

"I know you're still looking for her...

"Shut up! I've raised you for so many years, and I've taught you how to quarrel with your father because of a lowly woman? If your mother is still alive, you'll be pissed off to death!  …

"What do you mean I use your mother to oppress you? Now it is clear that you are going to tear down the roof of my Xia family for someone who is not worth it! I didn't hide her, and you don't have to look for her anymore...

"Do you think she loves you? What is the sincerity of a woman staying in that kind of place? Isn't she trying to get your money? Even if she gave birth to a child for you, she was thinking of using the child to blackmail you! When will you Will you understand this truth!?...

"It's useless to talk too much, come back from outside quickly, or you will lose all my old face! You will lose all face of the Xia family too!!!"

With a "bang", whoever dropped the microphone first, the current audio sounded like the screams of the dying, piercing their eardrums with overwhelming anger.

Like last time, the date was displayed on the screen after the call was hung up - 1992/04/2116:37.

This was the year Xia Zhuo was born.

The lingering busy voice still hit Xia Zhuo's heart, he looked at Guan Yuzhou blankly, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

He just came to the conclusion that his mother loves him after giving birth, and then heard that it was used by another elder who is related by blood. What words should be used to describe his mood at this time... probably funny.

Guan Yuzhou slowly lowered his hand on the receiver to his side, and sneered sarcastically.Xia Hong is really good at beating mandarin ducks with sticks.When you get used to being in power, you start not to treat others as human beings.

If Xia Hong was asked why he was unwilling to recognize Xia Zhuo at first, he would definitely say that it was because of the Xia family.But if asked why he recognized Xia Zhuo later, he would answer that it was for the Xia family.

Ridiculous.

Sensing the sudden low pressure on his body, Xia Zhuo quickly touched his fingertips, "Don't be angry, I'm not angry with you."

Guan Yuzhou clasped his hands together with five fingers.

Xia Zhuo really had no dissatisfaction.

From the time he saw and heard what Mr. Xia was doing in the Buddhist hall, he probably knew that he was a very stubborn old man. Can't stand.

Even in the past when his memory was still complete, everything about the Xia family could not make him overly sad or sad, it would only increase his attachment and yearning for the small family of the Si family.

Just as he was thinking about whether to comfort Guan Yuzhou or not, the door was knocked lightly three times from the outside.

"Duk, duk—duk."

Very unique rhythm, seems to be some kind of code.

Guan Yuzhou recognized it, he led Xia Zhuo to the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door three times with the same pattern.

Tan Nian's low voice immediately sounded outside the door, but the tone sounded like Tan Hei: "Sir, that old aborigine is going upstairs for dinner."

Guan Yuzhou opened the door from the inside, and the dangerous corridor had been restored to its original state, and the brightness of the lights on the wall was also higher.

Feng Yongxin has already left.

Tan Xiaohei stepped aside and reported, "He's not in good health, he didn't talk much all morning, and he didn't come up with any noteworthy information."

His tone didn't change from usual, but Xia Zhuo inexplicably sensed a trace of uneasiness from it.

Probably the same as when he broke the mirror in the dream of the last trip together.

"Well." Guan Yuzhou nodded, and led Xia Zhuo to evacuate towards the stairs. "It's not easy to hold them back."

Tan Xiaohei pursed his lips and said nothing.

They had just arrived between the second and third floors when the assistant Xiao Xiao helped the old man up from downstairs.

The cane fell on the stairs, making a dull sound.

Xia Zhuo's heart trembled, and her pace slowed down by half a beat.

He saw the white-haired thin old man, the short jacket made of silk was hanging loosely on his body, every step seemed to be strenuous, his whole body was like a candle flickering in the wind, which might be extinguished at any time.

As if feeling his sight, the old man stopped after standing on the last step, tilting his head back slightly to explore.Xia Zhuo rushed up three or two steps before that, letting the stairs cover her figure.

A few seconds later, a hoarse voice came from below: "When are those people coming today?"

The assistant replied: "They will be there at three o'clock."

The old man nodded, "Hmph... from the recent point of view, they are also a little bit capable. When people come, you can tell them that as long as they can do what they say, the reward I, Xia Hong, will definitely compare to what they earned in the first half of their life." many."

The assistant bowed his head respectfully, "Yes."

The footsteps of leaving stopped abruptly after the sound of closing the door, Xia Zhuo closed his eyes and realized that his heart was beating a little faster.When he opened his eyes again, he unexpectedly discovered that these short conversations were the key points of the plot, and he received a reminder message to get two points.

He wondered: "Who are 'those people'?"

Guan Yuzhou paused, a strange color flashed in his dark eyes: "It should be a psychiatrist."

"Huh? Isn't that what Feng Yongxin is doing?"

Guan Yuzhou glanced out of the window, and he realized that the truth buried in the fog and unknown to him was about to surface.

He didn't know what these doctors had done, so he could only tell Xia Zhuo: "Be careful of any of them."

Unexpectedly, Xia Zhuo asked him bluntly: "Because they are related to my death?"

"Well, I think so."

So he searched all the psychiatrists hired by Xia Hong back then, but these people didn't even have professional licenses. It was obvious that they were a group of swindlers with false certificates. After a long time, even Chang Yiqing's The intelligence network only found half of the clues before cutting off the clues.

These people just disappeared out of thin air.

Xia Zhuo smacked his lips: "I thought Feng Yongxin and I fought each other until we died together. I didn't expect that other people would be involved... But just one Feng Yongxin is tricky. Do you have more to play with?"

"Everything will be unsolvable. In short..." Guan Yuzhou hugged his waist tightly, fearing that thousands of instructions would only increase the pressure. In the end, all the words turned into a vow: "I will be by your side."

"Okay." Xia Zhuo reached into his pocket and grabbed the knife.

After eating lunch in the restaurant, Xia Zhuo went back to his room and took a nap for half an hour considering his physical condition.He didn't dare to sleep too much, and Qian reminded Guan Yuzhou to wake himself up. He wondered if the jade pendant had played a role, and his vain state actually improved after waking up.

In addition to the guest rooms for them on the third floor, there are tea rooms, audio-visual rooms, chess and card rooms and other entertainment areas.The five of them acted together, and they almost turned the whole floor upside down, but unfortunately they didn't find any clues.

It ended without a problem for more than two hours, during which Feng Yongxin did not appear again.

Chu Jin sat on the small wooden horse in the children's playroom, shaking and chatting with Xia Zhuo: "I heard the kid say that there is a basement downstairs? When are you going to go and have a look? Why don't you take me with you? I'm idle anyway. Also idle."

He was on the first floor today without encountering any danger, and he still looks lazy until now.Although he is not a social fear, he is not a social bull either. He spent a long time with two strangers all morning without saying a word, and that assistant gave him a very creepy feeling, which he hated the most. The one who keeps laughing.

Yu Ziang squinted at him: "You are not allowed to go."

"Why can't we go? Generally, there are secrets in the basement. Who doesn't want to know some secrets?"

"It won't work even if you go." Xia Zhuo hit the nail on the head.

Chu Jin's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that he could speak so bluntly, "Damn... I, I really... Why am I... Oh, I'm so annoying to you!"

He was so angry that he couldn't straighten his tongue.

Although he is not very good, he always goes wrong at critical moments, his brain is not very bright, and his nerves are still very weak...

Pooh!

Why did he think about it.

So why can he successfully walk through so many dreams?

Chu Jin fell into deep thought, then figured it out, and his complicated eyes fell on Yu Ziang.

Yu Ziang: "?"

Chu Jin sighed quietly, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Good brother! It's been so hard for you for so long, I will shovel the cat poop in the house from now on!"

Yu Ziang: "..."