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Wan Changting suffered from insomnia.

He was very tired today. He had been immersed in research since he got up at six o'clock in the morning, and he didn't lie in bed until twelve o'clock in the evening, but he couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

Since he brought Danying to the research institute, he has not returned home, but slept in his office. There is a small bed inside the office, which is just right for him to be alone.Wan Changting went to see Danying before going to bed. There was also a small bed in the iron cage where Danying stayed. When he went, Danying was already wrapped in a small quilt and fell asleep facing inside. After a while, he turned and left.

They used to sleep in separate beds when they were at home. Puying was very sensible. He knew that Wan Changting was very tired, so he would always rub his shoulders before going to bed. For this reason, he even learned massage for a period of time.It is said that they sleep in separate beds, but in fact sometimes they cannot help but sleep together. Although Puying is well-behaved and sensible, she is young and energetic, and sometimes she can't bear it anymore and will secretly climb onto Wan Changting's bed and get into the quilt so uncomfortable Come and go, rubbing rubbing can rub off the fire, and finally just stay on Wanchangting's bed and sleep all night, watching Wanchangting wake up the next morning with a flushed face.

Wan Changting looked at his phone, it was already past two o'clock in the morning.

He was sleepless.

In Wan Changting's heart, he thought that academic research was everything. He did not deny his madness, and even indulged in it repeatedly—before Pu Ying confessed to him.

He looked at the ceiling quietly in the dark, and he didn't feel anything when he had a research nearby, but now recalling the year with Danying, Wan Changting suddenly felt tears welling up in his eyes.

This time I couldn't sleep at all.

Wan Changting sat up, fell silent for a moment in the dark, and quietly got out of bed and went to the cage, driven by a thought—to call Danying back to sleep with him.

He is not an unreasonable person. Wan Changting actually understands that Puying is willing to stay in the institute because of him. send home.

What research, what results, at this moment it seems like worthless scrap copper and rotten iron. Wan Changting doesn't know whether he suddenly became dazed tonight or what. His mind is full of dandelions now, only dandelions , as long as the dandelion.

The corridor on the second floor is dark, only the dark green of the "safety exit" is lit in the corner. Wan Changting walked a few steps quickly. He touched the key in his pocket with his sweaty hands and was about to take it out when he suddenly heard the sound of an iron cage. There were a few chaotic breathing sounds, followed by an extremely ambiguous low voice.

"Yeah... Use some strength... Be good..."

Wan Changting was struck by lightning in an instant, he stopped firmly, looked at the iron cage hidden in the darkness not far away, and couldn't move a step.

A few meters away, the man's panting and Danying's moaning could be faintly heard.Wan Changting's mind went blank for a moment, and he suddenly covered his ears, and he suddenly became cowardly, so cowardly that he couldn't even believe it.In the past, Wan Changting was never worried about his relationship with Puying, but now, he was particularly afraid that his colleagues would discover his special relationship with Puying if he went to stop him. He even panicked and forgot that Puying was his son—— He should have stopped it anyway.

But Wan Changting chose to retreat. He backed away as silently and slowly as when he came, and finally escaped in embarrassment, leaving the voices of the two behind him, as if it was some terrible magic sound.

He drilled back into his office and shrank into the quilt like a child. A man in his 40s trembled inexplicably. Professor Wan, who was always calm and calm, covered his ears in fear at this moment, and finally couldn't help it. With a broken whimper.

……

"There's no one in the house."

Hearing Bian Jun's voice from the bluetooth headset, An Bai slightly frowned, and he stopped slowly at the intersection of red lights: "Where's the neighbor? Ask the neighbor if they know what Wan Changting and his family are doing."

"The neighbors are not at home either." Bian Jun said helplessly.

"You go around and visit, see if you can find some clues."

"Yes."

An Baiwei hung up Bian Jun's phone, and Jiang Shuo's call came in.

"Team An, Puying's teacher said that he had gone through the formalities of withdrawing from school some time ago and hadn't gone to school for a week."

"Suspension from school?" An Baiwei was really taken aback, "What's the reason?"

"It's family reasons."

"..." Amber exhaled lightly, feeling inexplicably uneasy in his heart, "Okay, got it."

After hanging up the phone, An Baiwei couldn't help speeding up the car, and drove towards Dai Xiaozhou's research institute without a word. The last time they visited Puying's house was last week, that is to say, Puying was receiving I didn't go to school for the next week, and the news from Bian Jun said that there was no one at home——Pu Ying is not at school, where did he go?

Lu Zhe, who was on the co-pilot, was smoking an unburned cigarette, and glanced at Amber. Seeing that his expression was tense and silent, he knew that he had started to put mental pressure on 1 himself again.Although Lu Zhe didn't say anything, he knew very well that An Bowei always seemed to stay out of the matter, but in fact he clearly engraved everyone in the case in his heart, and An Bowei would put the blame on anyone who went wrong. On himself, and finally digested silently.

Now it seems that An Bowei is starting to worry about Danying.

Lu Zhe sneakily moved his hand to the side of the seat, and finally pretended to be careless and lightly covered An Bowei's hand holding the car gear. His hand was already very cold, and An Baiwei's was even colder.

An Baiwei, who was concentrating on driving, was suddenly touched by his hand. He couldn't help but subconsciously look at Lu Zhe, and saw the little boy biting a cigarette and turning his head to look at the scenery outside the window, with one hand on An Baiwei's. On the ground, but he insisted on pretending that I don't want to talk to you, in fact, the corners of his mouth raised a slight arc.

Lu Zhe was immersed in the joy of finally teasing An Baiwei, when he suddenly felt that cold hand wrap around his own, he pulled it out but did not pull it out, turned his head and saw An Baiwei was open Che smiled and said solemnly: "My Xiaozhe is the best Xiaozhe in the world."

Lu Zhe: "...you drive hard."

He really couldn't bear Xiao Zhe's weird title.

They stopped driving when there was still a road away from the research institute. The road outside the research institute was originally narrow, but now it was congested. Many drivers came down to check and point to the front.

Amber adjusted his head slightly, parked the car at a distance, and got out of the car with Lu Zhe and ran towards the research institute. After running a few steps, he saw thick smoke billowing from a house in the distance, and several fire engines stopped. On the side of the road, passing vehicles can only pass through the narrow road, and the traffic is basically paralyzed.

"Is it the research institute?" An Baiwei quickened his pace, his heart was pounding, the ominous premonition resurfaced in his heart, more realistic than ever before.

Lu Zhe looked down at the location on his phone, then at the place not far away where the flames were burning into the sky, and answered with difficulty: "It's the research institute."

"Damn it..." Amber swears in a low voice, shuttles through the vehicle vigorously, shows his ID to the firefighters blocking the way, and quickly asks, "When did the fire start?"

"The fire alarm was received half an hour ago, and the fire is under control." The firefighter who was asked simply answered.

"Half an hour..." Amber took a deep breath, looking towards the research institute from this place, the house has been burnt to pieces, with window frames falling from upstairs from time to time, it seems that there is a possibility of collapse at any time .

Lu Zhe looked around. With his good eyesight, he could see a dozen people pointing and pointing around the institute. Some of them burst into tears, and they seemed to have a good relationship with the institute.

Taking advantage of the gap between An Baiwei and the firefighters, Lu Zhe strode over and asked one of them, "Are you all from the research institute?"

The person who was being questioned was an old man wearing glasses. His beard was burned off, and the frame of the glasses was crooked. That's right... so many research results have not been brought out... they are all burned... gone..."

"Is there anyone else in the institute?"

"The director won't come out...he won't come out." The old man shook his head, his cloudy eyes were filled with transparent liquid, "He wants to be with those materials...he...ah..."

"Who is the director?" Lu Zhe frowned.

"Wan Changting, Director Wan." After the old man finished speaking, he took off his glasses, wiped away his tears, and sighed heavily.

Lu Zhe's heart skipped a beat. He ran to the nearest water pipe in the courtyard and got his clothes half wet. Without even asking Amber, he plunged into the fire.This old house is already in dire straits, and the first floor is full of research materials that have been burned to black ashes.Lu Zhe nimbly dodged the chandelier that fell from the top of his head, covered his mouth and nose, and explored quickly. Almost all the rooms on the first floor were burned through. Wan Changting was not here, so Lu Zhe quickly climbed up to the second floor. Being touched by sparks, he stomped on the flames a few times, leaned over in the dizzying smoke, and searched for Wan Changting from door to door.

Amidst the crackling sound of burning wood, Lu Zhe heard someone shouting downstairs to jump down, but he ignored it and insisted on finding Wan Changting out.The flames licked the corner of Lu Zhe's clothes, burning his skin scorched. Lu Zhe rolled on the ground, got up and continued to look for Wan Changting. Finally, he saw two figures cuddling together at the end of the corridor on the second floor. .

Lu Zhe suddenly lost his voice. He didn't understand what was wrong with Wan Changting and Puying. They cuddled together in the corner of the disaster and didn't take life as the priority.

He ran over quickly, Puying still opened his eyes slightly, Wan Changting passed out beside him, Lu Zhe knelt down and shook Puying, the boy's eyelashes trembled, and he struggled to say a word: " Save Dad..."

"Help me!" Lu Zhe was rarely furious. While carrying Wan Changting on his shoulders, he took Puying's hand and staggered forward on the second floor. Puying sat for too long and inhaled too much Yan Chen was so uncomfortable that he couldn't stand at this moment, he struggled hard, and said vaguely to Lu Zhe, "Don't take me... save dad... save dad, please? Please... "

Lu Zhe's legs also began to weaken. He had little strength left, but he still held on and walked forward. He firmly held Danying's hand, and his voice was very serious, blurred by the sound of burning: "Do you want Wan Changting to be alone for the rest of his life? If you stay in the fire, who will take care of him for the rest of his life? If you die, won't you miss him underground? Do you have the heart?"

"I..." Pu Ying's voice turned into tears, and Lu Zhe suddenly said sharply, "Hold on, take a breath."

Puying struggled to hold back his tears, and the burning sensation in his lungs hit him one after another, making him dizzy. He wanted to stay with Wan Changting, but he couldn't take a step no matter what. He felt like he was going to fall down up.

"Pu Ying." Lu Zhe called his name over and over again, urging him to follow him, "Pu Ying, we'll be on the first floor soon."

Puying's legs were completely out of control, and he supported himself to walk with Lu Zhe with all his consciousness. Every time he took a breath, he felt a heart-piercing pain in his body, as if he was going to be split in half. of.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." Puying's knees softened, and she knelt down on the ground unsupported. At the same time, Lu Zhe, who was bearing Wan Changting's entire weight, was also pulled back by Puying, and fell on the ground. on the ground.

The author has something to say:

In any case, he should have stopped it.