Between the idea and thereality, between the motion and the act, falls the shadow. - TSEliot

【Between ideal and reality, between motivation and behavior, there are always shadows hovering. —Thomas Sterns Eliot]

"Ding Dong"

"Ding Dong"

While ringing the doorbell, Yuxi took a deep breath, looking a little nervous.

"Sorry for the long wait." The doorbell rang for a while before there was a response, as if the people in the room were too busy to open the door for the visitor.

"Excuse me." Yu Yan greeted Hotch with a charming smile; he was a little curious about Hotch's calm and calm appearance at work, what would make him seem a little flustered?

"What's the matter?" Hotch was a little surprised by the sudden visit of this colleague and neighbor.

"Well... I'm actually here to find Jack." Yu Xi put on a playful smile, as if laughing at Hotch's guess about the reason for her visit.

"Please come in."

"Jack, someone is looking for you." Hotch yelled at the opposite room, and then apologized to Yu Xi and hurried into the kitchen, and the latter also roughly knew from Hotch's behavior where his fuss came from. Can I make her laugh first?It seems to be quite fun.

"Who?" A small figure ran out from inside, "Hello, Elthia, are you looking for me?" The last time I introduced him as my father's colleague and future new neighbor, a child naturally couldn't think of Yu Yuxi's visit today. What is the reason for finding him.

"Hi, Jack, I want to ask, do you have any plans for today?" Yan Yu squatted on the ground, smiling a little... It can be said that he had malicious intentions; but the person opposite only felt very kind.

"Not yet." Although he didn't know what Yu Xixi meant, Jack still answered the question truthfully.

"Then can I invite you to watch the game?"

"Competition?" Jack tilted his head, making no effort to hide the puzzled look on his face.

"Baseball, am I honored to invite you to go with you?" If Aangela were here now, she would definitely describe the image of Yan Xi - a little fox with a fluffy tail constantly waving.

Jack blinked his eyes in a flustered look, but—"Can you wait for me?"

"OK."

"Dad!" Jack ran quickly to the kitchen, probably to ask Hotch for advice.

After waiting for a few seconds, Yu Xixi walked slowly in that direction, counting the time before Jack could finish speaking, walked to the kitchen door and knocked on the door to ask if she could enter the kitchen.

"Jack said you plan to invite him to watch a baseball game?" Although Hotch felt a little embarrassed in the kitchen, he didn't stop Yan Xi from entering.

"To be precise, you invited the two of you." Yu Xi naturally started to fight Hotch, "It happens that a friend sent a ticket, if you don't have any plans for today, then consider my invitation, right? It's a bit lonely for people to go to the game."

Because of Jack's expectant look, Hotch naturally accepted Yu Xi's invitation, and it happened that it was almost lunch time that he invited Yu Xi to stay and have dinner with him—although he felt that his cooking skills might not be so suitable for entertaining guests.

Yu Yuxi glanced at the ingredients on the cooking table, and opened the refrigerator anti-customer to check, "Can I make chocolate pudding for dessert?"

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Hotch looked at Yu Yuxi apologetically. It's a bit unreasonable to invite guests to stay for dinner but ask guests to help; but I have to admit that it is really smoother to have one more person to help.

"It doesn't matter, I'm idle even if I'm idle, and I also enjoy the cooking process." Judging from the skillful movements, you can know Yuxixi's ability in this area, not to mention...she also has her own little plan.

"Hotch, Jack, thank you for not letting me go to the game alone today." The game was not as exciting as expected, but everyone had a good time and it achieved the goal; because it was the little calculation in Yu Xixi's mind that went well The success put her in a good mood, "There is also a sumptuous dinner."

"It's me who should say thank you."

"Okay, let's not say thank you." Yu Xi pretended to "surrender", "It's a rare and happy weekend."

"Indeed." Although there are a lot of unfinished work and mysteries left, the work can never be finished; there is also a lot of time that I have not enjoyed such a leisure weekend.

"Jack, good night." After Yan Yu said goodbye to the drowsy Jack, he unbuckled his seat belt and prepared to get out of the car. The person who opened the door seemed to have thought of something again and looked sideways at Hotch, "Recently...can you Shall I take a car?" By virtue of being inconvenient to speak, it can save labor and fuel costs, and also...continue what.

"Of course it's okay." Hotch laughed a little bit at what Yu Xi said. During non-working hours, Yu Xi would lose all his rationality and become more sunny.

A smile that is brighter than a smile can easily infect people.

"Good Night."

"Good Night."

Quantico—

Yu Yuxi and Hotch chatted with each other when they walked into the office and inexplicably received the attention of everyone; Yu Yuxi guessed that it might be because Hotch was rarely the last one to arrive, and he had to click to come in.

"Emergency call." Garcia pointed to an office above, which was probably another reason why they came in and received attention. The supervisor "pleased" but there was no sign of Hotch.

Nodding slightly, Hotch went straight up and walked towards the office; Yan Yu blinked innocently, maybe her movements were a little too slow in the morning?

"Are you driving or taking a taxi?" Garcia's eyes gradually fell on Yu Yuxi's ankle. She hadn't forgotten that a certain guy was injured before the weekend. Although there is no problem with normal walking, there may still be problems with stepping on the accelerator. .

"I came here by Hotch's car." Yan Xi put down her bag and found a package on her desk, "Who signed for it for me?" She didn't remember ordering anything recently, and her relatives and friends didn't notify her There was something to be delivered, and no one would send it to her work place at all.

"It seems that it was on your desk when I came here in the morning." Everyone didn't pay much attention to a courier package, and the guards would check these things. Although there is a chance that dangerous items can be sent in, it's not that much. "Good luck".

Shake the package up and down, the sound sounds like paper?But there was no information on the package, no sender and no recipient, who put it on her desk?

Yan Yuxi's frown caught the eyes of others, and Morgan took the package in her hand, "Isn't it yours?"

"I didn't order anything, and no one told me that I would send something here." Spreading his hands, Yu Xi was a little confused. Could it be that someone wanted to surprise her?

"Removed?" Morgan asked Yu Xixi for advice. The box should not contain dangerous goods; but he also discovered that the package was a suspicious "three noes" product.

"Ok."

Morgan took the utility knife in the pen holder on Yu Yuxi's desk to open the package. The box was relatively empty, except for a few photos. The person in the photo was Yu Yuxi?

Morgan silently handed the photo to Yu Yuxi, who stared blankly at the photo for a few seconds before suddenly swearing.

"This is..." Garcia said hesitantly, and Yu Xi's mood suddenly became very strange. She looked too strange like this; is there any big problem with these photos?It seems that the background of the photo is the airport, and the number deliberately marked below should be the time, but the words are too small for her to see clearly.

Pressing his temple, Yu Xi threw the photo on the table, "This is not me, this is my sister's photo." Biting her lower lip, Yu Xi tried hard to control her emotions that were about to get out of control, those bastards actually used her sister's photo Come and threaten her!

The obvious anger didn't last long, and Yuxixi pulled out her phone in a little panic. She needed to confirm her sister's current situation.

"Where are you?"

Although the person on the other end of the phone was puzzled by Yu Xi's blatant question, he still answered obediently. He had already arrived in Washington last night, but he was called away by another call before he could come to find Yu Xi, and he is now in Madrid. street food.

"CC...don't come back to me for the time being." After hesitating for a while, Yuxixi reminded her sister vaguely, she believed that with the tacit understanding between the two of them for more than [-] years, CC should be able to understand her meaning.

["...OK; OK! I won't come to you; you...keep in touch.] CC naturally understands what Yuxi means, and she becomes worried just because she understands; but she understands that there must be a reason why Yuxi wants her to stay away, and she doesn't want to be Distracting my sister by myself, 【"I will be with my friends. "]

"OK, I'll contact you when I'm done." After hanging up the phone, Yu Yuxi didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief or what to do.

The reason for making such a threat is obviously because she is really about to touch someone's "cake", but... she doesn't think she has touched any core content; she even has a half-knowledge of the whole incident.

Was the threatening move merely to keep her from crossing the line?

Or... use such a threat to persuade her to give up the pursuit?

As for Hotch, she didn't know whether he would continue to investigate this case deeply, or how many clues he had now; but she knew that Booth would never give up, and everyone from Lance and Jefferson would definitely unite with Booth.

"If you don't mind, can you tell me what happened? Is there anything we can do to help?" Morgan put a hand on Yu Xixi's shoulder. Many problems can be found by the date, and what is even more problematic is Yu Xixi's uncharacteristic expression.

"..." Opening his mouth, Yu Xixi didn't know how to speak; whether to drag more people into this huge vortex or—"It's nothing, someone was just joking with me."

"If you don't want us to know, you should find a better excuse."

"I... I don't know how to say it." This matter was too complicated from the very beginning, and Yu Xixi really didn't know how to explain it. Thinking of it, he just treated it as repaying the favor from last time, and did what he could but was beyond the limit , She didn't feel that she had investigated any amazing secrets, so why was she being warned and threatened one after another?

"Is it related to the last attack?" Reid first thought of the most likely direction. Since Yu Xixi didn't know what to say, it was up to them to ask.

"…Do not."

"Hey, we can find out by ourselves even if you don't tell me." Garcia interrupted Yu Xi's negation with a little dissatisfaction. She found something worthy of attention in the last attack; it was just that she was arrested because of another case. Just put it on hold.

"It's related to the drug trafficking case." Yu Yuxi sighed. It seemed that Garcia and Morgan already knew a lot about it, but they didn't talk to her in detail because of another case.

"The ones you're investigating recently?" Reid tried hard to recall any recent cases that were particularly noteworthy in the department in charge of those matters.

"It should be said that they have been investigating, and now it has touched some people's nerves, and they don't want anyone to go deeper." Because they can't control John Reese and they can't control them, and she is the best among the people they can control." The one who bullies", so which trick should be used on her first?

"Why are you involved in this kind of case?" JJ frowned in confusion. Even before coming to BAU, Yu Xi had nothing to do with these cases, and after serving as a liaison officer, two consecutive cases have never had anything to do with that kind of department. Contact; how did you get involved all of a sudden?

"Actually, I was just doing my friend a favor in the first place, or rather, I was returning favors. I don't know how I touched some people's nerves." Maybe the problem is that she once read However, I didn't pay attention to it at the time, and many of them were roughly flipped through; I couldn't recall what content might become the key for a while.

"Is it okay to talk about this matter in another place later?" Since we can't hide it, then I ask them to help analyze the mentality of some people, and see if they can help her recall the materials she has read. Nothing special; but the office was not a good place to talk about it, and she saw that Hotch had come out of the supervisor's office with a document in his hand, presumably a new case.

Moreover, she still wants to find Reese and Booth before telling everyone about the incident. The former can tell her the ins and outs of the whole incident. Last time, because "Mr. Key" had a problem and she didn't have time to ask; the latter can tell her Did he investigate "Mr. Key" and the series of questions behind it by himself this weekend, and did he make any new discoveries?

Yu Xi felt that there was a high possibility that Booth had made an important discovery, otherwise she would not have received these photos today, and those people were obviously very anxious; as for why they chose to threaten her, it might really be because she looked "very bully" Bar.

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