sneak peek

Gu Yexi thought it was inconvenient to go in and out without a car, so he found a car rental company and rented a flamboyant pink sports car.

Mo Wang stared blankly at the car, "Uh, are you sure you want to rent this one?"

Gu Yexi put her hands on her hips, "Why, do you have an opinion?"

Mo Wang: "No...just..."

Gu Yexi covered her ears, twisted her butt, and got into the car.

Mo Wang has only been to City S once, so it can be said that he doesn't know the way at all.Gu Yexi seemed to be very smooth, turning left and right, and didn't want to take the main road because of the traffic jam, so she drove directly to Li Boqiang's house without using the navigation.

Mo Wang: "Are you familiar with the roads in City S?"

Gu Yexi replied casually, "Oh, I often came here to play when I was a student, and I became familiar with it after playing."

"With Husu?"

Gu Yexi's desire to survive went online, "Don't blame me, we're not together. It's just a parents' gathering, and we'll just go along."

"You seem to have a good relationship."

"Is there? No, not at all."

"What do you think of him?"

Gu Yexi rolled her eyes, "The business ability is quite good. It's just..."

Mo Wang: "Huh?"

Gu Yexi scratched Mo Wang's hair with a smile, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it's better for my Mo Wang."

Mo Wang stopped talking, and looked out the window sullenly.

When they arrived at the downstairs of Li Boqiang's parents, Gu Yexi just stopped the car when Mo Wang grabbed his hand and half pressed him on the driver's seat.

Gu Yexi rubbed Mo Wang's chin with his nose, "What are you doing? You are not afraid of making headlines if you forcefully molested the captain in broad daylight?"

Mo Wang gently pinched Gu Yexi's waist, "Why is she in charge of selecting targets?"

Gu Yexi was stunned for a moment, only to realize that Mo Wang cared that he didn't think about it, so he couldn't help laughing, "You were silent just now, and you were just thinking about this?"

Mo Wang didn't speak.

Gu Yexi deliberately teased him, "I won't tell you, you can figure it out yourself."

Mo Wang domineeringly held Gu Yexi firmly in the seat with both hands, and silently reached his ear with the tip of his tongue, "Tell me."

Gu Yexi's ears were very sensitive, and she wanted to hide but couldn't dodge. She grabbed Mo Wang's butt and said helplessly, "Just look at the personal information of mimi and honey. There are so many reminders, no matter how messy just lick me..."

Mo Wang: "Just?"

Gu Yexi: "I'll show you Uncle Pan live!"

Mo Wang: "..."

Li Boqiang's parents are both university professors, and their family background can't be said to be rich, but they are relatively well-to-do.Both of them are retired now. The father reads books and plays go at home every day, and the mother runs a small nursery in the community, which specializes in taking care of the children of workaholic parents nearby.

Probably because they are professors, Li Boqiang's parents give people a very elegant feeling.There are no young people in the family, so it is somewhat deserted.The overall decoration style of the hall is very ancient and elegant, but there are a few paintings on a white wall that are clearly written by children, which seems a bit out of place.

Seeing Gu Yexi looking at the children's paintings, Li's mother said, "It's pretty good, isn't it?"

Gu Yexi nodded slightly, "Well, the one painted on it is you, right?"

Mother Li couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, but then her eyes seemed a little sad, "Yes, although she is a little immature, but Little Pumpkin is very talented. Oh, Little Pumpkin is a kid from the next building. Both parents are programmers, and they are usually busy. Quite, he spends the most time in my nursery."

Mo Wang took the tea that Mother Li handed over, "It's hard for you to manage the nursery all by yourself, isn't it?"

Mother Li waved her hand, "No, no, I can't say that I am alone. I hired a few part-time college students to help me, and the old man sometimes comes to help. Hey, but..."

Gu Yexi sat obediently on the small bench next to the tea table, her feet were huddled together, and she held the teacup in both hands, "What's wrong?"

Mother Li: "It's not old anymore, and it's really hard to control it now, so I want to close the childcare income."

Father Li came out with a plate of oranges, "You can just say it directly, hey, after what happened to Ah Qiang, some parents found out and started to make excuses for not coming. Then everyone found out, and now there is no one in the nursery. Here we come. Those college students who came to work part-time have also resigned."

Mo Wang didn't expect this to happen, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry..."

Mother Li waved her hand, "It's nothing, I'm in my teens, what haven't I experienced? In fact, I'm really old. When I just retired, I didn't recognize my old age and insisted on opening a nursery school. Now I have a reason to really quit. , It’s also very good. Isn’t it just a good time to go on a trip with the old man.”

Gu Yexi asked curiously, "Where are you going to play?"

Li Fu took out a small notebook from his pocket, which was filled with many pages of plans, city, time, climate, scenic spots, food, etc. He pulled Gu Yexi and talked enthusiastically, with Li's mother on the side Listen with a smile.Gu Yexi also listened very attentively, and offered some suggestions from time to time.

As if they were a family of three.

Mo Wang sat silently, listening to their conversation.He has not come into contact with many bereaved parents, but according to his previous experience, every pair of bereaved parents will be immersed in pain for a long time.Li Boqiang died for a few months, but he never expected his parents to look away so quickly and continue with their own lives.

Father Li seemed to see that Mo Wang was a little surprised by this, "Do you think it's unusual that Ah Qiang died not long ago and we seem to have forgotten him?"

Mo Wang's little idea was exposed, and he was a little embarrassed, after all, there was never a rule for how long a person must be immersed in grief, and everyone chooses a different way to deal with grief.

Gu Yexi said without changing his face: "We are just outsiders, how can we know exactly what you are going through? And in my opinion, there is nothing unusual about continuing to live a good life."

Father Li smiled, "I believe that we are in a parallel world with infinite possibilities. In this world, our Ah Qiang is gone, but in other worlds, he is still alive, smiling. That's it When you think about it, it’s actually not that bad.”

Gu Yexi couldn't help clapping his hands, "Hey, well said! Then, if we want to ask some questions about Ah Qiang in this world, don't you mind?"

Mother Li: "Ask, if we can help you, we will be happy."

Gu Yexi put down the teacup, his face was much more serious than before, "We suspect that Ah Qiang did not commit the crime by himself, but had an accomplice, a girl."

Father Li was surprised, "Accomplice?"

Mo Wang nodded, "Well, she is a girl with great artistic talent, and her nickname may be Ant. Do you think of anyone?"

Father Li: "Ah Qiang doesn't like socializing very much. He has very few close friends. There are only a few friends. They are all boys. I haven't heard of any female artists."

Gu Yexi: "They may have known each other for a long time. This girl is very good at talking, which will make you feel that she is very sincere and simple."

Father Li frowned and thought for a while, but he still didn't seem to have a clue.Mother Li suddenly "ah", seemed to think of something, "Yes, I remember, I remember that he was about half a year ago... well, it should be half a year ago, I told me that he met and fell into a The elementary school classmate who has a good relationship is a girl, but I don’t know if it’s what you are talking about.”

Mo Wang: "Did he mention anything about this elementary school classmate?"

Mother Li shook her head, "He just mentioned something casually, and I didn't ask in detail."

Gu Yexi: "Can we take a look at Aqiang's stuff?"

Father Li: "Well, we haven't touched his room. It is what it was before and it is what it is now. You can go in and have a look. However, he works in the next city, and many of his things are not there. I don't know. Can you find something useful?"

Gu Yexi stood up, "It's okay, let's take a look."

Li Boqiang's room was very tidy and clean. It seemed that he didn't know the news of the owner's death and was still waiting for him to come back.There was an old computer in the room that couldn't be turned on anymore.The clothes in the closet are neat, and they are all cool-toned clothes.

There are a lot of comic books neatly placed on the bookshelf, all of which are wrapped in transparent book covers, so you can tell at a glance that they are the treasures of the owner.Gu Yexi is not a man who likes to read comics, but he has basically heard of all the sets of comics on the bookshelf.

He casually took out a few books and flipped through them. The books were well preserved, and there was no crease left on the inner pages.

Mo Wang turned over the desk, but found nothing special, turned around and found that Gu Yexi was holding a comic and read it intently.The name of the comic is "Between the Mountain and the Sea".

Mo Wang walked over lightly, "Huh? Did you find anything?"

Gu Yexi shrugged, "Maybe."

Mo Wang took the comic and flipped through a few pages. The story seemed to be about a girl who strayed into the world of Shan Hai Jing and looked for a way out. "It's a bit like the oriental version of Alice in Wonderland."

Gu Yexi: "Well, when you put it that way, it does look a bit similar."

Mo Wang: "Is there anything special?"

Gu Yexi pointed to the comics on the bookshelf, "Have you read these?"

Mo Wang: "I've seen a small part, and I've heard about the others."

Gu Yexi pointed to "Between the Mountain and the Sea", "What about this one? Have you heard of it?"

Mo Wang shook his head.

Gu Yexi: "The inside pages of other comics are all yellowed. They should have been read by him in middle and high school. But this one is obviously very new. It was obtained recently, and it is probably not long before his death. And this I think this book is self-printed, and when you look at the back of the book, there is no book information or ISBN code, and the binding of the book is not very good, as if you installed it yourself."

Mo Wang: "Do you think this is a comic printed by Li Boqiang's mysterious accomplice? But the name of the author of the comic has nothing to do with ants, and I haven't seen any ants in the paintings."

"Yes, that's right, but I found this bookmark." Gu Yexi shook the things in his hand a little proudly, "Look, this style of painting is the same as that in comics, there is no signature, only writing Happy birthday, there is a little ant in the eyes of the villain in the painting."

Mo Wang put the bookmark in front of his eyes, squinted his eyes to look carefully, and really found the ant, which was also drawn on the white of his left eye.

"I think that the elementary school classmate that Li's mother said Li Boqiang mentioned is the one who drew this bookmark."

Gu Yexi nodded, "Well, happy birthday is written on the bookmark, so we can infer that it was a gift received on Li Boqiang's birthday. His birthday happened to be about half a year ago."

Mo Wang: "I think there must be more than one set of this manga printed, as long as we find other ones,"

"You can find out Li Boqiang's accomplices." Gu Yexi installed the set of "Between the Mountain and the Sea" and put away the bookmark carefully.