memory hole

Just do it.He lay down next to the bell.Zhong Xian used the remote control to turn off the light again.

The color outside the window is grayish yellow, the typhoon is getting stronger and stronger, and the black and purple clouds have light flashing in them, as if everything is flying in the sky.It is indeed a rare sight.

They didn't speak for a long time, and they listened intently to the sound of ghosts crying and wolves outside, which was thrilling.

"Aren't you worried about her?" Officer Deng spoke first.

Zhong Xian stared out the window and said, "She lives across the street. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come back so soon. She told you a lot, right? Call me a jerk?"

"Since we're all talking about marriage, why is she here for the first time today?" Officer Deng paid more attention to this instead.

"We haven't been together for a long time, and I'm telling the truth. In the third month of our acquaintance, she said that she wanted a home." Zhong Xian recalled, "I was very moved at the time. I don't know what moved me."

"What a beautiful girl." Officer Deng said, "Why did they get separated later?"

"Didn't you ask when you chased her downstairs?" Zhong Xian said with a smile.

"She said it was because of the wedding procedure that they couldn't agree."

"The wedding procedure?" Zhong Xian laughed again.He stared at the window and said, "Yes, she is really beautiful and young. I like typhoon very much. Their family asked for 50W, saying that this is a southern custom. I think the most beautiful scenery in SZ is actually typhoon."

Officer Deng did not ask any more questions.They lay quietly.The more chaotic the outside world is, the more peaceful Zhong Xian's heart becomes.He has seen the typhoon many times.But this time it was slightly different, and he didn't understand what was different for a moment.

"About Xiao Zhu's girlfriend. The clue you provided last time." Officer Deng said again, "His girlfriend works in an electronics factory in Longgang."

"The clues I provided?" Zhong Xian turned his head to look at Police Officer Deng, who was lying on his face with his hands behind his head, his eyes staring at the ceiling, as if he wasn't very interested in the typhoon outside.

"You sent me a WeChat message, don't you remember? You told me that he might have a girlfriend."

"There is such a thing." Zhong Xian remembered. "You found his girlfriend so quickly?"

"The girl called Xiao Zhu's parents to ask about his whereabouts. She didn't say it was his girlfriend. So his parents didn't think much about it. I contacted her. She came to see me on her own initiative."

"How old is she?" Zhong Xian recalled his and Dake's speculation about Xiao Zhu's girlfriend being underage, and now he could confirm whether the guess was correct.

"19." Officer Deng said. "She and Xiao Zhu have been together for more than a year. One day half a year ago, he said he would work overtime and bid farewell to her, and he never appeared again."

"Are they living together?"

"Not yet. The girl lived in the dormitory of the factory. Occasionally they would go to Xiao Zhu's place. Later they planned to go back to Xiao Zhu's hometown. But Xiao Zhu never visited her again."

"Didn't you find any clues in Xiaozhu's residence?"

"I have investigated this before. The place where he lives is in Buji City Village. He rents a room within a room, a small cubicle less than ten square meters. He hasn't paid the rent for more than a month, and he can't be contacted. The owner rented it out to someone else. Nothing was left behind, only some daily necessities, which were thrown away by the owner.”

How could a person disappear so worthlessly.Zhong Xian thought to himself.Suddenly he thought of himself, if it was him who was missing.Will someone call the police?

"Planning to go back to his hometown, is he going to marry that girl?" Zhong Xian asked.

"Yes." Officer Deng replied.

A stronger wind blew outside the window.They were silent for a while.

"Later it was reduced to 20." Zhong Xian murmured.

"what?"

"My ex-girlfriend's family. They saw that I hadn't moved, so they lowered it to 20W. Later, they informed me that 10W was fine, and her name had to be written on the real estate certificate." He laughed while talking.I can't stop laughing.

Officer Deng put his hand on his shoulder. "She said she loved you very much..."

"Shit." Zhong Xian interrupted him. "Don't comfort me. I have nothing to worry about."

Officer Deng said: "Really. She cried when she told me. I just heard her tell your story downstairs, and I thought you were a fool."

Zhong Xian was silent for a while and said: "Actually, I prepared the 20W. I took that card and went to her company to find her. Her colleague said that she went with the client. I found a KTV again. I happened to see her having sex with a boss." The car. I drove with them at that time, thinking and thinking along the way, but I couldn’t remember the innocent face she usually showed in front of me, and the words she said—” Zhong Xian paused for a while.

Officer Deng sat up from the bed.

"They parked the car in a parking lot later." Zhong Xian paused again when he said this. "Okay, I won't talk about it. Sir Deng, I thought this would rot in my stomach, and I almost forgot about it. I really don't mind."

Officer Deng said earnestly: "My colleague has handled several fraudulent marriage cases...I'm not saying that she is like that. The values ​​of the whole society are like this. It is difficult to determine whether it is cheating or not. You are so good, how many women are willing to fall for you?" Chase, you can always wait for one. Although Xiaozhu's girlfriend is just a factory girl..."

Zhong Xian interrupted him: "If it's just to vent your desire, why talk about marriage. Find a gun/friend to save money and worry." He looked at Police Officer Deng and smiled.I thought it was a pleasure to say that to the policeman and see him not knowing what to do.

Side effects

21

"I was a detective fan when I was a student." Zhong Xian said. "I read a lot of detective novels. How about we do a case deduction." He used the remote control on the bedside table to turn on the lights from the bedroom to the living room.

Officer Deng smiled at his proposal.

"It's just a game. It's rare to be friends with the police. From the perspective of a professional like you, take a look at my reasoning. Maybe you can also get some inspiration from me, a non-professional." Zhong Xian said and went to the bedside table to take paper and pen. "Let's first draw a few points where Xiao Zhu is missing." He sketched on the paper.

"The first point is the exact time of his disappearance." He drew a circle at the top of the paper, looked at Officer Deng and waited for him to say.Officer Deng showed a smile.

Zhong Xian continued to draw a second circle: "When was the last time he talked to his parents on the phone? And when was the last time he saw his girlfriend?"

Officer Deng stared at the paper, but still said nothing.

"This is not a secret that cannot be revealed." Zhong Xian said. "Or you don't trust me? Or am I a suspect or something?"

"That's not true." Officer Deng said.

"If it violates your internal regulations, it's fine. I'm familiar with you, and I already regard you as a friend. You are very similar to a friend of mine in middle school." Zhong Xian said, "When I was in school, I organized a The detective agency is here to play. So you see, I also want to revisit my school hobby."

"You are very smart." Officer Deng said suddenly.

Zhong Xian looked at him: "The word smart is derogatory, you know? Now it has been used to refer to people's cleverness."

"No. Your first impression is very good. You are very attractive, smart...intelligent. I can't describe that feeling." Officer Deng said.

"What about after contact?" Zhong Xian stared at Police Officer Deng, he was very interested in hearing the policeman's evaluation of himself.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, the air flowed violently, and the wind rushed into the room like a beast.Bell jumped up and rushed to the balcony.A window on the front of the balcony was blown open, and the hinges of the window opened to an angle that had never been seen before. Zhongxian pulled the window back with great effort, and closed it again.When he turned around, Police Officer Deng had already followed. Zhong Xian was about to say something to him, but his foot slipped and fell down.Officer Deng hurriedly supported him.After Zhong Xian stood still, he found that the wind had blown in the rain just now. Enduring the pain, he limped and reached for the mop on the balcony. Officer Deng got the mop first, and dragged it a few times on the tiles of the balcony. .

One of Zhong Xian's hands pressed on his right leg, "It's so fucking painful, it hurts like this even if it doesn't hurt a bone."

"I almost forgot," Police Officer Deng said, "The doctor said to spray medicine frequently." He took Zhong Xian by the shoulders, helped him to sit on the sofa in the living room, and took a trauma spray and sprayed it on his right leg a few times. Down.

Looking at Police Officer Deng, Zhong Xian felt a sense of familiarity again. He remembered a friend from his youth.His sense of familiarity with Police Officer Deng may have come from this.

"How do you feel about me?" Zhong Xian asked.

Officer Deng held the spray for a while and did not answer.

"Didn't you just say that you had a good first impression on me, what happened later?" Zhong Xian said.

Officer Deng put the spray on the table next to him: "Later... I felt that there seemed to be a deep hole in your body."

"What do you mean?"

"Why do you have something to do with a disease like depression?"

Zhong Xian's expression froze for a second. "how do you know?"

"I saw the medicine box on the kitchen cabinet. Someone in my family had this. So I recognize the ingredients on that medicine box." Officer Deng sat down opposite Zhong Xian. "However, it's nothing. There are more and more depressed people in this city, and you should be facing a lot of pressure."

"It's actually a misdiagnosis." Zhong Xian smiled, "Does your family also use that medicine? Are there any side effects?"

Officer Deng was a little surprised: "Side effects?... Do you have side effects?"

"It depends on each person, and there will be different side effects. The reason I like this drug is its side effects on me." Zhong Xian said, "For me, there will be short-term memory impairment. I can't remember many specific ones. Things, such as passwords or something. It’s interesting to look for it because you forgot it. So, can you understand?”

Officer Deng shook his head