Chasing the Mist

In July, Baicheng enters the midsummer.

Seriously injured such as Lin Yiran and Zheng Tiancheng, the bureau allowed them to return to the team after recovering from their injuries.

When there is no case, Gu Xun does not advocate working overtime. Within 10 minutes after get off work every day, there is basically no one in the office area of ​​a team.

Gu Xun went to the supermarket at the entrance of the community to buy good food, and brought them home to cook for the wounded. Gu Yuan went back to school to attend the graduation ceremony, and they were the only two left at home.

Pushing the door open, the air-conditioning in the room rushed towards him, subsiding Gu Xun's body.

Lin Yiran's arm has recovered, and he came out with a cane, took the food and said, "I've already prepared the meal, come and eat directly."

Gu Xun glanced at the crutches beside him, and said sarcastically, "Cooking on crutches? You're physically disabled." After changing his shoes and walking a few steps inside, he could smell the strong aroma of food. When he took a closer look, he found a combination of meat and vegetables. Three dishes and one soup.

Lin Yiran smiled, "Brother, my leg has almost recovered, take me to the hospital for an examination tomorrow."

Gu Xun lowered his head to fill the rice, and said in a bad tone, "You have been injured for a hundred days, and you are not yet alive, why are you so anxious?"

I always fantasize about the good times when I’m busy on weekdays, reading books and watching movies at home. When that day really comes, I feel that the days are very empty.

I have finished all the books and movies I want to read, and I have nothing to do. Lin Yiran stares at the goldfish in a daze every day. If he continues like this, he will go crazy.

Putting the crutches aside, he got up and walked around Gu Xun twice, "Look, I can really do it."

Gu Xun placed the prepared meal in front of him, "Stop embarrassing, eat first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"I need freedom and breathing." Lin Yiran looked at him firmly, refusing to sit down to eat.

Gu Xun was convinced by Lin Yiran's stubborn strength, but he turned against him and said, "I won't let you go out? Or won't you be allowed to breathe? Let's eat."

Lin Yiran looked at him and refused to sit down. After a while, he picked up the mobile phone on the table and looked up the phone number, "I'll ask someone to take me there."

Gu Xun grabbed the phone, glanced at Jiang Chen's name on the phone screen, pursed his mouth into a straight line, threw the phone on the bed in the bedroom, and said coldly, "Sit down."

Lin Yiran smiled triumphantly, sat down obediently, and was about to eat when Gu Xun squatted down beside his legs, rolled up his trouser legs, and when he saw a centipede-like scar, he couldn't help but feel his heart tighten.

Lin Yiran hastily put down his trouser legs, and joked: "If you feel guilty, just promise yourself with your body."

Gu Xun knocked on the table, and turned Lin Yiran's gaze from him to the food, "I'll take you to the hospital to take an X-ray tomorrow afternoon, and eat first."

The two were eating separately, when Gu Xun's cell phone rang suddenly, a series of unfamiliar numbers, "Hello."

"Hi Gu Xun, I'm Zhou Qiqi, remember?"

The volume of the call was loud, and the room was very quiet. After the last blind date, Gu Xun and Zhou Qiqi hadn't had much contact with each other. For some reason, he suddenly made a phone call. He subconsciously looked at Lin Yiran.

Lin Yiran lowered his head to eat, hiding his displeasure under his calm expression.

Gu Xun got up and walked to the bedroom, "Of course I remember, what's wrong?"

There was a chuckle over there, "It's nothing. Auntie said that you were busy investigating the case before, and I never dared to disturb you easily. Has the case been closed recently?"

Gu Xun gently closed the bedroom door, "Well, the case has been closed."

There was silence for a while, and said: "We are not children... I'll just say it straight, I had a good impression of you last time, how do you feel about me?"

Gu Xun was at a loss for words, and quickly searched for memories related to Zhou Qiqi.

It took Zhou Qiqi a lot of courage to ask this sentence. Hearing Gu Xun's hesitation, she hurriedly said, "Take what I said just now...you should rest well."

"I have a good impression." Gu Xun remembered that Zhou Qiqi was pretty and quiet, and he would blush when he saw him. He was quite obedient, suitable for marriage, and could be liked by his parents.

"Really?" Zhou Qiqi was flattered.

"Ah."

"Then... have a meal together on the weekend?"

"Row."

"Time and place, I will send you later."

"it is good."

As he grew older and had to face his personal problems, Gu Xun felt a bit at a loss, he didn't even want to eat, exhaled lightly, and was about to turn around when his waist was surrounded by hands in vain. The warm air flowed around the ear, and the hoarse voice touched the pinna, "Brother, don't go on a date with Qi Qi on weekends, come with me, okay?"

Gu Xun wanted to turn around and have a serious chat with him, but Lin Yiran hugged him too tightly and couldn't move.

"I know you can't accept the fact that two men are together, so you need time, and I will give it to you. I can afford to wait as long as you want, but please don't date anyone else. I will go crazy if I see it."

Looking back on the days when Gu Xun and Wu Shanshan were in love, he was like a fish out of water, struggling on the verge of death every second.

During the days when the relationship was easing, he tasted a little bit of sweetness, and his possessiveness suddenly doubled. That kind of long-term secret love that entered his throat once in a lifetime is enough. After doing so much, if Gu Xun is still indifferent, this time he will be decisive. Giving up, meaningless entanglement, will only make yourself bruised and bruised.

Farewell, thinking about it, he was so painful that he couldn't breathe, lowered his head, and buried his face into Gu Xun's neck.

The skin around the neck was hot and humid, Gu Xun's heart suddenly became unbearably soft, and he softly comforted him: "Go eat first, good boy!"

Lin Yiran shook his head.

"Some things I don't know myself. I need to go out and try to be sure. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Yiran raised his head, "Can you try it out with a meal?"

"Two days, after this weekend, I'll tell you the answer, okay?"

"Okay." Lin Yiran responded with his mouth, but he didn't let go of his hand, and his thin lips moved down, gently rubbing against his neck.

Gu Xun was upset, his brows became tighter and tighter, the tenderness that had just been born dissipated, and he shouted: "Lin Yiran, stop for me."

This reaction poured fire on Lin Yiran, and he fell onto the bed with his arms around him.

After being satisfied, Lin Yiran let go.

Gu Xun was a little distracted, got up and went to the bathroom, washed his face in cold water, and gradually regained consciousness, looking up at himself in the glasses, there was a hickey on his neck.

Lin Yiran must have done it on purpose.

Gu Xun was annoyed that he always forced intimacy without permission, but at the same time, he felt an unspeakable joy. Tired, he walked out of the bathroom, sat on the bench to smoke, looked at the instigator coldly, cleaned up the dishes, and was busy go.

That night, Gu Xun went back to sleep in the master bedroom and suffered from insomnia for half the night. The next day, with panda eyes on his face, he took Lin Yiran to the hospital.

Lin Yiran's calf recovered well, and he was able to walk normally without lifting heavy objects. Gu Xun's heart disease was relieved, and the days turned into the weekend in a blink of an eye.

The restaurant is located on a barbecue street. Food stalls in summer nights are a unique view of the city. Gu Xun parked his car, walked through the noisy crowd, and turned into a high-end themed barbecue restaurant. The last table by the window, Zhou Qiqi was bowing his head Look at the menu.

Gu Xun sat down, "Sorry, I'm late."

Zhou Qiqi raised her head when she heard the sound, and smiled slightly: "It's not 7 o'clock, I came too early." The menu was handed to him casually, "I ordered some, and then I ordered some of what you like."

Gu Xun's food was relatively rough, so he ordered casually, and handed over the menu to the waiter. The two had their own concerns, and fell into the silence they had nothing to say during the last meal.

Zhou Qiqi racked her brains to come up with a sentence, "Being a criminal policeman...is he busy?"

Gu Xun sipped his saliva and replied calmly: "Well, when there is a case, you may not be able to go home for a few days. You are an emergency doctor, should it be the same?"

"Well, it's almost the same as you when there is an emergency."

Gu Xun smiled, and didn't know what to say. The lighter kept spinning between his fingers, and he turned his head slightly to look out the window. There were tables and tables of people eating, drinking and chatting, bustling with the evening breeze.

In the northwest corner, the street lights were dim, and at the dining table next to the lights, two young men sat facing each other chatting, and the one facing the themed barbecue restaurant was Lin Yiran.

I don't know what to talk about, Lin Yiran smiled brightly, with a glass of draft beer in his hand, drinking from time to time, a little girl came to ask for WeChat, but he also refused with a smile. The white and white school uniform looks like a middle school student.

A few days ago, he was blushing and said those frank words, but as soon as his leg recovered, he immediately came out to find a little boy to learn to date, Gu Xun teased secretly.

When the cooked food was served, Gu Xun chatted with Zhou Qiqi casually, his eyes couldn't help but look out of the window, this made Zhou Qiqi curious and looked out, "Yes acquaintance?"

Gu Xun was taken aback for a moment, then laughed awkwardly, "I don't know anyone, it's quite lively outside."

"If you like it, we'll move to sit outside too."

"No, it's quiet in the house."

Zhou Qiqi drank a glass of wine alone, "Auntie said that you want to get married and have children soon... I have no problem, my parents also like you very much, as long as you want, we can get married at any time."

The question of marriage was raised at the second meeting, Gu Xun was dumbfounded, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm not in a hurry to get married right now, my mother is talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."

"Oh."

During this meal, Zhou Qiqi didn't speak again, Gu Xun took the initiative to chat a few times, she just hummed and perfunctory, she had no interest, and then they stopped talking to each other, finished the meal in silence, and each left.

Gu Xun didn't rush away, leaned over to look at the rearview mirror on the side of the co-pilot, and happened to see the face of the boy opposite Lin Yiran. He was a young man full of collagen, full of youthful vigor, and looked familiar.

Withdrawing his gaze, he pressed down on the car window, put his elbow on the car window, and looked at himself in the rearview mirror. There was no shadow of a boy in his thirties. He lit a cigarette and blew a smoke ring into the mirror. The smoke covered the reflection in the mirror. Rong Yan took out her mobile phone and dialed Yuan He's mobile phone. There were bursts of loud music, and after a while, the music stopped, "Xun'er, looking for me?"

"Um, where are you?"

"Shuiyue Township, come here?"

"Ah."

Gu Xun glanced out again, Lin Yiran was still joking with the boy, he turned his gaze back and drove out of BBQ Street.

Shuiyue Township is Yuan He's villa in the suburbs. After 10 minutes, Gu Xun arrived. The music in the living room was deafening, and a group of people swayed to the music.

In the center of the dance floor, Yuan He swayed with his girlfriend's slender waist in his arms. Gu Xun didn't disturb him, and found a corner to sit down and drink alone.

Yuan He was tired from jumping and ready to rest. He caught sight of Gu Xun in the corner. No matter where he was, his unique temperament always attracted people's attention quickly. Indescribably lonely.

"What are you thinking about?" Yuan He walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

Gu Xun turned his head slowly, squinted at Yuan He, and asked without answering, "Did you break up with Zheng Yuan?"

Yuan He filled himself with a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it down, "We are not together, how can we break up? We will never be together again...Eh? How do you know that we broke up? ?”

Gu Xun smiled slightly and raised his chin towards the crowd, "If you didn't separate, how dare you play so big at home?"

Yuan He sighed, "The matter of Wu Shanshan and Li Meng had a great influence on Zheng Yuan. She said that she would think of them when she saw me, and remember when she was in high school, so she completely broke with me...women are really cruel. , say goodbye and goodbye."

He drank another glass of wine, "I'm thinking about it too, first love is better as a memory." He put his arms around Gu Xun's neck, "I heard Zheng Yuan say that Xiao Ran is gay, is it true or not?"

Gu Xun took a sip of his wine and hummed lightly.

"He likes you?"

Gu Xun slowly turned his head to look at Yuan He, his eyes said: How do you know?

Yuan He raised his head and laughed loudly. Having laughed enough, he said, "Are you upset about this?"

Gu Xun didn't speak, pushed the wine aside and drank a glass of juice.

Yuan He pushed the wine glass in front of Gu Xun again, and filled it up by the way, "We haven't had a drink together for a long time, what are you doing drinking fruit juice?"

"No, in case of an emergency, it's too late to drink."

Yuan He drank the glass of wine by himself, put down the glass, and suddenly widened his eyes, "Damn it! You don't like men too, do you?"

Gu Xun turned the lighter and remained silent.

"Say it!" Yuan He pushed him.

"I can't figure out my sexuality right now?"

"You'll know if you try it."

"How to try?"

Yuan He pointed to the beautiful woman dancing not far away, "Look at how good that girl is, do you want to fuck her?"

Gu Xun pondered for a moment, "I don't want to."

Yuan He pointed at another man, "That guy is gay, do you want to fuck him?"

"I don't want to." Gu Xun said decisively.

"Men and women don't fucking want to, Xun'er, can't you?"

Gu Xun ignored him, and looked down at the lighter spinning in his hand.

Yuan He asked again: "If the buddy in front is Xiaoran, do you want to?"

Gu Xun fell silent.

"Yes! Don't worry about it, you like him, Xiaoran. "

"Go away, he's my brother."

Yuan He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "Brother shit! His surname is Lin, and your surname is Gu."

Gu Xun: "..."

The music was replaced by a soothing love song, and the dancing crowd in the center of the living room was also tired. Two or three couples huddled in the corner, immersed in their own small worlds. After a while of silence, Yuan He said: "Xun'er, a loving marriage does not have to be 'sexual'. Individuals are enough, in fact, as long as you like it, what's the relationship between men and women?"

Gu Xun was stunned, and after two seconds, he got up and walked outside.

"Don't drive, let Lao Zhao drive you back."

"Thank you!" Gu Xun waved his hand at Yuan He.

On the way home, Gu Xun closed his eyes and took a nap, just when he felt a little sleepy, the phone rang.

Meng Jia: "Boss, a case has been transferred from Nanping County."

Gu Xun rubbed his eyes, sat up straight, "What case?"

"The deceased was burned beyond recognition and could not be identified. The only thing that can be confirmed at present is that the deceased was a woman, and nothing else is known."

"Where is the crime scene?"

Meng Jia: "Ningshui Village, Nanping County, a farmer's watermelon field."

"Okay, I'll go over now, tell the others not to sleep, and go to the scene immediately."

The author has something to say: a loving marriage does not have to be 'sexual', two people are enough.

Excerpted from Long Yingtai's "A Letter to the Beauty Forever".