South of Chutian

Tang Heng turned on the computer in Starbucks and uploaded the phone recording to the cloud disk.

Then he clicked into the electronic resource bank of the school library and searched for "Tang Guomu? Bao Lei".

The results were as expected.From 2011 to the present, Tang Guomu and Bao Lei have jointly published 9 papers, the most recent of which was published in December last year.Tang Heng downloaded the paper expressionlessly, and saw that the signature read: Bao Lei? Hanyang University of Science? Department of Sociology

If Tang Guomu really ruined his good deeds back then, he would have been kicked out of the project team, which would have made him lose face.

——Then why did he continue to cooperate with Tang Guomu all these years?

Tang Heng closed the computer, took a deep breath, and said to Li Yuechi, "We have to go to the entrance of the street."

Li Yuechi was silent for a moment: "Go..."

Hanyang University of Science is located in Hongshan University City, take the subway to the entrance of the street, and walk for 10 minutes.The two of them arrived in Wuhan last night, lived in Han Street, and went to find Long Juan again this morning. They never passed by the university city along the way.Ordinarily, Hongshan University City is the place Tang Heng is most familiar with, and the house where he has lived for several years is even in Han University.However, he walked along Luoyu Road from east to west, and he didn't know if the street scenes on both sides were still the same.The Optics Valley in my memory is still dilapidated. After passing Hanyang Sports College, passing [-] Hospital, passing the messy Guangbutun Computer City, it is the North Gate of Normal University and the South Gate of Han University. Continue to the west, and the Qunguang Square is shining at night. Shenghui, next stop, Baotong Temple.

He and Li Yuechi once kissed in Baotong Pagoda, and then decided to be together.

From Huquan to Zhongnan Road, Line [-] is just five stations away, and the memory density is too great and too great.

So much so that he and Li Yuechi tacitly agreed that neither of them mentioned those places.

Walking out of Starbucks, Tang Heng wanted to hold Li Yuechi's hand.

However, Li Yuechi didn't move his phone, and suddenly said two seconds later, "Is this for you?" His phone vibrated again, and a series of unfamiliar numbers were displayed on the screen, which belonged to Wuhan.

"I don't know..." Tang Heng suddenly became nervous, "It's Tang Guomu—he changed his number?!"

Li Yuechi freed his other hand to hold Tang Heng, then pressed the answer button to turn on the speakerphone.

"Hello..." A young male voice came out, yelling anxiously, "Is that Li Yuechi? Where are you? I'm back to Wuhan!"

Both of them froze.

"Hey?!"

"It's me..." Tang Heng couldn't believe it, "Jiang Ya——have you returned to Wuhan?"

"Damn it, how dare I not call back, brother, what's wrong with your phone! I can't get through to your number!"

"My phone...is temporarily useless."

"I'm convinced, you said "return to Wuhan" to me in Guizhou, and then I lost contact - I flew back from the fucking shit, and I was ready to watch the news! "

"What news are you watching?"

"You became angry at the crown and killed Tang Guomu!"

"..." Tang Heng was speechless for a moment, "I won't..."

"Enough talking nonsense, where are you?"

Ten minutes later, Tang Heng and Li Yuechi returned to Han Street.

The hotel Jiang Ya booked was next door to them.

The first time he saw him, Tang Heng didn't even recognize him.Six years ago, Jiang Ya had a strong body, and her arm muscles were very strong due to drumming.With that red hair and luxury logos all over his body, he is always the most conspicuous one in the crowd.And the man in front of him standing at the entrance of the hotel with his head bowed and smoking a cigarette, black hair, slightly fat, wearing a well-regulated pure black sports jacket.

"Fuck—son!" Jiang Ya saw Tang Heng, pinched the cigarette butt, and rushed forward.Tang Heng thought to himself, this guy is easy to change, but his nature is hard to change.

"Let go..." He hugged so hard that Tang Heng had difficulty pronouncing, "Your stomach is against me."

"Why, attacking personally as soon as we meet?" Jiang Ya touched his belly, "I don't just sit and do experiments every day... Hey, why don't you look old?"

Just as Tang Heng was about to speak, he added in a low swish: "The appearance doesn't look old, but the temperament is really different, and it's quite serious."

Tang Heng looked at his face and was in a daze for a moment.

"Hey..." Jiang Ya looked at Li Yuechi, "We haven't seen each other for a long time."

He and Li Yuechi hugged briefly, and Li Yuechi also said, "Long time no see..."

"Go and eat something?" Jiang Ya put her arm around Tang Heng's shoulder, "I'm starving to death..."

So the three of them came to the small shop in the morning. It was almost noon, and Jiang Ya ordered some dishes and asked them if they would like beer.Tang Heng shook his head and said, "You guys drink..."

Li Yuechi also refused: "I have something to do this afternoon..."

"Everyone has become a civilized person..." Jiang Ya muttered, "Then I won't drink anymore."

There was no wine, so I had to drink tea, and the bitter Tieguanyin fell into my throat. Jiang Ya looked at Tang Heng, then at Li Yuechi, and asked in a low voice, "You two...how are you doing now?"

"Friend..." Li Yuechi said.

"Oh——" Jiang Ya seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "Then let's have a drink, I haven't seen you for six years."

The three teacups collided, and there was a crisp sound.Tang Heng wondered in a daze, why did Li Yuechi say that the two of them were just "friends"?

He really thinks so?But last night - Li Yuechi kissed him last night.

The waiter brought up the dishes, and Jiang Ya ate like crazy, and said sadly while eating: "I really want to call the chef from the Chinese restaurant downstairs in my house, what the hell does it deserve to be called Chinese food?"

Tang Heng had no appetite, so he held his teacup and said, "Then you should eat more..."

"You don't eat it? I don't believe that the food in Macau is better than this. Last time I went to Hong Kong for a meeting, oh, those Cantonese dishes, it faded away."

"I eat a lot in the morning..." Having said that, Tang Heng still picked up some cold lotus root strips, "But this kind of thing can't be eaten anywhere else."

"Yeah, I miss it so much, I even dream about it."

Friends who were once the closest friends will feel a little bit embarrassed if they haven't seen each other for six years.

In particular, Tang Heng noticed that Jiang Ya carefully avoided talking about the past.

The embarrassment lasted until they walked out of the shop, Jiang Ya asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go find someone, are you sleepy?" Tang Heng said, "Go back to the hotel first if you are sleepy."

"I'm fine, enough sleep on the plane - I'll go with you."

Tang Heng's first reaction was "No need..." These things are too complicated, and he doesn't want to involve Jiang Ya.However, before he opened his mouth, he heard Li Yuechi who was silent for a long time say: "Thank you, let's go together."

On the subway, Jiang Ya hugged Tang Heng and sighed: "I'm really scared to death by you...I'm afraid that something will happen if you act impulsively."

Tang Heng said: "It's not like..."

"No? That's you... Hey, anyway, no matter what happens this time, you will stand up for me, okay?"

"Don't worry, you can hold on."

Jiang Ya seemed to want to say something more, but she didn't say it, she just hugged Tang Heng's shoulder vigorously.

Tang Heng looked sideways at Li Yuechi, who was standing a few steps away from them, staring straight at the railing in front of him, as if he was distracted.

Tang Heng didn't know why, since Li Yuechi met Jiang Ya, Li Yuechi was no longer as close to him as before.He didn't talk to him much, stopped holding his hand, and even kept a step or two away from him when he walked.

The subway arrived at the entrance of the street, and the familiar sound of the station announcement made Tang Heng's heart beat faster.

There are more people on the street than before.Walking on the ground, Jiang Ya suddenly let out a "hey" and patted Tang Heng's arm: "Look, there are still some."

It's an old woman selling flowers. It's spring at this time. The old woman is carrying a pole to sell gardenias at the entrance of the subway station.

When he and Li Yuechi were together before, in late spring and early summer, Li Yuechi would occasionally buy a bouquet of gardenias and put them in their rental house.At that time, a bunch of gardenias cost three yuan. I don’t know what the price is now.

"Let's go..." Li Yuechi's voice was flat.

Tang Heng came back to his senses: "Oh, good."

The three came to Hanyang University of Science, which is a three-ben university with a very small campus, so they found the sociology department office without much effort.According to the previous discussion, Li Yuechi handed Tang Heng the phone and said in a low voice, "I'll wait for you at the playground over there."

Jiang Ya nervously said: "Then can I go? I don't know that person...won't you reveal your secrets?"

"Follow up and wait for him at the door of the office."

"Oh... OK."

"Tang Heng..." Li Yuechi paused, and then said, "Tang Guomu may have gotten angry with him, you should be mentally prepared."

Tang Heng: "I understand..."

Tang Heng turned on the recording function, then put the phone in his pocket.Jiang Ya stood at the corner of the corridor, this time, only Tang Heng was left.

He stood at the door of Bao Lei's office, squeezed the space between his brows, and forced himself to calm down.

Knocking on the door, Bao Lei's voice came out: "Please come in..."

Tang Heng pushed the door open and went in, looking at the man at the desk expressionlessly: "Senior Brother Bao, do you still remember me?"

"You—ah, Junior Brother!" Bao Lei suddenly got up, his face full of surprise, "Why are you here? Aren't you in Macau?"

He doesn't know yet.Tang Heng thought.That's right, the incident happened so suddenly, Tang Guomu probably didn't have time to contact Bao Lei.

"I'm here to see Senior Brother, I have something..." Tang Heng looked solemn, "About Teacher Tang..."

"Mr. Tang—what's wrong with Mr. Tang? Junior brother, sit down and talk."

Tang Heng stood still: "Is it convenient for you to talk?"

"Convenient, convenient." Bao Lei hastily closed the office door tightly.

"A few reporters were investigating Tian Xiaoqin's fall from the building. Do you remember Li Yuechi? He came out..."

"What?" Bao Lei frowned, "The reporter Li Yuechi was looking for?"

"Yes, and there are a few freelance journalists working on self-media, with great influence."

"Then—then what should we do?" After Bao Lei finished speaking, he shook his head again as if thinking of something, "No, junior brother, let me tell you that the academy published the investigation report on Tian Xiaoqin's incident back then, and it was clearly written. It’s clear! You can’t just say what a few reporters say!”

"There are a few truths in the college's report, you don't know?"

"but……"

"Those reporters wouldn't really do anything to my uncle. They would write a report at most and make a fuss for a while. But you know that there were still many doubts about Tian Xiaoqin's fall. For example, her body was cremated on the day she fell. Agree; for example, the relationship between her and uncle, such as——you."

"What's none of my business?!" Bao Lei's expression changed drastically, "I wasn't at school when she jumped off the building!"

"You chased her before, and you chased her more...tightly. Li Yuechi also knows about this, right?"

"That's not what Teacher Tang meant!"

"Uncle just wanted you to do me a favor. He was too embarrassed to ask me to come."

"What help?"

"You were still a student when you chased Tian Xiaoqin, compared to a tutor harassing a student, a student harassing a student is nothing..."

"Why..." Bao Lei smiled stiffly, "Teacher Tang is asking me to take the blame?"

"Don't be nervous, the college may not really re-investigate this matter, but, you know, a new headmaster was changed last year..."

"Junior brother, Mr. Tang, this is too unreasonable..." Bao Lei was obviously anxious, "We know what he has done, and I am not the first person to help him, Tian Xiaoqin There was a female doctor before...why should it be me? Just because I have low qualifications?"

"That was a long time ago, after all."

"How much did I help him? I helped him do what he didn't want to do! Just that night—that night when he and Tian Xiaoqin went to the hotel, I opened the room with my ID card!"

"That's why I want to ask you good people to do it to the end."

"I can't control this matter..." Bao Lei's tone was very anxious, "I really don't have that ability! I'm just a lecturer now, and if I take the blame for him, I'm done!"

Tang Heng was silent for a moment, then said: "Forget it, brother, I can't force you if you don't want to."

Bao Lei held Tang Heng's right hand with both hands: "It's not that I don't want to, I'm powerless, junior brother. Can you explain it to Teacher Tang for me? No, I'll do it myself, I'll call him now—"

"No, he's busy these days and he's not in good health."

"That……"

"I'll explain it to him..." Tang Heng got up, "I'm going first..."

"Junior Brother!" Bao Lei hurriedly stopped him, "You... leave me a phone number!"

Tang Heng tried his best to bear it, and whispered a series of numbers.

Bao Lei might have been stunned. Tang Heng walked out of the office, but he didn't even send it off.Jiang Ya poked her head out from the corner, and asked in a breathy tone, "How is it?"

Tang Heng saved the recording and handed him the phone: "Hold it..." Then he went straight into the bathroom and turned on the faucet to the maximum.

He scrubbed the right hand that Bao Lei had held very vigorously, looked up and saw that his face in the mirror was pale, his temple hair was wet with sweat, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

"Tang Heng..." Jiang Ya followed in and put his arm around his shoulder, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay..." Tang Heng said hoarsely. "move……"