shadow in daylight gl

The dim lights, the gloomy atmosphere in the room, the air mixed with the smell of tobacco and wine, the days of luxury and lust, blurred the boundaries of time.

Liu Shan woke up from his drowsiness, squinted his eyes and moved forward to see the things on the table clearly, then leaned back on the sofa with his eyes wide open, looking at the ceiling alone, reminiscing about that feeling emptyly.

It's so real...it's as if it's real.

As long as he takes a few sips, the passing time seems to be able to turn back, and those happy things in the past can be easily remembered. The people he wants to see and get close to seem to be close at hand.Dad, mom, he went back to his youth, the family was not rich, but they were together and had a complete family.

Liu Shan closed his eyes, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"woke up?"

A human voice sounded in the dark space, abrupt but familiar.

Liu Shan suddenly sat up from the sofa.An Huaixu who was not far away smiled at him, and with a "click", the flame of the lighter lit up the whole house. She took a light breath, and then the flame went out, and the room returned to the darkness just now. There are only a few red sparks left by her side.

She slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, the smoke was reflected by the wall lamp, the light turned into a virtual image, and so did the figure under the lamp.

"Hmm." He replied vaguely.

"Thinking about something happy?" An Huaixu smiled and gestured with his fingers, "I seem to have heard you laugh just now."

Liu Shan bowed his head awkwardly: "No."

"That was my mistake."

Liu Shan's mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something.After a while, he picked up the cigarette holder on the table and rummaged through the pockets of his coat blankly.

"Looking for a lighter?" An Huaixu raised the black warrior in his hand and threw it towards Liu Shan.

"I heard it." She paused, and Liu Shan looked at her suspiciously.

"When you fell asleep, you called someone's name." She held the cigarette butt between her fingers and held it in her mouth, staring at Liu Shan intently.

"Boom—" a muffled sound echoed in the room.Yang Ergou broke into the door with a girl who was only about 20 years old on his arm, and the smell of alcohol came to his face.

Yang Ergou staggered and pushed the person in his arms, fell down on the sofa, and shouted at Liu Shan, "Liu Shan, this is the girlfriend my brother introduced to you."

People passing by in the aisle looked into the private room curiously.An Huaixu frowned, stomped out the cigarette butt, went to raise his head and closed the door.

"Serious and well-known college students, don't you like this kind of person?"

Liu Shan moved to the side, and the girl climbed up to his waist, Liu Shan's face turned cold.

Yang Ergou staggered over, took Liu Shan's hand and stuffed it into the edge of the girl's short skirt, "You have to look here, you have to touch here, understand?"

Liu Shan shook off Yang Ergou's hand.

"Yo huh? My brother taught you how to pick up women and you still pretend to be aloof. If you don't think well in your heart, don't pretend to be serious. You don't think about who you are." Yang Ergou smelled of alcohol, not light The girl pushed hard into Liu Shan's arms.

Liu Shan dodged impatiently.

The girl glanced at Yang Ergou, took the initiative to lean towards Liu Shan, and yelled, "Little brother~"

"Get out!" Liu Shan jumped up as if he had stepped on a switch, and the girl who was attached to him fell into nothing.

"What the hell do you mean?" Yang Ergou tugged at Liu Shan's neckline and pushed him. "I'm looking for someone to play with you, why are you pretending to be an uncle here?"

"Let go." Liu Shan clenched his fists fiercely with the hands hanging on both sides.Liu Shan looked weak, but he was not weak in the slightest. If the two fought, the helpless rich man would not be able to beat the gangsters who had been fighting outside all year round.

When An Huaixu saw it, he hurried forward and pulled Liu Shan back, "He's drunk, forget it."

"What kind of drunken madness are you throwing?!" An Huaixu kicked Yang Ergou, "Go out and sober up before coming in."

Yang Ergou leaned back on the sofa and remained motionless.An Huaixu picked up his collar, "Go! Don't lie here."

Yang Ergou kicked on the door of the private room with a "dang" and went out.Only then did Liu Shan loosen his fist.

The girl sat on the sofa dumbfounded, not knowing whether to leave or stay.

An Huaixu waved her hand, indicating that she could go.The girl panicked and took her things and disappeared at the door of the room.

"It's fine if you don't like it. Yang Ergou is virtuous when he's drunk."

An Huaixu handed the cigarette holder in his hand to Liu Shan, and with a little force with his fingertips, he pushed open the metal cover of the black warrior. With a crisp sound, the blue-purple flame shook slightly twice.

"Ah."

The curling smoke rose and lingered around Liu Shan. He leaned on the recliner, intoxicated in the pleasure of immortality.

An Huaixu also lit a puff of smoke ointment by accident.The smoke poured into the lungs, and a tingling feeling spread to the nerve endings, as if stepping on the cloud with each foot, and at the end of the cloud was her lover, with a slender waist and bright face, and her every move was full of charm... ····

She walked towards Lu Linzhong step by step, and when she raised her hand lightly, she touched the silky and satiny snow skin, which was delicate to the touch and had a sensible temperature... The exquisite figure hidden under the bright red dress was looming, she couldn't help it Unfastening the mother-of-pearl buttons on the red dress, the woman's body is like a delicate rose, blooming lightly in her hands.

The room was especially quiet, and the desires in the depths of the soul were all aroused, like bamboo shoots after a heavy rain, about to break through the ground, An Huaixu couldn't help but take another sip.

Thirst in the throat, hot all over, confusion, wanting to die...

"boom--"

The door was kicked open, An Huaixu grabbed something on the table and threw it towards the door: "You fucking drunk?!"

Before the words were finished, a group of people rushed in, and the two were pushed to the ground by the people who rushed in from the door, their hands were clamped, and their entire faces were pressed to the ground.

"Don't move!"

Liu Shan was still struggling hard, his face turned purple.

"Be honest!" The person who rushed in first took out a green police ID from his jacket pocket, and patted him on the face: "See clearly?"

Liu Shan's eyes widened, and his mouth was tightly squeezed.

"Take the person back to me."

The periphery of room 109 was full of people, Yang Ergou stood outside the crowd in a daze, Jiu Jin also pushed forward with great effort, wanting to watch the excitement.The door opened, and Liu Shan and An Huaixu were held in the middle by seven or eight plainclothes men. The bartenders in the bar surrounded the onlookers and opened a path.

"...Why do these two people look so familiar?" Yang Ergou slapped his forehead violently, and said to himself: Damn, isn't this the boss?

Yang Ergou stared blankly at the two being taken away and disappeared at the end of the corridor.He was about to sober up, he leaned against the wall and walked limply to the bathroom, scooped up a handful of cold water and poured it on his face, instantly sobering up a lot.He stared wide-eyed at the two blushing spots on his cheeks in the mirror, and thought: It's over.Yang Ergou poured two handfuls of cold water on his face and disappeared into the bathroom.

The originally noisy and bustling bar was quiet for a while, and the neon spotlights in the hall were still jumping constantly.Yi Ziyue sat behind the counter speechlessly. She was also there just now, and the back of that person always felt a little familiar to her.With his photographic memory, the familiar figure from the back immediately matched the number in his mind - Lu Linzhong's girlfriend.

Yi Ziyue punched the table hard, what the hell was he doing? !Lu Linzhong wanted to cheat her to death?

She angrily picked up her mobile phone and looked for Lu Linzhong's phone number from the address book. Several plainclothes came out from the stairs in the interior and stood in front of her. own indifferent expression.

"Call your boss out and cooperate with our investigation." The green police officer card waved in front of Yi Ziyue.

"I am."

"Please cooperate with the investigation."

There was a sound from the elevator entrance, and several plainclothes escorted the two of them past them. Yi Ziyue looked sideways and made sure that the figure she saw was An Huaixu.

It's just—why is that person here?

Yi Ziyue squeezed the phone tightly, looking down at Lu Linzhong's name on the screen.

Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, the plainclothes repeated loudly, "Please cooperate with our investigation."

"Okay." Yi Ziyue pressed the lock screen button, and a faint smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth in the blurred light and shadow.

***

Yang Ergou hailed a taxi and followed him all the way outside the district police station, where Gouzi was already waiting.

Gouzi was speechless: "Damn it! What are you playing to get people in?!"

"It's just a hookah. The boss wanted to stimulate people to add something to the smoke paste." Yang Ergou stood crooked after drinking, and pointed three fingers to the sky for a long time, "I swear that thing is not illegal."

"How did that get in there?"

"I think...it should be me."

"What did you do?"

"I found a girl to accompany Liu Shan. If Liu Shan's grandson doesn't like it, he will let him go. The woman probably saw something in the room, and thought that the two of them might call the police directly. .”

"..."

"Don't you know someone like that?"

"It seems there is, I'll ask."

The night is silent, and the cicadas singing in late autumn can hardly be heard. Occasionally, a car speeds past the road, bringing a gust of wind.After nearly an hour of phone calls, Gouzi finally made some progress: "The news from inside has been tested, there are two red lines, and those things have not been touched."

Yang Ergou was gearing up, "I definitely didn't touch it, I can guarantee it!"

Gouzi snorted, "That's right, everyone inside believes in your guarantee!"

Yang Ergou touched the tip of his nose, not as confident as before: "Then is there any news about when he will be released?"

"I didn't say that, maybe I have to re-educate the two of them. I guess I should be able to come out tomorrow morning."

Yang Ergou squatted down next to the tree root, "Then I'll wait here at the door."

"It's cold outside, sit in the car."

It was just dawn, and a uniformed staff member came out of the police station, greeted the dog, crossed the road, and walked to the car.

Gouzi opened the car door and lit a cigarette for him familiarly: "How is it? Did your leader say when to let him go?"

Yang Ergou lowered the car window and pricked up his ears to listen.

"Nothing was found about their affairs, and they can be released after two educations."

Hearing this tone, Gouzi and Yang Ergou looked at each other, and both had a bad feeling.

"But now, this time is not right. The unit leaders want to use their incident as a model for the district, and make a report, so that everyone can learn from it and strengthen legal education."

Gouzi: "..."

Yang Ergou: "..."

Yang Ergou gave Gouzi a look.

Gouzi took out a bulging envelope from his pocket and handed it out, "Brother, see if you can go to your leader and say a few words, it won't be too late to report this matter, and they haven't touched anything illegal. It's just ignorance, just playing around."

He didn't push back what Gouzi was holding. "Hey, if you really get involved with that thing, it's not as simple as reporting. The leader needs to rely on some new ideas to increase performance. Besides, the leader's meaning can't be changed by the people below with just a few words."

Yang Ergou leaned half of his body out of the car window, "Is there no other way?"

"If there is a relationship, there is a way, but as soon as possible."

Gouzi sent the man a few steps, asked a few more words, sat back in the car, and sighed deeply.

Yang Ergou said anxiously: "What else did he say? What kind of relationship is needed to get him out?"

Gouzi squinted at him, "What kind of relationship? Probably because you and I have nothing to do with each other. It's not easy to solve this matter with money. Didn't you see that he won't accept anything."

"Why don't we get in touch again and think of a way?"

"Find a way to find a way, it's easy for you to say. Is there an official in your family or mine?" Gouzi annoyed: "You have to be the kind with power, and you can get it if you have power!"

Gouzi pondered for a while, then leaned on the driver's seat dejectedly, "I know someone can get the boss out, but..."

Yang Ergou understood in seconds, and looked at him with wide eyes: "You, you mean..."

The two exchanged a look.

Yang Ergou grabbed his hair angrily, "Isn't that bad! If we stab her parents directly without her consent, then she won't be beaten when she comes home?"

"Do you think her parents didn't know about her being notified by the district? Don't you still get beaten when you go home?"

"Is there really no other way?"

"Yes, you can find someone who has more power than her parents."

Yang Ergou sighed, took out his phone, frowned and said in a low voice, "You call or I call..."

***

An Huaixu sat in the interrogation room with slumped shoulders, a cold white lamp hung above her head, illuminating the silent walls, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the interrogation room.

The door was opened, Jiang Mu walked in with a bag in his hand, and sat down opposite An Huaixu.

The two looked at each other, and the surrounding air seemed to dissipate the heat from their eyes little by little.

"I already know everything." Jiang Mu turned his face away and sighed softly, "I don't want to talk about you anymore. It's boring to say some things over and over again. The person who is most disappointed with you is your father."

An Huaixu pursed her lips, and met Jiang Mu's eyes, but couldn't explain.

"Where is she? You have been in all night, why is she not here?"

An Huaixu pinched the corner of his clothes tightly, and his thin lips moved slightly.

Jiang Mu looked at An Huaixu in surprise: "Busy again? She can still continue to work calmly?"

"She didn't know about it before I could tell—"

"Don't know?! It's like last time. She didn't even know where you went after you resigned? At the beginning, you wanted to be with her despite our objections. Now you're tired of playing and regretting it, so you have already separated. Have you passed each other?"

"Mom—" An Huaixu interrupted Jiang Mu's words, "Things are not what you think."

Jiang Mu laughed back angrily, folded his arms in front of him, and asked in a cold voice: "Which thing is not what I thought? You played some low-end things and entered the police station, can this matter be false?! Or you You want to tell me that you and her are like glue and have a good relationship?!"

Her temples twitched a few times, and An Huaixu raised her hand to press her forehead. She hadn't had a good rest for several days, and when she felt anxious, her head began to hurt.

"You're married and you don't want to tell her anything, doesn't it sound ridiculous?"

······

Jiang Mu turned her back and opened the closed door. The staff standing at the door greeted her and politely said, "Mr. Jiang, our leader is waiting for you in the office."

"Well, I'll go there later." Jiang Mu nodded, and walked outside the office building along the route he walked just now.

The sun was just right this morning, and the sunny winter that people are accustomed to in Jincheng is so rare in Shanghai.

"The weather has been really nice these two days, and I can go shopping with my girlfriends on weekends."

"If it rains again, I feel like I'm going to be moldy."

In the middle of the adjournment, Lu Linzhong heard the people behind him whispering, looked at the clear clouds floating outside the window, and habitually took out his mobile phone.

She couldn't help frowning, since An Huaixu asked her if she had dinner yesterday afternoon, she hasn't given her any news.

Bai Jing clasped her hands together towards Lu Linzhong, and said in a low voice, "Boss Lu, after the business trip, can I stay in Shanghai for one more day before returning to Jincheng?" Bai Jing clasped her hands together and said in a low voice, "I have an appointment with my friend Disney, so..."

"The things in Shanghai don't end on weekends."

The corners of Bai Jing's mouth drooped slightly, and she said in frustration, "Oh, yes."

Lu Linzhong continued: "I will return to the company immediately after returning to Jincheng."

"I understand." Bai Jing lowered her head and replied almost inaudibly, handing the document in her hand to Lu Linzhong to sign.

Lu Linzhong supported his chin with one hand, and finally couldn't hold back his smile and said: "You have worked hard during this time. The original business trip was two weeks, but I compressed it."

Bai Jing raised her head and looked at her suspiciously.

"Since this is the case, you can arrange the rest of the time yourself. After I return to the company, Secretary Lin will be there. If there is something that I haven't done carefully, I will ask her to contact you."

"Really...Really?"

"Could it be that I have always been an unkind boss in the eyes of my subordinates?" Lu Linzhong raised his eyebrows, and quickly put his name on the document.

"No, no, you have always been very—"

The phone on the table buzzed, interrupting Bai Jing's flattering words that were about to blurt out.

Lu Linzhong glanced at the notes on the screen, his face changed slightly, and he walked out of the conference hall with his mobile phone.

The warm sunlight shone through the glass windows onto the long corridor with a wide view. Lu Linzhong walked to the tea room at the end of the corridor and pressed the answer button hesitantly.

"Hello Auntie."

"Little Lu, are you busy now?"

Lu Linzhong took out a disposable paper cup from the drawer, and smiled relaxedly: "I'm not busy."

"En." Jiang Mu's voice became a little colder.

Lu Linzhong's eyelids twitched twice, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

"I didn't say something directly when we met last time, but I have to say it today."

Lu Linzhong clenched his phone tightly and remained silent for a while, then said softly, "Say it."

"Do you know what Xiao Xu is doing recently?" Jiang Mu didn't wait for Lu Linzhong to answer, and continued: "She is at the police station now."

"What?" Lu Linzhong asked in surprise.She raised her hand and pressed her forehead. An Huaixu made an agreement with her before returning to Jincheng, and she would definitely tell her before doing anything. Did An Huaixu make a decision without authorization?

no, I can not.She should have believed in An Huaixu, something must have happened.

"I know you are still on a business trip. Xiao Xu is fooling around outside and playing some messy things. Of course it's not your fault. I can't blame you for not taking good care of her. After all, as a parent, I am also very remiss."

"No, auntie, things may not be what you think."

"That is?"

Lu Linzhong clenched the paper cup in his hand tightly, and there were several creases on the smooth cup wall: "I..."

"Ok?"

Lu Linzhong's eyes were deep, what they were doing, if one more person knew about it, it might be more risky.

She said in a deep voice, "No..."

"You don't have to protect her in front of me. From the first time I saw you, I knew that you were much more mature and stable than her. Last time she didn't return all night, I gave you room. I thought you knew what to do. "

"This has happened for the second time now, will there be a third time in the future? The fourth time? Xiao Xu's father and I were not optimistic about your marriage. You haven't managed it carefully. Is it because of you?" In the eyes of young people, the opinions of parents and elders are not important at all?"

Lu Linzhong was speechless. Although both parties knew that the answer was no, her and An Huaixu's performance was really unsatisfactory, so that she couldn't even deny it.

"In the future, I won't say more about your affairs, but I just hope you understand that if this continues, those grandparents who love you in the family will be very disappointed with you. Xiao Xu's desire to take advantage of the love of grandparents to act willfully and recklessly is even more important. Impossible. Speaking of this, Xiao Lu, do you understand what I mean?"

Jiang Mu's words are all reasonable. In the eyes of their elders, their seemingly incompatible marriage is nothing more than child's play, and they are just delaying each other.Although the facts were not what Jiang Mu thought, Lu Linzhong couldn't say "understand".

The phone was silent for a long time, Jiang Mu said goodbye and hung up the phone.Lu Linzhong stared blankly at the screen, more and more solemn emotions settled in Rumo's pupils.

This time, it wasn't her fault, it wasn't An Huaixu's fault, it wasn't anyone's fault, but they must bear the consequences.

Unspeakable sourness spread in her heart, there was shame, there was also grievance that was not understood, and more of it was the sense of powerlessness that she had done everything but had little effect.

The paper cup in his hand crumpled into a ball and went into the trash can.The hallway echoed with the crunch of heels on the tiled floor.

"President Lu, the meeting has started, the agenda has changed, and your speech time has been advanced by half an hour." Bai Jing trotted all the way, and finally found Lu Linzhong standing by the window at the end of the corridor.

Lu Linzhong frowned, and looked up at his watch, "I have something to rush back to Jincheng, and I will leave the rest to you."

"Are you going to the airport now?"

"Well, you call the driver, I'll go downstairs and wait for him now."

"Ok."

The airport was bustling with people, Lu Linzhong changed his boarding pass and walked quickly into the dedicated passage.She took out the vibrating mobile phone in her coat pocket, her eyes lit up, and she answered the phone without hesitation.

"Small order."

"Well, I'm here."

Holding the phone, Lu Linzhong let out a light breath.Those words that were about to come out turned twice in his throat, but he didn't know where to start.

"I'm fine. It's just that I've wronged you again."

The voice was calm and low, instantly crushing the accumulated grievances in Lu Linzhong's heart.Her thick eyelashes trembled slightly, she sniffed, and said softly, "There is no grievance."

Not really without grievances.When Jiang Mu denied their feelings and was disappointed with her, she also felt wronged.But before she said a single word of these, An Huaixu already knew all of them.The little girl in the past proved to her step by step that she really grew up and knew that she loved her and protected her.

Fortunately, she also trusted her.

"Hello, dear passengers, flight CZ7799 from Shanghai to Jincheng..."

"Are you at the airport?"

"Well, it's boarding."

An Huaixu asked softly, "Is it the flight to Jincheng at 25:[-]?"

"Yes."

"Don't come back, you trust me..."

"Xiao Xu, I know that you can do a lot of things well, even better than me, but I'm worried not because I don't trust you, but..."

Lu Linzhong's throat tightened. She had said many warm words in the past, but at this moment she was at a loss for words.

An Huaixu coughed lightly, followed by Lu Linzhong's words, "Listen to me." She paused, "Mom is waiting for me, she will take me to live with my grandparents for a while."

Lu Linzhong stopped in the rushing crowd and glanced back at the boarding gate.

Jiang Mu took An Huaixu to his grandfather's house. If An Huaixu's grandparents could not accept her, it would be inconvenient for them to meet...

"Okay," Lu Linzhong replied in a low voice, the tip of his nose slightly sore.

"Go back to Jincheng after you're done. I can do the rest by myself."

"I'll come back to help you, Xiao Xu."

An Huaixu fell silent, and the sound of slightly heavy breathing reached Lu Linzhong's ears through the receiver.She comforted, "Xiao Xu, we are the closest people."

"No, I can't let you..."

"You can't let me take risks, right? But as long as one more person knows about the matter, there will be more risks. Once something happens, who can bear the consequences. Is it you and me? Is it Mr. Xu? Or Zhitian?" Lu Linzhong chuckled, " Xiao Xu, compared to you, I would rather let myself take risks."

The announcement on the plane rang again, and the flight crew looked at her with a polite smile, "Hello ma'am, the plane is about to take off, please turn off your mobile phone or switch it to flight mode."

Lu Linzhong stared down at the watch, the second hand was turning at a constant speed, and they still had a lot to say.She really wanted to have a few more words with An Huaixu, wanted to know where things went wrong, how she had been these two days, and wanted to use more conversations to make up for what should have been but could not be achieved. hug.

"The plane is about to take off, Xiao Xu..."

"Well, be careful."

Lu Linzhong frowned slightly, hung up the phone reluctantly, and switched to flight mode.

On the other end, An Huaixu silently handed the phone to Jiang Mu.A taxi drove up from the gate of the district police station. The person who got out of the car was about 1.8 meters tall, with slightly white hair, and was wearing a light brown and white down jacket.

He looked around vigilantly, and the moment he turned around, An Huaixu saw his face clearly. His skin was dark, his features were tough, his eyes were lowered, and there was a hostility in his eyes. The area in the middle of his face was similar to Liu Shan very similar.

The person who came was Liu Shan's father, Chen Rui, the perpetrator of the car accident of Xu Zhongxuan's parents.

An Huaixu clenched his fists subconsciously, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

If it wasn't for Chen Rui, her most beloved elder would not have had an accident, Xu Zhongxuan might not have to go abroad, and Meng Qiu wouldn't have to wait seven years.

In a few days, she will be able to find out the murderer behind Chen Rui, the matter will come to light, and Chen Rui and the person behind the scenes will be punished as they should.

Jiang Mu followed An Huaixu's gaze, and said coldly, "Let's go."