can't go wild

Guanshuitan.

When Aino said the name again, his eyes darkened.Guanshuitan must be visited, there must be some secrets hidden there, but not now.He had a premonition that the real decisive victory of this game of chess was not in Jingzhou, maybe it was in Guanshuitan, but it was not the current Guanshuitan. He always felt that the time had not come yet, otherwise why would he only be allowed to go now?

Wen Yue sent him news about yesterday's dinner from Jingzhou. Joey went to the Bihai Villa to lurk in person. Get it.

At worst, installing a bug will always work.

However, nothing really happened last night, it seemed like a testimony of Zong Mian's formal display of his ambition.

Aino still felt that something was wrong, he didn't believe it was that simple.Did Big Cotton really step on Xing Zhou and step on the murderer's office?This is his ambition?

XY: Find a way to let George continue to lurk in Bihai Villa.

A beautiful woman: What are you still doubting?

XY: Intuition.

A beautiful woman: If it weren't for your handsome brother, you would be blocked by me now.

XY: If Zong Mian is really ambitious, it is impossible to have a dinner like last night just once, and it is impossible to change places frequently. Bihai Villa still has the value of investigation.

A beautiful woman: That's more or less the same.

At the same time, Chen Juntao arrived in Jincheng and soon joined them at the hotel.

Jian Hanqi asked, "Where's Yangyang?"

Chen Juntao shook his head, "He left behind my back, and he probably went to find the boss. Has there been any news from the boss yet?"

Jian Hanxi shook his head, both of them looked a little dignified.The situation in Jingzhou is not optimistic. The task force does not seem to want to bring this matter to light, but they are determined to convict Xing Zhou.

The boss has not let go, but Xing Zhou has been officially suspended.If Xing Zhou doesn't show up again, it will be a matter of time before an arrest warrant is issued.

Aino didn't interrupt, but his eyes swept over Chen Juntao and Jian Hanqi, and suddenly discovered a fact.So far, Jian Hanqi, Chen Junyang, Chen Juntao, Wen Yue, George, including Cassia Ming, have almost all stood by him under his orders.

Realizing this, Aino felt a little strange.Taking advantage of the toilet stall, he connected to Jue Ming privately and asked, "Do you think... the current situation is very interesting?"

Juming: "Huh?"

Although I am your uncle, I still can't understand your train of thought.What is this and what are the prerequisites?Where is the intermediate process?

Aino: "Forget it."

In the past when he talked to Xing Zhou, Xing Zhou could always quickly follow his train of thought and understand what he meant, so he got used to this way of communication.Now it's Changed to Cheap Uncle, he just feels... There is still a gap between people.

Cassia just didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, otherwise he would definitely sever ties with him.He's not stupid, it's just that Aino's thinking is too jumpy, think about it carefully——

Xing Zhou must have been used to it.

Falling in love kills people.

Aino refocused his attention on Qiu Yin's road map, trying to see the clues.He delayed going to Jiangzhou, neither Jian Hanxi nor Chen Juntao said much.These two are silent doers, which saved Aino a lot of tongue-in-cheek.

But one day passed, and Aino found that he seemed to have to go to Guanshuitan.

According to the real-time location sent by Chen Junyang, Qiu Yin also went in the direction of Jiangzhou.

But at this moment, in Qiu Yin's heart, what Chu Lian said to her is emerging.

"Four days have passed, do you still think that the person who appeared in Wuque Mountain is Song Yuan? A person who has never shown his face, he can be anyone. You can believe whatever they say, and you can't make progress at all." No."

Qiu Yin's heart turned cold in an instant, and after that, the husband asked her to go to Guanshuitan to watch Xiangye.She knew it was a punishment, but she couldn't help but argue, "But sir—"

Chen Ling: "The shadow will stay to protect me."

Hearing the name "Shadow", Qiu Yin finally stopped talking.

Chen Ling hung up the phone and looked up at the empty space beside him.There are transparent ripples shaking, blinking, and it seems that there is nothing.Chen Ling seemed to have heard something, smiled lightly, and murmured to himself, "I don't even want to believe Yuan and Aqi, so how can I believe in mere illusions..."

The so-called Song Yuan was probably a scam set up by Xiang Ye and Xing Zhou, and Qiu Yin is still alive and well, which shows that the real target is not her, but his Chu Lian.

A group of children's tricks, it's okay to deceive Qiu Yin.

"Da." A sunspot fell on her long and slender fingers.

In front of him was a Go board, and Chen Ling was playing chess with himself.It's just that he looked at the position where the ball was placed just now, and he was not very satisfied, so he simply stopped.

As for Zong Mian, Chen Ling didn't really believe it.It's just that he doesn't care, it's just a pawn, use it if it's useful, and discard it if it's not. At least in Xing Zhou's matter, he is useful.

What Chen Ling really cared about was Xiangye and Song Yuan.

Song Yuan's weakness is Xiangye, so the key is actually Xiangye.Thinking this way, Chen Ling found the photo on his cell phone—it was the picture of Aino going out to buy medicine alone when he had a fever in the early morning after Xing Zhou's disappearance.

In the picture, Aino is leaning on the lamppost. Perhaps a moth caught his attention. He looked up, exposing his pale face and fragile neck to the light. The neck was so slender that it would break if folded. .There was still a cigarette between his fingers, and the smoke was lingering, like a dream.

Is he sad?

Complicated thoughts flooded his mind again. After a long time, Chen Ling looked at the distant mountains in the night with deep eyes and a gentle tone, "It's about time, the door is about to open completely."

After changing the subject, he said again: "Today is also the last day of the autumn camp, the restless little guy is really annoying."

From the corner of the eye, he glanced at the hiding place behind the farmhouse, and several people gathered together to whisper.They thought they were hiding, but in fact the lighted phone screen in someone's pocket betrayed them, and the chattering voice was also a sneakiness that the night couldn't completely cover up.

Chen Ling looked at them and recalled some bad memories.That was when he was in Luye, when he was still a wanderer, he tore with others in the quagmire for a fruit, but he didn't grab the fruit, but he seemed to be stuck in the quagmire and gradually sank.

The same goes for the people around him, who gathered together and whispered some whispers, and looked at him from time to time, with sympathy, disdain or indifference in their eyes, but no one could save him.

Later, it was Yuan who appeared, and He Ling threw thick vines, and then pulled him out of the quagmire.

Those two people were as dirty as savages, and they didn't even have a pair of straw sandals on their feet.His eyes were quite clean, and he squatted beside him and looked at him.

In the end, Yuan seemed to remember something, fiddled with the branch in the quagmire, and finally found the lost red fruit.The red fruit is not small, about the size of an adult's fist, but it can't satisfy much hunger.

Yuan and Ling, as if they had never seen anything good in their life, praised the fruit for its beauty and washed it clean, planning to share it and eat it.

Of course, this is the fruit Lian found by himself, and it should belong to him.But Yuan Heling saved him, even if he took the fruit away, there is nothing wrong with it.Lian lay on the ground, convinced that they would take the fruit away, so he didn't even look at it.

After another burst of giggles, the sweet smell of fruit drifted into his nose, making Lian's stomach involuntarily let out a pitiful cry.With a rare expression of embarrassment, he opened his eyes and was about to leave when Yuan handed over half a fruit, with a fawning smile on his face, and said, "Eat it, eat it."

Lian: "You give it to me?"

Yuan pulled the hem of his clothes in embarrassment, "This is originally yours, but my sister is too hungry, so I decided to give her half, what do you think?"

He pulled his sister to his side again and said, "Look, this is my sister, she is still very young."

One fruit was divided into two halves, one for pity and one for spirit, and Yuan ate a little of the skin.My sister wanted to share it with him, but he refused. Finally, I found some edible leaves and mixed it with water until I was half full.

Lian felt that she didn't like him, didn't like his ingratiating smile, didn't like his pretending to be kind, didn't like...in short, didn't like it.

But a fruit made them bond, Lian wanted to go on the road alone, but Yuan and Ling kept following, and as time passed, he also tacitly agreed to go with them.They joined a new team of homeless people, and with Yuan's fawning, they were finally able to barely eat enough to fill their stomachs.

Lian didn't like Yuan more and more, until the key was stolen.

Chen Ling didn't want to think about the past, until he was imprisoned in the unfinished building, and the boundless loneliness tormented him finally made him recall the past.

Maybe many things have already been answered in the dark, such as the two keys, did Yuan hide it on purpose or did he plan to share the keys long ago?The answer is like the fruit that has been divided in two.

He didn't like Yuan, not because he really hated him, but because he was afraid that his own embarrassment would be reflected in that person's clear eyes.The better Yuan treats him, even looking at him with a bit of adoration in his eyes, the more his heart breaks uncontrollably.

Only Xiangqi saw his heart through his appearance, and painted that pair of "Sorrow and Beauty".

Regret?

Now Chen Ling asked himself again, but still had no answer.Maybe that's the truth, you have to wait until you make some irreparable mistakes before telling you—see, the answer has already been given to you.

Thinking of this, Chen Ling couldn't help feeling a little irritable.It seems that the black clouds are rolling, and the white lines are messy and intertwined, cutting the clouds and shedding black tears.

One drop after another, like the countdown to death, silent and noisy, like ultrasonic waves that cannot be heard by human ears, can shatter the human spirit.

There was a storm on the sea.

But in the next second, the storm disappeared, and the sea was as calm as a piece of transparent glass.Chen Ling turned and went back to the room, just in time to meet that nerdy roommate who was making the bed, saw Chen Ling coming in, he stood aside, hesitating to speak.

The autumn camp is coming to an end, and we will start on time tomorrow morning, so everyone should pack their bags in advance.Chen Ling didn't bring many things, so he packed them up quickly, and at this moment, the nerd finally said hesitantly: "Chen Ling, I don't know if you have seen the Internet...that, don't worry about it, I definitely believe in you, your grades have always been so good, but...in this way, your place in the Olympiad will be..."

He faltered and faltered, his eyes wandered, so Chen Ling simply took out his mobile phone to check online.Their school also has a similar forum, and one can tell at a glance that someone anonymously spread rumors that he cheated in the exam.

The distribution of places for the Olympiad is decided by the school through the selection examination.If Chen Ling cheated, even if he was suspected of cheating, there would be problems with his quota.

Seeing him staring at the phone without speaking, the bookworm nervously clenched his fists quietly, and said, "It's okay, as long as the clarification is made, the teachers like you so much, they will believe you. Don't bother with what you say online, It will be fine after a while, and you can't prove what you didn't do, right? For your grandparents, just make up a reason, if they know the truth, they will be very sad... I don't know if it is Who is doing this kind of thing behind the scenes, it's really too—”

"Isn't it you?" Chen Ling suddenly raised his head and looked at him amusedly.

"Me?" The nerd couldn't help but took half a step back, then realized that he had overreacted, scratched his head, and said, "How could it be me? It's almost as if I was bullied by others, you forgot? In school, Only you won't laugh at me anymore, how could I hurt you..."

Chen Ling was unmoved, "You were the one who stuffed things into other people's tables and planted them on me."

This is an affirmative sentence.The bookworm's face changed slightly, and his voice involuntarily became louder, "What evidence do you have to prove that I did it? Don't spit blood. And what reason do I have to do this?"

Chen Ling: "For the Olympic Games."

Nerd: "I also have a quota, why should I take yours?"

Chen Ling: "Because my grades are better than yours, I will go with you, and you will only run with me."

Nerd: "You're talking nonsense!"

He was completely confused. After all, he was young and unable to hold his breath. He accidentally touched the cup on the table with his arm. With a bang sound, the cup fell to the ground and broke.

His eyes were stung by the porcelain whites all over him, and cold sweat oozes from his forehead, and there was a trace of unkindness in his eyes looking at Chen Ling, but in the end it was not cruel enough, and it turned into pleading within a few seconds.

"Chen Ling, are you kidding me? How could it be that I did it? I wouldn't do it, I won't... And your reason is totally untenable. How could I do it for such a ridiculous reason? Just to kill you?"

Chen Ling looked at his pale face, but he wasn't surprised at all.He has seen through the tricks of nerds early on. The person who pretends to be the weakest in the crowd can often stab you when you least expect it.

This is his experience of living in Luye. He didn't think of it here, and with a new identity, he can still meet him.

"I just want to be an ordinary person..." He sighed suddenly.

The nerd's eyes widened suddenly.

Changed, Chen Ling in his eyes changed.The face is still the same face, but the temperament of the whole body has changed, like a pure white flower that suddenly grows thorns, and blood flows out from the heart of the flower, dyeing it red little by little, and it becomes——

Cannibal Rose.

Chen Ling stretched out his hand to him, and he backed away in fear, trying to run, but found that the door couldn't be opened no matter what.He wanted to scream, but found that fear had strangled his throat, and he couldn't make a sound no matter what.

Finally, he was caught by Chen Ling, but there was a trace of disgust in Chen Ling's eyes, as if he was still hesitating what to do with him.He didn't see any ripples in the air, the instinct to survive made him struggle, and the voice finally broke through his throat.

"It's not me!" He shouted hoarsely, "I didn't take the initiative to harm you, it was everyone, everyone said that you can pretend, that you are fake, you only want to please the teacher, that you must be very dark inside, and that— —”

The storm broke through the sea again, like a giant hammer, "click" to smash the flat mirror surface.Cracks spread to the surroundings, and black sea water gurgled out, telling you a fact—the calm just now was indeed an illusion.

The evil hands grabbed the lamb's throat again.His voice was indifferent, but there was a familiar smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Keep talking."

"Cough, cough..." The bookworm's face flushed red, and he had already started kicking his legs, "It's what they said, they encouraged me, I didn't do it on purpose, it wasn't...I..."

His voice gradually diminished, his eyes widened, and he finally lost his movement.

"Ah." Chen Ling seemed to have regained his senses, let go of his hands, looked at the limp corpse on the ground, slowly took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped it, and said, "I didn't want to kill people."

There were ripples in the air, and I don't know what responded to him.He looked back out of the window, the curtains were still drawn, and a few figures could be seen vaguely, probably attracted by the sound of the cup breaking.

With a sigh, it drifted away faintly.

Chen Ling said, "Do you believe me? I really... just want to be an ordinary person."

Why does the malice in this world always linger.Is it really destined?Maybe he is the poor guy whose neck is pinched in the hands of fate, struggling on his own.

At this moment, the "ding dong" notification sounded on the mobile phone.

Chen Ling picked it up and saw that it was a message from Qiu Yin, but the content was simple, just a red exclamation mark—this was a warning message, proving that something happened to Qiu Yin.

It seems that Song Yuan's appearance in Wuque Mountain is indeed a cover, but he hasn't been lured out yet, why is the other party rushing to attack Qiu Yin?

Unless, the purpose has been achieved?

Chen Ling raised his eyebrows slightly.

At the same time, inside Jincheng Hotel.

Aino has been caught in a dilemma.Another urging message came from Jingzhou, asking him to go to Guanshuitan to perform the task immediately.The publisher is Zong Mian, but Zong Mian himself can't be contacted for the time being, he seems to be busy with other things.

Chen Juntao said: "Why don't you and Jian Hanxi go first, I'll stay and join Yang Yang. If you refuse to fulfill, if you are punished by the higher-ups, the punishment will be considered light, I'm afraid... the boss is not here now , Big Cotton's attitude is a bit vague, if you have another accident, I'm afraid no one will be able to protect you."

Jian Hanqi and Jue Ming also agreed with this statement. The most important thing now is to ensure safety, and no one can get in.What's more, Guanshuitan is an important place, and you might be able to find clues wherever you go.

But when Xiangye decided to compromise, news suddenly came from Chen Junyang - a group of people intercepted Qiu Yin's car, and the two sides started fighting.

Aino suddenly stood up, "Do you see who it is?"

Chen Junyang: "I don't know her, so I can't confirm her identity."

Who is it?

Infighting?Or is there another group after her?How did they know Qiu Yin's location, or...

Thoughts were racing through Aino's mind, he wished he could fly to the scene of the crime immediately, let alone go to Guanshuitan.But then, he received another text message.

Unfamiliar number.

[The answers you want are all in Guanshuitan. 】

Is this why they want him to go to Guanshuitan?Why?Is something going to happen in Shuzhong, so you want him to leave as soon as possible?

Is that you Xing Zhou?

Or Zong Mian?

Aino looked out of the window, the dark night was full of storms.

But he is no longer the Xiangye who could only be chased away. That time in Guanshuitan, Chu Lian also told him: The truth is ahead, do you still have to go forward?If you look back now, there is still time.

shit.

It's all bullshit.

Aino quickly typed with ten fingers, and replied to the strange number:

【roll. 】

"Ding dong."

The message notification sounded, and Zong Mian looked at the word "scroll" in the airtight, dark room with lights on, and laughed dumbfoundedly.Under the light, blood was all over his face, hands, and clothes.But the blood wasn't his, it belonged to another person lying on the ground.

If Aino was here, he would definitely recognize him as Ah Liang, even if he was too miserable to look at him now.

"It's not that I didn't try my best, it's that your little friend is too difficult." Zong Mian murmured, put away his phone, squatted down in front of A Liang, and said, "Thank you very much, otherwise I wouldn't know Chu Where is Lian?"

Ah Liang was gasping for breath, his breathing was already weak, but he still asked in disbelief, "I...didn't...tell you...how could you...know...know..."

Zong Mian tapped his temples with his fingers, "A person's deep memory is much wider than you imagine. The clues can be pieced together, just like a jigsaw puzzle. There are pieces here and there. Very important."

Ah Liang: "I...I don't...understand..."

"The pronunciation of the nan character, the special bird call, and your testimonials, all of them together, it's all there. But that's not the point." Zong Mian is still in a good mood now, but he's just a little tired.

Tired, but want to talk.

Some goddamn friend, but far away, no one to talk to, can only wait for an uncertain result, which is a bit annoying.

"The point is, do you think you are the only ones who will go to the criminal arrest department to send ghosts? I will too, and I am rich."