when the moon whispers

Chapter 197 Friends - Meeting

case five friends
four meet
The sleet that had been rustling for a long time and all night stopped quietly for a while. It was probably because the warm current approaching the beginning of spring and the north wind that had not yet blown hit each other by mistake. The weather forecast indicated a cliff-like drop in temperature. It had just dropped to about zero degrees, and the sun had just peeked out half of the head. At dawn in the middle of the night, the slippery ice caps on the road melted into puddles of wet, sticky mud, which followed the wheels of the car. And the trampling of footsteps, splashing and hanging to other places.

The air in the nearby suburbs was soaked with melting water, rain and snow.

The Sheng'an Chemical Plant, which was relocated from the urban area to the suburbs of Fengnan's An River decades ago, was included in the list of enterprises that were undergoing renovation and conversion due to non-compliance with emission standards in the past six months. At the end of last year, it was rushed to The whole family moved to a standardized park operation pilot. This small piece of old factory buildings was left in such an urban and rural area that seemed a little remote at first glance, but half-footed on the edge of the junction of two administrative divisions. At the juncture, I was bored and suffering through the sad years before the official dispatch of documents for demolition.

Cao Yan was holding an English tutoring book and sitting next to the ice-covered and melted window sill. He was holding the page in vain and not looking at it. He was looking outside through the rusted and frosted window, fixedly. He stared at the tall buildings at the end of his field of vision that seemed to be within reach, without even blinking.

The warehouse on the ground floor, where most of the equipment had been removed, was so empty that even the sound of light footsteps echoed to the duty room upstairs with thin walls. The lock tongue clicked as the circlip bounced, and two similar yet completely different figures appeared. He walked in one after another, and casually left the door ajar.

"Cao Yan, get up so early."

A slender hand gently placed on Cao Yan's shoulder.She lowered her head and looked silently at the bruise on the back of her hand that had spread to the point where it looked like a large capillary had burst.

"It's okay. It's not serious, but it may be a little slower than yours. Let's go eat -" The man patted her back twice gently and comfortingly, and looked up at the wooden bed lying on the lower bunk of the duty room. "Huh huh huh." "Chen Qing, who was sleeping soundly, was a little surprised when he met the girl's calm and straightforward gaze, "You really just tied him up like this all night? Isn't this little guy making trouble?"

"It's because he was being picky and hit you for making a mistake first." Cao Yan folded the tutorial book disapprovingly, sat on the sofa without looking back, and looked awkwardly at the other one sitting in front of the TV, which was not so pale. Face, he reached out to take the bag of cooked soy milk that had been poured into the cup, "...the rope is tied so loosely, it's not a punishment at all. He is too lazy to earn it himself, and he doesn't admit his mistake... Why should I care?"

"…The morning news continues for you."

"Our reporter Qiu Lan reported that in the early hours of this morning, a serious and vicious incident of vandalism occurred in Shuangshan Cemetery. The tree burial area of ​​Shuangshan Cemetery was opened in November 2016... It is reported that the damaged tree burial tombstone was from this The late city education expert and former honorary principal of Anhe Middle School Wang An——"

"...Is this why you went out last night?" The man who walked quietly to the lower bunk bed and sat down tugged on the knot on Chen Qing's arm. Hearing the rhetoric in the press release, his fingertips paused and he squinted. He raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of the TV, and then rubbed the little boy's messy and frizzy hair, which was not yet fully awake: "After all, it's still kidnapping, and the conditions are definitely not as good as yours... I can eat well and not be picky about food. If you don’t hit someone, won’t you be cheating?”

"The leader who withheld your work-related injury compensation, which made the two of us what we are now, was buried yesterday in Shuangshan Cemetery. It is said that he fell into the wastewater pond for maintenance, and he was already rotting when he was found. Before I didn't mention it to you... I originally wanted to confirm it, but I didn't expect to meet this principal. The photo on the tombstone is too eye-catching."

The man in front of the TV did not turn around, he just heard Cao Yan grunting vaguely disgusted by the keywords he described. He turned his gaze slightly and noticed the slender figure slowly sitting beside him, unconscious. He hunched his shoulders: "I also said that I couldn't find him when I tried to find him before, but he died more than three years ago... I smashed the tombstone to give him an advantage. If the surveillance and security guards weren't patrolling, I should have dug out his ashes." It's blown." Cao Yan avoided Chen Qing, who had a disgusting taste in Si Wu Lang's every move. He turned around and blocked his noisy mouth with a piece of greasy sugar cake, and stared at the TV seriously. After watching the news for a while, his eyes fell attentively on the two people leaning against each other at the end of the sofa.

The twins look so much alike, right down to the height of their eyebrows and even the shape of their ears.But the gentle one was almost as thin as a bone. He took a small sip of the soy milk that was a little hot, his cheeks were slightly sunken, and his face was so pale that it glowed with cyan.

He seemed different from the man who was silent and gloomy. He keenly caught the girl's quiet peripheral vision, but he just looked back tenderly, and his bruised hand was still rubbing the back of the person next to him: "Why? Already?"

"...Ahem - nothing." Cao Yan was caught red-handed and choked in embarrassment, "It's just... I clearly saw the police at home that day, but why didn't it appear on the news?"

"If the kidnapping case was publicly reported, wouldn't you two have died long ago?" The man put down the cup in his hand, unconsciously applied warm palms to his knees and legs twice, and hissed softly: "But After today, someone will definitely pay attention.”

"Does your leg still hurt? The medicine I prepared for you before going out yesterday -" The man who finally calmed down his temper stood up in a hurry. He turned around and frowned, only to be met with an innocent smiling face. The harsh words on his lips suddenly took a different tone: "Brother... you really can't do it without taking medicine now -"

"I know, I know. I'll take medicine after breakfast. Don't cry in front of the two children..." The man was still smiling, and his empty arm reached out to the dejected man: "What time are you doing?" go out?"

"Right away. I was just here to deliver breakfast." The man with his head drooped avoided his brother's pretending to be calm and comforted him. He raised his wrist and glanced at the electronic watch like a child, sniffed and turned around. He went and patted his untouched schoolbag messily: "Isn't there a competition at the Convention and Exhibition Center today? Brother Li said there is a shortage of people. Originally, today was a night shift security guard. If you go during the day, you can get an extra day's pay as overtime. "

"Seriously, if I just work with Brother Li until I become a regular employee, that's what I'll do, but you still have counter-"

"Shut up! This matter has been decided and we've had an argument before. I don't want to have to say it a second time!" The action of patting the backpack suddenly stopped, and the man turned his head sharply, his eyes covered with bloodshot eyes. He made a mistake and stared at his brother, whose forced smile froze on his face. It took him a while to come back to his senses. He pursed his lips and did not continue. After two or three seconds of silence, he fumbled messily in his pocket and took out a box. The ointment for removing blood stasis and relieving pain was thrown into the sofa and he reached out to close the door.

"...Brother, listen to me once, I beg you."

　Due to work and physical reasons, I will update every other day~
　　Today I wish you all can unload the burden that has been bothering you for a long time and embrace tomorrow~
　　
　
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