Only you are so different

Chapter 23 Epilogue
It was some days later, and Su Xiuran was discharged from the hospital smoothly, and after a period of meditation and recuperation.

Although Su Xiuyan was gearing up to drive his mother to Canada so that he could take his elder brother home to take care of him, he was stopped by Su Xiuran in the end.

After all, Su Xiuran's serious character still can't do such a thing as letting the elders give way to him.

Well, Lin Mei felt that he was a little too tolerant when it came to his mother and younger brother.

But how should I put it, perhaps it is this Su Xiuran that makes her fall in love with her even more.His persistence, even if it seems a little inflexible, is also his unique charm.

The world has never lacked smart and smooth people, but it will always lack people who are full of wisdom, see through everything, and still stick to something.

Because of Du Lin's incident, City B is obviously no longer a place where Su Xiuran can let go of everything and have a rest physically and mentally. So after discussing, they still decided to live in Su's family's villa in the suburbs of Vancouver for a while.

Perhaps considering the respective natures of his wife and children, the somewhat desolate and quiet surroundings of the house and the accompanying property, Su Daolin specifically stated in his will that Su Xiuran would inherit it.

After Su Daolin passed away, it became Su Xiuran's real estate, and Qu Yan and Su Xiuyan never went there again.It is indeed a good choice to go there to let him get away from domestic affairs and have a rest.

So after arranging domestic affairs, the two set off, but this trip exceeded their expectations, and several months passed without knowing it.

The villa in the suburbs was far away from the world. Except for an old French housekeeper, there were only the two of them in the whole house.

The villa is some distance away from the urban area. According to Cheng Yu's request, Su Xiuran had to go to the nearby hospital for physical examination every two weeks, so this became the only chance for them to drive into the city.

During these days, Lin Mei fully understood what a "home" person Su Xiuran was, he could sit under the maple tree for an afternoon, read a book and drink tea without saying a word.

You can also go hiking with her, slowly walking a few kilometers along the path in the forest, and then enjoy the sunset and mountains on the way home.

They would occasionally drive to a lake dozens of kilometers away for fishing and camping, and count the stars in the night sky in tents in the deserted suburbs.

He really can not have any contact with the outside world for several months. He is not a person who relies on social networks. In addition, he has completely lost contact with the editorial department and Zhang Yan, so he can be called isolated from the world.

Lin Mei lived with him, so she had a little understanding of what it was like when he left Su's house eight years ago and lived alone in a hut on the grassland.

This kind of life made the passage of time easier, until the weather turned cold, the heating and the fireplace were turned on in the villa, the trees outside had all lost their yellow leaves, and heavy snow began to fall in the sky, Lin Mei was shocked to realize that they were already here She stayed for half a year, even longer than the days she and Su Xiuran spent together in City B.

Compared with the ups and downs of the half year, this half year was much more peaceful and lacklustre, but Lin Mei didn't think she was wasting her time when she recalled it.

Every day, every moment and every bit is spent with Su Xiuran, and because no one disturbs, these days are full of him.

They spend every day together, and she never feels tired, because Su Xiuran is really a charming person no matter in motion or in stillness.

The only thing she cared about was that he would occasionally be in a daze. He didn't deliberately hide this emotional change. Sometimes when he was reading a book, sometimes when he was talking to her, he would suddenly frown slightly and be in a daze. moment.

Fortunately, he himself is a quick-thinking person, such a distraction will only last a few seconds at most, and then he will return to normal.

Lin Mei noticed it, but she never asked, because she always had a premonition that his appearance might be related to what happened in City B in those six months, and if he was ready to talk, he would definitely speak up.

So she let this doubt and the quiet and indifferent time flow peacefully until the secrets and confusion are fermented.

The opportunity to break this calm is their going out.

That day as usual, Lin Mei accompanied Su Xiuran to the city hospital for a physical examination. He is in good condition now. After the examination, the doctor also said that if it is still like this next time, it can be changed to once every six months instead of having to come every month.

Lin Mei was in a good mood when she came out of the hospital after the examination. When she went to the parking lot with Su Xiuran, she took his hand and her steps became much lighter.

It's just that today, as soon as they walked to the surface parking lot outside the hospital, they saw a police car parked there, with several police officers standing beside it.

Being abroad, I don't want to be troublesome, but Lin Mei and Su Xiuran's car happened to be trapped by the police cordon, so Lin Mei could only go over and ask.

After listening to the police's explanation, Lin Mei came back and said to Su Xiuran: "They said that a theft just happened here, and it was the car next to ours. Temporarily blocked, let us wait for about half an hour."

Su Xiuran nodded, there was nothing urgent for them to go home, half an hour was not too much, they could cooperate with the police.

Seeing that the weather was fine, Lin Mei suggested, "Why don't we take this opportunity and let's go for a walk in the nearby park to relax, we haven't come out for a long time."

Su Xiuran nodded in agreement, Lin Mei took his hand and was about to leave when suddenly he heard the owner who was questioned by the police cry softly.

It was a middle-aged woman in her 40s. She didn't look like a wealthy person. She drove an old second-hand car. I don't know what was missing in her car. In short, she looked a bit vulnerable. , and his expression was also full of panic.

Lin Mei has always had a lot of sympathy, seeing her cry like this, she couldn't walk away, she wanted to go up and ask if there was anything she could do to help, but she was a little hesitant... Ever since He Su Xiuran came here, she subconsciously stay away from anything criminally related.

Firstly, it is because these are ultimately the responsibility of the local police, and the police have done a good job, no outsiders are needed to intervene; secondly, she knows what Du Lin said, and what happened in City B, Su Xiuran still has Confused, although he never said it clearly.

When Lin Mei was struggling, Su Xiuran also stopped, and then frowned slightly.He hesitated, but finally he lowered his head and smiled at her, and said softly, "Xiaomei, wait for me a moment." Then he walked over.

Because he had just reported to the police, the detective responsible for the investigation had not yet arrived, and the scene was blocked by patrol officers. After Su Xiuran walked over, those patrol officers thought he wanted to provide some clues, so they took out their small notebooks to record.

As a result, after listening to Su Xiuran's words, the two patrolmen obviously became surprised, and they turned on the walkie-talkie and said something.

At this time, the police detectives also came over. After getting out of the car, he immediately stepped forward. Su Xiuran said a few more words to them, then turned around and walked back.

Lin Mei asked him in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Su Xiuran shook his head: "This is not a simple theft case, that lady is probably not the target victim."

These Lin Mei really didn't notice, so she asked, "How did you tell?"

The scene was still under lockdown, Su Xiuran and her went to the park across the street while explaining: "The rear window of the lady's car was smashed open, judging from the shape of broken glass on the ground, it should be covered Cloth's wrench was smashed, the method was neat and neat, and the tools of the crime were not left at the scene, it seems that it should be done by a suspect with rich experience in this type of crime."

These Lin Mei also noticed, but didn't think deeply, so they continued to ask: "Even if this is the case, what does it represent?"

Su Xiuran smiled: "A skilled thief, why would he steal such a lady? You must know that the cars around are more expensive than that lady's in appearance, and the probability of having property in the car is deduced from common sense. Much bigger, too."

Passers-by who were neither involved nor the police knew exactly what the lady had lost, but judging by her financial distress, most likely she would not have put any valuables in the car.

Most of the reason why I cried bitterly was because I suddenly encountered an accident, felt that today was very unfortunate, and my mind collapsed.

When Lin Mei heard this, she also felt that he was thinking more deeply, and nodded repeatedly: "That's a good thing to say, but how do you know that the thief's target is not her?"

Su Xiuran squeezed her hand, said with a smile, "Maybe you didn't notice, the car parked next to us before we entered the hospital was not this one, but another car with a similar model and color."

Lin Mei really didn't have his observation ability and memory, "Oh" suddenly realized: "So you think the real target of the thief is that car, not this lady's?"

Su Xiuran nodded: "Not only do the two cars look alike, but they also have dark reflective film on the rear glass, so you can't see the inside of the car from the outside. Not impossible."

As he spoke, he paused slightly: "Of course, this is only my preliminary inference. The specifics depend on the results of the police investigation. There is a surveillance video in that parking lot. It shouldn't be difficult to check it out."

The afternoon sun fell on his face through the thick branches, Lin Mei looked up and saw his deep pupils with a faint smile, she suddenly felt an impulse, so she held his hand and said : "Xiu Ran..."

He looked at her with a smile, and waited patiently for her to say the following, but she still hesitated, smiled and shook her head: "It's nothing."

He knew that she hadn't said some words, but he didn't ask any more questions. He still smiled at her, raised his hand and hugged her gently.

When they returned to the scene, the evidence collection was over, and the two took the car and left the scene smoothly.

Then they resumed their daily life. What needs to be mentioned is that since they came here for a long time, they brought Chunshen Jun with them.

Since this villa is much bigger than Su Xiuran's in City B, and it also has a large yard, so after Chunshen Jun got familiar with the environment, he was rather reluctant to leave, and ran around every day without seeing the cat.

The temperature has dropped recently, so the old man always appears in front of the fireplace on the first floor.

This afternoon, the sky was gloomy and it looked like it was going to snow. Lin Mei and Su Xiuran didn't go out, and they sat on the sofa by the fireplace to read a book.

Next to Lin Mei was a big ball of fluffy fluff. The master rested his head on the leg of his relatively favorite female slave, with his long tail hanging down and flicking.

Between Lin's eyebrows, he sometimes scratched the Lord's chin, and then hugged the people beside him, enjoying the blessing of being equal to everyone.

At this moment, her cell phone alerted her of an incoming call. In the past six months, she had basically been isolated from the world, and few people would call, but when she answered the phone, she heard a message unexpectedly.

It was a thank-you call from the local police, saying that because of the clues they provided, they helped the police crack a case of illegal reselling of prohibited drugs and caught a gang.Illegal drugs, to put it bluntly, are actually drugs.

It was only then that Lin Mei remembered that when she was in the parking lot, the patrolman she was talking to asked her for her name and mobile phone number.

After finishing the call with the police, she turned to Su Xiuran and said, "Xiu Ran, the local police station is very grateful to us for providing important clues."

Su Xiuran didn't care about this, just let out a "hmm" and his eyes still fell on the book in his hand.

Lin Mei thought for a while, and told him what the police had conveyed: "They said that if it wasn't for the clues you provided, the police detectives might not have come to check it carefully that day, because it was just an ordinary theft case, and the lady had nothing but car glass Apart from being smashed, nothing was lost. So after hearing that the lady's car might not be the real target of the criminals, they carefully checked several nearby surveillance videos and identified a car belonging to the criminal gang. car, and solved a big case.”

Su Xiuran responded lightly: "It's nothing, it's easy to do, and even if I don't tell you, there will still be other clues to solve the case."

Lin Mei knew that what he said was reasonable. Although there were factors of his intervention this time, the case would still be solved sooner or later, it was nothing more than taking more detours.

Su Xiuran stopped dwelling on this issue, stood up and went to the study.

Lin Mei looked at his leaving figure, sighed softly, scratched Chun Shenjun's chin who was still lying on her lap, and said with emotion: "My lord, tell me how to enlighten him?"

His lord turned a deaf ear, he tilted his head on her lap and turned over, comfortably showing his fur belly, beckoning her to scratch it.

The rest of the day was as normal as usual, but after going to bed at night, Lin Mei also felt uneasy in her dream, so she opened her eyes and saw that the person sleeping beside her had disappeared .

The bedroom was quiet, Lin Mei got up and found a coat to put on, opened the door to look for Su Xiuran.

In fact, it is also easy to find, although the villa is very big, there are only a few places for their daily activities, Lin Mei found him in front of the window on the highest part of the house not long after.

This villa was quite old when it was bought by the Su family. Its structure is made of stone and its style is also classical. The windows are naturally not large floor-to-ceiling glass windows, but carved wooden windows like an old castle.

Of course, such a window does not have a wide field of vision, but this window is facing a corner of the garden, there are green pines covered with snow, and the vast forest farther away.

In the quiet night, this scene under the moonlight looks very quiet and profound.

Su Xiuran must have heard Lin Mei's footsteps going upstairs, but he didn't turn his head, and kept looking out of the window.

Walking behind him, Lin Mei stretched out her arms and hugged his waist from behind. There was too much height difference between them, she couldn't put her head on his shoulder, so she put her forehead on his back.

This is a posture of wholehearted trust. She can't see what he sees in his eyes at this moment, but can hear his heartbeat, which is stable and beautiful.

Su Xiuran put his arm on her arm in front of him, and after a while, he said softly: "Xiaomei, maybe Du Lin has destroyed part of my belief..."

His voice has always been clear and mellow, and now it sounds like a poem in the quiet night: "Perhaps as he said, there are many evils in this world, and my strength is so small that it is not enough." to change anything. All the struggles are just to find a place of peace of mind for myself."

Lin Mei thought for a while before answering: "When I was a child, I would subconsciously see people as a luminous body... just like a planet. Some people are stars, always shining; some people are planets, although They cannot emit light and heat themselves, but they can convey the light of others; some people, like the black holes formed after the collapse of the planet, not only cannot emit light, but also greedily devour all the light around them, as if they do not want to take the whole world. He will not be reconciled if they all turn into a dark color."

Su Xiuran heard her speak clearly and logically, and even laughed out loud: "This metaphor is quite interesting."

Lin Mei was quite embarrassed to be praised so much by the writer she admired, and she paused before saying: "What I want to say is...Xiu Ran, what you did is not as small as you imagined."

As she spoke, she still couldn't help quoting a line from Su Xiuran's book: "Just like what you wrote...justice and truth are precious because those who persist in them are humble but great."

Su Xiuran smiled again: "Xiaomei, have you memorized every sentence I wrote?"

Lin Mei laughed "hehe" and didn't deny it: "It's definitely not every sentence. It's because you wrote it so well. I will remember some of them after reading it once."

Su Xiuran said in a low voice: "Actually, Yu called me a few days ago. They encountered a difficult case. Zhang Yan didn't agree to ask me for help, but Yu couldn't help calling me privately. .”

Lin Mei was with him every day, and she really didn't notice this. After hearing this, she hurriedly asked with concern: "What do you say? Did you help me?"

When they left from City B, they said that it was for Su Xiuran's health and to make him less worried, so that he would not be allowed to continue serving as a police consultant, but they all knew in their hearts that it was Su Xiuran who was tired of these things and conflict, so they made this decision.

Su Xiuran noticed her nervousness and patted her hand reassuringly: "I asked him for information and provided him with ideas."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pressed his palm against the glass in front of him. The cold temperature passed through the glass to his hand, as if it could make him more awake at this moment.

He was silent for a moment, and then smiled with relief: "Xiaomei, thank you... I think I have decided what to write in my next book."

In the past six months, he has been almost like a hermit. Not only did he not care about the affairs of City B, he even made no progress in the new book. , dedicated to his new book at Xingwen Books.

Hearing this sentence, no one was happier than her. She immediately turned to him, hugged him and said in surprise: "Xiu Ran, that's great... What are you going to write? When can you show me the outline? "

Seeing that she was still full of energy when talking about work, Su Xiuran couldn't help laughing, brushed her cheek with his fingertips, and said softly: "This time, write about how a person changes because of meeting another person." better... so it's probably a love story."

Su Xiuran wanted to write a love story, but it wasn't a love story like the previous "Twilight", Lin Mei's eyes widened in surprise, "My God, this book will definitely be better than any previous one." concerned!"

As she spoke, she still wanted to ask: "Why did you suddenly want to write a love story? What is the trigger?"

Su Xiuran saw that her eyes were bright with excitement, and knew that the rest of the night, the two of them might not be able to fall asleep, so he smiled: "Because I want to give this book to my wife."

If Lin Mei couldn't react anymore, she would be too slow. She was stunned for a second, then her whole face turned red, and she even stuttered a little nervously: "Send... give it to me?"

Seeing her like this, she was much more nervous than when she was proposed by him, Su Xiuran had to feel faintly defeated by his book, he sighed a little helplessly, bowed his head and pressed the kiss on her Forehead: "Yes, the future Mrs. Su."

They started kissing, and when the sweet smell was the strongest, Lin Mei tried to pull herself out of the hallucinatory state, put her hands around his neck, and said to him: "By the way, Xiu Ran, I forgot to tell you... ...you are a star in my heart, the brightest kind."

Su Xiuran's response to this was to continue kissing her with incomparable patience and tenderness, as if the severe cold and snowstorm outside the window had nothing to do with them.

(End of this chapter)