Only you are so different

Chapter 9 All imagination ends in reality

Su Xiuran felt that the time he lost consciousness should not exceed a few minutes, but when he gradually regained consciousness from the darkness, the first thing he felt was not the warm and soft body tightly hugging him, but the dense and soft body. Light kisses.

They are like petals knocked down by rain, and like the touch of bees to flowers, they are delicate and dense, with infinite tenderness.

He opened his eyes, and in his gradually clear vision, he saw Lin Mei's face that was very close. When she realized that he was awake, she leaned forward and kissed his eyelashes and eyelids lightly.

He blocked her with his newly recovered arm, and looked at her calmly: "What are you doing?"

His indifference no longer made Lin Mei feel the slightest embarrassment, instead she hugged him tighter and buried her head in the crook of his neck.

The two of them were sitting on the ground, to be precise, Lin Mei was sitting on the ground, while Su Xiu was lying on her lap.

The books beside him were scattered in a mess, Su Xiuran was still a little dizzy, but he was able to move a little bit and check his limbs. Fortunately, there was no more shameful fracture or soft tissue contusion.

As soon as he moved, Lin Mei raised her head from his neck, kissed him lightly on the lips, took the mobile phone aside and said to him: "I just called your doctor, it's the last one in the call log. The one up there, he told me to take it easy and keep you breathing until you wake up, he's coming."

Su Xiuran slightly raised his long eyebrows, Lin Mei immediately understood, pulled his arm, grabbed his slender fingers and shook them, taking the opportunity to touch them a few more times: "Your phone has a password, but I think you should also After setting the fingerprint password, I tried it with your finger and it unlocked..."

Su Xiuran said "ah": "It seems that the fingerprint password is really not safe."

Lin Mei was quite complacent: "I should be too clever. Not only did I catch you when you fainted, but I can also use your mobile phone to call a doctor for you at a critical moment."

Su Xiuran curled his lower lip: "Thank you so much..." He paused slightly, then asked softly, "Then can you explain why you kissed me when I lost consciousness?"

Lin Mei blinked, obviously very vengeful: "Because I sympathize with you...It's so pitiful to be so easily pissed off."

Su Xiuran didn't expect her to be so thick-skinned, and the pallor on her face showed a tendency to revive in an instant, and she coughed a few times from the side.

Lin Mei didn't dare to be angry with him anymore, and quickly lowered her head and kissed him on the lips: "And your doctor said that you fainted because of lack of oxygen, let me give you some artificial respiration."

Su Xiuran turned his head to avoid her, and laughed: "So that's how artificial respiration is done."

To his surprise, Lin Mei didn't quarrel with him or try to get angry at him any more, but sighed softly, her tone full of helplessness: "Okay, I don't dare to fight with you anymore, you Say what you say..."

Before Su Xiuran could answer, she buried her head in his neck again, her voice was very soft, but leaned against his ear, and he could hear every word very clearly: "I just found out, why did I I feel so scared... It turns out that the end of the world is nothing compared to losing you."

Su Xiuran didn't speak for a long time, he just felt her warm breath in his ear, her unreserved embrace, and a little bit of moisture penetrating into his skin.

Did she cry?He didn't know that all the subtle observations he had been proud of had lost their effect at this moment.

For a moment, he even felt that he couldn't understand the specific meaning of her words...or there was no damn meaning at all, she just curled up in his arms with the lingering fear of being frightened, and said something softly to him .

Even if it was a messy syllable without any meaning... He should have grabbed her and crushed her in his arms, and kissed her like a storm. Apart from that, he shouldn't have any other options.

But in the end he still endured, the muscles all over his body tensed for a moment, and finally gradually relaxed again.

Lin Mei thought he was enduring the pain, so she quickly raised her head to look at his face, and saw him smiling slightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "The floor is so cold, how long are you going to let me lie down?"

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, Lin Mei breathed a sigh of relief: "Can you stand up by yourself? You are so tall... I can't hold you in your arms."

Su Xiuran looked at her, and then supported his body with his arms and sat up slowly. He got up too quickly just now, and because of her anger, he lost consciousness for a short time. Naturally, he can only slowly Get up quickly so you don't get dizzy again.

Lin Mei kept holding him carefully, but she didn't notice that he not only deliberately slowed down his movements, but also transferred most of his body's strength to her.

Lin Mei thought he was weak, hugged him tightly, and asked with concern: "It's okay if you can't stand up, just lean against me and rest for a while."

Su Xiuran really agreed, and rested his head on her shoulder confidently, enjoying this super high level of care.

Chun Shenjun, who silently ran up and squatted at the door of the room to watch because of the movement upstairs, couldn't help squinting his eyes and turning his head: what a stupid human being.

When Su Xiuran was supported by Lin Mei and sat back on the sofa, Lin Mei held his hand worriedly: "I beg you, don't take anything I say to your heart, I'm just talking casually... Your doctor said it's important to keep you happy, I was wrong, sorry."

Su Xiuran smiled, raised his eyes and looked at her: "You just said...you didn't fall in love with me?"

Lin Mei gritted her teeth: "You say you love me, and I will love you right away!"

Su Xiuran chuckled lightly, with a bit of coldness: "So I still need to talk about it."

Lin Mei quickly confessed: "No need, no need...I love you so much that I wish I could swallow you."

Su Xiuran was obviously still dissatisfied with this answer, and continued to sneer: "This description is also considered novel."

Lin Mei closed her eyes and broke the jar, and said with great pain: "Xiu Ran... I'm too slow, I just discovered that you are too important to me, so important that I didn't even realize what you mean to me How big it is.

"I've never been in a relationship before, so I don't know what it's like to fall in love with someone. Now I understand that falling in love with someone means worrying about gains and losses, looking forward and backward, and hesitating, but at a certain moment, I will go forward... If If I have such extremely complicated feelings for someone in my lifetime, it can only be you!"

She didn't dare to finish speaking in one breath, and then secretly opened her eyes to look at him, with anticipation and shyness in her eyes that she didn't realize: "So...how do you think?"

She had been afraid to look at Su Xiuran just now, so she didn't realize that even when he was pretending to sneer, there was a soft smile hidden in those deep pupils that could not be ignored.

It was his gaze that she met when she raised her head at this moment—like thousands of stars, like a magnificent universe with its heart open.

He leaned over and placed a light kiss on her lips before whispering, "Enough is enough."

It didn't take long for the doctor named Cheng Yu to come. When Lin Mei called him, he felt that he was not very old from the voice, and he might not know until he met the real person.

The round face is fair and clean, wearing a pair of glasses with dark blue resin frames, he looks like a medical student who has just been in college for two years.

Lin Mei brought him in, looked him up and down several times, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you a graduate student? Do you have a medical certificate?"

Unexpectedly, he blushed immediately, as if he had been greatly insulted: "Miss, my daughter is almost as tall as you!"

Lin Mei made an "uh" sound, and then noticed that although he had a baby face, there were already some fine lines at the corners of his eyes, which should be wrinkles.

Su Xiuran also came downstairs to greet him, with an apologetic smile: "Doctor Cheng, please come again."

Cheng Yu glanced at him, and said in a stern tone: "Miss Lin said on the phone that you pulled out the needle before you finished the infusion, why are you still as disobedient as you were when you were a child? How grown up!"

Lin Mei saw that he had a tender face and said such old-fashioned words in a crisp voice, but she still couldn't accept it.While going to the bar to make tea for Cheng Yu, she turned her face and asked Su Xiuran quietly: "Doctor Cheng...is he really old?"

Su Xiuran said "Yes", "Dr. Cheng has been my attending doctor since I was 13 years old."

He was an attending physician more than ten years ago, and now he is in his 40s. He said that his daughter is about the same height as Lin Mei, and it is entirely possible. Nowadays, children grow up fast, and middle school and high school students are about the same height as adults.

Lin Mei thought to herself that the Great God was really extraordinary, and that no one around her was normal, but she dared not say this clearly, and stuck out her tongue quietly.

Cheng Yu naturally wants to scold Su Xiuran, and he will continue to let Su Xiuran lie down and put him on an IV without delaying the scolding.

Lin Mei took advantage of this time to cook a bowl of noodles, brought them to Su Xiuran in the study, and took the opportunity to leave Cheng Yu for lunch, but Cheng Yu said that there was still something to do in the hospital in the afternoon, so he left after a short while, and stared at Lin Mei anxiously before leaving. Seriously said: "It's okay for young people to fall in love, don't worry about it!"

Lin Mei blushed, quickly agreed and sent him out again.

When she returned to the study, Su Xiuran had already finished eating noodles, and was flipping through the book in front of her with her right hand that had not been pricked.

Lin Mei leaned over and saw that it was a notebook with a cowhide cover, the pages were slightly yellowed, and the handwriting on it belonged to Su Xiuran, but there were also some random pictures and symbols mixed in.

Just now when he passed out, he had a low fever. Lin Mei walked over and sat down beside him, then naturally raised her hand to test the temperature on his forehead, and felt that it was not that hot, so she looked down at his notes: "What are you looking at? Woolen cloth?"

Su Xiuran smiled slightly. He was already leaning on the back of the sofa, but now he shifted part of his body weight onto her shoulders. The soft afternoon sun shone on them, making them feel a little dizzy. The warmth of sleep.

He didn't answer Lin Mei's question, but asked back with a smile: "Why did you confess your love to me?"

Lin Mei didn't expect him to have such a bad personality. At this time, he was cheap and obedient. How could he be so blind to think that he was a cold and reserved flower of Gaoling?
But she was the one who confessed first, so she could only admit it, she sighed softly: "I think since you fell in love with me first, then I confess first, and we'll be even, okay?"

Su Xiuran laughed softly, he seemed to be in a very good mood, for her invisible counterattack, he admitted it without thinking: "That's fine..."

Lin Mei felt that she had completely refreshed her three views today, but she looked at the one leaning on her shoulder, with a stretched figure, a smile on her lips, behind slightly drooping eyelashes, there was a pair of black and bright eyes shining with brilliance. eyes.Immediately, he couldn't say any words to anger him anymore... Some people are born to get the world with a smile, and those who can bear to hurt him must have a psychological quality that can withstand landslides and earth cracks.

Su Xiuran still maintained the posture of leaning on her shoulder, and with his slender fingers, he pointed at a few lines on the note that were obviously newly written, and said in a low voice: "You are right about a doubtful point in this case. , This is a murderer with a strong desire to express, he put a cornflower beside the dead."

"Cornflowers?"

Su Xiuran took the mobile phone on the low table, and showed her some pictures taken at the crime scene this morning.

He did not focus on photographing the deceased, which is the responsibility of the police forensic officers, but photographed some details that are easy to be missed. One of them was a blue cornflower placed next to the deceased, which was very fresh and carried A few drops of morning dew.

This is a bit strange. You must know that cornflowers do not bloom in spring, nor are they common fresh-cut flowers on the market. If the murderer puts a rose or a sunflower that can be bought anywhere, it can be understood as It was the murderer's whim.But if you put a flower that is not easy to buy and is not in season, then it is very likely that the murderer is using this flower to convey some message.

Su Xiuran explained softly beside him: "The identity of the deceased woman has been ascertained. She is 31 years old and a resident nearby. She is a white-collar worker and works in sales for a real estate company."

This is a very common identity. Although there will be more people in contact, the chance of becoming enemies with others is not high.

Su Xiuran frowned, and continued to say: "In fact, this is the second case where cornflowers were found next to the victim's body. The last one was six years ago, when Zhang Yan and I first started working together... this That's why he let me go there right away."

Lin Mei was startled, and subconsciously asked, "Did the murderer catch the case six years ago?"

To her surprise, Su Xiuran nodded: "The case was closed at that time. It was a negligent death case. The deceased was a nearby resident in his 50s. When the street lamp maintenance worker was working at night, he accidentally dropped his hand. A wrench went down and happened to hit a pedestrian passing by on the head. After the pedestrian was hit, he covered his head and yelled. The maintenance worker was afraid of being caught by him and demanded excessive compensation, so he packed up his things in a hurry and left.

"The pedestrian's body was also found in the early morning of the second day. He fell under the broken street lamp with a blue cornflower beside his hand. The cause of death was that his head was smashed by a wrench and he lost blood. The street lamp maintenance team has work records. Knowing the time and place of the incident, the worker was quickly arrested and confessed to his mistakes. He regretted not staying to help the pedestrian, so he was blackmailed. , is better than killing someone."

Having said that, Su Xiuran paused for a moment, and then said again: "The chain of evidence and time clues of the whole case are complete, and there is nothing wrong with the logic, so the case will be closed soon. The only thing that can't be explained is the blue flower. cornflowers."

Lin Mei thought for a while and said, "Whether it's a maintenance worker or a passer-by, it doesn't seem like someone who would carry a cornflower with him."

Su Xiuran nodded: "The time of that incident was also spring."

If the cornflowers that appeared last time were accidental, or were accidentally left behind by other passers-by, then it is unlikely to be a coincidence that it happened twice in a row.

Su Xiuran said softly: "At that time, I just started to assist Zhang Yan, and I happened to see the file of this case in his office, and I told him that something might be wrong and further investigation was needed, and he also said that I was writing a novel. It’s too much, it’s not worth worrying about the details.” He said with a soft sigh, “When he called me over today, he also said that if he hadn’t cooperated with me for many years and knew me to a certain extent, he would have suspected that I did it. ghost."

Lin Mei was still sorting out the information she had just heard. She tilted her head and thought for a while before saying, "There must be a reason for every thing and person to appear somewhere. Maybe not all the details at the scene are related to the case, but All the details must have their origins, and I think your initial suspicion was right... Even after investigating it, it was found that it was indeed just a coincidence."

Su Xiuran looked at her, curled his lips slightly, and said again after a moment of silence: "You are right, I was too young back then, so I easily let go of this clue."

Lin Mei shook her head: "I don't blame you, after all, the case has been closed, and there is no doubt about the case itself."

Su Xiuran's eyes showed that faint compassion again, with some exclamation: "But if we had persisted in the past, perhaps today's tragedy would not have happened."

Lin Mei thought of the deceased this morning. She was still very young and had a bright future, but it came to an abrupt end overnight.

While feeling emotional, she looked up at Su Xiuran with firm eyes: "We must find the real culprit this time!"

Su Xiuran noticed that she used the word "we" and smiled: "Okay."

He was silent for a moment, closed the notebook in his hand, turned his eyes away and did not look at her, but said lightly: "I want to apologize to you... what happened last night and today is because I overreacted, it is my own I don't blame you for the reason, but I want you to bear my gaffe, sorry."

Lin Mei didn't speak, but leaned over and hugged his waist. From the moment he passed out in front of her, she realized that sometimes words would be overshadowed, but warm embrace and soft kisses would never .

She leaned on his back, feeling the muscles of his body relax slowly, and then he said in a very soft voice: "I know, you are not them..."

He didn't say the rest, but Lin Mei felt that she understood, she hugged him tighter, and pressed a light kiss on his back through the fabric.

Su Xiuran's fever subsided in the evening, and he lost energy and appetite after a day of infusion.

In the afternoon, Lin Mei went out on a special trip to the supermarket to buy ingredients and make the shepherd's purse wontons he ordered at noon.

In the end, the arrogant young master, who was so arrogant and difficult to serve, only ate a small bowl and said he didn't want it.

Lin Mei coaxed him patiently: "Eat more, or you will be hungry at night."

Su Xiuran half-lyed on the chaise longue, flipping through the notebook in his hand, occasionally taking time to look at the laptop next to him, shaking his head casually: "I can't eat now... I'll eat supper when I'm hungry."

Lin Mei deliberately pulled him up and shouted: "I'm still supper, I'm not your cook, see clearly!"
But she didn't have the guts, so she took a light breath, and silently recited what Dr. Cheng Yu told him to "keep him in a good mood", and Lin Mei reluctantly packed the tableware.

When she pouted and was about to go downstairs to wash the dishes, he looked up and smiled at her: "The wrapped wontons can be frozen in the refrigerator. I know you have put a lot of thought into it. Even if they are frozen, you still have to do them yourself." Do it, don't waste it." After he finished speaking, he added with a chuckle, "I'm really healed, if I force myself to eat more, my stomach will feel uncomfortable later, and you will be the one to toss."

Hearing what he said, Lin Mei's heart suddenly softened into a mess... If you want to say that a great master is a great master, in just a few words, several meanings are expressed very clearly: it's not that she doesn't like quick-frozen food, but because she wants to eat her own bread; no I don't want to eat too much, is it because I am afraid that I will feel sick to my stomach or she feels distressed.

Lin Mei bent down and kissed him lightly on the cheek, and then happily went downstairs to the kitchen, even washing the dishes with more energy.

But Su Xiuran followed her not long after, stood behind her and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you today, but tell me what you want to eat tomorrow, and I'll make it."

Lin Mei could feel that he was very close to her, even the sound of breathing and the temperature of her body, but he didn't make any further movements, such as hugging or kissing.

However, it's not good to be too close after confessing your love, a kiss once in a while is enough, otherwise, if you live together, it's easy for something to happen accidentally...

Thinking of this, Lin Mei, who had been innocent for more than 20 years, blushed.

Su Xiuran was behind her, clearly seeing that the blush on her face suddenly spread to her ears, and even her slightly drooping fair neck turned pink.

He froze for a moment, and immediately thought that she might be thinking about something more, and he felt ashamed when he thought about it.

It's surprising that a person who usually looks fierce, but who would lick him from time to time before he confessed his love for the first time, can turn red like this just thinking about it... cute.

The corners of his lips curved even higher, he held back a smile and cleared his throat: "By the way, I came downstairs to tell you that you may have to go with me to the scene six years ago in the evening, in order to get as close as possible At that time, we had to go late at night, and the time was not urgent, so I went to prepare first."

After speaking, he took a step forward, supported the edge of the sink with his hands, lowered his head and kissed her hot face lightly, and then turned and left.

Just a few steps away, she heard a "crash" behind her. It was Lin Mei who lost her composure and dropped the bowl in her hand into the sink, splashing water all over her face.

Su Xiuran said that he would go to see the scene at night, but he really asked Lin Mei to leave at eleven o'clock.

By this hour, even in city B, which is known for its traffic jams, the traffic situation is much better.

This time it was Su Xiuran who drove, but he drove Lin Mei's car through the cobweb-like city streets. Even though the road was smooth, it took him five or ten minutes to reach his destination.

After arriving in that urban area, Lin Mei understood why Su Xiuran specifically asked to drive her car. Although the crime scene here and this morning, one is in the old city area and the other is in the fringe area of ​​the city, they all have a common feature, that is, The road is narrow.

And this place is even worse than the place where the crime happened this morning. There are large villages in the city, row upon row of privately built illegal buildings, and messy electric wires split the sky into countless pieces.

If you didn't know that this place really belongs to city B with a developed economy and a lot of high-rise buildings in the city center, you would think you were in a small town when you saw this scene after getting off the car.

This kind of urban area will certainly not maintain its original appearance for six years. In fact, when Su Xiuran parked his car in an open space that could barely be regarded as a parking lot, he took her on a narrow, uneven ground, where a spot would appear from time to time. I walked through the narrow alleys of obstacles for a long time.

Fortunately, Lin Mei had expected this long ago, wearing a pair of canvas shoes that were easy to move, and walking on the dimly lit road, Su Xiuran naturally held her hand, slowed down her pace, and matched her pace. speed.

Finally, they stopped on a main road in this urban village. This is an intersection, and the width may be barely wide enough for two five-seater cars to stagger.

Because it is an important road in this urban area, with high street lights on both sides, Su Xiuran directed her to look at the street light next to the intersection: "At that time, the maintenance workers were working on this, and a wrench fell from their hands."

Lin Mei looked up and saw that this street lamp was not too high compared to the ones on the main road. She felt that the falling force of a wrench falling from this height might not be enough to injure an adult male to death.

It seems that many details still have to be seen on the spot in order to have a more objective judgment.

Su Xiuran pointed to a corner beside the road: "The victim's body was found here the next morning."

As he spoke, he walked over and measured her roughly outline with his steps: "Weight 89 kg, height 177 cm, 54 years old, wearing a yellow jacket, dark blue pants, and leather shoes at the time, and had no ID card on him, but With a lighter and cigarettes, there are also scattered cigarette butts beside him.

"After the police arrived at the scene, they quickly deduced that it was a nearby resident... After door-to-door investigation, around 10 o'clock in the morning that day, it was found that the victim was a resident two blocks away. The victim had the habit of going out for a walk at night and smoking. After going out that day , and never came home again.”

It was already a case six years ago, yet he still casually told the details without the slightest error or hesitation.

Lin Mei was not surprised by his memory. From the first time he asked him to help solve Zhang Lili's case, she had seen his strong control over details.

Although many modern people rely on computers to record work and life, the human brain is always the most sophisticated tool.

Su Xiuran was not just repeating the details to her, while he was talking, he looked around, his brows slightly frowned, indicating that he was thinking about something at the moment.

After all, this is still a part of a metropolis with a dense population. Even at midnight, there are still pedestrians returning late, and occasionally nearby residents walking their dogs or walking pass by them.

Like all people who have lived in the city for a long time, they all keep their eyes on each other and move in a hurry, neither vigilant nor paying too much attention to unfamiliar faces.

Su Xiuran stayed with her for about ten minutes, then took her hand again, smiled at her and said, "Let's go."

He may have received some enlightenment, or he may have received nothing, and his expression was not at all relaxed, but was still covered with a faint haze.

Lin Mei nodded and took his hand back.

Seeing him skillfully avoiding the rubbish and obstacles on the road, and walking through the alley with graceful steps that did not match the surrounding environment at all, she asked, "Xiu Ran, do you often come to this kind of place?"

He didn't look back, just smiled: "Yeah, crime and darkness don't just happen in the bustling downtown area... They often visit such forgotten corners..."

He smiled and made a soft joke: "Evil is everywhere, but there is nowhere to hide."

Lin Mei said "Oh": "This is the original sentence of your fourth book "Qing Dao"...the end of Chapter 7."

When it comes to Su Xiu's brainless fans, Lin Mei dares to be the first, and no one dares to admit the second.

It was two o'clock at night when they got home.

Lin Mei didn't have to go to the office, so she didn't worry about sleeping time.In addition, she occasionally works overtime and stays up late, so she doesn't feel too tired.

Compared to herself, she was more worried about Su Xiuran who would collapse when the wind blows, and Su Xiuran who was so angry and tired, not to mention that he had a fever during the day and was infused with fluids.

When she got home, she saw that his face was a bit tired, so she hurriedly asked: "Do you want to take a bath and rest early, Doctor Cheng said he would come over early in the morning."

Su Xiuran smiled leisurely: "What about the midnight snack?"

It's all over, and he's so tired, he's really thinking about eating... Lin Mei also admired his spirit, nodded and said, "Okay, what do you want to eat?"

Su Xiuran turned his head slightly, and made another request: "Let's make glutinous rice balls with wine, and cut some fruit to make a small fruit plate, it's refreshing." He added, "The glutinous rice balls can be frozen, and I still have them in the refrigerator. I bought it last time."

Lin Mei thought to herself that it's lucky that you didn't want to eat freshly wrapped glutinous rice balls in the middle of the night. I really thank you.

Fermented glutinous rice and glutinous rice balls are ready-made in the refrigerator, and it is convenient to cook. Lin Mei cut up an apple and an orange and made a fruit plate.

Su Xiuran sat at the dining table and waited for her very considerately. He just opened the cowhide notebook that he carried with him, took out a pen and wrote some more.

Lin Mei knew that he was still analyzing the case, so she took out two servings of glutinous rice balls, one for him and one for herself, sat down opposite him and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Su Xiuran shook his head, closed his notebook, raised his head and smiled at her: "Not yet, if you have any ideas, you can tell me. Everyone has different perspectives, so we can learn from many ways."

Lin Mei thought for a while, then shook her head: "Not yet, there are too few clues."

Su Xiuran stopped asking, picked up a spoon to fiddle with the balls in his bowl, Lin Mei looked at him, and suddenly reached out to touch his cheek.

Su Xiuran raised his head and bent the corner of his lips to her: "Why?"

Lin Mei hastily touched his face twice, trying to cover up with excuses: "Oh, you splashed water on your face, I'll wipe it off for you."

He has been sitting at the dining table, the only liquid nearby is the soup in the bowl, and it is hot, how could he not feel it when it splashed on his face?
He lowered his eyes and smiled, but did not point out: "Thank you."

Such a kind and gentle Su Xiuran reminded Lin Mei of his appearance when they first met.She should have thought a long time ago, if he was really a gentleman through and through, how could he use such a vicious and scary way to test and test her?
It's a pity that she was fooled by his later gentleness and politeness, and she didn't guard against the bad factors in his character.

Thinking of this, she bit the spoon and asked, "Xiu Ran, when did you fall in love with me?"

Su Xiuran smiled slightly, and answered easily: "I don't know the origin of love."

Lin Mei was still a little alert, she recalled carefully: "Before you let me move in? There is no sign."

Su Xiuran lightly threw her two ambiguous words: "It's okay."

Lin Mei had no choice but to lose. She shouldn't be playing word games with a professional writer...

In the end, Su Xiuran ended the guessing game. He smiled and said, "Lin Mei, I don't value the past. I yearn for the future more than fate."

The word "future" is such a beautiful existence, it originally represents infinite longing and infinite possibilities.

Lin Mei smiled at him after thinking about it: "Okay, I know it's a bit difficult for an arrogant person to admit when he fell in love with me... I'd better save some face for him."

Su Xiuran couldn't help but smile at her self-satisfied look, and he smiled: "Thank you very much."

Lin Mei didn't get up early the next day, so Su Xiuran naturally got up later than usual. When Cheng Yu came to hang Su Xiuran's hanging bottle on time at nine o'clock, they had just woken up to tidy up.

After practicing medicine for many years, Cheng Yu could see the dark circles under the eyes of both of them at a glance, coupled with the appearance of yawning, he looked a little bad: "I told you to pay attention to rest, where did you go wild at night?"

Su Xiuran pressed his forehead with his slender fingers, tilted his head and coughed lightly, his attitude was very correct: "It's my fault, I pulled Lin Mei out... I must rest on time today."

Cheng Yu had seen him growing up since he was a child, and he spoke nicely to him, and he didn't understand the temper of what to do when he turned his head, so he could only twitch his eyes, turn his head and stare at Lin Mei to put pressure: "Ten Be sure to put him to bed before one o'clock, and pay attention to going to bed, not going back to the bedroom!"

Lin Mei had just confirmed their relationship with Su Xiuran in a half-concealed way, and she confessed to Cheng Yu about their relationship in the emergency situation yesterday. She was still a little thin-skinned, so she didn't know where she wanted to go. , Ai Ai said "uh" during the period: "I don't live with Xiuran, I mean, although we live in the same house, we have different beds."

Su Xiuran, who was frowning and resting his forehead on the other side, couldn't help but let out a "poof" laugh. Dr. Cheng Yu rolled his eyes in an unfashionable manner, feeling that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes should be given to these two people more. A few out of breath.

However, he still had to be patient and said to Lin Mei, who was the more reliable of the two, "I mean let him go to sleep early, and if he continues to be so tired, the liquid will be lost. He will also have a fever, which is serious." You still need to be hospitalized, remember?"

Lin Mei realized the seriousness of the problem, and nodded repeatedly: "I will definitely supervise him, Doctor Cheng, don't worry."

Seeing her face turning into an obedient child and a good student in seconds, Cheng Yu's eyelids twitched a few more times, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Just remember."

After seeing off Cheng Yu who was still a little angry, Lin Mei came back and saw Su Xiuran who was half-slanted on the sofa looking at the computer, and she was indeed a little worried.

Su Xiuran, from the time she knew him, always straightened his waist at all times, as if he was ready to take some hard photos at any time.

Lin Mei thought that maybe it had something to do with his upbringing since he was a child. His background must have attracted people's attention since he was a child. It is impossible to be completely lazy and casual.

It was the first time she had seen him use this sitting position. Even though his face was still calm and relaxed, his body must have been unable to support himself, so he indulged himself like this.

Even though she knew in her heart that every second counts to solve the case, she still suggested worriedly: "I'd better not go to the editorial department today. It's okay to say hello to Editor-in-Chief Du. I'll stay at home and take care of you. You also have a rest and lose later." Get some sleep after you're done."

Su Xiuran raised his head and smiled at her, there was indeed a well-covered tiredness in the corners of his eyes and brows: "Alright, it's up to you... Don't worry, there were times that were much more urgent than now, and there will be a lot of time with Zhang I'm out of town, I'm fine."

To be honest, when Lin Mei first knew that Su Xiuran was assisting the police, she thought that he was just the kind of expert who came out to save the world at a critical moment, and would not easily walk out of this fortress, let alone go to the scene in the middle of the night even if he was sick observe.

Now she is a little ashamed of her imagination, where is there a detective who can solve a case without leaving home?
Delivering justice is not a slogan that can be done lightly, but for a result that has nothing to do with one's own interests, where no one sees, silently work hard and stick to it.

Thinking about it, she ran upstairs to get the gray blanket, put it on Su Xiuran's lap, and leaned over to kiss his slightly pale lips.

This time she didn't blush, instead she saw a trace of extremely mild shyness from Su Xiuran's slightly drooping eyelashes.Knowing that the seemingly invulnerable and strategizing master would also be shy, she somehow felt a sense of satisfaction in her heart.

Perhaps feeling Su Xiuran's depressed mental and physical condition, Chun Shenjun, who has always been aloof, jumped onto the sofa with elegant and haughty steps after finishing his breakfast.

After lifting his chin for his male and female servants to admire, he curled up into a perfect ball on the blanket in Su Xiuran's hand and snored.

In order to keep an eye on the infusion bottles, Lin Mei moved her computer downstairs and put it on the wooden dining table.

Without Su Xiuran doing anything, she made herself a cup of hot coffee, and then began to work with the mellow aroma of the coffee.

She has already shown Du Yuwen the complete manuscript of "Sunset", and there is no doubt that this will be another classic. Su Xiuran's manuscript is also quite clean, with almost no wrong typos and punctuation marks.

Editing such a manuscript is both easy and difficult.The ease is that the quality of the manuscript itself is very high, and there is almost no need for trivial errata, etc. The difficulty is... If the book is typesetting and printed as it is, then the editor's work will be of little value.

Putting aside the emotions that were unconsciously driven by the manuscript the previous two times, Lin Mei tried her best to read the manuscript from beginning to end as calmly and objectively as possible this time.

The whole day, apart from taking care of and accompanying Su Xiuran, she had been deliberating over and over again. In the afternoon, she had an idea in her mind, and while Su Xiuran temporarily put down the case to rest, she asked him: "This time... ...I want to reorganize your chapters, what do you think?"

Seeing Su Xiuran's questioning gaze, she quickly explained: "I don't mean to mess up your writing, that's perfect enough, I just want to combine some chapters and separate some, and just make these adjustments. "

Lin Mei didn't know how Liu Han worked before, but she guessed that Liu Han didn't dare to reclassify Su Xiuran... Judging from the fact that Su Xiuran dared to chase back the book before it was released, Liu Han Even if one of the characters was changed, he probably had to ask for his permission first.

Contrary to her expectations, Su Xiuran, who has always been iron-blooded when it comes to manuscripts, raised his long eyebrows and agreed: "Yes, you can try to do it, and then share it with me." He said, There was a little smile on his lips again, "If I think it's not good, I have to restore everything, word for word."

If Lin Mei got this opportunity, she wanted to sing "Hallelujah" loudly, she didn't dare to bargain, she nodded again and again: "Okay, sure, God, what you say is what you say!"

Here, Lin Mei was getting the gold medal law order and was eager to try. At night, the task of persuading Su Xiuran to go to bed early encountered another problem. At around nine o'clock, Su Xiuran took another call from Zhang Yan, and then packed up and asked for a new one. go out.

Seeing the way he answered the phone, Lin Mei knew that there was probably no way to stop him, so she had to settle for the next best thing: "I'll go with you, let me drive, you are too tired and don't drive tired."

Su Xiuran did still have a low-grade fever, so he nodded and smiled after hearing this: "That's fine."

Lin Mei saw that he was only wearing a dark tunic, and the large-collared sweater inside exposed a bare neck, so she hurriedly grabbed a scarf and forced it around him, and finally pressed on his chest a few times : "Don't just focus on demeanor and not temperature, who can see you when you go out at night."

Su Xiuran smiled and let her do it, lowered his head and smiled: "You can see it."

Lin Mei looked up and saw his smiling black eyes and flickering long eyelashes, and couldn't help but blushed again. This guy is really a natural disaster, but he hasn't realized it yet, emitting hormones every minute.

Under the night, Su Xiuran didn't notice that her face was blushing again, but raised his hand to touch the top of her head twice, and said with a smile, "Hurry up, Zhang Yan is still waiting for us."

Lin Mei drove, Su Xiuran showed the way, and they drove the car all the way to the location of the criminal police team of the District Bureau.

This was the first time for Lin Mei to come to the criminal police team of the District Bureau. There were no tall and modern office buildings. The offices of the policemen were located on a narrow street, and there were inconspicuous signs hanging outside the slightly old buildings.

Su Xiuran is obviously a familiar face here, he didn't wear sunglasses when he went in and out, and the old man sitting in the guard room greeted him very kindly, seeing that he had brought someone, he didn't say anything, and said quickly They were given temporary badges for both in and out.

It was already night, but there were still many police officers working overtime in the police force, and they greeted Su Xiuran cordially when they saw Su Xiuran.

Lin Mei was a little surprised, she thought that Su Xiuran's face could not be exposed anywhere, but she soon felt relieved after thinking about it.Since his ID card is still usable, any policeman here can call up the information files he left in the police station as long as he applies.There is no need to keep secrets in front of these policemen, not to mention that the criminal police team is full of police elites. Everyone has many little-known secrets in their hearts, and keeping their mouths shut is a professional quality for them.

Zhang Yan has a special office in the police station. After Su Xiuran took her in, he closed the door and handed Su Xiuran a report.

Su Xiuran's reading speed was very fast, and he read them all in less than 2 minutes. He frowned slightly: "Is this the autopsy result?"

Zhang Yan nodded: "The corpse is still in the autopsy room, if you want to see it for yourself, you can follow me."

Su Xiuran shook his head: "I can trust Dr. Liu, and I won't gain anything from seeing the details that he can't see." He turned his head and explained to Lin Mei, "The autopsy result...is an accidental death. "

Lin Mei was startled, this was the first time she had seen a crime scene, subconsciously she had already treated this case as a murder case, but the autopsy result turned out to be like this, which was really unexpected.

Zhang Yan nodded with a serious expression: "That's why I asked you to come here overnight. In fact, the family members of the deceased are most anxious to get the results. If you just want to explain to them, this autopsy report is enough. After all, you were hit by a heavy object. The death is a fact, and the stone sculpture found at the scene can completely match the wound on the head of the deceased. Telling them that this is just a natural disaster may be difficult for them to accept for a while, but there should be no way to object."

Su Xiuran looked at Zhang Yan questioningly, and after getting his approval, he handed the autopsy report to Lin Mei.

The autopsy report followed a strict and fixed format, and the facts stated were very clear. Even if Lin Mei had never been in contact with such reports before, she could easily understand them.

According to the results of the autopsy, the deceased was hit on the head by a stone carving from the eaves falling from the air.That old block is a concentration of ancient buildings, and many of the roofs along the street are in classical style, with cornices and animals.

It might not be a problem if the tiles fell, but if the small stone beasts placed on the eaves fell, it would indeed cause serious injury.

Although it is unacceptable to be killed by stone sculptures and flowerpots falling from the roof while walking on the road, it is not that such accidents have not occurred before.

The family members of the deceased did not see the blue cornflower, nor did they know that there was a case of death caused by a falling object six years ago that blue cornflower also appeared.

It may be difficult to accept such an unquestionable autopsy report, but in the end there is nothing to do.

Zhang Yan also looked a little tired, with his thick eyebrows frowned, Lin Mei noticed that he was still wearing the casual clothes he had when we met yesterday morning.

Even Su Xiuran went to investigate the scene of the crime six years ago late last night. As the main investigator of the case, Zhang Yan may have never left the police station since the incident, let alone rest. One can imagine the great pressure .

He touched the cigarette case on the table and took out a cigarette, looked at Su Xiuran, and reluctantly held back, stuffed the cigarette back, got up and went to push open the office window, then rubbed the center of his brows, turned to face Su Xiuran Xiu Ran said: "I have already reported the results of the investigation to the director. The above means that the accidental death will be determined first. Tomorrow morning, I will submit a formal report, and then the external relations department will inform the family members. This case is likely to come to an end temporarily. gone."

It is indeed hasty to deal with it like this, but from the standpoint of the police and the victim's family, it is not wrong - if the family is informed, it may be murder, but the final investigation result is an accidental death, the blue cornflower It's just a coincidence, and it will definitely cause secondary harm to the family of the deceased.

What's more, the old town where the crime happened is considered a downtown area and a tourist attraction. Even if the police had quickly investigated the scene and restored order to the fatal incident that occurred there, someone must have witnessed it and spread it. The pressure to solve the case.

Fortunately, the police are prepared and have greeted the media in advance. At present, there is no media to report the incident.

When he saw the autopsy report, Su Xiuran had obviously considered the police's follow-up treatment. He pursed his lips tightly, and his frown did not relax.

He pondered for a while, looked at Zhang Yan and asked softly, "What are your plans?"

Zhang Yan had already prepared the answer. He leaned on his desk with his arms folded, and said in a deep voice, "I will not make the same mistake six years ago. Even if I submit the report tomorrow, I will continue to investigate, but The case is almost qualitatively closed, and there is no way to make more use of the police force, and the investigation needs to be continued in private."

Su Xiuran nodded in agreement: "That's fine, first appease the emotions of the victim's family, and my next actions will be more convenient."

He said this, which means that the follow-up investigation may be mainly carried out by him.

Zhang Yan sighed, turned his head to see Lin Mei, and showed a not-so-easy smile: "That's why I said that it's really time to find you as an assistant. You are not in good health. If you go out to run alone, I'm really sorry." worried."

Su Xiuran slightly raised the corners of his lips: "Lin Mei is fine."

Zhang Yan looked at Lin Mei again, and the smile on his face got bigger. He looks serious, but his smile is very hearty: "Is it tiring to fall in love with someone like Xiu Ran, his personality is not as good as he looks .”

Lin Mei didn't expect him to come up with just such a sentence, and didn't bother to notice that Zhang Yan called Su Xiuran very familiarly "Xiu Ran", so her cheeks turned red.She has been very careful since she arrived at the police station, and she has not made any ambiguous actions with Su Xiuran, and she doesn't know how this police officer Zhang Yan saw it.

She put the finished autopsy report on Zhang Yan's desk with some embarrassment: "You really have sharp eyes." This sentence is indeed true.

Zhang Yan laughed "haha": "Don't underestimate the police uncle, we have all studied behavioral psychology."

They had nothing else to do if they stayed, and Zhang Yan had to rush for the investigation report overnight, so Su Xiuran took Lin Mei to leave.

Before leaving, he still asked Lin Mei to wait upstairs, and went to the autopsy room built in the basement by himself, but as he said, Dr. Liu is a trustworthy forensic doctor, he went down for a few ten minutes, and still took A solemn expression came up.

Seeing Lin Mei's slightly expectant gaze, he shook his head, stepped forward and put his arm around her shoulder: "I don't have any more clues, we'll talk about it when we go home."

After such a toss, it was almost midnight again, Su Xiuran didn't have a good rest the night before, and it seemed that he wouldn't fall asleep soon after going back today.

On the way back, Lin Mei didn't say a word, and let him sit in the co-pilot and close his eyes to rest.

At home, when Lin Mei saw him changing his shoes, he supported the shoe cabinet with one hand and bent over. He looked extremely tired, so she couldn't help helping him, and asked worriedly: "You used to handle cases at this pace. Is it? It's too hard."

Su Xiuran smiled at her: "I'm just a consultant. I don't need to do a lot of front-line work. The most tiring one is actually Zhang Yan. He always tells me that I should pay attention to exercise, otherwise I won't be able to hold on."

Well, Zhang Yan is indeed very tired, but he is obviously from a police school, and his physical fitness is not at the same level as Su Xiuran. Can he compare with others who stay at home all day and get sick from time to time?

Lin Mei originally thought that he was resting except for rushing to draft, and kept talking about his low output while reading, but now she admired the speed at which he could write at least one book a year, and whispered: "The police probably also You won't be paid, will you?"

Su Xiuran coughed lightly and smiled: "I'm a non-staff employee, so naturally I don't have a salary... That's why I need to write manuscripts to make ends meet."

Lin Mei sighed: "I think the police station should at least give you a pennant as a good citizen."

Su Xiuran couldn't help laughing, and explained in a low voice after a while: "I should actually be grateful to Zhang Yan, if he hadn't invited me, I wouldn't feel needed."

Lin Mei froze for a moment, looked up to see his gentle eyes, and heard him continue to say softly: "Sometimes this feeling is more precious than any reward."

(End of this chapter)