curse

Chapter 32

Ye Xiao parked his Samp downstairs, and as soon as he got out of the car, a gust of early morning autumn wind made him shiver.He turned up his collar, shrank his neck, and looked back at the embankment of Suzhou Creek. There were obviously fewer old people doing morning exercises there than in the past, and there seemed to be a thin layer of mist floating on the surface of the river.He looked at his watch, it was 8 in the morning, and he didn't know whether this time was early or late for Luo Zhou.But he walked quickly into the building and took the elevator up to the top floor.He held a book in his hand, which Luo Zhou asked him to borrow from the library. It was a book about Stein's adventures in China, and Luo Zhou also said that he would use this book this morning. .

Ye Xiao rang the doorbell.

He waited for a long time, at least 2 minutes, before he saw the door was slowly opened. Luo Zhou was standing in front of him wearing only an undershirt. His expression was a little flustered, and his eyes were sleepy. Unsteady, Ye Xiao asked strangely: "Luo Zhou, what's wrong with you? Did I come too early?"

"Ye Xiao, why are you here?"

"Did you forget?" Ye Xiao lifted the book in his hand and shook it before Luo Zhou's eyes.

Luo Zhou made a helpless expression, then slapped himself lightly, and said, "Cough, I'm so sorry, I forgot all about borrowing books."

Luo Zhou continued to stand in front of the door, motionless, neither welcoming nor seeing off guests, as if he didn't want to let him in, Ye Xiao looked a little strange: "What's wrong with you?"

"Uh--I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm confused, come in quickly."

Luo Zhou and Ye Xiao sat down in the living room, "Thank you, Ye Xiao, for sending me the book."

"You are welcome, we are good friends. This book can only be said to be average, because it is from the perspective of Westerners, and some views are biased. I don't like it, but the documents recorded are quite detailed. Especially It’s because there are many precious pictures in the book, which are very valuable and should be helpful to your rehearsal. What happened to you today? You’re out of your mind.”

"No, it's nothing, maybe it's because I was too tired last night." Luo Zhou's answer was always somewhat secretive.

Ye Xiao looked at his face, shook his head and said: "Look at you, the circles around your eyes are darkened, as if all the blood on your body has been drained, you have nothing to do and go on to exercise."

"How can I compare with you as a police officer?"

Suddenly, Ye Xiao heard footsteps, and then the sound of running water from the faucet. The sound came from the bathroom next to the living room.Luo Zhou's face changed suddenly, he looked at Ye Xiao awkwardly, speechless.

Ye Xiao immediately understood, he understood why Luo Zhou's expression was so embarrassing, but he didn't want to say it clearly, he just smiled at Luo Zhou.Luo Zhou and Ye Xiao always have a tacit understanding, they can even communicate with each other with their eyes.The sound of water in the bathroom continued, as if it didn't care about the two men in the living room at all.

Ye Xiao finally spoke: "I didn't expect you to have guests, no wonder, no wonder. Well, I'll go first, so I won't disturb you." He stood up quickly.

Luo Zhou walked to Ye Xiao's side and whispered into his ear, "Ye Xiao, you are really my good friend and brother."

"Then see you later." Ye Xiao walked out of the room by himself.

Luo Zhou followed behind, and after leaving the door, he said softly: "I'm so sorry, Ye Xiao, I made you laugh."

"Forget it, have fun, and also, you have to pay attention to your body. Don't forget to let me know on the day of your performance, I will definitely come and see you. Goodbye." Ye Xiao left Luo Zhou with a smile, walked into up the elevator.

The elevator carried him down slowly. He recalled the voice he heard in Luo Zhou's room, and Luo Zhou's tense and embarrassed expression, secretly amused in his heart.Who should that woman be?Ye Xiao thought of the actress Luo Zhou often mentioned who always pestered him.When the elevator reached the ground floor, he walked out of the building and walked slowly towards the Samp.But he didn't get in the car immediately, but was fascinated by the mist on the river. He always felt that there seemed to be something hidden in the mist, rising slowly from the river, spreading out, hovering over the entire city, just like Like countless ghosts.

He looked at it for a long time, maybe ten minutes, and suddenly realized that he still had something to do, so he turned around and prepared to get in the car.At this time, he saw a woman coming out of Luo Zhou's building.

He noticed the young woman's eyes, which shone with a special light in the hazy air, which made people have to look at them.Ye Xiao felt that those eyes were familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere.Gradually, the gaze in those eyes had come towards him, and finally fixed on him.They looked at each other, Ye Xiao was a little embarrassed, finally, he remembered, that day when he was watching Luo Zhou and his play rehearsal, the actress who only had one line left a deep impression on him .Ye Xiao remembered, Luo Zhou also seemed to think highly of her, what's her name?Yes, Luo Zhou told Ye Xiao that her name is Lanyue, a very tempting name.

Lan Yue walked straight in front of him, and a beautiful strange woman just looked into his eyes, which suddenly made him a little nervous.Lanyue didn't put on any make-up at the moment, her face was in the sky, maybe she came down from upstairs in a hurry, because she didn't have time, she said softly: "I seem to have seen you before?"

"Where is it?" Ye Xiao asked deliberately.

"In the theater, Luo Zhou is your friend, right?" Lan Yue spoke in a faint voice.

Ye Xiao nodded.

"My name is Lan Yue. I'm an actor in Luo Zhou's troupe. You should have seen our performance."

"Yeah, you acted very well, I still remember your performance. Oh, my name is Ye Xiao, and this is my business card." He handed her the business card.

She took the business card and said, "It turned out to be a police officer. Sorry."

"It's nothing."

Lan Yue suddenly laughed, and she said softly, "Why didn't you sit in Luo Zhou's living room for a while just now? Why did you run away in fright when you heard my voice?"

This time it was Ye Xiao's turn to be embarrassed, he didn't expect the woman in front of him to be so forthright, he thought she would be tacit.He didn't know how to answer, so he just smirked and said, "I'm sorry, I interrupted your rest, why do you still have the nerve to sit down?"

"Fortunately, I don't care. Last night was just an accident. Don't think that Luo Zhou and I have any long-term relationship."

"Why did you tell me? That's a private matter between you, and I'm not interested in this kind of thing. I'm sorry, I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first."

"Goodbye, Officer Ye. Remember to come and see our performance." Lan Yue said with a smile, her unmodified eyes shone with a strange brilliance.

"Okay, bye."

Ye Xiao got into the car as if escaping from something, closed the door tightly, then started the car and drove away.From the rearview mirror, he saw that Lan Yue's figure was getting smaller and smaller, and gradually disappeared.At the place where Xu Anduo had an accident, he slowed down and turned the corner slowly.Suddenly, Xu Anduo's face on the dissecting table and the body cut open by the scalpel appeared in his mind, and a wave of fear came to his heart again.

(End of this chapter)