After coming out of the shopping mall with big bags and small bags, Yu Chu stopped at the door of a small shop.
It was a tattoo parlor. Someone just got a tattoo done. There was a tiger head tattooed on his arm, which looked very majestic.
Xie Xingmu pulled Yu Chu twice but didn't move him, so he asked, "Why, do you want to get a tattoo?"
Yu Chu squinted at him: "What do you think of that man's tiger head just now? I want to get a tattoo too."
Xie Xingmu looked at his white face, as if he was choked, it was rare that he did not obediently agree, and only said: "Tattoo this thing, think about it for a few more days, so as not to regret it."
"I won't regret it." Yu Chu pulled him into the store with all his strength.
The tattoo artist came up to meet him, and after confirming that it was Yu Chu who wanted to get a tattoo, he asked him if he had any designs he liked. After thinking for a while, Yu Chu suddenly didn't want the tiger's head anymore, and hesitated: "I don't have any ideas, or you can do whatever you want."
However, Xie Xingmu called the tattoo artist aside and gave some instructions in a low voice. When the tattoo artist came back, he asked Yu Chu, "If you're not sure, how about I tattoo you on a less obvious location? Like the lower back."
"Ok."
"Still a tiger?"
"Well, it's still a tiger."
After some confirmation, the tattoo artist finally started working. Xie Xingmu sat next to Yu Chu, staring at the tattoo artist's every move with sharp eyes, which made him sweat profusely, while his assistant wiped off his sweat from time to time.
"Does it hurt?" Xie Xingmu leaned down and asked Yu Chu.
"It doesn't hurt, just a slight numbness." Yu Chu raised his face and asked Xie Xingmu: "Do you want to get a tattoo too? It's the same as mine."
Xie Xingmu said: "My profession does not allow me to get tattoos." After speaking, he leaned into his ear and whispered: "It's okay, I have a little tiger tattooed on my heart."
After it was over, it was already dark outside, and Yu Chu was supported by Xie Xingmu to sit up, revealing a section of white and thin waist.
"Does it look good?" Yu Chu couldn't see his lower back, so he could only ask Xie Xingmu.
Xie Xingmu stared at his tattoo, his breathing became a little heavy, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he said hoarsely: "It's very beautiful."
Yu Chu hurriedly wanted to see the tattoo, and the assistant of the tattoo artist went to get the mirror, but Xie Xingmu stopped him at this moment: "Duoduo has called several times to remind you, let's go pick up Duoduo first, and then go home and look at it."
Only then did Yu Chu realize that it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and he didn't care about looking at his tattoo, so he stood up and urged, "Let's go, go and pick up Duoduo."
After picking up Chi Duoduo from Mr. Chen, the three of them found another restaurant to eat. Chi Duoduo had already eaten, so they drank juice and sat beside them to play.
After eating and returning home, Xie Xingmu went to find a set of his own pajamas and handed them to Yu Chu: "Go and change your clothes, mine fits right on you, and the pants are loose and won't pinch your waist."
Yu Chu changed into her pajamas, rolled up her fat cuffs and trousers, and went into the bathroom to look in the mirror.
Ten seconds later, a cold voice came from the bathroom: "Xie Xingmu, come in!"
Xie Xingmu stood at the door of the bathroom, and Yu Chu looked at his lower back in the mirror: "Is this the tiger you asked the tattoo artist to tattoo on me?"
Xie Xingmu glanced at him: "Yes, this kind of tiger looks ferocious and beautiful, I think it's much better than the original tiger head."
"You think I'm blind? Can't tell if it's a tiger or a cat?" Yu Chu's voice was very soft, sounding dangerous, Xie Xingmu closed his mouth wisely.
In the mirror, on the white and firm skin on the back of the waist, there is a lively kitten. The appearance is very cute and cute, and the round eyes are full of cunning. Especially the cat's tail, which hangs down and extends into a gully along the undulating lines.
In fact, Yu Chu knew that this tattoo was very good-looking, set off by the surrounding skin, it could be described as stunning, but he would never admit that he liked it, so that Xie Xingmu could easily fool it.
"Say, did you ask the tattoo artist to tattoo this kind of tiger on me?"
He squinted at Xie Xingmu, pressed the two cat ears with his backhand, and slowly followed the tail with his fingers...
Xie Xingmu's eyes followed his fingers: "Maybe it is."
Yu Chu twirled her fingers lightly on the tail: "Do you like this kind of tiger?"
"I like it, I like it very much." Xie Xingmu murmured.
Yu Chu raised his hand and hooked him, his oversized pajamas collapsed because of this movement, revealing half of his shoulders: "Come in."
Xie Xingmu's eyes became dark, he stepped into the bathroom with one step, and clicked the lock. As a result, as soon as Yu Chu was hugged into his arms, a hand was pressed against his chest.
He was holding a bottle of medicine in his hand.
"Then give me the medicine. If you like it, I can let you look at it more." Yu Chu whispered in his ear.
Xie Xingmu:...
But even though it was medicine, the medicine lasted for three hours, until Chi Duoduo knocked on the bedroom door while rubbing his eyes: "Uncle, Xiao Chu, are you asleep? I haven't slept yet."
Only then did Xie Xingmu show mercy and let Yu Chu go, carried him back to the bed, and went to wash Chi Duoduo himself.
The place where Yu Chu learned baking was some distance away from home, Xie Xingmu was sometimes too busy to pick him up, so he bought him a new car. Because the family already has a big off-road G, the car I bought this time is a Volvo with good safety and space.
Yu Chu accepted the new car without hesitation.
In his cognition, others don't give things for nothing, and he has to pay the same level in return. So in the past, even if he received a piece of bread from someone else, he had to think carefully and accept it only after he was sure he had the ability to repay it. If the price is more than he can pay, he will flatly refuse.
But Xie Xingmu was different, Yu Chu didn't have to think about repaying him. He thinks that whatever he owns, no matter now or in the future, as long as Xie Xingmu wants it, he can take it all. On the contrary, he could accept what Xie Xingmu offered.
Xie Xingmu didn't care much about these things, he only regarded Yu Chu as his wife at all.
Do you still care about money for your wife? It's a joke, all the wealth has to be turned over to the wife.
This day Yuchu was driving his Volvo home, and Chi Duoduo pounced on him when he entered the door. He picked up Chi Duoduo and looked towards the kitchen, where Xie Xingmu was already cooking dinner.
"Are you back?" Xie Xingmu turned his head when he heard the movement and said, "It's pretty busy today. I wanted to pick you up after picking up Duoduo, but I went to the vegetable market to make tofu fish that you like."
Yu Chu put Chi Duoduo down and went to the kitchen, put his arms around Xie Xingmu's waist from behind, put his face on his back and rolled around, and said vaguely: "Not next time, I don't even know the priority of a matter."
Xie Xingmu laughed, and his whole chest was shaking: "Yes, the most important thing is to pick you up, no matter what you do, you have to be in the back."
Yu Chu's hand dishonestly touched the firm chest muscles, and Xie Xingmu grabbed it: "Don't make trouble, do you still want to eat?"
"I want to eat you." Yu Chu blew on the side of his neck, watching with satisfaction a layer of small bumps appearing behind his ears.
Xie Xingmu's hand holding the spatula became tighter and tighter. He glanced at Chi Duoduo who was sitting in front of the TV, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "I know I can't touch you at this time, so I will tease you vigorously. Just wait, I want you to connect with me tonight." Return the one with profit."
Yu Chu rubbed his chest again before letting go, and went to watch TV with Chi Duoduo with a smile.
Xie Xingmu suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, Xingyuan Island has been cleaned up, and I brought some of your previous items back, and put them in the guest room. You go and see what you need and what you don't. .”
"There should be nothing there." Yu Chu muttered, but went to the guest room anyway.
There were two large cardboard boxes placed in the middle of the floor of the guest room, and Yu Chu went over to look through them. They were nothing more than a few handicrafts made by Yuan himself and a pile of books.
The training class is on holiday tomorrow, so he thought he might as well clean up this pile of things tomorrow.
After dinner, Yu Chu offered to wash the dishes and asked Xie Xingmu to rest.
Xie Xingmu was standing by the cooking counter, saying he was resting, but in fact he was more tired than the dishwashing people.
"Wipe all the water on the edge of the pool. You can see that there are still water stains there... The kitchen knife can't be flushed and put it away, it will leave a smell... The cutting board is wrong. The raw food board is on the left and the cooked food board is on the right. Don't Misplaced...”
Yu Chu wanted to throw a rag on his face several times, or gag his mouth with a steel wool ball, but she held back.
After he finished washing the dishes, Xie Xingmu kissed him on the lips in admiration: "Baby is really amazing, the dishes are really clean."
Yu Chu's anger disappeared in an instant.
When he was washing his hands, Xie Xingmu hesitated for a while, then suddenly said: "Yu Shiqing's case will start tomorrow."
Yu Chu's movements did not stop at all, and she responded lightly: "Oh."
After seeing his expression, Xie Xingmu relaxed his tone and was no longer so cautious: "Yu Shiqing has never spoken in the past few days in the detention center. I don't know if there will be a breakthrough in the court tomorrow. The court is worried that the detention center will If something happens on the way there, I will borrow someone from our Public Security Bureau, so I will be among the escorts tomorrow.”
After a moment of silence, Yu Chu said, "Then you have to be careful."
"I see."
There was a heavy rain in the middle of the night, and the sound of the rain woke up Chi Duoduo. He rubbed his eyes and knocked on the door of the master bedroom, wanting to sleep with his uncle Xiao Chu.
Xie Xingmu put him beside him, and he crawled over to lie between them. Yu Chu squeezed Chi Duoduo's fingers, listening to the sound of the rainstorm outside, couldn't sleep for some reason.
He realized that he had been sleeping with Xie Xingmu's arms these days, as if he had been lying in the middle for a long time, and suddenly he was not used to it.
A big warm hand fell on his head, Xie Xingmu said softly: "When he falls asleep—"
"Why? You want to take me away after I fall asleep?" Chi Duoduo, who seemed to have fallen asleep, suddenly opened his eyes and complained angrily.
Yu Chu hugged him funnyly: "Sleep, sleep, I won't take you away."
After speaking, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day Xie Xingmu left early, Yu Chu sent Chi Duoduo to school, because the training class was not in session today, he sent Chi Duoduo to the classroom and then drove home.
The rain was getting heavier, and there was another car accident ahead, and Yu Chu's car was blocked on the road. He leaned on the steering wheel and frowned and looked ahead. The wiper wiped the water on the window back and forth, and he felt a little more irritable for no reason.
Later, simply turn on the car radio and listen to the local traffic conditions.
"... The reporter is now on Hongfeng Road. The traffic here has become a long queue, which is estimated to be about two kilometers..."
"...The situation in Lok Fu Town is not optimistic either. The heavy rain caused the road to collapse..."
Fortunately, it was just a minor accident ahead, which was quickly resolved, and Yu Chu drove home.
After watching TV for a while after returning home, I remembered that there were two large cardboard boxes in the guest room, so I went to clean them up.
The bookcase in the guest room happened to be empty, so he simply took out those rough small ceramic handicrafts and books, and placed them all in the bookcase.
After putting away several books, he saw a familiar notebook cover, which was the original diary. After he read it once that time, he put it back in the bookcase and never moved it. Unexpectedly, he was brought back together this time.
Yu Chu picked up the diary, thinking of Yuanshen and Yu Shiqing, couldn't explain how he felt, so he flipped through a page.
Today is my father's birthday, and many people came to the island. I thought that I was not allowed to go out of the room as before, but my father took me and my brother and stood at the gate together. Mom is sorry, I was still a little happy in my heart, so I made it by hand and gave it to him as a birthday present. I only allow the day I like him.
This should be the last record of the original body, because the back of the notebook is completely blank.
Yu Chu sat on the ground, reached out to take off the necklace around her neck, and looked at the cross pendant above with complicated eyes.
This is the birthday present Yuan Bo gave Yu Shiqing, a handmade wood carving by himself. It is made of two pieces of wood spliced together. Although it is a little crooked, it looks solid.
Mom is sorry, I was still a little happy in my heart, so I made it by hand and gave it to him as a birthday present. I only allow the day I like him...
Yu Chu stared at the pendant, muttering the words in the diary.
Why did he say mom is sorry? Why did he say that Mom is sorry for giving this little gift? And the behavior of not recording the diary later, does it mean that he is escaping? Because it was his mother who kept him in the habit of keeping a diary, and he never touched the diary again out of some kind of evasion
A thought flashed through his mind, and he caught it instantly. He stood up abruptly, and left the guest room with the necklace in his hand.
He found the toolbox in the storage room, aimed a screwdriver at the gap connecting the crosses, and then tapped the end of the screwdriver with a hammer. As the tip of the knife was embedded, the gap in the cross gradually expanded, and finally broke into two halves.
A delicate copper-yellow key lay quietly in one half of it.
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A flash of lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating the room brightly, followed by a loud bang. Yu Chu walked around the room anxiously, calling Xie Xingmu's number over and over again, but he couldn't get through.
He knew that Yu Shiqing was about to go to court, and he also knew the importance of this key, which would be an important evidence to pry Yu Shiqing's mouth open.
Except for Xie Xingmu, he didn't trust anyone else.
Check the time, it's nine o'clock in the morning, Xie Xingmu and the others are leaving the detention center, and they probably haven't arrived at the court yet.
Yu Chu put the key in his wallet, thought about it for a while, then took it out and put it in his shirt pocket. Then he put the cross on the necklace back together, and put it on his neck again.
He grabbed the car keys and went down to the garage, turned on the navigation on his mobile phone, and drove his own Volvo into the heavy rain.
According to the navigation, the route from the detention center to the Haiyun City Court coincides with his. That is to say, if he drives faster, he may catch up with Xie Xingmu and hand over the key to him before the convoy reaches the court. .
There were no pedestrians on the road, and there were a lot fewer vehicles. Yu Chu drove a Volvo in the rain and soon got on the main road. After driving for half an hour, I slowly slowed down at the head of a bridge.
The traffic on the bridge ahead is blocked again.
He tapped the steering wheel anxiously, staring at the motionless traffic ahead, and pressed the bluetooth phone to dial Xie Xingmu's number.
It still doesn't work.
Thinking about their mission today, everyone's phones were confiscated.
Someone next to him was holding a microphone, wearing a raincoat, facing the camera in front of him, and was precariously insisting on live broadcasting. It should be a local news reporter.
Yu Chu pressed a crack on the car window, and the female reporter's voice was swept into the car along with the rain.
"... Everyone has also seen that the Hongfeng Bridge is blocked. When the reporter came all the way, he saw that several cars from the detention center and the court were also stuck in it. I don't know if it will affect their official duties..."
Hearing this, Yu Chu opened the door and jumped out of the car, running along the sidewalk on the right side of the bridge.
The rain poured down on his head and face, and soon drenched his whole body, but fortunately, after only running a few hundred meters, he saw the escort vehicles in the convoy.
Knock knock knock.
He anxiously knocked on the window of one of them.
The window was rolled down, and a heavily armed bailiff asked cautiously, "Who are you? What's the matter?"
"Is Xie Xingmu here? I need to find him urgently." Yu Chu asked directly.
The legal police replied vigilantly: "Not here."
After speaking, he rolled up the window.
Yu Chu didn't ask any more questions, nor did he knock on the windows of the other cars, because if Xie Xingmu was here, he would definitely realize something was wrong when he saw him, and he wouldn't just stay in the car silently.
He returned to his car and got into the car dripping wet. When the door was closed, the voice of the female reporter who was still broadcasting live came to his ears again.
"Master, are you going to make a detour?"
The driver replied: "Yes, isn't the Hongfeng Bridge blocked? I have something urgent, so I want to take the old road."
"Is the old road easy to follow?"
"I don't know. I started to take the old road when I saw a few court cars. It should be okay."
Yu Chu looked out the car window and saw a narrow concrete fork on the left. A car was parked not far from the entrance, and the driver was being interviewed.
He immediately started the vehicle, turned off the bridge, and drove onto the concrete road.
There were very few vehicles on this road, and there were tufts of grass growing in the gaps. Fortunately, the road surface was still smooth, and the car could move forward despite bumps.
The rain was blown away by the wipers and gurgled down the sides of the windshield. Yu Chu held the steering wheel firmly, feeling restless and flustered for no reason.
He couldn't tell the reason for this fluster, but it just made him feel lost, his heart seemed to be hanging in mid-air.
"Turning right 500 meters ahead is the Lijiawan Stone Bridge. The road is slippery in rainy days. Please pay attention to safety." The soft female voice of the navigation sounded in the car.
Yu Chu held the steering wheel with his left hand, and turned on the Bluetooth with his right hand, trying to connect to Xie Xingmu's phone again, but just as his fingers touched it, there was an earth-shattering bang in front of him. It was as if a mountain had cracked and rocks collapsed, and the car was trembling along with it, and the car windows buzzed.
A bad guess suddenly popped up in his heart, which made him feel cold all over, and the heart that had been hanging in the air fell straight into the abyss, and his hands trembled so much that he almost didn't hold the steering wheel.
It wasn't until the car rushed to the edge of the roadside that he came back to his senses and turned the steering wheel violently. With another deep step on the accelerator, the Volvo made a beautiful drift and flick, the engine suddenly roared, and it rushed forward.
The author has something to say: It will be over tomorrow.