A few days later, Zhuang Zhiqiang went.
There are still girls who have been missing for many years, but at least there is a little comfort and company.
After He Yu and Xie Qingcheng arranged for him, they were ready to set off together to Zhuang Zhiqiang's hometown.
"Zhuangjia Village, Qingli County."
Although they already knew Zhuang Zhiqiang's place of origin before, but they didn't find out that much. At this time, they looked carefully and found that Zhuang Zhiqiang was actually from Qingli County, which was a bit strange.
Xie Qingcheng: "That's where Lu Yuzhu took office as the county party secretary."
"Do you think this is a coincidence?"
Xie Qingcheng shook his head.
He Yu: "I also feel that love is so simple. Let's take it one step at a time, but our speed is faster, and we can no longer be like Sha Hong's pieces, and the other party will destroy the evidence first."
He Yu didn't need to say more, the two of them each took leave and boarded the flight to their destination that night.
More than two hours later, when the plane landed, they packed a car and drove to Zhuangjia Village, Qingli County.
When they arrived at the village, it was dawn and the sky was bright. The two found a local guest house to live in. After entering the house, Rao Shi He Yu was already mentally prepared, but he was still shocked.
He Yu had never seen such a dilapidated hotel. The room had a musty smell. Even the carpet could not be covered. The floor was made of inferior bricks. The sink was moldy and the mirror was stained. The sheets were not clean either, with suspicious old stains of hazel.
He Yu dragged the suitcase and turned around.
Xie Qingcheng: "...what are you doing?"
"I can't stand this grievance."
"Just for one night."
"I do not want."
"Where do you live then?"
"I don't want to live in a place like this when I sleep in haystacks in the open air."
Xie Qingcheng originally wanted to leave him alone. Miss Qianjin was so squeamish, but after thinking about it again, He Yu was also looking for clues. He followed the vines to investigate the "medicine" that Xie Xue was taking at the time, so he followed him. to this backcountry.
So just quit.
"...Okay, there's trouble." Brother Xie coaxed Miss, "I'll think of a way."
Xie Qingcheng later found a farmhouse in the village that seemed to be fairly clean, and gave the other one thousand yuan, saying that he wanted to stay overnight for two nights. Seeing that the two men were handsome in appearance, well-spoken, and with the brilliance of Renminbi, the farmer readily agreed to their request. Although the house that was cleaned up was not big and there was only one bed, it was at least clean and fresh. The hostess took two cotton mattresses from the closet and put them on them, and at the end she was very polite to soak them Two cups of tea were brought to the room.
He Yu stood in this room, still not so comfortable.
Xie Qingcheng: "Sit down and have some tea."
He Yu went over and looked down. The water in the teacup was very impure. After being boiled, it still exuded a rusty smell. He was like a noble cat again, and he would rather die of thirst than drink it.
Thanks to Xie Qingcheng who still had two boxes of Shuhua "milk" in his suitcase, he handed it to He Yu.
He Yu took it and glared at him: "Will you give me this?"
Xie Qingcheng's patience came to an end: "I brought it for you, if you don't drink it, just give it back to me."
He Yu rolled his eyes, then reluctantly removed the straw, and sipped the processed "milk" that he disliked and was not natural enough.
The two settled down, relieved some of the hard work of the boat and car, and then went out to investigate Zhao Xue's case.
They first went to the high school that Zhao Xue had attended, but that school had already been vacated, and there were overgrown grass. The large iron gate of the school was closed, and a thick chain was hung on it, and the chain was rusted like the slough left by a red snake.
"Yenlord Middle School? It was closed a few years ago, and the sponsors withdrew the funds. At that time, there were many places for students to study." Seeing them inquiring about this school, people from the nearby canteen said while knocking peanuts, "It's really a pity. ."
He Yu asked, "Then do you know who the principal is and where is he now?"
"Principal? The first female principal left a few years ago. The later principal also came from the city. After the school closed, he also left. When he was in the village, he didn't talk to people very much. So lofty. We don't know him. But you can go to Yijia Village in front of you and ask, there is a nine-year rural primary and secondary school there, and it has cooperated with Yanlord Middle School before, and whoever approves them knows better."
When Xie Qingcheng heard the words "Yijia Village", he felt a faint sense of discomfort in his heart, as if he had expected something.
The two followed the directions of the commissary board, went two miles, and came to another small village under Qingli County. There was a towering tree at the entrance of the village, and there were several echinoderms playing cards under the tree. There was also a two-story building nearby. The mud tile building, the sound of hemp shuffling and dice shaking came from the building, which is obviously an underground casino.
And right next to the casino, a stone tablet was erected, and three big characters were written on the tablet—
"Easy Village".
He Yu easily understood from the scene in front of him that the village was addicted to gambling and turned into "sex". He looked coldly at those bosses whose necks were already buried in loess and gambling so fiercely. : "This place is really..."
Before he finished speaking, his eyes touched Xie Qingcheng's face.
He Yu paused.
He found that Xie Qingcheng's face suddenly turned pale.
He was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds, he was as smart as he was, and suddenly realized something - Yijia Village, surnamed Yi, backcountry, addicted to gambling, a small casino at the entrance of the village...
A name suddenly popped into my mind—
"The Elbe Sea."
—
This is where the murderer who killed Qin Ciyan lived!
Xie Qingcheng had seen the photos of Yijia Village in the newspaper. After the Qin Ci rock incident, many reporters flocked to Yijia Village to photograph the former residence of Yi Beihai. Until now, the loess house has been demolished, but the door is closed, the cobwebs are dense, and the walls are broken.
Xie Qingcheng went outside the house and stared at the bricks.
Slowly, his eyes turned red.
I don't know if it's hate or hurt.
Just as he saw it, someone grabbed his wrist, it was He Yu.
Xie Qingcheng: "You—"
"Come on, look at such an ugly broken house. It's bad to see too much."
As He Yu said that, he put his other hand on Xie Qingcheng's eyes, forcibly turned his face, and said indisputably, "Come and go to that school with me."
He Yu's attitude seemed to be comforting, but also unreasonable.
"… "
Xie Qingcheng couldn't give him an accurate "character" of his behavior. He Yu has been so strange recently, always talking to himself so stubbornly, as if he owes him five million for the project.
But He Yu has indeed done the same shit as before.
He Yu: "Yes."
Xie Qingcheng was quiet for a while, and pulled his wrist out of He Yu's palm. He didn't like being controlled very much, especially because the other party was a boy so much younger than himself, but he knew that He Yu's guidance was right, so he just adjusted his cufflinks, calmed down, and said: ".I can do it myself."
He really relied on his concentration to move his eyes away from Yi Beihai's house, "insert" his hands in the pockets of his coat, his eyes were solemn, and he was still walking in front of He Yu.
He Yu looked at his back—
Although the man looked ugly when he turned around, he was still tall, tall, and strong, as if nothing could destroy him except death.
Xie Qingcheng…
He Yu silently read his name in his heart and chased after him.
The two came to the Hope School in Yijia Village.
When Zhao Xue was studying at the school, it used to be called Yijia Village Hope Primary School. Later, it was restructured and merged into a nine-year system of consistent education.
As soon as Xie Qingcheng saw the principal who received them, he knew that the situation was not optimistic.
The headmaster was very young, not even in his thirties. Obviously not the principal who helped Zhao Xue at that time. And when they had a simple exchange with the principal, their hearts sank to the bottom - the principal had gone many years ago. The other teachers in the school also have a lot of turnover.
Most of the teachers who came to the villages to support teaching did not stay for too long, only a handful of them stayed for five or six years. Among these people, one of them had contact with the person in charge of Yanlord High School.
"Is the file also unavailable?" He Yu asked.
"There used to be an archive in the village, but there was a fire a few years ago, and Yanlord's materials are also stored there. Now everything is..."
- The fire archives building.
He Yu and Xie Qingcheng heard this and were even more certain that all of this was closely related to the Chengkang Jing Hospital and the Huchuan Radio and Television Tower case. This series of modus operandi is too similar to say it is a coincidence.
But the problem is already obvious: the other party has left any clues that can be traced.
With the passage of time, people who know it have become like a big wave, and it is difficult to find.
At the end of the day, Xie Qingcheng and He Yu found almost nothing, and when it was dark, the two returned to the farmhouse together.
The farmer prepared some meals, and Xie Qingcheng ate some and went back to the house to rest.
He Yu looked at his tired silhouette, and just one figure could tell the heavy heart.
He thought for a while, and asked the farmer's wife, "Auntie, is there a better restaurant nearby?"
"There's a good one, but it's a bit far away. It will take more than thirty minutes." The "woman" was a little worried, "Is the dinner unappetizing?"
"Ah, yes. I'm very happy to eat." He Yu smiled, "It's just that my friend is not feeling well, and I'm afraid to disturb you, so I want to go to the restaurant to buy some food to supplement him."
The woman understood and asked again, "Is that gentleman your brother?"
"... That's right."
"The young man is so kind to your brother, look at you two, brothers and sisters."
He Yu smiled and said nothing.
The woman was very enthusiastic, and it happened that her man was going to the fields and said that he could drop by to take He Yu for a ride, and He Yu readily agreed.
It turned out that the male owner had a tractor.
He Yu: "… "
There's nothing to be picky about in this backcountry. It's better to have a tractor ride than a 30-minute drive at night without lights.
He Yu then became a CEO who rode a tractor to buy food for Dr. Xie for thousands of miles.
Thankfully, the dishes made by that store are indeed full of color, fragrance, and taste. Although the store is small, it is clean and refreshing. He Yu ordered a few stir-fried vegetables to pack, remembering that Xie Qingcheng was always coughing recently, and asked the store to help him cook a pear paste stewed with rock sugar, and then got on the tractor and went back.
As soon as he returned to the house, he saw that Xie Qingcheng had already fallen asleep.
There was only one bed in the house, and Xie Qingcheng obviously didn't want to sleep with him, so he made a floor.
The news of He Yu returning home made him wake up from a light sleep.
"where have you been?"
He Yu went to the table and took out the packaging box from the plastic bag like it was, and the house was instantly filled with the smell of food.
"I'm not used to eating at night, so I went to a nearby restaurant to buy something, do you want to eat it?"
Xie Qingcheng: "...don't eat."
He Yu's hand holding the chopsticks paused, a little gloomy: "I ordered too much, if you don't eat it, I'll fall."
"Can you waste food like this?"
"Then get up and eat with me."
Xie Qing offered the solution, coughed, got up from the floor, and sat down at the table.
But when he saw the "color" of the dishes on the table, he frowned slightly, then moved his eyes up and landed on He Yu's face.
"What's wrong? Not to your taste?"
"have."
Where is not to taste. Ming is too appetizing.
Chili Ma Chicken, Mapo Tofu, Tomato Beef Brisket Soup, Fried Sweet Potato Vine…
Although they are all home-cooked dishes, they are all dishes that Xie Qingcheng likes to eat.
It's not something He Yu likes to eat.
He Yu is very squeamish. Sea urchins from Sardinia, oysters from Ireland, and beef from Australia must be from Japan. And he doesn't eat spicy food, he doesn't eat hemp, and he likes vegetables so much.
But based on what Xie Qingcheng knew about He Yu, it was unlikely that He Yu would buy some extra meals for him.
This idea persisted until He Yu took out a can of rock candy pear paste from the paper bag and pushed it to him with a stern face.
Xie Qingcheng: "…"
He Yu: "What are you looking at? I'm afraid your coughing at night will disturb my sleep."
Xie Qingcheng glanced at him. He was quite direct and didn't like to be squeamish. Since He Yu really bought it for him on a special trip, he said honestly, "Thank you."
He was upright, but He Yu was impure and turned his head: "You eat slowly, I'm going to wash up."
The place where the farmhouse washes itself is really simple, and He Yu feels uncomfortable when he sees it. Xie Qingcheng had already packed up his things, leaned against the window, and drank pear ointment sickly while looking at the gray field outside.
He Yu went over, and for a moment, he really wanted to hug this man's thin waist from behind, and then kiss the cinnabar on the back of his neck, the blue veins on the side of his neck, and look down his chin, and finally kiss him. His thin lips.
He wanted to kiss him, he wanted him, a thousand times over.
But He Yu knew that was not what he should do.
He likes Xie Qingcheng, but he doesn't want to be "lost" and lose himself, and he doesn't want to let this love cause more harm to Xie Qingcheng. Xie Qingcheng has already endured enough feelings. When something heavy was poured into his body, he was crushed and shattered to pieces.
As if feeling his gaze, Xie Qingcheng turned his head and coughed lightly. The tall, strong and fragile body could miraculously combine on his body: "It's getting late, you go to bed, we will continue the investigation tomorrow."
He Yu just wanted to respond, but when he saw Xie Qingcheng's other hand resting on the window lattice, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face suddenly sank.
- It's terrifying! Xie Qingcheng is still smoking!
And while drinking cough pear cream, smoking!
Young people drink wolfberry tea and dance, and menopausal men are even more amazing. He can contribute to the country's tobacco industry while drinking cough cream.
He Yu was really startled and angry by him.
He went to the window and snatched Xie Qingcheng's cigarette with his hands.
"What are you smoking?"
"…Marlboro."
"Who asked you about the brand! I said what did you smoke!"
He Yu hissed the cigarette against the wall and threw it out. He disliked Xie Qingcheng and couldn't dislike it: "You smell like smoke all over your body. It smells bad. You are not allowed to smoke any more."
Xie Qingcheng didn't bother with him either. He pushed He Yu: "If you don't smoke, don't smoke. Go to sleep."
He Yu said, "What are you doing on the floor? This is a double bed."
"..." Xie Qing felt that the current young man was really casual.
Why did he lay the floor
He has slept with He Yu so many times. Before that, he still had the so-called special so-called, but the last time was the last time, that time he actually got an unprecedented pleasure in the lingering with He Yu, this kind of " Unprecedented" is the real thing, thinking is that he had experienced this feeling before, whether he dealt with Li Rouqiu or himself.
He remembered the relationship he had with He Yu that night, especially when he took the initiative, and he felt it was too ridiculous and too dangerous.
He simply felt that He Yu had tricked him.
Otherwise, how did the situation evolve into that
When he woke up the next day, smoked a back cigarette, and watched the boy sleep peacefully beside his neck, he had an alarm bell in his heart, knowing that he must never have this relationship with He Yu again.
If that doesn't happen, the best way is to reduce unnecessary contact.
Xie Qingcheng looked at He Yu soberly and calmly: "It's not suitable for us to sleep in the same bed, why? You are so smart, you should be very clear."
He Yu: "… "
"You're young, I'll give you the bed, I'm going to rest, thank you for dinner."
Xie Qingcheng wanted to lie down and rest, but the young man had faster hands and feet than him, and already occupied the bed.
"I won't fight for the bed with my uncle." He Yu said with a gloomy face, "I'm the "chairman" of the student. It's my job to respect and care for the young. Go to bed, you're old and you hurt your waist when you look back."
Xie Qingcheng saw that he was really persistent and did not want to waste this time.
What's more, his heart is heavy, and he really has no strength to pull He Yu again.
He gave He Yu another quilt on the bed, then sighed, took off his jacket, and lay down on the empty double bed.
"Go to sleep, I turned off the lights."
"good."
However, in the quiet night, both of them were sleepless.
Needless to say, He Yu, young people have always slept late and slept less, but Xie Qingcheng was because of too much love and too complicated thoughts.
Although Xie Xue's illness is temporarily serious, as long as the "medicine" is found, she may be in danger at any time, and he is not at ease.
There is also Yibeihai... This is Yibeihai's hometown, and Lu Yuzhu's hometown... These inconspicuous little people have turned up the stormy waves, all of them were born in this remote Qingli County, is it really a coincidence
Then he thought of Qin Ciyan again.
Xie Qingcheng's heart throbbed uncontrollably.
He closed his eyes tightly, but he couldn't fall asleep.
In the middle of the night, it started to rain outside the window.
The quilt was thin, and Xie Qingcheng's cough became worse, the more he coughed, the heavier he could not stop, and in a dizzy time, he vaguely heard a movement behind him, and before he could react, he felt a familiar warmth—
He Yu got on the bed and hugged him from behind.