Fight for Peace and Love

Chapter 85: When the darkness comes close to you

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Li Ruyuan had asked Bai Luoluo if he wanted to buy a shop for the braised string business, but Bai Luoluo refused.

But Li Ruyuan quietly searched Bai Luoluo for a shop in a prime location, and took Bai Luoluo there on a sunny afternoon, and gave Bai Luoluo the contract of the shop as a gift.

This is really a great gift, Bai Luoluo was flattered, and his first reaction was to refuse.

But Li Ruyuan said very calmly: "This is a gift within my ability, I just don't want to see you so hard, I hope you can accept it."

Bai Luoluo had mixed feelings, and finally said warmly: "It's good to find a rich boyfriend."

Li Ruyuan: "..." He felt mixed feelings about Bai Luoluo's straightforwardness.

So the storefront was set up like this, because the snacks here were made before, and it was only recently renovated, so after the signboard was changed, it could be opened directly.

Li Ruyuan also obtained various business licenses and permits for Bai Luoluo in advance, which must have taken a lot of thought and effort.

Bai Luoluo was deeply moved by him, but in addition to being moved, he felt that he might not have paid Li Ruyuan's gift.

The shadow knew that Li Ruyuan bought a shop for Bai Luoluo, and the whole person was sour, and said: "Xu Jinchuan, don't be bought by this petty profit, if you follow me, I can buy you a bigger house. ."

Bai Luoluo blinked and smiled: "Have you found a job?"

The shadow said irritably: "No, I don't even have a fucking ID card—that bastard Jiang Chao, he insisted that I catch the murderer before giving me a household registration." So now the shadow is a black household, and can only call in the convenience store. Odd jobs, low pay, just enough to eat.

Bai Luoluo comforted him: "No hurry, take your time."

Shadow glanced at Bai Luoluo and Li Ruyuan, sighed with vicissitudes, and went out to smoke a cigarette before coming in again.

Because two murderers were caught and no new victims appeared, the popularity of the murder case dropped again and again, and the forgetful people quickly turned their attention to other things.

But the last murderer was obviously not as easy to catch as the first two. Shadow chased him for nearly two months before barely finding some traces of him.

Bai Luoluo's braised string shop opened in April, when the spring was strong. Many people came to cheer on that day. Although most of them came for Li Ruyuan's face, Bai Luoluo didn't care about this, only Think the more people the more lively.

Bai Luoluo also brought Xu's mother to the store.

Although Mother Xu was in poor health and older, she could see the relationship between Bai Luoluo and Li Ruyuan at a glance.

Although Bai Luoluo was embarrassed, he still admitted generously, holding Li Ruyuan's hand and saying that he recognized this person.

Mother Xu smiled with tears in her eyes and said, "Mom has always been very worried that you will go down the wrong road. It's okay now, it's okay now..."

Bai Luoluo said, "Well, Mom, don't worry, I'll be fine in the future."

Mother Xu nodded again and again.

On the opening day, Bai Luoluo drank too high, and sat in a chair all the time silly.

Seeing him like this, he couldn't even hold back his shadow, and while Li Ruyuan went to the toilet, he pinched his pink face.

After seeing his actions, Jiang Chao said, "Don't you really like Xu Lichuan?"

Shadow said, "Who doesn't like such a person?"

Jiang Chao really wanted to say something, but when he saw Li Ruyuan came back, he held back his words.

When he was drunk, Bai Luoluo was very cute. He was hugged by Li Ruyuan like a kitten when he was leaving, and he would rub his head against Li Ruyuan's chest from time to time.

Li Ruyuan didn't want to touch Bai Luoluo at first, but when he got home and put Bai Luoluo on the bed, Bai Luoluo stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Li Ruyuan's clothes, and said pitifully, "Where are you going, Li Ruyuan, I don't want you? Walk."

Li Ruyuan looked at him softly and said, "I'm not going anywhere."

Bai Luoluo muttered: "Well... I don't want to go either... "

Li Ruyuan said, "Where are you going?"

Bai Luoluo said sillyly, "I-I'm not going anywhere either."

Li Ruyuan couldn't hold back, hugged Bai Luoluo, kissed the top of his head, and said, "Really?"

Bai Luoluo buried his head on Li Ruyuan's chest and said vaguely, "I lied to you."

Li Ruyuan smiled and said, "Little liar."

Bai Luoluo said nothing.

When Li Ruyuan found out, he found that he was crying.

When he cried, there was no sound, his nose turned red, and his tears kept streaming down. He looked pitiful and cute, and Li Ruyuan's heart seemed to be broken.

Li Ruyuan quickly comforted and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, what's going on? Is there any discomfort?"

Bai Luoluo shook his head, raised his hand to wipe his tears heavily, raised his head and kissed Li Ruyuan's lips, and finally said, "Let's do it."

Li Ruyuan's heart softened, his fingers brushed the corner of Bai Luoluo's eyes, and said, "Okay."

Probably because alcohol paralyzed people's nerves, this time Bai Luoluo was extraordinarily relaxed and cooperated with Li Ruyuan very much.

The two are united in spirit and flesh, and the atmosphere is extremely charming.

The next day, Bai Luoluo, who was hungover, was in pain all over his body. He opened his eyes and found that Li Ruyuan was playing with curling hair on his head.

Seeing that he was awake, Li Ruyuan greeted him and said, "Morning."

Bai Luoluo covered his head and said, "I'll never drink with you again—"

Li Ruyuan said, "Why?"

Bai Luoluo said, "My butt hurts after drinking with you."

Li Ruyuan laughed, and he said, "You don't blame me yesterday, you took the initiative to do it with me."

Bai Luoluo could also think of some fragments sporadically, and his face was red and his ears were equatorial: "I..." He and I couldn't say the following words for a long time, and finally frustrated, "Well, that's true."

"Okay, don't worry about it anymore." Li Ruyuan patted Bai Luoluo's head and said, "Are you hungry, I'll cook for you."

"I want to eat egg fried rice." Bai Luoluo said, "the kind with ham..."

"Okay." Li Ruyuan responded.

After Bai Luoluo's store opened, two waiters were invited, and the previous guests came to hear the news, so the store was full of people a few days ago, and the business was quite booming.

Li Ruyuan was afraid that Bai Luoluo would be tired, and asked if he wanted to hire another waiter, and he would pay the salary.

Bai Luoluo smiled and said no, where do you need so many people. However, after the establishment of the store, Bai Luoluo can sell more things. For example, the Roujiamo and Brown Sugar Guokui that he likes very much are foods that are not available in this world. After they are made, they are quite popular as staple foods.

The fat and thin meat is sandwiched in the hot steamed bun, and then poured with delicious marinated meat sauce. The skin is crispy and the heart is soft when you bite into it. The marinated meat melts in your mouth and is delicious.

Shadow loves this kind of food to death, and repeatedly asked Bai Luoluo if he would not consider replacing Li Ruyuan. He is really much stronger than Li Ruyuan, in every way... After regretfully getting Bai Luoluo's affirmative answer, he actually didn't want it. He said with a face that he could be a junior who didn't enter the room, and only asked for Bai Luoluo's pity.

Bai Luoluo didn't take Shadow's words seriously, he laughed and said, "Oh, then Li Ruyuan may become the first person to be shadowed by himself."

Shadow said, "Shh, don't talk about it, Li Ruyuan's second force is here."

Bai Luoluo laughed again, Li Ruyuan didn't swear, and he didn't know where Shadow learned these words, but it didn't sound annoying.

The business in the small shop is good, and with the money Bai Luoluo earned before, his savings are almost 100,000. Every two weeks, he would record the in and out of some money in a book with a passbook in between, for fear of any accident.

The system also did not remind Bai Luoluo of the world he might leave, allowing Bai Luoluo to enjoy the last precious time.

When the three-month deadline was approaching, Shadow finally found the murderer, and although he was injured, he finally let him escape. He found Li Ruyuan and asked Li Ruyuan to give him some grace.

Li Ruyuan asked about the details and said, "Yes."

Shadow didn't expect Li Ruyuan to agree so easily, and said suspiciously, "Did you take the wrong medicine? You agreed to my request so easily."

Li Ruyuan laughed angrily at the shadow's attitude and said, "Are you cheap?"

Shadow said, "No, I'll be scared if you suddenly treat me well."

Li Ruyuan: "..." Well, it's really cheap.

Li Ruyuan gave Shadow a month of grace, but still let him catch the murderer as soon as possible.

Shadow nodded and said yes, patted his chest and assured that he would definitely get it done quickly.

From winter to spring, the ice melts and the snow melts, the weather in the whole city is getting better, the sun is warm, and even the mood of the people is very clear.

Li Ruyuan and Bai Luoluo discussed whether to take advantage of the good weather to take advantage of the annual vacation and take Bai Luoluo to see the most famous flower sea in X country.

Bai Luoluo was a little reluctant to leave his braised skewer shop, and said, "What about the shop?"

Li Ruyuan said: "It's okay, let the shadow show you, and he will be very happy to pay him."

Bai Luoluo said, "... Isn't he in a hurry to catch the murderer?"

Li Ruyuan said: "It's useless to rush this matter."

When the shadow knew about this, he was furious and said, why do you guys go out to play with me and keep the shop

Li Ruyuan said calmly, "I'll take you there after you pay for the air ticket and one-third of the room fee."

shadow:"… "

Li Ruyuan said: "Make money well, otherwise you can marry a wife."

Bai Luoluo couldn't help it, he smiled and told Li Ruyuan to stop teasing the shadow.

Spring is really a lazy season. There was no one in the store this afternoon, and Bai Luoluo was sitting at the door basking in the sun.

The warm sun shines on people, it is warm and dry, and the air is full of vitality, and everything seems to be full of hope.

Bai Luoluo was a little drowsy after sitting for a while, and was about to take a nap, but saw a figure appearing in front of him in the backlight.

He straightened up, and with the light behind his back, he could barely see the man's face... It was Li Ruyuan.

"Ruyuan?" Bai Luoluo hesitated when he saw his expression was wrong, "What's wrong?"

Li Ruyuan did not speak.

Bai Luoluo was a little stunned, but his intuition vaguely sensed a little truth. He opened his mouth slightly and was about to continue to ask when he saw Li Ruyuan slowly bending over.

The lips of "Li Ruyuan" came to Bai Luoluo's ear, his voice was very cold, completely different from the gentleness and softness in Bai Luoluo's memory, like a piece of frozen iron, he said, "Little boss, you Guess, can he recognize you?"

Bai Luoluo was about to speak, but suddenly felt a pain in his chest. He slowly lowered his head and saw a sharp black dagger inserted into his chest. This dagger is obviously not a normal weapon, it is sharp and exudes a black mist, like a shadow in the dark night.

"Little boss." He called out again, then raised his hand to lift Bai Luoluo's chin, and was satisfied to see Bai Luoluo's eyes full of astonishment, "I like you quite a bit, but who told you... to be with him It's over."

Bai Luoluo didn't feel pain. The system blocked his illusion. He finally understood what was going on. His next action was to look at the surveillance camera at the door of the store, and then opened his mouth slightly.

The blood drained quickly, but was sucked away quickly.

"Li Ruyuan" leaned over Bai Luoluo's shoulder. The two were like intimate lovers, and even passers-by didn't notice their difference. Even if I saw it, I would probably only sigh, the relationship between the little boss and his lover is really good.

Bai Luoluo tried to die again.

Black spots began to appear in front of his eyes, and his body gradually became cold.

The system sounded with a sigh and said, "Let's go."

Bai Luoluo's eyes slowly closed, and his consciousness was covered by endless darkness.

The murderer pulled out the murder weapon, picked up Bai Luoluo, who had softened, and walked into the alley next to him naturally, while Bai Luoluo was silent in his arms, as if he was just asleep.

Li Ruyuan usually comes to the store to pick up Xu Rinchuan at 6 pm. Today was no exception. He drove to the door of the store and saw Xu Rinchuan who was waiting for him at the door.

Today's Xu Rinchuan seems to be no different from usual, and his body still exudes a bright light, like a cute little light bulb.

Li Ruyuan stepped on the brakes.

Xu Lichuan walked to the co-pilot's seat and called out with a smile, "Ruyuan."

Li Ruyuan turned to look at him.

Xu Lichuan opened the car door naturally, sat in the passenger cab, and looked at Li Ruyuan with a smile.

Li Ruyuan lowered his head and started the car, and said, "What would you like to eat at night?"

"I can do it," he said.

Li Ruyuan suddenly stopped when he heard the words, he slowly turned his head and looked at the smiling person beside him.

Li Ruyuan stopped the car that had already started, and said slowly, "Who are you? Where is Xu Lichuan?" His tone was mixed with dryness and despair that he himself did not notice.

Xu Lichuan was at a loss when he heard the words, he said, "Ruyuan? What do you mean by that?"

Li Ruyuan shot violently and grabbed the man in the appearance of Xu Lichuan who was sitting on the co-pilot. He roared, "Where's Xu Lichuan? Where did you get him!!!"

"Xu Lichuan", who was pinched by Li Ruyuan, stopped laughing. He put on an indifferent expression on his face, like a crude doll stripped of its disguise. Does it depend on the brightness of the soul?"

Li Ruyuan didn't answer him. He was trying his best to control his strength, not to break the man's neck directly. He asked again, "Where's Xu Lichuan?"

The corner of his mouth twitched into a vicious arc, and the person who was pinched by Li Ruyuan didn't feel the tension he should have. He said, "Dead."

Li Ruyuan smashed the steering wheel directly with the other hand. The edge of his body began to overflow with black matter, as if he could not control his own shadow. He said, "Where's Xu Lichuan?"

"It's dead." The man laughed. He knew that his disguise failed, and he still didn't change his original appearance. He still maintained the disguise of Xu Lichuan's appearance. He said, "I was killed by pretending to be you. His expression is interesting, do you want to go take a look?"

Li Ruyuan directly pinched his neck.

The man didn't seem to have thought that Li Ruyuan would be so decisive, with a look of astonishment in his expression, he tilted his head and lost his life like this. After his death, all the disguise faded away, revealing his original face - this is not a person at all, only a dark shadow in the shape of a human, and it is no wonder that the shadow has never been able to find his trace.

Li Ruyuan got out of the car.

Jiang Chao arrived at the scene 20 minutes later and saw the closed shop and the shadow squatting at the door of the shop.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chao said, "What happened?"

Shadow looked up, glanced at Jiang Chao, and said, "The murderer has been found."

Jiang Chao had a very bad premonition. He looked at the Luchuan shop behind him, and then at the car parked next to the Luchuan shop, and said, "Where's Xu Lichuan?"

Shadow smokes and does not speak.

Jiang Chao said, "...Where's Li Ruyuan?"

Shadow said, "Inside."

Jiang Chao said, "What are you doing inside?"

Shadow reached out and wiped his face, and said, "Look at the surveillance."

Jiang Chao said, "What surveillance? Did something happen to Xu Lichuan?"

Shadow said, "Don't ask—don't fucking ask!" He got up, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and turned to leave.

Jiang Chao wanted to step forward to stop him, but saw that he directly turned into a black shadow and disappeared on the dark street in the twilight.

That day, Jiang Chao waited outside the Lu Chuan store until the early morning.

When it was almost dawn, the door of the Lu Chuan Store made a slight noise, and it seemed that someone had opened the door from inside.

Jiang Chao was relieved at first, but when he saw Li Ruyuan behind the door, the smile on his face froze.

There were bright lights in the store, but Li Ruyuan seemed to be standing in the dark. Around his body, something like a shadow overflowed, blurring the outline of his entire person.

Jiang Chao's throat was dry, and he shouted out the words Li Ruyuan with difficulty.

Li Ruyuan glanced at Jiang Chao coldly, and said nothing, turned around and left the Lu Chuan Store, and walked into the vast darkness.

Jiang Chao guessed the truth.

That was the last time Jiang Chao saw Li Ruyuan. After this meeting, the well-reviewed and gentle doctor disappeared.

Jiang Chao tried to find him, but Li Ruyuan didn't find him, but instead found the shadow. Shadow caught the murderer, got a household registration, found a job, and everything went smoothly.

Jiang Chao found him and asked him about Li Ruyuan.

Shadow said he didn't know, maybe he died. He spoke in a loose tone, probably joking.

But Jiang Chao couldn't laugh at all. He said, "That time... what happened, and Xu Lichuan? Did something happen to him?"

Shadow glanced at Jiang Chao and said, "Dead."

Jiang Chao was stunned and said incredulously: "Xu Lichuan..." Although he had guessed in this regard before, he had never confirmed it or said he was unwilling to believe it. Xu Lichuan, the bright and gentle boy who smiled brightly in his impression, has actually left.

"Tell me, what happened at that time—" As a policeman, Jiang Chao wanted to investigate, but Li Ruyuan used his alien power to suppress the matter.

The shadow said lightly: "The murderer has the ability to mimic. He imitated himself as Li Ruyuan and killed Ichuan."

Jiang Chao's head exploded with a buzzing sound. Even as a bystander, hearing such a truth would be like being struck by lightning. Not to mention Li Ruyuan as a party.

"So I won't be surprised no matter how Li Ruyuan reacts when he sees the video." As Li Ruyuan's shadow, he is probably the person who knows Li Ruyuan best in the world.

The murderer who killed Xu Lichuan was found, but the hatred will never go away.

Jiang Chao listened without saying a word, took out a cigarette from his arms and slowly lit it.

"I don't know why this happened." Shadow said dryly, "I thought they would live happily for decades and slowly die of old age..." Aliens have always been cautious about relationships. Since Li Ruyuan chose Xu Lichuan , that's a lifetime thing.

Jiang Chao said, "I'm sorry."

Shadow shook his head slowly, and he said, "I can't stand this sorry."

Jiang Chao raised his hand and wiped the wet corners of his eyes.

Shadow said: "Actually, I haven't seen Ichuan's body until now. I don't feel real about him leaving. It's like I'm in a dream." The silly young man sitting beside him was still asking him if he wanted to eat candied haws.

Jiang Chao said, "What about Li Ruyuan, don't you know where he is?"

"I know," Shadow said, "but you don't bother him."

Jiang Chao nodded slowly and said sorry again.

Shadow finished smoking a cigarette in silence, and finally said: "Ichuan's tomb is in the private cemetery in Beishan... No. 168, the same height as him." Just like crying.

Jiang Chao lit another cigarette for Shadow, and he said, "So, before entering Sichuan, thought Li Ruyuan killed him?"

Shadow said, "Hmm."

Jiang Chao's heart clenched suddenly. He couldn't imagine what Li Ruyuan would think when he saw the surveillance video.

Shadow said, "I told him that Irikawa would recognize that the person was not him, but he didn't believe it—that's right, Xu Ichuan is so stupid, how could he recognize him?" He began to cough violently, as if to cough up his lungs out of his body.

There was a fishy smell in Jiang Chao's mouth. He didn't know what to say or what expression to make. He could only lower his head, look at the ground, and let his head go empty.

The shadow said: "I don't know what keeps Li Ruyuan alive..." He is Li Ruyuan's shadow after all. If Li Ruyuan is gone, he will die, but he is still alive.

"I want to go see Ichuan." Jiang Chao said, "Want to go together?"

Shadow said, "Okay, I'll take a leave tomorrow."

The next day, the two appeared in Beishang's cemetery. The person watching the tomb seemed to have recognized the shadow as Li Ruyuan, and nodded towards him and called out, "Mr. Li."

Shadow didn't explain or respond, and entered the cemetery with Jiang Chao.

The environment of this private cemetery is very good. The tall pine trees on both sides of the road set off the whole garden with silence and solemnity.

Just walked all the way, but did not see a few tombstones.

Shadow said: "There are not many tombs in Yuanzi, all of them are of different races."

Jiang Chao felt more sadness in his heart.

After walking on the trail for about ten minutes, I finally arrived at Xu Lichuan's tomb. It was only different from the quiet cemetery in Jiang Chao's imagination. Next to Xu Lichuan's tomb, there were actually large and small flowers blooming. Plant beautiful plants to set off his tombstone especially lively.

"Li Ruyuan said he was afraid that he would be lonely." Shadow bent down and slowly weeded weeds, "Let people plant flowers here all year round." . Only in front of Xu Lichuan's tomb, there are flowers all over the floor and fragrant grass.

Jiang Chao nodded and took out the offering from his bag.

There are not many offerings, just some incense candles, food, and a bottle of wine. He squatted down, placed the sacrifices neatly in front of Xu Lichuan's tomb, and then stood up and bowed.

On the tombstone is inlaid a photo of Xu Lichuan. In the photo, he is still smiling brightly and in high spirits. His time will always stop at the afternoon when he was twenty-four years old, and he will never move forward again.

The shadow walked to the tombstone and slowly rubbed it, as if rubbing Xu Runchuan's head, he said, "I'll see you again."

Jiang Chao did not speak, and the atmosphere became quiet.

The two stood in front of the tomb for a long time, sometimes talking about the past.

Jiang Chao remembered the question that Shadow had been struggling with in the past, and said, "So do you have five insurances and one housing fund?"

Shadow said, "No."

Jiang Chao said, "No?"

Shadow said lazily: "It's useless to come." The person who cares most about him has already left, so it doesn't matter if he wants it or not.

Jiang Chao smiled bitterly.

The two were chatting, but they saw a man in black walking on the slate path. He was holding a bunch of flowers and his expression was indifferent. It was Li Ruyuan who had disappeared for a long time.

Li Ruyuan walked slowly, not surprised to see the two standing here, but nodded slightly.

Jiang Chao was very excited and called out, "Li Ruyuan!"

Li Ruyuan said, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see." Jiang Chao's eyes were wet. He was a policeman. He had seen a lot of things, so he was not easily moved, but seeing the old man made his inner emotions hard to control.

Li Ruyuan put the flower in front of Xu Lichuan's tomb and said, "How has the past few years been?"

Jiang Chao said, "It's pretty good... how about you?"

Li Ruyuan smiled lightly: "I'm not too bad."

Even though he said that, Jiang Chao didn't think he was doing well at all.

Although Li Ruyuan, who is a doctor, seems to be gentle and disguised, there is still joy between the corners of his eyes and his brows. But at this time, Li Ruyuan, as if the sun was about to sink into the horizon, was only as cold as an abyss.

Xu Lichuan's departure took away the temperature of his soul.

Two years have passed since Li Ruyuan was in his prime, but Jiang Chao saw that his hair had turned white.

Jiang Chao said, "Li Ruyuan..." He wanted to comfort him, but found that his words were flimsy, so when the words came to his mouth, he turned around abruptly, and finally he could only say: "Take care of your health."

Li Ruyuan said, "I will." When he was talking to Jiang Chao, his eyes stayed on Xu Lichuan's tombstone.

Jiang Chao sighed heavily in his heart. He originally wanted to talk to Li Ruyuan about other things, but it seemed that Li Ruyuan had no intention to say more.

"Remember to live longer." Shadow said, "Li Ruyuan."

Li Ruyuan did not speak.

The atmosphere in the triple room fell silent again, and finally Shadow couldn't take it anymore and said, "Let's go first, Jiang Chao, and let him be alone."

Jiang Chao nodded.

When he was about to leave, Jiang Chao glanced behind him again. Li Ruyuan's back was still straight, he quietly looked at the tombstone in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jiang Chao said, "Does he often accompany Lunchuan like this?"

Shadow said, "Hmm."

Jiang Chao couldn't bear it.

Shadow said: "You don't have to think too much... This is a choice made by Li Ruyuan himself." When he said this, he remembered other things, and showed a helpless smile, saying, "Speaking of which, among Xu Lichuan's relics, there are other A passbook, the passbook is clipped in a book..."

Jiang Chao said, "Book?"

Shadow said, "Well, I remember in the book, how much money is for the fuck, how much money is for Li Ruyuan, and also said that it was his wife's book, if Li Ruyuan turned it out, he must pretend he didn't see it." I remembered Li Ruyuan's tearful face when he turned to this thing, and his expression was a little dazed.

Remembering the old people who have left is probably the most painful thing. But there are some pains that must be experienced.

Jiang Chao and Shadow walked out of the cemetery slowly, and Shadow said, "What are you doing now?"

Jiang Chao said: "The department has been transferred, and I don't want to do criminal cases... I can't help it. I'm too old to do it anymore."

Shadow said: "It's good, criminal cases are so dangerous." He lit a cigarette and said slowly, "If I had caught the murderer earlier, I would not have left in Sichuan."

Jiang Chao smiled bitterly and said, "Don't blame yourself for this, it's our incompetence..."

After all the murderers were arrested and brought to justice, the culprits behind the scenes were quickly dug up. Of course, Li Ruyuan's handwriting was among them, but even if they were dug out, it would be of no avail. It was already too late. The mastermind behind the scenes experimented with stealing the genes of alien races. In the end, only a few failed products were researched, and the failed products killed the guards and escaped from the laboratory. The escaped test subjects naturally hated and poisoned human beings, so the tragedies happened one scene after another, but the police had nothing to do with them.

Li Ruyuan's shadow was stolen, and his shadow was not just light and shadow, but a substance. This is also the reason why he was able to recognize Xu Jinchuan in the first place - Xu Jinchuan still had a part of his shadow on his ankle, but unfortunately, this small shadow did not recognize the disguised murderer.

Shadow said: "Actually, I should thank them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be who I am today." He would never have his own consciousness, let alone meet Xu Lichuan.

"But think about it carefully." Shadow lowered his eyes, "I hope more, I didn't show up."

Shadows aren't stolen, experiments don't take place, there's no trials, and there's no homicide.

Xu Lichuan would meet Li Ruyuan and open his braised string shop. According to his character, it should be easy to live a happy life. Now that technology is so advanced, it is even possible to have a child of his own with Li Ruyuan in old age.

Jiang Chao licked his dry lips, patted Shadow's shoulder, and said, "...don't think like that."

Shadow said: "That's it."

After he finished speaking, the phone rang, and Li Ruyuan's voice came from inside.

Li Ruyuan said, "Shadow, I sent you something."

Shadow said, "What?"

Li Ruyuan said, "You'll know when you see it." He didn't explain and hung up the phone.

Shadow looked suspicious.

Jiang Chao asked, "What?"

Shadow said, "Li Ruyuan sent me something."

Jiang Chao showed an inexplicable look.

A few days later, Shadow received the package that Li Ruyuan sent him. After he opened it, he found it was a videotape.

Shadow put the videotape into the player, his whole body froze, he saw Xu Rinchuan who was killed by "Li Ruyuan".

It should have been a sunny afternoon. Xu Lichuan, who was half lying on the chair, sat up suddenly and looked at the person in front of him. The person in front of him walked in front of him against the light and inserted a sharp weapon into his heart.

The shadow was furious and almost smashed the videotape. He called Li Ruyuan and asked him what he meant and why he sent him such a videotape.

Li Ruyuan's attitude was indifferent, he said, "If you don't want it, just smash it."

"So—why, why??" Shadow red eyes, "Do you want me to accompany you in pain? Li Ruyuan? Li Ruyuan??"

Li Ruyuan said, "No."

No matter how the shadow got angry, Li Ruyuan was very calm, and finally the shadow cried: "Did you show me this because you hate me? I can't stand—"

Li Ruyuan sighed lowly and hung up the phone.

In the end, Shadow did not smash the video tape, but watched it over and over again, and the spirit of watching it reached the brink of collapse. He didn't understand why Li Ruyuan showed him this because of hatred? But Li Ruyuan's attitude was not like that.

The final answer was revealed by the shadow of Jiang Chaogang.

The collapsed shadow asked Jiang Chao for help. Jiang Chao went to the shadow's house and watched the video more than 20 times.

Finally he covered his face and cried, his voice full of grief.

Shadow asked him why he was crying.

He pointed to Xu Lichuan in the videotape and said, "Look, what kind of mouth shape did he make in the end."

The shadow looked carefully and saw Xu Runchuan in the videotape. When he was stabbed into the heart, he opened his lips slightly and made a vague mouth shape towards the videotape. The shadow read it a few times before reading it out. Xu Runchuan said: I know it's not you, Li Ruyuan.

Shadow cried.

The bright Xu Lichuan is a beam of light in their lives. This beam of light, even when they left, drove out the last darkness for them—