There is a concept in the computer field called "grayscale". In the words of Baidu Encyclopedia, it is to use black as the base color and to represent objects with black with different saturation.
0% is white, 100% is black, and the average grayscale of most objects in nature is 18%. At this moment, Xie Lanshan knows that he is infinitely approaching 100%.
After leaving the city office and returning home, he lay naked in the bathtub again, staring at the ceiling above the bathroom. The cat is a spiritual thing, and a few of them surrounded him, calling faintly. The girl in the community took good care of the cat, and he has grown fat these days when he is away.
Xie Lanshan stared blankly at the top of his head for a long time without blinking. Suddenly, the ceiling light began to flash rapidly. The originally bright and flat ceiling turned into a muddy depression, making the entire bathroom full of a magical color. Xie Lanshan sank in the water until his face was completely submerged in the water. He held his breath, and felt a ghost emerge from the darkness, with a green face and fangs on his face, slowly approaching him—
He couldn't struggle, couldn't resist, and watched helplessly as the other party placed on him,
At the dangerous moment when he was about to drown himself, Xie Lanshan suddenly heard the ringing of his mobile phone.
When he found an exit to escape, he got up and left the bathtub, wrapped himself in a towel at will, and walked into the hall soaking wet.
It was really good, it was Shen Liufei.
It seemed that the only reason why he was still in the world and didn't fall into hell was his father and Shen Liufei.
The other party asked him on the phone, "I found out about Lingyun's disappearance in Thailand today. How are you?"
This man was naturally cold-blooded and paralyzed, and his voice was always so cold, but Xie Lanshan still heard a bit of concern from it, and smiled very usefully.
"Fortunately, ideological education is the main thing. You also know how cumbersome the internal procedures of the public security are. You come to talk to me every day, and over and over what questions, your ears are full of calluses." Xie Lanshan didn't want the other party to worry about himself, so he sorted out his messy mood. , asked Shen Liufei, "How is the progress on your side?"
"There is no progress for now." With hundreds of corpses, it is impossible to clarify their identities in a short period of time. Shen Liufei has not found any clues about his mother. After thinking about it, he asked again, "Are you really okay?"
"It's really okay. I'm naked at the moment, imagine that scene, how about our phone sex?" Xie Lanshan mentioned this casually, but he was actually very tired and just didn't want the other party to hang up so quickly.
"Your voice sounds tired." Shen Liufei did not accept Xie Lanshan's proposal, but said lightly, "I won't hang up, I'll be here to watch over you, you can sleep."
Xie Lanshan smiled softly, turned on the speakerphone, and put the phone beside the pillow.
The night was extremely quiet, and I could hear the sound of Shen Liufei tapping the keyboard over there, as well as the long, soft breathing. There is no need to talk to each other, but also know that this person is indeed there, always there.
In a trance that was extremely tired, Xie Lanshan finally felt that he had earned himself from the quagmire, and the wind and smoke were all around him. He closed his eyes, let the back of his head be embedded in the soft and white cotton wool, and fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, Xie Lanshan let the morning wind blow his face, and the morning sun shined on his face. Instead of reporting to the city bureau, he set off to see Tao Jun. He thought that even after he was suspended from work, he was asked to report every day. There was no reason. Otherwise, he would be detained and summoned according to the procedures, or he should not waste Lao Tzu's time every day.
In addition to this reason, in fact, he has a vague hunch that under his status, there is not much time left. If some things are not asked clearly, there may be no chance to ask them out.
As Lao Xie died soon, he happened to find an excuse to go to Tao Jun's old house to pack some of his dad's things. After Tao Longyue got married, he had his own love nest. There was only Lao Tao left in the old house.
After the operation, Tao Jun's health has not been good, and no one has ever entered the bureau. Tao Longyue cared about his father's body and did not dare to tell him about Xie Lanshan's terrifying operation. Therefore, Tao Jun kept everything in the dark. He was still happy when he saw Xie Lanshan.
"Why do you suddenly remember that you want to get your dad's things back?" With a dim yellow light above his head, Tao Jun poked his old waist and rummaged through the boxes in the attic to find some items that Lao Xie had when he was with him. The boxes were firmly sealed with tape, and Tao Jun deliberately took a fruit knife to open the box.
The things inside are actually not important, Xie Lanshan said before that they were all kept with him.
"Isn't my dad's death day coming soon?" Xie Lanshan said casually, put the cigarette in his mouth again, and exhaled a puff of mint smoke.
"Smoke well, too, don't hold it in your mouth like that!" Tao Jun smelled the smell of smoke, looked back at him, opened his mouth and said. What's interesting is that this old captain Tao himself is a rough man, and he also raised his son, Captain Tao, very rough, but he is strict with Xie Lanshan. Mei Gongjin can be wiped out while talking and laughing, hitting all drug dealers in the world.
Xie Lanshan was very obedient, put the cigarette in an ashtray by his hand, and continued to look at Tao Jun with a complicated expression.
When a person is ill, he becomes very old. Under the turbid light, Tao Jun's charred dough seemed to have been baked once, so that it lost the last bit of moisture and wrinkled completely dry.
Such an old state reveals the desolation of a hero's twilight. Xie Lanshan thought for a moment that this man was irretrievably old.
Tao Jun has treated him more than his own father over the years, he is not clear.
White smoke curled up, like the memories of the old days, endless.
"Oh yes, it's Lao Xie's death day soon..." Tao Jun took out two old-style police uniforms from the box, helped his aching waist, and muttered to himself, "I didn't expect time to pass so quickly, in a flash. It's been so many years..."
At that time, the police uniform was still in the 89 style, very simple olive green, with two golden cuffs on the cuffs, with the same golden shield collar and buttons, very spiritual. Xie Lanshan can completely imagine how splendid the young old Xie was in this police uniform, so fascinated by the eldest daughter-in-law and little girl in the neighborhood that he went to his house to ask for help when he had nothing to do with him. fucking cry.
"I met Mu Kun again when I was in Thailand," some memories came to mind, causing Xie Lanshan a sharp pain to stab him, and a bit of ruthlessness appeared between his brows and eyes, "It was he who handed me a note and asked me to follow the clues. Found the golden tooth."
Tao Jun changed his face in an instant, and turned his head to rebuke him: "Why are you still confused with Mu Kun?!"
Catching the old man's gaze with his eyes, Xie Lanshan paused for a few seconds and suddenly smiled.
"Because when he was in Hanhai earlier, Mu Kun told me that he had already investigated who the 'disciple' was." Xie Lanshan noticed that Tao Jun's expression changed unnaturally when he heard the word "disciple". So he took a step forward and said coldly, "He said it was in the 'anti-drug fire triangle' back then."