Huo Yunqi's eyes darkened, and he put the cooked meat slices into Xia Luobing's plate: "Eat first."
He believed in Xia Luobing's judgment and vigilance as a criminal police officer. Since she felt there was something wrong with those two people, it must be abnormal.
"Luo Bing, it's really you!"
Surprised laughter came from above his head. Xia Luobing put down the chopsticks in his hand and looked up at Wang Xiaoman who was staring at him: "What a coincidence."
Wang Xiaoman actually came over to say hello to her
Could it be that she is overthinking
No!
As soon as this idea came to her mind, Xia Luobing firmly rejected it. She believed in her own judgment. The man's back was very familiar. She must have seen it somewhere... But where
"Bingbing?" Huo Yunqi held Xia Luobing's hand across the table, "Everyone is gone."
Only then did Xia Luobing come to his senses. Wang Xiaoman had returned to his seat, talking and laughing with the man, looking very magnanimous.
"Let's eat." Xia Luobing pinched his brow and smiled apologetically at Huo Yunqi, "It's probably an occupational disease."
Huo Yunqi's eyes flashed, but he didn't say much, and gently advised Xia Luobing to eat more.
When she got home in the evening, Xia Luobing was still thinking about meeting Wang Xiaoman in the hotpot city. She squatted on the sofa with her hands on her knees and her brows were furrowed.
"Bingbing, what's wrong with you?" Huo Yunqi poured a glass of water and put it next to Xia Luobing's hand, and asked worriedly, "What happened?"
Xia Luobing put his hands into his hair and rubbed it a few times, then said angrily: "I must have seen that man! I must have seen him!"
There was a vague outline in her mind, a man whose facial features could not be seen clearly without looking up, as if they were separated by several layers of thick gauze.
"Bingbing."
Huo Yunqi rarely saw Xia Luobing like this, and his eyes tightened. He went over to sit on the sofa, held Xia Luobing's shoulders, let her head rest on his lap, and pressed her temples with his fingers gently.
"I can't remember." Xia Luobing murmured, with deep frustration in his voice. "Where did you see it?"
Huo Yunqi paused with his fingers, lowered his head and kissed Xia Luobing's forehead: "Be obedient and don't think too much."
"But... oh, okay." Xia Luobing sighed, trying to get rid of the overgrown thoughts in her heart, trying to calm herself down, and murmured after a while, "Yun Qi, I miss my mother."
When she was sixteen, her mother's unexpected death caused her world to fall from heaven to hell. The appearance of Wang Xiaoman and Xia Luoxin completely destroyed her father's trust.
Even though many years have passed, I still feel sad when I think about it now.
Huo Yunqi was startled. They had known each other for such a long time, and the person in his arms had never mentioned these things, so he did not interrupt her and just listened quietly.
"My mother is very beautiful and proud." Xia Luobing said with a low smile, her voice a bit helpless and desolate, "But at the same time, she is very fragile."
Otherwise, after knowing the existence of Wang Xiaoman and Xia Luoxin, he would not have chosen to commit suicide regardless of his young daughter.
"Bingbing..." Huo Yunqi held Xia Luobing's cold fingertips, and his heart suddenly ached. He had been with her son for so many years, but he had never found such a deep wound in her heart.
Xia Luobing laughed softly: "I'm fine, I just suddenly remembered this matter... I'm feeling weird today, aren't I?"
She has never been a sentimental person, but today she always thinks of the past. At that time, she was as simple and happy as a transparent butterfly, and she never thought about the coming storm.
"Heavy rain... Heavy rain..." Xia Luobing's eyes suddenly tightened, her fingers unconsciously tightened on Huo Yunqi's arm, and her body trembled uncontrollably, "It rained so hard that day... Mom jumped down from the building..."
She pushed open her mother's room and saw her mother in a lavender dress jumping down from the square on the second floor like a dilapidated butterfly.
All the memories that had been deliberately sealed came flooding back, turbulently and violently, like a man-eating beast trying to devour Xia Luobing.
"Bingbing!"
Huo Yunqi looked at the confused and helpless woman, feeling so distressed that he couldn't help himself. He didn't know how to calm her down, so he held her shoulders firmly with both hands, so that she could feel his presence in the endless confusion.
"Bingbing, wake up, it's all over!" Huo Yunqi said in a deep voice, and the power and temperature in his palms were transferred to Xia Luobing's body, "Wake up."
The dark night sky seemed to be suddenly torn apart, and light and warmth slowly seeped in. Xia Luobing's chaotic eyes gradually regained focus, and she looked at Huo Yunqi who was gradually becoming clear in front of her eyes: "I remembered it. .”
She thought of the man's back.
On the day her mother died, she saw the man's back.
"I stood on the balcony on the second floor and watched the medical staff hurriedly carrying my mother away to the hospital. The man also left." Xia Luobing tried to calm down and recalled the situation at that time, "He was wearing gray wearing a windbreaker, holding an umbrella and leaving."
Huo Yunqi also frowned tightly. A man related to Wang Xiaoman appeared at the scene of Xia Luobing's mother's suicide. Is this really just a coincidence? Or is there something else…
Xia Luobing also thought of this. A terrible thought suddenly flashed in her mind. She grabbed Huo Yunqi's finger and said anxiously: "Could my mother be..."
She didn't say the rest of the words, but the meaning was self-evident. If her mother hadn't committed suicide back then...
Things that had been blurry suddenly became clear in her mind. Xia Luobing remembered that her parents always quarreled during that time, and her mother once asked her very solemnly, who would she want to live with if they divorced...
Come to think of it, at that time, my mother had already made plans for divorce. How could a person who had already planned for divorce suddenly commit suicide
Questions came in like a tide, seeming to engulf Xia Luobing at any moment.
"Bingbing, this matter needs long-term consideration." Huo Yunqi saw that Xia Luobing gradually calmed down and said slowly, "After all, it has been many years, and it will definitely be difficult to dig it out again and investigate again."
And if you are not careful, you will alert the enemy.
Xia Luobing reached out and pressed her forehead, then faced Huo Yunqi's worried eyes and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
She always seemed to worry him.
Huo Yunqi took the person into his arms again and said distressedly: "Fool!"
Many times, he felt that she was too strong and stubborn, so it was a very pleasant thing for him to be able to be relied on by her and help her deal with her troubles.
"I will handle this matter well." Xia Luobing hugged Huo Yunqi's arm and said solemnly. Maybe she should talk to her father about what happened back then.
Huo Yunqi said "hmm", and the two of them sat on the sofa, leaning against each other. The warm lights enveloped the two of them, giving them an indescribable warmth.
The next morning, Xia Luobing drove home. Wang Xiaoman and Xia Yan were watching TV. They were very surprised to see Xia Luobing.
"Bingbing, aren't you going to work today? Why are you here at this time?" Xia Yan was a little surprised, "Is there something wrong?"
Wang Xiaoman also smiled and greeted Xia Luobing: "Bingbing, sit down first. This is the fruit Luo Xin just asked someone to buy. You can try it."
Xia Luobing smiled faintly and looked at Xia Yan: "Dad, I'm going on a business trip for a while. Before I leave, I want to take you to check up on your health."
"Why are you checking your body?" Xia Yan smiled and waved his hand, "Just have your work and do your own thing. Don't worry about me. Dad's health is very good."
Wang Xiaoman also interjected: "Bingbing, your father is right, I will accompany him for a physical check-up, you just have to be busy with your work, but you and Yun Qi are going to have a wedding soon, so don't travel all the time. "
If he didn't know Wang Xiaoman's identity and her various little actions over the years, Xia Luobing would really believe her good intentions.
"Dad, I specifically asked for leave this morning, so please don't refuse." Xia Luobing insisted, turned around and took Xia Yan's coat hanging aside, "Let's go!"
Xia Yan smiled and said: "Okay, I will listen to you!"
Being cared about like this by his daughter made him feel very comfortable.
There were not many people in the hospital, so Xia Yan's physical examination went smoothly.
"Dad, there is nothing wrong with your health, but your blood pressure is a bit high. You should pay more attention in the future." Xia Luobing looked at the things on the physical examination report and warned, "You have to serve your age."
Xia Yan looked at his daughter who was seriously telling him, and his eyes got wet unknowingly: "Bingbing."
Over the years, he watched his daughter's attitude towards him become more and more relaxed, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"Dad, I'm going to see Mom first. Are you going?" Xia Luobing said casually, but from the corner of his eye, he could clearly see the corners of Xia Yan's mouth trembling. For a moment, he only felt that his eyes were sore and his heart was sore. sour.
Ever since her mother passed away, she and Xia Yan had never talked about this issue. There seemed to be a deep gap between them that they could not cross.
There were not many people in the cemetery, and the blue-gray tombstones stood motionless like solidified flags.
Xia Luobing stood in front of a tombstone, looking at the familiar face in the yellowed photo, her eyes were sour and she almost shed tears.
Mom, Bingbing is here to see you. Please forgive me for taking so long to come.
"Huiyun, Bingbing and I came to see you." Xia Yan squatted in front of the tombstone, carefully wiped off the dust on the tombstone with his sleeves, and said in a trembling voice, "I can't forgive you."
The wind whistled and the clouds rustled, and the area around the cemetery was filled with indescribable desolation and desolation.
In front of a tombstone, two people were squatting and standing, their silent postures seeming to be communicating with long-dead people.
After a while, Xia Luobing said in a hoarse voice: "Dad, let's go back."
When we went back, the car drove very slowly, and the people in the car fell silent unexpectedly.
"Dad, why did you betray your mother?" Xia Luobing asked slowly, her voice low, but as soon as she said these words, the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly froze, "I want to know what happened back then."
Time and space seemed to have stopped. Xia Luobing slowly parked the car on the side of the road. Looking at Xia Yan's gray temples, she suddenly felt that she was a little cruel, but she wanted to know the truth.