In Beijing in late autumn, the wind is strong and the sky is cloudy.
The building of Public Security University is grand and solemn. The people's police badge directly above the building is dimly lit. On the playground not far away, there are still students playing ball. The whole campus seemed stable and quiet.
Jin Xi watched all this, and people became more and more quiet. Han Chen asked, "Do you have an impression?"
Jin Xi doesn't remember every scene here. But everywhere, it felt familiar.
"It feels like I've been here in my last life," she replied.
Before coming, Han Chen asked the department leader to open a job introduction letter. The two successfully obtained permission and entered the archives. I found a remote and unmanned reading room, and moved all the materials of the 05-level criminal psychology department.
The first thing Jin Xi opens is the student roster. On the other hand, Han Chen picked up the student's stack of detailed background information and looked through it.
Jin Xi looked down at the line of names.
It was over soon, she opened her eyes wide, and reluctantly read it from beginning to end.
still none.
There is no name "Su Mian".
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Han Chen.
Han Chen also put down the documents in his hand and looked at her, his eyes dark as ink.
Jin Xi: "Did you see it?"
"No." He picked up another stack of documents, "Look again."
Jin Xi nodded, leaned over to the table, and continued to quickly flip through other materials. The mood has become more dignified.
Graduation photos, class activity logbook, teacher's work log, video materials... Even the list of professors and tutors from that year, she read it: Xue Wendong, Chen Jiadong, Zhao Lan, Xu Muhua, Han Jiang... No matter where, there is none. A person named "Su Mian" has traces of his existence.
On Han Chen's side, it was the same.
Two hours later, the two left the archives. Han Chen has no expression on his face, but Jin Xi keeps her head down, her eyes dark. As soon as she walked to an unoccupied corner, she turned to look at him: "How could this be? Why is there no me?"
She did not expect that the trip to the Public Security University would lead to nothing.
Han Chen held her hand with a calm expression: "No gain is the biggest gain. If Xin Jia's words are to be believed, under what circumstances would a country's public recruitment file for police academies be completely erased?"
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The two found a hotel to stay in the old town near the Ministry of Public Security. It was already evening, a sunset hung in the sky, and the twilight shrouded the capital, making it even more desolate.
Han Chen took a shower and came out, and saw Jin Xi sitting by the bed alone, staring out the window in a daze.
This appearance caused Han Chen's heart to throb. He walked over, hugged her from behind, and started kissing: "I have already asked someone to check the information about 'Su Mian' before he went to college. Don't think about it until the investigation is clear."
But how can Jin Xi not think about it? Things were already confusing like a thick fog, and she was trapped in it, and she couldn't even tell the direction for a while. With a heavy heart, she pushed him away: "I want to go down for a walk alone, you rest first."
Han Chen glanced at her, took a long-sleeved T-shirt and put it on: "I'll accompany you."
"Don't!" Jin Xi put her hands in her trouser pockets and hurried to the door, "Don't follow me." Now that she doesn't even know her own identity, how can she fulfill the future she promised to Han Chen? This feeling is too unstable, so for a while, I don't want to face him all the time, I just want to be alone.
Han Chen didn't move, watching her go out.
Downstairs of the hotel is a small yard with a few small trees and flowers. Outside the door, is the bustling residential area. Jin Xi walked out aimlessly, walking through the old alley. Hearing the bells of bicycles, the voices of pedestrians, the shouts of hawkers, and the smell of food wafting from every household, Jin Xi's whole person seems to have walked out of the fog and slowly returned to real life.
Her mood also calmed down.
Then, he was a little bit reviewing his attitude towards Han Chen just now.
With a slight smile, he decided to go back to the hotel to find him immediately.
However, when he turned around, he was stunned when he looked at the busy traffic and tall and short houses in the alley.
Ai? Where has she gone
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Han Chen waited for more than half an hour. Seeing that it was getting dark, she still hadn't come back. He put on his coat and prepared to go out to find her.
The security here is very good, and he is not worried about her safety. I was afraid that she would go far away and not be able to come back. As a result, as soon as I put the phone in my pocket, it rang, and the word "wife" jumped on the screen.
He smiled slightly and picked up: "What's wrong?"
Her voice sounded a little pitiful: "Han Chen, I can't find the way back."
Han Chen lowered his head and smiled: "Stand still and don't move. Tell me what's around, and I'll pick you up."
Bai Jin Xi waited on the spot for seven or eight minutes before seeing Han Chen approaching from the other side of the alley. It was already dark at this time, and the street lights illuminated his outline. He was wearing a black trench coat, tall and slender, with picturesque eyes.
Jin Xi looked at it and smiled.
There was also a slight smile in his eyes, he walked up to her and stood still, with his hands in his coat pockets, and looked at her.
"Next time you're in a bad mood, try another adjustment method. Walking is too difficult and not suitable for you."
Jin Xi bit her lip and smiled, "Fuck you!" I thought that he had come here in just a few minutes, which means that the hotel is not far from here. And he was already by his side, so he wouldn't get lost anyway. So I was eager to try again, and said with pride: "Wait, I try again, I don't believe I can't find it. You, first tell me the approximate location of the hotel!"
ten minutes later.
At the fork in the road again, Jin Xi hesitantly turned her head to look at Han Chen, trying to catch a clue from his expression. But what a bad person he is, there is always a faint smile in his eyes, no matter which path she chooses, he always has the same expression.
Jin Xi gritted her teeth, and walked to the right by feeling.
Han Chen followed unhurriedly.
After walking for a while, Jin Xi looked at the unfamiliar building in front of her, completely lost, knowing that it would be futile to go any further. He had to bite the bullet and turned his head to ask him, "Hey, how far are we from the hotel? The general direction should be right, right?"
Han Chen looked down at his watch and replied, "Yes. If we keep going like this, we should be able to return to Lan City next month."
"...Disgusting!" Jin Xi glared at him, then simply sat down on the stone pier by the roadside, humming and ignoring him.
Han Chen sat down beside her, took her hand, and squeezed slowly.
"People who get lost, habitually turn right. Men tend to choose the downhill road, women like to choose the uphill road... "
Jin Xi was stunned for a moment: Huh? She hadn't heard that statement before. With a thought, is Han Chen trying to teach her the trick to not get lost? Immediately interested, he took the initiative to hold his arm: "Continue to continue."