investigative chronicle

Chapter 33 He and Them

Finally, after that dark summer, I ushered in the crucial third year of high school.Yuan Mu also became more cheerful, as if everything was over.But we all knew in our hearts that the real Mu Mu stayed in that year forever.

After the noise receded, she still liked to sit by the river, put away her fake smile, pretend to be cheerful, and quietly watched the river imitate its appearance.

I took off the scarf around my neck and wrapped it around her, and sat down next to her. "You don't have to."

My words made her tremble slightly. "It's too quiet at home. It's always lively when Yuan Shan is around." She answered irrelevantly.

"You look at this river every day, do you want to draw it?" I looked at her profile and asked.

Yuan Mu stretched out his slender fingers to outline its appearance. "That's fine, I've taken it to heart."

"You are already in the third year of high school, time is very precious, you don't need to accompany me every day."

"Don't worry, I have already figured out my goal. With my current grades, it is more than enough to get admitted there."

"Don't relax, medical school is not so easy to take."

"Who said I'm going to medical school, I'm going to police school."

Yuan Mu looked back at the tall and handsome boy in front of him, and suddenly felt that he was very strange. "Why? Do aunt and uncle agree?"

"This is my own business. What do they disagree with? Besides, graduates from the police academy are guaranteed jobs, which is pretty good."

"I thank you on behalf of my sister." Yuan Mu turned his head and continued to look at the river.

This silly girl, I know that Yuan Shan's case has not been solved, and she will definitely apply for the police academy next year, so I went there in advance.When the police are so dangerous, how can I rest assured that she will go alone.

The road to the police station is not easy.I was beaten many times, quarreled many times, and despite the threat of severing the relationship, I still chose there.Poor parents had to compromise....Look, Yuan Shan, you have changed our lives by yourself.

Do you feel guilty about this sister?If you feel guilty, come back, even if it's just to have a look.

I have known since I was a child that Yuan Mu's temperament is actually much more stubborn than her sister's.Such a small person can cry until hiccups and even vomiting have to achieve the goal.Fortunately, she put all her energy into training.The slender and soft little hands gradually became thicker, and thick calluses appeared on the palms and fingertips.What she cares about is always whether the strength in her hands is strong enough.

When she was about to graduate, all the girls in the college wanted to be assigned to the government, but she was the only one who focused on going to the grassroots, and she even assigned to go to the police station where her sister was.Neither the dean nor the director could persuade her, so they had to let her go to work there.

Fortunately, I had the foresight to wait for her there early.Now that I'm her partner, I can legitimately protect her.

"You don't have to do this... You have fulfilled your promise to your sister. I am all grown up now."

"Silly girl, this is my ideal." Li Muzi smiled brightly.

"Stop." Yuan Mu glared at me.

She looks exactly like Yuan Shan now.

Yuan Muhe didn't understand Li Muzi's intentions, but after wearing the mask for a long time, he couldn't take it off again.It sticks to your face, sticks to your heart, and slowly grows into your flesh and blood...Now that she doesn't even know herself clearly, how can she love someone?

When she came to report on the first day, the people in the institute warmly welcomed her.The director wants to arrange for her to work in household registration.Yuan Mu refused, the purpose of her coming here was to catch the murderer who killed her sister...

Now everyone in the institute has seen her stubbornness.Seeing the embarrassing situation, that man stood up and offered to be her master, just like he was her sister's master five years ago.

Originally, Yuan Mu had many fantasies about seeing him, accusing, questioning, and even abusing him...But nothing but peace and sympathy.Yes, sympathy.She couldn't connect the gray-haired, vicissitude-faced, hunchbacked man in front of her with the tall and capable deputy director back then. If it wasn't for those guilt-ridden eyes, she would have been hard-pressed to recognize him...

For five years, he gave up promotion, transfer, and all vacations, and stuck to that community just to catch the suspect with his own hands...

"I don't need.... Let the past go. I'll take care of that community from now on." Yuan Mu didn't dare to look him in the eyes, she couldn't forgive, but it was hard to say her complaints...

Later, Zhaodi's case gave her hope, and only by catching the murderer who killed her sister could she be freed.Li Muzi took advantage of this and quietly moved into her house, under the pretense of protecting witnesses.Such unreasonable and forceful intrusion into her life, whether she wants to or not.

In the morning, Yuan Mu was lured by the aroma of food, and he was still working in the kitchen.She quietly watched his back, and listened to the knocking sounds from the kitchen from time to time...All this is very similar to their home before the accident.At this time, even the noisy elder sister would lean on the bed and envy her mother's good luck with her.

Yuan Mu just peeped at Li Muzi like this, until he was about to turn around after making breakfast, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, waiting for him to come to the bed and wake her up with a beating heartbeat.

This time she waited extraordinarily long, and just when she couldn't bear to open her eyes, Li Muzi's face was right in front of her, and she could even see herself in his eyes...

Li Muzi turned around in embarrassment. "That... breakfast is ready, hurry up and eat."

Yuan Mu stared at him blankly, forgetting to protest, his clear eyes were all in his mind.

"I'm sorry." She didn't know why she wanted to apologize, but she couldn't help wondering if his life would be different if it weren't for them.

"Why do you have to apologize? It's inexplicable." He said this on his mouth, but secretly added a sentence in his heart, idiot, I do it willingly.

Awkward cohabitation brings many inconveniences, competing for the only bathroom, using the same washroom, accidentally kicking people on the floor in the middle of the night, not to mention the embarrassment of forgetting to bring a towel when taking a bath, using the wrong toothbrush The anger, the uneasiness that was repeatedly confirmed when changing clothes.But all these quarrels became memories in the end, and every time I think of it, there is always a little sweetness in the anger, which makes people unable to describe it.

Later, she gradually got used to the embrace after waking up in a nightmare, and the company when she couldn't fall asleep on a rainy night.Habits are a terrible thing.Looking at the heavy rain outside the window, Yuan Mu answered Muzi Li's call. "Can't sleep? Let me chat with you? How about I tell you a story..."

Maybe I should try to take a step forward.There is nothing wrong with being transferred to the criminal police team with him.Since the murderer who killed my sister was a fugitive, the chances of catching him in the criminal police team are higher.

Unknowingly, she was finding all kinds of excuses for her behavior, but she didn't take her dependence on him into consideration.

People who have the same experience can understand each other better. Yuan Mu knows Ji Si'an's attachment to her, and she is also the only friend she has approached these years.The sensitive Xiao An really guessed what she wanted to say before she even opened her mouth.Yuan Mu wanted to tell her that they could still be friends and meet often.But because of her uncertainty and lack of confidence in the future, she dared not speak out.

They are all injured people, and the slightest sign of trouble can scare them back into their turtle shells.Sometimes in the relationship between two people, one party needs to be more courageous.

Li Muzi was obviously braver than them, he made Yuan Mu make up his mind, and he suggested that Luo Li go to persuade Xiao An.He made her firmly believe that true friends will not be alienated by time and distance.

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