Abyss of ignorance

Chapter 63 Book List
At this time, Xiao Xu ran over in a hurry, saw Lin Xiaodong and Yue Jianfeng were there, and immediately reported: "Report to Team Lin and Team Yue, you asked me to contact the families of the eight deceased before, and there is a result."

"Oh? It's too timely, we're talking about this right now!" Yue Jianfeng was so happy, he stood up eagerly, "How about it, let's go ask about the situation?"

However, Xiao Xu stood where he was, without Yue Jianfeng's excitement on his face.

Lin Xiaodong saw something was wrong, and asked Xiao Xu, "Did you encounter any problems?"

Xiao Xu said dejectedly: "The family members of the eight deceased left Linzhou at the same time shortly after their death. There are not many contacts here in Linzhou, so it is a bit difficult to find someone."

Yue Jianfeng felt as if he had been poured cold water on his head when he heard this, and looked at Lin Xiaodong: "Captain Lin, it seems that you are right, the deaths of these people are very strange."

"Hmph, no matter how strange it is, there are loopholes. If the family members all ask for an autopsy at the same time, they must have found something abnormal. Family members, please keep in touch. We have to talk to their attending doctor!" Lin Xiaodong was full of fighting spirit.

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Next to Linzhou University, there is a small cafe. Like many cafes next to universities, the guests here are basically teachers and classmates of Linzhou University.

There are those who are single and buried in their books, and there are also three or five friends who are talking about various hot topics, and even arguing, passionate, and everything is full of hope.

In an inconspicuous corner, there was a man wearing a camel-colored woolen coat with his collar turned up, covering most of his face. Here, no one cared about this young man with low spirits, and no one would know that he was the one who often became Jiang Xu, who is talking here.

Jiang Xu obviously likes this kind of state where no one cares about him. He is holding a book in his hand. On the blue and black cover, there are a few black words "Selected Poems of Goethe".

This is an old book that has been around for a long time, and it is on the shelf in the corner of the cafe. It is as uninterested as he is now—few people can sink their hearts to read classical things, let alone poetry.

The waiters here change frequently, and many of them are part-time students of Linda University.

If someone can persist in this cafe for ten years, he will know that since ten years ago, this strange person has been sitting in this corner, sitting all afternoon, persistently waiting for something.

A cup of Irish coffee was silently placed on the round table in front of him by the waiter without a word.

Irish coffee is said to be coffee, but in fact whiskey is the main ingredient, and coffee is just an auxiliary.

But the cafe next to the university has all sorts of weird people, and it doesn't seem unusual to drink in broad daylight.

He picked up the cup, took a sip, picked up the pencil on the round table, and carefully marked the book. In the eyes of strangers, he was probably a posturing young man of literature and art.

Only he knows that this is their "secret base", and it only takes about 10 minutes to walk from the high school attached to Linda University.

On afternoons like this many years ago, this was a good place to wait for Dad Chen to get off work while doing homework. When Chen Xu was around, there was no such quiet moment.

"The books listed by my dad are too difficult, and I can't read any of them." Chen Xu muttered, as if appearing beside him at this moment, but it was an illusion after all.

"I heard from Dad Chen's students that every year new students from the school of pharmacy are waiting for Dad Chen to open the book list for that year." Jiang Yichuan and Chen Xu said, "Dad Chen asked us to read these books without his professional field. Yes, there are all types, not boring at all, I think he wants us to find out what we want to do by reading books, read thousands of books, and travel thousands of miles, right?"

"Brother Yichuan, sometimes I really feel that you are more like my father's child than me, and you help him talk every day. I think my father is just pushing the seedlings back. Why don't you let me go to the playground and run ten laps." Chen Xu pursed his lips, "I'm just a scumbag, I can't be a great professor like him."

"Xiaoxu, you are not a scumbag. You were a smart child when you were born. Your eyes rolled around, and you stared at whoever spoke, as if you understood." Yichuan smiled and looked at him. Looking at Chen Xu, what he said was pretentious.

Chen Xu made a grimace: "Brother Yichuan, you are lying to me again, how old were you at that time? Can you remember these?"

"Remember, I remember everything about you from childhood to adulthood." Jiang Yichuan said with a smirk, "When you get married in the future, you have to bribe me well."

Chen Xu raised her head coquettishly, and threw the "Selected Poems of Goethe" into Jiang Yichuan's hand: "Read this book for yourself! I'm going to play golf! Goodbye!"

Yichuan smiled and watched her "slip" away, knowing that this guy had already finished his homework.

The girl under the sycamore tree ran away waving her hands without looking back, and disappeared into the golden sunlight...

At this moment, in the soft time cafe, customers come and go.

Jiang Xu sat in that corner for the whole afternoon, turning "Selected Poems of Goethe" from the beginning to the end.

He looked out of the window, the setting sun came through the leaves of the sycamore trees, and the street lights downstairs were ready to turn on when she fell.

He closed the book, saw "39" written on the corner of the blue-gray cover, which was the serial number of the book in Father Chen's book list, and smiled gratifiedly.

The book returned to its original position on the bookshelf. Jiang Xu lowered his head, avoiding everyone's casual gaze, and walked down the narrow stairs into the night that had just fallen.

At night, after ten o'clock, the busiest wave of people had dispersed, and the sycamore-covered street in front of Linzhou University finally showed signs of resting.

Ye Mimi walked alone on the street that he had walked countless times, and walked into the soft and small facade without raising his head.

"Sorry, we will be closing soon." The waiter politely stepped forward and declined.

"I know, there is still half an hour, just give me a glass of water, and I can pay for a glass of American style."

"Oh, that's okay, I'll pour you a free glass, that's..."

"Well, I'll leave on time." Ye Mimi said as she walked towards a corner of the cafe, and the blue-gray cover of "Selected Poems of Goethe" was quietly placed on the shelf.

She sat where Jiang Xu used to sit, took down the book, and quietly flipped through it.

Half an hour, 5 minutes away, she closed the book, put it back on the bookshelf, took out a copy of "Celtic Twilight" from her backpack, picked up the pencil on the small round table, and wrote " After the serial number 40", it was inserted on the side of "Selected Poems of Goethe".

Without missing a beat, she left Soft Time with the waiter. Behind her, the waiter hung a closed sign on the door.

The night wind was blowing, and the happy students who were still outside passed by her like meteors scattered into the night.

(End of this chapter)