Only you are so different

Chapter 19 All Clues Point to Answers

Lin Mei planned to go downstairs to the living room to find Su Xiuyan, and then ask Su Xiuyan to point out the location of Qu Yan's room.As a result, as soon as she came out of Su Xiuran's room, she saw a figure standing in front of the flower stand by the door, with exquisite makeup, a white dress and an embroidered purple silk shawl, which was exactly what she was looking for Qu Yan.

Judging from her posture and demeanor, she should have stood at the door for a while, looking at Lin Mei with complicated emotions and a strange expression.

Lin Mei was startled, and just about to say hello to her, she saw her take a step back, turning her head slightly to signal Lin Mei to follow.

Lin Mei was somewhat annoyed by this powerful, reserved and arrogant woman, so she could only secretly convince herself that she was Su Xiuran's mother, so she should be respected, and followed her fate.

Qu Yan went all the way to the small living room at the end of the corridor on the second floor, before she stopped, stood in front of the window and turned her head.

Lin Mei was not polite either, and before she could speak, she said, "Auntie, how long have you been eavesdropping at the door?"

Qu Yan's expression was a little unnatural, and she coughed before saying, "From that case..."

Lin Mei nodded, she didn't care that Qu Yan overheard her conversation with Su Xiuran, anyway, she didn't intend to hide Qu Yan's opinion.

The reason why she asked so openly was mostly because the police's case needs to be kept confidential. Since Qu Yan overheard a little bit, she had the responsibility to tell her that it must be kept secret.

She said with a serious and businesslike face: "Those conversations involve police secrets, I hope you don't disclose them to irrelevant people, otherwise the police can hold them accountable." As she spoke, she suddenly laughed sarcastically, "Hold Xiuran's responsibility... ...you don't care about him anyway."

When she spoke so bluntly, Qu Yan's expression became even uglier. After holding back for a while, she finally said: "I heard that Xiao Ran is sick again."

Lin Mei nodded lightly, and her tone was more ironic: "Yeah, anyway, he is always in poor health, so it's not surprising that he fell ill again."

Qu Yan's expression changed, and finally she raised her hand to signal Lin Mei to sit down.

Lin Mei thought that she was not afraid of what would happen to her anyway, so she sat down, and Qu Yan asked someone to make black tea over, looking like she was going to have a long talk.

After sitting down, Lin Mei faithfully conveyed Su Xiuran's words to her: "Xiu Ran asked me to ask you if the shocking thing in the morning has affected you."

Qu Yan's expression seemed to feel that Su Xiuran's concern and condolences to her should be taken for granted. After listening, she just nodded and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

It was too much for Lin Mei to talk to her even if she was not speculative. After finishing this sentence, the two of them lost their conversation again.

At this time, the brewed black tea was served, and Qu Yan picked up the teacup and took a sip to hide her embarrassment.

Qu Yan has an exquisite appearance. She is over 50 years old, and her skin is still white and shiny. She still looks amazing at close range, and her temperament has the gentleness and softness of a woman from a water town. When she is not losing her composure, she looks Very pitiful.

Such a delicate and gentle beauty, even though she was born in a poor family, was still favored by a talented young man like Su Daolin and married back home.

Only from Qu Yan's early professional experience, her unwillingness to marry Su's family, and her control over Su Xiuyan in the past few years, it can be seen that she is not a canary locked in a cage. Under her seemingly docile appearance, she has an ambition no less than that of her strong husband.

She is valued by Su Daolin because of her beauty and ability, but because she is hidden at home and unable to display her abilities, she is depressed. For her, being able to marry into a wealthy family like the Su family is indeed a blessing or a curse.

Lin Mei learned some of these things from the media's reports on Su's family. She thought about it, and looked at Qu Yan with some sympathy.

Sensing her gaze, Qu Yan put down the teacup in her hand and said, "Have you read many reports about the Su family?"

Lin Mei made a "why not" expression, and said honestly: "One of the conveniences for dating someone whose family is too famous is that you can easily obtain a lot of information about their family."

Qu Yan smiled "hehe", with mixed emotions on her face: "It's nothing, we didn't have the Internet in that era, before I first came to this house with Daolin, I bought a lot of old newspapers and made a Big Ben’s newspaper clippings from their house, for fear that something might go wrong.”

When she talked about Su's family, she still used "their family". This kind of small words and sentences can best reflect people's subconscious, Lin Mei just smiled when she heard it.

Qu Yan looked at her with a thoughtful expression, and asked tentatively: "I don't need to reveal to anyone what I heard from Ran's room...but you also need to explain to me that Xiao Ran is assisting the police in handling the case Is it long-term or temporary? I heard that he is very familiar with that police officer."

Lin Mei weighed it, and felt that she had heard it anyway, and if she couldn't get the answer from her, who knows if she would make trouble with Su Xiuran and make something wrong, she thought about it, and said directly: " Xiuran is indeed assisting the police in handling the case, it can be said that it has been for a long time, and it has been for a while. You can ask Su Xiuyan for details, he also knows."

She put the burden on Su Xiuyan without any pressure. Anyway, he would act like a baby with Qu Yan and be favored, and Qu Yan would not be willing to talk about him no matter what.

Qu Yan didn't expect that Su Xiuyan also had something to hide from her, her eyes dimmed for a moment, and when she spoke, there was a bit of astringency in her soft and charming voice: "Xiao Ran, this child, has been too much like his father since he was a child, and I can't do anything for him. What does he do, but he often does things that seem to be good for us..."

Lin Mei interrupted her impatiently: "So what? You vented your resistance and disgust towards your husband on Xiu Ran? Do you still feel that there is nothing wrong with what you have done?"

Qu Yan was slightly stunned, and explained: "I have never scolded Xiuran since I was a child, except for today... I was really impulsive today."

Lin Mei sneered: "It's not that you can proudly claim to be a good parent without beating or scolding."

Qu Yan was silent again, and after a while she said, "You don't respect me."

She had this realization, and Lin Mei also generously admitted: "I tried my best."

Qu Yan's train of thought was really incomprehensible to ordinary people, and she sneered after hearing it: "I knew the woman he was looking for would not suit my heart."

Lin Mei was convinced by her, so she could only say: "If I treat you better with respect and flattering you, trust me, I will definitely do it." She stood up and shook her head. Shaking his head, he looked at Qu Yan with regret, "But it's a pity, I still feel that for someone like you who has too much self-awareness and starts everything from his own feelings, no amount of patience and tolerance will be a waste of effort."

She added a harsh sentence at the end: "The degree to which a person is respected has a lot to do with her own virtue. Instead of blaming me for disrespecting you, it's better to think about whether you are worthy of my respect."

Seeing that Qu Yan was going to seize the point of "worthy" out of context again to attack, she simply turned around and left mercilessly -- again, if Su Xiuran was embarrassed or reluctant to beat Qu Yan, then she would Happy to help.

When Lin Mei returned to the room, Su Xiuran had already turned on the computer and started working.

Lin Mei walked over and sat beside him, hugged his waist, rubbed his shoulders and said: "Let's sleep for a while, the fever hasn't subsided yet."

Su Xiuran's body was still a little weak, so he leaned on her body, smiled and said, "It won't get better soon after I sleep, it's okay, my head is not so dizzy anymore."

What he meant was that if he didn't get dizzy, or directly lost consciousness, it was pretty good, and he didn't need to deliberately rest.

Lin Mei was really defeated by him. It has to be said that in terms of divine logic, he really has inherited Qu Yan's traits.

She didn't dare to say that she had scolded his mother just now, and raised her head to kiss him lightly on the cheek: "How did you survive the years when you didn't know me, I really feel sorry for you!"

This sentence was half teasing and half serious, and Su Xiuran laughed after hearing it: "Of course it is to practice hard and try to increase the defense value."

After listening to Lin Mei for a while, she still didn't feel anything, but after a while, she suddenly realized: "What does it mean to work hard to increase the defense value... Do you mean that after getting to know me, you need more defense value than before? "

Su Xiuran dug a hole to watch her jump, feeling quite happy physically and mentally, he laughed softly: "Reading comprehension is very good."

They quarreled for a while, and Su Xiuran read the information several times. His memory is amazing. In fact, he had memorized everything when he read it the first time. Neglected details.

His high fever did not go away, and after a while, his spirits became weak again, his stomach was stuffy and nauseated, and he showed signs of retching, Lin Mei hurriedly forced him to lie down and rest.

At night, Su Xiuran still couldn't eat, Lin Mei didn't bother to go downstairs to eat with Qu Yan and the others, so she called downstairs and said she couldn't go down.

Unexpectedly, Su Xiuyan would bring dinner to them himself, and there was also a bowl of orange peel and ginger japonica rice porridge that was stuffed with a lid.

Putting down the dinner plate, Su Xiuyan looked rather gloating, and did not avoid Su Xiuran: "I heard that you were angry with your mother in the afternoon? She won't even go down for dinner."

Lin Mei snorted softly: "This girl is a little eloquent, and her three views are slightly upright. Thank you."

Su Xiuyan shrugged his shoulders slightly, and naturally confided in his heart: "I don't have a good relationship with my brother, what is she getting involved with, this is a problem between our brothers, she'd better not be too fussy, and the more she messes up, the more trouble she gets. Complicated, really."

Seeing Su Xiuyan like that, Qu Yan was quite happy to be deflated and scolded. I have to say that it is not good to spoil a child too much, and I am used to it.

Compared to Su Xiuran's grandiose complaints, Su Xiuran was much more careful, and took the time to ask: "Mom won't go downstairs to eat, has the dinner been delivered?"

Su Xiuyan laughed: "Of course, it's just a video from that little girl from my second uncle's house. Whoever made her dislike that little girl in her heart, she has to pretend to be kind... That little girl is so messy when she does her work. It’s fine if you don’t play a few bowls.”

Lin Mei looked angrily at Su Xiuran who was half sitting on the bed and still pale: "Do you know what you and your mother look like?"

Su Xiuran really couldn't guess her whimsical idea, opened the bowl of round-grained rice porridge, put it in front of him, and asked with a smile, "What does it look like?"

Lin Mei shook her head: "Princess Snow White and her vicious stepmother... Be careful not to get too involved in the drama."

Su Xiuyan stood aside and laughed loudly without shame. After laughing, he said: "By the way, my mother specially ordered the kitchen to cook the porridge. It's rare for her to know whether you have a cold stomach or a hot stomach."

Neither Su Xiuran nor Lin Mei thought of this, Qi Qi was stunned for a moment.

Su Xiuyan said nonchalantly: "It's nothing strange, to tell you the truth, my mother has this kind of personality, so she has to be strong, the harder she scolds, the more she has to work hard to show you... That's why I said brother, after all these years, Totally looking in the wrong direction."

Lin Mei looked at Su Xiuyan with a complicated expression, a little speechless, you are really such a young man who taught others to train your biological mother?
At night, Su Xiuran's body temperature was finally under control, it was rare for him to stop reading those materials and rest with his eyes closed.

Lin Mei leaned over to the bed and hugged his body, then adjusted the angle so that his head rested in her arms.

Her posture showed too much protection and dedication, Su Xiuran obediently leaned into her arms, and found a comfortable position for herself, and then said: "Xiaomei, are you worried about me?"

Lin Mei snorted softly, and sneered at him asking such a question: "Of course I'm worried! My heart is about to break!"

This rhetoric is too exaggerated, Su Xiuran couldn't help but chuckled, opened his eyes and looked at her sideways: "It seems that I have committed a serious crime, causing you to worry so much."

Lin Mei was too lazy to talk to him about the logic inside, so she lowered her head and kissed his thin lips, and then let go after kissing for a while, and reluctantly rubbed the tip of her nose against his nose a few times, saying : "You must not know what a terrible torture it is to watch someone you love suffer."

Su Xiuran was silent for a while, then smiled and said to her in a gentle voice: "I am a writer, I can substitute imagination."

Lin Mei tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "No, I recalled that in all your previous books, the male protagonists were abused, and the female protagonists were fine."

Su Xiuran responded lightly: "I'll be the heroine."

Lin Mei suddenly thought of the sentence "the author must be the heroine" commented by netizens when his identity was just exposed, and suddenly felt that he had touched some unspeakable truth.

She quit immediately, hugged him and said, "You made the male protagonists so distressing, okay? And none of them have good results!"

Su Xiuran was really at a loss for words, and after a while, he said in a voice that was clearly holding back his laughter: "Those perverted stalkers and murderers...do they also make people feel distressed? It would be wrong if they had a good result, right? "

Lin Mei was at a loss for words for a moment. Before she met Su Xiuran and fell in love with Su Xiuran, she read Su Xiu's books purely from the perspective of a fan of reasoning. What she admired the most was her solid and beautiful language skills and superb workmanship. Cutting into the angle, of course, the most important thing is the logical reasoning, which is simply the gospel of obsessive-compulsive disorder and the savior of Virgo.

As a result, now she went back to recall the content of the book, and found that she was very sympathetic to those male protagonists who could be said to be heinous, but each of them committed crimes for many reasons.She knew that she had projected her love for Su Xiuran into those characters in his writing, so even if they committed an unforgivable crime, she didn't want to believe it anymore.

On the contrary, there is always a voice in my heart saying: Although this person is so bad, it was written by Xiuran. If this person was Xiuran himself, he would not be so bad. Xiuran is very kind and upright!

Thinking of this, she deeply mourned for her three views, then hugged Su Xiuran a little tighter, and put her chin on his shoulder: "You must not imagine how much I love you, so much that I hope that all In the details of reality and fantasy, you can get complete happiness."

Literary editors who have been in the industry for many years still have a certain professionalism, and they are no worse than professional Su Xiuran when talking about love.

Su Xiuran smiled gently, and raised his hand to touch her cheek: "Thank you, Xiaomei, I love you so much too."

He really understood the true meaning of four, two, and two thousand catties, and returned the original words with a single word, but Lin Mei still felt moved, and quietly lay on his shoulder and did not make a sound.

After they lay snuggled together quietly for a while, Su Xiuran pointed to an oil painting on the wall opposite his bed, and said, "Xiaomei, go and remove that painting, there is an insurance policy behind it." cabinet."

Lin Mei, who is so curious, of course became interested immediately, and ran out of bed happily: "You also hid a safe? What's in it?"

Su Xiuran had expected her reaction long ago, and couldn't help laughing: "That is the standard configuration in every master bedroom, and it is also available in Xiuyan's room. Mom and Xiuyan both know about this safe. I was too anxious to leave back then, and I couldn't Take away the contents of the cabinet, but judging from the integrity of my bedroom, no one should have touched it in these years."

Su Xiuran put all the information related to the company in the company's safe, which was handed over to his mother and younger brother without reservation, and the safety factor of that safe was also higher.

The safes in each master bedroom of the Su house are old-fashioned mechanical safes that were uniformly installed when the house was built many years ago. The craftsmanship is not advanced, and it is not a configuration with a particularly high safety factor. Personal items seen by others.

He has been away for so many years, no matter whether it is Qu Yan or Su Xiuyan, they must not be bored to open this personal safe.

Lin Mei ran over to remove the oil painting, Su Xiuran reported a series of codes, Lin Mei carefully turned the code dial, and when the code was dialed, the cabinet quietly opened.

The safe is highly resistant to dust and moisture. Even if it has not been opened for eight years, the black velvet lining is still shining under the light as before, as if the eight years have been frozen for it.

Lying quietly inside are two notebooks wrapped in brown leather.

Su Xiuran said, "Bring them all here."

Lin Mei carefully took it out with both hands, and found that although the covers were similar, the materials were still different. One was ordinary paper suitable for writing, and the other was a photo album with a single page that was much thicker and harder.

She held two books on the bed and handed them to Su Xiuran, watching him open them casually, and found that her guess was right. Of these two books, one can be said to be Su Xiuran's diary, and the other is his. photo album.

Different from that kind of family photo album, this photo album was obviously sorted out by Su Xiuran himself. On the white paper next to the photos on each page, he also wrote notes and a short thought.

After Lin Mei looked it over, she suddenly felt sad. Even in this kind of private photo album, there are still almost no single photos of himself. It is full of dozens of pages. The precious moments that Su Xiuran silently treasured in his heart back then, All are photos of my parents and my brother.

No matter what Qu Yan and Su Xiuyan think about Su Xiuran and those past events, at least for Su Xiuran, his family was his everything at that time.

She thought about it, and didn't want to make Su Xiuran sad, so she lowered her head and randomly looked for Zhang Zhang and said, "When did you make this photo album, your handwriting was so beautiful back then."

Su Xiuran wrote a good handwriting. Su Xiu has never shown his face for many years, only the audio streams have been released. He has done a lot of autographs.

While flipping through his diary, Su Xiuran replied: "I started doing it when I was 16 years old, and then I added some points one after another. I was forced to practice calligraphy when I was young, and my handwriting was finalized very early."

Seeing that he was concentrating, Lin Mei leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at? Are you looking for those invisible things you wrote back then, and then tearing them up to destroy the corpses?"

Su Xiuran raised his lips, smiled and spread it out for her to see: "You can look for it."

Most people’s diaries when they were young are more or less shameful. Elementary school is okay, but the journal is a little naive, and those written in the second period of middle school, when I look at it later, it’s like thunder, and I can’t wait to black it out. Erase and burn to ashes.

Su Xiuran's diary is... Lin Mei thought that the master is indeed the master. The date of this article should be his diary when he was a student. The handwriting is beautiful and neat, and the content is impeccable. It is actually a reading note. A short review of a book, in just two or three sentences, is very in place, incisive and objective, and miraculously without the suspicion of showing off.

Lin Mei was silent for a moment, and the occupational disease broke out in an instant: "If all books are like this, why don't I sort them out, and we will publish a collection of Soviet revisionist reviews or a collection of Soviet revisionist essays..."

Su Xiuran looked at her rather helplessly: "My diary will not be shown to third people."

Lin Mei said "Oh", feeling a little frustrated that the plan could not be achieved, but more inexplicably proud: I am the only person in the world!

Seeing her wandering thoughts on her face, Su Xiuran knew that it would be useless to talk to her, and shook his head with a smile: "It's not my main purpose to bring out these two notebooks, but there is something in the notebook that I want to give you..."

Maybe it was the effect of the magical sixth sense, Lin Mei suddenly smiled whimsically: "It can't be an engagement ring, don't tell me that you stuffed a ring in the diary eight years ago, and waited until eight years later. Come here with your mate..."

She smiled triumphantly and used her imagination. Before she finished speaking, Su Xiuran had turned to the page she was looking for. On the slightly yellowed paper, among those tall and graceful handwriting, lay a slender and delicate figure. silver ring.

With a smile on his lips, Su Xiuran picked up the ring, gently pulled her hand, and put it on her index finger.

The ring is indeed a platinum diamond ring that is often used for marriage proposals. The style is very elegant, and the diamond is not big, which does not match the Su family's prominent family background very well.

After putting it on for her, Su Xiuran held her hand and looked at it, and said with some regret: "The ring is indeed a bit bigger."

From the moment she saw the ring, Lin Mei was a little dazed, and then she reacted and said, "This ring was stuffed in by you yesterday..."

After she finished speaking, she knew that she was stupid. If it was stuffed in yesterday, even if she was in a hurry to leave this morning, Su Xiuran must find a chance to open it for her to see, and the ring of the ring will not match her finger .

Seeing her speechless expression, Su Xiuran guessed her thoughts and laughed: "I bought it eight years ago."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment. He still remembers what happened at that time... That was when he had just graduated and was preparing to take over the job from his father.

At that time, his father had not yet been diagnosed with a terminal illness, but he also put a lot of pressure on him, and even hinted that he should decide on the candidate for Su's parents-in-law as soon as possible, implying that it is best to choose one from the families he designated.

He was helpless, and had no idea about those daughters, but he didn't object, and even acquiesced to his father's idea.

He is the eldest son of the Su family, and he couldn't help himself in the matter of marriage. What's more, he didn't have any favorite candidates at that time. It would be a good choice to follow the wishes of the family and find a woman with suitable conditions and tolerance for the rest of his life.

However, he was still unwilling in the end, so when he came home from get off work that day, he happened to pass by a jewelry store with good taste and style, so he simply stopped and walked in, choosing a women's ring, because there was no one in his mind at the time. , The rim of the ring is also randomly selected a moderate one.

Thinking about his own thoughts at that time, in fact, there was some resignation and resignation like anger - since the marriage partner cannot be completely determined by himself, then the engagement ring is his choice anyway.

Because of this random idea, after returning home with the ring, he threw away the beautifully packaged box, played with the ring casually, and even stuffed it into the interlayer of the diary.

Later... Later, his father died of a serious illness. After he left here, he no longer had time to write a diary, and gradually forgot about it.

If it wasn't for the fact that the fever lasted for an extra day, he might not have remembered that he had left such a ring in his diary back then.

Lin Mei's phalanges are slender, and the ring was a bit too big for her to wear, but she held the ring with other fingers to look carefully, and liked it more and more: "I love the style so much, let's go to the jewelry store to make it smaller!"

Su Xiuran smiled: "It's a pity that the ring is too thin to engrave our names on the inner ring."

Lin Mei grabbed his hand and said, "Engrave each other's names and leave them on the wedding rings..." She laughed as she spoke, and lowered her head to kiss him, "Xiu Ran, I love you so much."

Su Xiuran couldn't hide the tenderness in his gaze when he looked at her, he smiled and said softly, "Me too."

Lin Mei leaned forward to kiss him, and he raised his arms to embrace him, and they spent the night snuggled together.

The next day, Su Xiuran didn't go downstairs for activities because he still needed to rest.After breakfast, Su Xiuyan went to the company to hold a small press conference.

It didn't take long for the interview video to be posted on the Internet. Lin Mei happened to be bored browsing the web, so she watched it on her tablet. After watching it, she felt a little speechless.

During the interview, Su Xiuyan of course used the Su family's actor skills, and gave the specific compensation methods and figures for the factory workers, saying that his company's practices were not illegal and were considered lenient.

Then they began to complain very sadly about the violent behavior of some people, and the media reported casually without investigation, concocting hot incidents, which caused great harm to their families.

In a short speech, Lin Mei counted, and he emphasized three times in total, "My brother is sick".

Well, Su Xiuran is indeed sick, but isn't he gloating more?How did he suddenly transform into a good younger brother who loves his elder brother.

Lin Mei looked at the comments in a dark line, and found that the focus of the masses had been distorted. One of the highly praised comments said: After watching this video, there is only one sentence left in my mind - my brother All sick.

There is a follow-up comment below: Don't bully brother, please?Didn't you see that the two beauties were about to cry?The second beauty controlled by my brother, I feel like my heart is melting, who will help me!
Then a group of people discussed why the title of "Su Da Meiren" changed hands after Su Xiuran's public appearance under the video of a news event, Su Xiuyan became "Su Er Meiren", and about the brothers The cuteness of CP, and the question of who should go up and who should go down.

It is true that Lin Mei is also a veteran of Weibo and forums. During this period of time, she also secretly read the CP articles of the Su family brothers. A few articles with enough popularity and good quality have already begun to consider doujinshi.

However, when she thought that the protagonists of these novels were Su Xiuran and Su Xiuyan, she felt a little broken... She would rather watch the [-]-word Su Xiuran scold Su Xiuyan, this is the real ghost!
She was thinking wildly, unexpectedly, Su Xiuran turned to look sideways, she was in a hurry and couldn't close the page, and then Su Xiuran saw those messy comments.

His reading speed and comprehension ability are top-notch, and at a glance, he has already read it and understood it. He raised his long eyebrows and said, "It seems that I have a good image, and everyone thinks that I am the weak side. .”

His divine summary...was quite incisive. Whether it was the news event itself or the question of who was up and who was down between him and Su Xiuyan, he was obviously the one who received more sympathy.

Lin Mei was speechless, and turned to look at him with some confusion: "You don't care what other people think about you and your brother..."

Regarding this issue, Su Xiuran was quite magnanimous, and smiled and said: "The public is nothing more than consuming me and Xiuyan's face, as long as it does not affect our real life, you can write whatever you like, and you are free to create."

Well, he grasped the truth... just look at the face, if he and Su Xiuyan look a little more ordinary, who cares whether their brotherhood is good or not.

While admiring his open-minded attitude, Lin Mei discovered a problem: "Wait, how did you find out from the comments that someone wrote a novel based on the two of you!"

Su Xiuran raised his eyebrows, smiled and said nothing... It wasn't from the comments, it was that he might have visited certain forums himself.

Lin Mei screamed, rushed over to kiss him forcefully, and took the time to say: "Don't look at those, what if you are really taught to be bad if you watch too much!"

Su Xiuran held back his smile to cooperate with her, while kissing her lips lightly, he said, "So you'd better remind me often, like now..."

I don't know if it was because she was afraid of affecting Su Xiuran's recuperation, but Qu Yan never appeared again, but just as Su Xiuyan said, she showed her strength.

Su Xiuran has been eating and drinking in the bedroom. Every time the food delivered by the kitchen is carefully prepared, there are even medicinal meals. The person delivering the food always emphasizes that every food is ordered by his wife himself.

It seems that Qu Yan should have done a lot of research, and may have personally discussed with the doctor how Su Xiuran should be maintained.

It’s just this kind of performance, how should I put it, it’s very hard, but it’s not on point... Lin Mei firmly believes that these fancy and delicate meals are not as warming as a bowl of hot noodle soup cooked by her mother The heart will not be warmer than a sincere care.

On the second night, Su Xiuran reluctantly drank half a bowl of herbal food again, and sighed to Lin Mei with a smile: "Such bitter porridge is really terrible, I really want to drink the sugar water you made."

He is so picky and loves to eat sweets. As a mother, Qu Yan didn't even know his food preference. After two days, she asked the kitchen to bring up, almost none of the ones that Su Xiuran prefers. functional food.

Lin Mei could only hold his face, and lightly kissed the corner of his lips as a reward: "Be patient, wait for your health to recover before you act presumptuously."

Su Xiuran could only sigh softly in resignation, and turned to saving the country with curves: "Go quietly to the kitchen and tell Master Chen, who makes pastry, that I want to eat his pumpkin pie."

Looking at his sparkling eyes, Lin Mei knew that Master Chen's pumpkin pie should be something he had been thinking about all the time, so she raised her hand and touched his cheek: "Okay."

Following the cleaner's instructions, Lin Mei came to the small building behind the house where the housekeeping staff lived collectively, and found Master Chen, the baker.

The chubby Master Chen, who looked to be around five or sixty years old, immediately nodded with a smile: "I knew the young master was still thinking about the pumpkin pie. I made a basket yesterday, but my wife didn't let me give it away."

Compared to Qu Yan's indifference, the housekeepers who have worked in Su's house for many years are very enthusiastic about Su Xiuran. "Master" how are you doing outside these few years, is there anyone to take care of you for food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc.

They even shared with Lin Mei some interesting stories about Su Xiuran's childhood. For example, he was picky about food since he was a child but he didn't like to talk about it.

For example, he likes gardening, but he doesn't dare to do it by himself easily because he is afraid of being scolded by his parents for dirty clothes, so he always finds opportunities to follow the gardener's ass and ask around, by the way.

Also, after he was ten years old, he quietly distributed red envelopes to everyone in the family every year and festival, using his own savings. He called this "reasonable subsidy", and he didn't let them tell his parents, lest they say he was messed up. send money.

In these people's descriptions, a Su Xiuran in his childhood and youth appeared vividly. Although he was young and mature, he still had a childlike innocence. Both respect generosity.

After talking about it, those uncles and aunts still asked expectantly: "Will the young master come back often in the future? Everyone misses him very much and looks forward to seeing him more often."

Looking at the earnest gazes of these elders, Lin Mei's nose felt a little sour, and she could only say on her own: "I will definitely have the opportunity, and Xiu Ran misses you very much."

When she returned to the bedroom, Su Xiuran saw that her eyes were a little red, he was stunned for a while and smiled and said: "You have been away for so long, did you chat with Master Chen and the others?"

Lin Mei nodded, walked over and put her arms around his waist and said, "I found that you are quite popular."

Su Xiuran couldn't help laughing: "Those who have lived together for a long time are family members."

After all, this house is not only full of memories of his growing up, but also people who care and love him. When he left his hometown without hesitation, it is impossible for him to be sentimental in his heart.

It's just that those nostalgia and reasons for staying have been cut off by his mother and younger brother who were closest to him in the world at that time.

Lin Mei felt sorry for him, took his face and kissed it again and again: "It's okay, you have me now."

During the two days they stayed in city S, the police in city B followed new directions and clues and found the breakthrough point of the case.

Maybe Sun Ran, who is a police officer, was not targeted at the beginning, so the suspect still left many clues in the process of interacting with her.

For example, Sun Ran's credit card records, call records, etc. all left some traces, but just like the first crime, the suspect took away Sun Ran's mobile phone and personal computer, so the police could not use these two tools to find clues.

Speaking of which, the suspect is well aware of the characteristics of electronic products. No matter how the hard disk and information storage tools are completely deleted, part of the data can still be recovered. The method of destroying the data forever is the simplest and rude physical method of destroying or burning them. Also the most useful.The suspect is so cautious, the mobile phone and computer he took away may have been destroyed by him long ago.

After all, it was inconvenient for Su Xiuran to stay in City S. After two days, his fever subsided, and he planned to return to City B immediately.

Before going back, Lin Mei finally saw the pumpkin cake that Su Xiuran had been thinking about. It was not the deep-fried one, but steamed with pumpkin puree and bean paste stuffing. It was really delicate and tasted good.

Su Xiuran's appetite has been poor for the past two days, so he made an exception and ate two more. If it wasn't for the fear of stomach discomfort, he might have to eat a few more.

Lin Mei saw that he really liked it, so she went to ask Master Chen how to make it in private, and took notes, planning to try to make it for him after returning to City B.

On the fifth day when they came to S City, they were finally about to leave Su's old house. The air ticket was still in the morning, and Su Xiuyan also came out to deliver it in person. Everything was very similar to the morning three days ago.

Standing in front of the hall and saying goodbye to Su Xiuyan, Lin Mei said, "Your mother won't come out suddenly again, will she?"

She was joking, the past few days Su Xiuran lived in the house was to recuperate from his illness, he didn't do much activities outside the room, and Qu Yan never came to visit him, the two of them lived under the same roof for three days, and even Not even a single encounter.

Now he is leaving again, the last time he met Qu Yan was when Qu Yan slapped him three days ago.

As soon as Lin Mei finished speaking, the newly dressed Qu Yan really came out of the room. She should have heard Lin Mei's words, and she looked a little uncomfortable, but she still put on an elegant air and said reservedly: " Be careful on the road, you can go home and take a look at it in your spare time.”

Su Xiuran smiled, very polite and respectful, but did not agree to her request, but said softly: "Mom, take care of yourself."

This time they got in the car and left smoothly, until they were about to turn the corner, they could still see Su Xiuyan and Qu Yan standing outside the hall and watching them off.

Lin Mei looked back at them, stunned for a moment, and belatedly remembered: "It will be Mother's Day in a few days..."

Su Xiuran nodded: "I remember."

Specific festivals always make people feel emotional. Thinking of this, Lin Mei felt some sympathy for Qu Yan again, and said, "You really don't plan to come back, do you?"

Su Xiuran was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled, the smile was still gentle, but there were some other meanings: "How is that possible, after all, they are relatives..." He paused slightly, "It's just that I come back more frequently, I may Can't do it."

He still has this kind of personality, he doesn't make promises easily, but he will try his best to fulfill any promises, he can't agree to Qu Yan's request to "go home and see more", so he simply avoids talking about it.

Qu Yan should be clear about the meaning of his silence.

As if to make up for the loss of not being able to make the trip last time, this trip went extremely smoothly, the flight took off on time and arrived on time, and it didn't take long for them to return to the sky of City B.

Su Xiuran arranged the pick-up staff at the airport, and quickly sent them back to the villa.

Now that they came back, Su Xiuran didn't plan to rest any more. It was almost noon at this time, and they only stayed at home for less than two hours. After a simple lunch, they drove to the branch office.

Before coming back, Su Xiuran had already greeted Zhang Yan, saying that they would come over this afternoon.

When they arrived at the branch, they saw that the people in the police station were in a hurry, there was an invisible pressure and tension, and there were many fewer people in the office.

Zhang Yan led them into the office, and said helplessly, "Almost all those who can go out to work have gone out now."

Judging by Zhang Yan's constant phone calls, the workload of those staying in the police station must be heavy.

Su Xiuran and Zhang Yan have been communicating about the case for the past few days. After finding a breakthrough with Sun Ran, although the next progress is still very difficult, it is no longer at a loss.

After all, no matter how cleanly the information on the Internet is deleted, since the suspect has maintained a relatively close relationship with Sun Ran for a while, there will always be some witnesses and clues left in reality.

They checked around Sun Ran's apartment two days ago and got some clues. Several nearby residents said that they had seen Sun Ran go in and out with a young man.

Later, I screened many surveillance videos at nearby intersections, and finally found a picture of Sun Ran and a man in white appearing together two or three times.

Although the man in white kept his head lowered consciously, he couldn't take a clear frontal photo of his face, but he was able to restore a rough sketch based on his height and shape, combined with the memories of nearby residents.

With the sketch, the police immediately issued a wanted arrest in the system. Now that there are more field personnel, firstly, it is for social security considerations, and secondly, it is also to step up investigation and arrest this suspect who is likely to commit another crime as soon as possible.

Zhang Yan was too busy, Su Xiuran didn't bother him when he arrived at the sub-bureau, but went to the evidence room and the morgue by himself to check the evidence that he had seen many times.

Su Xiuran's expression was solemn, and Lin Mei was silently by his side.

After thinking for a while, Su Xiuran asked Lin Mei: "Little Mei, what do you think?"

Lin Mei's focus was on the fact that the suspect was close at hand, but he couldn't bring him to justice. He stared at the sketch of the suspect released by the police and said, "Although such a person has no obvious features, it shouldn't be difficult to find, after all He's a little eye-catching... and a little..." When she saw the sketch two days ago, she felt a little strange in her heart, but she never dared to say it.

Su Xiuran smiled slightly, and continued to speak for her: "You still look a bit like me, right?"

Lin Mei let out an "uh", no matter if it was the picture captured on the surveillance or the reconstructed sketch, the suspect in white did look a bit like Su Xiuran, how should I put it, no matter in terms of height or face, they were so similar.

It's not just her, Zhang Yan and the people in the sub-bureau must have noticed it too, but they didn't tell Su Xiuran directly.

Su Xiuran was originally thin and tall, with handsome features. Even if such a person didn't have such easily recognizable features as a blemish on his face or half of his front teeth missing, he would still be looked at by others wherever he went. of.

If the suspect was indeed somewhat similar to Su Xiuran, it would not be very difficult to identify him in the crowd—provided that he had been within the sight of the police.If he's hiding well, or in disguise, that's a different story.

With a complicated expression, Su Xiuran said in a low voice, "Sun Ran once expressed his affection for me."

Lin Mei was not very surprised, he was outstanding in appearance, gentle and gentleman, it was normal to be admired by the opposite sex.

Su Xiuran explained again: "It was more than a year ago, and I haven't met you yet. I had some contact with Sun Ran in the police station, and then she gave me a card with her personal information written on it. Contact information, and a few words, to the effect that I would like to meet her privately."

When Lin Mei heard this, she nodded and said, "As a woman, I can answer you. This must be an expression of goodwill. If a girl doesn't like you and doesn't want to develop something with you, she definitely doesn't want to have a private relationship with you." met alone."

Of course she wouldn't eat such inexplicable flying vinegar, her tone of voice was normal.

Seeing that she didn't overreact, Su Xiuran continued, "So I judge...if there is a person who looks like me in front of her, maybe she will gain extra favor and trust from her."

As a professionally trained police officer, Sun Ran has a much higher vigilance and safety awareness than ordinary women. If she can allow someone to visit her home alone during a special time, she must trust him.It's just that this kind of trust may be a part of empathy from Su Xiuran.

Su Xiuran's eyes couldn't restrain the faint compassion again, Lin Mei suddenly realized why his emotional ups and downs were so obvious when he heard that Sun Ran was the new victim.

After all, she was someone who had expressed affection for him, and her murder had something to do with her vague feelings for him.

Lin Mei hastily stretched out her hand to hold Su Xiuran's cold hand, and their eyes met. Although they didn't speak, they both found a tacit understanding in each other's eyes.

"One more thing, it's not so easy to look like me." Su Xiuran smiled at her, "Although it's not obvious, my mother has a quarter of Germanic blood."

Lin Mei suddenly realized: "It turns out that you also know that you are good-looking, and there is a certain essential difference from ordinary people."

There were only the two of them in the evidence room, and they could speak casually, but Su Xiuran could only say helplessly, "Xiaomei, I'm just stating the facts."

Lin Mei and him have been in love for so long, and of course I also found that his brow bones and nose bridge are very prominent, not to mention very delicate, the height of the nose bridge and the depth of the eye sockets are also subtly different from the standard Asian appearance.

If you observe Xia Su Xiuyan and Qu Yan carefully, you will also find this feature. They all belong to the type with particularly outstanding eyebrows and eyes.

Of course, Qu Yan's blood is only a quarter, and it has been greatly diluted by Su Xiuran's generation. His pupils and hair color are pure black. Except that his skin color is indeed whiter than ordinary people, other features are similar to those of yellow people. There is no difference, so it is difficult for others to see what he does not say.

They were talking about the key point, Lin Mei didn't divert her attention by joking too much, and said thoughtfully: "Even with such a large population in China, it's hard to find two people who look alike."

Even if they are ordinary-looking people, the so-called popular faces, there are very few two people who are very similar, let alone someone like Su Xiuran who has a special bloodline and has a particularly outstanding appearance.

What are the chances that there is someone who happens to look a lot like Su Xiuran, who is close in height, lives in City B, and is a perverted serial murderer?

There were so few answers without thinking, Lin Mei naturally thought that this person might have some blood relationship with Su Xiuran.

She asked her own question, Su Xiuran shook her head, and directly denied it: "My father and mother's families are small in size, and I know all the people who may be related to us by blood, they cannot be."

Lin Mei was a little whimsical: "Then what if it's an illegitimate child or something?" As soon as she said the words, she knew that her guess was a little out of line, and immediately said, "Well, if there is one, you know it."

Su Xiuran smiled slightly, seeing that she had thought of it herself, she stopped trying to explain it.He used to be the ruler of the Su family, and the Su family was not an ordinary family. All the secrets were recorded, so how could he allow an illegitimate child of unknown origin to exist?
It might be possible if their family hadn't deliberately investigated, but Su Daolin is a very cautious person who values ​​bloodlines very much, including Qu Yan's family relatives back then, etc., he has investigated them very clearly, and has special file records .

These things were transferred to Su Xiuran after his death, and then Su Xiuran handed them over to Su Xiuyan. Even until now, even Qu Yan didn't know the existence of this file.

Su Daolin was sure that although Qu Yan's family was a bit ordinary, it was clean and innocent, so he married her.

If it is ruled out that the suspect is related to the Su family, then there is only one possibility... Thinking of this, Lin Mei felt a little horrified: "Could it be that this person was created on purpose?"

It is of course impossible to create a person out of thin air, but if someone completely transforms a person according to Su Xiuran's standards, such as looking for someone who is somewhat similar to Su Xiuran, and then changing that person's differences from Su Xiuran, It can also be said that it is a kind of fabrication to draw him infinitely closer to Su Xiuran himself.

Thinking of this, Lin Mei couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, when Sun Ran was killed, Su Xiuran was with her in City S, and there were many witnesses to prove it. Otherwise, wouldn't he be the biggest suspect?
No... If the person who "created" this suspect was to use this similar appearance to frame Su Xiuran, then why would he commit a crime when Su Xiuran was not in City B, and indirectly cleanse Su Xiuran? Xiu Ran's suspicion?
Lin Mei thought about it for a long time, and felt that there were too many incomprehensions in the logic, the more she thought about it, the more headache she felt, so she couldn't help but look up at Su Xiuran.

Su Xiuran smiled softly at her, and said: "From the fact that he killed Sun Ran and exposed himself, he probably has escaped some kind of control... I have a feeling that the current development is not completely according to planned or 'scripted'."

Lin Mei frowned, what Su Xiuran meant was that he believed that the suspect who committed these crimes might just be a pawn that was carefully designed and used.

She hurriedly said, "That is to say, behind this suspect, there is someone who ordered him or controlled him?"

Su Xiuran nodded: "Whether it is to change a person's appearance, or to change a person's words and deeds, it is not a one-time achievement. It is likely to use plastic surgery, as well as physical training, which will take a long time. process and patience over the years.

"From the fact that the suspect lost control and killed Sun Ran immediately after being pressured by the police, it can be seen that he is not such a patient person. Behind him, there must be another person."

Lin Mei can only think of one person who has such a perverted attachment to Su Xiuran and has enough time to complete all of this, and that is Du Lin.

Seeing Lin Mei's questioning gaze, Su Xiuran gave a wry smile and nodded slightly: "I doubt him."

Since Du Lin was suspected to be the mastermind behind the scenes, the matter became more complicated. Lin Mei thought for a while and asked Su Xiuran: "Then what are we going to do now?"

Su Xiuran said: "About this issue... we may go to Sun Ran's apartment in the afternoon and visit those witnesses again."

Seeing that Lin Mei was puzzled, he smiled and said, "Even if it's a deliberate imitation, there are no two people who are exactly the same in this world."

Yes, even if there is not much difference in the photos, there may be a big difference when standing in front of the real person. This point cannot be verified remotely.

Su Xiuran probably wanted to find out the difference between this suspect and himself through interviewing those witnesses.

After coming out of the evidence room, they greeted Zhang Yan and drove there by themselves.

In order to facilitate commuting to and from get off work, the single apartment that Sun Ran rented was very close to the branch office, and it took them more than ten minutes to get there by car.

Different from the community where Lin Mei lived before, this is a high-rise apartment, and there are ground-floor shops downstairs. There are more people coming and going, and the surveillance cameras are more intensive.

The first witness they found was the manager of the apartment.

The older uncle didn't notice that Su Xiuran was similar to the previous suspect at first. He only took a closer look at Su Xiuran when he heard that Lin Mei asked him this question directly.

After reading it twice, he said hesitantly: "The tall ones are similar, and the face is also a bit similar, but they are definitely not the same person. That person's face is stiff, and he looks a little fierce."

If the suspect has undergone more complicated plastic surgery, his face will feel a little stiff compared to ordinary people.The completely face-changing technology that appears in sci-fi movies, which is completely natural after the change, does not exist in reality.Coupled with the fact that the suspect has an extreme personality and fierce actions, it is naturally difficult to have such a gentle and refined temperament like Su Xiuran.

Lin Mei secretly sighed in her heart: Sun Ran can't fail to see that there is something wrong with the suspect, but still maintains a relationship with him... Maybe it's because of her admiration and fascination for Su Xiuran to a certain extent.

When she thought of this, she couldn't help but feel a little bit like the sadness of a rabbit dead and a fox. The luckier thing about her than Sun Ran was that Su Xiuran also had a crush on her.Otherwise, if you fall in love with a person like Su Xiuran, it will probably be difficult to get out of that kind of magic barrier in your life.

Su Xiuran didn't pay attention to her mood, but pressed her thin lips tightly, and kept asking several witnesses who were recorded by the police, and their statements were similar, nothing more than: Although the appearance is a bit similar, the temperament is quite different , Looking at the photos, you will still feel that there are two portraits, but you will not be confused when you look at the person.

It took them more than an hour to inquire all the way, Lin Mei saw that Su Xiuran's expression was getting more and more gloomy, and the brows were also quietly frowned, so he knew that he probably thought of something.

After visiting all the witnesses, they drove back to the branch office before it was time to get off work. Zhang Yan saw them and asked directly, "What do you think?"

Su Xiuran looked at him, pondered for a while before saying, "This suspect...is probably a half-finished product."

If someone deliberately "trained" this person to look like this, it probably wasn't just for the purpose of making him commit these two endless cases and then be wanted by the police.

If the opponent is assumed to be a person with strict logic and high IQ, then such meaningless things are obviously not his purpose.

Then there is only one possibility, the suspect is a "semi-finished product", he lost control step by step on the way to Su Xiuran infinitely.

Zhang Yan nodded: "Then if we want to arrest him, is there any shortcut?"

It has been a few days, and the police must have tried every possible way, but there is still no whereabouts of the suspect.

Su Xiuran's eyes showed that faint compassion again, and he said: "I think the focus should be on...finding his body."

Even Zhang Yan was speechless for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "We haven't dared to make bold assumptions about this."

It has been two days since the suspect's sketch was obtained and the intensive investigation. Due to past experience and trust in the police's ability, the police department has actually had a tendency: under such efforts, the suspect still failed to be arrested. It is very likely that he was brought to justice because he was no longer active in city B.

The "not active in city B", the police assume that he has fled to other places... However, there is another possibility, that is, he has lost the ability to move, for example, he has lost his life.

The latter possibility was discarded because there was a high probability that the second suspect would be involved, and the existing evidence was completely insufficient to prove the existence of the second person.

In addition to his strong intuition and reasoning ability, Su Xiuran's advantage also lies in his status as a free man who is not affiliated with the police department. He can boldly put forward hypotheses, and whether to adopt them depends on the attitude of the top police officers.

Zhang Yan lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "I will report this hypothesis upwards."

Whether it is him or Su Xiuran, there is only so much they can do. Su Xiuran smiled at him: "Then I will wait for the good news."

The news came on the third day after Su Xiuran returned to City B. Zhang Yan called Su Xiuran at the scene where the suspect's body was found.

After the focus of the investigation shifted to the missing persons in the past few days, the police identified a suspicious person. He was an ordinary citizen from City B. He used to be a basketball player in a sports school. After his parents died in an accident two years ago, Lived alone and quit his job.

Because he lives in an old residential area, the neighbors in the neighborhood are closely connected. Recently, several old neighbors found that he hadn’t gone out for several days, and he didn’t answer the door, and there were some strange smells in the room. came out, so they collectively reported it to the Pianer police.

Originally, the police planned to go to his house to check the situation as a general police report, but after receiving instructions from their superiors, they immediately waited for a team of special police.

After knocking on the door for a long time and making many phone calls to no avail, the special police and the police station finally broke in, and then they found a slightly decomposed corpse in the bedroom.

Unlike the previous two victims, the cause of death this time was gas poisoning. A suicide note and the mobile phones of the first two victims were also found beside the bed.

The suicide note was handwritten. The suspect stated that he was bisexual, and he was dealing with a man and a woman at the same time, which made him feel that the world was chaotic and disordered, and he had no interest in life. He simply chose to kill his two lovers one after another, and then committed suicide.

No matter from the integrity of the seal at the scene, the handwriting of the suicide note, and the physical evidence at the scene, there is no way to prove the existence of a second person.

The case that the police have been struggling with for more than a week has finally been successfully concluded. The physical witnesses are all perfect, and the suspect committed suicide. Even further interrogation and court proceedings can be avoided.

After answering Zhang Yan's call, Su Xiuran said, "Very well, you can rest for a while."

He hung up the phone, looked up and saw Lin Mei who was watching him attentively, smiled and briefly repeated to her.

Lin Mei was silent, and after a long time, she got up and smiled and said, "That's okay, after all, the person who should be punished has already been punished most severely."

There is one more sentence that she didn't say... There is a person in this world who poorly imitated Su Xiuran, and he has completely disappeared.

Realizing that she was actually a little elated by this reality, Lin Mei lost her mind for a moment, she shook her head vigorously, and pulled Su Xiuran's hand: "Xiu Ran, you can relax a little and rest for a while."

As if he didn't see her absent-mindedness, Su Xiuran smiled gently at her, lowered his eyelashes, and held her soft palm tightly: "Yes, the spring is just right, before I can feel it, the long summer is here. "

If there was still some spring tail two weeks ago, then a violent storm in these two weeks knocked down the decadent flowers on the treetops, and dyed the rich emerald green in every corner of the city.

The most colorful and dreamy flowering season has passed, and what follows will be a long, blue, scorching summer.

Su Xiuran raised his arms and gently hugged Lin Mei's shoulders. He closed his eyes lightly. Even though he noticed Lin Mei's thoughts, it didn't make him have the slightest barrier to her.

He is very clear that there is a beast hidden in everyone's heart. Whether to release it is related to external conditions, but also related to his own decision. The hell on earth is just a matter of one thought.

Is there anyone in this world who is innocent all his life and has never had the slightest dark thoughts?He has not, and never will, demand such hypocrisy from others.

Because true kindness and justice are not fragile things like transparent glass or pure white snowflakes.

It's about going through hardships and coming out of mud, but still being fair and bright. It's knowing that the world is dangerous and the road is lonely, but still has no hesitation.

(End of this chapter)