can not breath

Chapter 21 Destruction of Airbags (1)
When we arrived at Li Hanliang's house, it was time for dinner. Zhou Yuanyi looked at his watch and felt that it was not very polite or smart to disturb Professor Li at this time.He decided to wait outside the old French house for a while before going in.

There was a little wind, and it was chilly. The broad leaves of the sycamore swayed with the wind, making a rustling sound, and the sound fluctuated high and low, irregularly.Zhou Yuanyi took out a white Marlboro and was about to light it. At this moment, his shoulder shook, and someone behind him patted his shoulder.

Looking back, Zhou Yuanyi saw a bright smiling face.

"Captain Zhou, what's the matter, you don't recognize me?" Standing in front of her was a girl who looked a little familiar, about twenty years old, with big eyes, and something like water glistened in her pupils.

"You are..." Zhou Yuanyi really couldn't remember who this girl was.

"Hey, you really don't recognize me? I'm Xu Tingting."
It was only then that Zhou Yuanyi remembered that Xu Tingting was the girl who assisted him when he went to the Telecom Bureau to find out the phone list of Xie Yixue's home.

"Huh?! Team Zhou, what are you doing in the teacher's dormitory area of ​​the college? Who are you looking for?" Xu Tingting asked with wide eyes.

"Oh, I'm here to look for Professor Li, Professor Li Hanliang." Zhou Yuanyi replied a little awkwardly, he was always a bit embarrassed in front of beautiful girls.

"Are you looking for him now? Why didn't you come a few minutes earlier? Just after Professor Li left, an emergency patient came to the affiliated hospital for craniotomy, and he was called away with a temporary phone call." Xu Tingting said with a smile.

"Oh?! How do you know?" Zhou Yuanyi said with a touch of disappointment.

"Of course I know, because I just sent Professor Li to the special car."
"Really? Why did you send Professor Li to the car?" Zhou Yuanyi was a little puzzled.

"Hehe, because Professor Li is my uncle, my mother and I live here." Xu Tingting said while covering her mouth and smiling.

Zhou Yuanyi couldn't help sighing, this world is really small, why are the people involved in this case always related in various ways?Even a collaborator I met at work is actually related to Professor Li who I want to ask questions.What a coincidence.

"Captain Zhou, haven't you eaten yet? It's time to eat now. Seeing that you are staying here, you must want to wait for uncle to finish his meal before going to him. That's good, you won't be able to wait for uncle anyway. Come to my house and have a meal." Before Zhou Yuanyi could answer, Xu Tingting pulled Zhou Yuanyi's sleeves and walked towards the big red brick French-style two-story house.

On the long dining table are a plate of fish-flavored shredded pork, a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus pork slices, a plate of stir-fried spinach, and a bowl of peanut pork knuckle soup, which is still slightly steaming.

"Eat whatever you want, I'm sorry, there's nothing to eat." Xu Tingting greeted warmly.

"There are so many dishes, and you still say there is nothing?" Zhou Yuanyi was not as cramped as before.

"Hehe, my mother and her middle school classmates went to the farmhouse today. My uncle and I had dinner together. Who knew that he would leave as soon as I cooked the dishes. I was worried that I couldn't handle so many dishes by myself. Fortunately, you Here you come. Come, let's eat, and help me wipe out all the dishes." Xu Tingting raised the chopsticks in her hand and said loudly.

Zhou Yuanyi took a bite of the dish, and it tasted really good. The fish-flavored shredded pork was moderately salty, the sweet-scented osmanthus sliced ​​meat was tender and refreshing, the pork knuckle soup was creamy and milky white, and the spinach was as green as if it had just been picked from the ground.

While eating, Zhou Yuanyi looked around the whole room.Li Hanliang's home is elegantly furnished, and there is even a huge bookcase in a corner of the living room, inside which are neatly stacked medical textbooks.A 29-inch Changhong TV is placed opposite the black leather sofa, and there is no tacky TV wall.A few green tropical plants are placed on both sides of the TV, which makes the room full of interest.Sure enough, it is the professor's home, no matter how it is arranged, it shows a somewhat cultural atmosphere.

Suddenly, Xu Tingting raised her head and asked, "Captain Zhou, why are you looking for my uncle?"
"Oh, it's because of something about the case..." Zhou Yuanyi replied absent-mindedly.

"The case?" Xu Tingting yelled suddenly, "Why, you suspect Uncle? Did you make a mistake?"
"Ha..." Zhou Yuanyi came to his senses and quickly explained, "I didn't mean that, I just encountered some medical problems, and I want to ask him for advice."
"I hate it, I was shocked." Xu Tingting said coquettishly.

Hearing Xu Tingting's coquettish anger, Zhou Yuanyi's face flushed red in an instant, and several big beads of sweat came out from his forehead.

"Are you urgent?" Xu Tingting asked suddenly.

"It's in a hurry."
"Well, let's go to the hospital. My uncle is undergoing a craniotomy. This operation will take about five hours. You can wait for him outside the operating room of the hospital."
"But, which operating room is he in? I heard that there are seven operating rooms in the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangdu University, all of which are full 24 hours a day." Zhou Yuanyi asked.

"Cough... How about this, I'll take you there after the meal." Xu Tingting hurriedly moved the chopsticks, speeding up her meal.

The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangdu University is the largest hospital in Jiangdu City. Three 20-story high-rise buildings are designed in the shape of sails and stand in the center of the city, like a fleet preparing to sail.The tallest building is the surgery building, and the one on the left is the internal medicine building.On the right is the outpatient department. The outpatient department occupies six floors, and the inspection department is upstairs.

It was already twelve o'clock in the evening when Zhou Yuanyi and Xu Tingting arrived at the hospital, and there was still more than an hour before the operation was completed.However, it is difficult to determine the time of surgery, and it is often extended due to emergencies.

In the empty corridor, the lights were brightly lit, and the smell of Lysol was floating everywhere. Except for a few family members of the patients who were waiting for the operation to be completed, there was no one else.

Xu Tingting pulled Zhou Yuanyi's shirt sleeves and said, "Let's find the neurosurgery doctor on duty. Dr. Liu is on duty today. He is my uncle's favorite student. If you have any questions, you can ask him."
"Okay." Zhou Yuanyi replied.

Pushing open the door of the duty room, the doctor named Liu Siren was banging on the computer. As soon as he saw Xu Tingting coming in, he immediately stood up and gave up his seat. His eyes flashed, and he said repeatedly: "Tingting, it's been a long time. I haven't seen you, it's a rare visitor, please sit down."
This Doctor Liu is 27 and [-] years old, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looks very refined.When he saw Zhou Yuanyi behind Xu Tingting, a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.

"Doctor Liu, do you understand the drug Substance A?" Zhou Yuanyi immediately got into the topic as soon as he sat down.

"Substance A?" Liu Siren trembled and said, "I know, of course I know, this is a drug discovered by Professor Li, and we only know a small part of the properties of this substance, and there are still many things that are not known. We understand."
"Then do you understand its quantity management?"
"This..." Liu Siren looked hesitantly at Zhou Yuanyi, then at Xu Tingting, but couldn't speak...

In a dark corner, Xiao Zhijie sat curled up on the ground with his back against the cold wall, a cigarette in his finger rising into curls of smoke.He was lost in thought, but he didn't take a puff of the cigarette between his fingers, he just let it burn casually.It wasn't until the cigarette burned his fingers that he shivered and threw the cigarette butt aside.

What is he thinking about?
There was a noise outside the house, and someone was shouting loudly: "Xiao... Xiao... Come on..."
Xiao Zhijie frowned, stood up hastily, and rushed out of the dark hut with a stride.

Who is calling him?

Early in the morning, seeing his father going out, Shen Xiaoye also went downstairs.She didn't know where she was going, she just didn't want to stay at home, this dead home.

When I went downstairs, it was a bit cold, and the sky was gloomy, and the blackness seemed to collapse.

Shen Xiaoye hurriedly walked downstairs and came to Zhengma Road, when a bus drove up in front of her and opened the door.Shen Xiaoye didn't care about anything, and got into the car on his own.She didn't know where the car was going, she only knew that no matter where she went, it would not be more depressing and painful than at home.

She was sitting on the window seat, and the glass window on the right was not closed tightly, leaving a gap no matter what, the cold wind kept pouring in through the gap, making the compartment like a cold cellar.The weather this year is really weird to the extreme, it's September now, and it's so cold that it makes people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.

After Shen Xiaoye flinched for a while, she decided to get off at the next stop, no matter where it was.

The car finally stopped, and Xiaoye was the first to jump out of the car.

This is still the city center, and when she got off the bus, Xiaoye saw a neon light in the street market directly opposite, with five colorful words of Crystal Bathing Palace written on it.It is daytime now, but the neon lights still haven't disappeared, and the charm and prosperity of last night still remain.

Shen Xiaoye knew that this kind of bathing palace must be a place related to pornography, she didn't want to stay here and suffer bad luck, so she turned around and walked to the other side of the street.Of course, she never imagined that the woman who died on the lover's beach outside the back school gate a few days ago was once the red lady in such a filthy place, and she never imagined that this woman had an indescribable relationship with her father Shen Jianguo relation.

On the other side of the street, Shen Xiaoye saw an Internet cafe that was still open, the shutter door was half open, and a dirty blue cloth strip blocked the view.

Xiaoye usually hates places like Internet cafes the most. In her mind, there are only bad boys and brats hanging out in Internet cafes, shouting loudly to play CS, or cursing and playing Legend.The smell of cigarettes, sweat, and feet is mixed, and there are cigarette butts and empty bowls of instant noodles piled up next to the keyboard.Feeling disgusted just thinking about it, Shen Xiaoye decided to walk past this Internet cafe quickly.

On the left side of the Internet cafe is a narrow alley, which can only be passed by two people side by side.In Jiangdu City, even in the urban area, there are often such narrow alleys. Most of the civilians and laid-off workers here live far away, and you can smell a bad smell.

Shen Xiaoye covered her nose and turned her back to the alley.At this time, she suddenly heard a rush of footsteps from behind, running so fast, so hurriedly.

Before Xiaoye could turn around, she was knocked to the ground by someone.

Her knee hit the cold ground, it hurt so much, and a purple bruise floated on her leg immediately.

What a daredevil!Shen Xiaoye turned around and was about to get angry, but when she saw the person in front of her, she froze.

Standing in front of her was a crooked old woman, dressed in black and black trousers, even her cloth shoes were black.The face is covered with gullies, and the wrinkles are like ditches running across the old face.Her dry eyes were full of turbid colors, and it was impossible to tell how old she was. The only thing that was certain was that she must be quite old, and her eyes were full of contempt for everything.She stared straight at Xiaoye, motionless, like a black witch who escaped from hell.

The old woman stared at Shen Xiaoye for a long time, and then let out a sharp laugh.

"Ha-haha-hahaha-"
Is it neurosis?Xiaoye said to herself.Why is it that I have such bad luck, I want to go out to relax, but it is so unfortunate that I meet a weird old woman.

The old woman in black smiled vigorously, savagely, recklessly, bent down, put her hands on her belly, and trembled all over.She seems to have seen the funniest thing in the world, and she seems to be able to appreciate the happiness that others in the world cannot perceive.She is crazy!madman! !madman! ! !
"I have to escape from here." Shen Xiaoye said to herself, but only then did she realize that her whole body was out of her control at all, her hands had no strength at all, and her feet didn't seem to belong to her anymore, so she couldn't move. Even if it's a centimeter away.What's wrong?Why is it like being in a nightmare?Xiaoye was shrouded in fear. In an instant, she seemed to be tightly strangled by an invisible big hand, making her unable to breathe.

Yes, can't breathe!
Suddenly, the old woman stopped laughing wildly, and the laughter disappeared so suddenly, as if the car had stopped in an instant.There was silence all around, deathly silence.

She looked at Shen Xiaoye solemnly with a blank face, slowly raised her finger, and put her index finger on her lips, as if to say: "Girl, don't talk, be quiet! Be quiet! Be quiet!!!"
Xiaoye seemed to be haunted by a monster, she was motionless, and she couldn't even speak.Her throat seemed to be entangled with dead branches, making her breathless.

The old woman's cheek moved slightly, then she put down her dead branch-like finger and pointed at Shen Xiaoye.Her throat surged, and there was a leaking sound from her shriveled mouth.

"All will die... all will die... all will die..."
There is no emotion in the words, just like a witch, chanting her spell.

"All will die... all will die... all will die..."
"All will die... all will die... all will die..."
"All will die... all will die... all will die..."
Before Xiaoye could react, the old woman turned around, looked up at the sky, and laughed again.Laughing hysterically, laughing soul-stirringly.

Surrounded by the sudden fear, Xiaoye trembled all over her body.Just as she was about to struggle to get up from the ground, she saw the old woman's shoulders tremble, and then she turned around again, staring at her with dead fish-like eyes, without any expression in them, like two The tunnel leading to an unknown destination is generally dark.It's like two big mouths opening, trying to devour Xiaoye.

Shen Xiaoye couldn't bear the huge shock, she opened her mouth and screamed loudly.

"Ah-help me--help, help ah-"
When Xie Yixue got up, she saw that Shen Jianguo and Shen Xiaoye had gone out. Sister He was still busy in the kitchen, but she was already busy making lunch.Looking at the empty room, Xie Yixue couldn't help but sighed while clutching her stomach.

She didn't fall asleep all night last night. She clearly heard the security door rang and Shen Jianguo came back.But he didn't go into the room to sleep, but kept pacing up and down in the living room.What was he thinking about?Why is he up all night?Is it for that bitch named Ouyang Mei?
Thinking of this, Xie Yixue felt a dull pain in her heart, like a blunt knife slowly cutting through her heart.

Sitting on the soft sofa, she casually picked up a magazine from her side and opened it.I turned to a page by accident, and the black and bold headline on it read: During pregnancy, don't let your husband have an affair.

This is a women's fashion magazine, the title made Xie Yixue startled and shuddered.She hastily closed the magazine and turned on the TV.

On the TV, there is an infomercial show promoting fitness equipment.A young woman with a good figure is jogging on a treadmill, and as she runs, she says: "You can only keep a man's heart if you are in the best shape."
Xie Yixue stared dejectedly at her swollen belly and terrible figure, she couldn't help but want to cry.

She pressed the remote control, and the TV changed channels.

The great thing about a TV is that when you need to hear a little bit of sound, it babbles on and on, adding a little more people to the room.And when you don't want to hear it, just press it and it will shut up.

In a sense, TV is more reliable than men, because it is obedient!
But where to find an obedient man?Shen Jianguo is the pillar of the family, he is a strong man, Xie Yixue is impossible to make him an obedient man.

Xie Yixue turned off the TV in boredom, now she just wanted to make the room quiet for a while.

Randomly grabbed a fashion magazine beside her, and opened a page, Xie Yixue saw that there were small classified advertisements on this page, and there was a palm-sized classified advertisement painted with a striking black frame.Bored, Xie Yixue picked up the magazine and browsed through this small advertisement.

"Bond Agency, wholeheartedly provides you with investigation services, professionalism, and confidentiality first." A few advertising words did not make sense, but they deeply attracted Xie Yixue's attention.She looked at the contact number on it, it was the area code of this city, she thought about it, looked around, picked up the phone, and dialed it.

Xie Yixue asked this man named Wu Wei to meet in the Casablanca coffee shop, and when she arrived there, it was already noon.Under the cover of tropical plants, she saw the man.

Wu Wei didn't look like the detective he imagined, he didn't wear a black windbreaker, let alone a pair of cool sunglasses.He is in his thirties, slightly fat, with a beer belly, his face is a little swollen, his eyes are dark, and his eyes are shining with the vicissitudes of life and the pressure of life.He looks so ordinary, as ordinary as a laid-off worker in an alley.He looks too ordinary, so ordinary that he will disappear without a trace as soon as he walks into the crowd.

Xie Yixue was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, to be a detective might be to look ordinary, otherwise she would always attract other people's attention, so how could she be followed and peeped?
Xie Yixue sat across from Wu Wei, and expressed her wish in the simplest way: help her find out what kind of man Xiao Zhijie is and what secrets he has.

After listening to Xie Yixue's words, Wu Wei was very professional and did not ask Xie Yixue why he wanted to pursue these things.He took the envelope containing the money, stretched out an index finger, and said blankly: "One day, just one day is enough. At this time tomorrow, I'm still here, and I will tell you all about Xiao Zhijie ."
"One day?" Xie Yixue had a suspicious look on her face.But Wu Wei can say such big words, maybe he really has uniqueness in investigation.

For Wu Wei, investigating a person's identity is indeed an easy task.He was a policeman a few years ago, but he had to leave his beloved post because of the frustration of solving a certain case four years ago.But he still has an inextricably linked network in the police, and as long as he uses a small part of the network, he can easily find out what kind of person Xiao Zhijie is.

(End of this chapter)