For a moment, Bao Le didn't know what to say, whether to comfort him or not to comfort him, so he struggled for a long time before asking, "How...how did she die?"

Xie Huai smiled for no reason at all, raised his eyes and asked her, "How do you want her to die?"

The little girl pondered for a long time: "I had an emergency at night, and I didn't wake up at dawn."

It's not that she's talking nonsense, her grandma died just like that.The old man had a smooth life, he was in good health on weekdays, he had no major illnesses or minor illnesses, but he just fell asleep one day and never woke up the next morning.It is said that this is a very common thing in their Lao Jiang's family. Looking up the family tree, many relatives died in this way.Explained by modern medicine, it may be an undiscovered recessive genetic disease.

However, the elders in the family have always had a set of rhetoric, saying that the person who left is because he has gone through the calamity in the world and returned to heaven to become an official.

Bao Le is still very young, far from the age where she feels that she is going to die, but if she wants to ask another self how he died, she is more inclined to answer this way.After all, other ways to die are either unsightly or too painful.

"That's what you said." Xie Huai replied with a blank expression.

At that time, it happened that Jiang Ning came back from the phone call. Bao Le had doubts in his heart, but he didn't have time to say it out.Any fool can tell that Xie Huai was just being perfunctory just now, but he looks like he doesn't want to continue talking about this topic, and no one can do anything about him.

Jiang Ningruyu's fingers covered the mobile phone covered with a red shell, and she threw it up casually, and then pinched the dropped mobile phone between the index finger and middle finger with great precision, and put it back into Bao Le's jacket pocket.

"Whose phone number?" Bao Le asked her.

Jiang Meiren crossed her legs, smoothed out the wrinkles on the cheongsam, and stared at Xie Huai obviously motionless, but she was answering the little girl's question: "Don't worry."

Bao Le's eyes lit up when he heard this: "You contacted her, where is she now?"

The corner of Jiang Ning's mouth raised: "Nan Jing."

The little girl was dumbfounded, she thought that teleporting from Guanyuan Bridge to Nvluo Village was outrageous, but she didn't expect that there was another one that directly crossed half of China.

Jiang Meiren rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "I wonder if Mr. Xie can send us to Nan Jing?"

"It's a joke. You can go to Nan Jing by buying a plane ticket. Why do you need my help for such a simple matter?"

"Of course it's because we can't buy this ticket," Jiang Ning stared, "Mr. Xie's help is needed."

"Since you can't even buy this ticket, why do you think that I can help you. What's more, even if I have a way, how do you know that I will be willing to help?" Xie Huai sneered.

Bao Le sat between the two, eating melons silently, always feeling that the aura between the two was very subtle.If you want to say it, it is probably a strong confrontation, double A's fighting each other, and the weak, pitiful and helpless little girl can't intervene at all.

After a long time, Jiang Ning said again: "What if I say that I am from the Shen family?"

"Even if it's the Shen family..." Xie Huai didn't react at first, and repeated her words with a slight sarcasm, but suddenly couldn't continue after repeating the word "Shen", and asked in disbelief, "You just nowSay, which Shen family?"

Looking at his expression, Jiang Meiren knew that the deal was concluded: "Mr. Xie still knows a few Shen families, naturally they are King Shen Yan in Jinling City."

Xie Huai sat upright, and after a series of rich inner activities, he spoke again after a while: "I need three days to go through the formalities. If it goes well, I can fly to Nan Jing the morning after tomorrow."

Jiang Ning nodded: "So, then we will wait for the good news."

Since agreeing to them, Xie Huai hastily left the house without even bothering to eat, leaving only Bao Le full of problems.After wiping the table and washing the dishes, the little girl turned around and found that Jiang Meiren was sitting on the sofa, watching TV with great interest.

Bao Le stood in front of the TV with his hands on his hips: "Did you forget to tell me something?"

"Is there?" Jiang Ning pressed the remote control, trying to find a good angle that was not blocked.

"Why did Xie Huai not help us when he was beaten to death at first, but later changed his mind and decided to help us?"

Jiang Ning waved at her. Although historical experience told Bao Le that she should keep her distance at this moment, she couldn't hold back.As a result, within two seconds of her getting close, Jiang Ning pinched her cheek, and when she cried out for pain, she took advantage of the situation and pressed her down on her lap, and finally she was able to use the remote control to change channels.

"He didn't help because it's not easy to help," Jiang Ning poked Bao Le on the forehead before her hair exploded, "Then he chose to help, I guess it was because of asking for help.But I only know that the person he begged for was named Shen, and he didn't say what he begged for."

Bao Le immediately grasped the point: "Who didn't say it?"

Jiang Ning smiled: "Boss Xie from Jing Huatang."

Only then did the little girl know that before coming to Mirror Realm, Xie Huai from that world not only left a phone number for Bao Le, but also sent a message to Jiang Ning.From this point of view, everything that happened here now seems to be in the calculations of this boss Xie.How did Jiang Ning say that before - since his surname is Xie, how could he be a simple person.

...

Han Ziyang had just finished work at Nv Luoshan and was about to go home and take a hot shower when he suddenly received a text message on his cell phone.He canceled the vacation for himself and his little apprentice without any hassle, turned his head and said, "Drive to this place."

The two drove more than ten kilometers along the outskirts of Bei Jing, and arrived at their destination when the sun was about to set.

Han Ziyang's little apprentice was stunned. It was far away from downtown Bei Jing, and the roads were not easy to walk. He thought it was a wasteland, but unexpectedly there was an ancient town, and even the navigation didn't update the map of this area.After entering the ancient town, it is basically walking in the dark, but fortunately, the layout of the ancient town is not complicated, so that people will not get lost.The houses in the town are relatively old, and many shops along the street are closed.Occasionally, there are a few courtyard houses with lights on. Several gray-haired old people gather together and set up a table. Two of them are playing chess, and the rest are watching chess.

The old people in the town didn't care about outsiders, and few even looked up at them.After the car drove a little further, a magnificent mansion suddenly appeared behind the low yard of the bungalow.The entrance is paved with three floors of white marble steps, a pair of half-meter-high stone lions on the left and right, blue bricks, red walls and glazed tiles. If you are not still awake, it is as if you have come to a certain palace in the Qing Dynasty.

"Master, where is this?" The little apprentice Gao Xing asked curiously.

Han Ziyang asked him to park the car at the gate, raised his hand to look at the time, then leaned on the front of the car, pointed to Gao Xing at the plaque on the gate of the house: "Can't you see, Xie's mansion, where the person surnamed Xie lives.”

The little apprentice was curious: "Who are you thanking?"

Being idle and bored, our comrade Old Han took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and smiled mysteriously: "Of course it is Xie Huai, Dr. Xie's family. I heard from the captain before that,Xie Huaizu was an official for the emperor, this house was awarded to their ancestors by Emperor Kangxi, it is worth this amount!"

Gao Xing watched Han Ziyang mysteriously gesture to him, and couldn't help but gasped.

When the two of them were excitedly making arrangements for Xie Huai, the door of Xie's mansion opened suddenly, making Han Ziyang tremble with fright.

After a while, Xie Huai stumbled across the threshold.He changed into a light-colored overcoat when he went out before, but now it was shockingly stained with several bloodstains.As soon as he came out, he supported the stone lion at the door, retching non-stop, the broken hair on his forehead hung down, covering his eyes, but not his bright red lips.

Han Ziyang hurried up to help him, and together with his little apprentice, helped Xie Huai to the back seat of the car.

They have known each other for two or three years, and this is the first time they have seen Xie Huai like this.Xie Huai was lying on the back seat of the car, because his legs were too long to fit, so he could only half curl up.From getting in the car to now, he hasn't even opened his eyes. A pair of slender beautiful hands rest casually on his forehead, covering half of his eyes. The other half of his eyelashes are curly and thick, forming a shadow under his eyes.

This person's sudden weakness and fragmented sense of beauty scared Comrade Old Han so much that he didn't even dare to speak too loudly. He quietly discussed with the little apprentice.people go to the hospital.But before they came to a conclusion, Xie Huai sat up by himself. He thought he was fine, but who knew that he suddenly turned his back up, covered his mouth with one hand, and stretched out his hand in front of him, saying hello twice.

Xie Huai didn't get a response for a long time, so he couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Paper."

Han Ziyang handed over a pack of napkins foolishly, and then saw the person in front of him, pulled out one with one hand very calmly, covered his mouth and nose, then bent down, face down.After a while, the napkin was soaked in blood. Such a large amount of bleeding scared the two people in the front seat.

"Xie Youan, what's the matter with you?" Han Ziyang worried that he was dying, and his voice was a little hurried.

But until Xie Huai used up all the napkins in that pack, he didn't say another word.Afterwards, he stopped the bleeding and washed his face with clean water. Xie Huai leaned on the back of the car, occupying the entire back seat of the car by himself, and said calmly, "Old Han, go back to the police station. I'm going to see Bureau Zhao."

Han Ziyang froze for a moment: "Shouldn't you go to the hospital first?"

"I'm fine," Xie Huai smiled, "I've been here since I was a child, and I can't die. Stop talking nonsense, the old things at home finally let go, and I have to go back to the police station to strike while the iron is hot."

Han Ziyang looked at the completely dark sky outside: "Go back to the police station now, Bureau Zhao is off duty too."

Xie Huai sneered in a low voice: "It seems that you still don't know that the case in your hand...is now a big deal."

Han Ziyang froze for a moment, and then the phone rang happily.Gao Xing sat in the co-pilot and found that since his master answered the call, his brows had been furrowed and his expression was serious, and he would only respond occasionally.After he hung up the phone, he immediately started the car, turned the steering wheel, and without Xie Huai saying anything else, he drove towards the police station silently in the dark.

Xie Huai sat in the back seat of the car, raised his head slightly, and looked out the window at the street lights sprinting behind him one after another, his thoughts drifted back to a long, long time ago.

He had a very important lecture that day, and it was originally arranged to be held in the afternoon, so that he could catch up with her for dinner.But by God's will, the professor who gave the speech flew in from another place, and the time was already rushed, and the plane was delayed, so the lecture was postponed for four hours.

If only hadn't attended that lecture that day.

It would be great if didn't let go of her hand when sent her back to school that day.

"Xie Youan," Han Ziyang, who was sitting in the front seat driving, said suddenly, "I just heard that the four stumps found by Nv Luoshan belonged to four completely different people after DNA comparison, and one of themIt was the undiscovered left arm of Chen Xiaocheng, the victim in the case of the female corpse in the snow six years ago."

After Han Ziyang finished speaking, he took a peek at Xie Huai from the car rearview mirror, only to see him open the car window expressionlessly, and stick his fingers out of the window.

"Xie Youan, I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"

Xie Huai stared at the snow in his hand, was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Old Han, it's snowing."

Han Ziyang took a closer look, and it was true.There was a light rain in the sky, mixed with the rain, and there were some lumpy snowflakes.This should be the first snow in Bei Jing in 2022. Thanksgiving has just passed, and this year's snow came earlier than the previous two years.

Xie Huai said again: "It also snowed all night that day."

That day, what day is it?

...

Xie Huai was so busy that he didn't have time to go home until almost midnight. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Jiang Ning lying on the sofa.Holding the remote control that was about to fall to the ground.Xie Huai grabbed his remote control and looked around, but found no other figure.But because someone was sleeping, he didn't turn on the light. After all, it was his own home, and he was familiar with it. He went up to the second floor in the dark.

In front of his bedroom door, Xie Huai found the missing Bao Le.

The girl didn't go to bed late at night, but stood at his door cunningly.He remembered locking the door himself, but soon remembered that he had left them with spare keys for all the doors in the house before leaving.She must have discovered that the door of this room was locked in the entire villa, so she was curious about what was inside, so she took the key to open the door.

After hesitating for several minutes whether to go in, Bao Le thought it was not good to spy on other people's privacy, but at the same time convinced himself that Xie Huai did not say no.In the end, she still decided to see what was inside this house, but just as she opened the door, she saw the gray walls inside, and the door was closed with a "bang".

Before she had time to figure out why, Xie Huai arrived in time, wrapped the little girl in his arms, and pressed her warm palm against the hand on the doorknob.Bao Le, who was caught on the spot, felt his heart beating so fast, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig out a three-bedroom and one-living room.

Xie Huai let her go, and said expressionlessly: "Locking the door means that no one is welcome to enter."

"Yes, I'm sorry." Bao Le was very guilty and did not dare to look up.

He sighed, rubbed her head, and asked softly, "Do you want to eat cake?"

It was only then that Bao Le realized that he was carrying a plastic bag in his hand, and there was a cream cake in it. The cake was not big, and it happened to be for two people.When Xie Huai took out the cake, the careful little girl found two birthday candles in the plastic bag, one with the number 2 and the other with the number 8.

"Birthday cake?" she asked too much.

Xie Huai paused: "Well, today is my birthday."

Bao Le's memory has always been good, and she suddenly remembered that before she came to Mirror Realm, she met Xie Huai, the small boss in Jing Huatang, and he said to the person named Tianjiu, "Happy birthday, once a year".

It turns out that today is Xie Huai's birthday, but there are only five minutes left!

"Oh, you didn't say it earlier, I didn't prepare a birthday present for you," Bao Le felt wrong after finishing speaking, and they seemed not familiar enough to give each other birthday presents, "It doesn't matter, come, come, let's put birthday candlesPlug it in. It’s your birthday, you have to make a formality!”

Xie Huai looked at Jiang Baole, who was self-absorbed, with mixed feelings in his heart, and he just looked at her, motionless.

The little girl lit a candle and put her palms together. Under the dim candle light, her eyes twinkled, bright and moving.

"Happy birthday, congratulations on being a year older!"

She smiled sweetly.