Although he knew that he should take a good rest and recharge his energy for the next day, he had experienced so many things that day, Bao Le tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep.When the soft teddy bear beside the bed could not save her from insomnia, the little girl knew it was time to go to the balcony to blow some air to calm down.

She put on a coat and tiptoedly opened the door, only to find that there was still a faint light on the first floor.

Xie Huai was facing the laptop, still working, but it was past one o'clock in the morning.But thinking about the days when I knew him, this person was either busy or on his way.Bao Le thought of the clue wall in his bedroom again. This was the first time she really felt Xie Huai's determination to catch the murderer, and it was also the first time she faced the dark and oppressive five years of this man.

He must love Nian Nian very much.

...

Xie Huai followed the ceramic cup in front of him and slowly raised his head, just in time to meet Bao Le's smiling face.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" Dr. Xie took the cup, which contained warm black coffee.This is what the little girl just cooked in the kitchen for a long time with his expensive coffee machine, and finally brewed it.Probably because the kitchen was far away, and his attention was on the computer again, so he didn't realize that the little mouse had sneaked into his kitchen while he was unaware.

Bao Le found that he had been staring at the cup in his hand, so he lowered his arms, holding the cup and shaking it in front of him.

"The milk I put here," said the little girl, "I'm not like you, I'll go back to sleep later."

"thanks."

Xie Huai put the coffee on the table, stretched his waist, took off his glasses with his right hand, and rubbed his sore left shoulder.He usually doesn't wear glasses, and she hasn't seen him wearing glasses while reading a book or using a computer.

Bao Le couldn't hold back, and asked what was in his heart: "Are you short-sighted?"

"No." Dr. Xie put the glasses on the table, picked up his coffee, and said kindly, "I am farsighted."

The little girl was taken aback. In her heart, farsightedness is equal to presbyopia. Isn't this a symptom of older people?Dr. Xie is twenty-eight years old this year. He is old at this age. Could it be that God is jealous of talents.

Xie Huai saw through what she was thinking at a glance, and said helplessly: "Hyperopia is not equal to presbyopia. In fact, all newborns' eyes are highly hyperopic, because the eyeballs are not yet mature when they are born. Human eyes have a long-sightedness.The process of changing from hyperopia to emmetropia did not stop until I was about 5 years old. When I was a child...forget it, let’s not talk about it, my hyperopia did not affect my life, but I didn’t have a good rest for several days, and I was a little tired when I saw things."

Bao Le said that he had raised his posture, and even looked at him with more admiration.

"But overwork affects work efficiency," the little girl raised the milk glass in her hand, "Would you like to go to the balcony with me to blow some air?"

...

There are two balconies in Xie Huai's house, the smaller one is open-air, and a small world is separated by half-wall glass panels.When it rained all night, the two leaned on the handrail, listening to the sound of raindrops falling on the stone steps.No one spoke at first, perhaps waiting for the other to speak first.Xie Huai drew several circles around the wall of the ceramic cup with his fingers, and waited until the coffee in his hand was not so hot before planning to take a sip.

As a result, Bao Le was one step ahead of him, and she poured some of the milk in her cup into his coffee.

The little girl said, "It's not good to drink black coffee on an empty stomach."

The balcony is not like the inside of the house, there is no light, and it is raining and there is no moonlight outside. He can see the outline of Bao Le's figure, but he can't see her expression clearly, and he knows she is the same.The dark night has become his best protective color, even if he has been secretly looking at her, he will not be found.

After entering the winter, the nights in Bei Jing are actually very cold, especially when it rains today.

Baole exhaled Cheng Lan: "Xie Huai, let me ask you, what are you going to do after you catch the murderer?"

He didn't expect that she would ask this question. The young doctor of psychology extended his hand holding the cup to the balcony, raised his eyes with awe-inspiring eyes, and exuded a strong murderous aura all over his body.Even if Bao Le couldn't see his expression, he could hear the ferocity in his voice.

"Catch the murderer?" Xie Huai sneered, and then said as if falling into an ice cave, "Of course I killed him."

Many people would say "I'll kill you" when joking, but Xie Huai's tone at that time was clearly not, definitely not.That vigor, with a little bit of madness, seems to have been suppressed for a long time, and he has been trying to force himself to be a good person, but finally broke the string called reason.

Just when she thought she had touched a deeper layer of him, Xie Huai suddenly smiled, bent over, and was out of breath from laughing.

Dr. Xie said disapprovingly: "Are you scared? Of course I lied to you. I am a member of the police station. How could I know how to break the law? If I really kill him, I will not be the only one who will suffer. Don't worry, I willAlthough crazy, but crazy has principles."

"But that's not what I meant," the little girl blinked. "I want to ask you, if the murderer is caught, the murderer will also plead guilty. Xie Huai, what are you going to do next?"

Xie Huai was taken aback for a moment, and the movements of his hands froze.

Bao Le knows that Xie Huai loves Nian Nian very much, and that he is not the only one who loves Nian Nian, and her parents are also deeply saddened by her death.But in five years, no amount of pain should come out.She understood his idea of trying his best to catch the murderer, but she didn't understand why in the past five years, he had nothing left in his life except to catch the murderer.

He is like that white wall, he has no space of his own at all.

Perhaps all of this has something to do with his own experience, after all, logically speaking, he only knew each other for a year or two, and it was only two or three months before he really started dating.For such a person, what she was worried about was not such a simple question as whether he would kill him with his own hands after he caught the murderer.But once he caught the murderer, what was left in his world?

It is easy to persuade people to put down the butcher knife, but it is difficult to persuade them to regain the hope of living.

Suddenly she seemed to understand what that person named Xie Huai said before sending her to the Mirror Realm—it seemed that it was God's will.At first, she had no hope, but the little girl who was about to come to this world was named Jiang Baole.If there is anyone in this world who can walk into Xie Huai's heart, except for the late Nian Nian, it can only be her.

It turned out that he wanted to redeem himself in this world through her.

In fact, it wasn't just Boss Xie of Jing Huatang, just like she overheard Niannian's recording that day, it seemed that even the self, whom she had never met, was begging her to save this young man who had stepped into the darkness with one foot.

That's why she asked him such a question.

"I don't want you to answer this question now," Bao Le said lightly, "but you have to promise me that you must think about it carefully?"

Xie Huai sighed. Why didn't he know what she meant, and couldn't bear to refuse, so he backed down a step: "I promise you." Since he promised, it doesn't matter to others, as long as her name is Jiang Baole, he will try his best to fulfill it.Because of her own promise, the little girl felt relieved.

At that time, the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Xie Huai didn't want her to think wildly, so he changed the topic: "Tomorrow morning there will be a meeting of the task force, which is a summary of the work of various departments. If I guessed right, the case of Nan Jing Hospital, Old HanYou should be asked to cooperate with Xiao Gao to report. You can also express your own ideas, but if you really have an idea, I suggest you tell me first."

His words immediately diverted her attention, the little girl propped her chin with her hands, and said thoughtfully: "There is one thing, based on what I know about my parents, they should really not know Bi FangThat's why I asked three questions. So based on your understanding of Niannian, can she not summon fireballs like me?"

Xie Huai lowered his eyes, and asked without answering: "Based on what you know about Huoqiuqiu, if he is here, do you think the murderer can kill Niannian?"

What he said was actually very reasonable. She had said those harsh words to Huoqiu back then, and in such a situation, when facing life and death, Huoqiu would be able to run out without authorization to save her from danger.Even though she escaped from this murderer several times, if there was Bi Fang protecting the Lord every year, how could she die in an untimely manner?

"Before I always assumed that she was the same as me, but if she can't summon fireballs, then one thing doesn't make sense."

Xie Huai was confused: "What's the matter?"

Bao Le put the milk cup on the balcony railing, and turned to face Xie Huai.In the blink of an eye, the whole body of the girl on the opposite side lit up. She grabbed his hand and placed it on her forehead.After a brief contact, Xie Huai was even burned by the high temperature from her body.

Dr. Xie was shocked: "Do you have a fever?"

The little girl shook her head honestly: "This is the strange part I said. You ordinary people may not understand, but because of the fireball, my body temperature is a little higher than normal. Sometimes you feel that my body temperature is very high.I don't have a fever, it's a very normal phenomenon for me. It's also a kind of self-protection, when I'm unconscious, the high temperature can prevent outsiders from approaching me."

"So?"

"So, when I was eight years old, it was normal for me to lie in the hospital for a long time because of a suspected fever," Bao Le said, "but it's not normal for her to lie in the hospital for so long because of a fever.How can an ordinary eight-year-old child continue to have a high fever for such a long time? The fever has been so delirious that even the police can't ask questions. More importantly, you know her so well, she has such a serious illness, youDo you think there will be sequelae when she grows up?"

Xie Huai frowned: "You mean, Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang..."

Bao Le sighed: "You are so smart, you shouldn't have missed this, but she is your girlfriend and they are her parents, so you don't want to think about it. But if you put everything aside, there are only two possibilities.First, Niannian still remembers what happened, but her parents didn’t want her to get involved, so they made up a lie. Second, like me, she doesn’t remember what happened. Out of the protection of her daughter, she doesn’t want the policeThey came to disturb her rest, so they made up a lie. But no matter what, we can be sure of what happened back then, the second elder must have known something and lied, this case is not as simple as imagined."

Xie Huai opened his mouth, but her logic had no loopholes, he had no way to convince himself, and no way to refute.

The little girl continued: "The other thing is about "The Twelve Chapters of Yin and Yang". I can tell you about that too. I told you on the phone before that this time I returned to Su Zhou to be rewarding, because I found this book in my hometown.And this book is very likely to be related to the murderer, but it is not connected with the case at present. The most important thing is that this book is clearly banned by the Shen family, but I don’t know why it appeared in my house. My dad said it was aIt’s not like a lie. But I’ve never heard of a distant relative named Bai in our family, at least not in our world.”

Xie Huai gave a soft "hmm".

"Okay," Bao Le stretched, "I've said all I need to say, I'm going back to sleep."

Just as the little girl was about to enter the room holding the milk cup, Xie Huai reached out and grabbed her arm.Bao Le looked back suspiciously, Dr. Xie tilted his head, and asked her: "Are you with that Jun?"

The little girl blushed, and although Xie Huai couldn't see it, she still had a surge of blood and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I know he is from your world," Xie Huai said. "When I left, you hadn't developed to this point. This trip back to Su Zhou has added a lot of catalysts. Even if we are not together, it must be soon."

Bao Le flipped through Byakugan, but quickly said worriedly: "Not at all, their Shen family is very complicated, and they can't say a word or two. What's more, Shen Wangyan hasn't come yet, and I always feel that this Shen familyThe young master is plotting something secretly again. Now I don't bother to think about it, Xie Huai, I'm just like you, now I just want to catch the murderer."

"But you talked for a long time, and you didn't deny that you liked him." Xie Huai let go, "I know better than anyone else what kind of eyes the person you like looks like."

His tone was completely filled with the words "you can't hide it from me". Dr. Xie majored in psychology, so he has an accurate grasp of people's inner thoughts.It's just that he didn't expect that a girl like Bao Le would never hide her thoughts.

The little girl nodded seriously, and said with burning eyes: "You are right, I like him."