Chapter 14

"Who told you this method?" Wu Tong interrupted. Gu Yuan looked at him and paused before saying, "My friend is a very good doctor. I'm not in good health, so I often ask him for prescriptions. Then one day he said, 'Carbonated drinks injected into the body can be fatal.' I thought it was such a convenient method, so I used it."

"Are you not feeling well? Are you sick?" Xiao Yuncheng asked doubtfully. Gu Yuan nodded and said that he had suffered a mental breakdown a year ago and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

"Who is that doctor? What's his name? Where does he work?"

Xiao Yuncheng asked, and Wu Tong took an almost invisibly step back. Xiao Yuncheng immediately noticed Wu Tong's movement, but he pretended not to see it and continued to ask Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan's expression seemed a little tangled. After a while, he said, "Actually, I don't know his name..."

"How could you not know?" Xiao Yuncheng frowned. Gu Yuan hurriedly explained, "It's because he never mentioned his name. Even his colleagues didn't know his real name. I only knew his last name was Xu, and everyone called him... 'Doctor Tu Mi'."

"What?" Xiao Yuncheng felt a chill running down his spine. He instantly thought of the bunch of Tumi flowers at the scene. Gu Yuan looked at the table and thought for a moment before saying, "...Do you know Tumi flowers? It's the 'Tumi' flower."

"Because he always has a very clean and white bouquet of chrysanthemums in his office, everyone calls him that."

It turns out that the bunch of tea roses at the scene was a signature left by the unknown doctor, or perhaps... a provocation.

"Everyone, investigate whether there was a male suspect in or out of the Yunyue area on the day of the crime. The trace investigation and technical detectives will follow me to re-investigate the scene!"

Everyone became busy in an instant. Xiao Yuncheng took Wu Tong out of the police station first. He opened the passenger door to let Wu Tong in, and then he opened the door and got in.

Wu Tong pinched the back of his aching neck and said, "We are now..."

"You know who that doctor is, right?" Xiao Yuncheng interrupted Wu Tong directly. Wu Tong just stared at him for a moment, turned around and wanted to open the car door and get out. With a "click", the car door was locked by Xiao Yuncheng.

Wu Tong sighed, completely without the room to resist. He said calmly, "Why are you so sure that I know him?"

"Every time I mention this second suspect, you try to avoid me. Why?" Xiao Yuncheng looked him in the eyes and asked, "What are you hiding?"

"I said I believe you, so I must believe everything you say."

Wu Tong's face was full of helplessness. After a long while, he finally said, "It's Xu Ze."

"Who?..." Xiao Yuncheng repeated in disbelief.

"That bouquet of roses was his hint to me. I didn't realize it was him at first until I saw how it was tied." Wu Tong gestured in a circle with his hands. "He gave me the same bouquet 20 years ago, and the knot was tied in the same way."

After hearing this, Xiao Yuncheng asked in confusion, "Why did he get involved?"

Wu Tong took off the hairband from her wrist, gathered her hair into a low bun, and looked at Xiao Yuncheng with a faint smile: "Do you remember who kidnapped us?"

Xiao Yuncheng was stunned. He had said that it was Chen Xiuping who took them away... so wasn't that Chen Hao?!

Xiao Yuncheng's hands gripping the steering wheel were throbbing with veins. He gritted his teeth and said, "That's why we haven't had any information about Chen Hao..."

Wu Tong: "Maybe it's what you think."

After arriving at the scene, all the police wanted to dig deep into the ground and search for clues one by one. Xiao Yuncheng didn't say anything else after getting off the car except to tell Wu Tong to "put on a mask".

Lin Chen took a break from his busy schedule to get close to Wu Tong and asked quietly, "What's wrong with him?"

Wu Tong looked at Xiao Yuncheng who was busy working not far away. Even his back was engraved with the words "I don't want to care about anyone now". He shook his head to indicate that he didn't know either. But what Lin Chen couldn't see was that Wu Tong showed a bitter smile under the mask.

However, the police, who had been following the lead all along the way, found nothing this time. They searched from 8 pm to 2 am and couldn't find even a hair of the suspect, so they had to return to the city bureau to find another way in. As usual, Xiao Yuncheng went home with Wu Tong. Wu Tong was so tired that he had fallen asleep with his head tilted to the side. Xiao Yuncheng tried to drive steadily, glancing at Wu Tong from time to time.

After Wu Tong fell asleep, all the coldness in her body disappeared and she became much softer. Xiao Yuncheng was absent-minded along the way and drove straight back to his home without thinking.

Forget it, it’s so late now, Xiao Yuncheng doesn’t want to bother him anymore. He parked the car, leaned over and gently called Wu Tong’s name.

"Hmm...are we there?" Wu Tong opened his eyes drowsily. Seeing Xiao Yuncheng scratching his head, he said apologetically, "I'm going straight back to my house. You can sleep there."

Wu Tong hadn't reacted yet. After a long pause, she realized what Xiao Yuncheng was talking about: "Whose home? Your home?"

"Yeah, well...if you don't mind, you can sleep at my house."

Wu Tong glanced at his phone. It was already three in the morning, so he couldn't say anything, so he nodded in agreement. The two stood side by side in the elevator. Wu Tong still looked sleepy, following Xiao Yuncheng blindly. Wherever Xiao Yuncheng went, he went. Xiao Yuncheng was afraid he might stumble, so he turned around, took his hand, and walked with him. Neither of them said a word, just sitting in silence in this ambiguous atmosphere, neither willing to expose the truth.

Xiao Yuncheng led him to open the door. Wu Tong was much more sober at this time, but he was still silent as Xiao Yuncheng led him away. Xiao Yuncheng led him into the house and took out a pair of brand new slippers from the entrance and placed them at Wu Tong's feet: "I don't go home often, so they may be a little dirty. You can wear these."

Wu Tong shook their still clasped hands, and Xiao Yuncheng realized he was still holding him tightly, so he hurriedly let go. Wu Tong squatted down, changed into slippers, and followed Xiao Yuncheng to the living room.

"Sit down for a moment. I'll heat you a cup of water." Xiao Yuncheng pushed Wu Tong onto the sofa and rushed to the kitchen to boil some water. Wu Tong felt a slight headache, perhaps because so much had happened recently and he hadn't gotten enough rest. He squinted for a moment, and Xiao Yuncheng had already boiled the water and placed it on the table. He then took Wu Tong's arm and asked him to drink it.

"Um...Xu Ze," Xiao Yuncheng asked Wu Tong tentatively. Wu Tong drank some water to calm down, then looked at Xiao Yuncheng and said, "What else do you want to ask?"

The words on the tip of Xiao Yuncheng's tongue changed direction again. He stammered and uttered, "How did you two know each other?"

Xiao Yuncheng wanted to slap himself after he finished speaking. He was bringing up that topic, but Wu Tong didn't react much. He held the water cup in both hands and lowered his eyes. "Remember what I said before? After my mother was killed by Chen Xiuping, I was captured by him? Xu Ze appeared on the road. He was standing alone at the other end of the path. He just wanted to move out of the way to let the car pass, but Chen Xiuping stopped the car, grabbed him, and threw him into the car."

"Later, before the car left the alley, another child appeared. He was shouting someone's name. He must have been very young and couldn't speak clearly. Chen Xiuping also pulled him into the car. But the child was so scared that he kept crying and shouting for mom and dad very loudly. Then Chen Xiuping stopped the car..."

Wu Tong raised his head, a faint red tint tinging the corners of his eyes. "Chen Xiuping killed him right in front of us. He even dismembered the child and ripped out his heart and intestines right in front of us."

Xiao Yuncheng was so shocked that he couldn't speak, but his hand subconsciously grasped Wu Tong's. Wu Tong frowned, revealing a sad expression: "I don't remember what that child looked like. Later Xu Ze told me that it was his younger brother. He was calling his own name at the time. I was stunned."

"No wonder he has such a strong desire for revenge. His relatives died in front of him..." Xiao Yuncheng whispered, but he did not have much sympathy in his heart, because once this revenge mentality grows, it will cause irreparable harm to society, and he will not be absolutely innocent.

"Didn't he run away with me later? Do you think why we didn't live together but went our separate ways?"

Xiao Yuncheng thought for a moment and replied, "Your goals are different, right? You said you wanted to be a painter, and he wanted to be a doctor. Of course, you won't be together all the time, otherwise it would be a bit of a burden."

Wu Tong smiled at him and said affirmatively, "You are half right."

"I asked him, 'Why don't you want to go with me?' He said his goal wasn't just to grow, he wanted to make Chen Xiuping pay the price."

Xiao Yuncheng gently pinched Wu Tong's fingertips while listening, and then Wu Tong suddenly scolded him, "Stop playing!"

Wu Tong snorted and pulled back his fingertips, but Xiao Yuncheng pulled his hand back into his palm. Wu Tong continued, "He does have a strong desire for revenge. As far as I know, he's been watching them even though he's been away for so many years. As for what's going on now, that's what we see."

"What about you?" Xiao Yuncheng asked. "Have you ever thought about taking revenge with him?"

Wu Tong smiled bitterly and said, "I wish I had that ability."

Wu Tong's hands were warmed by Xiao Yuncheng, and sweat oozed from his palms. Wu Tong glanced at their folded hands, sighed, put down the water cup, and suddenly changed the subject: "Captain Xiao, I think the relationship between us needs to be resolved."

Xiao Yuncheng suddenly heard Wu Tong call him "Captain Xiao". He couldn't help but sit up straight and looked at Wu Tong nervously. Wu Tong was much more relaxed than him. He leaned against the back of the sofa, supporting his head with one hand and looking at Xiao Yuncheng. He said slowly: "Why do you care about me so much, Captain Xiao?"

Xiao Yuncheng lowered his eyes and did not answer him. It was indeed only Xiao Yuncheng himself who pretended to be ignorant, and Wu Tong was cooperating with him. Now that people did not want to play around with him like this anymore, the secret in his heart had to be revealed and shown to Wu Tong.

Wu Tong smiled gently and spoke for him: "Do you like me?"