Floating Island
The group meetings always lasted very late. He had already sent a message to Jiang Li while he was getting his notebook before the meeting. He thought the meeting would last three to four hours as usual, but this time it was just a simple report and ended before eleven o'clock. He glanced at his phone and saw only his message in the dialog box.
Fell asleep?
The Municipal Bureau provided them with dormitories, and they used to go directly back to the dormitories after meetings.
Han Ming stood beside him and said, "Let's go."
"No, I'm going back." Chen An walked towards the garage without hesitation.
Han Ming looked at his receding back, stroking his chin and thinking. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the reason. He yawned and decided not to torture himself and went back to sleep.
Pushing open the door, a small orange light was on in the living room. Maybe it was too old, the light was always flickering, which was very uncomfortable for the eyes. An arm was hanging down on the sofa, and the person was sleeping on the sofa with a pillow under him.
Chen An approached quietly. Jiang Li was sleeping soundly, his body rising and falling rhythmically with his steady breathing.
This person had long arms and legs, and his hanging hands touched the ground directly. The light and shadow cast on the plush carpet outlined the impeccable shape of his hands.
He had never noticed these things before, nor did he believe that a grown man would pay attention to the appearance of another of the same sex, but he had to admit that Jiang Li was objectively good-looking. His high nose, childish face, and unforgettable peach blossom eyes, combined with his unique temperament, formed a face that was cold and aloof.
In addition, he also felt that this person had a special temperament different from others, which he had keenly noticed the first time he saw him in No. 2 Middle School.
At that time, Jiang Li brought nothing with him. He was wearing a proper school uniform, standing straight, and a smile appeared on his face when he leaned over to talk to people. He was definitely a good student with both good character and good academic performance. Such a gentle posture would make people subconsciously think that he was gentle and sunny, but later on, the state that Jiang Li showed him was paranoid and alienated, wandering away from the crowd.
At first, he never thought that Jiang Li was like him. After all, when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he had no worries except for that little confusion, but Jiang Li was not like that. Jiang Li's experiences in the past fifteen years made him complicated. But one day when his friends mentioned him again, the description they gave was almost the same as the above. At that moment when he was eating noodles, he really recognized the Jiang Li in front of him as his younger self, so he was always willing to be tolerant towards Jiang Li.
The person on the sofa moved, probably because he was numb from being pressed, stretched his body, and continued to sleep.
Chen An pushed him, "Jiang Li."
Jiang Li was so sleepy that she couldn't even lift her eyelids. When she heard his voice, she thought she was dreaming and didn't even respond.
"Jiang Li."
This time he really heard it clearly, and he responded with a low "hmm".
"Go back to your room and sleep."
Jiang Li tried hard to open his eyelids. Under the dim light, the familiar figure seemed a little unreal. "Why are you back?"
Yes, why is he back?
At eleven o'clock, when he was standing at the door of the Municipal Bureau, he suddenly didn't want to go back to the dormitory.
Chen An couldn't find a suitable reason, so he pursed his lips and said, "Why, I can't come back?"
Jiang Li chuckled, "Sure, the house is yours. You can come back anytime you want."
Chen An asked back: "What about you? Why don't you go back to your room and sleep?"
Jiang Li sobered up a bit, folded his arms and rested his head on them. "I said I guessed you would come back, and I waited for you here. Do you believe me?"
Chen An was slightly startled, "...I don't believe it."
"Forget it if you don't believe me."
Jiang Li got up from the sofa, stretched, and went back to his room.
Someone called him from behind, "Jiang Li."
"Um?"
"Don't wait on the couch anymore."
"Oh." Jiang Li took two steps and turned back to make a face at him, "Don't worry, I will definitely not wait for you in the future."
When the first ray of sunlight came in in the early morning, Chen An had already left. At eight o'clock in the morning, he received a report that someone was missing. Originally, the missing case could not be reported to the serious crime team, but the call was from an anonymous number, and his name was mentioned.
As soon as the word "missing" appeared, he would automatically think of the two girls who had disappeared before. Since the other party had specified it, he might as well go and take a look.
The address given by the reporter was "Mengdie" located on the central commercial street of Qu'an City. When the police came to investigate, the department manager was terrified and wanted to stop them from going upstairs, but the more they tried to stop them, the more suspicious they became.
Cheng Xiaoxiang stopped and said, "We received a report that someone is missing here."
"No." Jia Kun wiped the sweat off his face and forced a smile. His wrinkles and flesh were piled together, making him look greasy.
Cheng Xiaoxiang glanced at him and called him by name, "Tang Xiaoyou."
A few curious and brave girls stuck their heads out, but when they heard the name, they tacitly withdrew their curiosity.
"Is Tang Xiaoyou here?" Cheng Xiaoxiang looked around and finally fixed his gaze on Jia Kun.
Jia Kun suddenly felt like he was being pricked by a thorn. "Xiaoyou, she, she asked for leave to go back to her hometown. She is not in the company."
Cheng Xiaoxiang stared at the liar, took a step forward, and glared at him, "Really? Are you sure we won't come?"
Jia Kun was almost frightened to his knees and was speechless due to fear.
"Who is making a noise in my territory?" A graceful woman came from the other end of the corridor.
The woman was wealthy, wearing a red cheongsam and waving a bamboo fan. Upon seeing that it was a police officer, her expression changed drastically, her arrogant tone instantly becoming calmer. "Officer, what can I do for you? We are all from a legitimate company, there will be no problem."
Cheng Xiaoxiang said, "Don't speak too soon." He pulled out a photo, "This person is called Tang Xiaoyou, from your company. I heard she's missing."
The woman squinted her eyes, looked at him carefully, waved her hand and said, "How could that be? I know her. She asked for leave to go home two days ago. It's not easy for us to follow the artist when he wants to go home, right?"
Cheng Xiaoxiang didn't find any flaws on her face, so the woman took the opportunity to ask, "Officer, who reported the case?"
There was a strong desire for knowledge in her eyes, and it was obvious that she cared a lot.
"Report anonymously." This place is all made of glass, and everything that goes on in each office can be seen clearly. There is no privacy at all. It doesn't look like a legitimate company at all.
Before leaving, Xiao Xiang warned, "You'd better run your business legally."
He took his men away, and Chen An just happened to walk in alone. He disguised himself as an ordinary person and asked the front desk.
"Hello, is Tang Xiaoyou here?"
The receptionist said, “Who are you?”
Chen An deliberately leaned lazily on the table, looking like a gangster. "I am, I am a distant relative who came to seek refuge with her."
The receptionist looked him up and down for a moment, then said with a slight look of disdain, "Oh, she's not here. She left two days ago."
"Where did she go?"
The receptionist answered him perfunctorily while working, "I don't know about this, I'm just a receptionist, but if nothing unexpected happens, she won't be back in the short term."
"Why?"
"The manager transferred her away. I heard she was transferred to the headquarters. It will be difficult for her to come back for a while."
"Is your headquarters far away? Can you ask her to call me?"
"This is outside my area of expertise, sorry sir."
Seeing that she no longer paid attention to him, Chen An turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by someone.
"police officer."
The receptionist seemed stunned, then she stood up belatedly, wondering if she could take back what she had just said.
Chen An turned around and Lin Ran smiled and said, "Officer, what's the matter?"
His smile was too perfect to reveal any flaws.
Chen An said, "I'm asking about someone."
"You say."
"Tang Xiaoyou."
Lin Ran recalled for a moment, "Oh, her, I know her, the lead singer of R&E, what happened to her?"
"She's missing."
Lin Ran was slightly stunned. "Is that so? I rarely see them at the company, so it seems I can't provide you with any more clues."
"It's okay." Chen An said, "Tell me when you remember anything."
He stuffed the phone into Lin Ran's shirt pocket and turned away.
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