The police came the next day. It had rained at night and the road was muddy. They sank into the mud wherever they stepped. It was dark, so they didn't get into the village until daybreak.
Xu Ling was murdered.
This incident immediately caused a sensation in the entire village, as well as in other surrounding villages. Everyone was a little worried, and rumors were rampant, all of which were unpleasant.
Xie Chongyue pulled the eye-catching young man into the kitchen, walked through the back door to the water tank in the backyard, and said, "Don't go out these days."
"You're too conspicuous. You gave gifts to Uncle Li's family before. Someone saw you and might make a fuss about it." Xie Chongyue said, "It's easy to talk, but don't try to reason with him. It's useless."
He paused and said, "The police will probably come to question you. Just tell the truth."
Xu Shiqing nodded. Xie Chongyue knew more about this than him.
"...What did they say at that time?" Xu Shiqing asked.
Last night, Xie Chongyue stayed in the yard with others and did not leave. In the late night, he was called back by Lin's mother and did not sleep the whole night.
The young man's eyes were full of sleepiness.
"Not very pleasant words." Xie Chongyue rubbed his head. His eyes were dark and blue. He had been working in the morning, but now his eyelids were drooping with sleep. "Don't ask. You will be back in a few months at most. Don't leave a stain on yourself."
"...Do you need help?" Xu Shiqing hesitantly offered his hand: "Brother Chongyue, you look unwell."
Xie Chongyue didn't wave his hand away. He sighed and said, "The village is going to be in chaos again. The old and tedious things are going to be brought up again. I'm afraid you will be scared when the time comes."
The human heart is terrifying.
"I won't." Xu Shiqing shook his head, his tone very firm.
But you can't even bear to see the dog lying at the village gate being mistreated.
Xie Chongyue smiled bitterly in his heart and thought, sometimes, it is really hard to tell which side is the human world. Beneath the beautiful flowers lies decay that provides nutrients. Good and evil are just two sides of a leaf, which can be easily turned over to reveal a completely opposite reality.
"It's just as irrational to acknowledge only good as it is to acknowledge only evil," Xu Shiqing said. "I'm not an unrealistic person."
Good people can become bad at any time, and bad people can also have good intentions. This is the normal state of the world. To be precise, a matter itself has both good and bad aspects. Different perspectives will lead to different understandings of the nature of the matter. The idea of only recognizing one's own position is narrow-minded, and the same is true for people.
Many times, things cannot be completely separated into good and bad, right and wrong like tearing apart paper.
Xie Chongyue turned his head to look at him. The young man's black pupils were as clear as lake water under the reflection of the sunlight. He thought it was an abyss, but in fact he could see through it at a glance. Now it seems that appearance is not to be judged.
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After dinner, Xie Chongyue went into the house to catch up on his sleep.
He was very tired, and everyone else expressed their understanding. Everyone saw how busy the Xu family's children were.
The police are investigating the deceased's network of relationships, and Xu Shiqing stands out among them.
Uncle Li said, "He came from Beijing and has been here for a little over three months. He was able to speak a few words to Xiaoling."
Jichuan County is small, so the police who came were all quite old. Upon hearing this, they asked, "Just ordinary friends?"
Uncle Li's eyes turned cold. "Of course, it's just young people gathering together to talk, but they're a large group."
The police officer who asked the question laughed awkwardly: "Haha."
The Xu family was separated from the crime scene by several houses. The police dispersed and questioned them one by one, and soon it was Xu Shiqing's turn.
Xu Chengan and Lin Xufang went to bed early, so naturally they had nothing to do with the case.
Their questions were rather aggressive. The methods of handling cases in this era were limited by imperfect technology and were rather rough, so the police officers were not adequately trained in questioning.
Xu Shiqing said: "We met in the fields that morning. I was with Brother Chongyue, and Comrade Xu Ling was with Comrade Xu Huachun. We haven't seen each other since then."
"After that, I went to the county library and borrowed a few books. I didn't come back until four in the afternoon. After dinner, I studied in my room and never went out again."
"We'll check with the county library," an officer said. "But can I ask what book you borrowed?"
"Oh, it's in materials science." This wasn't something that needed to be concealed, so Xu Shiqing said, "I'm planning to apply for a graduate program at Peking University, so I'm studying related subjects."
The officer didn't understand the material science, but he knew about Kyoto University and graduate studies, and his gaze became a little awed. A high degree of education always lent itself to a halo.
"I heard you majored in literature in college, right?" another officer, who was more persuasive, asked, "Why are you studying materials science?"
Of course, this is so that you can understand the information about "Aircraft Carrier Basic Materials Technology" in the mall.
Of course Xu Shiqing couldn't say that, he could only say: "I want to contribute to the construction of the aircraft carrier."
For our motherland in this era, an aircraft carrier is an unattainable goal.
After hearing this, several police officers looked at him in surprise and said that he had great ambition.
After the questioning, they exchanged a few more pleasantries. Xu Shiqing had been following Xie Chongyue for these days, and had learned a lot from him, so the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Xie Chongyue woke up after a short sleep.
The man walked out of the room, and Xu's father and Lin's mother went out, saying that they were going to see Uncle Li, so now there were only Xu Shiqing and him in the Xu family.
"Why don't you continue sleeping?" Xu Shiqing's tone was inevitably affected by the way the female comrades spoke Mandarin so much.
The young man approached with concern, and a refreshing scent of soapberry wafted over.
"You spoke too loudly." Xie Chongyue had already completed the questioning before returning home, so the police officers did not ask him again.
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