Traditionally, winter is a time to stay home and spend time with family. Yet, none of the four of them had asked what their plans were for this year's Lunar New Year. Perhaps, having lived under Linglong's care for so long, they had forgotten how to plan their own lives.
Dongya is busy managing the entire system. He plans to build this system into "HDA" (Hysterical Detective Association). This is a huge plan. Although he has accumulated a lot of support in this system thanks to the popularity of the detective lady, it is only more than 30%. If he wants to win a large number of votes from others, he must solve the most difficult mysteries, especially those cases with extremely high gold content.
Fenwu was boxing in his room, his groans and groans annoying Linglong, who was doing yoga next door. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and checked the time. It was time for Ouyang Zishan to get up. He walked to the hall and looked in Ouyang Zishan's room. He heard someone getting up. He knocked on the door, only to find the person who opened it was bleary-eyed. Dongya was lying in a chair, pondering a small gadget in his hand.
Dong Ya leaned back in her chair and looked at Ouyang Zishan. She hadn't left the house in the past few days, staying home all day thinking about things. She'd been receiving calls from Ouyang Zishan's family, claiming they'd called her or sent her messages, but she hadn't replied. Both Wang Yao's family and the Zhuo family were hoping she'd return for the New Year.
"Dongya, what are you thinking about so early in the morning?" Linglong sat across from him, flipping through a fashion magazine. "There's a great show at the theater tonight, let's go see it together?"
Fenwu had just finished his workout and was about to come out of the shower in his bathrobe when he heard Linglong say, "What's so good about the performance? It's better to watch a game at home."
"What do you know!" Linglong was unhappy.
However, in the middle of the night, the four of them still ate the pastries made by Linglong and watched the game together.
That day, when everyone thought that Ouyang Zishan would never go to anyone's house for the New Year, she packed a few gifts, put on a thick coat, and walked out of the basement alone.
Linglong, who got up early, saw her going out alone and woke up the other two.
Dongya rubbed her eyes, pushed open Ouyang Zishan's door, and pointed to a line of words on the whiteboard: Go to Zhuo Qiang's house for the New Year. Linglong and Fenwu looked at each other, wondering why they hadn't thought of this idea. Anyway, Ouyang Zishan was very confused at the moment, and she knew everything that was written on the whiteboard.
Tonight is the 30th, and Dongya has to go home.
Since it was New Year's Eve, Linglong and Fenwu decorated the house and made a delicious hot pot.
After going to Zhuo Qiang's house, Aunt Lin went back to her own house to celebrate the New Year as usual. Zhuo Qiang made a New Year's Eve dinner by himself. He originally wanted to invite Mu Zi'an, but since he also had to celebrate the New Year at home, it was just the two of them.
The two men sat facing each other, and Zhuo Qiang recalled the news he had received a few days ago. Ouyang Yusheng and Mu Zishan had been involved in a car accident on an African border, their car and the remains reduced to ashes. Their lawyer, in accordance with their wishes, had buried their remains in a tree in the African wilderness.
She looked at Zhuo Qiang, the man with a troubled past, her nominal uncle. Although their ages differed considerably, their personalities were remarkably similar. Last year, he had married his secretary, but he hadn't let her live in this courtyard, simply to have some free time.
"Eat!" Zhuo Qiang first picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of fish in her bowl. In his eyes, Ouyang Zishan had Mu Zishan's blood flowing in her body, and she was like his own child.
"Yeah." Facing such a special elder, she was naturally respectful.
"Everyone says you're the same as Mu Zishan," Zhuo Qiang looked at her, "but I think you're different. You're much smarter than her."
"Really?" She thought for a moment, "She's dead, isn't she?" Nothing could conceal the sadness in Zhuo Qiang's eyes just now, and this sadness was reflected in every look he gave her.
He drank and looked even more sad.
After dinner, Ouyang Zishan accompanied Zhuo Qiang into his study, where he kept a collection of photos and videos of Mu Zishan. Seeing him reminiscing about the past, he felt a little distressed.
There were no cars that night, and Zhuo Qiang had been drinking, so she had no choice but to stay in the courtyard. She sat on the edge of the bed, thinking for a long time, jotting down some things, and then fell asleep.
The next day, when she woke up, she saw something cooking in the kitchen. She walked in and took a look. It was boiling hot sweet wine dumplings, which smelled delicious. She lifted the lid of the pot to prevent the boiling water from spilling out.
"woke up?"
She blinked, looked at him, nodded, went back to the living room, sat on the sofa, dialed her cell phone, and asked Linglong to drive over to pick her up.
Zhuo Qiang saw that she was a little colder than yesterday. Thinking of her illness, he smiled self-deprecatingly.
After she ate the glutinous rice balls, Linglong happened to park the car outside. She wanted to go in and call her, but she knew from Dongya that Ouyang Zishan's parents had passed away, and she didn't know how to face her later.
The snow kept falling on the ground. Linglong looked at her silently. She seemed to understand everything, but just kept silent.
On the evening of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Ouyang Zishan went out for a while but never returned. Linglong and Fenwu searched many places but couldn't find her. So they called Dongya and asked him to find a solution.
Dongya heard the news and quickly went to the basement. He looked at Linglong who was anxious and asked, "What happened? Why did she go to the bar yesterday?"
"Who knows?" Fenwu was also confused. "You know, this woman never discusses anything with us."
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