Chapter 35
"Tongtong! Tongtong..."
Xiao Yuncheng's voice came from a distance. Wu Tong calmed down his eagerness for revenge and pretended to be in great pain before Xiao Yuncheng found him.
"Tongtong, are you okay? Are you okay..." Xiao Yuncheng supported Wu Tong worriedly.
"No...it's okay, let me go first." Wu Tong pulled Xiao Yuncheng's hand down, trying his best not to let Xiao Yuncheng see his face. Xiao Yuncheng really didn't notice Wu Tong's abnormality, but just kept trying to comfort him, but found that he couldn't say anything.
Wu Tong found a relatively clean place and sat down. From Xiao Yuncheng's perspective, even Wu Tong's back looked tired. He was a little at a loss, not knowing what to do. He just stood stupidly beside Wu Tong. It was not until Wu Tong asked him why he didn't sit down that Xiao Yuncheng reacted and sat down next to Wu Tong.
Wu Tong looked up at the sky. It was the sunset, the orange-red sky, and this place. Wu Tong was already tired of it. Wu Tong looked for a while before speaking: "Do you think I'm sad now?"
Xiao Yuncheng nodded without saying anything. His throat felt like it was being strangled by someone and he couldn't break free. He couldn't breathe or make a sound.
Wu Tong lowered his head: "It would be a lie to say I'm not sad, but more of it is other emotions..."
At this time, Shi Qian ran out and found the two of them. Shi Qian panted and said, "Captain Xiao, we saw the back of that video..."
Before Shi Qian could finish his words, Wu Tong walked towards the hut. Xiao Yuncheng lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. Shi Qian could see the strange atmosphere between them. He asked tentatively, "Brother, are you guys...arguing?"
"No." Xiao Yuncheng shook his head and stood up. He patted the dirt off his hands and said to Shi Qian with a sullen face, "Wu Tong is likely to do something. I need you to do me a favor."
Shi Qian: “?”
Wu Tong pushed open the door and saw everyone in the room looking at him. However, Wu Tong's face showed no expression. He just walked to the computer in silence. The video was paused at a certain frame. Wu Tong raised his chin to the person next to him and said, "Please play it."
After all, Wu Tong was here as a consultant, so the others didn't dare to delay and played the video. Wu Tong watched the entire video with a cold face. Everyone was curious about why Consultant Wu became so serious after going out. You know, Consultant Wu is usually very close to everyone, and there should be no one who doesn't like Wu Tong's obedient personality, but now...
Everyone looked at Wu Tong quietly, waiting for him to speak, but after watching the video, Wu Tong said nothing and turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait a moment." Xiao Yuncheng just came back from outside and blocked Wu Tong back in. Xiao Yuncheng smiled at him and turned to the others inside and said, "Everyone, go out for a moment."
"I want to have a good chat with Consultant Wu."
Only Xiao Yuncheng and Wu Tong were left in the room. Xiao Yuncheng stared at Wu Tong, but it was Wu Tong who broke the silence first: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yuncheng tilted his head towards him and said, "There's no one else here, so there's no need for you to hide, right?"
"What am I hiding?"
"That's up to you."
Xiao Yuncheng laughed, but Wu Tong felt that his laugh was strange. He was obviously laughing, but his eyes did not show any smile. On the contrary, there was something else in his eyes.
Wu Tong closed his eyes and sighed, his voice completely cold: "Officer Xiao, are you...going to go against me?"
"It's you, Wu Tong, who wants to go against me." Xiao Yuncheng also retracted his smile, and his face instantly darkened.
The two of them were still immersed in sweetness, but after just watching a video, they completely turned the page. Wu Tong took a step back invisibly, but his tone remained strong without retreating at all: "You know I won't tolerate this any longer."
Xiao Yuncheng said nothing, but slowly walked towards Wu Tong. Wu Tong frowned and kept backing away until he was backed up against the wall. Xiao Yuncheng gently took his hand, his voice choking with sobs: "Tongtong, you don't believe me anymore, do you?"
Wu Tong was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said, "...No."
"Then why do you still do this?"
"You've been planning this with Xu Ze from the beginning, right?"
Wu Tong's eyes widened immediately, realizing that Xiao Yuncheng had discovered him. He sighed and leaned his head against Xiao Yuncheng's shoulder in a self-deprecating manner, "When did you find out?"
Xiao Yuncheng held her in his arms, his hand still stroking Wu Tong's head. He smiled and said, "When did you find out... I probably felt something was wrong when I found your bracelet."
Wu Tong widened his eyes. Did he discover it at that time?
"I know you're curious about how I found out, but..."
Xiao Yuncheng looked at Wu Tong in his arms with a smile and said, "You have to bring something in exchange."
"What?"
"Nothing, just... the USB drive in your pocket."
Wu Tong really underestimated Xiao Yuncheng's observation ability. He had no choice but to take out the USB flash drive he had taken out from the secret compartment earlier and asked in confusion: "How did you figure that out? I thought I was pretending well..."
"It's indeed a good disguise, but truth will come out sooner or later, you know." Xiao Yuncheng shook the USB drive at him.
"Do you think that without reaching a consensus with Xu Ze, he would let you keep this important clue to us? Even thinking about it is impossible."
Wu Tong recalled the situation at that time and wondered, "What if I just hid in the flower petals while he was out?..."
Xiao Yuncheng raised his hand and lightly touched Wu Tong's lips. Wu Tong suddenly didn't dare to speak. Then Xiao Yuncheng's face came up. The distance between them was so close that their mouths were almost touching each other. This feeling of wanting to kiss but not wanting to kiss made Wu Tong feel a little uncomfortable.
Xiao Yuncheng kept him in suspense and continued, "Impossible! You deliberately brought that bracelet with you when you were painting at my house, and left it there as a clue for us to find you. But there's no such coincidence. Xu Ze is very smart. He handled the previous case so well, but you can't even see such an obvious bracelet here?"
"You reached a consensus with him, right?" Xiao Yuncheng looked directly into Wu Tong's eyes with a firm tone.
"Brother, you are so good." Wu Tong did not speak Mandarin, but Cantonese. Xiao Yuncheng felt that Wu Tong was very seductive when he said this. Her peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of her lips curled up, and the meticulous jasmine scent on her body penetrated into his nostrils - that was the smell of his family's shower gel.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yuncheng tightened his grip around Wu Tong's waist and shook him. Wu Tong laughed, his eyes almost overflowing with laughter. "Guess, brother?"
But Wu Tong didn't give him a chance to ask more. He cleared his throat and said, "Xu Ze showed me this video when he took me away."
Guessed it, Xiao Yuncheng thought to himself.
"But my mother's image wasn't blurred in the video at the time, which means... I was able to see her face again, a face I had never remembered."
When Wu Tong saw that face, his head hurt so much that it was about to explode. He could hardly hear or see anything, and his mind was blank. The sound of the machete chopping echoed in his mind, accompanied by huge vibrations. Every vibration would make Wu Tong's heart tremble with pain. That day, Xu Ze also found that Wu Tong's condition was too abnormal. He quickly turned off the video and looked at Wu Tong in shock: "Tongtong, you..."
"The face turns blank..." Xiao Yuncheng's voice overlapped with Xu Ze's voice, drawing Wu Tong's attention back.
Wu Tong nodded and replied, "Yes, I didn't know what was going on at the time. Later, Xu Ze explained it to me, and then I understood." Wu Tong smiled bitterly and said, "I was so distressed when I saw my mother's face."
She is obviously the most important person to him, but it hurts so much to see her face now. I really don’t know what to do... Wu Tong sighed for himself in his heart, but he knew that if he didn’t kill Chen Xiuping, he would never be able to let go of this sigh.
The sky gradually darkened. Xiao Yuncheng put a coat on Wu Tong, who was wearing thin clothes, and led him out of the room. Everyone was waiting outside. The surroundings were eerily quiet. Only the birds on the branches were chirping. It was really not beautiful, but made people feel desolate.
Xiao Yuncheng stuffed Wu Tong into the car and turned to talk to Shi Qian and the others. Wu Tong could hardly hear what they were saying in the car. He could only roughly tell by looking at their mouth shapes. He guessed that they were talking about the USB flash drive.
Wu Tong didn't care too much. The other USB flash drive was just a transaction video of Chen Xiuping. It was a very good clue for the police because Xu Ze still "thoughtfully" marked it below: Tongtong, do you still remember this place?
I remember, of course I remember, Wu Tong thought, that was the place where they first transported Chen Xiuping's drugs, and it was also at that time that he lost the copper bell that Xu Zegang gave him.
After Xiao Yuncheng finished talking with them, he got in the car. Wu Tong didn't say anything, just looked at Xiao Yuncheng quietly. Xiao Yuncheng felt his gaze and looked up at Wu Tong and smiled: "What are you looking at?"
"You look good." Wu Tong was the first to break their eye contact, lowering his head and repeating, "You look good."
Xiao Yuncheng smiled slightly and placed the USB drive in Wu Tong's hand. Wu Tong raised her head doubtfully and met Xiao Yuncheng's gaze. Xiao Yuncheng smiled gently, "Tongtong, do you like me?"
Wu Tong seemed a little surprised. He tilted his head and replied, "I like it."
"Do you love me?"
"······like"
Xiao Yuncheng could hear the hesitation in Wu Tong's answer. He now had to assure Wu Tong that he would not leave him again, otherwise Xiao Yuncheng would not be able to protect him. He wanted Wu Tong to know that it was also important to protect himself, and that there was no one behind him.
Behind Wu Tong is Xiao Yuncheng.
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