The Return of Gratitude Volume 2

O'Geren is missing.

At first, the agent thought that the guy had lost his way because of fun, but he couldn't find anyone for a week, so the agent became anxious.Archer has seen Qin Xiu calling the client for several days and repeatedly delaying the delivery of the film. In fact, as a photographer, he just needs to change the model decisively. That's pretty cool, you can tell he's been waiting for Odgeron to come back.Archer couldn't help scolding in his heart, it's hard to lose love, but he can't be so irresponsible!It's been a week, hello!

Qin Xiu had no choice but to change the model after the agent called the police, and the progress has been delayed for half a month.The fat manager also went to the doctor in a hurry, and posted the missing person notice everywhere, and even posted a picture outside Qin Xiu's studio. And the row of fonts in bold font number three, "I got lost near the Emperor's Square, and I was wearing HELLOKITTY home clothes when I got lost", there was always an indescribable sense of disobedience, and when I looked at Qin Xiu next to me, the corners of the polar bear's eyes twitched, Resisted not tearing this thing off.

On the night when the model was changed, Archer had a dream. He dreamed that Ozhelun was lying on the window and knocking on the glass to call him. Seeing that it was already early in the morning, Qin Xiu hadn't come to lift the sofa yet, so it was better to jump down first, but Qin Xiu had already got up early, standing at the porch, holding a letter in his hand and looking down at the sofa. .Archer saw that his expression was very unusual, so he asked barking, "What's the matter, who sent the letter?"

Qin Xiu was completely stunned as if he didn't hear it.

The letter was anonymous, and it was stuffed under the crack of the entrance door. The content of the letter was very simple: Hualian Niujiao Village, there is the lake you are looking for.Attached is a map, which is actually hand-painted. At first glance, I thought it was a game map, but it looks very old, and the corners and corners are all worn out.

Although the origin of the letter is unknown, Archer could tell that Qin Xiu had been provoked. He folded the letter and the map and put them in his pocket without asking for anyone's opinion, went to the studio, and spent the whole morning Postpone the next work and contract, postpone the handover, handover.

Seeing Qin Xiu dialing one after another, Wang Ziqiong wondered, "What's the matter, what is this?"

"I have something to go out for a while." Qin Xiu hung up the eighth call, threw the phone on the sofa, then pulled a chair and sat down behind the table, and opened the instant noodles that had been soaking for 10 minutes.

"Where are you going? Go to the North Pole to find your lost brother?" Mr. Wang, the accountant, was not happy.How long have you been back?

There were only four of them in the workshop, and Qin Xiu didn't hide it, he took out the letter from his arms and unfolded it on the table: "I received this."

Wang Ziqiong picked up the letter and looked at it, then glanced at the map over and over again, and said suspiciously: "Really? I can draw a picture of any popular software for you!"

JENNY watched from the side, frowning and did not speak.

Archer said: "I also thought it was strange to put it under the door in the morning." As he spoke, he looked at Qin Xiu who buried his head in destroying the noodles with the momentum of wind and clouds, and said to himself, should you reconsider and just go to Taizhou rashly like this? Hasty.

But Qin Xiu raised his head from the paper cup, his eyes were unshakably determined: "Whether it's true or not, the person who left me this letter must know something, and it's worth taking the risk."

Wang Ziqiong looked at Qin Xiu who was determined to go to Hushan, and stopped talking several times, but couldn't help but say: "I think... are you too attached to that lake?"

It is not difficult for Archer to hear the subtext behind Wang Ziqiong's words. I am afraid that Mr. Wang does not believe that there is a golden lake in this world. Of course, considering Wang Ziqiong's character, this is not surprising. He is my friend, so even if you say that the sun revolves around the earth, I will stand by your side unconditionally." He supports Qin Xiu with an attitude of living a very realistic life, with an extremely disordered view of right and wrong, and he still owes him 100 yuan. .But although Wang Ziqiong's words were not pleasant, Archer also understood that Wang Ziqiong hoped that Qin Xiu could completely come out of the world of Golden Lake.

It may also be because of this reason that Qin Xiu did not turn his face, but just stared at the letters and maps on the table thoughtfully.

Seeing that Qin Xiu seemed determined, Wang Ziqiong hurriedly turned to his colleagues who were advancing and retreating together, winked and said, "JENNY, what do you think, is this reliable?"

Miss Jian pondered for a long time: "I don't know..." Wang Ziqiong was about to agree, "Well, if you don't know if the test is not reliable, then it is not reliable", when JENNY raised her head and said to Qin Xiudao, "But I believe this lake is real. Existence, you have to find it, and I absolutely support you."

Wang Ziqiong glared at JENNY, cursing traitors in her heart!

Qin Xiu smiled and patted JENNY on the shoulder, and tossed it to Wang Ziqiong, "Don't buy this brand of discounted instant noodles that you have never heard of next time." Then Mr. Wang said indignantly, "You are avenging your own personal revenge." He grabbed the letter and the map in his eyes, stuffed them into his clothes, and left.

Yin Xiangdong knocked on the door of the study room, but there was no movement behind the door. He went downstairs and asked, "Aunt Li, is my dad not here?"

The nanny came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands on the apron and said, "Mr. Yin is out, call his cell phone if you need anything."

"No need, I'll just find a magazine, and just look for it myself." Yin Xiangdong turned the doorknob and entered the study.He usually doesn't move the things on his father's bookshelf without saying hello, because his father has a slight habit of tidying up, books are arranged according to certain rules, and if there is a slight disturbance, he will be furious.

But he just found a magazine and flipped through it, and put it back in its original place after flipping through, it didn't matter.Because the books were placed in an orderly manner, Yin Xiangdong quickly found the art magazine he was looking for, and when he took it out, he pushed back the magazines that had been torn out. As a result, the entire row of magazines was facing the bookcase. sunken in.

This is not surprising, the shelves of the bookcase are relatively wide, and all father's books are placed outside, so it seems that no matter what size books are in a neat row, but Yin Xiangdong unexpectedly found that when that When a row of magazines is concave inwards, some magazines in the middle are still protruding.

He reached out and pushed the magazines, and immediately felt something stuck behind the magazines.Yin Xiangdong was a little puzzled, his father's bookshelf was cleaned up, how could there be something stuck in the back, out of curiosity, he carefully took off the magazines and took a look inside, although the space behind the books was small, but the photographer's His intuition still allowed him to recognize at a glance that what was stuck behind the magazine was an old-fashioned 135 film holder.

In the Jianji soup dumpling shop in the food street, Yin Zebei was sitting by the window, scanning the menu in his hand: "...Golden soup dumpling, heh, are you kidding yourself?" Across the table.

The tall and stocky middle-aged man in a white chef's suit put the recipes aside, took off the chef's hat with the simple soup bag on his head, and said in a tired and authentic tone: "What do you want to do with me? I still want to ask about Golden Lake If so, I have nothing to say."

"Qin Xiu became the special photographer of "Great Legacy" magazine, hand-picked by Higgins," Yin Zebei said, "Are you happy?"

"Yes, very happy," the store owner smiled on his wrinkled face, "The kid really did not disappoint his father."

Yin Zebei sneered, "You're so kind." He twirled the small cup of soup in his hand with his fingers, his fingers suddenly loosened, and the small cup hit the table with a thud, his tone suddenly became gloomy, " It's as if Qin Mozhi's being wronged has nothing to do with you."

The shop owner lowered his eyes, looked at the chef's hat that was placed on the table, and did not speak.

Yin Zebei looked at the silent shop owner with dark eyes: "Tell me where the Golden Lake is. Even if you don't know the exact address, you have been Qin Mozhi's assistant for so many years, it is impossible for you to not have any clues."

"I'm no longer a photographer." The store owner frowned, disgusted by the aggressiveness of the other party, "I paid off your money two years ago."

Yin Zebei leaned back in his chair and shook his head: "From the moment you helped me steal the film, it is impossible for you to get rid of this matter in your life."

The shop owner closed his eyes: "...I regret it very much." After saying that, he looked up at Yin Zebei, "You should also repent."

"Why should I repent? There is no proof that the Golden Lake is real."

"Why deceive yourself and others, the film in your hand is the evidence."

As soon as these words came out, Yin Zebei's expression turned extremely ugly.

"I'm sorry to Qin Mozhi, not only because of the deal between me and you, but also because I found out early on that you were jealous of him, even malicious, but didn't tell him immediately." The shop owner stood up, Putting on a chef hat, "You don't need to come to me to ask about the Golden Lake. The lake does exist, but I really don't know where it is. If you ask me a hundred times, you will only get this answer."

Yin Zebei watched the other party turn and leave, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "You have already paid off the money, why didn't you expose me?"

The store owner turned his back to the photographer, and only left a faint sentence "I have thought about it".

It was past nine o'clock in the evening when JENNY came to the steamed stuffed bun shop, and the shop was still full of people. She found a corner for two people, took off her satchel and sat down, staring alone for a while.

Someone knocked on her table, and the middle-aged man wearing a chef's hat smiled and said condescendingly: "Since we're here, let's order something, and take care of your father and my business."

Only then did JENNY smile heartily: "Same as usual, golden soup dumpling."

The hot soup dumplings came up soon, and Jian's father sat opposite, looking at his daughter who seemed to be unable to eat after a few mouthfuls: "What's the matter, what's on your mind?"

JENNY put down her chopsticks: "Qin Xiu received an anonymous letter today, and the other party left him a map of the Golden Lake."

Father Jane's eyes widened in surprise.

At first, JENNY suspected that the letter was left by her father, but now seeing her father's reaction, she knew it should not be.

Her father used to be Mr. Qin Mozhi's assistant, and she only told her about it after she met Qin Xiu in high school, but Qin Xiu didn't know about it at all.Qin Mozhi died in the snow mountain shortly after the Golden Lake incident, and his father gave up photography after that and quit the photography industry.She didn't know if she was too sensitive. She always felt that her father had always felt a sense of guilt towards Mr. Qin Mozhi. For example, he had never seen the Golden Lake, but he always believed in the existence of the Golden Lake. She told Qin Xiu that he had worked with Qin Xiu's father on this matter, and every time she asked the reason, his father explained that when Qin Mozhi was suspected, he, as an assistant and friend, did not stand up for him , Qin Mozhi's snow mountain trip, if he can go with him, maybe Qin Mozhi will be fine, but when Qin Mozhi invited him to go with him, he refused.He felt he couldn't face his best friend's son.

JENNY was always dubious about what her father said, but she never said a word to Qin Xiu.If I have doubts about my father, how about Qin Xiu?Before the truth came out, she didn't want Qin Xiu to have any prejudice against her father.One is her father and the other is her best friend, and she just wants to keep both, even though it seems a little selfish.

"Who could it be from?" Father Jian took off his white chef's hat and muttered to himself.

"No matter who sent it, Qin Xiu has already decided to find the Golden Lake." JENNY said.

Father Jian couldn't help being a little worried: "He's going alone?"

"Someone is going with him."

Only then did Father Jian nod his mind in relief, and glanced at the soup dumpling that was about to get cold: "Eat it quickly, or it will be cold."

Seeing that his daughter finally started eating, Jian's father felt more and more heavy. Thinking of Yin Zebei asking him why he didn't expose him before leaving. He has never been a brave person. After the Golden Lake incident, he did the most brave thing. It's nothing more than quitting this circle, not so much to express apology to Qin Mozhi, but to make my conscience feel better.

The idea of ​​exposing him is not uncommon, especially when he sees that a person like Yin Zebei who has a bad character replaces Qin Mozhi and becomes famous in the photography world every day, while Qin Mozhi will bear the reputation of being a counterfeiter for life, and even forever. I can no longer defend myself, but as long as I think about how to face Qin Mozhi's wife and children after the exposure, and how to face the accusations of everyone, I retreat again.

It has been muddling along like this until one day when I watched a BBC interview program called TALKASIA, and heard Yin Zebei mention the Golden Lake incident in the talk show, it has been more than ten years, and he still did not forget to pour dirty water on Qin Mozhi , in order to create an upright and decent image.He looked at the sanctimonious and ugly face on TV, and thought that Yin Zebei would at least feel a little bit ashamed after Qin Mozhi passed away, but he didn't.That was the first time he really had the urge to expose Yin Zebei.

He no longer cares what others think of him, he just wants to make public what this person has done, and give Qin Mozhi a belated justice.

But just as he was thinking about how to expose him day and night, JENNY brought back a friend from school. JENNY has been out of gregarious since he was a child, and he has almost never brought friends to play at home since kindergarten. He was naturally very happy, and he and his wife spent an afternoon at home cooking a table of delicious dishes to entertain their daughter's friends.

To their surprise, the friend JENNY brought was not a girl, but a boy from the next class.

The wife was amazed when she saw the handsome 15-year-old boy. At night, she whispered in his ear worriedly, worrying whether her daughter had fallen in love early.But how could he still think about these things.

That young man's name was Qin Xiu, if he remembered correctly, Qin Mozhi's son was called by this name.At the dinner table, he inquired sideways about the situation of the other party's parents. Qin Xiu was not like his kind father at all. Although he was very polite, he was not easy to get close to. If you asked him, he would answer you, but it was just a question and an answer. , Ask him where he is from, and he will say he is from Genglin. You have to ask where Genglin is, and he will say that his hometown is in Linggou Town.

He didn't know how to get the words out of the boy's mouth, and JENNY couldn't help but said: "His father is Qin Mozhi, and he used to be a famous photographer." At that second, he felt as if he was hit by a sap down.

The relationship between Qin Xiu and JENNY is not what his wife worried about. They are just good friends who have a good understanding. Both of them have very quiet personalities, but when JENNY and Qin Xiu are together, they talk a lot more.He originally planned to expose Yin Zebei, but he hesitated when he saw his daughter who became happy because of making good friends.

What would happen if Qin Xiu knew that he was the accomplice who framed Qin Mozhi?That young man has a cold and arrogant personality with clear love and hate, how could he continue to be friends with JENNY after knowing the truth?

Maybe when they all graduated, maybe one day JENNY and Qin Xiu would part ways... As he lay on the bed, his mind was churning, and his plan to expose Yin Zebei was postponed indefinitely.

JENNY and Qin Xiu are still close friends until now. He can tell that they are very close friends, just like himself and Qin Mozhi back then.

It is no longer possible for him to expose Yin Zebei.

Father Jian looked out of the window with a sad expression. On the window glass, his daughter's reflection overlapped with the hurried people outside the window.Humans are selfish animals after all.

He turned his head and smiled and chatted with his daughter again, but he didn't notice that Yin Zebei who was standing not far behind was turning around and leaving in a hurry.

Pushing open the door and walking to the street, Yin Zebei's eardrums rang from the conversation he overheard at the soup bag shop—Qin Xiu is going to find the Golden Lake? !Did that young man really find a clue? !

Yin Xiangdong stood in the darkroom, the dim red light shining on a string of newly developed photos hanging on the folder.

It turns out that there are more than one photos of the Golden Lake.

Although it was not the first time he saw them, when they hung side by side in front of him, from left to right, frame by frame seemed to be boiling molten gold lakes still shocked him very much.This couldn't be a fake negative. Standing in front of these photos, he could feel the photographer's whole body trembling while taking the pictures, and he was overwhelmed by the miraculous scene.

What Qin Mozhi published was only one of them. If all these photos were exposed, he could hardly imagine what kind of huge waves would be caused in the photography world.

Why the film was in the hands of his father, he was unable to think about the story behind it.He and Qin Xiu have been competing for so many years, but in the end, he not only lost to the other party, but also owed the other party a lot of money!But if this roll of negatives is exposed, my father's photography career will be completely over.Father could have destroyed the negatives, but there is no doubt that Jinhu Lake has become a demon that has tortured him for many years.

Yin Xiangdong tore off the photos posted on the folder, took out the lighter and lit it. Even in the flames, the waves of the Golden Lake still seemed to have magical powers, making people unable to move their eyes away.The photo was burned in the flames, and he picked up the two negatives on the light box, hesitated for two seconds, and turned on the lighter.

Sorry, Qin Xiu, that was my father after all.