hostage

(Friendly reminder: there is no Sherry in this chapter)

This night, everything is silent, but it seems to be unusually peaceful. It seems that there is an undercurrent brewing in the hearts of every sleepless person, which will move forward violently when dawn comes.

Tao Youran was lying on the bed in the dormitory tossing and turning, the phone next to the pillow was glowing, and she was always focused on making a call. The name displayed on the screen was: Dad.

After a while, the screen went dark again, reached out to turn it on again, redialed, and repeated the cycle many times, without any expected answer.

Tao Youran finally tortured herself to the point of collapse, sat up, bowed her head and hugged her knees, crying bitterly.She didn't know what to do. In the afternoon, Sister Anna just comforted herself and told her helplessly that the police would deal with everything. They had no choice but to wait for news.

All that remains is to persuade myself that all I can do now is to concentrate on listening to the lectures and study as my father asks me every day, and take my studies seriously to enrich myself, just as he is as focused on his work as he is on his work.

However, an accident happened on the scene of his father's show, and because of this, his father disappeared. Under such circumstances, Tao Youran knew better that he had no way to concentrate on other things, including his studies.

Even for a long time, Tao Youran can be said to be a girl who works hard enough or can be regarded as an excellent girl in the eyes of Mr. Tao and even Anna.But in fact, most of the time, I still grew up under the wings of my father. My father has expectations and requirements for her, but he also protects her well. Although minor illnesses and disasters are always inevitable, no matter what the illness is, there is still something that can't be overcome. Her father will take care of her gently and guide her through the ups and downs. In front of her father, she is just a child who has not yet grown up.

She, in fact, can't be strong at all. The weakness in her heart quickly invades and occupies places that neither she nor others can see. Only the little faith left supports her. Father, want to investigate that matter, use your own way!

In the early morning of the next day, Anna finished packing herself, put on a small suit and a satchel, and was about to go out to the company. As soon as she opened the door, she saw the girl who was too familiar standing in front of her house.

"Sister Anna."

"My God, I said Miss, what are you doing here this early in the morning? Aren't you going to class?"

Anna complained with disgust, but she still turned to welcome the girl into the door.

"but I……"

"Okay, I know you may not be in the mood now, but you have to know that many things in life are like a spinning top, and you can't stop when it spins. It's like a company. You can't do nothing just because Mr. Tao doesn't come to sit in charge. Done." Anna persuaded loudly, while reaching out her hand to tuck the girl's hair scattered on the side of her face behind her ears, with a gentle comforting meaning.

"The same is true for you. You are about to graduate, and you have a lot of things to prepare. You promised Mr. Tao that you would graduate with the best grades, and then help him manage the company. Relax, maybe Mr. Tao is just temporarily There are other things to deal with, there is no way to inform us, go back to school quickly."

"I understand the truth, but, Sister Anna, I always have a bad feeling. I dare not close my eyes at night. Once I close my eyes, I will have nightmares. I..."

Before Tao Youran finished speaking, Anna's cell phone rang. Anna glanced at the caller ID, ignoring Tao Youran beside her, so she caught a glimpse of the name: Xu Mo.

"Hello? Professor Xu? I was really sorry yesterday, because I had some urgent matters to deal with, so I didn't entertain you well."

"Well, no, no, it's not your problem. It's okay. We can discuss it in detail another day. Yes, this episode itself is very meaningful. I didn't intend to cancel it because of the accident. After all, Mr. Tao spent a lot of thought on it." planned."

Anna immediately got up and walked towards the door. While communicating with Xu Mo on the other end of the phone, she didn't forget to look back to indicate that Youran can relax at her house.

"Hmm... Mr. Tao's matter, please trouble Professor Xu to remember, the police..."

The voice gradually faded away, and disappeared with the sound of the door closing.

Seeing Anna leave, she stood up leisurely, and walked to Anna's study in a familiar way.She knew that Anna had a habit of not only storing important contacts in the phone, but also recording them in a notepad and carrying them with her. But just in case, there would be a copy of the business cards and backup data at home.

Sure enough, Tao Youran found the information she was looking for in the card book on Anna's desk - a business card of Professor Zhang Chenxi, but under Zhang Chenxi's business card was another name written in black ink: Xu Mo , followed by a string of 11 digits.

This is all very common information, but when Tao Youran saw the string of characters, her eyes suddenly opened wide, and she immediately realized that the handwriting was not Anna's, the characters were neat and vigorous, and she was too familiar with them— — Dad's? !

For some reason, Tao Youran still felt chills in this already warm day.

Xu Mo... Xu Mo...

Chanting the name lightly, the face that seemed to be engraved in my mind at the first sight suddenly appeared in front of my eyes at this moment.

That inadvertent meeting was not only Xu Mo who was deeply confused and unforgettable, Tao Youran was also the same.She couldn't tell whether the feeling of looking back was good or bad, but she seemed to be able to hear the echo of her heartbeat, and a voice told herself vaguely: It's him!

What is "it is him"? !Tao Youran couldn't understand her thoughts at that moment, but these are not important now, the important thing is that she doesn't know where the connection came from, but she has a bold idea: Does her father have any connection with this person named Xu Mo? ?

"Miss Tao?"

Hearing the voice, Tao Youran suddenly recovered from the daze.

After getting Xu Mo's contact information at Anna's house, she didn't contact him directly, but just wrote it down, and then thought, why not go directly to the life science research institute named after him.

So now, she was standing in front of Xu Mo's office.Xu Mo was there, and he was sitting there, scribbling something very seriously. Even though Tao Youran couldn't see any expression on his face, or Xu Mo was really expressionless at this time, but he tilted his head The head seems to be thinking calmly, and the movements of the hands are constantly writing and drawing, but it makes You Ran feel that this person's thoughts at the moment must be galloping and flying freely in the research work.

Xu Mo should be concentrating on his work, but Leisurely looked at Xu Mo at work intently, as if there was a barrier separating the two of them, they were clearly in the same space, but they were doing their own thing, no one could find the other, and no one would bother them no one.

Time has been frozen for a long time.It was so long that Youran felt as if there was some strange magnetic field that made her freeze instantly, unable to move.

Then a voice called her name.

It was a soft and not too deep male voice, magnetic and pleasant to hear, it could directly remind her of those eight words: modest gentleman, gentle as jade.

She had heard that voice before, when he first met her in the afternoon, after he stared blankly at her for a long time, then turned a blind eye and talked to Sister Anna, and she was deeply impressed.

"Ah, I'm sorry for disturbing you, Xu...Professor Xu." Cutting off her wild thoughts, Tao Youran felt shy about her rudeness.

"Am I that good-looking?" When Xu Mo called her, she had already stood up, and now she was slowly walking towards the door, with the smile he always had for outsiders, gentle and polite, asking questions as he paced , "Can you keep your eyes on it?"

"Huh? No, no, it's not... I..."

Xu Mo suddenly let out a low laugh, and let out a light snort. That feeling was just used to express the cuteness and funnyness of the other party, without any hint of ridicule.But for some reason, when Tao Youran got into her ears, she felt something soft tickle her heart, tickling her heart.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have laughed at you, I'm sorry." Seeing the other party's embarrassment, Xu Mo suppressed his smile and explained solemnly, "I just saw you standing at the door of my office for a long time. …Hmm, accident?! No, it’s curiosity, what’s wrong? Do you need me?”

"I, I actually want to ask you about the day my father disappeared."

Tao Youran calmed down, suppressed her timidity, and asked directly.

"Huh? But I can't help you. I was in the lounge with another guest that day, and I didn't know what happened there."

"I know that. But..."

"But what?"

"Forget it, it's nothing, I took the liberty, sorry to bother you."

After finishing speaking, Tao Youran turned around and wanted to run away, not wanting to give Xu Mo another chance to speak.

It was how she should tell Xu Mo that her father had written his name on other people's business cards, but thinking about it carefully, maybe it was just for Sister Anna, asking her to find Xu Mo to participate in the recording of the show.Everything was obviously because I was a little flustered at the time and didn't think well enough.

So, how could I tell Xu Mo that at that moment, I intuitively felt that he could help her, that's why she came over, with such an abrupt and ridiculous reason, how could the dignified Professor Xu not laugh at his naivety.

"Wait, Miss Tao."

Suddenly a hand grabbed his wrist and blocked his way, Tao Youran looked back, it was obviously Xu Mo.

"Sorry." Seeing Tao Youran stopped, Xu Mo immediately let go of his hand, "I'm sorry, I'm not... Oh, did I hurt you?"

"No, no, no. It's just..." Tao Youran blushed slightly, then took a deep breath, and said with determination, "Actually, I just thought that I might find you, and I might have some different clues. I'm overwhelmed."

"Miss Tao, I understand how you feel, but I..." Xu Mo suddenly didn't know what words to use to express, even though the fact was that he couldn't help Tao Youran at all, but for some reason, he couldn't express any rejection The words came, and after a pause, it seemed as if a word came to mind, "...I can't help?!"

"Yeah, I understand, I'm sorry."

"Don't say I'm sorry, I should be sorry, maybe I didn't take good care of Mr. Tao."

"Ha... what does it have to do with you, stop joking."

Hearing that the girl finally smiled, her eyebrows were curved, she was very cute, even though she had a small face that was haggard due to insomnia, even though she was dressed like Cinderella from what he saw, But looking directly at her, the slight brilliance in her eyes was the same as the light golden sunlight shining in through the French windows behind him, bright and heartwarming, a little touching.

"Shall I take you home, or rather, back to school?"

——TBC——