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Xia Qiyou read the story Xiao Han brought no less than ten times from beginning to end.

It was an unfinished story, and it was Qiu Ziming's last work before closing his pen.

The protagonist He Xianming is a high-spirited police detective who has solved numerous cases and is the embodiment of justice in the fictional world.

Since Qi You, a lame forensic doctor, became his partner, his detective career began an irreversible decline.

The story suddenly broke when He Xianming revealed that Qi You was not really lame, leaving countless suspense.

This story is very different from Qiu Ziming's past crime novels.Those stories in the past always highlighted the weirdness of the case itself, but the description of the case in this story is very dull, but the psychological activities of the protagonist are portrayed extremely well.

Every time after reading this incomplete manuscript, Xia Qiyou will be immersed in the emotions of the protagonist for a long time.

Between the lines, He Xianming's attitude towards Qi You has always been very ambiguous.

He has always reserved his trust in Qi You, and even doubted Qi You more than once.

But every time when the case has some clues, he will unknowingly or unknowingly erase the flaws for the real murderer, or create more incidents, making the case more complicated and confusing.

Xia Qiyou always felt that what this story wanted to convey was not the theme of popular crime novels such as "the human heart is sinister and the world is impermanent".

The protagonist puts himself in a very contradictory situation and suffers for it, but accepts it all.

But what will happen to the ending, only Qiu Ziming himself knows.

After Xiao Han returned to China, he took care of many things for Xia Qiyou.She told Xia Qiyou that four months ago, a lawyer overturned the "Shouwang" Foundation's corruption case, and the chairman and supervisors who were misjudged were all compensated to a certain extent.

This case was regarded as a family scandal of the court, so only a brief notice was issued in the agency, and few people knew about it.

Even so, Xia Qiyou will still have some troubles if he returns to China.He asked Xiao Han for the contact information of the reversal lawyer, and he also went to Germany to negotiate the next deal during the period.

Almost every day he would take out Qiu Ziming's remaining manuscripts and look through them.No matter how dull he is, he can't fail to see Qiu Ziming's projection on He Xianming.

And the lame forensic doctor "Qi You" whose disguise skills are not perfect, how much echoes him Xia Qiyou? ...

Xia Qiyou always imagines in his mind the situation when Qiu Ziming wrote this story.

At that time Xia Qiyou already knew the blood relationship between Qiu Ziming and himself, but Xia Jinghong didn't want to admit Qiu Ziming, so he could only pretend that he didn't know anything.

In the story, Qi You is a rigid and indifferent person, who is rude to his boss and used to alienate his colleagues, but he can't stand He Xianming leaving his sight.

Objectively speaking, his concern and control over He Xianming is out of instinctive self-preservation; but his actions seem to mean something more to He Xianming.

No one wants to be He Xianming's friend, because he can always see through the ugly thoughts that others want to hide.

The only exception, Qi You, who approached him and pestered him, seemed to be trying to cover up his crime.

……

At that time, Qiu Ziming and Xia Qiyou were still friends, at least on the surface.

Xia Qiyou wished to give Qiu Ziming the best in the world to make up for the shortcomings of the past 20 years.But what Qiu Ziming wanted was never what Xia Qiyou wanted out of guilt and sympathy.

He is sharper than He Xianming in the story, and more paranoid than the people in the story.

and after?Later... Later they had a big fight in Xia Jinghong's ward, and after that Xia Qiyou disappeared from Qiu Ziming's life, and Qiu Ziming stopped writing stories.

Xia Qiyou's sleep became more and more restless.He would always dream of Qiu Ziming's eyes.Gray cold, empty, emotionless...

When he sleeps, he has to turn off all the lights and block the windows so that no light can come in.

When he wakes up, he drinks a cup of coffee with lots of sugar to cheer him up.

If he is not paying attention, he will think of the story that has no ending.What happened?What happened to the detectives and forensics?What about the later Qiu Ziming and Xia Qiyou?

……

After returning to China, lawyer Liu Hao settled many troubles for Xia Qiyou.But every time Xia Qiyou wanted to inquire about how he obtained the evidence to reverse the case, Liu Hao would deliberately change the subject.

Intuition told Xia Qiyou that the case had absolutely something to do with Qiu Ziming.His stubbornness was beyond Liu Hao's imagination, and Liu Hao finally let go.

Liu Hao has his own principles, and doesn't say a word about what shouldn't be said.He repeatedly emphasized that he took over the foundation's case just because he had accepted the kindness of the chairman, and it had nothing to do with Qiu Ziming.

He persuaded Xia Qiyou not to think wildly, "I have also investigated the matter of Mr. Qiu Ziming. He disappeared suddenly two years ago before he married Ms. Qiao. There are roughly two reliable guesses: one is that he was annulled by Ms. Qiao because his relationship hurt far away. Going to another country; second, he exposed Mr. Qiu Minze's plan, and was retaliated by Mr. Qiu..."

Xia Qiyou was upset when he heard that Qiu Ziming was emotionally hurt.He ruffled his hair, and his bloodshot eyes were almost bleeding.

Liu Hao continued: "Actually, I want to find Mr. Qiu Ziming just like you, because he is the only one who did things for Mr. Qiu but broke up with him. If he is a tainted witness, it will be possible to bring down Qiu Minze." Chances of winning. It’s just that I can think of this, and Qiu Minze must have thought of it a long time ago. So Mr. Qiu Ziming’s current situation, I personally think, is really not very..."

Xia Qiyou grabbed his collar and stared at him fiercely, "You can't find him yourself, so you're just talking nonsense here?"

Xiao Han returned Qiu Ziming's apartment to Xia Qiyou.He muttered to himself in a daze in front of the mirror, under the illusion that the person in the mirror was not himself, but Qiu Ziming.

If Qiu Ziming could see it, he would have discovered earlier how much they looked like a pair of brothers when they stood together.He has never crossed the line with Qiu Ziming, and Qiu Ziming must also understand it.

No matter how clear it is in my heart, the inner demon will still cause trouble.

Xia Qiyou sighed for a long time, looked at the haggard figure with reddish eyes in the mirror, "Ziming...you owe me too much."

After moving into the place where Qiu Ziming once lived, Xia Qiyou's spirit gradually improved.He spends three to five hours every night taking care of the overseas company's business, and the rest of the time is spent looking for Qiu Ziming.

People who had contact with Qiu Ziming before he disappeared completely - Assistant Xiao Han, Qiao Dailing, Mr. Qiu, as well as some senior executives of the Xia and Qiao companies in the past - Xia Qiyou personally searched for them.

Xiao Han said that Qiu Ziming didn't even say goodbye at that time; she never dreamed that she would never see him again after that.

Qiao Dailing said that if Qiu Ziming hadn't confessed to her, they would still be a couple that everyone envied now; but Qiu Ziming ruined his future with his own hands, and even cut off his future.

Qiu Minze said that he was not willing to do anything to Qiu Ziming; the poison of a tiger would not kill its offspring, not to mention that he was so optimistic about Qiu Ziming.He just stole Qiu Ziming's passport, preventing him from going abroad.As long as he is still in the country, he cannot escape from his grasp.

……

Xia Qiyou pieced together the information he had obtained bit by bit; he tried to take himself as Qiu Ziming, put him in his perspective, and deduced how he would choose.

Soon he discovered the disadvantages of this approach.He is not Qiu Ziming, he is a person who can see by nature.He couldn't bear such a thick and hopeless darkness.

——He couldn't bear it either literally or in an extended sense.

Xia Qiyou embarked on a long journey of searching.Out of fear of Qiu Minze, he did not let the police intervene.

After two busy months, it is the end of the year.Overseas companies are still operating as usual, Xia Qiyou has no sex skills, and no privileges for Chinese New Year holidays.

He will be 28 years later.He is no longer a big boy who just graduated, his appearance is a bit more stable and handsome and heroic than before, and there is also a trace of vicissitudes between his brows.

Counting that Qiu Zi will be 31 years old next year, I don't know what he will look like?

In the cold evening, the cold wind blows large flakes of snow and howls on the crowded streets.

Xia Qiyou checked in at the hotel with his suitcase.

There is a 5A-level scenic spot near this hotel, where many tourists live.

After his father died of illness, Xia Qiyou didn't really celebrate the New Year.

In the past few years, he was always busy, but now he has achieved some success in his career. At this time, he really wanted to find someone to accompany him.

At night, he had a video call with an overseas company executive for more than two hours and did not want to hang up. In the end, the other party said bluntly that there were still many things to deal with before ending the call.

Xia Qiyou closed the computer, opened the floor-to-ceiling windows, looked at the lights of Wanjia, his reflection on the glass window had a pair of out-of-focus eyes.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and many units and businesses were only open for half a day.

Xia Qiyou went to the city's largest institution for the blind early in the morning.

In doing so, he was looking for a needle in a haystack, but not without success.After all, he is the son of entrepreneur Xia Jinghong.

After two months, he has established cooperative relations with many institutions for the blind in China.It won't be long before he can set up a company branch in the country.

In the afternoon, Xia Qiyou left the institution with some disappointment.He negotiated a new deal without much joy.

His mind was filled with the image of a family of three that he and Qiu Ziming saw in the park that night three years ago.

Xia Qiyou was happier than that baby when he was a child, because his father was rich and handsome, and his mother was gentle and beautiful.

They should have been Qiu Ziming's parents.

The atmosphere of the New Year in this small northern city is very strong, and passers-by on the road can clearly feel the warmth and festiveness in the air.

Xia Qiyou took out a cigarette, and when he took out his pocket, he realized that he didn't bring a lighter.

Shrugging his shoulders, he walked into a nearby canteen with a cigarette in his mouth.

The commissary is actually a small snack supermarket, the size of two stores, filled with various snacks.

"Boss, where is the lighter?" Xia Qiyou asked with a loud voice.

The boss pointed in one direction, "The innermost row, under the stationery."

Xia Qiyou walked through the rows of shelves, and picked up a lighter at the innermost row.On the way to the checkout, I saw a row of colorful candies, and my cold eyes suddenly softened.

He bent down and picked out an Alpine; seeing Fujiya beside him, he happily picked up another one.

When he got up, a child bumped into him suddenly, let out a low cry of pain, and then apologized repeatedly.

He spoke the local dialect, and Xia Qiyou didn't realize it for a while.When he understood what the child was saying, he also noticed something unusual about the child—he couldn't see it.

Xia Qiyou took a deep breath, took the cigarette out of his mouth, squatted down in front of the child, checked whether he had bumped into it, and at the same time spoke a few words of comfort in a soft voice.

He didn't point out things that the children couldn't see.

"Wang Bangbang, have you picked it?" A clean and transparent male voice came from not far away.

A typical southern accent, with a familiar accent.

Xia Qiyou felt that he was going to suffocate.His palms were sweating, and his heart was beating too fast.

Footsteps came closer.Xia Qiyou looked in the direction of the voice.Vision was hazy at first.After focusing, the pupil suddenly shrank into a black spot.The sugar in his hand fell to the ground together with the cigarette.

Qiu Ziming showed a somewhat perplexed expression.Then he approached the child with a gentle and friendly tone, "Wang Bangbang, did you bump into someone else again?"

The kid explained to him in mandarin with a strong accent that he didn't do it on purpose, but that his elder brother was too quiet and the weather was too cold, so he didn't notice that someone was blocking the aisle.

Qiu Ziming took two more steps forward; he seemed ready to smile and apologize to the other party, but his expression changed the moment he took the second step.

Xia Qiyou saw that his lips moved slightly but could not make a sound, so he knew that he recognized him.

"Happy New Year's Eve...brother." Xia Qiyou's voice seemed to be shattered by the cold wind.