Chapter 202: Sea of Blood in a Dream
"You do! You definitely do, you very much do!" Gao Yuan replied to Wu Qingluan loudly, but was blatantly ignored by Wu Qingluan.
"Okay, you will soon know what Gao Yuan is doing. How are your preparations going?"
Gu Nankai interrupted their conversation in time because he knew that Wu Qingluan was pretending to be calm at the moment. If Gao Yuan continued to talk more, who knows how embarrassed Wu Qingluan would be.
"Everything is ready, boss. You can't see any clues, right?" Gao Yuan smiled and picked up the pen in his hand to show it to Gu Nankai, with a proud look on his face.
Gu Nankai took it and checked it carefully. He praised Gao Yuan after making sure he was relieved. Then he looked at the young reporter Gao Yuan brought back and asked seriously, "Xiao Li, are you ready? If you are scared, we can find someone else to pretend to be a reporter."
The girl named Xiao Li was Gu Nankai's fan. She had helped Gu Nankai and his team a lot in the hospital. She looked very serious at the moment, "Officer Gu, don't worry, I'm ready! Besides, to be on the safe side, a real reporter would be much more convincing to the murderer than a fake one."
This is undeniable. Moreover, Chen Hui is a smart man and has certain anti-reconnaissance means. If it is done by one of his own people, Gu Nankai is more worried than letting Xiao Li do it. He paused, then nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you, but you must ensure your own safety. I will send someone to protect you secretly. If you encounter danger, your own safety is the priority."
Xiao Li was in high spirits, and the girl seemed a little excited and eager to try. If she could accomplish this, it would be a great achievement. She would be able to hold her head high in the company, and maybe even get a promotion and a raise. Thinking of this, all her worries disappeared , and she felt full of strength.
Looking at the girl's expression, Gu Nankai sighed lightly. It seemed that everyone in this world was becoming braver in order to have a better life, but he himself seemed to be still avoiding and dared not touch the secrets in his heart. Whenever a clue appeared, his avoidance was always greater than his excitement.
He silently suppressed his emotions, looked at the time, and after all the trouble, it was late at night as usual . Gu Nankai took out his mobile phone and looked at the message from Li Meng, and finally decided to let everyone go back and rest.
"You're not leaving."
Wu Qingluan was about to leave after everyone had left, but she found that Gu Nankai had no intention of going back, so she stopped and asked him.
"I have to keep an eye on Li Meng's situation. You go back and have a good rest. I won't be going back tonight." Gu Nankai took a sip of strong tea and replied to Wu Qingluan.
Wu Qingluan frowned: "What on earth are you and Li Meng doing? Both of you are so mysterious."
Gu Nankai smiled but didn't tell her: "You will know soon."
Seeing that he didn't seem to want to tell her, Wu Qingluan rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, but soon changed her mind: "Forget it, it's already this late, and it will be almost dawn if I go back to pack up the puppets. I'll just wait with you. I'm too lazy to drive anyway."
Gu Nankai looked at her with some doubt. Wu Qingluan was a young lady, which he could tell from her living conditions, but he seemed to be able to tell what his identity was at each time. She could afford to endure hardships. She and Shang Lu followed a group of men from the serious crime team to the scene for field work every day. Sometimes they felt that the two women were like men, but the two women were the top goddesses in the police force.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't proud, plus these two beauties are so awesome, not pretentious at all.
Gu Nankai knew her temper. Few people could change the decisions she made. He did not force her to go back and rest. Instead, he looked at the time and said, "Yes, then you can rest here. I will wait for news from Li Meng at any time."
Wu Qingluan did not act pretentiously. She walked straight to her seat and did not want to think about work. She took out her cell phone and checked it. There were actually many missed calls and text messages. She opened the text messages and read a few of them. Her face turned slightly cold. She deleted a few of them in annoyance. When she wanted to delete more, she hesitated and finally turned off the phone without looking at it.
Soon she closed her eyes and fell asleep on the table.
After she fell asleep, Gu Nankai quietly got up and turned off the desk lamp on her desk, then put a piece of clothing on her. After returning to his seat, he fell into deep thought in the dark night.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the past came flooding back to him like a tide. The physical fatigue and the inner struggle resisted each other. Suddenly, he seemed to feel himself being enveloped in a sea of blood again. He seemed to be struggling constantly in the surging waves of blood, but no matter how he shouted and tried, the bloodiness and confusion made him at a loss.
As he was rolled around in the blood waves, feeling helpless, the fishy-sweet sea water seemed to pour into his nostrils. He struggled to escape, but heard two familiar voices coming from a distant place. The owners of the voices were a man and a woman. He seemed to suddenly feel that he was saved. He responded loudly to the two voices, but as if in an instant, the two voices suddenly started quarreling.
The scene suddenly returned to that day.
The man held the woman hostage, the muzzle of the gun in his hand was pointed at the woman's temple. The woman looked at him helplessly and sadly, silently saying two words over and over again.
"Save me."
"Save me."
He pointed his gun at the man, his hands seemed to be trembling, and his heart seemed to be bleeding. A red light came, and he subconsciously closed his eyes, but when he opened his eyes again, the two people in front of him had already fallen into the sea. From that moment on, the sea in his world turned red.
Every time he closed his eyes, such nightmares would torment him in his dreams from time to time.
When he woke up with a start, his back was covered in cold sweat. Gu Nankai was stunned for a while, took a deep breath, and looked at the time. Only an hour had passed since he said he had started looking for it.
Li Meng received a message on his mobile phone every ten minutes saying that everything was fine. He took a look and felt a tightness in his chest. The panic just now seemed to still linger around his body. He looked at Wu Qingluan and saw that she was still sleeping soundly. He smiled silently, quietly got up and left the serious crime team.
The weather in Longhai was slowly getting cooler, but it was still a little hot after running around during the day. It was a little chilly at this time, but for Gu Nankai, this coldness made him clear-headed.
The public lights in the bureau were on. He looked up at the sky, which was full of stars. He looked up for a long time, then turned and walked to the place where a few people were resting outside. The small sofa was a little damp and cool at the moment, but he didn't care. He took out his cigarette case, took out a cigarette, lit it, and lay down directly on the sofa. Everywhere he looked, there were stars. It seemed that the cigarette was just for the sake of scenery. He hadn't smoked for a long time.
Looking at the starry sky, Gu Nankai's thoughts spread to who knows where. After a long time, he took a long breath. The cigarette had been blown away by the wind and there was not much left. He barely raised his arm to take a puff, looked at the cigarette holder that was already on the end, and smiled bitterly.
Without my old friend around, even smoking has no meaning. I bought this box of cigarettes almost three months ago, but I still haven’t finished it. Many times, it’s just a thought. If I don’t smoke, I’ll just pretend, as if time has stopped.
