Chapter 213: Flowers Welcoming
Qu Bai got out of the car and gathered his clothes: "Are you busy?"
"Not bad." Chi Xia put away his phone: "There is still time to look at the flowers."
The weather was getting cooler, and neither the gesang nor the roses were as brilliant as when they last came, but under the setting sun, they were still intoxicatingly beautiful.
Ade also got out of the car and called out when he saw their backs: "Sir, let me take a picture for you."
"Okay." Qu Bai turned around and smiled gently: "Chi Xia, let's take a photo."
"etc."
Chi Xia said, ran to the car, and adjusted her hair in front of the rearview mirror: "I still need to put on lipstick."
Qu Bai's smile remained unchanged, he just looked at her tenderly.
When she was ready to look back, she found that Qu Bai's lips were pale. Chi Xia frowned and said the next moment: "Qu Bai, let me put some lipstick on you."
Ade frowned. How could this be possible?
Qu Bai just smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Chi Xia wiped the top layer of lipstick with a tissue, and then used her fingertips to apply a little more: "Squat down for a while."
Qu Bai supported himself with his thighs and squatted down, tilting his head slightly, letting her touch his mouth. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked with a smile: "Is it done? I feel a little itchy."
"Okay."
Chi Xia helped him up and used the small mirror behind her phone to reflect his complexion: "Do you look better?"
The color on her lips was very light, but her complexion was indeed a little better. Qu Bai smiled and said, "Yeah."
"Okay, we can start filming."
Chi Xia held his arm, feeling his weakness, and worry flashed across her eyes. She called out, "Ade, take some more pictures."
Looking at Qu Bai's smile from the bottom of his heart, although Ade was worried about his physical condition, he also knew what was the best medicine to cure him at the moment.
This time, Qu Bai finally did what he had always wanted to do. He placed his palm on Chi Xia's head and touched it gently.
His little sister, his most important relative, the girl for whom he was willing to give his life and want to protect her peace, is living a relatively good life now.
"Qu Bai." Chi Xia took photos with him while changing her poses: "I can protect you, too. Trust me."
"Yes." Qu Bai smiled: "Don't worry and do it boldly."
"Wait for me." She said, but didn't say the second half of the sentence.
Wait until she recovers all her memories and confirms everything.
Then, they can fight side by side.
"Ade, come here too." Chi Xia called out again, "Let's take a photo together."
Ade was a little flattered and waved his hands subconsciously: "I...I'll just forget it..."
"Why should we forget it?"
Chi Xia went over and took his phone, directing: "Go over, I'll take a picture of you and Qu Bai first."
Ade's eyes lit up.
"Come here, why are you so nervous?" Qu Bai also smiled and waved at him.
Ade walked over and stood beside Qu Bai stiffly and seriously.
Chi Xia laughed at them: "Why are you two so serious? Relax a little, Ade, hold Qu Bai a little closer. Yes, come closer."
Ade did as he was told.
"Relax." Qu Bai teased him, "Is it so difficult to take a photo with me?"
Ade's face, which had been drooping for years, suddenly broke into a stiff and weird smile.
Chi Xia watched their interaction through the camera and secretly clicked the video button to record it.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
Qu Bai said okay.
Chi Xia did not let them go and made them change several positions before giving up.
In the evening, many nearby residents would come to this road for a walk. She quickly found someone and took two photos of the three of them.
"Let's ask Captain Luo to come with us next time." They also walked slowly, and Qu Bai said, "Let's take a photo together."
Chi Xia blushed inexplicably, and was a little nervous about being discovered by her parents: "You...did you find out?"
Qu Bai just smiled and didn't answer.
Chi Xia chuckled and said, "Next time we meet, I'll tell you a secret."
"Okay." Qu Bai didn't ask, just nodded.
There were gusts of gentle breeze, the mountains in the distance were endless, and flowers were blooming beside them. Everyone among them felt at peace in their hearts.
Ade thought that it was just a wish to walk slowly on the road, but it seemed that they were unable to do it.
But for them, every day is like licking blood on the edge of a knife, living in intrigue and deception, walking on thin ice, and there is never a moment of peace.
After walking for quite a while, the road seemed endless. Qu Bai's panting became more and more obvious. Chi Xia stopped and said, "Let's go back."
Qu Bai felt a little regretful, but he nodded: "Let's go back."
"It's not like we don't have time."
Chi Xia supported Qu Bai: "I said there is time, so there is time, Qu Bai, you believe me."
"Okay." Qu Bai said, "I believe you."
On the way back, Ade drove faster than when he came. Chi Xia wanted them to go back first, but as soon as Qu Bai got in the car, he said he would take her back to the police station first. She didn't say anything and agreed.
"Ade, take good care of him." Chi Xia said as they got off the car, "Be sure to contact me if anything happens."
Ade nodded and the car left quickly.
When Chi Xia entered the room, Zhang Jinguo poked his head out from the security booth and said, "Xiao Xia is back. Luo Xun has been in and out eight out of ten times."
There was a rare hint of naivety in Chi Xia's smile.
"Go ahead, he's still here."
Zhang Jinguo handed out a bag and said, "I'll give you some of the oranges that your boss bought. Take them and eat them."
Chi Xia took the orange and thanked him.
When I arrived at the office, I saw Luo Xun sitting at the table, staring at the case board and thinking.
Chi Xia leaned against the door and knocked. Luo Xun turned around quickly and his eyes lit up when he saw her: "You're back?"
She nodded and held up the bag: "Eat oranges?"
Luo Xun stretched out his hand.
Chi Xia took out one and threw it to him. Luo Xun caught it steadily: "I asked Lao Lin and the others to go back first, thinking that you would definitely come back, and sure enough, you came back."
Chi Xia also took an orange and peeled it while asking, "Did Brother Cao and the others bring back any clues?"
"Yeah." Luo Xun pointed to a pile of information on the table: "It should be enough for you to do a profile."
Chi Xia also sat at the table like him and took the information beside him to look at it.
"Lu Ningzhi's father should be a typical male chauvinist. What is the most obvious quality of male chauvinism?"
“Sexism.”
Luo Xun said: "I have listened to some of my master's classes, and he talked about this. Male chauvinists will show strong patriarchal ideas in their attitudes, words, or behaviors."
He thought for a moment and added, "Ah, there is also the most important thing: men are superior to women."
"right."
Chi Xia ate a slice of orange: "Lu Ningzhi's mother has many sisters, and she is the fourth one. She only has primary school education. It is not difficult to guess that she has been deeply poisoned by the idea of favoring boys over girls since she was a child. There is no emotional basis for her union with Lu Ningzhi's father. She has no job to guarantee income, and no family to support her. And then she met a male chauvinist..."
Chi Xia didn't say anything else and sighed.
"Lao Cao and his team found Lu Ningzhi's original home."
Luo Xun said: "Neighbors said that her father would beat and scold her mother at will, but he never hit Lu Ningzhi. He just didn't care much about her. I also often heard her father complain that Lu Ningzhi's mother couldn't give birth to a son. Well... until three months before his death, he was still thinking about having a son, and he made Lu Ningzhi's mother suffer a lot."
Luo Xun felt a little sympathetic towards the woman: "Lao Cao and the others went to the mental hospital to find out what happened. The hospital told them that Lu Ningzhi's mother had an emotional breakdown caused by the oppressive environment. After being abused and suppressed by Lu Ningzhi's father for a long time, she completely blamed herself for not being able to give birth to a son. When she went there, she was holding a toy doll as if it were her son. Lao Cao asked about it and found out that it was Lu Ningzhi who sent it. Her mother would go crazy if anyone touched the doll."
"It's also pitiful. During her growth, no one taught her to resist. They only taught her to endure and reflect on herself in a distorted way."
Chi Xia flipped through the information: "Her father died in a car accident, and he was primarily responsible, but the other driver paid 300,000 yuan out of humanitarianism?"
"Um."
Luo Xun finished eating the oranges: "It's a bit too much, but there's one thing that I always feel is wrong."
"What?"
Chi Xia asked.
