Chapter 224 Gu Nankai's Inner Demon
At that time, Zhao Zhengrong and I’s favorite thing to do was to pick up a few cans of beer and find a table when there were no cases, and drink while watching the various people passing by.
They would drink, make bets, and guess what had happened to people and what they were about to do based on their faces. Although it was boring, they never got tired of playing it. The spirit they had at that time is no longer there today. Ever since Zhao Zhengrong got into trouble, the only thing Gu Nankai liked to do was to stay in the house.
"Gu Nankai, why do you become a different person every time a case is solved?"
Just when he was coming out of his memories, Wu Qingluan suddenly said this. Gu Nankai was startled and subconsciously asked her: "Did I?"
"You know whether you have or not."
Now that the case was solved, everyone's emotions were no longer so tense. Wu Qingluan also had time to think about some of the things that were wrong with Gu Nankai recently, such as the relationship between him and the mysterious Mr. Huo Jiu, the sense of alienation that sometimes suddenly kept people at a distance, and the fear he showed in his dreams. All of this deeply attracted Wu Qingluan.
Just because she didn't ask doesn't mean she wasn't curious.
Just because she didn't ask didn't mean she didn't care.
When she asked him back, Gu Nankai also heard the emotion in her voice. With a slight smile on his face, he explained to her: "Teacher Wu, everyone actually has some secrets in their hearts. If you tell them out, people will worry. If you don't tell them out, you will feel at ease. Sometimes it seems like you have nothing to say. Many things people can only bear by themselves, or you can't find a way to talk about it."
Wu Qingluan didn't quite understand what he meant at first, but it was obvious that Gu Nankai didn't want to tell her about this. She snorted coldly and said while driving, "Secrets will always be made public one day. If you still consider me a friend, just tell me and we can help you solve it together. Do you think I don't know that you often get up in a daze in the middle of the night?"
His heart tightened, and he looked at Wu Qingluan in front of him in surprise. Wu Qingluan was also merciless and continued to speak: "Including the two names you shouted in your dream, do you think I don't know? I just chose to keep it secret."
She saw Gu Nankai's face in the rearview mirror. He was surprised and a little panicked. She couldn't help but sneer at his attitude just now: "I saw your fear in the dream clearly. It's a waste of time for me to comfort you and calm you down in a soft voice every time. Do you think you can keep these things secret from yourself?"
Gu Nankai's face remained petrified. He leaned forward in shock and asked Wu Qingluan anxiously, "Am I really what you said?"
"How could it be otherwise? You think I'm lying to you, Zhao Zhengrong? What's so clear? Now you should believe that I'm not lying to you, right?"
Unexpectedly, after Wu Qingluan said this, she found that Gu Nankai's face changed drastically. He was shocked and stood there, with embarrassment on his face. Wu Qingluan frowned and quickly said, "But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. But Gu Nankai, from my professional point of view, you have a mental illness. If you don't receive treatment, it will become more serious. It's uncertain how serious it will develop into in the end."
Gu Nankai's face was slightly stunned, and he slowly backed away from his chair. He did not answer Wu Qingluan's question quickly, and Wu Qingluan found him a little strange to see him like this. Did she say something wrong?
“I know, this is my inner demon.”
After a long time, he uttered this sentence in a soft voice, and then he didn't speak again. After Wu Qingluan's car arrived at the destination, he went into the house without saying a word, then locked himself in his room and never came out again. This surprised Wu Qingluan very much. She didn't say anything, but explained to him how he sometimes looked when he fell asleep. Why did Gu Nankai behave like this?
She couldn't figure this out, so she secretly stood outside Gu Nankai's door and listened for a long time, but she couldn't hear any movement in the room. It was a long time before she returned to her bedroom.
After tossing and turning all night, neither of them slept well.
The next morning, after Wu Qingluan got up, she did not hear any movement from Gu Nankai. Normally, every time she got up, Gu Nankai had already finished packing and had bought breakfast and was almost waiting for her, but today was an exception.
Thinking of this, Wu Qingluan walked over and knocked on his door, but there was no response after knocking a few times. At this time, Wu Qingluan was already wondering if something had happened to this guy because of what happened yesterday. After all, Gu Nankai's behavior last night was really confusing.
She became anxious at the thought and subconsciously turned the doorknob.
The door was actually opened. Wu Qingluan was startled and hurried in to take a look. There was no Gu Nankai on the bed, but instead, in the dirty clothes basket next to his bed, which had not yet been taken to the laundry room, was the clothes he wore to the party last night.
Did he go out?
Wu Qingluan walked out while thinking about it. When she came out, she found a note on the table. She hurried over to take a look and found that it was indeed left by Gu Nankai.
"Xu Jing is in trouble. I'll go check it out first. You can go back to the serious crime unit directly."
Seeing this, Wu Qingluan felt relieved. Soon she found that there was something else on the back of the note. She quickly turned it over and saw that Gu Nankai had left a line of words: "I will tell you about last night's problem when the time comes."
Wu Qingluan kept staring at the line of words, feeling inexplicably happy. She still remembered when she and Gu Nankai had just lived together. He was a little cold at that time, and they didn't have much in common. It seemed as if he kept her at a distance. It wasn't until the two of them worked together to open a studio and developed some tacit understanding that they became closer. However, she could often still feel that Gu Nankai deliberately kept a distance from others.
He is close to everyone, but he doesn't open his heart to everyone. Gradually, she came to understand and even felt a little proud. After all, sometimes, Gu Nankai treated her differently from other people.
But like today, he took the initiative to explain to her something that had never happened in their past acquaintance.
Girls are sensitive and like to think too much. Wu Qingluan is no exception at this moment. She stared . The expression on her face showed some shyness and complacency of a girl in love.
It was a long time before she put the note away. When she was packing to leave, she already had an idea in her mind. Instead of waiting for Gu Nankai to figure it out and tell her the secret in his heart, it would be better to find out by herself.
In fact, Gu Nankai's condition was far more serious than what she had told him. His inner demons seemed to be slowly awakening. From the beginning when she saw him shouting in a nightmare to recently, his emotions seemed to be getting more and more agitated, which made Wu Qingluan very anxious.
If a person's inner demons are not completely resolved and if he relies solely on himself to deal with them, they will only become more serious.
Gu Nankai has too many things in his mind. If he continues like this, it will only torture himself more, so he will definitely find out Gu Nankai's secret.
Wu Qingluan had found out something about Zhao Zhengrong, Gu Nankai's former teammate and former captain of the Criminal Police Brigade. He created one brilliant achievement after another when working on cases with Gu Nankai, but he died in a case. Since then, Gu Nankai became depressed and resigned from the Longhai Criminal Police Brigade. It was because of this that he had the opportunity to save himself, and then the two of them hit it off and opened a studio.
