Volume 3 Winter Solstice Chapter 11 Introversion
The gears are turning.
Mixed with the sound of her heartbeat, Wang Jie shrank back, making her body tighter.
The midday sun shone on her and she looked up.
Then she heard footsteps.
“This is it.”
"One?" asked a cold female voice.
She opened her eyes, moved her body backwards, and tried to escape.
The palm of my hand hurt.
She opened her hand, and a gear was embedded in her palm, turning.
A figure blocked the sunlight.
"No!" She opened her mouth and shouted loudly, trying to move her body backwards.
"Don't be afraid."
A hand appeared in her sight. It was a man's hand with short and thick nails. He put his index finger and thumb together and picked up the gear from her palm.
"No..." Taoist Qingyang wanted to stop him, but Jiang You had already taken the gear in his hand.
took it away.
Wang Jie raised her head and stared blankly at the man in front of her.
He has a round face, wears glasses, and has a very kind smile.
It was as if all the strength in her body was drained away, and she suddenly lost consciousness.
Jiang You found a plastic bag from his bag, put the gear in it, and then stretched his hand back.
Tang Butian took the plastic bag and asked, "What happened to her?"
"You shouldn't have taken it away," Taoist Qingyang said, "She is relying on it for strength now."
"She's still alive. She looks like she hasn't eaten for a long time. Maybe her blood sugar is a little low." Jiang You took off his down jacket, squatted down, and wrapped the jacket around Wang Jie. He took out a candy box from his bag, poured out a candy, opened her mouth and put a candy in it, then picked her up and said, "Let's go and take her to the nearest hospital."
"What about the other one?" Tang Butian asked.
Taoist Qingyang calculated for a moment, then looked at the plastic bag in Tang Butian's hand and said, "I'm afraid it's already..."
Jiang You held Wang Jie and walked towards the car, and Sun Yu opened the door of the back car.
——
The sound of water dripping.
Very slow.
Sweet taste in mouth.
Wang Jie opened her eyes and saw a white ceiling. She turned her head to look out the window and saw a man standing on the balcony with his back to her. He was wearing a black down jacket which was very thick and seemed very warm.
The man turned his head.
She recognized him.
Jiang You opened the balcony door and walked into the ward. He pulled a chair and sat down beside Wang Jie's bed. "You're awake."
"I……"
She held out her hand, her palm wrapped in gauze.
"I'm Jiang You, a people's policeman," he rummaged through his bag, unzipped the inner layer, fumbled around inside for a long time, took out his police officer ID, and showed it to Wang Jie.
"Police, are you here to arrest me?"
Jiang You tried hard to search his bag and found the law enforcement recorder with difficulty. "Do you know Gu Lingke?"
"Yes. Her. I live with her."
"How is your relationship?"
"Very bad."
Jiang You took out the gear from the plastic bag from his bag and asked, "Is this yours?"
"Yes."
"Where did you come from?"
"It belongs to my father. This is a gear on a watch. My father is a watch repairman."
"A relic?"
"Yes, it has always been with me. It, it's all my fault, it's me..." Wang Jie started to speak incoherently, "No, it's not it, it's all me, I, I don't..."
Her breathing became ragged as she swayed.
"Don't be impatient." Jiang You grabbed her hand and looked into Wang Jie's eyes. "Take your time. Do you want to eat something first?"
"I?"
"Let me order takeout," Jiang You took out his phone and started to order takeout. "It snowed last night. It must be very cold."
"Not bad."
"Have some light porridge. I didn't have lunch." Jiang You placed the order.
“Are you really a police officer?”
"Really?" Jiang You put down his phone. "Gu Lingke doesn't like cleanliness that much, does he?"
"I, she, she never cleans or takes out the trash. She just piles the takeout there and never washes the pot for instant noodles. Once, she clogged the toilet with a sanitary napkin and she didn't tell me..." Wang Jie lowered her head, "I thought only boys would do this."
"Then why do you still want to share the rent with her?"
"I'm short of money."
"Money?"
"I take orders for drawings on a platform, such as character design covers. I am not very professional, I just rely on quantity, and occasionally draw handles for some stores. For making clothes, I have to pay for the initial material costs myself, and I don't make much. If I want to cancel the lease, I will leave and she won't leave, so I will lose the deposit I paid. I don't have the money to rent a new place for the time being. I want to sublet it, but others will be unwilling to do so as soon as they see this. I originally planned to endure it for a year and not renew it after the expiration..."
"You can find the landlord. He will kick her out for ruining such a nice house." Jiang You said.
"What……"
The cell phone rang, Jiang You answered the call, and the takeaway arrived downstairs.
"Please sit for a while, I'll be back soon." Jiang You stood up and walked out of the ward.
After Wang Jie watched Jiang You leave the ward, her eyes fell on the bed.
Jiang You pulled the plastic bag onto the bed.
The gears lay quietly inside.
She stretched out her hand, wanting to touch it, but then she thought of something and pulled her hand back.
Tang Butian stood outside the ward, and she followed Jiang You downstairs.
"What did you ask?"
"The girl is too introverted. She probably said everything to the gear. It's her father's relic. She must have suddenly become desperate. The emotion in the pattern is very desperate. Has her boyfriend found out?"
"I found it."
"I didn't have the heart to ask her."
Jiang You walked out of the ward building and took out the takeaway. "I ordered three bowls of porridge. You take one. Green vegetable porridge, scrambled egg beef porridge, and red bean glutinous rice porridge. Which one do you want?"
"Red bean and glutinous rice porridge."
"Okay." Jiang You took a bowl of porridge out of the bag and handed it to Tang Butian, then gave her a set of tableware. "The question now is whether Gu Lingke is dead or alive. If he is dead, it will be a bit troublesome..."
Jiang You walked back to the ward.
He saw Wang Jie holding a plastic bag in her hand, crying breathlessly.
"Let's eat something first."
Jiang You took out the porridge from the bag and placed it on the bedside cabinet. He opened the lid and put the spoon into Wang Jie's hand.
“I don’t understand what’s going on.”
Wang Jie's hands were shaking and the spoon fell on the bed. Jiang You picked it up and put it on the lid.
"I, I, time was very tight. I stayed up for three nights, but the manuscript was still rejected. I didn't get the 60% payment as promised. When I woke up, they were in the living room, hugging each other. I shouted at them to leave, and then I, I didn't know what to do. I didn't get the money, and the house was such a mess, it stank, and they..."
"I yelled at them and they ran out."
"What then?" Jiang You asked while drinking porridge.
"I don't know, I seem to be controlled, I don't know what I am doing..."
“But I saw Dad…”
