Chapter 73
Li Lan, you are so disgusting.
Other people's mothers are a warm harbor, able to provide care and comfort to their children.
As for his mother, just as soon as they met, Li Zhuiyuan felt that the human skin on his face had a vague tendency to fall off.
They are both mother and son, and fellow patients.
From a certain perspective, they should be the mother and son who know each other best in the world.
But because of this, when the two of them face each other, the disguises they create will become ineffective, but they rely heavily on this disguise to survive.
Because both of them are so smart.
Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes.
Over the past six months, his condition has been well controlled, especially in the past few months, and he has not been sick again.
He can clearly feel the changes in himself. When facing outsiders, he no longer observes words and expressions in order to play his role perfectly in front of everyone.
When facing outsiders, he gradually became too lazy to act.
When facing people close to him, he often deliberately refrains from performing and happily feels every instinctive emotional reaction, even just a little bit.
But this is a seedling, and he firmly believes that under his careful care, it will grow into a towering tree in the future.
However, when the building is built higher, the fall is often more severe.
It's funny, just a simple meeting, my "treatment effect" in the past half year has been loosened, and after the loosening, it is likely to be followed by a landslide.
Because when facing Li Lan, all your postures, movements, and expressions will be mobilized. Knowing that disguise is useless, when people are stripped naked, they will subconsciously grab everything around them that can cover their bodies.
Fortunately, now is not the time when I was answering the phone at Aunt Zhang's canteen. I had to endure the vicious ridicule from Li Lan while pretending to be a warm mother and son in front of Li Weihan, Cui Guiying and others.
He came to the family home to ask Grandpa Zhang to help him "decipher" the location of the remaining locations. This had nothing to do with whether he was Li Lan's son or whether the relationship between mother and son was good. He understood some of these old professors too well. It's a hobby, old friends have new research and pondering topics together, that is fun in itself.
Therefore, he no longer needs to perform here with Li Lan, and he does not need to care about the eyes of the people around him.
This is Li Lan's social network, not Li Zhuiyuan's.
The mother opened her arms, but failed to wait for her son to fall into her arms.
Li Zhuiyuan calmly looked away. He did not pull Wu Xinhan or Teacher Yan's hands, asking them to take him out of here quickly.
This is his home, and the woman in front of him is his mother. It is not convenient for two old people to do this. Of course, they can do it with explanation, deception and a tough attitude, but it is a bit troublesome.
Things can actually be very simple.
Like...run.
However, Li Lan took the lead.
After all, we have been acting friends for so many years, and even though we haven't seen each other for so long, the tacit understanding is still there.
When Li Zhui Yuansheng thought of running away, Li Lan had already taken action.
Everything happened in a flash. When Li Lan found that her son would not throw himself into her arms, she bent over and trotted towards her son.
The two movements connected very quickly, so quickly that outsiders would hardly feel anything was wrong.
It's not just the son who falls in love with a script, it's also normal for the mother to take the initiative to run over and hug her child.
As for the child, he has not seen his mother for a long time and is a little shy, which is understandable.
Li Zhuiyuan was hugged by Li Lan.
The boy didn't find it strange. Senior is a senior after all.
There were tears in the corners of Li Lan's eyes, and her expression was just right. She hugged the boy's back with her right hand and held his head with her left hand, and first kissed the boy's face.
Li Zhuiyuan wanted to laugh a little, she could actually endure the physical nausea and kiss her.
I feel like I'm being wrapped around deathly.
But then, Li Lan's words in his ear after the kiss made Li Zhuiyuan regain the familiar feeling of being dominated and blindly obeyed.
Normally, mother and son are each other's weaknesses, but they are each other's knives stabbing each other's weaknesses.
She said softly:
"Want to know about that seabed?"
Immediately, she increased the volume:
"Come, son, go home with mom, and mom will have a nice talk with you."
Li Zhuiyuan showed an innocent smile on his face, raised his hands, and took the initiative to hug the "Dead" in front of him.
After a while, Li Lan stood up and apologized to Principal Wu and Teacher Yan. She wanted to stay with her son for a while.
This gesture made Principal Wu and Teacher Yan a little flattered, and they quickly waved their hands to indicate that they did not need to ask for their opinions.
Several retired old professors from Jiangsu nearby invited them to drink tea and play chess, and Principal Wu and others immediately agreed.
Li Lan held Li Zhuiyuan's hand, and the mother and son walked toward home.
Along the way, many grandparents and grandmothers took the initiative to say hello, and the mother and son responded naturally.
No matter what kind of questions they asked, the answers and cooperation were all very appropriate, without slowing down the pace at all.
When they opened the courtyard door and walked in, the mother and son were still warm and affectionate.
Because the courtyard is small and is in a row, people in the courtyard next door can still see here from the steps.
Li Lan opened the door to the inner room and walked in.
Li Zhuiyuan came in and closed the door.
The moment the "click" sound was heard, the temperature in the room seemed to drop several degrees.
This is not an illusion.
Because mother and son both lost their humanity together.
Li Lan must be hungry. After she sat down at the dining table, she took out a few small bags from the box under the table, and then slid one of them to the boy sitting opposite.
Li Zhuiyuan picked up the bag and opened it. There were compressed biscuits inside.
He came here after the exam in the afternoon. At this moment, he was indeed hungry, but he didn't want to eat this. He put down the biscuits and wanted to keep his stomach. In the evening, he had to accompany Principal Wu and others to eat Quanjude roast duck.
He actually doesn't like eating greasy duck that much, but now, he is looking forward to it.
The boy didn't ask Li Lan how he knew "that seabed" was related to him, because it was easy to investigate.
He was Zheng Haiyang's classmate. Tan Yunlong visited Zheng Haiyang's mother in the mental hospital, and he and Tan Wenbin bought tickets to go to the mountain city together.
For a long time at the dinner table, the only sound was the sound of a woman chewing.
Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and looked at the hot water bottle placed there. It was covered with a layer of dust and there was no hot water in it.
He looked at the pool again. There was still red and black stain on the edge. The faucet that had not been used for a long time would be rusted when the water was first drained. It would take a while to drain the water.
Li Lan also just returned home.
Li Zhuiyuan put his hands on the table and played with his fingers. He also called up a few chess games he lost to Ali from his memory to review them.
Li Lan stood up and left the table, first walked into the study room on the first floor, which was originally closed, and then walked out. She held a briefcase in her hand, took out a document bag from it, and threw it to the boy.
Then, she picked up the water glass and drank a glass of tap water.
Li Zhuiyuan opened the document bag. Inside was an investigation report titled "Investigation Report on the 841 Freighter Incident."
It was the ship where Zheng Haiyang's parents worked.
Li Zhuiyuan read page after page. Some places had been daubed, which should be information that even Li Lan could not access.
The report details the past history of the ship, its crew, its history of smuggling and the subsequent collective insanity of the remaining crew members.
For a long time at the dinner table, the only sound was the boy turning pages.
After reading it, Li Zhuiyuan put the document bag away, closed it with the thread, and pushed it towards Li Lan.
For Li Zhuiyuan, this report was very important, but very useless because it did not record what happened on the seabed.
Li Lan did not rush to get the document back, but took out another copy from his briefcase and placed it in the middle of the dining table. Along with this document, there was a small stack of blank report paper and a pen.
Li Zhuiyuan stood up, pulled the second document bag in front of him, opened it, and glanced at the title: "Investigation Report on Strange Phenomena in Fengdu".
The document has been extracted, is not very thick, and has color differences. It should be a summary of multiple eras.
Li Zhuiyuan did not turn the second page, but put the document aside first, then stood up again, dragged the pile of report papers in front of him, picked up the pen, and began to write down what Zheng Haiyang's mother had described to him. Undersea experience scenarios.
Li Lan's secretary Aunt Xu came to ask Zheng Haiyang's mother first, but she left before the results were available.
Therefore, only you know this section.
Li Lan is obviously not an idiot like Aunt Xu. After finishing writing, Li Zhuiyuan tore off the two report papers and pushed them to the opposite side.
Then, at the dinner table, the woman held the report paper and the boy held the document, reading quickly together.
Li Lan finished reading it first. She put down the report paper in her hand, closed her eyes, and tapped her fingertips on the table.
Li Zhuiyuan also finished reading. It turned out that there had been so many strange events in Fengdu's history. These events only existed sporadically in the locals' after-dinner conversations and in the vague memories of the old man.
Time is the best tool for annihilating traces. Even if we investigate again now, we will never be able to get such a solid and detailed report.
There is a saying that goes, there are only wrong names but not wrong nicknames.
The ghost town is called a ghost town for a reason.
The supernatural phenomena that occur around it seem to follow a unique pattern.
Li Zhuiyuan personally presided over Yin Fuhai's funeral, and he even witnessed the scene of the four ghosts carrying the coffin.
Li Zhuiyuan is not sure whether Yin Changsheng and the "taoist friends" recorded in "Baopuzi" are really still there. What is certain now is that the ghost town still retains a unique...< br>
It can be called rituals and rules, or even more coldly, it can also be called operating logic that is invisible to living people.
He has a very good memory. If he goes to Fengdu Ghost City to explore the core again when he is an adult, the things recorded in this report will save him a lot of time.
Brother Liangliang said that there is not much time left in the ghost town.
Li Lan took out another document from the briefcase and threw it to the boy again.
Li Zhuiyuan opened the document bag. The title of the first page of the document was: "Investigation Report on Ji'an 572 Civil Air Defense Project."
The boy clutched the document hard, and his calm expression could no longer be maintained at this moment.
He began to feel scared and confused.
Near Ji'an, civil defense fortifications with serious water seepage, the ghost of Goguryeo encountered during the investigation.
These are the stories Luo Gong told them at a supper stall in Wanzhou County at night.
Why did Li Lan deliberately throw this report to him?
"Freighter 841" and "Fengdu Weird", these two reports have specific clues that can point to me. Either I have been in contact with them or I have been there, I can find them.
But how did the content of the chat while drinking soy milk and eating grilled fish at night snack spread?
Did Luo Tingrui say it?
Or is it that Luo Tingrui made a report after being investigated?
No, as Luo Tingrui, Li Lan couldn't do this.
Moreover, Brother Liangliang said that they had just finished the Wanzhou project recently, and Luo Gong had been working on the project to keep track of the progress.
But if it hadn't been leaked by Luo Gong, it would have been other people present at the time.
Xue Liangliang, Tan Wenbin, Runsheng.
Li Zhuiyuan's breathing began to become rapid, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.
He wanted to analyze who the information was leaked from, but the premise for doing so was to abandon all interference from emotional factors and treat everyone equally with the coldest and most rational thinking.
Normally, this is not a serious matter, it can even be said to be a trivial matter.
But the problem is, now that he is facing Li Lan, he has been holding on tight.
Any small breach at this time may cause the embankment to burst.
The illness that I hadn't had in a long time was gradually becoming uncontrollable at this time.
Li Lan looked at her son's pale face in pain. Not only was there no worry on her face, but the corners of her mouth were slightly curved.
It was as if he was looking at a clown who was trying his best to wrap clothes around himself but was still essentially naked.
She spoke, and this was the first communication between mother and son after returning home.
Because we share the same disease, we know better how to make you completely sick.
She said:
"The person you trust closest to."
Li Zhuiyuan's mind instantly flashed to A'li, and he had told A'li everything about him.
In an instant, he calmed down.
Li Lan's eyelids drooped slightly.
The boy spread out his right hand and looked at the scar that had long since disappeared. He remembered that there were five wounds caused by piercing the nail.
That night, the girl opened her palms, saw the scars of self-inflicted wounds, and turned around decisively to leave.
The next day, she sat back inside the house with her feet on the threshold.
It was the person I closest and trusted who leaked the news. Ah Li told Liu Yumei, and Liu Yumei then reported it to the superiors through her connections?
It seems to make sense logically,
The premise is that Ali can speak.
"Hehe...hehehehe..."
Li Zhuiyuan laughed.
What I thought was a profound and complicated problem turned out to be what one plus one equals.
Well-founded foreshadowing, the atmosphere of mother and son alone together, the sharpest dagger in the world is a lie wrapped in truth.
Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and looked at Li Lan sitting opposite.
You shouldn't say that much.
What you thought was the straw that broke the camel's back was actually handed the rope.
What you just said actually exposed your trump card. The "Ji'an Civil Air Defense Project Report" was the probability card you drew and played.
You can't make Luo Gong take the initiative to accept the interrogation report, but you can see Luo Gong's work resume, and through some of Luo Gong's subsequent actions, you can find that he has a deep obsession with the ghosts of Goguryeo in the civil air defense project.
You should have also seen the report on the Yongguo Underground Palace. You think Luo Gong will most likely tell us about this matter, because you are still Luo Gong's student.
As for whether he really said it, you don't know.
You play this card of probability. If I really immerse myself in thinking about who deliberately leaked and reported the news, I will really fall into the self-certification trap.
Li Zhuiyuan was not in a hurry to speak, he just tore off a piece of report paper and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Then, he picked up the pen again and started writing about "Zhu Changyong". Tan Yunlong should have reported this part before, but Tan Yunlong didn't know about the turtle crawling out of the mouths of Zheng Haiyang's family of three.
After pushing the written report paper to Li Lan, Li Zhuiyuan picked up the "Ji'an 572 Civil Air Defense Project Investigation Report".
Yes, Luo Gong said that he had reported it, but his superiors did not give him any feedback because the "dream" reported by Luo Gong seemed very ordinary among all the reports.
Before Luo Gong and the others arrived, before water seeped into the project, someone had already died.
After Luo Gong and the others arrived, there were many people who were left inside and failed to come out. Luo Gong himself was extremely lucky to be able to come out alive.
Something was really dug up in the mountain, not a tomb, not an altar, not an underground palace, but...
The final part of the conclusion report is missing.
It wasn't that Li Lan kept it secret, but that Li Lan didn't know about it, or in other words, she couldn't bring the complete report home.
But it actually doesn’t matter whether you read the conclusion report or not, because it is still based on guesswork based on the elimination method.
He can just go by himself in the future. He is not interested in Goguryeo culture, but he is very curious about Luo Gong's "White Moonlight".
When Luo Gong was talking about this experience that night, he heard that Luo Gong had concealed part of it. Now combined with this report, it even more confirmed his judgment.
Okay, the deal is over.
Li Zhuiyuan stood up and left his seat. Instead of walking out of the door, he walked to the table, picked up the kettle, went to the sink and rinsed it, then filled it with water, put it back and plugged it in.
While the water was boiling, the boy picked up the rag beside the table and washed it, then carefully wiped the stains on the edge of the sink. Finally, he washed the handkerchief again and stacked it beside the sink.
At this time, the water in the kettle was boiling.
Li Zhuiyuan walked towards Li Lan and reached out to pick up the water cup that Li Lan had used to drink tap water.
Li Lan kept watching his actions with a calm expression.
But her hands had disappeared into the sleeves of her windbreaker.
Li Zhuiyuan poured boiling water into the cup, then picked up the cup, put it in front of himself and blew gently on it with his mouth:
"Huh...huh...huh..."
Finally, the boy brought the cup to Li Lan, with a pure and concerned smile on his face, and said crisply:
"Mom, drink hot water."
Li Lan's body began to tremble slightly, his breathing became rapid, and the veins in his neck were exposed.
Come on,
They disgust each other.
(End of chapter)