hostage

Chapter 9 (Arm in the Rain)

"I said, don't say we don't know what's going on with your father, even if we do, it's none of your business!"

"Exactly! To be honest, this happened on our TV station, and we still don't understand it. Who knows if your father did it?"

Two strong men dressed in cool and rough clothes seemed to be blocking the door of a bar, surrounded a little girl standing in front of the door and said so aggressively.

"How can you say that, you need evidence to say this."

The little girl argued hard.

"Heh... you are telling us the evidence now? Then you block our way and say that we have something to do with your father's disappearance. What evidence do you have?"

It turned out that it wasn't that the big man was being unreasonable. It was because the little girl heard about it from somewhere. When the accidental murder at HBS happened, these two were the closest to the scene. It can even be said that these two were setting up the scene , Check lighting, photographic equipment and other matters.

Yes, the little girl is none other than Tao Youran.In any case, due to his father's professional status and his own professional situation, Tao Youran still has some relevant contacts, so, for some reason, after hearing some gossip, he bravely found the The two HBS staff members were killed.

"I didn't say that, I just wanted to ask..."

"Ask what? We don't know...whether it's annoying or not! If you have anything to ask the police, we have been interrogated many times by them like prisoners, and now it's your turn, a yellow-haired girl who doesn't understand anything, to say something Four."

"Go away, go away, let the uncle go drink! Don't think that when you hear the bloody words of BS on the scene, you just say that it has something to do with our TV station..."

The other big man didn't seem to be very reasonable. While talking, he started to push Tao Youran, trying to keep her from blocking the door, but Youran seemed startled by what the big man said, what bloody words?Why have I never heard of it!

"wait a moment!"

No matter what the opponent was, leisurely grabbed the man's arm, the small palm seemed to be unable to hold the big man's thick arm at all, but no one knew where the strength was dragging the big man's steps towards the door.

The big man couldn't help shaking his arm violently, the strong cyclone couldn't help but made You Ran let go of his hand, and took a few steps back, finally grabbing the edge of the guiding platform at the door without falling down.

But the big man might have been irritated, so he laughed out of anger, with malicious intentions, turned around and walked a few steps, walked leisurely, stared at the bewildered face of the little girl in front of him, and said, "Why? Or, you don't want to ask about your father at all, but do you want to have a few drinks with me?"

While talking, she wanted to reach out to pick Youran's chin...

"What are you doing?!"

A clear and cold female voice came from behind the big man. The big man couldn't help but look back and saw a man and a woman standing behind them. The woman was wearing a long trench coat with her hands in her pockets, looking at them expressionlessly. But the aura around him was so powerful, as if the sudden drop of cold air had awakened the big man's brain nerves, and the big man couldn't help being stunned on the spot.

The man frowned, staring at the big man's hand with cold eyes, and then staring at the girl on the other side for a moment. After that, there is unspeakable love.

"Oh! So it's the two great gods. This is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

The other man who had been watching the show on the other side had no choice but to go forward to smooth things over when he saw such a weird atmosphere. At this time, the strong man who had behaved badly just now realized that he turned his eyes and stared at Tao fiercely. Leisurely, said,

"Hey, they were both on the scene at the time, why didn't you go to them and ask them, come to ask us that this insignificant little guy can have a fart?!"

As he said that, the strong man was dragged away by another man under the pressure of a solemn gaze, and the curtain of the bar slammed because of the speed and force, breaking the short silence outside the door.

"Go back early, girls don't linger blindly at night."

I should send her back, but I don't know where the discomfort came from. I was so bored, he couldn't, couldn't get closer, couldn't play the role of a guardian, guarding her all the time, and, it seemed, this little girl was so daring , and even made him feel that she still didn't trust him.

"Wait, Professor Xu!"

The girl stopped Xu Mo who was about to turn around and leave.It seemed that he should have ignored it, but as soon as the girl opened her mouth, Xu Mo stopped involuntarily and looked back at the girl.

The girl frowned tightly, with one arm folded in front of her chest, her eyes watery and hesitant to speak made one feel a little pity, Xu Mo paused, just about to speak, but saw the girl look at the person beside him Miyano glanced at him, full of puzzlement, and asked,

"Do you also know that there are blood characters at the scene of the crime?"

"Huh?" Xu Mo thought that she would ask him why he was here with Miyano, but he didn't expect that it was this matter that she just opened his mouth. He looked intently at Youran's eyes that pretended to be calm and tough, "You didn't think about this matter at all. Should know."

"Why?! It was my father who disappeared in that incident! Why can't I have the right to know!"

"Sometimes, in some cases, family members do not have the right to know all the details, and even these details cannot be disclosed."

Seeing Xu Mo fell silent, Miyano Shiho had no choice but to step forward to explain.

"No, then I know now! After so long, the police haven't found any results. I'm going to investigate by myself. I want to find my father myself."

"Alas..." Xu Mo sighed, stepped forward, put his hands on Youran's shoulders, looked at her and said, "Youran, don't be willful!"

This seemed to be the first time Xu Mo called her name in such a low voice, it seemed helpless, and it seemed to be a request. Originally, he couldn't refuse, but that was her father, who loved and cared for her since she was a child. Beizhi's father, she didn't want to and didn't want to wait for a result in the long-term hesitation.

"Professor Xu...Xu Mo...can you take me to the scene to have a look, just once? Maybe...maybe I can discover things that the police couldn't? I have a hunch that Dad must have left it for me. What, please, Xu Mo, my premonition has always been strong, I..."

Facing Xu Mo's more and more serious eyes, he frowned, squinted his eyes, and looked at the girl in front of him with tears streaming down his face vigilantly. He was extremely entangled in his heart, wondering whether he should refuse or continue to indulge.

There was a sudden sound in the sky, and a dazzling light flashed past, as if it split the dark night, pierced each other's eyes, and hurt each other's hearts.

"Xu Mo!" Miyano called the man's name coldly and seemed to be a warning, and it was the first time to call him directly in Chinese.

Xu Mo seemed to wake up, let go of Youran's shoulder indifferently, took a few steps back, broke away from Youran's hand clutching his clothes, calmed down his chaotic emotions, and suddenly faded away all the intolerance, tenderness, and indifference Looking at Youran calmly, he bluntly refused.

"No! Go back, I'll see you off."

Both time and space seemed to be frozen at this moment. The powerful aura from Xu Mo made Tao Youran startled and retreated. She felt that something was different, but she couldn't tell why. The people in front of her were no longer the same as before. Treating her gently is like a different person, standing opposite each other, and in an instant, the torrential rain comes suddenly, like a barrier separating the thousands of distances that have been seen from each other, and they can no longer go forward.

Tao Youran turned around and rushed into the rain curtain. The heavy rain seemed to wake up Xu Mo, and the nerves that were about to burst at that moment seemed to be touched heavily by something. The moment he saw the girl leaving resolutely, the strong feeling of distress was overwhelmed. He wanted to stay away from the girl's will, and raised his foot to catch up immediately, but was blocked by a speeding car, and when he crossed the middle of the road, the girl had long disappeared.

Xu Mo tossed and turned on the road, his anxiety condensed in every time he turned around, every time he looked back, no matter how calm and self-possessed a person would get out of control one day, Miyano Shiho was standing on the side of the street, seeing the road wet by the rain seemed to be Those small advertisements that were still sticking to the ground suddenly took off into the rain, and the fragile pieces of paper shattered for some reason, and the rain line that had diminished in momentum but still came rushing down, lightning and thunder, sharpened the road. Street, blinded her eyes.

Thanks to Miyano, she was still calm, picked up the phone calmly, and made a call... When she came back to her senses, Xu Mo was nowhere to be seen.

Meow - meow -

There was a crackling sound, followed by a few shrill screams. Miyano Shiho looked for the sound, and under the shadow of the dim street lights, there was a weak figure at the corner of the street. The black cat was shivering in the rain, maybe it was frightened, but when it saw a stranger approaching, it shrank its limbs and frowned, as if it was fixed and unable to escape.

It kept calling and whimpering, Miyano Shiho couldn't help but reached out and stroked its head, the rain soaked its fur, even though it was a little stretched out because of fear, but also because it was soaked, a tuft A cluster stuck together.After a while, under Miyano's gentle and rhythmic stroking, it gradually stopped barking, but rubbed along the palm of his hand regularly, narrowing his eyes, with a flattering expression on his face.

Miyano picked up the black cat, wrapped it in his arms, stood up, turned around and saw Xu Mo walking slowly like himself, letting the rain directly hit his hair, stretching along the hair without stopping. It dripped down, and the clothes were already soaked, and the endless sense of loneliness extended to the steps, figure and expression, and the eyes were endless emptiness.

When Miyano was in front of him, he stopped and looked at her absent-mindedly. He suddenly heard a weak meow, and then he came back to look at the little thing in her arms. He was ignorant and curious about the black cat. Round eyes.

"picture."

"what?"

"The one I had when I was a child, but I never saw it again afterwards."

"Ah."

"It's the first time I've lost because of myself."

"..."

"I won't allow it to happen again."

"Did you find her?"

Miyano Shiho felt that she suddenly understood what Xu Mo meant, but she didn't want to delve into it, so she had to change the subject.Xu Mo shook his head when he heard the words, and then smiled shallowly, a self-deprecating smile, a helpless smile of his own powerlessness.

"Ares, it may not be appropriate, but you know what you are going to do, she can't be your fetters, or even a hindrance. I know better than you, people, once there is a different concern in my heart, it is undoubtedly pushing someone Give it to the enemy..."

"do not talk……"

Miyano was about to say something more when the phone rang. He picked it up and saw that the big characters on the screen read: Anna.

"I found Youran, she is with me."

——TBC——