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21. Shadow (1)

When Gu Qingtong arrived, the closing time had passed.

The two administrators of the cemetery were waiting by the gate, quietly waiting for the people who were paying homage to disperse. Seeing that someone came again, they hurriedly advised: "Miss, come back tomorrow at 8 o'clock!"

"Uncle and Auntie, please help me, I really have something important to do..."

Gu Qingtong reached out to get the ID of the underwear pocket, but he didn't want a man to say, "Uncle Liu, Aunt Wang, I know what you are worried about. I happened to be late, can I go in with her?"

"Guyu?" The male administrator was stunned, "Didn't you just come last Saturday?"

The man who was helping him walked to Gu Qingtong's right, stopped, and said, "It rained on Tuesday night. I was worried that my mother's tombstone would get dirty, so I arrived immediately after work."

The two administrators looked at each other and agreed to let go after a moment: "Then you guys hurry up, don't be too slow, we can wait until seven o'clock at most."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Liu and Aunt Wang!" The man turned his face and looked at Gu Qingtong, "Let's go, you can go in."

-

Li Yuanrong's tombstone was wiped clean. The bouquets placed during the funeral in the morning were wilted after a day of sunlight, and the color had faded away, leaving only the fragrance that seemed to be there and not a single scent drifted in the air.

Gu Qingtong stood silently for a long time, but she couldn't ask any questions she should ask.

The man who had just entered the cemetery together walked around the north side of the hillside to the east, walked slowly forward, and stood on the open space one arm away from Gu Qingtong.

The man asked softly: "He is... your lover?"

Gu Qingtong said: "No, he is a doctor, I am his former patient."

"It seems that he was very respected during his lifetime." The man sighed, "Doctors are kind and patients' recovery is the doctor's greatest wish."

"What a pity," Gu Qingtong's eyes turned red, "He can treat us, but he can't treat himself..."

"He cures diseases and saves people, and his merits will naturally be returned to him. As patients, you can help him continue to feel and experience it. Life is short, and living people still have to work hard to survive, right?"

"Thank you. I'm much better."

"I'm going to tell you that he and I are in the same place." The man took out a business card and handed it to Gu Qingtong, "Leave a contact information. If you need it, please contact me at any time."

Gu Qingtong took the business card and looked closely - Gu Yu, the attending physician of the psychiatry department of the Municipal Hospital, is good at treating sleep disorders, depression, and schizophrenia.

She raised her eyes, looked at the man, and handed the business card back: "Thank you for your kindness."

Gu Yu blocked his hand: "Please hold it first, it won't be used now, maybe it will come in handy one day."

Is there such a doctor in the world who hopes that others will get sick?

A gust of wind passed by, and the branches and leaves of the cypress trees rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound. Gu Qingtong ran too hard and was sweating all over, but was blown through by the wind, and it was chilly from the outside to the inside.

She took out the small iron box from her pocket and gently placed it in front of Li Yuanrong's tomb.

"Yuanrong, this is the throat soggy candy that Xiaojia specially entrusted me to bring to you. If your throat is uncomfortable, remember to hold one. I'll leave and come to see you again the first seventh day."

-

When going down the mountain, Gu Qingtong almost fell down with a slippery sole of her feet.

Gu Yu quickly looked and had quick hands. He took a big step and jumped down several steps, holding her in time.

"Thank you--" Gu Qingtong stood firm and rubbed her sore eyes, "It's not the rainy season yet, why are there moss growing?"

"There is no moss and the steps are cleaned very clean. You are in a bad state of mind and have been distracted. Have you been sleeping irregularly recently?" Gu Yu asked, "If you have time later, I want to ask you to sit down and drink something."

Gu Qingtong shook her head and refused: "I have said thank you three times, and I don't plan to say the fourth time. Sorry, I'm on the evening shift."

Gu Yu looked at Gu Qingtong meaningfully: "Being alert to strangers and opposite sex is the most normal reaction for a person."

"Mind reading technique?" Gu Qingtong asked, "Doctor, can you tell me what is a normal reaction?"

"Based on the situation we talked for a few days, your bad career habits have led to you always thinking about the bad things." Guyu retreated half a meter away and said, "In fact, there are so many bad people in the world? How big is the difference between good and bad?"

"Your point of view is not novel," Gu Qingtong said. "The boundary between good and bad lies in personal choice."

"The choice cannot change the essence. Haven't you read the article about whether people are good or evil at the beginning?" Gu Yu looked at Gu Qingtong up and down, "I think you are a serious person, and you may be a law enforcement officer..."

Gu Qingtong interrupted him: "I'm in a hurry, I'll say goodbye first!"

She ran down the steps and ran along the boulevard out of the cemetery gate. From beginning to end, she did not look back.

-

The next morning, Gu Qingtong, who had been working all night to report, was exhausted and felt that all the parts on her body needed to be repaired. She forced herself to go to the women's locker room to take a shower and change her clothes, and was about to go home to relax and take a thorough rest.

Before she could dry her hair, Li Zichen from the Archives Department ran in.

"Sister Gu, you are indeed here!"

"Is there anything wrong?" Gu Qingtong felt bad intuition, "Did I ask you to check Ji Heng's information and have an echo?"

Li Zichen waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, it's Team Pan. He can't find you everywhere, so he asked me to help you go into the locker room to take a look."

Gu Qingtong touched her pocket, flipped through the clothes she had changed, and suddenly realized that she was not holding her phone on the desk.

She hurriedly put down the hair dryer, quickly raised her long hair and ran towards the door. As soon as she went out, she was hitting Pan Shaofang, the iron-faced god who didn't like to laugh, smiled kindly today.

"Xiao Gu, come on, I will introduce a friend to you."

"Hello, Officer Gu." Gu Yu took a step forward and bowed to the ground very gentlemanly, "I'm meeting again, please don't mind my presumptuousness yesterday."

Gu Qingtong was slightly stunned: "I didn't expect to meet again so soon..."

Cao Zhe said: "Sister Gu, Dr. Gu works in the psychiatric department of the Municipal Hospital. Starting next month, he will take over part of the judicial spirit appraisal of the Crime Team. To add, he is also my middle school alumnus, with a very good talent and a worthy relationship!"

Gu Qingtong looked at Pan Shaofang and Cao Zhe, her eyes full of confusion.

"Captain Pan, Da Cao, what do you mean?"

Pan Shaofang and Cao Zhe didn't say anything, but Gu Yu said: "Oh, I heard that the chefs in the police restaurant are very famous. Officer Gu, can we have breakfast together?"

"I……"

Gu Qingtong couldn't refuse, and Pan Shaofang had already replied to her: "Okay, go! Breakfast is served until 10 o'clock, you can eat slowly and chat slowly, and you will always get something."

"Captain Pan, why are you..."

"Look at you, you are thinking about work all day long, you can't eat well and sleep well, and your face is not good." Pan Shaofang patted Gu Qingtong's shoulder, "This is a coincidence. Listen to the doctor's advice and adjust your condition before you can get into the battle, right?"

-

After ordering a good meal, Gu Qingtong took the initiative to settle the bill. Gu Yu was embarrassed and his eyes were filled with displeasure.

The two of them sat by the window with their dining plates.

Gu Qingtong said: "Doctor Gu, since you are here to my territory, I should treat you. Let go of your grudges and don't let it affect your appetite."

Gu Yu smiled and said, "Very good, you are a cheerful person, just in line with my heart."

"Don't get me wrong, Doctor Gu." Gu Qingtong raised her head and looked at Gu Yu, "I can only have this meal with you, that's all."

"They are all unmarried at an older age, and it's no harm to meet them..."

"Doctor Gu, you are Da Cao's friend, and of course my friend." Gu Qingtong looked confident, "Captain Pan was thinking about adding icing on the cake to this matter, neither of them was wrong. But I have someone I like."

"Is that right?" Gu Yu slowly stirred the tofu in the bowl with a spoon in his hand, "The person you like may not exist at all, right?"

Gu Qingtong is not a person who is prone to anger, but at this time, the provocative problem of Gu Yu seems extremely harsh.

"Your speculation is too vicious, Doctor Gu." She picked up the water cup, took a sip of moistening her throat, and said, "Who I like is my freedom. Whether he is good or bad, whether he is true or not has nothing to do with others. You can hear it clearly, this 'other' refers to everyone except myself!"

"I've said it, and there's no scruples to each other." Gu Yu curled a sneer on his lips, "Police Gu, I'm blunt, you're sick and very sick."

Gu Qingtong also smiled: "In your eyes, no one in the world is healthy."

"Do you know why I want to invite you to the clinic to chat?" Gu Yu glanced at the tofu in the bowl, and his eyes returned to Gu Qingtong's face. "You have heavy dark circles, and you can't sleep at first glance. Of course, regardless of the nature of your work for the time being. I'm just curious. Apart from the heavy work, what do you think about when you are doing and thinking about it? Make a fictional character come out to fall in love with him..."

"Shut up! You are not qualified to say to me, let alone to say to him!"

Bang!

The stainless steel soup bowl in Gu Qingtong's hand fell to the ground, and her hands were uncontrollable and suddenly trembled continuously.

Miscellaneous thoughts surged into my heart.

Ji Heng, who are you?

Accompanied by a sudden and severe headache, she saw a familiar figure at the entrance of the restaurant. Ji Heng was looking at her from afar, coming as unannounced as ever.
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