Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

The marriage leave ended and Zhou Yulou went to work. Zhou Yulou, who was at work, cheered up.When he walked into the baroque courtyard, he took a deep breath.The same atmosphere, the same courtyard, but the people who walked in were quite different because of the unusual events. In the office, everyone congratulated Zhou Yulou one after another, and Feng Tai was the same, but Feng Tai was still a little unnatural.Seeing Feng Tai, Zhou Yulou suddenly remembered his sister's absurd love affair.He couldn't help blaming himself deeply, for so many days, he didn't even find time to talk to Yuting about this matter, at least he should comfort her.

Zhou Yulou held a short meeting for the teachers, and then walked into the piano room for class.He had no idea how he got through the morning class.At noon, he had no appetite. The teachers all went to eat, and he was the only one left in the huge office. He took out his mobile phone again.The phone is still off, and has been off for a whole week.He has already decided to change his number and bought a new SIM card on the way to work today. He turned on the phone, glanced at it... and was startled. There are nearly 400 missed calls on the phone!It was all from Xia Churong.Morning, afternoon, evening, even early morning.She often dials without rest, several times, or even a dozen times in one breath... The last time she dialed was just 20 minutes ago.Not only that, she also sent dozens of text messages one after another, all expressing her "missing" for him.

Mobile phone recording is like poking open an ant nest!And this is only the situation within just twenty-four hours.Zhou Yulou's scalp was numb, his eyes were terrified, and the palm holding the phone was hot.He took out the newly bought mobile phone card, and just about to change it, the phone rang... He almost threw the phone out!The ringtone came too suddenly, and his hand was already twitching. He looked at the calling number—fortunately, it wasn't Xia Churong, it was a friend of his in Beijing. Zhou Yulou wiped the sweat from his forehead and connected the phone. The friend's voice was enthusiastic.He told Zhou Yulou that he was in Xinjiang now, and he arrived this morning, along with six or seven other friends.These friends of Zhou Yulou all work in a song and dance troupe in Beijing, and they have a close relationship with him, and they always have contacts.On the day of Zhou Yulou's wedding, they were unable to attend the wedding due to performance assignments, so they left for Xinjiang immediately after the performance yesterday.Tonight, they will hold a banquet to celebrate Zhou Yulou's wedding.Zhou Yulou was very moved!But when his friend told the venue of the banquet, Zhou Yulou was dumbfounded: Fu'an Hotel.

Of course, friends should choose Fu'an Hotel, because Zhou Yulou's wedding was held there, and the theme of the party can only be highlighted by setting the banquet there.Besides, he came all the way from Beijing, so of course he had no chance to hear about the tragic murder case. After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yulou's excitement disappeared.He sat dumbfounded for a while, and was finally dragged back by another ringtone. He looked at the number, this time it was really Xia Churong. If it was said that Zhou Yulou still had a sliver of sympathy and understanding for Xia Churong in the past few days, then now he has only one feeling for this woman: fear.He stared at the flickering screen of his mobile phone, and felt the ringtone sound like thunder.He could imagine how excited Xia Churong was at the moment, but what he couldn't imagine was how crazy she would be after the call was connected... Fuck her!Zhou Yulou's thumb rushed over!Pressing the red button on the phone hard, the nails were crushed into pale white.Then he disassembled the phone, stuffed it with a new card, installed the battery, turned it on, and placed it neatly on the table. Then he leaned back in the chair and took a comfortable breath.But before he finished breathing, the bell rang again... He screamed out!After gathering his composure, he realized that it was the office phone ringing.

There are two phones in the office, one is on the desk of the dean of the department, Lao Chen, and the other is right next to Zhou Yulou, and it is the one in his hand that rings.It was a white landline, very clean, the midday sun shone on it, and the reflection hurt Zhou Yulou's eyes. It immediately reminded him of the three iron nails on the handle of the knife on the day of the wedding.He stretched out his hand to the phone, and then retracted it. After repeating this several times, he realized that he was too nervous, and Xia Churong didn't know the number at all.With a wry smile, he adjusted his status to Director Zhou of the Vocal Music Department, and then he answered the phone generously, and then heard Xia Churong's low voice.

"Why did you hang up on me?" Zhou Yulou froze. In fact, he should know, the number is easy to find. "When will you see me?" Xia Churong asked him. "You, listen to me..." Zhou Yulou broke free from the astonishment, looked around nervously, and after confirming that there was no one else in the office, he dragged the phone to the corner and spoke in a low voice, his voice full of anger—— "I've said everything I need to say, and I'll say it again for the last time, I will never meet you! Now the police are doing everything they can to find the murderer. If you're smart, you should just squint! And, even if you don't That happened and I will never see you again. You know what? You're harassing me! You messed up my life, totally messed up! What did you say the last time we talked? Remember? You said please don't worry, you will definitely not disturb my newlywed life, you don't want to be my underground lover, you just want to meet me before I get married, because you want to have an explanation to yourself, and then we won't be anymore Contacted... right? You said it. But what are you doing now? Tell you, I have done my best. What am I doing? I am covering! Covering a murderer! That day the police asked you with your husband's photo When I was with you, I kept saying that I had never seen that person. I blatantly lied to the police and risked perjury. What do you want from me? The incident is already big enough, and I warn you to stop it No matter it's for me or for yourself, there is only one best way to deal with this matter, that is, we will have no relationship from now on! Well, I'm going to hang up, take care of yourself! Don't come to me again! Goodbye! "

Finally said all that should be said, Zhou Yulou heaved a sigh of relief.Trembling, he put the phone back, and when he looked up, he saw Xia Churong standing beside his chair. Xia Churong will definitely come. That night, it was Zhou Yulou himself who told her on the phone, "We'll talk about it when I get to work next week", so on the first day of "next week", Xia Churong showed up uninvited. Half an hour later, Zhou Yulou and Xia Churong sat down face to face in the private room of a very unremarkable karaoke hall. The private room is very narrow, the lighting is dim, and the sound insulation effect is good. There are no guests at this time, and the room is so quiet that you can even hear a needle drop.

Actually meeting each other, Zhou Yulou felt calmer instead.After a long silence, Xia Churong spoke first. "Why are you avoiding me?" "I've said everything I need to say." "Are you afraid to see me?" "right." "why?" "Because you're scary." "Because I killed someone?" "Because you interrupt my life." "Then who disturbed my life?" Zhou Yulou pointed to his nose with his finger, "Me?" "Yes, it's you. From Yeluo Mengkong to Zhou Yulou, you have been disturbing my life all the time."

"I'm really sorry, I don't think happiness is interrupted." "But happiness is bought by killing people." "What do you mean?" "If I didn't kill Tang Kai, would you be happy now?" "You mean, you killed your husband for me?" "What do you say?" "Aren't you crazy?" "Yes, it's crazy. Unless you promise me one thing, I will be even more crazy." "What's up?" Xia Churong didn't answer immediately, she sat down firmly, stared into Zhou Yulou's eyes, and said softly——

"Marry me." This really caught Zhou Yulou off guard! He was dumbfounded and froze for a while, feeling that there was no need to stay any longer, this woman was completely unreasonable.He stood up and walked to the door. When he reached out to open the door, he heard Xia Churong say behind him: "You go ahead, and I will leave here. I will go to the police station and confess your murder." Zhou Yulou turned around and looked at her in surprise... She just said that you killed someone! Xia Churong looked at the surprised man, her voice was deep but very clear. "I will tell you about our relationship first. I keep the records of our chats every time, and our call records are also on the list of the telecommunications bureau. People from the Yadu Hotel can testify about our meeting, and they can also prove that you and Tang Kai's conflict, those are your motives for killing. As for the time to kill, you have more time, people who attended your wedding will not know that you are so late, and now you just need someone to tell them, when they waited for you for so long During the time, you were downstairs killing your lover's husband..."

Zhou Yulou glared at Xia Churong!He wanted to say something, but his mouth was dry and nothing came out.After a while, Xia Churong continued, "Do you think I'm talking in my sleep?" She shook her head, "No. There is one thing I should tell you now. I recorded the last call." Last call? Zhou Yulou thought for a moment, thought for a moment...for a moment...Suddenly, his whole body was icy cold! He remembered the last call. No wonder...During the entire call that day, Xia Churong never asked him that question—won't you report me to the Public Security Bureau?Later, Zhou Yulou thought about it. She killed someone and there were direct witnesses. She should be most worried about the witness's report, but she didn't even ask. This is not in line with normal people's thinking.Thinking about it now, of course she wouldn't ask, because that would be tantamount to telling the police that she killed the man. and then?Damn.Almost all the conversations were led by Xia Churong with "you" as the center.She kept saying "how are you..." your fingerprints, you were too careless, you left your business card, someone called your name, did everyone suspect you, did the police find you, were you nervous, Tang Kai's face was horribly pale, and he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something to you... All this sounds as if "you" is the protagonist of the murder case, not an innocent witness at all!Also, that sentence is the most terrible - I suddenly remembered, you seem to have blood on your body, and there is a big red spot on your shirt. What an obvious hint that was, it was trying to let the police know that the stabbing knife into the body of the deceased was done by him, Zhou Yulou himself! And that sentence—really, if you put yourself in another place, if I killed your wife...insidious word play!Think about it in another place, it is "I killed your wife", then before the transposition it should be "You killed my husband".That sentence should have been "If I killed your wife", but she said it as "If I killed your wife".The difference of one word makes a world of difference!In this way, the innocent witnesses became the real murderer, and the real murderer turned into a little helper!No wonder every question she asked that day was so meticulous and thoughtful, no wonder there was tension in her "concerned" voice... Vicious woman, devil-like scheming, everything was carefully planned by her, and she gave it to her calmly. Set traps and traps yourself! The last phone call, the recording... Zhou Yulou suddenly had an urge to rush over, hold her down, so that she would have no room to resist, and end her life instantly, no matter what method she used! However, after being silent for a while, Zhou Yulou just walked over slowly, sat down beside Xia Churong, and looked at her face.The light in the private room made her face look pale, like a portrait of a dying person. "Does it have to be like that?" he asked. "That's up to you." "But how can I marry you? I have a wife." "I had a husband too." "Do you want me to kill my wife too?" "It doesn't matter if you break up." "How do you know I want to marry you?" "I didn't say you would." "But two people need each other to be willing to be together." "Everyone has the opportunity to do what they don't want to do, and I did it too." "Do you love me?" Zhou Yulou asked her. "Do you love me?" Xia Churong asked back. Zhou Yulou shook his head. "But I love you." Xia Churong put a hand on Zhou Yulou's shoulder and looked at him intently, "Please stay with me, don't force me to do stupid things, I wouldn't do it if it wasn't for you." So impulsive to kill, but for you I can do anything..." Xia Churong's voice gradually changed from clear to murmur—— "Really, Yulou, you believe me, I will definitely be a good wife and give you happiness that others can't give you. From the day I met you, I knew you were my man. We are the happiest couple in the world. Don't torture me, these days you broke my heart, you deliberately turned off your phone, ignored me, and didn't even care about you at all, do you know how much I have suffered and suffered for you? I always look forward to dreaming of you, but my dreams don't live up to expectations. In the end, I always dream of Tang Kai walking towards me. I know he hates me, but I can't help it. I have to kill him, because he is Extra, you are my destined husband. Yulou, please, let me be your woman, really, that’s how God arranged it, I love you the most, Yulou, I love you You are crazy in love, Yulou..." That day, at the end, Zhou Yulou and Xia Churong reached a consensus. consensus?Haha, what a ridiculous statement, how could Zhou Yulou reach any consensus with such a person? But really, it's consensus. In fact, Zhou Yulou was really scared in the end.Xia Churong's confession was continuous, gradually changing from murmuring to sleep talking, with confused logic, slurred words, sobbing and choking.Zhou Yulou called her several times in succession before she shivered and came out of the obsession, but the emotions continued, and she said with tears in her eyes: "What I said is true, please give me a Chance, I won't let you regret it..." Zhou Yulou hurriedly interrupted her, and in order to imitate, he even held her hand.Then, after talking for a while, they reached a consensus: Zhou Yulou would consider "marrying you", but he had to give him some time to go back and deal with various issues.Also, for the sake of safety, the two of them must not have any contact during the recent period. This is consensus. Zhou Yulou had to do this, and he could only do this - hold her back first, and then find a way. He knew that trouble was coming.