On the day I went to the Botanical Garden, God was very kind and blessed me with good weather.
The temperature soared from the usual 5 or 6 degrees to 13 degrees. There was no wind or rain, and the sun was warm. Wang Wei drove Qu Mingcong, Qu Wan and his parents and set off together.
The periphery of the botanical garden is a green park. This season, the green space has become dry. The soft dry grass is covered with mats for outings by tourists. One part is blue and the other is pink. It is as colorful as a flower. A group of children are chasing it around.
Playful.
With the rare good weather, many parents took their children out to play.
"It's so nourishing to bask in the sun here." Wang Wei sighed and unloaded the big bag on his back, "You guys go for a walk first, I'll find an open space to lay out my mats, otherwise it will be too tiring to carry big and small bags to see the flowers!"
"If you don't go, then who will be responsible for taking pictures?" Aunt Wang frowned, "Your dad's photography skills are not good."
Taking photos with flowers is one of the middle-aged aunt's extensive hobbies.
"Isn't Brother Ming still here?" Wang Weichong winked at Qu Mingcong.
Qu Mingcong smiled and said, "My phone has average pixels."
"Use this!" Wang Wei actively took out the camera from his backpack.
Qu Mingcong's mouth twitched slightly. This guy actually used the camera in the office that was specially used for tracking and filming... It wasn't impossible. When they decided to set up the office, this camera was the biggest investment and it was very expensive.
"Okay." Qu Mingcong picked up the camera and said to Wang Wei's parents, "Then let's go in first and let Wang Wei stay here to take care of things."
Wang Wei took out the mat with both hands, shook it off vigorously, and urged: "Go, go, I'll rest here for a while."
Aunt Wang hesitated, "Without one person, we won't be able to take a group photo."
Wang Wei shook his head impatiently for his father, and walked straight forward, muttering: "It's not a big place. I can just go out and take pictures after walking around. The sun will go down soon."
"It's not even lunch time! Why is the sun going down?" Aunt Wang raised her eyebrows and chased after her, "What's the matter with you? The older you get, the less sensible you are, right? It's rare for you to go out and have fun. You have to do it."
Ruin the atmosphere..."
Qu Mingcong couldn't help but smile when he saw the couple quarreling. He turned to Qu Wan and said, "Let's go in."
Qu Wan didn't know what he was looking at, and his eyes were a little straight. After hearing Qu Mingcong's voice, he came back to his senses, smiled, nodded, and said, "Okay."
Qu Mingcong followed her gaze and saw a group of tourists gathering over there.
"What are you looking at?" he asked.
Qu Wan replied: "I seemed to have seen someone familiar just now. Maybe I saw it wrong... Let's go in."
Qu Mingcong laughed and chatted with Qu Wan while walking, "Did you see an acquaintance? Do I recognize him?"
His mother used to run a small business and knew a lot of people, but after she fell ill, she almost forgot all about them, and there was only one acquaintance around her, Aunt Wang.
When Qu Mingcong heard Qu Wan say that he saw an acquaintance, he felt a little happy, feeling that Qu Wan's condition had not deteriorated for the time being.
At this time Qu Wan said: "Your cousin, I seemed to have seen your cousin just now."
Qu Mingcong paused, and his good mood instantly dissipated.
"Maybe I made a mistake..." Qu Wan said slowly, "The child is wearing white clothes and looks a bit like him."
Qu Mingcong walked forward in silence, looking around silently.
His mother has a poor memory, so the chance of remembering He Qile is slim. Maybe she just happened to meet the person in white clothes, so she might have mistaken him.
Although I thought so in my heart...but I still felt quite unhappy.
He has not contacted He Qile for two days. Similarly, the other party has not contacted him for two days. The museum case has been put on hold for the time being. Seeing that the date of the second meeting stipulated in the contract is getting closer and closer, they still know nothing about the case.
Known.
Qu Mingcong himself is not in a hurry. He wants to spend his time having fun, and in the end, the other party may reveal something. For example, now... If that person is really having fun, does it mean that the other party has lost his composure?
This should have been what Qu Mingcong expected to happen, but today was different.
Today he took Qu Wan out to play, not wanting any complications to arise.
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As we got closer to the center of the park, there were more and more tourists around. While Qu Mingcong was wary of the area, he led several elders to take photos.
Occasionally I caught a glimpse of a few tourists wearing white clothes, but it was all a false alarm.
Maybe Qu Wan did admit his mistake.
Qu Mingcong gradually relaxed.
The park was full of flowers and bustling tourists. You could see the guides and security guards in the botanical garden at regular intervals. He expected that He Qile would not do anything. At most, he would follow, eavesdrop, and monitor as before, trying to find the little ones.
Joe's clues on him.
Thinking of her, Qu Mingcong subconsciously picked up his phone and took a look. Before he could click on the app, he heard Aunt Wang in front of him shouting: "What kind of chrysanthemum is this? It looks like a lion's head. It's so beautiful! Xiao Ming,
Take a picture of it! Take a picture of it!"
Qu Mingcong looked over and saw that Aunt Wang had taken Qu Wan's arm and posed in front of the flowers, while Uncle Wang was standing aside.
Qu Mingcong smiled, raised his camera, pointed it at them and took a picture.
"Take more pictures." Aunt Wang was in high spirits and pulled Qu Wan to another pot of chrysanthemums. "These flowers are so beautiful."
Qu Mingcong tried his best to find the angle with the camera, thinking about the composition, light, depth of field... The focus position was slightly shifted, and there were a few familiar faces in the distance.
He was stunned for a moment, and then immediately remembered that they were the ones who were sitting with He Qile in the car after chasing the white car last time.
Why are these people in the botanical garden? They are sneaking around. Is He Qile here too?
"Is the photo taken?" Qu Wan asked.
"Well... the photo is ready." Qu Mingcong put down the camera pretending to be fine.
Qu Wan looked forward, "What kind of flowers are there? There are so many people, let's go and see them too."
Uncle Wang said: "There is an exhibition of daffodils over there."
"Let's go and have a look." Aunt Wang walked away.
Qu Mingcong followed them with his camera and glanced around. The familiar face he saw just now had disappeared into the bustling crowd.
They seemed to be very alert, and even if they were following, they didn't follow too closely, and they were very far away.
Qu Mingcong followed several elders and took pictures along the way. The few people behind him were always lingering nearby.
Although nothing was done, it still made people feel angry.
After walking around the park for half an hour, there were still two exhibition areas left to visit. Uncle Wang could no longer walk and urged him to go out to rest. Aunt Wang also felt that it was not necessary to finish the entire tour in one go. It would be the same for him to rest for a while and then continue shopping.
.
So the group of people walked back, preparing to go out to meet Wang Wei.
After walking a few steps, Qu Mingcong saw He Qile in the crowd - a very eye-catching man dressed in white, and he was admiring the flowers around a ten-foot-long pot of chrysanthemums with curtains.
She probably got distracted by flowers while following him.
Qu Mingcong raised the corners of his mouth, took off the camera and handed it to Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang: "?"
Qu Mingcong said: "Uncle, you go first. I saw an acquaintance and went over to say hello."