My eyes basically didn't blink in these ten seconds, trying to capture any expression on Xia Haoyu's face, from the calm and composed expression standing outside the door, to the trembling of his eyelashes after the phone call, to the conversation with me when he walked into the house.
With his eyes moving, I could keenly notice that Xia Haoyu was a little uneasy.
He walked up to me, held my hand with both hands, and said, "What are you doing standing here? Come here."
I stood motionless, Xia Haoyu turned to look at me, and I asked: "Your expression just now told me that something happened. Are you prepared to confess and be lenient, or..."
Xia Haoyu sighed softly and said, "Since you were pregnant, your IQ has obviously improved. Is it because of the baby?"
I looked at him angrily and said, "Now is not the time to joke. Come over here and tell me what happened?"
Because he was concerned about my belly, Xia Haoyu stretched his arm to my waist, helped me to the sofa, and said with a smile: "Then tell me, what did you find?"
I looked at Xia Haoyu with some surprise. I didn't expect that he would also notice my abnormality. Indeed, I did have questions to ask Xia Haoyu, but I couldn't hide from his eyes.
"Okay, let me talk first." I turned to look at Xia Haoyu, recalling what just happened in my mind, thinking about Lao Ma's expression just now, and said calmly: "I always feel that this Lao Ma has nothing to do with us.
The old horse I met before is a little different..."
"Why?" Xia Haoyu looked at me with raised eyebrows and continued to ask.
I thought about it, since Lao Ma came in from the backyard just now, his every move, including every expression, has not missed any problems, and I can't find any flaws, but... my intuition tells me that this person,
Not quite the same as Lao Ma.
"I don't know. I'm not good at reasoning. Maybe it's a woman's intuition. My intuition tells me that Lao Ma is a little different from the previous Lao Ma. If you ask me what the specific difference is, I can't tell you."
"Did you notice it too?" Xia Haoyu gently outlined my little nose with his fingers, and said with a smile: "It seems that I have indeed become smarter."
"Huh?" I looked at Xia Haoyu with some confusion and asked, "You feel the same way, right?"
Xia Haoyu didn't say anything. He reached for the red wine bottle on the table, pointed to the word 'chateauausone' on the bottle, looked at me and said, "Do you know what this is?"
"The red wine produced by Chateau Ausone." I became even more confused. What does this have to do with Lao Ma?
"By the way, Château Ausone is one of the world's famous red wine producing areas. It is one of the two super famous Châteaus in Saint-Emilion and one of the eight major red wines of Dolbo. The 73-year-old Ausone is brown in color and has a lighter aroma.
It has a mellow aroma in the mouth, but it is a relatively simple red wine. Compared to the Ausone made after 60 years, this one can be considered a relatively ordinary one."
I watched Xia Haoyu holding a red wine glass in his hand, gently pouring himself a small glass of red wine, and appraising a simple bottle of Eusong. The doubts in my heart suddenly became more intense. I looked at the red wine bottle for a long time, and I was stunned.
He didn't notice the problem, so he couldn't help but ask: "What does this have to do with Lao Ma?"
Xia Haoyu opened his mouth, put one hand on my shoulder, gently shook the red wine glass in his hand with the other, and said calmly: "Duoduo, do you know? I once tasted Ausone's red wine with Lao Ma.
…”
"So?" I don't like Xia Haoyu's way of showing off.
"Lao Ma said that compared to these so-called famous wines, what he likes most is the ones we brew in the wine cellar. Whether it is the taste or the emotion contained in the red wine, they are the best."
I looked at the emotion in Xia Haoyu's eyes and saw the sparkling tears, so I didn't break it and pretended not to see it. I stared at the red wine bottle in front of me and continued to ask: "What does it have to do with this bottle of Ausone?"
"
"Lao Ma has a mysophobia about red wine. As long as he tastes it for the first time and thinks it tastes bad, he will never taste it a second time."
But, does this have anything to do with the topic we just talked about? As long as the first taste tastes bad... I will never taste it a second time... I silently pondered the information revealed in this sentence in my heart, but still
Some don't understand.
Xia Haoyu put the red wine glass in his hand on the table, leaned back on the sofa, looked at the crystal lamp above his head, and said: "The first time I tasted Au Song with Lao Ma, he told me that he
Don’t like the taste.”
Don’t like the taste? But just now, Lao Ma clearly drank more than half a glass of red wine, and he drank so happily. Why is that? Could it be said that this time Lao Ma came back, has even his basic habits changed? Or is it that?
…
"This person is not an old horse." Xia Haoyu said it before my thoughts suddenly cleared.
"Brother Yu, but he...he looks exactly like Lao Ma, how could he not be Lao Ma? Also, maybe Lao Ma's habits have changed!" I retorted.
Xia Haoyu sighed, straightened his back, looked at me, and said, "Duoduo, Lao Ma has been with me for five years, and I understand every habit of his."
Xia Haoyu's tone was so determined, which immediately made me a little scared, but... "This person is not Lao Ma, so how can he look exactly like Lao Ma?"
Xia Haoyu sighed, held me in his arms, and said: "Wenhao and I once spent nearly half a year in the Yangtze River Delta area. Duoduo, there are many things in this world that we didn't understand before. I
I know you don’t understand, but the writer and I have actually seen an ordinary-looking Vietnamese man transform into another writer in one hour.”
I felt a sudden shock rising in my heart. So, the old horse just now was a fake old horse, made up by a person wearing makeup?
"The art of disguise is rare in China, but as you go further south, in the Yangtze River Delta, there is no shortage of such talents. Moreover, during the time we stayed on Wall Street, I once saw a disguiser take away a lot of money from the Intelligence Bureau.
Important documents, but they only take things and never kill people."
Xia Haoyu's voice was calm, and he didn't hear any special emotions, but it was obvious that the purpose of this disguised old man coming here this time was not that simple. In other words, the questions he asked me in the evening were all lies.
Already?
"If I guessed correctly, that person just now, in addition to asking you about the situation of Su Moqian and Wenhao, also asked you about Youze?" Xia Haoyu turned to look at me, his eyes as calm as water.
"You told me before that you couldn't tell anyone about Zhang Youze's whereabouts except you and Wen Hao, so I kept silent. However, when you said this, I remembered that during our conversation, I did not explain
That fake old horse does know Yu Minghui’s whereabouts. He said he was inquiring about what happened in Philadelphia during this period. So... are he and Yu Minghui the same group?"
"Duoduo, has Lao Ma directly called my name before? Also, we had a polite hug when we entered the door. He hesitated for a second. Originally I thought this was not evidence, but these small details are connected together.
It already explains what the problem is.”
Xia Haoyu squinted his eyes and didn't speak. I was held in his arms and didn't say much. After a while, I heard Xia Haoyu say: "Wait a minute, I need accurate information. I'm just curious. With Yu Minghui's little ability, how can I
From the group of people who were hired with the money?"
"Then, should the wedding be postponed?"
Xia Haoyu said lightly: "Duoduo, in fact, I feel very sorry for you. You see, I only got married once in my life, but I let you keep putting it off. And our children, they are only so old, so I let them suffer with me.
I...I'm not a good husband."
I looked at Xia Haoyu with a smile and said: "Why are you saying such sensational words at this time? Isn't it because I didn't meet you earlier? If I had met you earlier, maybe your life would not have been so colorful. Maybe you were already with another person.
The woman is married and has children."
Xia Haoyu nodded and said, "I never believed in fate or fate before, but after meeting you, I believe it."
I listened to Xia Haoyu's hoarse voice and said: "The wedding can be postponed, but we can't let Wen Hao and Xiao Meng wait, otherwise Xiao Meng's family will definitely have objections. As for us, we have already received the marriage certificate anyway, are we still afraid?
Could you run away? You can wait until the child is born, and then you won't even have to be a flower girl."
Xia Haoyu's face showed a look of relief. He held my hand and said, "Duoduo, I promise you that I will give you a wedding that you will never forget."
"I will never forget it. What is it like? A wedding on land, sea and air?" I said with a smile.
Xia Haoyu looked at me affectionately and said: "Keep it secret for now, you will know later."
On the night of the fifth day before our wedding, after careful consideration, Xia Haoyu and I decided to postpone our wedding until after the child was born. The wedding of Xiao Meng and Wen Hao will be held as scheduled next week.
At noon the next day, both Wen Hao and Xiao Meng came to Juese, where the designer was going to finalize the order of the bride and groom's attires for the wedding, because two halls had been arranged in the hotel in advance, one was for a Western-style wedding, and the other was responsible for entertaining friends from Philadelphia.
A Chinese-style wedding was held in a hall, and the guests were Xiaomeng's parents, relatives and friends. So a total of six sets of dresses were prepared.
There were three sets of white wedding dresses and three sets of Chinese red cheongsam dresses. Xiao Meng was in the room trying on wedding dresses, while the three of us were sitting outside waiting.
"So, we still have to resort to tricks?" Han Wenhao said helplessly, "Brother Yu, it's not like you don't know that Lao Ma doesn't like it when I make fun of him..."
Xia Haoyu said with a smile: "Just treat her as usual and leave the rest to me. After the wedding is held, we will interrogate you carefully."
Han Wenhao held his chin in his hand, his eyes turning in circles as he thought, "Brother Yu, according to the people below, Yu Minghui's behavior has not been unusual in the past two days. Except for a trip to Qingcheng and a meeting with Hu Yueyue, other
It’s quite peaceful.”
Xia Haoyu tapped his fingers, raised his eyes and looked at Wenhao, and said: "Wenhao, you have reminded me of something that I have never figured out."
Both Han Wenhao and I were filled with questions. When Xia Haoyu raised his lips, he said: "We have been focusing on investigating Yu Minghui, but we have been wondering who the person behind him is, but we have forgotten a key person.
."
Han Wenhao looked at Xia Haoyu with a clear face and said, "Hu Yueyue."
Xia Haoyu nodded and said: "Rebellion requires a process. Most of Juese's affairs in the past few years have been left to him. If he wanted to rebel, why did he wait so long? Either his rebellion was planned in advance.
Okay, or he suddenly rebelled later, but no matter which point it is, this Hu Yueyue will understand the situation, and if we find her, the problem will be clear."
Yes, I think that Jin Lianzi almost killed Yu Minghui because of Hu Yueyue, but Yu Minghui was not afraid at all and did not hand over Hu Yueyue to Jin Lianzi. This shows that Yu Minghui's feelings for Hu Yueyue are not false.
.
Han Wenhao seemed to be thinking too, and said: "Brother Yu, since you have made two possibilities, then I must make response plans for both possibilities." He held his chin, looked at Xia Haoyu, and said, "What if
Yu Minghui rebelled at a later stage. As long as we catch him, we will know the purpose of the person behind him and we can kill them all.
However, if Yu Minghui is in the first category, things will be difficult to handle."
The first type? Yu Minghui has been following Xia Haoyu for at least five years. This kind of long-term lurking and only finally acting like he wants money, what exactly does it contain?
"Indeed," Xia Haoyu raised his head and looked at Han Wenhao and said, "The first guess will indeed bring us some trouble. Five years is not a short period of time. He has been lurking for so long and has not received much money.
There is nothing less to do, there is only one possibility.”
Han Wenhao continued Xia Haoyu's words and said: "Yu Minghui is a policeman."
I was suddenly surprised. What does the police do these days? Would they find such an ugly policeman to be an undercover agent? This possibility can be passed on directly.
"These are all our speculations. There is no actual evidence. Let a few people keep an eye on Hu Yueyue. If there is any movement, we will take action." Xia Haoyu said decisively.
Regardless of whether it is black or white, it can be seen that they have good intentions. If it were not for Su Wenyuan being an old general, I am afraid the consequences would be even more troublesome.
"Don't be afraid," Xia Haoyu's face showed an expression of determination, "I will do whatever I promise you. What we need to do now is to happily hold a wedding for the literary giant."
Just as he was talking, Han Wenhao had already hung up the phone. Xiao Meng's voice came over at this time. Several of us looked at Xiao Meng at the same time. A dreamy and luxurious lace wedding dress was worn on Xiao Meng's body.
The long swinging tail was held behind her, and her curvy figure was fully displayed. Xiaomeng stood there shyly, with her head slightly bowed. She was so shy and beautiful that someone's jaw suddenly dropped when she saw her.
"Hey, Wenhao, aren't you a bit embarrassed when you look like this?"
I hurriedly took out my mobile phone and clicked a close-up of Wenhao and Xiaomeng. Han Wenhao swallowed his saliva, walked toward Xiaomeng like a gentleman, and said with a smile: "Honey, you... you fell from the sky.
A fairy?"
Xia Haoyu and I looked at each other and laughed immediately. After trying on all the wedding dresses, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. Han Wenhao suggested going to the latest fish ball restaurant on the corner. Everyone agreed, but
Hearing the phone ringing on the table, Xia Haoyu turned around and answered the phone.
"Haha, so fast?" Xia Haoyu said lightly: "Since she is so lonely, let's find someone to get close to her first, right...take some photos first, okay,"
Han Wenhao turned to the side and asked: "Is there any action so soon?"
Xia Haoyu shrugged and said, "No, everything has just begun."