
She was about to say a name.
However, she couldn't say it as she didn't remember his last name.
His name was on the tip of her tongue.
But she couldn't say it.
The camera zoomed out.
It left the man in green.
His figure blurred.
Then, she couldn't see him anymore.
Gu Baisheng picked up her phone and wanted to see him again.
However, the acrobats on stage were on camera.
A voice in her head said, "You know him."
She heard the voice over and over again.
She wanted to check the playback.
But her phone stopped working for a moment.
Meanwhile, someone said at the door, "Are you not going to have dinner with me, Dr. Song?"
It was Shao Tianze's voice.
Gu Baisheng was still dazed when she heard the voice.
Before she could know, she stood up.
At the same time, Song Shuang opened the door and came in.
He looked at Gu Baisheng and answered Shao Tianze, "Yes. I want to go home and have dinner with my wife."
Hearing Song Shuang's words, Shao Tianze smiled, "That's great. Chinese New Year's Eve is for a family reunion. You should stay with your family."
Song Shuang looked at Gu Baisheng.
Gu Baisheng asked, "Have you finished the operation?"
"Yes." Song Shuang came in.
Shao Tianze stood behind Song Shuang. As he saw Song Shuang walking into the room, he said, "Then see you next year. I'm going home, Dr. Song."
Song Shuang nodded.
Shao Tianze left.
Song Shuang closed the door.
Gu Baisheng stood still and didn't walk towards him.
Song Shuang walked up to her, held her hand, and lowered his head to lean it against her forehead.
It was quiet.
Song Shuang's forehead was a little wet.
Obviously, he sweated during the operation.
Gu Cheng's operation was difficult. During the operation, everyone had to be extremely focused.
Everyone had to be careful while doing everything and couldn't make any mistakes.
Song Shuang had been fully alert and careful for ten hours since the operation began.
He was certainly tired.
"How was the operation?"
"It went well."
Song Shuang kissed the tip of her nose.
When he kissed Gu Baisheng, she felt that his lips were dry, so she said, "I'll get you some water."
He must be tired as he didn't eat or drink anything over the past ten hours.
Song Shuang must be hungry and thirsty now.
"There's no hurry," Song Shuang grasped her hand as she was leaving and held her in his arms gently, "Let me take a rest."
He took a rest by holding her hand and kissing her nose and lips.
Gu Baisheng's phone was on the table.
The New Year's Eve Party was still playing on the phone.
After a program, the host talked to the audience and the camera slowly panned back to them.
Gu Baisheng was in Song Shuang's arms and couldn't see her phone.
If she took a look at it, she would find that the young soldier she had seen was not there.
...
In Gui Town, the New Year's Eve Party was playing on the TV at the police station.
Xiao Rong made a statement as the police required and stood up.
The policeman who knew sign language gestured politely, "You can leave now."
Xiao Rong nodded and gestured worriedly, "How about my friend?"
"Miss Zhang will be able to leave later," another policeman answered.
Xiao Rong gestured, "I'll wait for her."
"I'll give the statement to Mr. Zhang."
The policeman who could sign went to hand in the statement.
And the policeman who understood sign language but couldn't sign stayed in the hall with Xiao Rong and waited for Zhang Tiantian.
Zhang Tiantian almost fainted when she was shocked. When she was asked to make a statement, she calmed down for a while before describing how she found the corpse
So, compared with Xiao Rong, she needed more time to make a statement.
The policeman was nice to Xiao Rong and was chatty.
He talked to Xiao Rong as he couldn't go back home on Chinese New Year's Eve.
"Is Miss Zhang your wife?"
Xiao Rong shook his head.
The policeman smiled, "I thought that she was your wife as you came here together."
Xiao Rong didn't say anything.
Many people thought that Zhang Tiantian was his wife.
But actually, their relationship wasn't that close. They wouldn't get married now.
They were only dating each other.
"What's your relationship with Miss Zhang?"
The policeman asked curiously.
Xiao Rong didn't tell a lie. He gestured, "She's my girlfriend."
"That's great."
The policeman smiled, "In Gui Town, it's difficult for a man to get married. You're lucky to have a girlfriend."
Xiao Rong gestured, "I'm not from Gui Town."
Xiao Rong couldn't speak, so the policeman didn't realize that he couldn't speak the Gui Town dialect.
When he saw Xiao Rong's sign language, he asked, "You're not from Gui Town, right?"
Xiao Rong nodded.
The policeman asked, "Where are you from?"
Xiao Rong gestured, "Beicheng."
"Beicheng?" The policeman was surprised, "Beicheng is a good place. Why did you come here?"
The policeman thought that Beicheng was much better than Gui Town.
Gui Town was a mountain city with a sparse population. The economy and population here couldn't compare with Beicheng.
Everyone wanted to go to bustling cities.
Why did Xiao Rong leave the prosperous Beicheng for Gui Town?
Xiao Rong thought about it and didn't know how to explain it.
An idea occurred to the chatty policeman and he seemed to know something. He said, "You come here for a business trip, right?"
It was impossible as Xiao Rong didn't even have a job.
Xiao Rong smiled and wanted to explain.
The policeman continued, "Many people come here from Beicheng to work. There's a policeman from Beicheng at our police station. I'm not sure whether you know him."
Xiao Rong thought that he couldn't know the Beicheng policeman.
Before Xiao Rong could gesture, the policeman looked at somewhere behind him and stood up smilingly, "Well, speak of the devil. I told him that a policeman came to Gui Town from Beicheng for a business trip, and then I saw you, Mr. Zhang."
"I'm here to see the person who is still making a statement."
Zhang Kai walked towards Xiao Rong as he said it.
Xiao Rong found Zhang Kai's voice familiar.
He frowned and looked at Zhang Kai.
Zhang Kai immediately recognized him, "Xiao Rong? Why are you here?"
Xiao Rong wasn't very familiar with Zhang Kai.
But he knew Zhang Kai.
When he was bullied at the institute, Zhang Kai met him at the police station.
So, he knew Zhang Kai but wasn't familiar with him.
Xiao Rong wanted to answer Zhang Kai's question in sign language.
But he remembered that Zhang Kai couldn't understand sign language and hesitated.
The policeman who understood sign language saw it and said, "You can use sign language and I'll tell him what you mean."
Then, Xiao Rong used sign language.
Meanwhile, the policeman began explaining to Zhang Kai, "He said... Well, he found the dead body this afternoon."
The policeman just told Zhang Kai what happened.
Zhang Kai understood, "You said that a couple found the corpse and you were talking about him and Zhang Tiantian."
"That's right."
The policeman said, "What a coincidence. You know each other."
"Yes," Zhang Kai was happy to meet someone from Beicheng in Gui Town. He asked his colleague, "When will Zhang Tiantian finish making a statement?"
His colleague thought about it and said, "About half an hour later."
"Will it take such a long time?"
Zhang Kai thought that they had to wait for a long time.
His colleague nodded.
Zhang Kai looked at Xiao Rong, "There's no need to wait for her at the police station. You must be hungry since it's getting late now. We can have dinner together."
Xiao Rong waved his hand politely to tell Zhang Kai that he didn't want to go.
Zhang Kai said, "Let's go. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve. And you have nothing to do at the police station."
The policeman beside them also suggested, "Just go with him. I'll call Mr. Zhang when your girlfriend comes out and then you can come back."
Then, Xiao Rong nodded and looked at Zhang Kai. He gestured, "Thank you."
"Well, you don't have to gesture. I can only understand some simple sign language," Zhang Kai picked up a pen and some paper and gave them to Xiao Rong, "Here are a notebook and a pen. You can write down what you want to say."
Xiao Rong wrote to communicate with Gu Baisheng before.
So, he took the pen and paper.
Then, Zhang Kai took Xiao Rong to leave the police station before Xiao Rong could write anything down.
Zhang Kai said, "Let's go to the restaurant first."
On Chinese New Year's Eve, many expensive restaurants were crowded with people.
But some bistros by the roadside were not crowded.
Some restaurants were closed because of Chinese New Year.
It was not easy for Zhang Kai and Xiao Rong to find a bistro. They finally sat down.
Zhang Kai ordered four dishes. Then, he parted the disposable chopsticks and gave them to Xiao Rong.
Xiao Rong took them and wrote "thank you" in the notebook.
Zhang Kai laughed, "You're welcome. It's said that tears swim in eyes when fellow-townsmen meet each other. I've seen you a few times in Beicheng. Though we're not familiar with each other, I feel happy when I see you in Gui Town on Chinese New Year's Eve."
Xiao Rong thought that Zhang Kai was humorous. He smiled shyly.
Zhang Kai said, "Eat something first. We can talk while eating."
Zhang Kai poured Xiao Rong half a glass of beer.
Then, he suddenly thought of something and put his own beer aside.
Xiao Rong felt strange and wrote to ask him, "Why don't you drink?"
Zhang Kai said, "I won't drink, or I can't drive you home later."
Xiao Rong felt warm when he heard it.


