When Gan Qing said this, Yu Lanchuan had just walked out of the elevator. When he looked up, he saw that his silly brother had his head sticking out from the house next door. He was looking around, but he didn't know what he was touching.

"What are you looking for?" Yu Lanchuan asked. He glanced at his watch - at this time, Gan Qing usually didn't even reply to the customer's WeChat messages. "What time is it? Are you still disturbing other people's homes?"

Liu Zhongqi followed the news and saw him, his expression was very shocked: "Wow, it's so far away!"

Yu Lanchuan raised his eyebrows impatiently: "Huh?"

"I forgot my key." Liu Zhongqi quickly explained, but it was obvious that the young man's mind was not on his brother at all at this time.

Liu Zhongqi turned around and asked Gan Qing a series of questions in a fuss: "You can hear it even from such a distance? Is it true? I saw it written in a martial arts novel that someone eavesdropped on someone else's conversation. After taking a breath, he was heard.

Others discovered it and thought it was an exaggeration. Is it really possible? Is this something you are born with or can you practice it? How do you practice it... Oops, brother!"

Yu Lanchuan raised his hand and pressed the back of his head, forcefully pulled Liu Zhongqi's head back, nodded to Gan Qing, and carried him away expressionlessly.

Liu Zhongqi: "Brother, she is sitting in the room and can hear the noise in the elevator, just like a bat!"

Yu Lanchuan said coldly: "Even if you become a radar, you still have to rely on drawing lots to take the English listening test!"

Liu Zhongqi: "..."

"Hey." Gan Qing called out to them.

The voice seemed to be rubbing along the back of Yu Lanchuan's spine. He stood up suddenly, feeling that even the voice of this goddess was not serious.

Gan Qing handed over Liu Zhongqi's schoolbag: "Don't forget your things."

There were several badges hanging on Liu Zhongqi's canvas schoolbag, including football, Pirates of the Caribbean, and superheroes. However, Yu Lanchuan didn't pay attention to them at all. He saw a cartoon dog on the badge in the middle. Little Yu's sensitive nerves

He was immediately touched, and turned around to yell at Liu Zhongqi: "Hang a bunch of crap, are you childish?"

Liu Zhongqi felt dizzy and was crushed into a ball by him, and rolled back to his home. He didn't understand why his elder brother suddenly had a problem with the badge: "I've always worn it, and you didn't say anything..."

After returning home, Liu Zhongqi still didn't understand the meaning of Gan Qing's last words.

What does "time cannot be made up" mean?

If she really knew that she was wrong, as she said, and used her kung fu hard for several years, and it was very effective - classmate Liu Zhongqi painfully admitted that at least if she takes the English test now, she seems to be better than herself - then

It's not too late.

There are no restrictions on the college entrance examination. Even with the limited social experience of a high school student, Liu Zhongqi can tell her many ways: she can apply for student loans, and major colleges and universities have "green channels"; if she gets good grades, after one year

, various scholarships and grants are enough; it doesn’t matter if her grades are not good enough, she can work on her own, as long as she doesn’t get too addicted to cheating, and her current job as a clerk doesn’t take much energy, so she can continue to do it.

These are not things that Liu Zhongqi just imagined while standing and talking. There are examples around him - Yu Lanchuan was able to support himself with various competition bonuses and scholarships back then, so he was extremely confident during his youthful rebellious period. He wanted to move wherever he wanted.

He would move wherever he wanted. He was very arrogant and no one could use financial restraint on him.

Although from the perspective of a minor, Gan Qing is an "old woman", in society it is very common for people in their twenties and thirties to go back to school for further studies. She does not have to support a family and has no burdens in life, so why can't she give it a try?

What about trying?

Regardless of whether you can learn anything famous in four years of college, it is better than being a goddess in a small black shop, right? Even if you don't take the college entrance examination, in the contemporary environment, if you want to learn a professional skill, there are still many channels. Online, offline

Download, paid, free... Looking at her doing nothing all day long, she actually has the nerve to say "I can't make up for the time"?

"It's obvious that I'm lazy, and the mud can't hold up the wall!" The more Liu Zhongqi thought about it, the more he felt that he had been deceived again.

After having a full midnight snack, the boy went back to his room and memorized vocabulary for a while. After a very fulfilling day, he fell asleep in three seconds, and all worries were isolated from him.

However, this kind of happiness is too rare.

Yu Lanchuan poured himself a cup of hot tea, listened to the sound of reciting words next door, and sat on the sofa in a daze.

When he was in school, he came to his uncle's place and lived in Liu Zhongqi's room. After attending the competition class late at night, he came back just like that kid, writing furiously on the small desk, while his uncle held a big pipe.

, like he is now, sitting alone and quietly.

At that time, Yu Lanchuan really envied them - no exams, no nonsense, they could wander around as long as they wanted, what a luxury!

Now that he finally has "luxury" rights, he is envious of the busy high school students next door.

Yu Lanchuan was also very tired today. He didn't receive a call from Liu Zhongqi because he was handling matters behind closed doors in the conference room, and it wasn't anything serious - a subordinate in his department hooked up with the financial director next door, a married man.

, a married woman, did not talk about it, and was discovered by others, causing a fuss. The whole CBD was eating melons, and it was so lively that it seemed like celebrating the Chinese New Year in advance.

The whole company was embarrassed by them.

Everyone works in darkness and under great pressure every day. Some of the brave ones will step on the high-voltage wires, mess around, gamble, and get cheap stimulation and dopamine. The timid ones hope that their affair will be revealed. In the whispers of those watching the drama,

Get a subtle and ambiguous pleasure.

Every time he encounters this kind of thing, Yu Lanchuan will feel an indescribable frustration.

It's not because Mr. Yu has a high moral level and doesn't see any filth. It's because he can feel that there is a very sad feeling of powerlessness in it - he once thought he could fly into the sky, but as time goes by and his energy is exhausted, he can't.

I feel more and more like "I am nothing, and I may be like this for the rest of my life", and I have learned to be helpless, so I have no choice but to seek the lowest and easiest food and sex.

Chasing sensual dogs and horses openly and openly is romantic and suave, and people admit that this has its own charm.

But seeking paralyzing stimulation out of helplessness and powerlessness is pitiful and ridiculous. It is a mid-life crisis. People want to see the joke.

Next door, Han Zhou was picked up by Han Dongsheng who came back late at night. Gan Qing didn't ask any more questions, but judging from his anxious look, he probably hadn't found the old man yet.

"Where can this old man go?" Such a thought came to her mind, but she lazily refused to continue thinking about it, emptying her mind and preparing to sleep.

But strangely, Gan Qing, who had been so sleepy for a long time that she yawned all day long, lost sleep inexplicably. She sat quietly on the bedside for a while, but she didn't realize that she had anything to lose sleep about, so she had to blame it on being too sleepy, so she opened the bed

With her headlamp turned on, she casually scrolled through her cell phone. She could read news from all over the world, big and small, weird and wonderful. She could read it for as long as she wanted, but she would never finish it anyway. But the words and images flowed through her like water.

There was nothing left on the retina, and Gan Qing was able to read the series after a while.

The moonlight streamed in from the window and filled the begonias on the windowsill.

Gan Qing suddenly remembered for no reason that when she was young, someone once said to her: "Adults may not be smart, may not be powerful, and may not be very old. They may not know as much as you do.

I can't beat you with my hands. The difference between adults and teenagers is that everyone has their own emotions, but if a teenager is unhappy, there is a reason - it may be because of a specific thing, or it may be because he is not feeling well.

When you are sick, there is insufficient secretion of certain hormones in your brain."

"Adults are different. The so-called 'adults'... Sometimes, even though they have nothing wrong with their bodies and can't think of anything in their hearts, they just want to cry for no reason in the middle of the night when they can't sleep."

"This is not an adult, this is a sick person, right?" Gan Qing, a teenager, said to the man disapprovingly, crossing his toes.

The man laughed softly: "When the day comes when you can't sleep and don't know why you can't sleep, you will understand."

It turned out to be true.

Han Dongsheng's house on the eighth floor was brightly lit, the child was sleeping in the back room, and the couple were sitting on both sides of the coffee table.

Zhou Beibei's eyes were bloodshot: "Where can I go? I've asked all the places he often goes to, where else can he go?"

Han Dongsheng: "Don't worry..."

"Why am I not in a hurry?" Zhou Beibei suddenly raised her voice, "It's such a cold day! In the news every day, there are old people missing and freezing to death on the roadside. I..."

"Shh," Han Dong pressed her shoulders and glanced into Han Zhou's house, "keep your voice down - those are elderly people with dementia who can't find a home. Our dad won't have it. I'll take leave tomorrow and wait at home.

Police news, don't worry, it must be fine. Maybe he just couldn't get used to living here and went to a friend's house. Maybe some master tricked him into doing some weird experience project... Just spend some money.

Just think of it as making the old man happy, and don't lose your temper again when he comes back."

Zhou Beibei didn't say anything for a while. After a while, she suddenly raised her head: "Do you think... could it be because I spoke too harshly yesterday, so my dad..."

Han Dongsheng sighed.

Zhou Beibei covered her face and cried: "I didn't mean it."

But the words that are spoken are like water that is thrown out, and it is difficult to collect the water.

If the old man goes missing for a day, it may be due to a quarrel with his family, but if there is still no news after three days, the problem becomes serious.

"The old man has his own house, have you seen it over there?"

"Look, Brother Yu, I asked my family for the key. The house is covered in dust. No one has been there recently!"

"Will you go back to your hometown by yourself?"

"He is a local who was born and raised. He has no hometown! We have asked about all the relatives we can't reach, but we haven't contacted him."

"This is really weird!" Yu Yan muttered as he walked, "Even if it's abduction, you can't abduct an old man. I've heard of people buying sons. Who can buy a father?"

After he finished speaking, his phone rang: "Hello, this is Xiao Xiao from the Dongping District Police Station... Yes, we have a case of a missing elderly person, and we are helping to find it... What?"

Yu Yan suddenly stopped. After listening to the call, his expression changed and he ran away: "Master Lan! Master Lan!"

Yu Lanchuan was about to leave for work when he was blocked by Yu Yan. Yu Yan pulled him out of breath and said, "Do you know anyone in the underworld? The kind who arrest, beat and cripple people, and organize begging and fraud?"

"

Yu Lanchuan was confused: "Are you sick?"

"Alas! My colleagues from other districts called just now. They also had elderly people who got lost. It was just recently. The situation is similar to yours, Mr. Lou Zhou! Let me tell you, this can't be a coincidence!" Yu

Yan said, "There is also no news about the old Mrs. Lin who disappeared at the beginning. So far, please help me find someone to ask if there are any broken hands at train stations, stations... various crowded places.

The old beggar with the broken leg is a stranger!"

Yu Lanchuan was shocked by his overly rich imagination.

However, Officer Yu had no time to talk to him in detail and turned around to investigate and monitor.

The Beggar Gang would never admit that something like what Yu Yan said happened under its nose. Within a few days, the beggars in the whole city had become "volunteer police", patrolling their territory with great noise.

Another week passed, and twelve elderly people, including Mrs. Lin who disappeared at the beginning, had reported missing to local police stations, all of whom believed in various folk "experts" and pyramid schemes of health products.

The police dug three feet into the ground, pulled out carrots and dug out several similar dens.

There are organized "health lectures" that sell treatment equipment, and there are also online micro-businesses, invisible on the Internet... What's even more outrageous is that even the "Qigong master" has a lot of fans, and a bunch of old men and women follow him regardless of rain or shine.

The "Master" meditates and rushes to buy the eggs that the Master has used to produce energy!

"The eggs laid by the master himself are not worth the price!" Yu Yan ran over angrily and said to Yu Lanchuan, "He even ran away, right in front of me! Just like the Spider-Man downstairs in your house, a

He somersaulted into a tree, like a parkour, and disappeared in two clicks. Now the eyes of his idiot followers are all bright. They must say that this is the real skill of the master and it is the intangible cultural heritage of our country. We policemen don’t understand anything.

, slandering traditional culture! Which sect of yours is he from? Leader, let me tell you, this person is now a major suspect! The missing Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Lin both bought eggs from him before!"

"Qigong master?" After listening to this, Old Uncle Yang pondered for a moment, "This... I do know some people..."
Chapter completed!