Chapter 278: Wait
Gao Ming knew that Xuan Wen had gone to the gastroenterology department based on the information on the medicine bottle. However, he had no idea what Xuan Wen had encountered. Normally, Xuan Wen would never ignore Gao Ming. Perhaps she was purposely hiding it, or she had been influenced by something in the home.
For the sake of security, Gao Ming didn’t act strangely. Almost the moment he turned around, he fully settled on his attitude and expression.
“Auntie, I’ve developed the pictures, but the colours are still a bit strange.” Xuan Wen walked past Gao Ming. Perhaps unintentionally, her hair touched Gao Ming’s nose. The fragrance of rose lightened the smell of dishes. It also allowed Gao Ming to notice a titled, small wound on the back of Xuan Wen’s neck. This was the first time Gao Ming saw a sign of weakness in this normal, warm and kind family.
Without saying much, Gao Ming finally understood something. He lowered his head to glance at the toy dog he was holding. He and the big dog entered the intestine together. The big dog had always been with him, but when he turned around, he saw only a plastic toy on the ground. The toy dog that would occasionally make sounds should be the big dog. Based on this theory, the box of toys should be the ghosts Situ An had collected.
If the toys were ghosts, then what were the humans in this world?
The elders sleeping in the chaise, the kids playing hide-and-seek, the aunties and uncles playing in the yard… No ‘human’ was that simple in this home.
Gao Ming and Xuan Wen maintained a fixed distance. One was a psycho killer, and the other was the youngest psychiatrist at the prison. No one could see through their acting.
“Is it because the lighting during the shoot was too dark?” The middle-aged woman took the bag from Xuan Wen. She pulled out a few enlarged black-and-white pictures from it. The pictures were taken at the apartment. Most of them were pictures of Situ An and the middle-aged woman. The pictures were nice but all of them had no colour. The middle-aged woman looked welcoming and kind, but in the pictures, she was as lifeless as a corpse.
Standing next to her, Situ An was tall and handsome. Different from the middle-aged woman who always had the same set of clothes, he wore different outfits in the pictures. He was in a nurse outfit, a scholar outfit, an exercise outfit, and a suit. There was a picture taken by the dining table. Situ An was wearing the clothes of the temp leader of the east city investigation centre. Situ An would often return home to take pictures with his mother to preserve the memories.