The sky is hazy, with gentle breeze and slanting rain. There are few tourists in Hongguang Mountain during the holidays. Most of the pilgrims coming in and out of the temple on the mountainside are elderly people. Among this group of people, a young woman wearing a beige windbreaker stands out.
Extremely eye-catching.
There was a two-meter-long queue in front of a large incense burner in the courtyard. A woman stood at the end of the queue and made a phone call. A colleague said on the phone: "Qiao Qi, why are you late again? Manager Ma didn't see you at the morning meeting.
They are all angry."
The crowd queuing up to offer incense was very quiet. Qiao Qi whispered: "I have a fever and I am in the hospital for fluids. Please ask the manager for a day off for me."
The colleague was still chattering, but Qiao Qi hung up the phone without listening to what she said. She put her phone in her windbreaker and followed the team forward step by step. This was her first time entering a temple and her first time offering incense. I don’t know.
Following the rules, she paid attention to observing others. After a while, it was her turn. She walked to the incense burner, raised three sticks of incense to the level of her forehead, closed her eyes and recited "forgive me" silently in her heart, and then put the three sticks of incense into her head.
He put the incense into the incense burner, knelt on the futon and kowtowed three times reverently.
After offering incense, she left the temple and continued to climb up the mountain. The rain made the bluestone road wet, and the staircase road was slippery and difficult to walk on, so there were more people going down the mountain and fewer people going up the mountain. When she climbed to the top of the mountain, people stopped walking.
Even less. Two hours later, she reached a flat viewing platform at the highest point. There was a pavilion on the viewing platform. Standing in the pavilion and looking out, she could overlook the green and majestic scenery of Hongguang Mountain.
Qiao Qi sat in the pavilion, looking at the green mountain tops in the distance... Gradually, the light rain stopped, the clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the clouds were framed by the sunlight. The sky seemed to be clearing up.
potential.
Hearing someone approaching, Qiao Qi looked toward the plank road and saw a strange young woman walking up the stone steps. The woman had a good figure, wore a hat and sunglasses, a black sportswear, hiking boots, and a backpack on her back.
With a backpack and a camera hanging around his neck, he looks like a professional outdoor athlete.
The woman also walked to the pavilion, took off her backpack, and said with a smile: "The weather is really annoying. I was rained all the way, but the rain stopped when I climbed to the top of the mountain."
There were only two of them in the pavilion, so naturally she could only talk to her. Qiao Qi smiled and said, "You don't have to get wet when you go down the mountain later."
The woman picked up the camera and took a few photos of the mountain scenery. After taking the pictures, she handed the camera to Qiao Qi in a familiar manner for Qiao Qi to see.
Qiao Qi saw those photos and said with a smile: "The photos are very good. Are you a photographer?"
The woman laughed and said, "You can be considered an unprofessional amateur photographer. How about I take a picture for you?"
Qiao Qi wanted to decline, but the woman was very enthusiastic, praised her beauty, and invited her to be a model for her. Qiao Qi couldn't refuse, so she agreed. The woman said, "We went outside to take pictures, and the sun just came out and cleared up."
Qiao Qi was directed by her to stand near the cliff, with the boundless mountain scenery behind her.
The woman pointed the camera at her: "Turn your face a little to the right and don't look at the camera. Very good. Move your right foot back and stand back a little... Okay, okay, keep this posture and don't move."
She changed the angle and took a few pictures, "Don't move, I'll show it to you."
She ran over and handed the camera to Qiao Qi. Qiao Qi looked down at the photo and smiled: "You made me tall and thin, but I'm not that good-looking."
The woman looked at her, her face hidden behind her sunglasses still smiling: "I like the one where the wind blows your hair up the best. I'll wash it out and give it to you."
Qiao Qi: "Okay, which one is it?"
She returned the camera to the woman. The woman took the camera and hung it around her neck, but stood still, as if she had suddenly turned into a smiling stone sculpture.
Qiao Qi waited for a while, but she still didn't move. Qiao Qi felt a little strange, and was about to ask her when she suddenly saw her raising her arms, touching her shoulders with her hands, and then a strong force pushed her back.
, the body lost balance and fell backwards, falling off the cliff...
All this happened too suddenly and too briefly. The moment her body fell, Qiao Qi forgot to shout and just looked at the woman standing on the cliff. The space kept getting farther and farther away - soon, she felt
Her body suffered a violent but brief impact, and then the world disappeared in her eyes, and she ceased to exist.
boom!
The files on the table fell to the floor, making a muffled sound. The sound was very abrupt in the quiet office area, so everyone around them turned their heads to look over.
Zhou Song stood in front of the table with a cup in hand, staring at the scattered documents on the floor. He didn't know what happened just now, but he suddenly felt uneasy. He took the cup and wanted to pour water, but when he got up, he accidentally bumped a pile of documents on the table.
to the ground.
When the colleague across the aisle saw that he was just standing there without moving, he asked, "Zhou Song, are you okay?"
Zhou Song said it was okay, squatted down, picked up the documents and put them away, then took the cup and went to the tea room. He met Tian Xin in the tea room. Tian Xin and a female staff member from the planning department were fishing and chatting. Someone came in and the two of them
They left immediately. When Tian Xin saw that the visitor was Zhou Song, she quickly relaxed and said with a smile, "Would you like some black tea? I'll make it for you."
Zhou Song handed her the cup and said, "Thank you."
Tian Xin skillfully took the tea bag from the drawer and continued the interrupted topic: "I also feel that she has not been in good spirits these days. I don't know whether it is because she is too tired or something happened at home. She is always absent-minded.
"
The female employee said: "Yes, she is so abnormal. She didn't come to work for three days in a row, and her phone was turned off and couldn't be reached. Manager Ma said she would be fired if she was absent from work for more than five days without reason."
Tian Xin said worriedly: "Is something wrong? Let's go to her house after get off work. She rents a house by herself. No one will know if she falls ill."
Female staff: "Okay, we'll go after get off work later."
Zhou Song heard this and asked: "Who are you talking about?"
Tian Xin said: "Qiao Qi from the planning department, she hasn't come to work for three days. The phone can't be reached and no one can contact her. We plan to go to her home to have a look."
Zhou Song nodded, not intending to ask any more questions, and left the tea room with the black tea that Tian Xin had made for him. When he returned to the office area, he noticed some commotion at the door. When he stopped and looked, he saw Han Feilu. He was stunned.
I was stunned, feeling that it was unreal to see Han Feilu here and now, but if I looked carefully, it was indeed Han Feilu, and the person walking with Han Feilu was Liang Xiao.
Zhou Song walked over quickly, looked at Han Feilu and asked, "Why are you here?"
Han Feilu said concisely and concisely: "Handle the case."
Zhou Song: "Are you looking for me?"
Han Feilu looked at him deeply for a moment and said, "I can also ask you. Do you know Qiao Qi?"
Zhou Song noticed something instantly: "Who?"
Liang Xie didn't want Zhou Song to get involved and said to Han Feilu: "Qiao Qi is from the planning department and he is from the marketing department. They are not familiar with each other. I will take you to find Manager Ma from the planning department."
Han Feilu and Liang Xie walked past Zhou Song. Zhou Song suddenly turned around and looked at Han Feilu's back and asked, "What happened to Qiao Qi?"
Han Feilu stopped and looked back at him, his eyes deep and quiet: "She is dead."