Chapter 59#
Chapter 59: Spring Festival and Confrontation (1)
The homicide case at Tianxiang Mountain Villa was neither big nor small, just enough for Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou to play with.
As soon as the person was sent to prison in the early morning, Gu Chenzhou announced that he would investigate the matter to the end. He Hailou then used his power to fight directly with Gu Chenzhou, from the identity of the deceased to the motive for the murder, from the cause of death to the method of killing, and from the police in the detention center to the criminal police handling the case, and then to various evidence.
From positive to negative, from open to secret, they used every means possible.
The capital is of course the center of politics. If placed in the system, these are certainly nothing; but in the circle of the second and third generations who have not yet entered, it is very rare for two young masters of the same weight to play so big. For a time, most of the young masters also followed Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou, simply not going out to play often, just shrinking at home playing games and drinking tea, and watching these two leaders around them try their hands and fight.
In this way, a homicide case, under the joint attention of the children of high-ranking officials of the two factions, dragged on intermittently for two months at an unprecedentedly slow speed, and dragged past the New Year, before finally entering the final stage.
The plan for a year lies in spring. No matter how many years pass, the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year.
After the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, people all over the country began to take vacations one after another, including government departments naturally. The struggle between the Yu faction and the Wang faction has been going on, but it has never really surfaced. It seems that everyone is still quietly watching, accumulating, and preparing to set off a storm at any time—but before the storm, this last festival can still be spent peacefully.
Starting from November and December last year, Gu Chenzhou began to stay in Tianxiang Mountain Villa periodically. Two days before the Lunar New Year’s Eve, another guest was welcomed here—Wei Xiangjin, who had just returned from the army for the New Year.
Just as the sky was getting bright, two people who went to bed early and got up early and lived a regular life were sitting in the courtyard of Tianxiang Mountain Villa exercising and chatting.
Previously, he exercised and fought every day in the army. Wei Xiangjin stood in the courtyard and fought with Gu Chenzhou a few times, then suddenly lowered his body and bumped his shoulder, then tilted his body and dodged from the other side: “Not playing anymore, not playing anymore. Let me relax for two days just after coming back. Fighting with you takes a long time.” He yawned as he spoke, looking a little sleepy, “I played games late last night and slept late, but I woke up on time this morning. The bed was obviously very comfortable…”
Gu Chenzhou did not stop either. He continued to practice a set of military boxing following the steps of the sparring just now. After finishing, he was covered in sweat and said, “Go catch up on sleep?”
“Just sit here for a while. I might not be able to sleep even if I go now. Tell me about the things in the past two months?” Wei Xiangjin said casually, and looked around the courtyard: he came late yesterday and didn’t have a good look at this place.
“You must have heard about it in the army. It’s just a homicide case.” Gu Chenzhou said, wiping his sweat with a wet towel, and sat on the wooden steps outside the window with Wei Xiangjin.
On the brown steps with obvious wood grain, there was a large lacquer tray with a teapot, two cups, and some snacks to replenish energy.
“Isn’t this asking the person involved for inside information?” Wei Xiangjin laughed, “Actually, I didn’t hear much specific information. I only know that you clashed with He Hailou because of a case, and then each showed their magical powers. This case has been investigated into a sieve and is about to develop in a bizarre direction… It was discovered in Tianxiang Mountain Villa. Did you set this up?”
“Of course—if I messed up to the point where someone came to my door to set me up, I might as well wash up and sleep early.” Gu Chenzhou raised his eyes lazily and said.
This was really expected. Wei Xiangjin said again: “What stage has it developed to now? Since the court opens after the Spring Festival, are you almost ready?”
“This is a must,” Gu Chenzhou said with a serious face: “Obviously, Young Master Gu of the capital is one step ahead!”
Wei Xiangjin also said with a serious face: “This must be a must! What is He Hailou? Completely weak! By the way, I actually have a question I’m very concerned about…”
“Hmm?”
“What is that thing jumping around on the tree all the time?” Wei Xiangjin raised his hand and pointed.
Gu Chenzhou: “…You don’t know monkeys?”
Wei Xiangjin almost said “holy shit”: “Of course I know! I just want to ask, when did a monkey get along so harmoniously with humans, standing on the treetop—” He paused, raised his head and looked for a while, then popped out words one by one from his mouth to describe the monkey’s action, “Waving, claws, to, signal…?”
“It will also give you fruit.”
Wei Xiangjin: “…”
“It will also give flowers.”
Wei Xiangjin: “…”
“It will also bow.”
Wei: “…”
“It will also fetch water for you to wash fruit.”
Wei: “…”
“It will also frame its enemies with sour fruit.”
“Is this really a monkey…” Wei Xiangjin asked dryly.
Gu Chenzhou said: “This is probably a monkey with full points in cuteness and wisdom…”
Later, Wei Xiangjin didn’t pay attention to Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou’s affairs anymore, and kept shouting to take this monkey back to raise it and let it deliver fruit and act cute.
Gu Chenzhou advised once and saw that Wei Xiangjin didn’t listen, so he simply sat aside idly and watched the other party rubbing his hands and preparing to climb the tree to catch the monkey. The monkey was still on the branch of that big tree, blinking its eyes and watching Wei Xiangjin roll up his sleeves, use both hands and feet, and climb up quickly from the ground.
The distance was less than three meters. In a few minutes, Wei Xiangjin reached the lowest branch. Then he used his arms to swing up, and his feet stood on the branch as thick as two adult arms. After testing that the branch did not shake, he slowly straightened up and approached the monkey half a meter above, approaching…
The monkey scratched its neck with one hand and looked straight at Wei Xiangjin, with no intention of dodging.
Wei Xiangjin was secretly happy. When he stood up to a suitable height, he stretched out his hands to the position where the monkey was. At first, it was slow, then slowly accelerated a little bit, and then suddenly closed forward!
The monkey also jumped suddenly!
Wei Xiangjin’s vision blurred, and he only felt that a weight of five or ten pounds was suddenly added to his hands. Before he could react, his hands, which were pressed by the weight, became light again, and his head became heavy—
Gu Chenzhou, who was sitting on the steps watching the fun, saw it very clearly: when Wei Xiangjin planned to catch the monkey, the monkey first kicked on the spot, jumped onto Wei Xiangjin’s hands, then pounced forward from Wei Xiangjin’s hands, jumped onto his head, and then jumped up from the other’s head. Using its claws and tail together, it jumped a height of nearly a person on the high and low branches around the trunk in a few moves. Then, this monkey took out a fruit core from somewhere and threw it at Wei Xiangjin’s head below…
Ten minutes later, Wei Xiangjin silently came down from the tree.
Gu Chenzhou also looked at Wei Xiangjin silently.
Wei Xiangjin looked back at Gu Chenzhou silently.
Gu Chenzhou was really embarrassed to tell Wei Xiangjin that he was treated the same as a certain psychopath.
The date was approaching New Year’s Eve. Although Wei Xiangjin had just come here to stay for a day, the two did not stay in the villa for long. Just after noon, they drove towards Tianrui Garden.
The road was familiar. Gu Chenzhou sat in the passenger seat, chatting with Wei Xiangjin while taking out his mobile phone to check QQ for messages. Several avatars in less important categories were flashing. He clicked on them and looked at them. He replied directly to those who had something to say, and ignored those who simply said hello. Then he clicked on the category of family, scanned from top to bottom, and suddenly laughed out loud.
“What makes you so happy?” Wei Xiangjin, who was driving, wondered, and took the opportunity of the red light to glance at Gu Chenzhou.
Gu Chenzhou generously shook his mobile phone at the other party.
Wei Xiangjin: “…”
On the large screen of the mobile phone, Gu Chenzhou’s scroll bar was rolling to his avatar, and after his avatar, the sentence “I hate monkeys!!!!!!” was slowly rolling back and forth…
“Fuck!” Wei Xiangjin swore and said angrily, “I just hate monkeys! Hate monkeys! Hate smart monkeys the most!”
On this point, Wei Xiangjin and He Hailou must have a common language.
But it is foreseeable that neither of these two people will feel happy…
New Year’s Eve arrived quickly. According to the usual custom, the Gu family and the Wei family cooked a few dishes at home respectively, and everyone spent it laughing and making noise.
Gu Zhengjia made an appointment with several boys of the same age in Tianrui Garden who were still interested in setting off firecrackers, and ran to the top of the mountain in Tianrui Garden to set off firecrackers.
Gu Xinjun and Zheng Yuelin watched the Spring Festival Gala together. As for Gu Chenzhou, he and Wei Xiangjin ran out to walk the dog and talk, occasionally listening to the singing and laughter drifting from afar. Like usual, they quickly spent the New Year’s Eve plainly.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. There was a habit of eating glutinous rice balls in the morning. Except for the New Year’s Eve dinner which was separate for the two families, everyone ate together at other times. Wei Xiangjin ran to the Gu family early in the morning, dug Gu Chenzhou out of bed, and then served a large bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls from the kitchen, placing it smilingly in front of Gu Chenzhou’s table.
Gu Chenzhou: “…Do you have to be so vengeful?” Isn’t it just a monkey? He hasn’t liked eating glutinous rice balls since he was a child.
Wei Xiangjin said with a serious face: “Comrade, don’t think about everything in a crooked way! We must correct our thinking, correct our attitude, and think about everything in a good way—this is just a bowl of glutinous rice balls representing custom!”
Gu Chenzhou said “holy shit” in his heart, stirred the spoon in the bowl a few times, scooped out the smallest one, frowned, and swallowed it with the soup.
Wei Xiangjin almost suffered internal injuries from holding back his laughter.
Gu Zhengjia, who came down almost at the same time as Gu Chenzhou, looked at Gu Chenzhou puzzledly: “Big brother, you don’t dislike sweet snacks, why can’t you stand glutinous rice balls?”
“What can’t stand glutinous rice balls?” Zheng Yuelin, who just walked out of the kitchen, asked.
“Talking about big brother!” Gu Zhengjia laughed.
“Your big brother?” Zheng Yuelin saw Gu Chenzhou and Wei Xiangjin sitting at the dining table, first said to Wei Xiangjin, “Xiangjin is here too.” Then she said, “I know why your big brother doesn’t like glutinous rice balls. Xiaorou once mentioned it to me as a joke. At that time, Xiaozhou was about two years old, and Xiangjin was a little over three years old—you were both young then, so it’s normal not to remember—when you came to play, Xiangjin fed Xiaozhou a mouthful of glutinous rice balls while the adults weren’t paying attention. As a result, Xiaozhou choked on the glutinous rice balls, and his face turned red. He probably has a shadow.”
Wei Xiangjin: “…I did such a thing?”
Gu Chenzhou also heard it for the first time. He really had no memory of things when he was more than two years old.
Zheng Yuelin laughed: “You can go back and ask Yayu,” Yu Yayu is Wei Xiangjin’s mother, “At that time, you cried so loudly that people from several nearby buildings ran to see what happened. When Xiaorou told me, she also laughed and said that she didn’t panic when she saw Xiaozhou choking, but was shocked by your crying…” The smile on her face suddenly faded a little, and there was a vague look of reminiscence in her expression.
Gu Chenzhou and Wei Xiangjin:
As for glutinous rice balls, let’s just forget about them in the future…