"How is that possible?" Xin Qi's eyes were firmly fixed on Deng Chen's face.

"Before you and Su Tian left the orphanage, they were studying at the No. 2 Primary School of Fuguang Road in Yongquan City, right?"

"right."

"However, this Min Hui graduated from Anping Primary School in Nanzhang County, Hubei Province. One is in the northeast and the other is in the west of Hubei. The geographical location is a bit far away, right?"

Xin Qi's brows were so wrinkled that they could be knotted: "West Hubei?"

"According to my information, Min Hui has lived with her parents since the first day she was born, and has never lived in any welfare home. Her father's name is Min Wenqing, a local silversmith. When she was ten years old, Passed away in 2009. Mother's name is Tan Dongyu, who sells vegetables for a living, and just passed away last month."

Xin Qi thought about it for a while, but was still puzzled: "Min Hui is a common name. Su Tian's hometown is in Hechi, Guangxi, and he currently lives in Bincheng."

"Do you know what profession you are in?"

"I didn't say it, I don't know..." At first, Su Tian expressed his unwillingness to talk about the past. He was a little strange, but it was only a little strange. The ecstasy covered up all speculation, not to mention that there were still thirteen years of vacancies, which was a huge logical gap, any story, any change could be filled in, and any explanation could make sense.

"She does live in Ben Thanh and is a software engineer."

He was stunned: "So—she went to college?"

Deng Chen looked at him: "Don't you know she went to college?"

"..."

"She graduated from the Computer Science Department of Huaqing University with a master's degree."

——Everyone knows that Huaqing University is the best university in China in science and engineering.

"It should just be the same name." Xin Qi remained calm, "With Su Tian's family background, he is lucky to be able to finish high school."

Deng Chen took out his mobile phone and swiped two pictures: "Do you think this person is her?"

Those are two screenshots of the promotional pages of the "Huaqing University Special Scholarship". Each of the 20 winners in the school has a separate poster. One of the beautiful and energetic girls in green is Min Hui. The following reads With the words "Computer Department". The photo looks like it was taken a few years ago, and it looks pure and innocent, probably when I was an undergraduate.

"And this." He pulled another picture from another folder.

Above is a newspaper clipping with the title: "Students love to play chess: the college entrance examination is not the end of life", with keywords marked in red: "Silver Craftsman", "Anping Primary School", "Nanzhang County Science Top Scholar" , "The fifth place in the province"... There is a group photo in the upper left corner - a beautiful girl and her mother, the eighteen-year-old Min Hui still has some baby fat, but her appearance has been finalized, and it is almost the same as the current Min Hui.

At that moment, Xin Qi's eyes went black, and his body couldn't help shaking.

Deng Chen patted him on the shoulder and pointed to the sofa next to him: "Let's sit down and talk?" After that, he went to the front desk to ask for a cup of tea and asked him to take a sip to calm down.

"How did you find these?" Xin Qi asked.

His face was flushed, his breathing was short of breath, and he had to split a sentence into four paragraphs. It was obvious that he was trying his best to restrain his anger.

"Your brother asked me to re-apply for the certificate, so I naturally have to check the relevant background information. You don't study in the same elementary school - this matter immediately aroused my suspicion." Deng Chen said, "I run a bodyguard company, professional Habit."

"What is the relationship between this Min Hui and Su Tian? Why are you pretending to be her?"

"This, I don't know." Deng Chen continued calmly, "After graduation, Min Hui found a job as a programmer in the research and development department of Guanchao International Group, worked for six months, and then turned into a regular. was fired before."

One surprising thing after another. Xin Qi took a deep breath: "Are you incompetent?"

"A question of style."

He now feels as if he has opened the entertainment section of a magazine.

"The company's statement is that she harassed Cheng Qirang, the CTO of the group. Her own statement is that Cheng Qirang harassed her. Sexual harassment. It was a big mess and ended up being fired. This Cheng Qirang is married, and his wife— "

On Deng Chen's side, there was obviously a surplus of information. He didn't realize that Xin Qi didn't really care about Min Hui's gossip.

"Where's Su Tian?" Xin Qi suddenly interrupted him, "Where is Su Tian?"

The person he cared about was of course Su Tian. This Min Hui—what university she went to, what degree she got, or what major event she was involved in had nothing to do with him. Deng Chen said this, and in an instant, the doubts that he had buried in his heart these days surfaced one after another.

- She didn't show up on time.

- She refuses to talk about the past.

- She has become "smarter".

So many flaws, such obvious lies, and such a big difference, he didn't even see it!

Since childhood, Xin Qi has not been a gullible person. As long as he is unwilling, no one can take advantage of him: from the small data to the big money, he has never missed it. He didn't understand how he could be so wrong this time, being played so thoroughly, he was like an idiot.

Despite this, he still refused to believe that she was not Su Tian, ​​and the reason was very simple: she knew Su Tian too well, especially the part where the two of them got along when they were young-she knew almost all the details, including some third parties who absolutely did not Things you might know.

"Because your brother only mentioned Su Tian to me yesterday, I haven't had enough time to investigate in a while, so I don't know what the relationship between Su Tian and Min Hui is, why she didn't come by herself, and I have to entrust Min Hui to see you. Why does Min Hui refuse to reveal her true identity and pretend to be Su Tian to get along with you. All this—"

Xin Qi was impatient to listen any longer, and Huo Ran got up: "I'll ask her now."

After that, a gust of wind left.

When Xin Qi walked into the room, Min Hui was packing her luggage when she heard footsteps and said without looking back: "Xin Qi, there are two pieces of your clothes in the bathroom, I washed them for you and dried them on the bathtub. It's not dry yet, remember to put it away before you go-"

Seeing that he didn't answer, Min Hui turned around and found Xin Qi standing behind her with a gloomy face, looking at her coldly.

"What's the matter?" she asked uneasily, walking gently to his side. At the same time, her heart began to beat wildly, and an ominous foreboding hit her.

"Min Hui," this was the first time he called her by her name, "do you have anything to say to me?"

In order to restrain his anger and reduce his heartbeat, he deliberately slowed down his speech, but his voice couldn't help shaking.

Her face "brushed" white. His palms were sweaty, his legs were weak, his teeth were clenched, he couldn't say a word for a long time, and his fawn-like eyes kept blinking.

There was a terrifying silence, and the air was ready to explode like it was boiling.

"Where's Su Tian?" He took a step forward, his eyes burning like fire, and he said word by word, "Why didn't Su Tian come to see me?"

She didn't dare to look at him, bit her lip hard, and said softly, "Su Tian... disappeared in order to save me."

He waited for her to speak, but she didn't know where to start.

"Speak!" he shouted. "Go on!"

She stammered and recounted what happened from beginning to end: the bus met...Penglai Hotel...Mushui River on a rainy night...Rescue and salvage...Lanjin Pavilion...Diary...Orphanage...Wildflowers Lake... Yongan Bridge. I explained all the details that I thought of, inquired about, and explained.

"I wanted to tell you directly... at the moment we met. However, you said that you had an important operation, and I was afraid that you would not be able to accept the news of her death... I didn't mean to hide it from you, really, Xin Qi, I have no ill intentions." In order not to irritate him, her voice was low, her tone was soft, and she looked like she was holding hands.

But his roar got louder: "It wasn't intentional? You said it wasn't intentional? We've been together for so many days, and you have a thousand opportunities to confess to me. Why didn't you tell me? Huh? Min Hui, why didn't you tell me? Eat and sleep with me! What do you want?"

"I...once...I confessed, but...you didn't hear...asleep..."

"How can you confess! Damn it!" he scolded. "Pick when I'm asleep?"

"...Sorry." She started sobbing, "I don't know why this is happening...I want to confess every day, I think...I probably...like you too much. Xin Qi, don't be angry, you, you drink some water..."

Seeing his angry lips turn purple, she was so frightened that she handed him a glass of water on the table, but he grabbed it and slammed it against the wall.

With a bang, the glass splattered all over the place.

"You think Su Tian is a working girl and a foot-washing girl, and you treat yourself as her to compensate me, so I earn it, right?" Seeing her so frightened that he ducked to the side, he grabbed her and treated her like a The little chicken carried it in front of him like that, and shouted into her ear, "But have you ever thought about it, you are not Su Tian, ​​why should I like you? It's not like I haven't seen a good woman before, you are a fairy I don't like you either!"

"I... didn't mean to take her life," Min Hui defended desperately, "I didn't recognize her, and I didn't expect her to save me at all... I just wanted to die and didn't think about it that much... "

"Death to death? Damn you! You don't want to die!" He roared like thunder, making her ears buzzing, "If you really want to die, why are you still alive? Still pretending to be so energetic? Playing cosplay Are you addicted? And me... FXCK! Disgusting! It's disgusting! When I think about this, I can't wait to peel off a layer of skin on every part of my body that touches you!"

She stared at him blankly, crying incessantly, and he strangled her collar tightly with both hands, making her breathless.

"You killed her, Min Hui." He suddenly let go of his hand and took two steps back, "She gave you the swimming ring, but you don't have to! Since she's going to die, just die a little bit more beautifully. , can't you? Don't be a bloody mess and take a life!"

"It's my fault...sorry...but I definitely don't want to kill her. If it could happen again, I-"

"Can you do it again?" His eyes were red. "You die now, die immediately, and go and replace Su Tian. If you can do it again, I agree! FXCK! FXCK! FXCK!"

Min Hui had never seen a man in front of her with tears streaming down his face. He sat down on the sofa, hugging his head and crying, for half an hour without saying a word.

She didn't know what to do, so she walked up to him gently, wanting to apologize seriously: "Xin Qi, I'm sorry..."

"Go away!" he roared through gnashing of teeth. "Get away from me now, now, now! I don't want to see you!"

She nodded, holding back tears, she opened the suitcase, and dragged out a large bag, which contained a vacuum bag, which contained all Su Tian's relics in Penglai Hotel and Rankin Guest: "This is Su Tian's stuff, I leave it all to you."

After speaking, he took out another envelope from his bag: "here is a copy of the police document and the missing registration form, you can take a look. Su Tian is just missing and has never been found. I will continue to look for her, and neither do you. Give up hope, and she might be... still alive."

After saying this, she pulled the suitcase and stood up: "I'm leaving, goodbye."

"Stop," he said suddenly.

A shadow pressed onto her face, causing inexplicable pain in her heart. He walked in front of her, there were still some tears on his face, but his expression had completely recovered: "Min Hui, look into my eyes."

She raised her head and looked at him silently.

Not calm, but cold.

"From now on, there is no relationship between you and me." He said coldly, "I don't know you, and you don't know me either."

"..."

"Please take this sentence to my face and repeat it."

"From now on, there is no relationship between you and me. I don't know you, and you don't know me either."

"I want you to swear."

"I swear." Her back stiffened.

"I don't want to see you again."

"you will not."

"Your life was given by Su Tian, ​​please treat it well." He said, "You can't die without my nod."

A strange blush flashed across her face, she straightened up and said, "Xin Qi, I do owe Su Tian a life, but I don't owe you anything."

"No?" He sneered, "My first night, does it count?"

"That was my first night too."

"Shameless liar!"

"I will die when I want, you can't control it!"

She sucked her nose sharply, sucked all the tears and snot into her throat, took off the ring in her hand, put it on the table in front of him, then dragged her suitcase and strode out the door.

With a bang, the door behind him slammed shut.

The hotel was only a fifteen-minute walk from the long-distance bus station, but Min Hui had no energy to walk. She waited at the door for five minutes, but there was no taxi. She was about to find a tricycle to take her for a ride when footsteps came from behind. A voice asked, "Miss Min, I have a car, can I show you off?"

When he turned around, it was Deng Chen.

The car was clean and fragrant, as if it had just been sprayed with air freshener.

Along the way, Min Hui did not speak, and Deng Chen also remained silent. They quickly arrived at the long-distance station, and Min Hui bought a ticket. Since there was still half an hour before boarding, she had to wait in the waiting hall.

Deng Chen has been following her.

"You can go back." Min Hui said, "Thank you for sending me."

He looked out the window: "I'll leave when you get in the car."

She didn't say a word, she unscrewed a bottle of mineral water blankly and took a sip.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "Your resume is excellent, and your future is bright. You are such a good girl, why do you want to jump into a river?"

"You even know my resume," she looked at him with a sneer. "Can't you come up with an answer by yourself? Why are you asking me?"

"I know some arguments, but I want to hear your explanation."

"No one believed my explanation, except my mother." Her eyes were red.

"Then what your mother said was—"

"My mother has passed away."

"If you encounter trouble in the future, don't rush to die, call me." He took out a business card and handed it to her, "It may not help you, at least you can come up with an idea."

She silently stuffed the business card into her pocket.

"The car is coming, let's queue up." He said lightly.

She gritted her teeth and followed the long people onto the bus.