Xu Qian was stunned by Zhang Heng's words for a full two seconds, and even forgot to take a breath, until she choked on the cigarette she had just inhaled, and she coughed and said, "This is too ridiculous, as you Isn’t there a lot of clones in New Shanghai 0297, besides those with marks on the back of their necks, there are also people like me...what do you say, another batch of clones without numbers.”
"That's right." Zhang Heng nodded.
"How did you come to such a conclusion, from the fact that the boss and the proprietress of Fuji didn't admit that I had worked there, and Jiang Hong told the landlord that the original tenants of 714 were a family of three? Then you think it's not just me , there are many unknown clones like me in this city?"
"You are not the only one who has this situation." Zhang Heng said calmly.
"What?"
"I went to your boyfriend's company two days ago."
"Wait, are you still investigating him without telling me?" Xu Qian was a little annoyed when she heard this, "Didn't I say many times that the follow-up matter ends here?"
"I heard what you said, but it has nothing to do with your being followed, it's just my personal interest," Zhang Heng said, "I investigated your boyfriend's company, and I met a marketing manager named Liao Ming there. "
Xu Qian didn't know what to say when she heard this explanation. Indeed, if it wasn't for her being followed, Zhang Heng would be free to investigate anyone.
Xu Qian took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "I seem to have a little impression of this person. I met him when I went to the company. My boyfriend said that he is the backbone of the company. It seems that everything in sales is done by him. He's in charge."
"That's right, if you look at his resume, he's the perfect employee every company dreams of."
"Then what?"
"Do you know why Liao Ming works so hard? Because he also has a daughter who was born to his ex-wife. Maybe it's because he felt that the divorce made his daughter lose her mother. Liao Ming has always felt guilty about his daughter. So I try to make up for the latter in material life.”
"What do you want to say, Liao Ming's daughter doesn't actually exist?" Xu Qian asked.
"No, his daughter exists. The daughter is the meaning of Liao Ming's efforts, and the two will meet irregularly. She must exist, so that Liao Ming will have the motivation to work crazy." Zhang Heng paused, "But You are right about one thing, that there are indeed people who do not exist.”
"who?"
"Liao Ming's ex-wife." Zhang Heng said, "Liao Ming came to New Shanghai 0297 with his daughter after divorce, so there are no friends or relatives who knew him and his ex-wife in this city."
"Isn't that normal, I told you when we first met that it's a young city, people come here looking for jobs and a better life, and of course there are people who want to start over here."
"That's right, but I asked Liao Ming's daughter's head teacher. Since Liao Ming's daughter transferred to this elementary school a year ago, her mother hasn't visited her, not once."
"Well, this is a little unreasonable, but as far as I know, some women have cut off contact with their previous families after remarrying." Xu Qian said, "Maybe Liao Ming's ex-wife is that kind of person, leaving behind all the past and welcoming the new At the beginning, you have to know that it is scary for a woman to be cruel."
"That's right, this is the most likely guess, and in order to verify this guess, I visited another person on the second floor."
"who?"
"Liao Ming has a female subordinate. She has always admired Liao Ming. There is also a relationship between the two of them...well, beyond work."
"Office romance?"
"Almost, I looked through their chat records. That female subordinate was willing to change jobs for Liao Ming, and she also promised to treat Liao Ming's daughter as his own, but Liao Ming was still unwilling to admit this relationship. As a result, She was a little excited, so she asked Liao Ming if he had contacted his ex-wife again. Liao Ming replied as follows, you know, since she came to me that time, she said she was going to remarry, and asked me to treat her as if she was dead. Didn't even bother her."
"Doesn't this prove my previous guess?" Xu Qian asked.
"It looks like this, and after the visit, I got more details of the meeting that day, including the time and place, what happened... Who said that the person who knows you best is not your friend but your enemy " Zhang Heng said, "With this information, I not only found the cafe where the incident happened, but also found the owner of the cafe, but the interesting thing is that the owner of the cafe doesn't remember that Liao Ming and his ex-wife went to his cafe , Does this sound familiar?"
"But it's normal. There are so many people in the cafe every day, and it should have been a long time ago."
"It is reasonable to say so, but the meeting between Liao Ming and his ex-wife did not go smoothly that day. During the period, there was a fierce quarrel between the two. Liao Ming's wife made it clear that he would not come to New Shanghai 0297 again, and would not be with Liao Ming again. Contact, then grabbed a steak knife on the table and stabbed it at Liao Ming, Liao Ming's arm was scratched, and there was some blood... This kind of thing is not common even for a cafe that receives many customers every day Right." Zhang Heng said, "Afterwards, I tried to find a few waiters who worked in the coffee shop that day, and they didn't have any impression."
Xu Qian was silent for a moment, then raised her head and said, "Do you think Liao Ming's marriage was forged, and he is a clone?"
"It's a pity that according to the current standards for judging human cloning, he is not." Zhang Heng said, "When he took me around the workshop before, I secretly took a photo of the back of his neck with an ultraviolet flashlight, and there was no code on it."
Xu Qian finally couldn't help trembling with her fingers holding the cigarette, but she was still unwilling to accept Zhang Heng's so-called second type of cloning inference, "Your statement is too crazy, there must be other explanations, and retreat In 10,000 steps, even if what you said is true, the second type of clones are no different from normal human beings. Why do you tell me these things? Do you live like a normal person?"
"I'm afraid you can't live like ordinary people..." Zhang Heng said, "Human cloning is a special production tool, and since it is a production tool, production efficiency must be considered. You have seen how they treat ordinary human cloning , Once something goes wrong, you have to go back to the factory for calibration in time, and for the clones that cannot be calibrated, you also know what the outcome is waiting for them.
Zhang Heng looked at Xu Qian while talking, "Tell me, during the time you spent with your boyfriend, didn't you ever suspect what his purpose for approaching you was? After you were followed , Did you really not think about what role he played in this when you were monitoring? You don’t want me to continue investigating this matter, is it because you subconsciously don’t want to accept the results of the investigation? "