Lin Jiaqiao put the earrings back without saying anything more.
She actually felt that Gu Yiming would not like this style, but she was not sure.
She pressed the white stain on her T-shirt, thinking she should change her clothes before going out.
Thinking about the messy life she had led before, it was no wonder that everyone was worried about her.
The car behind honked its horn impatiently again.
Qin Guan said, "I'll go find a parking space. You can go up by yourself. Is that okay?"
Lin Jiaqiao asked, "Why on earth do you want to go see Lao Lin alone? Do you really want to complain to him?"
“… I want to apologize to him.” Qin Guan said, “I promised him that I would take good care of you, but I didn’t do it.”
The cemetery is gray, with light gray steps and dark gray tombstones, not a happy color.
There is a large patch of holly planted next to the steps, with snow piled on the leaves, like little white flowers in full bloom.
When passing by the row of tombstones of Gu Xiaoxu, Lin Jiaqiao walked in and found that Gu Xiaoxu's tombstone was indeed there.
Her tombstone was very clean, and it looked like someone had cleaned it regularly. In front of the tombstone was a bunch of pink muhly grass, which was filled with a pink-purple haze, making Gu Xiaoxu's face look ethereal and unreal.
Lin Jiaqiao said: "I'm sorry, Sister Xiaoxu, I met you so late."
“… I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.”
After paying respects to Gu Xiaoxu, Lin Jiaqiao saw a familiar figure in front of him. The person was wearing a black cashmere coat, his hair was neatly tied up, and his shoes were also black.
It’s towards Xiaoyuan.
Lin Jiaqiao took a few quick steps and turned to look at Xiaoyuan when she heard a noise. She was surprised at first, then she went forward to hug her: "Sorry, I'm back just now."
Lin Jiaqiao also hugged her gently: "Long time no see."
Xiang Xiaoyuan was a little melancholy, "I didn't expect that we would be apart for four years."
As usual, Lin Jiaqiao asked first: "Ying Zhiwan, how are you doing recently?"
Xiang Xiaoyuan replied: "The situation has been relatively stable recently. When he heard that I was returning to China, he kept clamoring to come back."
"But last year was really dangerous. I stayed in the ICU for half a year."
She looked a little sad. "I feel really guilty—"
Lin Jiaqiao interrupted her: "Do you think you are too selfish and that's why he has to live such a hard life?"
Xiang Xiaoyuan looked at her in surprise and nodded unconsciously.
Lin Jiaqiao said: "Although I may have said it countless times, this time I really mean it, you must not think like this."
"I, I recently met a sister who had a very hard life. She chose death between life and death."
"I always felt that Ying Zhiwan was not worthy of you, but after experiencing this, I realized that being alive is the greatest courage."
"Don't give up. Live one more day and earn one more day. Maybe you can find a suitable bone marrow tomorrow."
Xiang Xiaoyuan chuckled, "Lin Zhizhi, I was really worried about you—"
Lin Jiaqiao knew what she was going to say. She hugged her again and said, "I'm sorry for making you worry."
Xiang Xiaoyuan cried and said, "Don't do this next time. I'm already very busy. I have to deal with work and take care of Ying Zhiwan. You, you can't make me worry anymore, understand."
"For the past year, I have worried about receiving bad news from you every day."
"You are my only friend, I don't want to lose you."
Only then did Lin Jiaqiao realize that Xiang Xiaoyuan had come back specially to see him.
She patted her back, "No, I promise."
He sniffed at Xiaoyuan and brushed off the fluff in her down jacket: "Okay, let me go."
"Your hair smells terrible. I've been on a plane for 49 hours and I'm still airsick. I'm worried I'm going to throw up."
Lin Jiaqiao: …give me back my feelings!
She wanted to know if Xiang Xiaoyuan's memory had changed, so she asked, "Do you remember the first time we met?"
Xiang Xiaoyuan thought for a moment and said, "Of course I remember. You looked like a pervert, your eyes glowed green when you looked at me."
Lin Jiaqiao: "... Actually, you can say it more politely. Don't you feel safer?"
Xiang Xiaoyuan answered seriously: "Not at all. In fact, I have been worried that you might have bad intentions towards me for the entire semester."
Lin Jiaqiao rolled his eyes. As expected, all the emotion he felt was fake.
This hypocritical woman.
Lin Jiaqiao asked tentatively: "Do you remember before the winter break of junior year—"
Xiang Xiaoyuan asked, "Did you fall into the snow and Ying Zhiwan, Qin Guan and I dug you out?"
If I remember correctly, your boyfriend just lent a hand at the end.
Lin Jiaqiao actually wanted to ask her if she remembered scolding Jiang Xing.
But this thing is also possible, it is something that did not happen in the original timeline.
Lin Jiaqiao was thinking about something, so he asked Xiaoyuan again, "Can you give me Cui Zijing's contact information? I'm going to launch a new sports suit soon, and she's very suitable to be the spokesperson."
It seems that she really likes Cui Zijing and she brings up this matter every time.
Lin Jiaqiao asked casually, "Because she is pretty and strong?"
Xiang Xiaoyuan raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh, you are indeed the best media person Cui Baixing personally recognized. You know me so well."
Thinking of the interview where Cui Boxing praised himself, Lin Jiaqiao couldn't help but recall that Cui Zijing said in the interview that she was afraid of forgetting what her father looked like.
And she lost her father again.
Lin Jiaqiao didn't understand. She was already rolling on the ground throwing a tantrum. Even if Lin Dapeng couldn't remember, he shouldn't have ignored her words.
What went wrong
Seeing that she was in a low mood, Xiang Xiaoyuan took her arm and said, "Come on, take me to see uncle."
Just like before, he brought flowers to Xiaoyuan, and after paying tribute to Lin Dapeng, he distributed the rest to his neighbors, asking them to take care of Uncle Lin.
Looking at Lin Dapeng's black and white face, Lin Jiaqiao became angrier and angrier, and couldn't help but punch the tombstone.
It hurt so much that she cried secretly.
You are such a stubborn old man. I have reminded you three times, why didn’t you listen
Why? I saved Ying Zhiwan and my master, but I couldn’t save you.
Don’t you care about me and Ms. Qiao at all? And Qin Guan and your friends? Do you really not care
She was just daydreaming when a gray spot appeared in her peripheral vision.
Ms. Qiao is here.
She was about to speak when Ms. Qiao stuffed the handkerchief into her hand: "Don't cry until we get back. It's windy here, and you'll start to cry about your face hurting and disturbing others."
Lin Jiaqiao no longer cared about her face. She asked, "Can you give me my dad's notebook?"
Ms. Qiao was surprised, "How did you know?"
Then, she understood, "Did I tell you clearly?"
Lin Jiaqiao anxiously flipped through his notebook and asked casually, "Mingming?"
Ms. Qiao said: "I clearly found it when they came to pick me up this morning, but I didn't see it."
A thought suddenly slipped through Lin Jiaqiao's mind, but it went too fast for her to catch it.
Just like last time, He Youwei's name was circled separately in the list of missing persons in the '11.11' case.
On the next page, after Cui Baixing's name, the three words "Zhou Lai Fu" were added and circled.
Turning to the next page, there were still only three words "An Xi Le".
Lin Jiaqiao now knows that 'An Xile' is 'Gu Xiaoxu'.
But what does this mean
Lin Jiaqiao wondered whether Lin Dapeng thought that these two people caused Gu Xiaoxu's death, or that Gu Xiaoxu's death caused the two people to disappear.
Turning to the next page, Lin Jiaqiao opened his mouth in surprise.
This page reads 'Death of Lin Dapeng'.
This is Lin Dapeng's handwriting.
How could he predict his own death
Lin Jiaqiao pondered, his frozen hands shook unconsciously, and the "Heroic and Righteous" bookmark fell out again.
She reached out to take it, but a pair of slender hands caught it first.
Gu Yiming looked at it carefully and asked tentatively, "'Chivalrous and righteous'?"
Lin Jiaqiao took the bookmark and put it back into the notebook.
She asked casually, "Did you find the notebook?"
Gu Yiming nodded, "I saw it in the study."
He said as a reminder: "You keep the study very clean."
Lin Jiaqiao thought about his own thoughts and blinked blankly.
Gu Yiming seemed to want to say something, but Ms. Qiao said, "Zizi, come over and burn some incense for your father."
Lin Jiaqiao responded and hurried over.
Gu Yiming sighed quietly and followed.
The fruits had already been arranged by Gu Yiming at this time. Lin Jiaqiao was puzzled as to why there was a missing step this time.
There were still a few pink muhly grass petals stuck to Gu Yiming's cuffs.
Following her gaze, Gu Yiming picked the petals with his slender fingers.
Gu Yiming asked: "Did you go to see Gu Xiaoxu just now?"
Lin Jiaqiao nodded.
Ms. Qiao comforted him: "Don't worry, I told you it's just a baby."
She explained: "Someone has been to Xiaoxu's grave, but I'm still guessing who it was."
Lin Jiaqiao asked tentatively: "Why not guess Zhao Ruihe."
Gu Yiming smiled at her, "He has already started a new life."
His eyes were red and his nose was also red. Lin Jiaqiao silently handed him the sleeve of his sweatshirt, motioning him to wipe his tears on it.
"I do not want."
Gu Yiming looked at the stains on it and took a step to the side. He took out a tissue from his pocket and said, "Stay away from me. If Qin Guan sees this, he will quarrel with me again."
"Speaking of which, where is that kid Qin Guan? Why doesn't he come along?"
Lin Jiaqiao glanced at him and said, "You're obviously changing the subject."
Gu Yiming pretended not to hear and continued to wipe her tears.
His slender wrists were exposed, and Lin Jiaqiao saw the scars of varying depths on his wrists.
Gu Yiming also saw it. He put down his sleeves nonchalantly and said, "It was a cat scratching it."
"I adopted Gu Xiaoxu's cat. That cat doesn't like me very much."
Lin Jiaqiao saw clearly this time. The wounds were too neat and regular to be caused by a cat.
As before, Ms. Qiao's body soon became exhausted, so Lin Jiaqiao and Gu Yiming sent Ms. Qiao to a taxi.
Xiang Xiaoyuan also has to go back to the company to handle work.
Before leaving, she made a phone call gesture to Lin Jiaqiao.
Lin Jiaqiao said: "I'll give you Cui Zijing's number right away."
Gu Yiming smiled and said, "You two have a really good relationship."