The Hope You Gave Me: 17-Truth

"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 in the No. 2 Primary School of Fuguang Road, Yongquan City, right?"

"Yes."

"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 off, isn't it?"

Xin Qi's brows are so wrinkled that they can 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. He passed away when he was ten years old. His mother was Qin Dongyu, who sold vegetables for a living, and passed away just 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 career you are in?"

"I didn't say it, I don't know..." When Su Tian said he didn't want 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: "You don't 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?"

These 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. , with the words "Department of Computer" written below it. 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 pulls up another picture from another folder.

The above is a newspaper clipping with the title: "Xuebao girls 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" "No. 1 in science", "No. 5 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 the current Min Hui Almost the same.

At that moment, Xin Qi's eyes went black, and he 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.

"These, how did you find them?" Xin Qi asked.

His face was flushed, he was short of breath, and his sentence was split into four paragraphs, clearly trying to contain his anger.

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

"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 R&D department of Guanchao International Group and worked for six months. , was fired prior to regularization."

Amazing things one after another. Xin Qi took a deep breath: "Are you incompetent?"

"A question of style."

He now feels like he's 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 he Mrs.—"

Deng Chen's side is obviously overloaded with information. He didn't realize that Xin Qi didn't really care about Min Hui's gossip.

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

The person he cares about is 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's "smarter".

There were so many flaws, such obvious lies, and such a big difference, that he didn't see it!

Since childhood, Xin Qi has not been a gullible person. As long as he doesn't want to, 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.

Nevertheless, he still refuses to believe that she is not Su Tian, ​​and the reason is very simple: she knows Su Tian too well, especially the part where the two got along when they were children - she knows almost all the details, including some third things that are absolutely impossible to 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 is the relationship between Su Tian and Min Hui, why she didn't come by herself, and she has to entrust her Min Hui came to see you. Why did Min Hui refuse to reveal her true identity and pretend to be Su Tian to get along with you. All this—"

Xin Qi had no patience to listen any longer, and Huo Ran stood up: "I'll ask her now."

After speaking, 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, they have been washed for you and dried in the bathroom. On the bathtub, it's still not dry, 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," 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 turned 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, but the air seemed to be boiling ready to explode.

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

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

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

"Speak!" he yelled, "Go on!"

She stammered the story from beginning to end: the bus met...Penglai Hotel...Mushui River on a rainy night...Rescue and salvage...Lanjin Pavilion...Diary...Orphanage ...Wildflower 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 Yes, 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 going to be captured.

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

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

"You're so honest! Damn it!" he scolds. "Pick me when I'm asleep?"

"...Sorry." She began to sob, "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 that his lips were purple with anger, she was so frightened that she handed him a glass of water on the table, but he grabbed him and slammed it against the wall.

With a thud, the glass splatters.

"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 put She carried it in front of her like a chicken 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 that I haven't seen a good woman, you are 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... I just wanted to die, I didn't think so. more..."

"To die? Damn you! You don't want to die!" He roared so loudly that her ears were buzzing, "If you really want to die, why are you still alive? Still pretending to be so vigorous Are you addicted to playing cosplay? Still with me... FXCK! Disgusting! It's disgusting! When I think about this, I can't wait to shed a layer of skin on my whole body where it touches you!"

She stared at him blankly, weeping non-stop, and his hands tied her collar so tightly that she couldn't breathe.

"You killed her, Min Hui." He let go of his hand suddenly and took two steps back, "She gave you the swimming ring, so you don't have to! Since she's going to die, just die a little bit. , be prettier, can't you? Don't be a **** 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 any man in front of her with tears streaming down her 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 his 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 House: "This is Su Tian I leave it all to you.”

After finishing 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, Don't give up hope either, 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 an 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 stared at him silently.

Not cool, 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 repeat this sentence to my face."

"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 won't."

"Su Tian gave you your life, 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."

"I don't owe it?" He sneered, "My first night, does it count?"

"It was also my first night."

"Shameless liar!"

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

She sucked her nose sharply, sucking all the tears and snot down 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 outside.

With a bang, the door behind him slammed shut.

***

The hotel is only a fifteen-minute walk from the long-distance bus station, but Min Hui has no energy to walk at all. She waited at the door for five minutes, but no taxi was available. Footsteps, a voice asked: "Miss Min, I have a car, can I see you off?"

When I turned around, it was Deng Chen.

The car was clean and smelled like it had just been sprayed with air freshener.

Min Hui did not speak along the way, 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 now." 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 very good, and your future is bright. Why do you want to jump into a river?"

"You even know my resume," she sneered at him: "Can't you come up with an explanation for yourself? Why are you asking me?"

"I know some arguments, but I would like 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 run into trouble in the future, don't rush to die, just 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.