CH 18

On the way Xu Yang drove Rong Qian back, he peeked at Rong Qian who was sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror from time to time, only saw that she was holding a painting all the way, looked very fascinated.

Xu Yang had seen that painting before; it was one of the paintings in his second master’s collection. The young boy in the painting was so beautiful that it seemed that the painter conceived it out of thin air, but in reality, no one grows up like this.

Xu Yang remembered that he couldn’t even touch those paintings, but now, his second master would give her such precious paintings?

What exactly did she say to his second master?

Xu Zhiwei gave Rong Qian not only a painting, but also a small vintage iron box with exquisite workmanship. According to Xu Zhiwei, Shen Yi lived with him for a period of time.

Later, when Shen Yi left, some things did not have time to take away, Xu Zhiwei then put them away, have been left until now.

He said that since she was here, these things, should be left to her for safekeeping.

The small iron box was not locked, Rong Qian opened it, and the first thing that caught her eye was a photo frame.

And in the photo frame, there is a group photo.

Rong Qian took out the photo frame and looked at it carefully, there were five people in the group photo, all around 18 or 19 years old, in their youthful years.

Standing in front were a girl and a boy. The two held hands, and the other hand gestured yeah. They looked like a couple; their smiles were particularly bright.

And behind the couple, were two boys.

One of them was black, smiling and showing his big white teeth, and he also made a yeah sign. The other boy was the same as the couple in front, was Chinese.

This boy had a tattoo on his arm and a cigarette in his mouth, like a delinquent boy, and looked handsome.

And the last boy, he turned his back to the camera, leaving only a handsome back. He could be seen putting one hand in his pocket and making a reluctant yeah gesture with the other hand.

Although there was only a view from the back, Rong Qian could still recognize him at a glance, he is Shen Yi!

The photo frame has been around for some years; it’s very old. Rong Qian looked at the back of the photo frame and found a line written on it, No.17 St. Luo Street, 302.

No.17 St. Luo Street, 302? What is that place?

Rong Qian could tell that this was Shen Yi’s handwriting, his handwriting was beautiful, the kind that Rong Qian couldn’t help but feel ashamed of herself.

So, it seems that several young people in this group photo, should all be his friends.

Rong Qian put the photo frame aside and started to look at other things. There was a key, a pen, and a book. After reading the title of the book, it was something she couldn’t read.

Except for that, there is nothing else.

Rong Qian’s eyes fell on the photo frame again, for some reason, she suddenly had an intuition that if the photo frame was taken apart, there were other things inside!

Rong Qian was a woman of action, so she took apart the photo frame without saying a word, and it was exactly as she thought, there was another mystery inside the photo frame!

Inside the photo frame, there was also a photo hidden.

Rong Qian turned over the photo and found that the person in the photo was herself…

In the evening, after Rong Qian took a bath and wiped her hair with a towel, she walked over to the dressing table and sat down, picked up the photo she had put on the table.

Rong Qian saw that she was standing in front of the balcony in the photo, with her arms folded, her brows furrowed, and her expression very serious.

And the season should be winter, because in the photo she was wearing a black British overcoat with a white sweater inside, a red scarf around her neck, and Martin boots under her feet.

In the photo, she is leaning against the balcony. Judging from the overall composition, she looks like a model with a cold face, taking pictorial photos.

Rong Qian looked at the photo and couldn’t help but whisper, “When I took this photo, it was obvious that I had already come back, and it was probably taken secretly again, I didn’t even look at the camera.”

Speaking of this, Rong Qian couldn’t help but remind herself, “If I come back this time, I can’t leave without saying goodbye. When I put on this dress, I must remember to tell him that I will be leaving for a while. Then I will come back to look for him again!”

Rong Qian felt that it was very reliable, but she had already obtained the photo that could travel through, so the question now is, how does she get to the past?

Rong Qian recalled the first two experiences of traveling through the past, it seems, only when she was in danger, she could travel through the past……

Rong Qian went to the police station the next day, so she gave the photo to Chen Jia, asked her help to check. Who are the people in the photo?

Chen Jia took the photo and asked: “Where did you get this photo? It looks like, it has been there for many years.”

“一One or two sentences cannot say it clearly, you first help me find out, this photo of a few young people, what are their names? And now where do they live? See if you can find out.” Rong Qian directly gave her the task.

Chen Jia gave an oh, “Okay, lunch time, I can tell you the results.”

“Thank you!” Rong Qian expressed her gratitude, Zhang Hao at this time came over and asked her: “Sister Rong, you haven’t met anyone suspicious recently, have you?”

Rong Qian shook her head, “No, since that time, there hasn’t been any movement.”

“No is good, but you still have to be careful, the next time you have any action to go out, it’s better to take me with you.” Zhang Hao felt it necessary to remind her.

Rong Qian responded to him perfunctorily, saying that the next time she thought about it.

Chen Jia’s work efficiency is very high. She said that she would give her the results at lunchtime, and would not delay at all. However, Chen Jia regretted that no information could be found on the handsome boy and the black man in the group photo, it can be said that there was no such person.

“Didn’t find out?” Rong Qian was quite unexpected.

If you really can’t find any information, probably no longer in this world…

“Yes, the only thing can be found is the man and woman who are suspected of being a young couple.” Chen Jia organized the found information into a file and handed it to Rong Qian for reading.

“The couple are well-known figures. They are both physicists and have made great contributions to the country. They live in Beijing, and now work as professors at a prestigious school.”

Rong Qian listened to her introduction and opened the file. The first page is the introduction of the person, and the attached photos are all from middle age.

But Rong Qian could still recognize that the middle-aged woman with a gentle smile in the photo is the girl in the group photo; her name is Chen Shiyi, born in 1954, graduated from Harvard University.

Seeing the school where she graduated, Rong Qian immediately thought of Shen Yi, who also attended Harvard.

And Chen Shiyi’s husband, named Lu Xuan, born in 1953, also graduated from Harvard.

Lu Xuan in the group photo wearing glasses, smells like a book, after entering middle age, is still kind and friendly.

Rong Qian guessed that they were all friends that Shen Yi met in college, and found them, she would be able to know what happened to Shen Yi during that time ……

Rong Qian wanted to meet the couple, so she took a leave of absence, and she planned to take a flight to Beijing tomorrow morning.

After returning home, Rong Qian went back to her room to pack her clothes, preparing to go to bed early, go into battle with a light pack1go into battle with a light pack―go to the battlefront without any mental burdens； go forward with one’s burdens discarded； get down to work without any worries., but lying on the bed, Rong Qian suddenly couldn’t sleep again.

She took the small iron box, looked at the key carefully. She had a hunch that the key would be useful, so Rong Qian stuffed it into her trousers pocket to wear tomorrow.

Then, she took out the obscure book in English, flipped through a few pages, and found a bookmark inside.

The bookmark is a postcard, and the pattern is the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Rong Qian looked at the surface of the bookmark again. As a result, at this look, Rong Qian was frozen.

Only to see the blank back, densely written with a person’s name: Rong Qian.

The two words Rong Qian occupies the entire back of the bookmark, and the handwriting is deeply imprinted, as if the person who wrote it, was restraining some emotion. Stroke by stroke, word by word, very forcefully written out.

Rong Qian looked at these words, and felt a deep resentment.

Rong Qian couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “It seems that, he is really angry with me…”