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After Ye Sisi returned home, Lin Man and Ye Qingming had a rare chance to sit down and have a good meal together.

"It seems like it's been a long time since the two of us have eaten together." "No," he said.

"Did you call her when she came home?" she asked.

"Yes, I did. What Big Brother means is, we can't force her to do anything regarding her relationship. It depends on the situation."

Lin Qingrou seemed to heave a sigh of relief. She carefully removed the bone and then said to Ye Qingming, "You're on a business trip tomorrow. When are you coming back?"

Ye Qingming thought for a moment, "It will take a few more days, but it won't be long."

"By plane?"

"Yes."

Before he could finish, they looked at each other.

Ye Qingming suddenly smiled.

"Don't worry, this time we won't have to do anything like last time on the plane."

Lin Qingrou nodded, slightly relieved.

"How is Xiao Chuxin recently?"

"Not bad, you've recovered quite well. However, you'll need to rest and recuperate at home for half a year before you can return to work again."

"Will you be able to return to your previous position at work?"

"Perhaps, this depends on how it's arranged in the hospital."

"Oh, what a pity."

Lin Qingrou put down her chopsticks.

Ye Qingming saw through her thoughts and comforted her, "When I went to see her that day, I saw that she was in good shape and seemed to be gradually recovering."

Lin Qingrou fiddled with her chopsticks and smiled, "Of course, everyone has to keep looking forward."

If he didn't look forward, what else could he do?

She suddenly thought of something.

"After what happened to Zhang Lin, where did his child go?"

Ye Qingming thought for a moment. Although he didn't know why she would suddenly ask about this, he still told her, "It should be the orphanage on the western side of the city. Most of the abandoned infants are at that place. "What, you want to see him?"

Lin Qingrou nodded.

After giving birth to a baby, the child had not even drunk a single mouthful of breast milk. In fact, he had not even been stroked by his parents before, and so he had become a 'abandoned baby' just like that.

Ye Qingming was worried that there would be an accident if she went by herself, so he said, "If you want to go, wait for me to come back. I'll go with you."

After hearing his words, she was unexpectedly exceptionally at ease. "Fine, then I'll wait for your return."

Before she went to bed, Lin Qingrou helped Ye Qingming pack up his luggage and books. She put them in the trunk one by one. Her actions were serious and serious, as if she was performing an unknown ritual. It didn't seem like he was sending them off, but rather, it seemed like he was seeing them off.

Ye Qingming took the book from her hands and said, "I can take care of these myself. You don't have to help me organize them. It would be bad if they reach her waist."

Lin Manmei smiled without a word, and waited until everything was packed before she said to him, "This is the first time I've helped you pack your luggage, I can't just give up halfway."

"What happened to you tonight? "It feels weird." Ye Qingming said.

Lin Qingrou wiped the sweat from her forehead and shook her head, "No, there's nothing strange at all. You're thinking too much."

After a pause, she said, "I'm a bit tired."

Seeing this, Ye Qingming could only stop asking her. He then took out his car keys, put them on the bedside and said, "I'll leave the car with you. If you have something to do, then drive there. But one thing is, you have to be careful when you drive. Don't drive too fast. "

Ye Qingming seemed to have completely trusted her driving skills.

"Aren't you afraid I'll scrape the car?"

"Afraid? I'm afraid I won't leave you the key, as long as you're okay. "

Lin Qingrou lay back down on the blanket with a smile. She looked at Ye Qing, who had called her as he tucked her in, before gently kissing her forehead.

"You sleep first. I'll read some information later, then I'll sleep later."

"Good night."

"Good night."

As he spoke, he turned off the lamp and the entire room became pitch-black.

The night passed in silence. The next morning.

As Lin Qingrou listened to the door close, she slowly opened her eyes. She rubbed the corners of her eyes. It felt like she was still in a dream and hadn't woken up yet.

However, Ye Qingming had indeed left. His body was still warm as if he was still in the blanket. However, he had already left home and was rushing towards the airport.

She couldn't help but reach her hand into the blanket that he hadn't managed to fold yet. The familiar warmth, the familiar feeling. However, she did not know that from this moment on, she would be walking on a path that completely deviated from her plan.

It was a completely unfamiliar road, sinister and lonely, but she had no choice.

After breakfast, Lin Manshou picked up her things and prepared to leave for the library. She walked downstairs and saw Ye Qingming's car parked in front of the door.

She saw the car and realized she had forgotten her keys. As she said this, she turned around and was about to go home to get it when she suddenly froze on the ground.

Forget it, she thought. This was Ye Qingming's car. She didn't want to drive it, especially not to the place where she was going.

Lin Qingrou circled around the car and stopped a taxi by the side of the road.

"Master, I'll have to trouble you to go to the city library."

The place she wanted to go had something to do with Ye Qingming.

While thinking, she took out a piece of white paper with the edges of the fur on it.

It was the closing page of an accident investigation report. Although there was nothing written in the end, Lin Qingrou still recognized the words clearly — "I will not rule out the possibility of accidental death as well as his killing intent."

Lin Qingrou took the piece of paper to the library. She took out her work certificate in the name of a journalist's investigation. Finally, she was able to "fish in troubled waters" and deal with the staff's inspection.

"Here's the information you're looking for. Please don't take it anywhere else, and don't take pictures or use it for any other purposes."

"I understand, thank you."

After saying that, she sat down on a chair and began to rummage through the secrets that had been hidden for over ten years, or even over twenty years.

According to her memories, she gathered the information about Ye Qingming's parents for one year before and after their deaths.

Finally, two hours later, she found a piece of news in the Geological University newspaper: "B City Geological University's Examiners have strayed into the no-man's-land, causing one death, five injuries, and three disappearances so far".

After a while, she flipped to the information from a month later: "The remains of all missing members of the research team have been recovered".

It turned out that Ye Qingming's parents died because they mistakenly entered a no-man's-land.

Lin Qingrou could not help but rub her forehead. For the past few days, her eyes had been feeling uncomfortable, adding on to the fact that she had been reading for a long time now, she felt even more dizzy.

"Miss Lin, have you checked all the information you need?"

She came back to her senses. After she hastily packed up her things, she said to the staff member who appeared to be in his fifties, "Please, I would like to ask about it. Do you know about the disappearance of the Geological University's examination team twenty-nine years ago?"

"I wasn't even thirty at the time, so I vaguely remember it," he said. After all, at that time, that incident was also a piece of news that shook the entire city. I don't know much about the process, but I heard people talking about it afterwards, and people were guessing: Why did so many experts and professors break into the no-man's-land? Did they not know the dangers of no-man's-land, or the local climate? Logically speaking, they had local guides and professional equipment, so they wouldn't end up in such a mess. Sigh … It's really sad. "

After saying that, he let out a heavy sigh.

"Are you here to investigate this matter? What are your plans?"

She smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, I did plan to do so."

"Sigh, then you really are making things difficult for me. This matter has been so long, how can there be any new information? At most, it will just be our library's old information." As he spoke, he shook the newspaper in his hand.

Suddenly, he thought of something. He turned to Lin Qingrou and said, "Miss, I remember someone saying that the reason the team was able to enter the no-man's land was because someone purposely lured them there."

"Intentionally? What do you mean, someone wants the team to enter the no-man's-land? "Do you want to examine it, or …" She wanted to say something, but her meaning was obvious.

The staff quickly waved his hands and said, "I don't dare to spout nonsense. Just treat it as us chatting. Are you leaving now? Then I'll put the paper away. "

Lin Qingrou looked at him, feeling even more nervous than before. After a while, she couldn't help but give Ye Qingming a call.

"Have you arrived?"

"I just got off the plane. I wanted to get in the car to call you, but I didn't expect you to call first."

"Oh, that's good."

Her heart pounded as she looked at the piece of paper she was clutching tightly.

"What's wrong? Something's wrong with your tone. You're not home? "

She pretended to be relaxed as she walked out of the library. "It's nothing. I just went out for a walk. I was a bit tired."

Ye Qingming smiled, "Then don't try to be brave. Go home quickly, or find a place to rest first."

"Mm, got it. Are you all right? " she asked again.

"Of course, everything went smoothly this time. There aren't that many unexpected situations."

While Lin Manrou was listening, she was about to say something when she suddenly heard a voice from the phone, "Director, the car is here."

She was stunned for a moment, and then Ye Qingming said to her, "We're about to get on the car. I'll give it to you when we get to the hotel."

"Alright, you go ahead."

After hanging up, Lin Qingrou stood at the end of the street. It was the end of November, and the air was full of moving cold. As she breathed in and out, she watched the cars drive away. Her mind drifted to a faraway place.

In the end, she couldn't help but give Liu Yuxi a call.

"Yuxi, I'm feeling extremely nervous right now. Can I go see you?"

This was the first time Liu Yuxi heard her tone, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"Okay, where are you? I'll pick you up. "

"There's no need to go through all that trouble. Just stay near your company." As she spoke, she made a call while walking towards Liu Yuxi's place of hunger.

Half an hour later, they finally met.

"Ya, why is your hand so cold!" It was very cold today. I should have reminded you to wear more. "

"It's fine, I left a long time ago. I was at the city library when I made the call."

Lin Qingrou blew on the air with her hand, feeling a warm wetness on her face.

"Library? "No wonder you arrived so quickly." Liu Yuxi placed the hot milk in front of Lin Qingrou, then placed her hands on the edge of the blanket to warm them.

When Lin Qingrou saw Liu Yuxi, she finally felt reassured. She took out the piece of paper from her pocket and handed it over to Liu Yuxi.

Liu Yuxi didn't understand, "What is this, 'accidental death'?" Murder accident '? "What's going on? Did you report this?"

Liu Yuxi's expression gradually turned grave. Although she didn't know the reason, she still felt a sharp sensation slowly approaching her.

"This is the report of Ye Qingming's parents' accident investigation report. A few days ago he was supposed to throw it in the shredder with me, but I saw one and he hid it. "

Lin Qingrou spoke extremely quickly, as if she didn't want to talk about this matter for even a second.

Liu Yuxi put his hand to his mouth and said, "All we know is that his parents died in an accident on the exam team, but we didn't expect it to be because they mistakenly entered a no-man's land. What did you find out? "

Lin Qingrou was not sure, but she had to voice out her doubts, "Do you remember that when my grandfather was alive, he worked there? I remember that before he died, he said that … In short, it has something to do with this matter. "

"What?" Liu Yuxi was covered in cold sweat.

"You mean, the death of Ye Qingming's parents is related to your grandfather?" "But he's already dead. Where else can we go?"

Lin Qingrou was instantly discouraged.

"Yeah, he's already been dead for more than ten years, what else can he ask?"

She felt powerless, because at this moment, she was extremely close to death, yet outside of death, she could not perceive any truth.

What should he do, find out, or give up?

Ye Qingming, why would he throw such an important thing into the shredder? He wanted to destroy it, or forget it. These two completely different motives were enough to confirm his two completely different thoughts. This was because one of them meant that they were entangled with each other more fiercely, while the other meant that they were more at ease after pondering over the matter.

At this moment, Lin Qingrou felt that Ye Qingming was becoming increasingly terrifying. He was like a bottle of poison covered in honey, causing her to want to try it out. However, she didn't know that the moment she approached him, she would already be dead.

At this moment, Liu Yuxi was calmer than Lin Manshui, "Then does Ye Qingming know about you now?"

Liu Yuxi's question was like a thunderclap that exploded in Lin Qingrou's mind.

She wasn't sure, and she couldn't act rashly. Right now, she was like a frightened bird. It was as if every blade of grass and tree around her had turned into evidence that she was covered in the Ye Family's poison.

Liu Yuxi said, "If, I mean if, the death of Ye Qingming's parents really has something to do with grandfather, then …" "Then this Ye Qingming is too scary."

Lin Qingrou laughed bitterly, "No wonder, no wonder he was not the least bit angry when he found out that I was pretending to be you. He even offered to ask me about my marriage. "No wonder, no wonder he did it so perfectly, so meticulously."

After she said a few words of "no wonder", she immediately felt an incomparable amount of regret.

Liu Yuxi didn't have any other ideas, so she asked again, "After he returns, what do you plan to do?"

"From now on?" Lin Qingrou suddenly raised her eyebrows, her face expressionless.

"If he doesn't say it, then I'll just follow his lead and act. I'll just play whatever it takes. Anyway, this is not the first time. "

Liu Yuxi saw the expression on Lin Qingrou's face, and it seemed as if he had lost all hope, and he was determined to kill Ning Xiaoyao. Lin Qingrou couldn't help rubbing her bulging stomach. Suddenly, a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.