Chapter 1272 Sleepwalking
He Tian hurried back from Chengdu without even drinking a sip of water on the way. He called Zhou Yi and booked a room in a nearby tea restaurant where Zhou Yi met to discuss the matter of Gu Wanqiu.
"Gu Wanqiu is dead."
Zhou Yi had just sat down when he heard He Tian say that. His body stiffened and the surprise on his face did not last long.
"When did he die?"
"yesterday."
Zhou Yi was silent for a while.
He Tian hadn't eaten anything all day. As soon as he arrived in Chengdu, he went straight to Gu Wanqiu. After learning that she had died, he bought a ticket and hurried back. It was already eleven o'clock in the evening.
When the dishes were served, he drank half a bowl of soup and waited until he had regained his strength before slowly telling Zhou Yi the details.
"Boss, didn't get drunk last night, did you?"
Zhou Yi said calmly, "It was almost the same as before you left. I didn't go crazy, but I didn't sleep well. I kept calling out for Gu Wanqiu all night and didn't wake up until noon. I was probably woken up by a nightmare."
He Tian put down the bowl in his hand, a look of disbelief on his face: "You were woken up by a nightmare?"
"yes."
Each word Zhou Yi said seemed so ordinary, but when put together and Li Jinxing's name was added, it felt very strange. You know, Li Jinxing had never slept so late, let alone been awakened by a nightmare.
There is a kind of very rational person who remains rational even when asleep and can distinguish between dreams and reality.
When Gu Wanqiu suddenly disappeared and the news of her death came, Li Jinxing had never felt like this.
Of course, Gu Wanqiu’s death was also faked.
This time he is really dead, but Li Jinxing doesn't know...
Could it be some kind of telepathy?
This kind of mysterious thing cannot be explained objectively.
However, Li Jinxing is still unaware of Gu Wanqiu's death, and he has become such a ghost. If he knew that Gu Wanqiu died, and died for him, how crazy he would be.
He Tian couldn't stand it for just one night. If it happened once a day, or once a week, let alone Li Jinxing going crazy, if he followed him, he would go crazy sooner or later.
Therefore, He Tian had only one thought in his mind: that was to keep this secret strictly and never let Li Jinxing know the truth.
It takes great courage and pressure to conceal and deceive Li Jinxing.
With such a big thing weighing on him, He Tian felt chest tightness and shortness of breath for a while, and couldn't even eat.
Zhou Yi was quiet for a while, then asked, "Do you think there is soul connection in this world?"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi had the same idea as He Tian.
Zhou Yi continued, "Boss may have sensed that Gu Wanqiu is dead. Isn't it said that people appear in dreams after they die?"
"You mean, Gu Wanqiu appeared in the boss's dream last night?"
Zhou Yi was serious. He didn't believe these things before, but there are always one or two things happening in the world that cannot be proven by science. As soon as Gu Wanqiu died, the eldest brother started to have nightmares about her. How could Zhou Yi not think too much about it?
He suspected that the dream Li Jinxing had was that Gu Wanqiu died.
Zhou Yi frowned: "Why is it that even after this person died, he still can't rest in peace?"
In the past, this would definitely have been said by He Tian. But now, when he heard Zhou Yi say this extremely sharp remark, he felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.
Maybe it was because he had been with Gu Wanqiu for a while, watching her let go of the past and how her body was getting thinner day by day.
That day, the scene where Gu Wanqiu knelt desperately in the rose bushes searching for the ring had a great impact on him. He Tian used to dislike her and thought that she was pretentious and not worthy of Li Jinxing. But it was such a person who could stir up Li Jinxing's important emotions, so he became more and more dissatisfied with her.
When a person dies, all the things that you used to dislike disappear into thin air. Moreover, Gu Wanqiu died in such pain. It is hard not to feel sympathy when listening to the nurse talking about the things that happened in Gu Wanqiu's life.
"Don't you think Gu Wanqiu is quite pitiful?"
"It's pitiful, but more of it is hateful." Zhou Yi had a blank expression on his face. He was always like this and was very cold to Gu Wanqiu. He was not like He Tian who would say everything. He kept it in his heart, and the same was true for his dissatisfaction with Gu Wanqiu.
Zhou Yi continued, "If she hadn't poisoned the boss, she wouldn't have ended up like this. A life for a life, it's only natural."
"But at that time... she didn't know it was a deadly poison."
"Just because you don't know, you can deny everything and not take any responsibility?" Zhou Yi frowned and looked at He Tian with a serious face. "He Tian, when did you start explaining for Gu Wanqiu? Didn't you hate her the most in the past?"
"I used to dislike her, but she's dead now."
"Just because someone is dead, can we just pretend that what happened never happened? Her death puts everything to rest, but the living are suffering because of her."
Seeing this, He Tian decisively shut up. He couldn't argue with Zhou Yi, because what he said was not without reason. But what could Gu Wanqiu do? Not alive, not dead? She was already a handful of ashes. Did they still have to dig her up and grind her bones to dust?
He Tian didn't want to dwell on this matter for too long, so he changed the subject and asked.
"After I left, did the boss ask about me?"
"When I woke up at noon today, he asked me, and I said you were on a business trip." Zhou Yi felt very uneasy. He thought that once Gu Wanqiu left, Li Jinxing would forget about this person over time.
After all, Gu Wanqiu seriously injured Li Jinxing this time, and it was Li Jinxing who finally let her go.
But who would have thought that Li Jinxing only let her go on the surface, but he still couldn't let her go in his heart.
He had a premonition that this matter could not be concealed for long. The more people worry about something happening, the more likely it is to happen, and there is no way to avoid it.
Sooner or later, Li Jinxing will find out everything. At that time, it will not be a question of how to persuade Li Jinxing, but how they can escape responsibility.
Although they have known Li Jinxing for a long time, there is a bottom line that cannot be crossed with Li Jinxing, and that is deception.
To him, cheating means betrayal.
He is so cruel to himself, how can he not care about them?
I'm afraid that even if I don't care about it on the surface, I will still blame them.
"Since Gu Wanqiu is dead, where is her body buried?"
"Her ashes were taken to Haicheng."
"What? In Haicheng?" Zhou Yi was upset. "He Tian, how many things are you hiding from me?"
He Tian explained, "I'm not hiding anything from you. You know I arranged a place for her to live and gave her a bank card. She paid for two people to look after her. Now that she's dead, one of them took her ashes and planned to bury them here according to her will. It makes sense. After all, this is where she grew up. This is her home. She belongs here."
"Aren't you afraid that the person with her ashes will go to the boss and expose these things in advance?" Zhou Yi gritted his teeth. He found that He Tian didn't care about the things he cared about at all. The two people who once had a united front now seemed to have a gap, and unknowingly, they were getting further and further away.
"He won't..."
"How do you know he won't?"
"Because I believe in Gu Wanqiu." So to be more precise, she was certain that Gu Wanqiu would not come to find Li Jinxing. If she had someone bring her ashes to find Li Jinxing, then she would not have left Li Jinxing when she was alive. Wouldn't it be more hurtful to him if she died in front of him?
Zhou Yi opened his mouth, but when he saw He Tian's serious expression, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
It has come to this, what else can he say? He can only pray as hard as he can, hoping that everything will be as He Tian wants, and hoping that Li Jinxing will never know about Gu Wanqiu's death.
Although He Tian was afraid that Li Jinxing would go crazy in his current condition, he would not be at ease if he abandoned him.
So after dinner, he and Zhou Yi returned to Qiule Manor.
Zhou Yi rarely went to Qiule Manor, let alone lived there. Most of the time, He Tian had to drag him along.
Zhou Yi seldom observed and cared about the changes around him. Looking at the bare land without even a weed, he felt strange but did not ask much.
He Tian returned to the room, turned on the computer and started checking the surveillance camera, watching Li Jinxing who was drunk and shouting Gu Wanqiu's name yesterday.
Li Jinxing, who came downstairs at noon, also looked worried.
He Tian sighed and turned off the computer.
The more heavily armed a person is, the more vulnerable he is once he takes off his armor.
Li Jinxing worked as usual during the day. It seemed as if he had forgotten everything that happened when he was drunk on September 30th overnight.
Life continued as normal, no different from before, at least He Tian couldn't see any changes.
Having seen Li Jinxing do too many crazy things, He Tian didn't believe that he could maintain the status quo.
How does the saying go? The calmer the sea, the more likely it is to become a storm.
The calm at this moment is just the dormancy before the tsunami. He Tian did not dare to be careless. Therefore, when he lived in Qiule Manor, he kept a close eye on Li Jinxing drinking.
But even if he didn't drink, Li Jinxing would dream of Gu Wanqiu every night.
The only place he could see her was in his dreams, and he dreamed about Gu Wanqiu for a whole week.
Li Jinxing finally showed signs of abnormality.
One night, He Tian got up in the middle of the night to drink water and saw that the door was wide open. He heard rustling noises outside.
He was not in a clear mind and his first reaction was that he was a thief.
But then he thought, the place with the best security in Haicheng is Qiule Manor. There are bodyguards and security guards strictly guarding inside and outside the manor. There are people watching 24 hours a day, and there are surveillance cameras on every road section.
What fearless thief would come here to steal things? If he was caught, according to Li Jinxing's temper, he would be skinned alive if not killed.
But if it wasn't a thief, then who could it be? Perhaps a servant from the manor...
He Tian followed the noise and walked out, moving slowly to the door. He had already turned on the lights, but the people outside were not affected at all, and the noise was getting louder and louder.
Outside, under the dim street lights, He Tian finally saw the person who made the noise.
He Tian opened his mouth, and the whole person seemed to be hit by a needle. He was stunned and dared not breathe.
He guessed that no one had guessed that the person outside would be Li Jinxing.
Li Jinxing was kneeling in the field of dead roses. He seemed to be looking for something, and he was digging the ground impatiently.
As He Tian watched, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Li Jinxing's movements were too monotonous and repetitive, like a programmed machine. There was no extra emotion, he just numbly dug there.
He Tian made a lot of noise as he walked over, but it didn't attract Li Jinxing's attention.
The closer he got, the more He Tian realized the seriousness of the problem. Li Jinxing had his eyes half-open, as if he had not yet woken up. Looking closely, his eyes were empty and lifeless, as if he were a puppet being controlled.
"Boss..." He Tian called out tentatively.
Li Jinxing didn't react at all and continued to repeat the same action. His hands were covered in blood, which was creepy to look at. When He Tian saw him like this, a word popped into his mind.
——Sleepwalking
Li Jinxing's situation was probably sleepwalking, but who would sleepwalk in the yard downstairs and dig the soil like a dog?
He Tian looked at the window upstairs that was sealed with a guardrail and knew that Li Jinxing was not just digging the dirt. He was looking for something, the ring and watch he had thrown away.
Only he knew that the ring and the watch had been found and taken away by Gu Wanqiu long ago. Something that is not there will never be found.
He Tian's throat was blocked. After September, the weather suddenly became cold, especially at night, it was very cold, which was incomparable to the daytime.
He Tian was wearing thin clothes and shivered in the wind. Li Jinxing was still wearing summer clothes. It was unknown how long he had been digging here, but his back was sweating.
Under the streetlight, a few desperate moths kept hitting the hot lampshade, just like Li Jinxing now.
He Tian rubbed his hands, squatted not far away, looked at Li Jinxing, and said softly.
"Why bother? If you can't bear to part with it... just don't throw it away in the first place. It's already been thrown away now. Even if you dream of finding it, you won't be able to find it..."
It is said that sleepwalkers cannot be woken up and are easily frightened and stressed.
But Li Jinxing's condition at this moment is not much better than a stress reaction, and may be even more serious.
What should I do... Should I pretend nothing happened, didn't see anything, and let Li Jinxing learn to dog paddle here?
We should wake him up and let him go back. What if Li Jinxing wakes up and decides to look carefully here and fails to find the ring and watch? With his brain, he will definitely find the problem and guess the whole process. What should he say when he asks about it?
He said he was alone in the middle of the night and couldn't bear so much by himself.
He Tian lowered his head, racking his brains to think hard, while his hands hung down as he played with a stone in front of him.
If only I could find an identical replacement to throw in here.
Just as he was thinking this, Li Jinxing suddenly stood up shakily, with blood still dripping from his fingertips.
A sleepwalking brain is no match for a sober one. He did come to this place, but when looking for something, he only dug in one place. Looking at the not-so-small pit in front of him, He Tian felt mixed emotions for a moment.
Li Jinxing suddenly stood up and walked towards him. He Tian was so scared that he squatted on the ground. It was the first time he saw a sleepwalker. He didn't know anything and had no experience. He didn't know how clear his mind was.
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