Turbid Light
Even old men who have experienced the battlefield find it difficult to resist temptation, let alone young people in their early twenties.
Fu Xue went to work in a KTV after being introduced by a friend. She was different from them. She did not accept customers and only served fruit plates in the private rooms. Her salary was only a fraction of those hostesses, but she was already very satisfied. If Fu Ying had not been sick, she would never have had any bad thoughts.
After Fu Ying fell ill, Fu Xue arranged for her to take a leave of absence from school and rented a house outside. She would return to the rental house to take care of her sister after class. There was no other way, as Fu Ying would only feel at ease when she was watching over her.
The first attack occurred at night. Fu Ying's heart suddenly stopped. Fu Xue rushed to the hospital with her half-grown child. After a night of rescue, the child was saved, but the money was spent like water.
Their lives became more difficult. Fu Xue thought about giving up, but then she felt that she was so pitiful, so much like herself when she was a child. When she touched the birthmark, she even thought how nice it would be if she could live in Fu Ying's body, even if it was a sick body.
She did not give up, and by chance she touched the red line of DY.
"Your birthmark prevents you from being a barmaid like them, but the appearance of Xu Mingwei has made you another fortune." Chen An called up a short surveillance video. Haiyue KTV is not under the name of the Xu family. They replaced the equipment a few days ago, and the surveillance video was sent by Hengyun Technology.
The video's frame rate was slow, but she could vaguely see her walking with a man in a suit. Fu Xue was startled, only to hear Chen An continue, "Xu Mingwei asked you to help find a partner in the university town. If you succeed, you'll get a high commission. This method of making money is fast and easy. It has solved your financial difficulties and allowed you and your sister to live a prosperous life. As the saying goes, it's difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. You've been doing this for over a decade."
After Fu Xue became rich, she set up her own company to help Xu Mingwei find "mothers". She has indeed lived a very comfortable life in Qu'an over the years. Fu Ying's illness has been controlled and she can return to school, but she has never thought about completely curing Fu Ying.
She thought Fu Ying was lucky enough to have met her, but she was not as lucky as her, so she had to take something away to be fair.
"It was you who didn't want to save her. You're so rich, but you're just keeping her alive. Xu Mingwei gave you a list of donors, but you didn't even look at it and threw it in the trash, right?"
Fu Xue looked away and said with a guilty conscience, "I just don't want her to take this risk. Heart transplantation is not a safe option. If rejection occurs, she will die immediately!"
"Okay." Chen An readily accepted her explanation. "After talking about Fu Ying, let's talk about Xu Mingwei."
Fu Xue was silent for a moment, realizing she would inevitably go to jail whether she spoke or not. She then confessed, "Xu Mingwei's wife had passed away, and he had gone to the KTV looking for women. I spilled my drink that day, and I thought I'd have to pay for it. But then Xu Mingwei saw the birthmark on my face and suddenly asked if I needed money. Yes, I did. I really needed money."
Her narration was very plain, as if she was telling someone else's story.
At that time, Xu Mingwei had not yet developed Mingzhu Clothing. He had to face the criticism of the Mu family and was tortured by Xu's tax problems. At this time, someone came out and showed him a way. He said that person was his mentor.
"Wait, have you ever seen the Bole he mentioned?"
Fu Xue shook her head, "No."
"I have very little contact with him. After we became familiar with the business, we basically stopped meeting. Not to mention him, I rarely show up. If that little girl hadn't refused to come, I wouldn't have gone out in person to persuade her. Who would have known..." Fu Xue sneered and shook her head helplessly.
If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. She has been working in this business for more than ten years and with the support of uncle Xu Mingwei, she thought she could live a comfortable life. But she was caught as soon as she let her guard down.
"Do you remember Xu Mingwei ever killing anyone?"
Fu Xue mocked, "Isn't he harming people every day?" After a pause, his expression changed, "Now that you mention it, I actually remember something."
"What?" Chen An asked.
Fu Xue hesitated for a moment and then said, "He asked me to help deal with a corpse."
Chen An's eyes lit up, "Whose body is it?"
"I didn't know him. The task Xu Mingwei gave me was simple, but I couldn't figure out one thing," Fu Xue said. "He told me to bury the body in a building that was about to be developed, but the body was dug up the next day when construction resumed."
Xu Mingwei's behavior was strange. If he wanted to distance himself from the matter, why didn't he find a more secluded place to bury the body, but instead buried it hastily on his own territory?
"Think carefully, does that person have a buzz cut?"
"Crew hair..." Fu Xue had seen countless men with crew cuts in the past decade or so. Suddenly, she remembered a detail. "He seemed to have a necklace hanging around his neck. I can't remember the style, but it might be from a famous brand. But I stole it."
"Is the necklace still there?"
"It's gone. I sold it a long time ago."
Chen An was a little disappointed. What Fu Xue said did not confirm his guess.
"Oh! You should know this person!" Fu Xue exclaimed as his memory whisk opened up.
The next day, the construction team dug up a body and the police arrived. The deceased was identified as...
"He's a policeman! I think his name is... Ji something... Ji Xiangyang!"
*
Li Qiuqi lay in the unfamiliar big bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She got up and walked to the living room to pour herself a glass of water, but found Xun Muke, who was also awake, at the entrance.
The two looked at each other, and Xun Muke shook the cup in his hand and asked, "Would you like some drinks?"
The bar wasn't big, and the wine cabinet didn't have many varieties. Xun Muke opened a bottle of low-alcohol wine and pushed the glass in front of her. "You can drink a little if you can't sleep."
"Sister, why can't you sleep?" Li Qiuqi asked, holding the cup.
Xun Muke reeked of alcohol, and considering the empty bottle, he must have had a round of drinks before she noticed.
"No reason, I just can't sleep." Xun Muke clinked his glass against hers without explanation, tilted his head back and drank it, "Drink and go to bed early."
Li Qiuqi stopped her and said, "Sister, can I talk to you?"
So the two of them moved their position to the windowsill. Li Qiuqi keenly sensed her sadness, but she didn't know why she was sad. The bright moonlight fell on her face and unexpectedly reflected two lines of tears, which scared Li Qiuqi.
"Sister, don't be sad..." Li Qiuqi comforted her clumsily. Xun Muke was also startled by herself. She wiped away her tears and laughed again. "Sorry, people tend to be sad more easily at night."
"I understand. It was the same when I was with Xu Jiaming before. I would think about a lot of things when I couldn't sleep at night. I wondered if we could be together in the end, whether he really loved me, and then I would come up with a disillusioning ending that I didn't want to accept, and I would cry thinking about it." Li Qiuqi seemed calm about Xu Jiaming's betrayal, but in fact, she had no choice but to accept it.
"Now I think, if he doesn't like it, then so be it. I can get by on my own."
Xun Muke touched her head and replied, "Yeah."
The little girl pulled her hand in return and said, "If someone does the same to you, don't be sad. It means you have seen through him and can kick him out at any time."
Xun Muke pulled his hand back and sighed, "My situation is different from yours."
"Really? What kind of person is he?"
"Him?" Xun Muke asked in confusion.
"Yeah, isn't it because of the person you like that you're sad?" Li Qiuqi boldly guessed, "Is it the police officer in the police station?"
Xun Muke quickly shook his head, "No, we are good friends."
"But...I am indeed sad because of the person I like."
For some reason tonight, she suddenly wanted to find someone to talk to.
"He is three years older than me. When we first met, he was not as tall as me." Xun Muke smiled for no reason when talking about the other person's height.
Xun Muke was born in a wealthy family. She was brought up with strict family education and was not allowed to do this or that. She thought that if she had not met that person, she would probably have remained so boring forever.
When she was six years old, her grandfather passed away and her parents sent her to the countryside to live with her elderly grandmother. She saw him on the muddy road.
The boy was skinny and had a sallow complexion. When he stood up, he was not even as tall as her. Suddenly, he took out a bag of marshmallows from somewhere and asked her, "Do you want some?" Then she knew the boy's name - Ji Xiangyang.
"Xiangyang, Xiangyang." The smile on Xun Muke's face and the nostalgia in his tone when he read these two words made Li Qiuqi imagine a sunny boy.
Ji Xiangyang brought her into his circle. At that time, the happiest thing for Xun Muke every day was when Ji Xiangyang came to her house and called her.
When a group of children get together, there is always a lack of games to play, but no matter what they play, Ji Xiangyang always protects her, and this protection continues until she grows up.
After his grandmother passed away, Xun Muke returned to his parents and attended high school in that city, while Ji Xiangyang attended high school in Qu'an City.
"It takes a whole day to get from his place to mine, but I always remember one scene." Xun Muke's eyes brightened. "It was the night after my math test. I was still worrying about my score. My deskmate came downstairs and told me that many people from other schools came in through the back door today. He asked if I had any friends to see me. I shook my head and said, 'No.'"
"Ten minutes later, my deskmate came up again and told me someone was waiting for me downstairs. I was half-believing and half-doubting, and was still wondering who it was when I went downstairs."
The dim light added a hazy filter to the entire picture. Xun Muke avoided the crowd and came out from another archway. He saw the person sitting by the flower bed at a glance.
"It's strange. It was so dark and I couldn't see his face, but I just knew it was him."
Xun Muke walked quickly to his side, Ji Xiangyang showed her the spoils in his hand, and then she skipped the entire evening study session and found a milk tea shop to eat with Ji Xiangyang.
"I was eating, and he was grading my papers. He was very good at science, but I couldn't understand math. He wanted to explain the problems to me, but I didn't have the heart to listen. I just asked him why he came to me suddenly, and he said..."
Ji Xiangyang met the girl's inquiring eyes, and what he wanted to say went around in circles for a few times before he finally said, "I just finished the college entrance examination, and I'm a bit bored."
Xun Muke rolled his eyes at him and jokingly said what he should have said.
"If you miss me, just tell me!"
Ji Xiangyang didn't deny it, but his ears turned red.
This guy grew up quickly after entering high school and was now a head taller than her. The two of them looked surprisingly well-matched standing together. On the way to send Xun Muke back, he hesitated for a long time before finally asking a commonplace question.
"He asked me which school I wanted to apply to and what major I wanted to study. I said I hadn't decided yet. He didn't try to hide it and told me directly that he wanted to be a police officer."
Xun Muke was a little sad when he mentioned this. "I didn't want him to be a police officer. It was different from my plan. In fact... at that time, the window paper was almost pierced, but we both held back. Neither side gave in, and it seemed like it ended on bad terms."
Ji Xiangyang was still as good to her as before, and went to the police academy as he said. They lost contact for almost three years. Ji Xiangyang only appeared after Xun Muke took the college entrance examination, but the problem between them was still not resolved.
"Finally, I compromised. I studied psychology and met a very good teacher, specializing in crime, so that I could stand with him one day."
When she first entered college, she was very happy. Ji Xiangyang would come to her school to see her every few days. The two of them had been in a relationship for almost a year but still hadn't confirmed it. A year later, graduation came as scheduled, and Ji Xiangyang was transferred back to Qu'an. She seemed to be always catching up with the three years that Ji Xiangyang had taken ahead of her.
"We kept in touch until... until something happened to him."
Xun Muke only felt a huge and long-lasting sadness coming towards her, which was so fierce that it broke her heart.
"We've never even been together, never..."
The tears didn't look like tears, but more like crying blood. The pain was in her heart, but what was flowing was Ji Xiangyang's blood.
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