Gu Zhiye initially thought that Su Niannian was showing her emotions because she missed him too much, but after eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, her emotions did not ease at all, so he realized something was wrong.
Every year, there is a custom of staying up all night to celebrate the New Year.
Gu Zhiye took the initiative to break the silence, and said to Wang Guifen and the others with a smile: "I am the last one to come back this year, so Nian Nian and I will be the ones to keep watch. You guys go to bed first."
It was a rare visit by Su Zhaodi and her family, so Shen Xiu'e had already cleaned up the room, knowing that the young couple had a lot of private things to talk about. Even Su Jianshan, who always liked to spoil the fun, left quickly.
Soon, the only sound in the quiet courtyard was the crackling of firewood. The firelight made Su Niannian's face flushed, and even the water in her eyes was obvious. Gu Zhiye added a piece of firewood to the fire and said in a gentle voice: "Didn't you say you had something to say to me when you left last time?! I've been preparing for two months, go ahead."
"..."
"Actually, I'm not a human." Su Niannian said nonsense seriously with her pretty face.
Gu Zhiye was amused. There was no one around. Ning Huan's house and Huang Juan's house next door were already deserted. Gu Zhiye had no scruples. He grabbed Su Niannian's wrist and hugged her in his arms. Sniffing the familiar scent, he nodded with a serious expression: "I know, you are a fairy."
Su Niannian stared at him with her dark eyes without blinking.
Gu Zhiye's heart itched, and after a while, he added: "No matter who you are, I love you."
This sentence was like pressing a magical switch.
Su Niannian said in a calm tone: "Perhaps, do you believe in past lives and present lives?! The trajectory of fate will never be the same. It seems like I had a dream. In the dream, Jin Chuan was a bad guy holding a sharp knife. He did too many bad things to me. After waking up from the dream, I still hate him, and I will always hate him. When I see him, I have physical disgust and fear..."
As she recounted these events, she was as calm as an outsider, but the slight tremors in her body betrayed her; fear was always with her.
Gu Zhiye couldn't help but hug his wife tightly. He whispered, "What about me? What role do I play in your dream?"
"have no idea."
"..."
"It doesn't matter, as long as I'm the only one who stays with you in this life." Gu Zhiye kissed Su Niannian's forehead with a pious attitude.
Su Niannian's eyes flickered slightly. Whether it was superstition or fear, facing Gu Zhiye, she couldn't tell him about the news that he had died in the previous life. When Gu Zhiye asked her about her unusual mood tonight, Su Niannian revealed the truth: "I was the one who should have gone to Heilongjiang Province. It was my selfishness that dragged Xue Weidong into this storm. I have a hunch that he must have been in trouble, but I can't even find him..."
"Get up. I'll take you to the police station for questioning." Gu Zhiye pretended to pick up his wife.
Su Niannian was confused: "But tonight is New Year's Eve..."
"Didn't you see that Xue Ya was absent-minded? Her brother didn't even come to visit during the New Year, which is enough to explain a lot of problems. The longer you delay, the longer the chance of being rescued will be delayed. It's always right to listen to me. Don't be afraid. I have a way for them to find out the result as soon as possible."
Having Gu Zhiye here is the greatest guarantee.
Unlike the perfunctory response this morning, the police acted much faster and immediately contacted the police station in Heilongjiang Province. They waited at the police station for about an hour and got a definite answer. Xue Weidong did buy a ticket to Heilongjiang Province on the evening of January 28 and arrived in Heilongjiang Province at night. Someone saw him get on a jeep and then there was no trace of him.
Su Niannian said anxiously: "Xue Weidong has no acquaintances in Heilongjiang Province, so the jeep..."
A familiar handsome face suddenly jumped into her mind. Su Niannian raised her eyes and met Gu Zhiye's gaze. The man said firmly, "Let's go to Heilongjiang Province tomorrow."
If Xue Weidong is not found, Su Niannian will probably not be able to live a peaceful life. As Xue Weidong's last relatives, they have to take this responsibility.
Just think of it as being for Xue Ya.
…
Although Wang Guifen was not happy that her granddaughter and grandson-in-law went to Heilongjiang Province on the first day of the Lunar New Year, she stopped talking when she heard that it was because of Gu Zhiye's work. She just packed a lot of food into the bags of the two of them and told them not to save when they were outside and to eat and drink as they should. As for Fubao, he was being taken care of by a whole family and they didn't need to worry about him.
After getting on the train, Su Niannian remained silent, feeling homesick. She hadn't been back to Heilongjiang Province for many years. This hometown where she was born and raised was filled with only bad memories for her.
The first thing they did after arriving in Heilongjiang Province was to look for the middle-aged man who was said to have witnessed Xue Weidong getting into the jeep that night. Unfortunately, the man left Heilongjiang Province to visit relatives on the first day of the new year and would not be back until the sixth.
Su Niannian was like a fly without a clue. Finally, with the encouragement of the man around her, she plucked up the courage to go to the Jin family to confront Jin Chuan. She heard that the other party was now detained at home. With Gu Zhiye's company, Su Niannian had the courage to face him.
She had walked this road to the Jin family countless times when she was a child, but never had her steps been as heavy as they were now.
Finally, he knocked on the heavy wooden door.
The door opened, revealing Jin Lou's tired face. When he saw Su Niannian, there was a flash of light in his eyes. Then, the joy came to an abrupt end when he saw Gu Zhiye following Su Niannian intimately. Jin Lou pursed his lips and smiled, then extended his hand to Gu Zhiye.
"Hello, I'm Nian Nian's brother, Jin Lou."
"Gu Zhiye." Gu Zhiye never had a good impression of people with the surname Jin. Even though Jin Lou looked like a good person, a good ex should be like a dead person. Although he didn't know whether the other party's resurrection had caused any waves in Su Niannian's heart, it was inevitable that it did make him feel unhappy, so much so that even his tone was a hundred times colder than usual.
Su Niannian was too lazy to delve into the inner thoughts of the two men, so she got straight to the point and said, "I'm looking for Jin Chuan."
"He is following the Agricultural Bureau to cooperate with the investigation. He will be back tomorrow. If he has anything to say, he will tell me."
"A friend of mine is missing, and I suspect it has something to do with Jin Chuan." Facing Jin Lou's warm eyes, Su Niannian subconsciously explained, "It's not that I have to throw dirty water on him, it's because my friend came to Heilongjiang Province for him. Jin Chuan has a criminal record. Did he really...really not hide anyone at home?"
"Of course not, you can come in and see anytime!" Jin Lou put his fist to his lips and accidentally coughed twice due to excessive excitement.
Su Niannian resisted the urge to greet him and acted anxiously.
"What about his private residence?"
"..."
Jin Lou looked confused. Obviously, he didn't know anything about the private residence.
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