"Red Bean" was written over a period of 10 years.
It was also published in 2010.
However, the "Red Bean" in the notebook was written in 2006...
In order to prevent any mistakes, Jiang Xinhai confirmed it again:
"Chen Xi, when did your brother leave this village?"
Chen Xi opened her mouth wide. She also realized that something was wrong. After a long while, she said:
"He...left at the end of 2006."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure, I didn't even celebrate the Spring Festival in 2007. Mom has been nagging about it for years..."
"When did you come back?"
"No, I don't remember, but it must have been one or two years later..." Beads of sweat appeared on Chen Xi's forehead.
Jiang Xinhai asked again: "Did he take this notebook with him when he left?"
Chen Xi shook his head: "I didn't notice."
"I didn't notice whether he brought it when he came back?"
"Shouldn't, shouldn't he? He always comes back empty-handed."
"In other words, there's a possibility that this page of Red Bean was written after he ran away from home," Jiang Xinhai said, twisting the paper in his hands. "However, this possibility is relatively small."
Chen Xi's expression was solemn.
Everyone present had a solemn expression.
He Ling said with some difficulty, "Xinhai, what you mean is that there is a high possibility that Chen Xi's brother wrote "Red Bean" in 2006?"
"Um."
"So," He Ling raised her eyebrows, "Chen Xi's brother is Zhichi?"
As soon as the words fell, the whole audience fell silent.
The barrage in the live broadcast room was boiling:
"Fuck, that's awesome."
"What are they talking about?! I can't keep up!"
"Why don't you show us what's in the notebook?"
"Huh? I just went to the bathroom. How come Chen Xi's brother is Zhichi?"
"Who is Zhichi? Is it the Zhichi I'm thinking of?"
"Please show me the notebook, please show me the notebook, please show me the notebook..."
…
Chen Xi stammered, "Maybe, maybe he took it away, because... I never found the notebook afterwards..."
Qin Yunshang slammed the table and said, "He must have taken it away."
"Yes, otherwise, I would definitely find this notebook." Chen Xi said, "It should be the music score he copied later."
He Ling bit her finger and said, "That's impossible. Chen Xi's brother is Zhichi, right?"
Wang Feng patted his chest and said, "It was a false alarm, a false alarm."
"My heart is a little bit paranoid..."
"No." Jiang Xinhai interrupted everyone and shook his head vigorously.
"Actually, I had a feeling when I saw the notebook. The tone of his voice was so similar to Zhichi's.
"Then this handwriting, although different from the letter sent to Chen Xi, is very similar to Zhichi's handwriting.
"Especially this Zhichi signature. I thought it was a deliberate imitation of Zhichi, but it's exactly the same. It's impossible to imitate it so closely...
"The most important thing is..."
Jiang Xinhai paused, then said:
"I just need to ask Chen Xi what her brother's name is, and I can confirm whether it is Zhichi."
Everyone then realized that they had been referring to "Aunt Xu's son" and "Chen Xi's brother."
The only thing I didn't ask was the person's name.
They didn't pay attention to this person at first, but later this person's behavior became more and more weird.
Qin Yunchu, who knew the inside story, deliberately avoided it.
So no one thought to ask his name.
Jiang Xinhai turned to look at Chen Xi and said:
"Tell me quietly what your brother's name is. Don't let anyone else hear it."
Chen Xi swallowed, nodded, then leaned over and whispered something in her ear.
Qin Yunchu held his chest, feeling like his heart was about to jump out.
She knew that Chen Xi's brother was Chen Ya, and she also guessed that Zhichi was also Chen Ya's pseudonym.
But... she didn't know that this was how Jiang Xinhai knew Chen Ya.
What happened between the two of them?
In full view of everyone, Chen Xi said those two words and they left Jiang Xinhai's ears.
Jiang Xinhai's expression changed from gloomy to bright, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I understand." She hugged Chen Xi's shoulders and said, "Chen Xi's brother is Zhichi."
Everyone's bodies shook violently.
There were so many comments in the live broadcast room that they covered the entire screen, and it was almost impossible to hear what other people were saying.
"Chen Xi's brother is Zhichi?" Wang Feng's voice was a little off. "Did I hear correctly?"
Jiang Xinhai covered his face, as if he was afraid to face the camera, and just nodded and said:
"You heard right! It's him!"
After saying that, she put down her hand a little irritably, with an unhappy expression on her face, and said in a coquettish manner:
"Why didn't he tell me anything? I've never heard him mention that he has a sister!"
Chen Xi is still in a daze.
The world around her was infinitely stretched in her eyes, as if it were in the event horizon of a black hole.
She seemed to be gradually moving away from this world, gradually fading away...
My own brother is so close?
That brother who doesn’t want to go to school all day and just sits at home writing and drawing for no reason?
The brother who snatched my notebook, snatched my lollipop, and put cicadas in my pencil case?
The brother who boasted about marrying Jiang Xinhai was Zhichi?
Chen Xi felt like his entire world was being scattered and reorganized.
He Ling's face was filled with shock. She asked Jiang Xinhai, "Xinhai, is what you said true?"
"Of course it's true! No one knows Zhichi better than me." Jiang Xinhai said irritably. Seeing her expression, she looked like she was about to cry. "It's that stinky guy!"
Wang Feng asked, "This is your first collaboration with Zhichi in 10 years, right? In other words, Chen Xi's brother collaborated with you on your first album three years after he left home?"
Jiang Xinhai tried to calm down and said, "Yes. In 2010, I was 18 years old and a freshman in college."
She explained, "I had good grades, so I skipped a grade and was recommended for admission to Binhai Communication University. That's where I met Zhichi."
"Is Zhichi also a student of Binhai Media?"
"He wasn't," Jiang Xinhai said. "He was already a music producer at the time and gave a guest lecture at our school."
After that, she gritted her white, neat teeth and said viciously, "And then you tricked me into joining the pirate ship!"
He Ling asked curiously, "What do you mean by luring people onto a pirate ship?"
"He asked me if I would be willing to collaborate with him on a world-shaking album." Jiang Xinhai gritted his teeth, but the corners of his mouth kept rising. "I said, 'Okay.'"
He Ling was surprised: "Is it that simple?"
"Because he's handsome," Jiang Xinhai said as a matter of course, "and he spoke well. I was young at the time, so I believed him."
After she finished speaking, she patted Chen Xi and said, "By the way, you don't have to worry about it. The edge is just a stone's throw away."
Chen Xi seemed to hear the sound of something breaking in his chest.
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