Chapter 647 The Truth (Update 1)
Xi Jiu took out the sketchbook last night because he couldn't sleep.
He knew Ruan Qi was coming today, so he hid the notebook in the drawer after getting up. But he didn't expect that the little girl would move the drawer by chance.
Fortunately, Duan Wei arrived in time, otherwise if the little girl had finished reading the sketchbook, she would probably have been mentally stimulated.
Xi Jiu was still frightened. He pinched his brows and said, "I'll go back to my room and lock up the notebook in a moment."
After saying that, he asked Duan Wei again with concern: "Did Xiao Qi really not see the painting inside?"
Duan Wei: "She probably didn't see it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have reacted so calmly."
Upon hearing this, Xi Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, in the second bedroom, Ruan Qi looked at the closed door, and the corners of her mouth gradually flattened.
She walked silently to the bed and sat down, staring at the pattern on the carpet in a trance.
Bai Li in the system was trembling with fear.
Ruan Qi was silent for several minutes. Bai Li couldn't help herself and tried to speak: "Girl..."
Ruan Qi's eyelashes trembled.
Bai Li pulled at his beard in confusion. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Did you see some... uh, some... paintings in the Xi family boy's bedroom this afternoon?"
Ruan Qi curled up her fingers that were hanging by the bed and pursed her red lips.
When Bai Li saw this reaction, she immediately understood everything.
Ruan Qi really saw the painting in the sketchbook!
Bai Li slapped her thigh in frustration, but didn't dare to show it. She tried to trick him into thinking, "How many paintings did you see? What were they about?"
"I only saw the first painting." Ruan Qi's voice was slightly lowered. "It's of me when I was nine years old."
Bai Li: "How do you know he's nine?"
"Because in the painting, I have a sunflower headband on my head. My father bought it for me during the summer vacation when I was nine years old. Later, I lost my memory of that summer vacation, and I couldn't find the sunflower headband either."
The summer vacation when Ruan Qi was nine years old was the time when Jiang Chunian captured Ruan Qi and brought him to Xiaoyao Manor.
Later, Xiaoyao Manor was destroyed, and Ruan Qi returned to Qingyun Village and suffered for half a year. Only after he completely forgot that memory did his mental state slowly recover.
After regaining consciousness, Ruan Qi forgot about Xiaoyao Manor and the people she met that summer. Her memory stayed at the beginning of summer vacation, and she remembered that her father gave her a sunflower hairband.
But I can’t find that hairband.
Little Ruanqi was sad about this for several days, but children have short memories and their attention was soon diverted to other things.
If Ruan Qi hadn't seen Xi Jiu's sketchbook today, she would have almost forgotten the existence of the sunflower hairband.
She sat on the edge of the bed and thought carefully. She must have lost the sunflower hairband during her struggle after being captured and taken to Xiaoyao Manor.
But there is a doubt here -
Ruan Fengmian bought her the sunflower hairband during the summer vacation when she was nine years old, but she lost it after entering Xiaoyao Manor. So how did Xi Jiu know that she had a sunflower hairband and even drew it?
And when did he see her when she was nine years old?
The pages of the sketchbook have turned severely yellow, from which we can infer that the drawings were probably not drawn in the last one or two years.
But she met Xi Jiu a year ago.
However, judging from those paintings, Xi Jiu already knew her before she knew Xi Jiu.
And we have known each other for quite a while.
Ruan Qi once again recalled the inexplicable question Xi Jiu had asked her when they first met.
Where were you on August 14th, ten years ago?
Where is she?
When she lost her memory, Ruan Qi thought that she was spending her summer vacation at home on that day ten years ago.
But as her memory slowly returned, she knew that in August ten years ago, she was captured and taken to Xiaoyao Manor.
When she was working in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Jiang Chunian’s former assistant Qiu Weiren told her that she should have been arrested on August 15th.
In other words, she was still safe on August 14th.
Xiaoyao Manor was in Shanghu City, and Qingyun Village was in Baicheng. If she had stayed at home that summer, Jiang Chunian's men would not have been able to cross half of China and bring her from Baicheng to Shanghu City in just one day.
Therefore, on August 14th, she should not be at home, but in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Combined with Xi Jiu's sketchbook, Ruan Qi could make a rough guess -
She and Xi Jiu met in Shanghai on August 14, ten years ago. They were very familiar with each other and had a close relationship.
So here comes the question.
Since they already knew each other, did Xi Jiu have anything to hide from her? And why did he draw so many paintings?
Thinking of this, a name emerged in Ruan Qi's mind - Brother Iceberg.
If Xi Jiu is the Iceberg Brother, then all his concealment makes sense.
Although Ruan Qi's memory is incomplete, based on the fragmentary fragments in her dream, she can infer that she and Iceberg Brother had a very good relationship ten years ago.
Their relationship is so good that the Iceberg Brother would risk his life for her.
As for the reason why she forgot Brother Iceberg, in addition to the stimulation from Jiang Chunian, Ruan Qi felt that a big part of the reason was because she could not accept the death of Brother Iceberg.
She was only nine years old at the time, and a good friend was thrown into the river and drowned by bad guys in order to save her. Such a shock was too much for a child.
So at that time, under multiple shocks, little Ruanqi suffered a mental breakdown and chose to forget.
The reason why Xi Jiu didn't tell her what happened ten years ago was because he was afraid that she would recall the past and her spirit would fall apart again.
All the doubts and clues were connected together.
The fog in front of her eyes gradually dissipated, and Ruan Qi finally touched the tip of the iceberg of the truth ten years ago.
Xi Jiu is the Iceberg Brother.
Although there was no conclusive evidence, Ruan Qi was 100% sure in his heart.
Then, what she has to do next is...
"Investigate the Xi family kid?!" Bai Li was shocked. "Why are you investigating him? If you have anything to ask, can't you just ask him directly?!"
Ruan Qi shook her head: "I think Jiujiu is still hiding something from me."
Bai Li's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She quickly looked away guiltily and asked dryly, "What else can I hide from you? Isn't it just about Brother Bingshan?"
"That's not right." Ruan Qi frowned, "Besides the matter of Brother Bingshan, he must have hidden something else from me."
Ruan Qi knew Xi Jiu too well.
Given how much Xi Jiu cares about her, it is impossible for him to insist on hiding it from her when he knows that she is worried about the life and death of her ice-cold brother.
She was worried about her brother Bingshan's life or death.
Then Xi Jiu could just tell her that he was still alive.
Her memory has gradually recovered, and her mental endurance is stronger than before. As long as Brother Bingshan is still alive, this matter will not cause her any stimulation.
But Xi Jiu still kept it from her.
He would rather let her worry about whether her ice-cold brother was dead or not than tell her the truth.
There is only one reason why Xi Jiu could do this——
The truth about Brother Iceberg's case was even more cruel than she remembered.
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I'm stuck, writing slowly. I'll update one chapter first, and I'm working on the second one. [wiping tears]
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