"Oh no, has something happened to Brother Tie?" Wu Lili's voice was trembling with tears.
Su Tong's expression tensed up again: "Xiao Tie followed you as soon as you left around eleven o'clock. He even brought a gun! Why didn't he come back? Could something have happened to him?"
Chen Yuanyuan also became nervous: "Xiao Tie is missing?! Did he disappear when he went to rescue me?"
“Let me sort this out—Yuanyuan, you said that person who looks a lot like me is Su Yin, the third child in our family. Did you really only see him and not anyone else?” Su Tong asked seriously.
“No, it really was just him!” Chen Yuanyuan said with certainty. “At least, I never saw anyone else.”
Wu Lili blurted out, "But Yuanyuan, how exactly were you kidnapped?"
Chen Yuanyuan sighed:
"The day before yesterday morning I went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some melon seeds and preserved plum candy. I originally planned to eat them when I watched the movie with you at noon."
As soon as I got to the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, a person wearing a hat and scarf, with only his eyes showing, stopped me!
That man caught my attention because he had almost identical eyes to Su Tong.
Of course, his eyes, as I later recalled, were different from Su Tong's—his eyes were very evil.
The man peeked a corner of a hardcover book from his pocket and said that his family was struggling to make ends meet and he wanted to sell the book.
When I saw it, I realized it was one of the books in a set that Su Tong had been searching for for a long time, and I was immediately interested.
So I went with that person to their house.
I spent ages negotiating the price with him!
He's really good at pretending; it took a lot of effort for him to reluctantly agree.
Just as I was overjoyed, he took something and hit me on the head...
Su Yin is really scary; he's a very detail-oriented person…
As Chen Yuanyuan spoke, she involuntarily shivered again.
"That man is so wicked! Luckily he fell into the river and drowned!" Wu Lili said through gritted teeth. "But where is Brother Tie?"
“Now that you mention it, I remember—when I went out, I felt some movement behind me, so I took a detour and shook off my tail! It seems that Fifth Brother lost him!” Su Ruyi said.
The crowd's expressions softened somewhat.
Wu Lili asked anxiously, "Ruyi, where did you dump Tie Ge? Tell me, I'll go see!"
“I’ll go with you!” Su Ruyi said, picking up her shoulder bag.
The two arrived at the alley corner where Su Ruyi had stored Su Tie in her spatial storage. Su Ruyi took a few quick steps, and seeing that no one was around, she immediately pulled Su Tie out of her spatial storage and threw it into the place where she had been hiding.
At the same time, the gold needles were removed from the back of his head.
Then he shouted at Wu Lili, "Lili, my fifth brother is here! Look, he's asleep!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Lili rushed over and threw herself at Su Tie: "Brother Tie, Brother Tie, what's wrong?"
Su Tie was shaken a few times and then woke up.
Seeing the bright daylight, he was immediately shocked: "It's already daylight?! Where's my sixth sister?!"
Wu Lili stepped aside, and Su Tie's previously obstructed view finally caught sight of Su Ruyi standing behind her.
Su Tie quickly got up: "Ruyi, are you...are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Yuanyuan is back too. Fifth Brother, why are you sleeping here?!" Su Ruyi asked, feigning surprise.
"This..." Su Tie scratched his head blankly. He couldn't very well say that he had followed Su Ruyi. As for how he fell asleep in this place, he had no recollection at all, as if he had blacked out from drinking too much.
He touched his lower back—the pistol was still there—and a huge weight was lifted from his heart.
"I came out to look for Yuanyuan, and then I got tired, so I thought I'd rest here for a while, and then... I fell asleep." Su Tie made up an outrageous lie.
“Yes, Brother Tie hasn’t slept much these past few days either. It’s normal that he’s fallen asleep.” Wu Lili said, while winking at Su Ruyi.
Su Ruyi understood and didn't dwell on the issue any further.
Su Tie learned the whole story along the way, but Su Ruyi only briefly mentioned how to save Chen Yuanyuan.
"The third brother fell into the river?!" Su Tie was extremely surprised by Su Yin's "ending." "In this weather, if you fall into the river, you'll freeze in minutes! So... he's dead?!"
"Yes, I stood on the shore and watched as bubbles rose in the water for a while, and then the water became calm," Su Ruyi said.
She had never seen such a scene before, but borrowed it from a previous patient's tearful account of their child drowning.
After saying that, she secretly prayed in her heart—forgive me, forgive me!
Su Tie breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was also a little confused.
Originally, he was determined to die with Su Yin, even at the cost of his own life.
Now that Su Yin is dead, what should he do?
Wu Lili noticed Su Tie's unusual behavior. She steeled herself and took his arm, saying, "Brother Tie, you can't keep ruining your health like this! You're young, but sleeping on this cold ground all night will leave you with health problems!"
Su Tie looked at Wu Lili.
He had already noticed the burning gaze in the little girl's eyes when she looked at him.
However, he dared not respond.
He has been married twice and feels unworthy.
Su Ruyi stood to the side, feeling as awkward as a third wheel.
To be fair, Wu Lili is a good girl.
She's so much better than the two oddballs Su Tie dated before.
Su Ruyi also knew that Su Tie had been hurt too deeply before, so he dared not open his heart easily again.
Should I help Wu Lili?
Thinking this, Su Ruyi coughed lightly: "When I left, Fourth Brother said he'd help me go to the factory if it was on the way, and ask for another three days off. His leave needs to be extended. How about... you two go and help him extend his leave, and I'll go back first?"
Wu Lili looked at Su Ruyi gratefully and nodded: "Okay! Ruyi, you should go back now! You've been busy all night, you should get some rest."
Su Tie nodded: "Yes, don't worry, leave it to us."
After Su Ruyi returned to Su Tong's house, Chen Yuanyuan had basically returned to normal.
She had already sent Su Tong to the market to buy meat so she could cook a good meal to treat everyone.
Su Ruyi looked at Chen Yuanyuan, who was now completely calm, and felt a mix of emotions.
When I first met her, she was such an innocent and pampered girl.
She's become so strong that even after being kidnapped, she can calm herself down so quickly.
— Chen Yuanyuan's father had already been executed, Su Tong told Su Ruyi in his letter.
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