Duan Fan knew what was going on, and said happily, "Oh, my sister came so quickly."
Han Jingyuan knew that Su Ying valued the children the most. The fact that she entrusted the children to her neighbors and then came to Beijing showed that there were big things going on in Beijing.
He really hadn't been able to contact his family these past few days due to work reasons. Today he finally got some free time, but before he could even call home, he saw his wife appear in front of him.
Surprised, happy and worried.
He wanted to go find Su Ying right away, but he held back because it was working hours and he had work to do.
From what Duan Fan said, he knew the inside story. And looking at Duan Fan's attitude, he could still laugh, so it shouldn't be a bad thing.
Han Jingyuan asked, "Do you know why my wife came to Beijing?"
Duan Fan dragged Han Jingyuan into a police car, stepped on the accelerator and drove to the city center. Then he told Han Jingyuan about his investigation into Su's father's false accusation.
"If the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate. Xia Jinhua's daughter-in-law died in the summer. The family was anxious to send her to be cremated. After the cremation, they went to the clinic to make a scene. The clinic was so timid that they lost the pulse record and prescription. In the end, the case was settled privately. It's hard to find clues here, so I went to find Xia Jinhua's in-laws. I heard that her in-laws loved their daughter very much and gave her a lot of dowry."
"Guan Changfu and his wife have been scared by the terrorism in recent years. They don't trust anyone. During the conversation, I realized that they have evidence in their hands, but they just don't dare to show it. After thinking about it, I asked someone to send them to South Island. The farm environment there is better. My sister must have a way to make them talk. Look how quickly she got the answer. This girl is more likely to be trusted by the people than us men."
Han Jingyuan thought to himself, that's right, don't you see how ferocious you look.
In fact, Duan Yu has a very good appearance, but he has been working on the front line for many years, and he looks very weathered. He is tall and strong, and standing next to someone who has something to hide is really frightening.
Duan Yu muttered, "Why did the grandson of the Xue family cut off ties with his family? Why did he want to go home after cutting off ties?"
Han Jingyuan has been investigating the Xue family these days. Of course, he is not the only one investigating, so he has obtained information thoroughly and quickly.
"You mean Qu Liang? From the information we found out, it seems that his mother passed away and his father remarried just after the 77th day of her death. That's why he severed ties with his family and changed his surname to his mother's."
Duan Yu's car had already stopped in front of the Xue family's door, just parked on the side of the road without fear of being seen.
He stroked the stubble on his chin and said, "Xue Hongdong's daughter was seeking a husband, but he didn't object to his son-in-law's remarriage. Instead, he allowed his grandson to leave home and change his surname. Don't you think this goes against common sense?"
Han Jingyuan said: "It is quite abnormal, so we have to come and see Qu Liang. The Xue family has even provoked the army, so we can go and intimidate them to see if they are afraid."
"What if they're not afraid?"
Han Jingyuan chuckled, "That's even more abnormal."
…
As they were talking, a tall and haggard young man came down from the bus stop in front. Although he was thin and pale, he had a very good appearance and a strong scholarly air. He was a handsome man of the same type as Chen Wusheng and Wen Yan.
When the man was crossing the road, he looked back at the police car on the side of the road, and through the front window, he gave way to two men in the car who were obviously up to no good for a few seconds.
Then he turned his head expressionlessly and walked towards the valuable courtyard house opposite without stopping. He knocked on the door a few times, as if entering this courtyard made him very uncomfortable.
Duan Yan only heard his brother-in-law mutter: "He's not the type that Ah Ying likes..."
"What did you say?" Duan Fan thought he had misheard.
"That's the son that was finally born after three generations of only one son in their family, all girls."
Han Jingyuan said: "There are also rumors that the Xue family was punished by God for their hypocrisy and was destined to have no sons, so even if they gave birth to a son in this generation, they would sever ties with the Xue family."
"Some people also say that Qu Liang's grandfather also arranged a marriage, but after the child was born, he did not allow the child to take the woman's surname. After angering his father-in-law to death, he made his grandson and granddaughter take his surname Xue. He also conspired with his son-in-law to drive his grandson away. The father-in-law and son-in-law wanted to seize the family property."
"Then this rumor is a bit far-fetched."
Duan Yu said: "Xue Hongdong is an orphan, and the Qu family only recruits orphans."
It is really unacceptable to drive away direct blood relatives for the sake of a son-in-law.
But there is a rumor circulating, "It is said that when Qu Liang's mother gave birth to Qu Liang, she had twins, and one died, but the Xue family does not admit it."
Han Jingyuan opened the car door and said, "Let's go and visit the Xue family."
…
At the Xue family, Xue Jinyun was throwing a tantrum like a spoiled brat at home.
She took her grandfather's surname, not her biological father's. Her brother had a falling out with his family and stopped following his grandfather's and biological father's surname. He took her biological mother's surname, Qu, which was also her grandmother's. The Qu family had always been looking for a son-in-law, but her grandfather wanted her and her brothers to have the surname Xue.
So the Qu family, which was also very famous back then, has been completely replaced by the Xue family. Since my mother and grandmother have passed away, few people remember the Qu family anymore.
"Bang!" Xue Jinyun smashed a vase.
The antique vases from the Ming and Qing dynasties can be broken at will. Anyway, over the past seventy or eighty years, our family has accumulated these things, half of which have been donated. For the remaining half, I only dare to display one or two of the least valuable ones, so it is not a pity to break them.
There are better ones in the warehouse anyway.
"Who stole the photo?"
Sheng Chenbin told his daughter to stop arguing. "You left the photos with your brother without saying anything. He's always in the woods. Of course the cabin is easy to be stolen. What are you thinking? Even if you just dig a hole and bury it, no one will find it."
Xue Jinyun was embarrassed to say that she had put it with her brother on purpose. Her brother wanted to forget what was in the photo, but she refused and insisted that her brother remember it all the time.
Well now, the photo has been stolen.
"Who is it that actually went to the ranger's house to steal things? They must be crazy because they are poor."
At this time, the nanny brought a young man in and said respectfully, "The second young master is back."
She said 'Second Young Master' instead of 'Young Master', and now it's a new society, so this title is very strange.
Qu Liang frowned, as if he knew he couldn't correct it, and he was too lazy to say anything else.
…
There were only three people left in the study room: father, son, brother and sister. No one spoke. Finally, Sheng Chenbin couldn't help but winked at his daughter Xue Jinyun.
The meaning seemed to be: "This is your brother, you come to carry it."
Xue Jinyun rolled her eyes, as if to say: "He's still your son, why don't you say anything."
The spoiled eldest daughter and the head of the family seemed to be very afraid of Qu Liang, who had severed ties with the Xue family.
Finally, it was Sheng Chenbin who spoke and took out a brocade box from the drawer. The box was made of golden nanmu wood and was carved with intricate patterns. It looked quite old.
"Your grandpa's illness can't be delayed any longer. How about you take another pill and try to see if you can have a connection with your eldest brother?"
The brocade box was pushed in front of Qu Liang. He showed a disgusted expression, but endured it without moving or answering.
Xue Jinyun's self-control was not as good as her father's. She could not help but open the box. The moment the box was opened, Qu Liang suddenly closed his eyes.
Xue Jinyun said, "Second brother, this is the medicine that grandpa used to save his life. I saved one pill for you to take. Don't be ungrateful."
If Su Ying was present, he would definitely recognize that this was the crystal core of a mutant beast. The higher the level, the faster the superpowers would be improved. However, what effects and side effects would occur if ordinary people in the parallel world ate it, probably only the Xue family knew.
This crystal core is also very precious in the other world. Not every mutant beast will have it. The average ratio is about ten to one. It also depends on luck. Sometimes when you are unlucky, you may get nothing after killing thirty or forty heads. Sometimes you can dig out two or three from seven or eight heads. It all depends on luck.
Just then, the nanny knocked on the door again and said that the man surnamed Han from last time had brought a police officer with him.
Xue Jinyun was very annoyed, "No, tell them to get out."
The nanny was in a dilemma. "Mr. Han said that if the second young master doesn't want to talk at home, he should go to the public security bureau to cooperate with the questioning."
"Looking for second brother?" Xue Jinyun was obviously stunned.
Qu Liang still had no expression, but he was more effective than Xue Jinyun in speaking. "Please come to the living room and make a pot of Biluochun."
The nanny went to make tea immediately.
…
There were four people in the living room, Han Jingyuan and Duan Fan sat on one side, Qu Liang sat on the east, and Xue Jinyun sat on the west. They seemed afraid to get close to their brother, and instead sat closer to Duan Fan.
Han Jingyuan said, "I came to see Comrade Qu today to ask about your sister's situation. She used a photo to play a trick on the comrades in the army. What do you think about this?"
Xue Jinyun's face turned pale. She didn't expect Han Jingyuan to be so hostile at this time. He must be a lunatic.
Qu Liang glanced at the photo that Han Jingyuan placed on the coffee table. This photo was taken by him. Everything started from the moment he pressed the shutter.
The cold expression on his face did not change, and he said calmly: "Oh, she dared to play tricks on anyone since she was a child. It's not surprising. Has it had a serious impact on you? If so, you can arrest her and interrogate her now."
Duan Fan: ...Is this really your biological brother?
Han Jingyuan said: "It's not necessary to arrest him. May I ask Comrade Qu if he knows the origin of this photo?"
"I don't know where it came from."
Qu Liang said: "But there are more than a dozen similar photos."
A dozen...
Han Jingyuan looked at Xue Jinyun's pale face and felt that Qu Liang did it on purpose. He was not targeting the police but the Xue family.
"Then may I ask where those dozen photos are, Comrade Qu?"
Qu Liang nodded, "I know. I kept it with me before. It was just a photo. I put it in a drawer. A few days ago, the ranger's house was robbed, and the photo was stolen along with some daily necessities."
"You didn't call the police when you got robbed?" Duan Fan felt that Qu Liang was lying.
Qu Liang turned his head and looked at Duan Yu. "Anyone who can steal things from the forest ranger's house must be crazy because of poverty. The total amount involved in the case is just a few dollars of old things, old towels, old pots, and old sheets. Call the police? Is it necessary?"
…
Duan Yu and Han Jingyuan went to Qu Liang's forest ranger's hut halfway up the mountain. He was really frugal and used only hand-woven bamboo products. Even the bowl was a large coarse porcelain bowl with a chip on it. The chopsticks were made of bamboo with patterns engraved on the tips. They were very delicate but not valuable.
He would never spend money to buy daily necessities that he could make by himself. He was the kind of person who would be so angry that he would die if a thief broke into his house.
Duan Fan compared the Xue family's courtyard house and mahogany furniture to Qu Liang's small, shabby house, which was not worth looking at.
"What should we do now?" Duan Yu asked.
Han Jingyuan was a little dazed. If you walk a few miles further into the mountain, you will find a small lake. He used to come here often to relax.
But why do I always feel like I have forgotten something important?
"Go find my wife first." Han Jingyuan said, "I've asked the political commissar for permission, and he agrees."
…
Su Ying was looking at a dozen photos in the reception room on the second floor of Su Xinyi's house. All of them were the places where she came here every time, as if someone had waited in advance and taken the photos.
No wonder she didn’t notice anyone at the scene every time. It turned out that they were waiting there in advance.
Su Ying asked, "Have you found out who took the photo?"
Wen Yan said: "It was taken by my new boss's brother."
"Xue Jinyun's brother, the one who severed ties with his family and changed his last name to Qu Liang?"
“Yes, it’s a bit complicated.”
Wen Yan looked gentle and reserved, but he was actually a chatterbox. He insisted on explaining to Su Ying all the details of how he got the information.
"My new boss is a young girl who loves to be praised. I always call her "young lady". She likes it and trusts me more."
"That day I found a few thugs to block the young lady from both ends, and then played the role of a loyal servant protecting his master and being injured and sent to the hospital. The young lady appreciated my loyalty and treated me as her own..."
Su Ying was already impatient, "Get to the point."
"Okay, get to the point."
That day, the eldest lady asked Wen Yan to accompany her to the forest ranger's house halfway up the mountain. When Wen Yan saw Xue Jinyun's brother for the first time, he was really shocked. The eldest lady's brother looked exactly like his boss in the other world.
Even the name is the same, both called Quliang.
The eldest daughter's brother asked them, "Are you two dating?"
Wen Yan immediately shook his head, "No, I'm just running errands for the young lady, how can I be worthy of her."
Qu Liang seemed to have no defense against the people his sister brought with her. He just said, "It's a new society now. It's not appropriate to call them that."
But Xue Jinyun liked it very much and asked, "Second brother, did the eldest brother really not pass on any more news to you?"
Qu Liang said no, "Really, it's no use for you to go back and find me."
…
Su Ying was puzzled. "They didn't even avoid you when talking to you. How did you win their trust? It's not enough to just be a hero and save the damsel in distress."
"I ate meat, the meat of mutant beasts."
Wen Yansheng would rather die than live. Even if there is a freezer, the meat is stored several years ago. In another world, this meat can enhance physical fitness, but this is a parallel world, and he is using the body here. Who knows what side effects will occur if he eats the meat.
Xue Jinyun also said: "If you eat this meat, you are one of us. If you don't eat it, you can't leave this door."
"I had no choice but to eat it."
Su Xinyi was particularly curious about the meat of the mutant beast, and stabbed Wen Yan's unpleasant memory again, "Is it cooked and eaten? It won't taste good without some seasoning, right?"
Wen Yan retched a few times. "They said we should keep it in its original flavor, so we boiled it in plain water. Sister Ying knows that if it's not seasoned, it will make people sick to death, not to mention it's been stored for so long."
Wen Yan continued to dry heave a few more times, and Su Xinyi quickly peeled one of his tangerine peel candies and gave it to him.
Just then, Mother Su came in to deliver some fruit. She saw this scene and smiled without saying anything.
Su Xinyi: "...Mom, how old am I? Why didn't you knock when you came in?"
Mother Su: "Okay, okay, I'll remember that next time I'll knock on the door first. You guys continue chatting."
Wen Yan: "Did Aunt Su misunderstand something?"
Su Ying laughed: "Not only Su's mother, even my second cousin is eager to catch some opportunity to misunderstand. You are going off topic. What happened after eating the meat?"
…
Wen Yan said that after he ate the mutant beast meat "with gratitude" and "without hesitation", he became a person that Xue Jinyun trusted.
"I don't quite understand why they trust me so much after eating the mutant beast meat. Anyway, in the Xue family, being qualified to eat meat is considered a very honorable thing."
Su Xinyi thought about the frozen meat and vomited. "I would rather die than eat it. Comrade Wen, you have suffered."
"Okay, okay, it's all for my sister Ying..."
After Su Ying almost broke his leg again, Wen Yan became obedient and stopped talking nonsense.
He said that after he ate the meat, Xue Jinyun told him a secret, saying that she actually had two brothers, a pair of twins, one in the sun and the other in the dark. She only allowed one of them to go out or to school, and they took turns. From their appearance to their habits, the two were so alike.
Later, even the family members didn’t know which one went out that day.
"Xue Jinyun said that a few years ago, someone from Taoyuan said they could give the Xue family a quota to let someone in. The Xue family was actually afraid, so they let Xue Jinyun's eldest brother go first. Not long after, all the ways to contact Taoyuan were cut off, and no one from Taoyuan came again."
"The Xue family panicked and waited for a while, but no one from Taoyuan contacted them. They could only use the last method. They had a special medicine given by Taoyuan, which could enhance the telepathy of the person who took it, especially the twins, who could sense each other's thoughts through their minds."
Su Ying couldn't figure it out. "Is there such a special medicine in another world? Why haven't I heard of it? Was it developed by the Yuncheng base?"
Wen Yan saw the special medicine that Xue Jinyun showed off and was at a loss for words. "There is no special medicine at all. It's the crystal core of a mutant beast."
Su Ying: ...
The mutant beasts communicate and act through some kind of brain wave signal. If they were eaten by ordinary people here, perhaps some kind of connection would really be established, especially for twins.
"After Xue Jinyun's second brother took the crystal core, he found it really worked. He said that when his eldest brother went to another world, they exchanged dreams while in deep sleep. In the dreams, they could see what the other had experienced. The eldest brother said that the girl in the photo he accidentally took was the key to opening the door. He asked him to keep watching her and told him the time and place she was going to come next time through his dreams, so he could wait in advance."
Wen Yan looked at Su Ying with some sadness, "Sister Ying, when you first came here, you were seen by Qu Liang from this world. The two brothers strengthened their telepathy, so the Qu Liang from another world came over to approach your team."
The truth is hard to accept.
Su Ying said: "So, it's all my fault. I caused all this."
Wen Yan immediately advised, "Sister Ying, don't think like that. It's fate. You were about to be swallowed by the mutant beast at that time. The spatial ability was triggered automatically. You were almost drowned when you were pulled out of the water. How could you have noticed that there was someone behind the tree? And Qu Liang had taken the crystal core, so you couldn't sense the color of his aura. It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself. It's fate."
Su Xinyi was afraid that Su Ying would get stuck in a dilemma, so he carefully advised her: "Aying, many things in this world are destined by heaven. We can't change the past, so let's think about how to change the future."
Destined...
Yes, Qiao Lanlan said, in the previous life, the Xue family became wealthy and founded a pharmaceutical company, and Xue Hongdong, who had lung cancer, lived for ten more years. According to the life expectancy of people in this world, he could be considered to have died of old age.
Why?
Su Ying said: "I was mistaken. I guess their reserve of crystal cores is almost used up."
"That's right, that's why I can't wait to find you."
Wen Yan looked bitter and asked Su Ying for help, "Sister, the meat of that mutant beast is terrible, but I've been thinking about it day and night recently. I feel my physical strength has dropped a little. The side effects are really serious. You have to save me."
Su Ying used her special powers to help Wen Yan eliminate the side effects and asked, "Where is Qu Liang here now?"
Su Ying still wanted to go and see how alike the twins were, to the point that they had the same name.
Wen Yan said, "About three years ago, all members of Sister Ying's team disappeared in another world and never came here again. After that, Qu Liang severed ties with his family, changed his last name, and became a forest ranger."
He looked at Su Ying carefully. "Somewhere in the hidden valley of that forest is the lake where Sister Ying first triggered her spatial ability and fell. It was there that Qu Liang accidentally took the photo of Han Jingyuan saving you."
Everything started from the moment Qu Liang pressed the shutter.
…
Su Ying was silent for a long time. Wen Yan and Su Xinyi looked at each other again and again, and neither dared to make a sound to disturb her.
It was the sound of Su's mother knocking on the door that brought the three people back to their senses.
Mother Su turned the doorknob and said with a smile, "Are you done chatting? Come out for dinner. Han Jingyuan is here."
Su Xinyi said: "Mom, we will go out right away."
Then she changed the subject and joked with Su Ying, trying to cheer her up, "Look, you came here first and he came right after you. You and Han Jingyuan are destined to be together forever."
Su Xinyi was about to hide the photo, but Su Ying suddenly stopped him.
"Sister Xinyi, I'll take this photo with me. I've thought about it and it would be better to tell Han Jingyuan about what's in the photo."
Su Xinyi's face lit up with joy. Has Su Ying finally made up her mind? "Are you going to confess to him?"
Su Ying said that Wen Yan saw Han Jingyuan go to Xue's house, and Han Jingyuan also appeared in the photo, and he was afraid that the Xue family had provoked Han Jingyuan.
"The news still needs to be communicated. Let me think about how to tell him."
…
Su Ying and Han Jingyuan had dinner at Su Xinyi's house, and then went to the guesthouse to find Xiaozhou.
Xiaozhou hadn't come back yet, so she used a letter of introduction from her work unit to book a standard room, and told the front desk that if any of the people staying in room 301 came back, please let her know.
"Just say his sister and brother-in-law are waiting for him in Room 302."
After entering the room, before saying anything, Su Ying took out from her bag a dozen photos that Wen Yan had stolen from the Quliang forest ranger's house, and placed them one by one on the desk in the guesthouse to Han Jingyuan's astonishment.
The photos are arranged according to the time when they were taken. The first one shows Han Jingyuan fishing her out of the lake and giving her artificial respiration as she was drowning.
Of course, Han Jingyuan now doesn’t know that the girl in the photo has changed her appearance. She is standing in front of him, acting nonchalant and calm as if she is talking about someone else.
The author has something to say:
My dear little angels, please read the following words. I don't want to spoil the plot in advance, but I will explain it here anyway.
The heroine feels guilty because she thought she accidentally entered this world and was photographed, which led to the exposure of the team. In fact, there is a cause and effect here, which will be solved later.
It was no coincidence that one of the twins, Qu Liang, was there with a camera.
This chapter drops red
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