"Business trip? There are only two weeks until Chinese New Year, and you're going on a business trip now?" Luo Xikui frowned.
"Yes, there's a rather important project that requires a trip to Germany." Xu Ziyu cupped Luo Xikui's face in his hands, gently stroking it with his thumb, and reassured her, "We can keep in touch every day."
Luo Xikui wanted to be a sensible fiancée and support his work, but they were getting married soon and he still had to go on business trips. She would be very bored and lonely preparing for the wedding alone.
"Don't look so down, it's not pretty." Xu Ziyu pinched her cheek and said, "I promise you, I will contact you at a fixed time and come back as soon as possible."
Luo Xikui nodded reluctantly, but she wasn't very happy.
Xu Ziyu leaned in and kissed her several times before she smiled again.
After the two spent some time being affectionate, Luo Xikui remembered to get down to business and said, "My brother told me that Uncle Xiao went to the detention center to see Xiao Chun. He suggested that a psychologist conduct a psychological test on her, and he initially suspects that she has a second personality."
"You mean schizophrenia?" Xu Ziyu frowned slightly.
“Not really, the two personalities are interconnected.” Luo Xikui shook her head, unable to explain further, and simply said, “It seems to be due to some issues from childhood that led to this.”
She heard her mother talk about the past. The environment in which Su Yan gave birth to Xin Chun was very bad. Xin Chun watched her mother being tortured every day, running away and being caught again. This may have made Xin Chun very sensitive to external harm and fostered a second personality.
"No matter what, it's wrong to kill the adoptive father who loved her and treated her like his own daughter." Xu Ziyu felt that being hurt was not an excuse for her to hurt others.
Luo Xikui sighed and said, "Uncle Xin's cousin has come to take his ashes back to the United States for burial. He was born and raised in the United States, so now it can be considered that he is returning to his hometown."
Xu Ziyu held Luo Xikui in his arms and gently stroked her head; the atmosphere was silent and melancholic.
“Ah Yu, Xin Chun told Uncle Xiao that she wants to see me.”
"Do you want to go?"
“Hmm.” Luo Xikui nodded and said, “Since she entered the detention center, she hasn’t said a single word to the police. Uncle Xiao said that she might be more willing to speak if she sees me.”
Xu Ziyu frowned. He was leaving tomorrow, and at this hour, the detention center probably wouldn't be receiving visitors.
“I’ll go with my brother, don’t worry.” Luo Xikui nuzzled against him and said softly, “When you go to Germany, work hard and take care of yourself.”
"You're already so worried even before you're married?" Xu Ziyu pinched her cheek to tease her.
"Because I love you." Luo Xikui smiled, her eyes crinkling.
How could a woman be so straightforward and adorable? Xu Ziyu cupped her cheeks and kissed her again.
As the setting sun slanted in, the two people's reflections on the carpet appeared perfectly aligned on the side of their faces.
Luo Xikui stayed at the Xu family's house for dinner before returning home. Ni Sitian saw her off, then turned to her son standing at the door and softly asked, "Did you tell Xiaokui about that?"
Xu Ziyu remained silent, then shook his head: "He only said he was going to Germany."
“You stubborn child…” Ni Sitian didn’t know what to say to him.
"Uncle Xin's body will be cremated tomorrow afternoon, so you don't need to come to see me off. Everything has been arranged over there, and someone will come to pick me up when I get there." Xu Ziyu looked at Ni Sitian and said earnestly, "Mom, don't worry, I will come back safely."
Looking at her tall son, Ni Sitian realized he was no longer the child who would whine and ask her to hold him. She believed he had enough strength to overcome adversity.
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