Chapter 71 A love deeper than she imagined. ...
A few days ago, Pei Ci asked Shao Ying to investigate Ye Qingyu's background.
Although she had Shao Ying do it, given that person's meticulous mind, he certainly wouldn't be able to find out any useful information.
But what Pei Ci didn't expect was...
"Miss, Ye Qingyu is not Ye Qingyu."
When Shao Ying said those words, Pei Ci was completely stunned.
Ye Qingyu is not Ye Qingyu...
This is how the investigation came about?
This is really too bizarre.
"Why do you say that?" Pei Ci asked softly, suppressing the turmoil in her heart.
“I know this conclusion is strange, but it is indeed the truth,” Shao Ying said. “Ten years ago, a fire broke out in the orphanage. The real Ye Qingyu died in the fire. The one who survived was Lin Yao, who shared a dormitory with Ye Qingyu.”
“Lin Yao…?” Pei Ci murmured the unfamiliar name.
Then Shao Ying took out Lin Yao's photo at the right time. It was a group photo of the orphanage. The photo was old and the paper was yellowed, but the appearance of each child was clearly visible.
Shao Ying pointed to a little girl with a high ponytail, "This is Ye Qingyu."
Then she pointed to the girl next to her. The girl was wearing the same clothes as Shao Ying, and was about the same height. Her face even looked five parts like Ye Qingyu. "This girl is Lin Yao. They are roommates. When they first came to the orphanage, the teachers jokingly called them sisters."
"Ye Qingyu showed extremely high intelligence from a young age and was also very well-behaved. Soon after entering the orphanage, she was noticed by a couple from Kenlin. During the adoption process, a fire broke out."
"A fire?" Pei Ci's heart sank. They actually found out about the fire just like that...
“Lin Yao started the fire.” Shao Ying said with a complicated expression. “Kenlin’s parents are rich, and Lin Yao wanted to be adopted by them.”
The information rushed into Pei Ci's mind, leaving her momentarily stunned. She remained silent for a long time before finally asking, "How did you find out?"
“I saw it in the diary left behind by the orphanage director. The director knew about it, but in order to get the Kenlins’ gratitude money, he tacitly approved and secretly facilitated it.”
"And so Lin Yao became Ye Qingyu."
Pei Ci then asked Shao Ying a few more questions, and as the information became more detailed, all the details matched up. In order to obtain the Kenlin couple's gratitude funds, the orphanage arranged for Lin Yao to be adopted by the Kenlin couple in place of the deceased Ye Qingyu. After discovering this, the Kenlin couple were extremely angry and simply abandoned Lin Yao.
Lin Yao couldn't go back to the orphanage, so he lived with Ye Qingyu's name on his mind from then on.
Looking at it this way, all the details match up.
but--
Pei Ci looked at the information about Lin Yao that Shao Ying had sent her, and it was clear that the gender column clearly stated "female".
In other words, Lin Yao is a girl.
That was all wrong. This fake Ye Qingyu wasn't a girl at all. He was definitely a boy.
So this person is not Lin Yao at all!!
In other words, this is still a scheme set up by the people behind the scenes.
This person was still not at ease after switching a boy with Ye Qingyu, so he set up another scheme.
When some people became confused about Ye Qingyu's background, he brought Lin Yao into the picture. His opponents, who had come to believe him through their own investigation, would follow his trap step by step until they reached a conclusion they were absolutely convinced of.
Then--
We are getting further and further away from the truth.
However, a problem arose.
"System, before I reminded you, couldn't you tell that Ye Qingyu was a man?" Pei Ci asked the system in her mind.
The system remained silent for a while, then said, "I can't tell."
[It's really strange, it seems that only you, the host, can see Ye Qingyu's true gender.]
[Host, you are indeed special!]
"Special?" Pei Ci was taken aback. In fact, she had never thought about this question before, but upon closer reflection, the fact that the system had approached her was indeed a very special thing. In fact, before she even transmigrated, she already knew the general plot of this world.
Yes, host, you are special. You are never even subject to the world's... sizzle...
The system fell silent.
However, Pei Ci didn't dwell on this matter for too long; she only ever cared about what mattered to her. Right now, the most urgent thing was to figure everything out.
Pei Ci pondered for a moment, then followed the line of thought in the case and asked, "What about the Kenlin couple?"
Pei Ci already had the answer in her heart when she asked the question, and sure enough—
"They've disappeared without a trace."
The absence of any trace means having to investigate and search, which can be a huge distraction.
"Okay, I understand." Pei Ci lowered her eyes and looked at Shao Ying, who was covered in bruises. She had only assigned the task, but Shao Ying was able to find information that would take the system a long time to process in just a few days, which showed how hard she had worked these past few days.
Her voice softened a little, "Shao Ying, thank you for your hard work."
Shao Ying's eyes widened in surprise, and she was speechless.
That one sentence is enough.
After receiving the news from Shao Ying, Pei Ci let Ye Qingyu, who was waiting outside, come in.
It was a quiet evening. Ye Qingyu was dressed as a servant of the Pei family, his face indifferent. But when he noticed that Pei Ci was staring at him intently, her gaze never wavering, he lowered his eyes and asked, "Miss, what are your orders?"
Pei Ci didn't speak, she just looked at him.
The silent atmosphere made Pei Ci's gaze even more penetrating.
Ye Qingyu finally felt uncomfortable being stared at. He frowned and walked up to Pei Ci. "Miss, what are your orders?"
Pei Ci didn't look away; she was observing Ye Qingyu. From the moment Ye Qingyu was forcibly detained until now, Ye Qingyu had maintained a posture of passive resistance.
"Miss Pei, when will I be returning?"
"Miss Pei, what do you want to do?"
"Miss Pei, I have no relationship with Lu Ran."
"Miss Pei, you've misunderstood."
"..."
He was denying his relationship with Lu Ran, and the real reason for this denial was that he didn't want to have any contact with her.
Just like before the world restarted, everyone was trying their best to avoid it at the beginning, until one moment, it suddenly erupted...
"Bang--!"
The climax of her outburst was when she jumped off the building. Perhaps Ye Qingyu's past actions of wanting to sever ties with Lu Ran had numbed her, and it wasn't until this moment that she realized just how much she hated Lu Ran.
Such hatred.
Thinking of this, Pei Ci blinked. Following the clues in her investigation, she naturally asked, "Ye Qingyu, are you Lin Yao?"
"despair."
The air fell into a deathly silence once again.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Ye Qingyu's voice became urgent. "I don't know what you're talking about!!"
As he spoke, he took a half step forward and grabbed Pei Ci's hand. At such close range, Pei Ci could see the bloodshot veins in Ye Qingyu's eyes, while her hand was burning hot.
"Miss Pei, what do you mean by this?!" Ye Qingyu asked again.
This is extremely abnormal.
This also proves that Ye Qingyu is hiding something.
"Miss Pei, who is Lin Yao? I really don't understand why you're calling me Lin Yao!" Ye Qingyu took a deep breath, veins bulging on his forehead, his features contorted in a strange way, his hot breath hitting Pei Ci's face. "Do you really think I'm Lin Yao?!"
The questioning ended with Ye Qingyu falling into a coma.
Upon waking up, the Pei family doctor told Pei Ci that Ye Qingyu's illness could not be aroused, otherwise her life might be in danger.
Upon hearing this, Pei Ci gave a faint "hmm".
[Host, what should we do now? Have we already fallen into his trap?] The system paced anxiously beside us. [I really don't understand why this person wants to destroy this world. Won't he be finished if this world is destroyed?!]
【Aaaaaaah, what am I going to do?!】
Will we fail again this time?
The system couldn't help but feel a little pessimistic; it actually understood this person's terror better than Pei Ci did. Because in the past three hundred+ reboots, no matter how the world's consciousness adjusted and corrected things, without exception, the male and female protagonists always ended up becoming enemies.
Compared to the system, Pei Ci was much calmer. After becoming increasingly impatient with the system, she said calmly, "This may not be a bad thing."
[It might not be a bad thing?]
【No way, this is way worse!】
Our every move is being calculated by that person. We have no way of finding Ye Qingyu's true identity. We...
Before she could finish speaking, Pei Ci interrupted, "I already know who Ye Qingyu is now."
system:【! ! ! ! 】
In fact, after that person pointed the finger at Lin Yao, Pei Ci already knew pretty much who the fake Ye Qingyu was.
Lin Yao was used as bait to create a trap because he resembled Ye Qingyu.
So let's think about it from the opposite perspective: the person least likely to become Ye Qingyu might actually be Ye Qingyu.
Moreover, the most dangerous place is also the safest place. The appearance of Lin Yao also serves to conceal the identity of the fake Ye Qingyu.
Thinking about it this way, the person is basically narrowed down to the orphanage.
But the orphanage has at least seventy or eighty children, so the area is still too large.
But what ultimately led Pei Ci to focus on this person was the most crucial point—
Hatred.
In the novel, Ye Qingyu hates Lu Ran mainly because of the bullying he inflicted on her at school after they met.
In the original novel, the female protagonist hates Lu Ran's unreasonableness, his privileges, and his bullying of her. However, as Lu Ran's attitude changes later on, this hatred gradually disappears, and love slowly blossoms in her heart.
But this fake Ye Qingyu is different.
This fake Ye Qingyu truly hates Lu Ran!
He hated Lu Ran so much that he was willing to give his life!
This fake Ye Qingyu harbored hatred for Lu Ran even before they met. The bullying described in the novel became the fake Ye Qingyu's deliberate manipulation and a means of revenge.
Therefore, this person must have had a deadly feud with Lu Ran.
Based on this, Pei Ci had basically identified this person.
However, given the existence of deliberately orchestrated events like the "Lin Yao" incident, Pei Ci feared this was yet another elaborate scheme. But she quickly confirmed that it was indeed this person.
This comes from a dream Pei Ci had.
In her dream, Pei Ci returned to the world restart, and at this time Ye Qingyu took her to a hair salon.
Ye Qingyu cut off her long hair and took a picture with her.
"Snap—"
Ye Qingyu's radiant smile and serene face were captured on photographic paper and then pasted onto the wall of the hair salon.
Next to this group photo is another group photo taken at the orphanage.
Pei Ci didn't know why the dream was so vivid, but she could definitely see the group photo clearly. There were more than thirty children standing in a row, with Ye Qingyu, whose smile was clean and beautiful, standing in the very center. Next to Ye Qingyu was Lin Yao, who looked about five parts like Ye Qingyu, and to the left was a boy with a cast on his hand and bandages around his neck.
He was quietly gazing at Ye Qingyu with his reddish-brown eyes.
Pei Ci and Ye Qingyu's photo was standing right next to them.
At this moment, Pei Ci finally understood the meaning behind his bringing her to the hair salon.
Getting a haircut is fine too.
A group photo is fine too.
It's fine to put the photos together.
He simply revealed the last vestige of himself to her in a way that she could hardly know or perceive, in the final moments of his life.
It was at this moment that Pei Ci belatedly realized that "Ye Qingyu" loved her.
It was deeper than she had imagined.
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