Chapter 74
Chen He stuffed his phone under his pillow in frustration and curled up like a shrimp in the quilt.
With his right hand, he touched the black and white crystal bracelet on his left wrist, letting the cool beads rest on his forehead. He closed his eyes, murmured, and sighed:
"Qiu Yue...what should I do?"
She drifted off to sleep.
In my dream, shiny black and white beads flashed before my eyes.
"For you, happy birthday."
Qiu Yue's voice was light and sweet, like a gentle breeze blowing across the tip of the moon.
Chen He took the bracelet in surprise: "Is this... crystal? It must be so expensive! Where did you get the money?"
"It's not crystal, it's glass, very cheap."
"The quality of this imitation is so good!" Chen He wrapped the crystal bracelet around her wrist, the broken light of the beads reflected in her delighted eyes.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it!" Chen He looked left and right, unable to stop looking. "Where did you buy it?"
“Pinxixi, 9.9 yuan, free shipping!”
Since then, the bracelet has been with her and has never left her body.
Even during his breakup with Qiu Yue, he kept wearing it, and sometimes even deliberately showed it around Qiu Yue.
I don’t know whether I’m expressing anger or grievance.
But there seemed to be an invisible wall between the two of them. Qiu Yue didn't even look at her, as if she had never been a friend.
It was not until Chen He went to college that her classmates praised her beautiful crystal bracelet and asked her how much it cost.
She said, "It's not real crystal, it's glass, very cheap."
But my classmate said, "My family is in the jewelry business. I'm sure this isn't glass, it's definitely natural crystal. At today's prices, you can't buy it for under a thousand yuan."
It was not until then that Chen He realized that the birthday gift Qiu Yue gave her was a natural crystal bracelet with 108 beads, which was of great value.
She couldn't understand where Qiu Yue, who lived frugally at the base, got the money to buy her such an expensive birthday gift?
It turns out that Qiu Yue has long been a mysterious girl.
…
Song Zhou gently opened the door and walked to the bed.
Chen He had fallen asleep holding the bracelet. She didn't know what she was dreaming about. Her brows were slightly furrowed, and a few crystal drops of water hung on the ends of her eyelashes.
Song Zhou stretched out his fingers, carefully caught the water droplets, and crushed them in his palm. In the silence, he looked at the sleeping person, dark clouds welling in his eyes.
It was that person who made her so upset, Song Zhou thought deeply.
He thought back to the morning.
He had just arrived at the hospital and was walking up the steps to the main entrance of the ward building when the "male nurse" rushed out of the door and headed straight towards him.
Although the man was wearing a mask, for some reason it was pulled down, revealing most of his face.
Song Zhou recognized this person.
On the night when this man disguised himself as a maintenance worker and burned Xu Candong to death, Song Zhou watched from afar and felt that he looked familiar, but he could not recognize who he was.
This time I saw it clearly.
It turned out to be an old friend.
No wonder Xu Candong and I had the same idea that time. It turns out we share the same origin.
Why is he here, wearing a nurse's clothes?
How long had he been working as a nurse in the hospital? Why hadn't he ever encountered this before?
And why are you rushing around here?
Song Zhou couldn't understand it for a moment.
He was not at all prepared to come face to face with his old friend.
Song Zhou froze on the steps and almost wanted to turn around and run away.
But the man didn't seem to notice him at all. When he got close, he stretched out his hand and pushed him, saying viciously, "Get out of the way!"
Then he jumped down the stairs and ran away in a hurry.
Song Zhou noticed that the other person's eyes were red, swollen and tearful, as if he had been burned by something like pepper spray.
He can't see himself at all!
In the moment they passed each other, the red rope and the small peach core worn on the other person's left wrist flashed before Song Zhou's eyes.
The small beads that I couldn’t see clearly last time, I finally saw clearly this time.
Like a thunderclap splitting the sky, it streaked across a dark night many years ago, and the hideous truth of the past flashed by.
Song Zhou's eyes instantly turned blood red. Without time to think, he almost instinctively raised his legs to chase after him.
The "male nurse" was running towards the grove.
Song Zhou followed into the shadow of the woods, and suddenly, as if possessed by a wolf, he strode forward, sped up suddenly, and silently grabbed the "male caregiver" from behind.
The "male caregiver" sensed the danger and dodged sideways. The moment he turned around, he had a dagger with a cold glow in his hand.
The dagger slashed across Song Zhou's arm and he stepped back in pain.
The "male caregiver" did not fight, turned around and ran away, climbing over the wall.
Song Zhou knelt on the ground, covering his arms. His throat felt fishy, his whole body was trembling, and his teeth were chattering.
"It's you. It's actually you."
It felt like a red-hot iron was being dragged through his chest, leaving a bloody mess.
When Chang Ting and Zhang You appeared in front of him, he pointed in the direction the man had escaped, and the man's name almost came out of his mouth.
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back with blood. In the end, he just pointed in the direction and said that the male nurse ran in that direction.
He could only choose to remain silent.
That person cannot stand the light, and neither can I.
Pulling out the radish will bring out the mud.
Afterwards, Zhang You accompanied him to suture his wound. Zhang You felt very guilty because he was injured while handling the case.
He asked a few questions and the young and defenseless Zhang You told him everything, no matter how big or small.
Only then did he realize that the man was not a real caregiver, but was in disguise and came back to silence Yu Aiai.
How is this person related to Xu Candong and Yu Aiai?
After the conversation in the ward, Chang Ting and Chen He agreed that this person was most likely the real murderer of Qiu Yue, and that Xu Candong and Yu Aiai were killed to silence them.
...Killing Qiu Yue? Why?
Song Zhou was overwhelmed by a series of questions. Only by finding that person could he explain everything.
However, I must never face him and let him recognize me.
The best solution to this problem is to let the police handle it.
Report him without letting the police know that it was you who reported him.
You can make this person accept the punishment without exposing yourself.
Draw a clear line firmly.
He knew the power of modern criminal investigation methods and also knew how sharp Chang Ting's nose was.
You must be cautious and not reckless.
If you are not careful, you will destroy everything you have worked hard to gain.
We have to think of a foolproof plan.
While in that ward, Chang Ting asked him about the detailed characteristics of the male nurse.
He only talked about superficial things and instinctively avoided the real details of the red rope and peach pit.
But Chang Ting suddenly asked whether the male caregiver was wearing any jewelry, and his tone was tentative.
Song Zhou immediately understood what was going on. There was no point in hiding it anymore.
So he played along and told Chang Ting about the male nurse wearing a red string and a peach pit. He could also gain Chang Ting's trust.
A look of relief indeed appeared on Chang Ting's face.
Song Zhou got away with it again.
Chang Ting is too sensitive, he needs to be more careful - he reminded himself.
You want to make that person suffer eternal damnation while protecting yourself at the same time.
We must take it step by step, step by step...
But Chen He was suffering too much. If this matter was delayed for another day, her body would not be able to bear it.
Forget it, just take it slow.
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