Chapter 40
When I got home, Aunt Lin was walking around the yard anxiously. The lawn under her feet had been trampled for who knows how long, and it looked like it was about to be trampled into a wasteland. Fortunately, the poor grass was finally saved by a car driving outside the gate.
Aunt Lin ran out as soon as she saw the familiar car, her eyes full of worry.
"Are you okay, Xiaoyi and Xiaoyu? Tell me, how come you guys run into something like this when you're out and about?"
As soon as Song Zhiyi and her brother got out of the car, Aunt Lin pulled them around to look at everything. That was not enough, so she got a bundle of mugwort leaves from somewhere and slapped them on the two of them while talking about how to dispel evil.
Song Zhiyi let her do what she wanted, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. She took the time to tell Yu An to leave first, and then explained, "I just made a record to cooperate with the police investigation. It's really not a big deal."
"We've already been to the police station and they still say it's not a big deal," Aunt Lin didn't care what she said. After taking the photo of her, she went to pull Song Zhiyu and gave her another detailed instruction, "I boiled some grapefruit leaf water and put it in the hallway. Go wash your hands and face before going in."
"Okay." Song Zhiyi responded lazily. Just after taking two steps, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps behind him.
The population density in the villa area is already low, and it is night time now, so there is almost no other sound except the voices of Aunt Lin and Song Zhiyu talking. Therefore, the sound of leather shoes stepping on the stone slabs behind is particularly obvious.
Song Zhiyi stopped and turned to look. The distance was quite far and the person was backlit, so he could only see a tall black silhouette with slender arms and legs and big steps. There seemed to be something around his waist that was reflecting light.
It was not until they got closer that Song Zhiyi could see clearly that it was a chain hanging on a belt.
It's Qi Nanfeng.
She thought that Qi Nanfeng seemed to particularly like shiny things, such as the blue diamond earrings he wore on his ears all year round, and various silver chain items.
Soon, that familiar face appeared under the light of the street lamp. He looked a little different today.
Her black hair was neatly combed behind her head, and even when she was running, it was not messy at all. Her face was obviously made up, and her clothes and accessories were carefully matched. Did she just finish a promotion?
Moreover, whether it was because of his hairstyle or makeup, Song Zhiyi seemed to discover for the first time that his eyebrows and eyes were so cold. For example, now, when those eyes locked on her, she began to recall whether she had accidentally revealed her desire to take Qiuqiu for herself.
The answer is of course no. She hides her secrets very deeply. Very deeply.
Song Zhiyi nodded secretly and stood there leisurely.
Qi Nanfeng stopped in front of her, bringing a gust of hot air. He propped up his knees with his hands, his face flushed from running for a long time. He lowered his head and took a few breaths, then immediately raised his beautiful eyes and asked, "What happened? Zhiyu said you were caught fighting? You are not injured, right?"
He drove to the police station but found nothing. He contacted Aunt Lin and found out that they were on their way back, so he hurried back.
"?" Song Zhiyi narrowed his eyes, "Did he tell you that?"
"Aunt Lin, stop taking pictures. Nanfeng is here. Please save some face for me." Song Zhiyu muttered, and broke free from Aunt Lin's control. He ran over in two or three steps. After seeing Qi Nanfeng's outfit, he muttered in his heart, "Are you running at night?"
Why haven’t you taken off your stage makeup?
"...The car broke down on the way." Qi Nanfeng stood up straight, took the handkerchief handed to him by Song Zhiyi, thanked him, wiped the sweat off his face and asked, "Why didn't you answer the phone?"
"Did you call?" Song Zhiyu fumbled out his cell phone from his pocket, pressed the power button, and said innocently, "Oh, the phone is out of battery."
Qi Nanfeng looked at Song Zhiyi again, and she shrugged and said lightly, "It was broken during the fight."
Although she had bought a new mobile phone while shopping for clothes before going to the police station, she had not had time to install a card and is still out of contact.
"Okay, okay, don't block here." Aunt Lin finally put down the wormwood leaves in her hand and called them in. "It's cool at night, go home and talk. You two should wash your hands and faces quickly. You must get rid of the bad luck after something like this, okay?"
The brother and sister answered in unison, "I understand—"
“…”
Following Auntie Lin's instructions, Song Zhiyi washed her hands and face with grapefruit leaf water. Smelling the scent on her body, she felt like she had turned into a walking grapefruit. The light yellow sweater she had just bought made her look even more like one.
Song Zhiyi's eyes unconsciously turned to the big round pomelo on the tea table. It seemed to be a gift when Aunt Lin bought pomelo leaves.
I want to eat it, but I don't want to peel it.
Aunt Lin was busy, and Song Zhiyu was explaining to Qi Nanfeng what happened today. Song Zhiyi thought about it, picked up a small toy from the sofa, and threw it towards his brother accurately.
"I don't know what's wrong with He Junhao..." Song Zhiyu paused and threw away the ball covered with cat saliva with two fingers in disgust.
As twins of a dragon and a phoenix, sometimes the brother and sister's thoughts are really connected, for example, now, both of them want to eat grapefruit, but they are waiting for the other to make the first move. But the elder sister has made it clear, and it is obviously impossible to expect her to be merciful. Song Zhiyu wrinkled his nose and reached out to pick up the grapefruit on the tea table with a bit of depression.
Got nothing.
"Then what happened to that guy surnamed He?" Qi Nanfeng had already neatly cut open the pomelo peel with a fruit knife and signaled him to continue with his eyes.
"Then..." Song Zhiyu was carried away by his words, trying hard to recall what he said last time, "Then he wanted to hit Shi Yumeng. Let me tell you, my sister looked so cool at that!"
Song Zhiyu suddenly jumped up, reached out and picked up the blue hardcover notebook on the other side of the table. The notebook was a little wrinkled because the inner pages were soaked in water, and made a dart-throwing motion. "This notebook flew over and hit He Junhao on the forehead! I think the bruise on his head will not disappear for more than ten days or half a month!"
Snap——
The notebook was thrown out by him, and it was about to come into close contact with his face. Song Zhiyi reacted very quickly and knocked it to the ground. He opened his mouth again, and his voice instantly became eight degrees colder: "Song, Zhi, Yu."
"..." Song Zhiyu's legs trembled, and after a second of stalemate, he jumped away like a rabbit, shouting at the top of his voice as he ran, "Aunt Lin! Help! Song Zhiyi is going to kill someone!"
"...The more active he is, the more problems his brain has." Song Zhiyi muttered, and then smiled apologetically at Qi Nanfeng, "Xiaoyu is like this sometimes, a little too active."
[When did your hands start shaking so much that you couldn't even hold a notebook steady? Was it intentional?]
Qi Nanfeng had already peeled off half of the grapefruit, and couldn't help laughing. He took out two pieces of tissue paper, wrapped them, and pulled out a grapefruit segment, carefully peeled and deseeded it, and said sincerely: "You two siblings have a really good relationship."
"Most of the time, he's pretty annoying." Song Zhiyi lowered his head to check his notebook, but suddenly a hand with distinct joints and long fingers stretched out in front of him.
[What beautiful hands...]
She raised her eyes and wanted to say thank you, but after seeing his face clearly, she changed her words unconsciously: "Why are your ears so red?"
[How can she show such a decent expression while wearing such a seductive makeup! 】
"..." Qi Nanfeng swallowed, his Adam's apple rolling, and he almost couldn't maintain his expression.
"I have a fever."
"What?" Song Zhiyi asked subconsciously, and at the same time her eyes moved away from his red neck and Adam's apple.
"I said I have a fever," Qi Nanfeng closed his eyes lightly, stood up and left quickly, "I think I need to rest now, bye."
Song Zhiyi stood there, blinking in confusion at the place where he disappeared. Soon, the figure appeared from the door again, this time only half of his face was exposed.
He said, "Next time you encounter something like this, don't be impulsive. Your safety is the most important thing." He paused briefly and spoke softly, "See you tomorrow. Good night."
“…”
When Song Zhiyu brought Aunt Lin over again, he only saw Song Zhiyi eating a grapefruit in small bites. He asked, "Where is Nanfeng?"
"He left. Maybe something happened." Song Zhiyi answered casually.
"Gone? So soon." After hearing this, Song Zhiyu didn't force Aunt Lin to come over. He walked quickly to the sofa and fell down.
"What else can I say?" Song Zhiyi swallowed the last bite of grapefruit slowly and rolled her eyes at him. "Your friends came here out of concern for you, and this is how you treat them?"
"..." Song Zhiyu whistled, looked at the sky, the earth, and the cats, but he didn't dare to look at his sister.
Song Zhiyi sneered and warned, "Student Song Zhiyu, you are already an adult, don't be as childish as you were when you were a kid."
"Who is childish!" Song Zhiyu jumped up like a madman, "Sister, don't worry about it, this is a matter between us men!"
Although there was no evidence, his intuition told him that the way Qi Nanfeng looked at his sister was definitely not innocent!
"You dare to talk back, don't you?" The corners of Song Zhiyi's mouth were cold.
"...... Humph!" Song Zhiyu still turned his head away as if he was unconvinced.
Aunt Lin was already used to the quarrels between the siblings, and had no intention of trying to stop them. She just threw the tissues piled in front of Song Zhiyi into the trash can. She caught a glimpse of the peeled grapefruit on the table and asked in surprise, "Xiaoyi, are you eating this?"
"Yeah, I ate a petal," Song Zhiyi glanced at his brother without leaving a trace, and deliberately emphasized, "It's quite sweet. Aunt Lin, I'll go upstairs first, you should also go to bed early, good night."
"Okay, go to bed early tonight and don't stay up late." Aunt Lin looked at the pomelo on the table again, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
This pomelo was clearly given by the boss as a gift, and he said it didn't taste good. She originally wanted it to be a natural air purifier, so why did Song Zhiyi actually eat it?
“……啊呸！哕……”宋知寓已經扯開柚子皮咬了一口，嘴巴還沒有反應過來就囫囵咽了下去，當即被酸得口水橫流，抱着垃圾桶狂吐不止。
此時此刻，宋知寓腦子裏的念頭不是這柚子有多酸，而是他姐到底是為了整他故意說這柚子甜；還是因為這是男狐貍精剝的所以甜？
對于宋知寓來說，這将注定是一個未解之謎。
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宋知意洗漱完并沒有馬上休息，而是坐在卧室陽臺的秋千椅上翻開了人設卡冊。
還是溫悅的人設卡。
在人設卡的最末有一則新聞報道，新聞标題是《福市谷警官偵破神秘的“陰婚”産業鏈》，時間則是在溫悅去世後的第三年。
宋知意将手指放到這則新聞上，眼前卻并沒有像之前那樣浮現出對應的場景畫面，而是直接被卷入文字的洪流。
一條條文字在眼前接連出現，它們或是悼念的博文、或是某句指責的評論、又或是刊登在報紙上的文章。
溫悅作為家喻戶曉的童星，她的突然死亡一直是籠罩在影迷頭上的一層陰雲。得知她是因為被“霸淩”而心理出了問題後，有不少粉絲要求學校給個說法，學校苦不堪擾，哪怕是直接放出監控的母帶，都有人質疑、謾罵。
直到溫悅曾經的心理醫生主動出現，學校的壓力才稍稍轉移——因為現在挨罵的變成了心理醫生。
在溫瑛和何俊豪故意的哭訴和帶節奏下，心理醫生被稱為和學校蛇鼠一窩，是收了學校的錢出來颠倒黑白。
溫瑛畢竟是溫悅的親生母親，占據着天然的輿論優勢，事情發展到這一地步，就算心理醫生曝光溫悅的就診記錄也無濟于事，只能主動辭職，回了老家休養。
一場熱熱鬧鬧的網爆狂歡就此落下帷幕，何俊豪夫妻從中牟利不知凡幾。
只有溫悅，還躺在小小的棺材裏，與陌生人合葬。
直到結陰婚的窩點被警方搗毀并曝光。
所有人都難以相信現代社會還有這樣肮髒的事情存在，驚人的利益和幾乎是毫無成本的買賣讓它形成了一條完善的産業鏈，甚至因為這門“生意”的特殊性，幾乎所有參與的人自覺地守口如瓶，很難想象福市的警方究竟花費了多麽大的精力，才能将這夥犯罪分子全部抓捕歸案。
由于此次事件過于駭人聽聞、有悖倫理，報道一出，相關詞條足足在熱搜上挂了半個多月。
而在熱度稍稍降下之時，又随着犯罪嫌疑人的名單公布而再一次被引爆——
起因是有位網友在警方公布的名單中發現了一個眼熟的名字，何X豪。
很快，又有神通廣大的網友扒出，何俊豪在老家蓋的小別墅已經人去樓空，據當地村民描述，前段時間村子裏确實來了好幾輛警車。
溫悅的死亡本就疑點重重，和這次詭異的陰婚事件聯系上後更是讓人不寒而栗。
很快，三年前的舊聞被再次翻出，而原本一直被忽略的心理醫生的發言也重新被網友重視，再加上三年都沒有出現的溫悅被霸淩的證據，這讓溫悅的死亡原因再次變得疑點重重。
有人開始認同心理醫生的說法，溫悅是被家庭壓力害死的；而更多的人猜測，溫悅或許是被何俊豪夫婦逼死的。因為陰婚頭目何某的證詞曾提到過，越是漂亮、年輕的女性，屍體賣價越高。
此番猜測一出，無論是不是溫悅的粉絲都被氣得失去理智，不過短短兩天，何俊豪的房子就被砸了個稀巴爛。很巧的是，哪怕是空手趕過去的網友，也總能在路邊撿到“沒人要”的鎬子、釘耙等物。
熱點一旦出現，自然會有人追逐。更多的村民開始爆料，比如何俊豪上一輩就是幹白事的，他從小就會去白事上做哭墳的活；還有人煞有介事地說何家自封建王朝起就是風水先生，結陰婚什麽的都是祖上傳下來的消息雲雲。
各種消息混在一起，真真假假難以辨別。
為了平息輿論，也為了查明事情的真相，安川市和福市的警方很快聯合起來共同辦案，終于找到了溫悅的屍體，也在此之後公布了何俊豪的審訊監控。
據稱，溫悅确實是在家中自殺而亡，還留下了一封遺書，言明再也承受不住這樣的壓力，不想再當一個賺錢機器，也不像溫瑛明明有離開何俊豪的底氣，卻甘願将自己囚于牢籠。溫悅選擇自殺，除了再也承受不住以外，還存了用自己的死而震醒溫瑛的心思。
溫瑛看完遺書後是怎麽想的已經不得而知，總之，何俊豪還是沒有放過溫悅這個“搖錢樹”，幾乎是在發現她屍體的瞬間，就動了賣掉她的屍體的心思。
事情進展得很是順利，甚至他還靠着這樁“賣明星女兒”的生意，在團夥裏獲得了不低的地位。
被捉拿歸案後，犯罪嫌疑人們都得到了應得的判處，溫悅的死亡疑雲就此真相大白。
她終于可以在一處安靜的地方就此沉眠。
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宋知意看完這一切緩了好一會兒，早就有心理準備，因此她倒不是難以接受，只是那麽多文字在眼前轉來轉去着實頭暈。
打開窗戶，涼涼的夜風拍在臉上，發漲的大腦稍稍清明，外面不知誰家養的狗叫了兩聲，朦朦胧胧地聽不真切。
夜色撩人，擡頭卻難見星光。宋知意看了會兒灰蒙蒙的天，決定找個時間去鄉下玩玩。
心情平複下來，宋知意終于臨幸了被久久忽略的手機。裝上電話卡、開機，再連上家裏的WiFi登上一大堆常用軟件。
同步數據是個大工程，宋知意先點開微信看了眼消息。
置頂聊天框中，有一個備注為苗苗姐的人發來了數條消息，宋知意草草掃了一眼，然後立刻去查了下通話記錄，發現沒有未接來電後決定明天再說。
苗苗姐，也即是苗恨柳。十二年前，她和媽媽宋筠枝去山村裏接來的一個女孩。
苗恨柳比她大了五歲，當時正是高中的年級，小山村的教育能力不佳，她們……也确實沒什麽錢，為了苗恨柳的未來，她的姥姥特意借了電話，打給了遠在安川市的宋筠枝。
宋知意在出發時只知道這次是要去接一位姐姐，一路飛機換火車換大巴又到驢車，才恍惚覺得自己又被宋女士忽悠了。奔波跋涉快一天，她們才終于到了苗恨柳的家。
這是宋知意第一次去這麽貧困的地方，別說水、電、網絡這些她早就習以為常的東西了，當時苗恨柳家裏甚至連個像樣的門都沒有。
那天宋筠枝在只有一個簾子充當屋門的房間裏和苗恨柳的姥姥談話，她則被第一次見面的苗恨柳帶着去捉了一下午的螞蚱。
還順便聯手打掉了幾個講話不幹不淨的男孩子的大牙。
當她們帶着串滿了狗尾巴草莖的肥螞蚱、和一串嚎啕大哭的缺牙男孩子回去時，宋知意發誓，她第一次見到宋女士的表情那麽外露、那麽難看。
這是宋知寓都沒有達成過的成就。
後來她才知道，宋筠枝為了讓苗恨柳的姥姥放心，和她誇了很久自己的教育成果，也就是那天瘋狂抓螞蚱和打架的宋知意。
總之，在知道她打人是因為那群男孩子罵苗恨柳是野種後，她們還是順利地把苗恨柳帶走了，并在一年後，成功說服苗恨柳的姥姥來城市裏陪讀。
至于苗恨柳的身世，宋知意很早就有過猜測——苗恨柳應該是柳家她某個大伯的孩子。
她對柳家的恨意從名字就可見一斑。當初苗恨柳還只是叫苗苗，她們把她接出來後，“苗苗”求的第一件事就是幫她改名。
不過關于苗恨柳具體的身世，宋知意還是在幾年後才知道的。
據宋筠枝說，苗恨柳的母親原本也是一個大學生，前途無量，可卻被柳家的那個人、也就是苗恨柳的生父引誘，從此走上歧路，生下苗恨柳後沒多久，就撒手人寰。
宋筠枝年輕時曾跟她有過一面之緣，在她被抛棄後給了她一筆錢和一個電話號碼，這個號碼，也成了後來拉苗恨柳走出泥潭的救命稻草。
至于苗恨柳的生父到底是誰，宋筠枝最後并沒有揭露。不過這也不重要，反正那一大家子，只要還帶點好的都跑得跑、死得死，剩下的全是徹頭徹尾的壞坯。
苗恨柳大學畢業後，宋知意給自己捏的“枝小姐”身份也初見雛形，兩人在商業上都很有天賦，一起扶持着摸爬滾打，後來苗恨柳去了國外進修，回國後更是直接當起了宋知意的“職業經理人”。做為“枝小姐”的得力助手而存在。
因為一直提防着柳家人，所以宋筠枝培養苗恨柳時很是小心，一次都沒有在安川市和她見過面，也因此，外人幾乎無法把宋家和苗恨柳聯系起來。
It's the same now. Song Zhiyi and Miao Henliu used to hold a video conference every day to report on work progress or plan future development routes, but this year the development of Zhiman has tended to be stable, and she had that strange dream that foreshadowed Song Zhiyu's death. She simply made an excuse that she wanted to take a long vacation and completely became a hands-off manager.
Of course, I didn't completely give up. I still have to control the big things. But since Sister Miao Miao didn't even call me, it must not be a big deal.
Song Zhiyi quickly convinced herself, glanced at the work message sent by Miao Henliu and continued reading.
[Boiled Fish: Sister! Something big happened [Picture]]
[Boiled Fish: The old man is asking me about your preferences. What did you do? 】
[Song Zhiyi:? ]
[Song Zhiyi: Say it the other way around]