Chapter 45

Li Qingyao's memory of that night was also hasty, chaotic and painful.

She remembered clearly that night, after Luo Huaizheng went to Si Ling's house, she took the wrong answer book and looked at it. She saw a small heart behind one of the questions and smiled. Who would have thought that Luo Xueshen had such a shy side? She planned to wait for him to come back, give him a good laugh, and seriously point out that one corner of the heart was not round enough, because he never lost points on any difficult geometry problem.

An evening study session has passed and he hasn't come back yet.

Xiang Siling's seat was still empty.

Li Qingyao felt a little empty.

When the second evening self-study class was about to end, a teacher suddenly came and called the head teacher out on the podium. The two said a few words, and the head teacher's face turned pale. He left in a hurry without even saying a word.

This was a very unusual situation, and the classroom began to get a little restless. But since the college entrance examination was coming up, no one was making loud noises, just whispering to each other.

Li Qingyao was focused as he finished another paper and looked up at the empty seat next to him.

At this time, Ma Junhong, who was sitting behind Luo Huaizheng, poked Li Qingyao's back with a pen and whispered, "Why hasn't Brother Zheng come back yet?"

Li Qingyao: "How should I know?"

Ma Junhong chuckled and said, "You have to take care of him. Let him come back and kneel on the washboard later."

Li Qingyao nodded: "Okay, kneel down if you want, who's afraid of who?"

Ma Junhong sighed again in a pretentious manner: "I am very worried that Brother Zheng will not be able to be a good husband in the future."

Someone rushed into the classroom. It was another student who had asked for leave. He had gone to a cram school outside the school and had just come back for evening self-study. But this student looked terrified, his eyes were bright and scary, and he yelled, "Murder! Murder!"

The whole class was in an uproar, and everyone was shouting at him to explain himself.

The student stumbled forward and said, "I just passed by Lanxinyuan Community. The police came and said the murderer was a student from our school... I was still at the school gate and saw the principal and our class teacher. They were so anxious that they ran out! Many people were talking about it, saying that the murderer was a student who was recommended to Tsinghua University, but... class monitor, isn't that the class monitor?"

After saying this, the classmate started to cry.

Everyone was stunned.

Before anyone could react, a figure rushed out like an arrow. It was Li Qingyao.

Ma Junhong was the second one to rush out.

The whole class was shocked, and then more people rushed out.

Many people started crying, many people panicked, they didn't believe it, they thought it must be a mistake, how could Luo Huaizheng kill someone? The security guard at the door saw a group of students rushing out and hurriedly stopped them, but Li Qingyao and Ma Junhong, who were in the front, came too fast and rushed out at once.

That night was the beginning of Li Qingyao’s dark life when he was eighteen years old.

Li Qingyao ran on the bumpy road. She didn't believe it, she couldn't believe it at all. But a certain ominous premonition enveloped her heart more and more strongly.

The bumpy vision gradually blurred, and she cried as she ran. In Li Qingyao's smooth and free life from childhood to adulthood, except perhaps when she was a baby, she had never cried so fearfully.

She ran to Lanxinyuan Community and easily identified the building where the incident occurred - it was full of police cars and surrounded by many people. She and Ma Junhong didn't have time to squeeze in, and only caught a glimpse of a thin and frail boy in the gap between the crowd. He was pressed face down on the police car by the police, and the silver light of handcuffs flashed between his wrists.

Li Qingyao suddenly screamed hysterically: "Luo Huaizheng - Luo Huaizheng -"

The boy, who was originally like a walking corpse and in a daze, woke up as if he had been electrocuted and began to struggle violently, but was suppressed by the police with even more brutal methods. He cried out: "I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill anyone! I didn't! Li Qingyao, Li Qingyao!"

The police held his head down and twisted his arms as he was stuffed into the police car.

The crowd seemed to be finally startled by the tragic shouts of the young men, and gradually parted ways. Ma Junhong, with tears streaming down his face, pulled Li Qingyao out of the crowd, but only saw a few police cars speeding away.

They didn't even get to see Luo Huaizheng. Ma Junhong's hand loosened, and Li Qingyao fell to the ground. He was also dazed and sat on the ground, muttering: "Am I dreaming? Am I dreaming... Damn, what a joke! What a joke!"

Ma Junhong roared, but the sound seemed to be far away from Li Qingyao. She slowly lay down on the ground, looking at the dark blue sky. There were a few stars shining with cold light above her head. She just opened her eyes and stared, stunned.

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After the incident, the police kept the case highly confidential for fear of affecting the students' emotions. However, various rumors still spread. Some said that Luo Huaizheng attempted to rape Xiang Siling but failed, and killed her father; others said that Xiang's father was actually a beast, with bad intentions towards his own daughter, and Luo Huaizheng killed him by mistake; others said that Luo Huaizheng and Xiang Siling were in love early, and her father found out, which led to an unexpected conflict.

Li Jincheng participated in the investigation of this case, but he was a very principled and disciplined person. No matter how Li Qingyao begged or threatened, he refused to say a word.

But Li Jincheng quickly came to his senses and asked, "You and him..."

Li Qingyao just looked at his brother with a pair of clear, cold and tearful eyes.

Li Jincheng felt a pain in his heart when he looked at his sister. He touched her head and said, "Don't worry, if he is innocent, we will definitely clear his name. Do well in the college entrance examination, otherwise... otherwise..." Li Jincheng held his breath and said, "He will be worried about you if he is in there."

"Could you give him a letter for me?"

"You're crazy! Impossible." Li Jincheng looked at his sister's eyes which darkened instantly, and said hesitantly, "At most... at most, bring a message, and don't say anything sensitive."

[Luo Huaizheng, you must persevere. I believe the police will soon clear your name.]

Luo Huaizheng's message soon came back:

【Take good care of yourself in the college entrance examination, including my share.】

A month and a half later, Li Qingyao took the college entrance examination, and her parents told her that her brother was on a mission in another place and could not be contacted. During that time, Li Qingyao studied almost to the point of burning herself out, and did not notice the strange looks of her parents.

She didn't apply to any colleges in BJ, but only to local universities in Xiangcheng. When her parents heard about it, they just said it was fine.

On the day after the exam, her father took her home. Although he looked happy, he was still reluctant. When the two entered the house, her mother Yuan Ling smiled at Li Qingyao and asked her how she did on the exam. Li Qingyao replied that she did very well. Yuan Ling said it was great, and then she shed tears and said, "I'm sorry, we have been hiding it from you. Your brother has been missing for a month and can't be found."

After saying this, Yuan Ling fainted.

……

The police didn't let Li Qingyao go with them, and her father didn't let her intervene. So Li Qingyao spent the entire summer looking for her brother all over Xiangcheng, leaving early and returning late, exhausted, but unable to find him.

Two months after the university started, Luo Huaizheng was found guilty and made the news. Sitting in the dormitory, Li Qingyao put down his phone, unable to shed tears.

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"Boom boom boom——"

"Boom boom boom——"

The light and rhythmic knocking sound rang in my ears annoyingly.

Li Qingyao opened her eyes, and the bright light shone into them. There were still chaotic dreams in her mind and tears in the corners of her eyes. For a moment, she didn't know what day it was. She slowly raised her head and looked at the person in front of her before she regained her senses.

She had nothing to do on Saturday, so she came to the office to work overtime and fell asleep.

Chen Pu was carrying a box of lychees. He looked at her red eyes and slightly pale face, and his heart skipped a beat. The faint feeling of anxiety rose in his heart again. He didn't show any emotion on his face, and didn't smile. He just said, "Let's talk. Let's go. I'll treat you to dinner and we can talk while we eat."

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