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Lo Lishu sat on a bench in the hospital as she leaned into Gu Huaisheng's embrace and spoke slowly, ”Qiao Qiao is so beautiful. When the three of us grew up together, she was always the school's beauty or a class's beauty.
”When she was in middle school, there were some scouts who wanted to recruit her, but she didn't want to become an artiste. In high school later on, many of the people who chased her were from the rich second generations or even the descendants of officials.
”But at that time, Shen Xiu didn't like her, so she kept on chasing after him. Shen Xiu and Qiao Qiao had told his many times not to pester him like this, and it always made Qiao Qiao sad for a long time. She, as a person, will continue to the end once he is determined. For Shen Xiu, for us friends, she is the same. ”
”My father committed suicide. After my mother left, no one was nice to me anymore, and only Qiao Zi came to help me. I didn't have the money to let grandfather go to the sanatorium, so Qiao Zi helped me complete all the procedures and sent my grandfather into the sanatorium. Later on, An Ruo secretly told me that Qiao Zi had paid the medical fees for all of that money, and at that time, she couldn't even afford to eat.”
”But during that period of time, she did not always eat with me. I thought she had ignored me just so we could be together with Shen Xiu …”
As Gu Huaisheng listened, he hugged her even more tightly, as if he wanted to squeeze her thin body into his own flesh and blood.
”Li Shu, stop thinking, you'll get better. The murderer will definitely find you.”
”Find the murderer... So what if we find it, Qiao Zi can't go back no matter what. ”
As Lo Lishu spoke, she leaned her head against Gu Huaisheng's shoulder, and her tears wet Gu Huaisheng's clothes.
When it was almost morning, Lo Lishu finally fell asleep in Gu Huaisheng's embrace, but she was quickly woken up.
She dreamt that Qiao Zi was not lying on the ground angrily in the distance and could not be awakened no matter how she shouted. She struggled to walk towards Qiao Zi, but it was as if an invisible barrier was protecting her, and then, the darkness gradually invaded her. She could only stand there until she slowly swallowed Qiao Zi …
Lo Lishu suddenly opened her eyes and sat up, holding her chest as she gasped for air, her mind filled with the scenes of her dreams.
Gu Huaisheng walked over quickly and patted her shoulder, then gave her two tranquilizer pills as he comforted her in a low voice, ”It's fine, Li Shu, it's fine.”
Lo Lishu closed her eyes and rested for a long time before she stabilized herself. She grabbed his shoulder and asked, ”What time is it?”
”It's past six.” Gu Huaisheng raised his hand and wiped away the cold sweat on her forehead.
”How's the investigation going with the police?” Lo Lishu asked with her eyes red and her voice hoarse.
”It's still under investigation. I'll go take a look later.”
”You can go now, I can do it here.”
Gu Huaisheng looked at her exhausted face, his eyes filled with deep worry, but he knew that Lo Lishu really wanted to know about the investigation. He could only nod his head, ”I'll go take a look at the hotel, you can rest here, I'll call Nanny Liu to accompany you in a while.”
”Mm, go quickly.”
Lo Lishu nodded her head, the sadness and worry in her eyes not dissipating at all.
Hurriedly rushing back to the hotel, Gu Huaisheng went up the stairs to see Lin Xu standing there. He walked over and asked, ”Where is the investigation going?”
Lin Xu revealed a troubled expression, ”Huaisheng, I told you this, you have to be calm.”
”What's going on, hurry up and tell me.” Gu Huaisheng frowned and urged.