Chapter 3 Warm Strawberry Afaqito 1
After saying goodbye to Dong Yehan, I felt a little annoyed. I had agreed too readily. I should take this opportunity to take revenge on him for the pranks he played on me.
Humph, it’s all because of his amber eyes. When he’s looking at me, I just can’t refuse.
Never mind. He's just in the momentary mood anyway and will probably lose interest soon.
"Xiaoxian!" Suddenly, my shoulder was patted hard, and I jumped up in fright. I turned around suddenly and saw Qiaoqiao's cute little face smiling at me.
"Why, have you become less courageous?"
"No, it was you who suddenly jumped out and scared me." I pouted and complained to her.
"Hehe, I was secretly observing you in 'Xianyue House' for a long time just now. When I saw you coming out, I immediately chased you out. I didn't expect you to come drink with the four school handsome guys. I heard that you also joined the mysterious incident investigation team founded by Dong Yehan. This is not like your style."
Qiaoqiao took my arm and walked side by side with me.
"There's nothing I can do. Dong Yehan is too overbearing." I spread my hands helplessly. It was he who insisted that I join.
"Is he interested in you?" Qiaoqiao came closer and smiled mysteriously.
How can it be!
When I think of how he always teases me, I get so angry that I want to beat him up. If I hadn't wanted to borrow his investigation team to investigate my brother's affairs, I wouldn't have wanted to be bullied by him.
"That's because you didn't see how fierce he was when he bullied me." I complained mercilessly.
"I don't believe it. If that were the case, you would have beaten him up and run away."
Qiaoqiao really knows my character. If anyone bullies me, I will definitely beat him back. However, I can't seem to beat Dong Yehan either...
I rubbed my forehead which was always hit by Dong Yehan, feeling a little depressed, so I had to explain: "Actually, I joined for a purpose."
"What's the purpose?" Qiaoqiao asked curiously.
"At first I didn't want to join the investigation team, but later Dong Yehan said that if I joined we could investigate mysterious incidents together, so I wanted to use their investigation team's resources. You also know that the main reason I came to Hibiscus College was to investigate my brother's disappearance, so I wanted to take this opportunity to collect more information."
After hearing what I said, Qiaoqiao said worriedly, "Are you trying to take advantage of Dong Yehan?"
use?
Somehow, when I heard Qiaoqiao say these two words, my heart felt flustered. If he found out, would he be very disappointed in me?
I didn't answer Qiaoqiao's question.
Seeing that I was silent, Qiaoqiao sighed helplessly: "I heard that Dong Yehan is investigating the identity of the special drink chef of 'Xianyuewu' recently. I am worried about you, so I asked you. If you are found out, I don't know what Dong Yehan will do to you."
He would probably be very angry after being played around with.
I felt very guilty when I thought about how he caught a cold after standing in the cold wind all night, but I still couldn't tell him that I was the special drink chef.
"I'll be careful not to let him find out."
Although I promised her, Qiaoqiao was still worried: "I always feel that this is very risky. Do you want to quit the investigation team first?"
I shook my head. "Leaving suddenly makes people more suspicious."
Moreover, since I joined, I have never thought about leaving.
"Oh." Qiaoqiao sighed again, "Okay then, if anything happens, remember to notify me immediately, I will help you."
Qiaoqiao is indeed my best friend. I was moved and hugged her: "Qiaoqiao, you are so nice."
Unexpectedly, Qiaoqiao pushed me away with disdain and snorted, "You only know this now? You didn't even tell me such a big thing as joining the investigation team. I'm really angry."
"Oh, this... I forgot." I scratched my head embarrassedly and smiled awkwardly.
"snort!"
"Don't be angry, at most you can like whichever school hunk you like, and I'll help you create opportunities."
Qiaoqiao poked my forehead playfully: "No, I don't want to. I'm going home first. You, you should think about how to deal with Dong Yehan!"
Humph, I'm not afraid of him!
After saying goodbye to Qiaoqiao, I went home alone. The houses around me were brightly lit, but my home was dark as a curtain, cold as ice, and terribly quiet.
"Ju Xiaoxian, you have to cheer up!" I turned on the light, patted my cheeks and cheered myself up.
It's time to get to work! Don't forget why you joined the investigation team!
I went to the study, where was the information I had collected over the past five years about the strange events and cases that had occurred at Hibiscus College. Although I had read it countless times, I still had no clue.
I looked at the mountain of information and thought I should start with the information about the year my brother disappeared!
I stood on tiptoe and took down a thick volume of newspaper clippings from the bookshelf. The dust immediately flew up and made my nose itch.
“A-choo!”
I lost my balance and fell to the ground, accidentally bumping into the bookcase, and the books and newspaper clippings on it all fell on me.
"it hurts……"
I rubbed my forehead, feeling so unlucky.
Looking at the messy information, my mood became inexplicably depressed, and I picked up a news clipping and started reading it.
The date of this clipping was five years ago, exactly the year my brother disappeared. I looked through it carefully, but it was all trivial matters, totally unrelated.
However, I won’t give up easily!
In this world, I am the only one who firmly believes that I can find my brother.
My father and mother were so sad about my brother's disappearance that they became depressed and died two years ago. Before they died, I promised them that I would find my brother.
"Brother..." I murmured.
I miss my brother gently ruffling my hair and talking to me with a chuckle.
I miss the days when our family used to laugh and joke.
I miss...
Crystal clear tears gently slid down her face, burning her heart.
"Brother, where are you..."
I shook my head helplessly and wiped away my tears. Instead of wallowing in disappointment, I might as well work harder. I cheered myself up and continued to flip through the newspaper clippings. I accidentally saw a familiar name - Nan Youlun.
This news report was published a week after the brother disappeared. The news reported that Professor Nan Ouchen and his wife Professor Bei Yuxi of Jinkui College were sued and sentenced . After that, no relatives were willing to adopt their only son Nan Youlun, who was facing the tragic situation of being sent to an orphanage. The Nan family was completely ruined.
how come?
I was shocked. How could the gentle Nan have such a miserable past? My heart ached when I thought of his gentle smile. Sometimes, people just like to use smiles as a cover-up to hide their scarred hearts.
No wonder every time he smiles, there is a hint of sadness in his eyes. But he is very gentle to me, just like a brother, which makes me always want to rely on him and get close to him.
Because I was sad, I quickly turned the page and didn't want to think about it anymore.
There were so many clippings and they were so diverse that I flipped through them for a long time. Finally, I couldn't resist the invasion of sleepiness and buried my head lower and lower. In the haze, I seemed to see a tall and handsome figure.
It’s my brother!
I yelled, "Brother!"
"Xiaoxian, keep your voice down."
My brother smiled gently and wiped my tears away. His handsome face was full of worry: "Why are you crying? Who bullied you?"
I shook my head desperately and smiled through my tears: "No, I'm just so happy to see my brother."
"Little fool."
"certainly not!"
"Really? How about we play a puzzle game? See if you've gotten smarter."
"OK."
My brother wrote some strange symbols and numbers, similar to Morse code, and asked me to guess what they meant. This is a game we invented.
My brother saw me frowning, looking like I couldn't think of an answer, and smiled dotingly: "Xiaoxian, can't you solve it?"
"Let me think about it."
My brother is so smart, what if he thinks I’m stupid?
I stared at the characters on the paper, my mind racing.
Got it! A light bulb suddenly lit up my head and I thought of the answer. But just as I raised my head happily, my brother's figure gradually became blurred. I rushed over in a panic to hold my brother, but in the end I only grabbed a ball of air.
My brother disappeared.
“Ding-ling-ling… Ding-ling-ling…”
I was awakened by the ringing of the telephone.
It turned out that I fell asleep in the study. I wiped the tears from my eyes absentmindedly and found that I was still holding my brother's pen in my hand. I really missed my brother too much.
But who is calling me so early?
"Hello?"
"morning."
It’s Dong Yehan’s voice!
"Are you so excited to receive my call that you can't speak?"
Why is it him?
"No, what do you want from me?" I said sullenly.
I finally dreamed of playing a puzzle game with my brother, but I woke up before I could say a few words to him. Of course, I was in a bad mood.
"I would like to invite you to my house to make drinks." Dong Yehan said with a smile on the other end of the phone.
Because I hadn’t calmed down yet, I refused without thinking: “No.”
"No! You promised me!" Dong Yehan got a little anxious when he heard my refusal, and his tone of voice was fierce.
Then I remembered that I had indeed promised him yesterday.
Ah, I scratched my hair in annoyance. There was no other way. Since I had agreed, I had to fulfill my promise. I just took the opportunity to ask him about Nan Youlun.
"Oh well."
"That's good. I'll send you the address."
"Hmph." I snorted reluctantly.
"Ha ha."
This boy actually laughed, which made me even more depressed.
After I packed up, I habitually put my brother's pen into my bag and went out.
After I went out, I realized that the sky outside was a little gray. It might rain, and I didn't bring an umbrella. I quickened my pace, wanting to get to Dong Yehan's house as soon as possible.
I have to hurry up, prepare his special drink and go home quickly!
