Recently, he kept calling her "little one," leaving her both amused and exasperated. If she weren’t worried about hurting his pride, she would have snapped back with, "Old man!"
"You started looking at first!" Li Si retorted defiantly. She would never admit it, but lately, she found his charm increasingly irresistible.
"You!" He chuckled, pulling her closer. Glancing at the book cover, he asked, "Is this a romance novel?"
She nodded. "Yeah, are you interested?" Recently, she’d been obsessively reading Zhang Ailing’s novels, unable to put them down.
He shook his head. He was a grown man; how could he be interested in what he deed childish girl stuff?
"Mochen, what do you think—any idea how Brother Long and Xia Yu’s DNA test is going?" Li Si’s curiosity got the better of her as she split her attention between him and the ongoing situation.
"They’ll let us know as soon as there’s news!" Leng Mochen had barely finished speaking when Long Wu pushed the door open in a rush, followed by Xia Yu, who looked pale and drained.
Li Si hurriedly stood up. "Brother Long, we were just talking about you! How did it go?"
Long Wu sighed heavily. "It’s not that fast. We’ll probably get the results in two or three days!"
He felt as if a fire were raging in his chest, stifling him, desperate for release, yet unsure of what to do.
He was terrified that if he let himself lose control again, he might lose ng ng once more.
In the end, he raced over here, hoping that even hearing their thoughts, or simply talking about it, might help ease his turmoil.
Leng Mochen instructed his secretary to bring in a few cups of coffee. Looking at the visibly upset Long Wu, he asked, "Long Wu, what happened?"
Knowing Long Wu so well, Leng Mochen was certain sothing significant had occurred. After all, Long Wu, typically self-assured and carefree, now had frustration plastered all over his face.
Xia Yu opened her mouth to speak, but Long Wu raised his hand to stop her. "It’s nothing, just getting impatient about waiting a few more days!"
Li Si’s eyes suddenly lit up. "Brother Long, I just rembered soone—do you rember your friend, Black Iron Tower? You should ask him for help!"
She still vividly recalled that large, stoic man, soone with a strong sense of justice. She believed if he got involved, so of the mysteries might unravel.
Long Wu smacked his forehead in frustration. "How could I forget about Heizi!" Caught up in the joy and confusion of finding ng ng, he had completely overlooked him. Quickly, he took out his phone and made the call.
Li Si gently pulled the tense Xia Yu to sit down. "It’s okay, relax!"
Xia Yu gave a grateful smile. "Thank you!"
On the other end of the line, Long Wu briefly explained the situation with ng ng. The person seed to respond with a few brief words before hanging up.
Turning around, Long Wu grinned. "This Black Iron Tower’s even more anxious than I am! Let’s go to his workplace right now!"
The group piled into a car and drove to Black Iron Tower’s station. Before they even reached the entrance, Heizi, sporting a crew cut and uniform, ca running out, looking a mix of excitent and complexity.
Long Wu parked the car, and as they stepped out, Heizi scanned the group quickly before his gaze finally settled on Xia Yu. He scrutinized her intently, from head to toe.
"Su ng! Do you rember ?"
His voice trembled with anticipation. Instincts told him the woman before him was her, despite her unfamiliarity and changed temperant. Yet, the posture that ca from her years of dance training hadn’t changed.
For so many years, Su ng’s disappearance had beco an unsolved case weighing on him after he beca a police officer.
Back then, Long Wu had gone mad searching for her everywhere. But she disappeared as if into thin air. In his years handling cases, big and small, many mysteries were unraveled.
But in the dead of night, he would always think of this case. It was a thorn in his heart—how could he solve everyone else’s cases, but not this one, so close to ho?
Seeing ng ng now, her face blank with confusion and her eyes devoid of recognition, sent an ache through his heart. A grown man like him couldn’t help but feel crushed.
Long Wu placed a hand on his shoulder. "Heizi, let’s talk in your office. There’s more we need to tell you there!"
Heizi collected himself, regaining his upright and principled deanor. "Alright, let’s go inside!" His eyes, however, stayed locked on Xia Yu.
In the office, after hearing their explanation, Heizi fell silent for a mont before asking, "So what you’re saying is that Su ng may have had an accident back then, and her amnesia could either be physiological or psychological.
When we work cases, we sotis use hypnotism to recover lost fragnts of mory. We can proceed with the DNA test first, and in parallel, try hypnotism."
"Will hypnosis hurt her in any way?" Long Wu asked, clearly concerned.
Heizi shook his head. "No, a hypnotist’s role is rely to help strengthen her mory!"
Xia Yu nervously gripped Li Si’s hand. Her mind was a blank slate. Since waking up, her mories only started from Yang Dashun’s household. If she could retrieve her lost past, she might finally learn her true identity.
From the mont she regained consciousness, everyone around her insisted she was Xia Yu, a native of that humble village. But deep down, she knew she wasn’t. She felt she belonged to a city, not a rural village. She didn’t know how to cook using a wood-fired stove and was utterly clueless about farming.
Furthermore, her soft, fair skin was unlike the village girls’ faces, often marked with broken capillaries. Her hands were smooth, lacking the rough calluses borne of farmwork. She spoke fluent Mandarin, in stark contrast to the villagers’ heavy dialects. She was an outlier.
Li Sian smiled at her reassuringly. "Don’t be afraid! We’re all here for you!"
Xia Yu was eventually taken into a room by the hypnotist. After the door shut, Li Si glanced at Leng Mochen, leaned closer, and whispered in his ear, "Mochen, if this really works to recover mories, maybe you should try it too!"
Leng Mochen gave her a complicated look. Then, with a calm expression, he replied, "I feel fine the way I am now. If I recover my past mories, what if I rember everything but forget about you? Hmm?"
Li Si’s breath caught. That was true—what if he regained his mories and thought about his ex-girlfriend instead? That wouldn’t do. He was hers!
"Forgetting is not an option! Let’s go sit over there and wait!" She hurriedly changed the topic, tugging him forward. She didn’t notice the mischievous glint in his eyes.
Long Wu paced back and forth anxiously, awaiting the results of both tests. Finally, Heizi returned, clutching a report in his hand.
Long Wu rushed toward him, his voice tight with tension. "Is it her?"
Heizi, barely restraining his emotions, nodded forcefully. "It’s her—she’s Su ng!"
The two n embraced tightly, silently conveying the overwhelming relief and joy of the mont. They didn’t need words—it was enough.
Li Si, standing aside, found her emotions surging as well. She hadn’t expected that an unintentional act of kindness would lead to such an explosive outco. It reaffird her belief that doing good deeds was always worth it—what goes around cos around, and fate had its own plan.
Leng Mochen wrapped an arm around her. Seeing her deep in thought, he winked playfully. "You really are like a modern-day Lei Feng!"
Li Si recalled how she’d jokingly said, "Call Lei Feng!" back when they first t, and she couldn’t help laughing along.
Heizi walked over to Li Si. "Young lady, I heard you helped Su ng? What exactly happened back then?" (To be continued. If you like this story, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for it with your recomndations and monthly votes. Your support will be my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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