It was really hard for Lin Xi to imagine that the man in front of him with flowery hair and a large scar on his face turned out to be the original father, Duan Pingchuan.
The low mountain covered by ice and snow is very quiet, except for a few sturdy security guards standing in the snow not far away, there are no outsiders.
While Lin Xi was shocked, Duan Pingchuan remained silent.
He seemed to be waiting for Lin Xi to take the initiative to speak but in fact Lin Xi really didn't know what to say to this "father" who had disappeared for many years and suddenly appeared again.
According to the timeline of the original text, the original body at this time should still be torturing Chu Muqing in a different way?
After a long silence, Duan Pingchuan spoke slowly. Facing his daughter there was no love in his eyes but he spoke to her coldly: "I found out that you have nothing to do with what happened in those years. don't you remember?"
Duan Pingchuan's words made Lin Xi pause for a moment. He really appeared in front of her after investigating her.
Perhaps Duan Qingqing took the initiative to go to her company and asked her to come here to meet, which was all premeditated.
It was only because Duan Pingchuan wanted to see her that he brought her to Duan Qingqing's private manor in the name of cooperation.
After getting the news that Duan Pingchuan appeared in the capital, Mother Lin specially reminded her that she must pay attention to protecting herself and said that Duan Pingchuan would hurt her.
Lin Xi thought of this her face was calm but out of the corner of her eyes, she looked at the road they came from.
If Duan Pingchuan wants to do something to her, she will find a way to escape from here.
"Then I'll tell you what happened back then." Duan Pingchuan looked at her and asked, "You just forgot what happened back then or did you forget everything that happened in the past since that incident?"
Duan Pingchuan's gaze made her feel terrified. As soon as Lin Xi looked at him, she would feel like a beast that could get angry at any time under his calm eyes, spying on her every move.
Lin Xi looked at him, looked at him as calmly as possible, and answered frankly, "I don't even remember."
Duan Pingchuan's eyes were still cold but he sneered: "Including me, you have forgotten all about it, haven't you?"
Lin Xi clenched her fist and couldn't understand his attitude. After a pause, she said slowly "Sorry, I'm sick and have no memory, so I didn't recognize you."
Duan Pingchuan seemed very satisfied with her answer, so he didn't ask any further questions, and said solemnly, "Then I'll tell you from the beginning."
Lin Xi responded: "Okay, say it."
"Your mother, Rong Wenning, and I met in a so-called heroic rescue of beauty. At that time, your mother and I were both young. I dropped out of school early to work and became an apprentice in a car repair shop in Dongguan County. Later, the boss offended people, when he died, he was a foreigner and my surname was not Duan, so before he died, he left the garage to me, who was also a foreigner."
When Duan Pingchuan said this, the gaze that looked into the distance fell on her face again.
Lin Xi nodded lightly, indicating that she was listening, and asked, "And then?"
"But even if I have a car repair shop, I'm still a poor boy in an ordinary county. Back then, Dongguan County was still a poor county but now it's different. After all, there is such a well-known big man."
Famous big shot?
Lin Xi thought for a while and realized that the big man he was talking about was the current elector Guan.
"You have to know that I am a poor person, a poor person in my bones. If I want to climb up, what I lack is not ability, nor effort, but opportunities and connections." At this point, Duan Pingchuan's tone became a little cold. Hard, breathing also became rapid because of anger: "Based on this, when your mother appeared in that small county town, I tried every means to let people harass her and then appeared just right."
Lin Xi frowned, Duan Pingchuan designed a long-planned perfect encounter and the poor boy rescued Bai Fumei.
"I helped her drive away the little gangsters who harassed her and the next thing was logical. I learned that she was going to stay in Dongguan County for a month, so I only have a month to make her fall in love with me. ."
"Your mother has a father like that. As long as I become his son-in-law, whether I continue to be in business or politics, I will undoubtedly be more powerful. With my ability, once I have the opportunity, I will no longer be inferior."
"So it took me a month to make her fall in love with me, but I was strongly opposed by your grandfather." Duan Pingchuan suddenly coughed violently. After a violent cough, his voice became even louder. Husky: "I originally thought that after she was brought back to the capital by your grandfather, with her temperament, she would definitely try her best to fight with her family."
"But I never thought that she would be alone. One night, she suddenly escaped from the capital and returned to Shanhe Province. She rode the train alone and came to Dongguan County to find me."
"She said she was willing to give up everything for me and to live a hard life with me." Duan Pingchuan sneered and looked at Lin Xi: "tell me, isn't she stupid?"
Lin Xi didn't know how to answer. From the perspective of God, Mother Lin's actions were really stupid. To the man in front of her, she was just a tool he used to climb up.
But...once she stood in the position of Mother Lin, it was for a man she really liked during her youthful sprouting period to give up the original brocade clothes and jade food, and give up everything she originally had.
Great.
"Did you reject her?" Lin Xi asked.
"Of course not." Duan Pingchuan replied, "What I thought at the time was that your grandfather loves her so much. If I marry her, sooner or later, he will recognize me."
"However, what I didn't expect was that until she gave birth to you, your grandfather still didn't nod his head. During that time, he cut off the father-daughter relationship with your mother, but from time to time, people came to trouble me. My business It's getting worse and worse, I know it has nothing to do with your grandfather." Duan Pingchuan squinted his eyes to hide the unhappiness in his eyes: "The poor and humble husband and wife are sad, your mother and I torture each other, and I resent her father's viciousness, forcing me to a dead end, she complained that I was drinking all day, no longer liked her, and had no intention of taking care of business, if it wasn't for you, we would have divorced long ago and have nothing to do with each other."
Hearing this story, Lin Xi couldn't help but look at Duan Pingchuan: "You and mother, didn't you think about leaving at that time? If you leave Dongguan County, go live somewhere else, and keep your name incognito, maybe grandfather won't be able to find you? "
"Why should I leave?" Duan Pingchuan looked at Lin Xi, and couldn't help but said angrily, "What did I do wrong? It was your mother who gave me the hope of ascending to the sky, and in the end, because of your grandfather, I was completely reborn. Falling to the bottom and becoming that inferior person with nothing, is this my fault?"
Lin Xi pursed her lower lip, even if she didn't agree with his idea, she didn't dare to provoke him.
"What happened later? You and mother, why did you divorce?" Lin Xi asked.
"She has mentioned divorce many times. I know she wants to get rid of me, but your grandfather has harmed me so far and forced me to a desperate situation. Why should I let his daughter leave?" Duan Pingchuan smiled bitterly: "Perhaps your grandfather did it on purpose, He deliberately made things difficult for me, forcing me to let her go, but the more he does this, the more I don't like him, I want to keep his daughter and let her suffer with me."
Lin Xi finally couldn't help but said, "Why? My mother is innocent."
"Innocent?" Duan Pingchuan looked at her and nodded: "It can also be said that she is innocent, but the father's debt is paid by the daughter. Isn't this the truth?"
Lin Xi shook her head: "Mother really liked you back then. If it wasn't because she liked you, she wouldn't be with you at all costs."
"That's her own stupidity! What are you trying to argue with me?" Duan Pingchuan looked at her coldly: "Why don't you look like me at all after you forgot everything? Be soft-hearted and speak for outsiders?"
Lin Xi lowered her eyebrows: "Mother is not an outsider."
Duan Pingchuan didn't continue to struggle with these things, and continued: "I divorced her because your grandfather had a trick on me. At that time the family was full of trouble. You were young and you would starve to death if we had no money."
Lin Xi said softly, "Yeah."
Duan Pingchuan paused before saying, "A fellow countryman found me and said that there would be a truck from the province passing by, and the goods delivered by that truck were worthless but would have enough money for milk powder, even if I get caught will not be sentenced for many years. I robbed the car very smoothly, the driver abandoned the car and fled, and I didn't even have time to take out the knife, he was scared away."
"However, I never thought that the police arrived at the same time, and there was only one box in the truck, and the box contained hundreds of thousands of jewelry."
Lin Xi frowned: "Hundreds of thousands?"
"Yes, hundreds of thousands." Duan Pingchuan laughed: "Your grandfather wanted to lock me in and I was caught."
Lin Xi thought of Mr. Rong, who was a very upright person, and he didn't seem to be able to do such a thing.
"Are you sure, grandpa did this?"
Duan Pingchuan said coldly: "Besides him, who else would hate me so much? Even if it's not him, it's the people below him who want to flatter him! Is this any different from what he did?"
Lin Xi let out a sigh of relief, the matter has come to an end, it is really difficult to tell who is right and wrong.
"I'm in prison. In order for you to live well, I can only choose to divorce." Duan Pingchuan looked at her, and finally had some kind of father's love in his eyes: "Only when you and her return to Rong's house can you be safe and sound. When you grow up, even without a father I won't dare to come to you again until I get out of prison and make a comeback."
Lin Xi was silent for a while, and then asked again, "Then you took me away later. What happened then? Why did I get hurt?"
Duan Pingchuan frowned: "I know, I will never be able to get you back from your mother, so after I got out of prison, after I made enough money, someone would take you away and bring you back to Dongguan County, ready to take you abroad."
"I... agree?" Lin Xi asked.
With the original character, there is no reason to agree.
"You agreed. Being left by Chu Muyun made you a laughing stock in everyone's eyes. You said you wanted to escape from the capital, leave with me and never come back."
Lin Xi frowned: "But Chu Muyun committed suicide."
"Suicide?" Duan Pingchuan sneered.
"Isn't it?"
"I said, I was the one who gave you this life." Duan Pingchuan said solemnly, "In Dongguan County, you would be the same as Chu Muyun, you would burned to death in the fire together, If I didn't rescued you."
Lin Xi's pupils shrank suddenly.
She looked at the scary scar on Duan Pingchuan's face.
"You were in Dongguan County. When you learned that Chu Muyun was there, you went to see her behind my back. You wanted to kill her but when you set fire to it, you were trapped there too."
Lin Xi suddenly became cold: "Is it Chu Muyun that I killed?"
Duan Pingchuan sneered: "When I went in to save you, Chu Muyun hadn't died yet and you fainted."
Lin Xi looked at him, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "Why didn't you rescue her, why?"
"Save her?" Duan Pingchuan thought for a moment: "You want to kill the woman who eloped with someone and to take revenge, why should I stop you? Besides, the fire was so big that I could only bring you out alone."
Lin Xi's mind became extremely chaotic for a moment.
not like this......
It shouldn't be like this...
Duan Pingchuan must be lying or rather, what he said is not all the truth.
If Lu Fangyuan really knew the truth about Chu Muyun's death, she wouldn't speak so calmly when she met her in the coffee shop.
Lu Fangyuan will definitely threaten her.
This must not be the case, how could the original body be the murderer?
"Apart from me, was there anyone else present besides me that day?" Lin Xi asked Duan Pingchuan, forcing his emotions to calm down.
Duan Pingchuan thought for a while: "It's been too long, I don't remember anyone else appearing but fortunately, it was because of the fire that you lived safely for so many years and the police also characterized her death as suicide."
Lin Xi frowned: "Chu Muyun's case has been reopened by the serious crime team."
"Of course I know." Duan Pingchuan looked at her with a smile: "If you are willing to go abroad with me, all my assets will belong to you, no different from domestic ones and even if one day, the police find out about the truth of Chu Muyun death and there's nothing that can be done to you."
Lin Xi didn't speak.
Duan Pingchuan said calmly: "You're my bloodline and I only have a child like you. If you die then my bloodline will disappear from now on and my industry also needs a capable heir. I am very proud of Your excellence and the success, Engan are enough to prove that you are also qualified to be my daughter."
Lin Xi took a deep breath: "This..."
Duan Pingchuan interrupted her: "Leave with me, child."
Lin Xi shook her head.
"You don't want to?" Duan Pingchuan looked at her suspiciously and asked in a deep voice, "Is it because of your woman? You can take her away with you."
Lin Xi calmed down and looked at him calmly: "There are too many suspicious points in this case, I may not be the murderer."
"So, you refused, didn't you?" Duan Pingchuan's tone turned cold.
Lin Xi said: "I'm very grateful to you and you're still willing to protect me but I am sorry."
Duan Pingchuan looked at her, his icy eyes resting on her face again.
"If you don't leave me, then your mother and grandfather are not worthy of my forgiveness." Duan Pingchuan said: "And Lin Zhourong, who took you away from me, is the enemy of my life. , do you know what the consequences are?"
"What do you mean? Are you threatening me?" Lin Xi finally said uncontrollably, "Have you been able to let go of your resentment towards mother until now?"
"Why have you changed now? It's not the same as before?" Duan Pingchuan looked at her: "It's like, a different person."
Duan Pingchuan stretched out his hand to clamp her wrist and asked, "Who are you?"
Lin Xi forcefully pulled her wrist out of his scarred hand and looked at him calmly: "You disappeared for so many years while I was growing up, how much did you know about me before?"
Duan Pingchuan fell silent, looked at her fixedly and couldn't help explaining: "I left you before it was all to help you, if not..."
Lin Xi took a deep breath and called him: "Dad, I don't want you to take revenge on mother and grandfather. Now it's not like back then, no matter what you do, you will leave evidence. I really don't want any of my relatives to have an accident."
Duan Pingchuan looked at her blankly, with a moved expression: "You...what are you calling me?"
Lin Xi finally felt a little relieved.
It seems that the emotional card is playing right.
"You are my father and the blood relationship will never be broken." Lin Xi looked at him and persuaded: "Even if you and my mother divorced, I'm also your child and there is no one who will rob me from you. After leaving me you were still my father."
Lin Xi told him some reassuring words again, and until she confirmed that Duan Pingchuan would not do anything drastic again, she left Duan Qingqing's private manor in a daze. All this was different from what she thought.
She was sitting in the car, her mind was drowsy. The amount of information Duan Pingchuan told her was quite large. At least the superficial evidence showed that she was the murderer of Chu Muyun.
If the police do not find more evidence, she will most likely be held responsible.
The heater in the car was on, and her cheeks continued to burn, and the pain in her temples made her feel depressed for a while.
Lin Xi pressed the button, and the car window opened slightly, until the cold wind from the window came in, and her body discomfort finally eased.
The driver drove her to the company, and it took 40 minutes to drive all the way to the city.
Lin Xi remained silent the whole time until the driver asked her tentatively, "Miss Lin, you look very bad, what happened?"
Lin Xi didn't want to answer, she didn't have the intention to deal with it at all, but she smiled politely and said, "Thank you for your concern, but I'm just a little uncomfortable."
The driver reminded her that it was cold recently, pay attention to her body, and Lin Xi thanked him again.
After a while, Lin Xi called Lin's mother.
When Lin's mother picked it up, Lin Xi said directly, "Mom, I saw my father."
Lin's mother's voice trembled instantly: "Xiaoxi, has he treated you well?"
Lin Xi comforted: "yes, he just came to see me because he missed me."
"That's good..." Mother Lin's breathing was a little short, and she was a little scared: "It's good that he didn't hurt you."
Lin Xi was silent for a while before asking, "When he was imprisoned, was it grandfather doing it?"
Mother Lin asked her suspiciously, "Did he tell you that?"
"He always thought so." Lin Xi said.
"It's not like this." Mother Lin said slowly: "He has always been that kind of character, and he's always wishful thinking, thinking about everyone with the most malicious thoughts."
Lin Xi paused and said, "He finally told me that as long as I have father in my heart, he's willing to ignore the past grudges, even if it was designed by grandfather, he's willing to let it go."
Mother Lin sneered: "It really does seem like he can say something."
"So what's going on?" Lin Xi asked.
"When he went to rob a truck, the person who tipped him off was not instructed by your grandfather, but the person he had offended himself. With such an arrogant character, he offended so many people himself, so why would others not retaliate against him?."
I see.
All this is Duan Pingchuan's misunderstanding.
Because of such a misunderstanding, he hated Lin's mother and grandfather for so many years, and he couldn't let it go.
When she was about to arrive at the company, Lin Xi suddenly changed her mind and said to the driver, "Please go to Zhuo Han."
At this time, she actually wanted to see Chu Muqing.
perhaps......
She should tell Chu Muqing the truth, tell all the truth she knows, including that she is not her original body, she is actually from another world.
However, will Chu Muqing believe her?
If she tells the other person that the world you live in is just a book, and that you are just a character in a book, that would be a particularly unacceptable thing.
Lin Xi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with a headache. It was as if someone was holding a needle and pricking it up and down.
The sleep problem caused her too much trouble, and those nightmares seemed to be some kind of omen, always reminding her that the crisis was approaching.
But no matter what, she had to tell Chu Muqing everything about Chu Muyun.
Lin Xi made up her mind and glanced at the time on her watch. It would soon be twelve o'clock. When the driver arrived, it might be just in time for Chu Muqing to go out for lunch.
She remembered that there was a delicious Japanese food store near Chu Muqing's company. The private room was clean and quiet.
The driver quickly took her to Zhuo Han Building, and Lin Xi got out of the car. In the lobby on the first floor, the employees were going downstairs in twos and threes, preparing to go out to buy lunch.
The front desk already knew her and greeted respectfully, "Miss Lin, you come to see President Chu."
Lin Xi responded: "Is she in the office?"
The front desk smiled and said, "Ms. Chu has just finished the meeting and should be in the conference room now."
"Okay, thank you."
Lin Xi got on the elevator, got out of the elevator familiarly, and walked all the way to the door of the conference room.
Looking in through the transparent glass window, she was the only one inside. Chu Muqing was sitting on an office chair, her head lowered, and she was concentrating on sorting out documents.
Lin Xi knocked on the door three times before pushing in.
"Lin Xi?" Chu Muqing was holding a stack of documents in her hand and looked at her suspiciously: "Why are you here?"
Lin Xi walked up to her, looked down at her, and said with a light smile, "I miss you, I just want to see you."
Chu Muqing's eyes stayed on her face, looking at her pale complexion, she asked her with frown, "Are you still feeling well?"
Lin Xi smiled and shook her head: "No, are you done? Let's go to lunch together?"
Chu Muqing stood up holding the document: "En."
"Chu Muqing," Lin Xi looked at her, looking into her eyes, "I have something to tell you."
Chu Muqing asked, "What?"
"It's very complicated." Lin Xi took a deep breath and said solemnly, "I'll tell you everything, even if it's unbelievable, I hope you can believe me."
"Huh?" Chu Muqing thought for a moment: "But I always trust you, no matter what you say to me."
Lin Xi blinked, and her heart suddenly became a soft mess because of these words.
"Lin Xi." Chu Muqing's voice was gentle, she stretched out her arm, and rubbed her cold palm: "What are you trying to say?"
"Ah..." Lin Xi reacted and said to her, "Thank you, for telling me that, didn't you tell me that there is a good japanese store nearby?"
Chu Muqing stared at her for a while, with a smile on her lips: "Are we going there to tell me? That so-called secret?"
Lin Xi couldn't smile at all: "Yeah."
Chu Muqing let go of her hand and pressed the palm of her hand against her cold cheek, saying warmly, "Okay."
It is rare for her to see such a lost mood of Lin Xi. In her impression, Lin Xi always has clear eyes and a very godlike appearance. When she sees her, her eyes are always smiling, which is a joy that cannot be deceived. The curvaceous look of the brows and eyes is very contagious.
But at this time, Lin Xi seemed to be forcing a smile, Chu Muqing didn't know what happened to her.
After returning to the office and putting the sorted documents back together, the two went to the nearby Japanese store together.
The service staff took them to the private room. The Japanese-style decoration style is simple and neat, which makes people feel relaxed.
Chu Muqing ordered a set meal, and while waiting for the meal, Chu Muqing stared at Lin Xi who was worried, and asked softly, "Did you encounter something sad?"
Lin Xi was originally struggling with how to speak, but the gentle tone of the other party seemed to give her great confidence.
Lin Xi took a deep breath and said to her, "Chu Muqing, I'm not Lin Xi."
Chu Muqing looked at her suspiciously: "Huh?"
"That's... Have you ever considered, why am I different from before?" Perceiving the doubt in Chu Muqing's eyes, Lin Xi bit her lips and explained, "That's because I'm not the person before."
"What on earth are you trying to say?" Chu Muqing poured tea and handed her the delicate teacup: "Your lips are a little dry, so drink water first."
Lin Xi: ...
Lin Xi took it and whispered to her, "Thank you."
She drank all the tea in one breath, and then continued to say to her: "Can you understand the possession of the body? Or is it a ghost?" After she finished speaking, she felt that this statement was a bit scary, and quickly explained: "Actually, it was Forced, I don't know how I suddenly became her, I don't belong to the world you live in... For example, in your world, holographic games will only appear in the next ten years. However, relying on the memory of the original world, I want people to realize all kinds of advanced things in advance."
"Do you understand that?"
Seeing that she only looked at her and didn't speak, Lin Xi scratched her head in distress and said, "I know this is a bit unacceptable and a bit outrageous... Maybe you might think I'm cheating on you and be angry with me for it... ..."
Chu Muqing looked at her quietly: "You are saying that you replaced the original Lin Xi, right?"
Lin Xi thought it was a little funny: "Why are you so calm? Actually... Maybe you could be a little more shocked?"
Chu Muqing looked at her for a while, and then made a surprised expression, her tone was actually a little more serious: "You actually replaced the original Lin Xi?"
Lin Xi: ...