investigative chronicle

Chapter 18 Cohabitation
After the first rain, the city god's eyes were full of green, and the blue sky appeared and disappeared between the clouds. Ji Si'an took a deep breath, and the slightly sweet air filled his body, and he felt refreshed.Today is a good day, and she will also welcome her first co-living roommate, Li Zhaodi.

Li Muzi disapproved of Yuan Mu's plan, and tried to stop her on the way, but Yuan Mu's stubbornness was obviously beyond his expectations, and he had to give up after persuading her to no avail.

Yuan Mu led the well-behaved Zhao Di to Ji Si'an's rental house, but Li Muzi secretly called Ji Si'an out.

"Xiao'an, I don't agree with Mumu's plan. Zhaodi's current situation is very unstable, and it's not something you two girls can take care of."

Ji Si'an looked at Li Muzi in confusion, Zhaodi is already 9 years old, has a certain ability to take care of herself, and she still has to go to school.Strictly speaking, her arrival is equivalent to having an extra roommate, and I don't need to do anything more for her.

"You...have never brought up children... Besides, Zhaodi was greatly stimulated. Not only did she forget what happened that night, but... she forgot everything. Even she once had I don’t remember anything about my younger brother and parents at all…” Li Muzi said anxiously.

No wonder Zhaodi didn't reject Yuan Mu...Yuan Mu didn't tell her this, was she afraid that she would refuse?Ji Si'an felt distrusted but she didn't want Li Muzi to know that she was kept in the dark.

"Then how did you tell her? We need to speak with one voice." Ji Si'an said calmly.

Why are they all like this?Li Muzi said anxiously: "Zhaodi can't remember anything now..., but the murderer doesn't know.... Do you understand what I mean? The murderer is very likely...to find her again...to silence her. How much do you do? Dangerous, do you understand?"

Ji Si'an's eyes darkened, "It's clear. But for the sake of my mother and sister... I have to give it a try."

"I've convinced you." Li Muzi smashed the wall with his hands. "You help me persuade Yuan Mu to let me live next to you with her. I will guarantee your safety."

Li Muzi's proposal made Ji Si'an's eyes wide open, and for a while she didn't know whether Li Muzi was using public affairs for personal gain.

Li Muzi tapped Ji Si'an's head. "What are you thinking. It's part of the witness protection program. I'll live in quietly, and I won't leave that room during the protection period until the danger is over."

Ji Si'an was very dissatisfied with the fact that he was headed. "Since it's official business, you'd better tell her yourself."

Ji Si'an turned and left, leaving Li Muzi alone and annoyed.Neither of these two people is good, one is afraid that I won't let Zhaodi lie to me, and the other wants to use me to persuade Yuan Mu...

If it weren't for Muzi Li, Ji Si'an wouldn't even know that Yuan Mu had already rented a house next door.It is so dangerous to take Zhaodi in... I am afraid that I and Zhaodi have become bait.Damn it, Yuan Mu doesn't trust me.She still didn't understand that there was nothing I couldn't do to catch the murderers of my mother and sister.

Ji Si'an didn't care about the danger, and her anger only came from Yuan Mu's concealment.

"What did that fellow Li Muzi ask you for?" Yuan Mu was obviously a little uneasy.

Ji Si'an said with a relaxed expression: "I didn't say anything, just told me to take good care of Zhaodi."

"Yuan Mu, do you have something to hide from me, why are you so nervous?" Ji Si'an asked intentionally.

Yuan Mu's eyes dodged, "Zhao Di has forgotten all the previous things. Let's not worry, don't mention the previous things, let her stabilize first, and then see if she can recover her memory."

"Really? Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing in advance."

Ji Si'an only reproached lightly, then turned to Zhaodi.

"Zhaodi, do you remember me? I'm Ji Si'an, you lived here before. Don't worry, I will take good care of you."

Yuan Mu heard the meaning of Ji Si'an's words, and she said awkwardly: "Well... If you don't have anything to do here, I will leave first. Zhaodi, I will come to see you often."

After sending Yuan Mu away, Ji Si'an locked the door and hung up the wind chime, and blocked the door with debris and chairs as usual.After doing all this, she breathed a sigh of relief and just turned around, but almost bumped into Zhaodi...The girl's dark eyes startled her.

"It scared me to death. Why are you suddenly standing behind me?" Ji Si comforted her chest, feeling that Zhao Di in front of her was very strange.

"I just don't know if you need help." Zhao Di's voice was very low, and after saying this sentence timidly, she lowered her head deeply.

Ji Si'an felt that he was overreacting, so he hurried forward to hold her hand. "It's okay. My sister is locking the door, so that no bad people will come in after handling it properly."

Zhaodi still bowed her head in silence.Ji Si'an had no choice but to continue: "You feel like you are at home here. If I need your help, I will tell you in advance."

Zhaodi let Ji Sian take her hand to the bedroom.After settling Zhaodi, Ji Si'an opened the note Yuan Mu secretly handed her. "I'm next door, and the criminal police also arrange people to guard outside your house, don't worry."

Ji Si'an put away the note and came to the balcony. She opened the window and looked around. The strange car that appeared in the parking space not far away caught her attention.It seems that they are probably hiding in the car...

"Sister, where are you? I'm a little scared..." Zhaodi's timid voice came from the bedroom.

"I'll be right there, don't be afraid." After speaking, Ji Si'an closed the window again, carefully drew the curtains, and turned to enter the bedroom.

When Ji Si'an woke up from the nightmare, the surroundings were still in darkness. She picked up the cell phone next to her pillow, and it was only 3 o'clock in the morning...

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" The sudden female voice made Ji Si'an's hands tremble in fright, and the phone fell to the ground...

Zhao Di stood at the door of the bedroom with her long hair draped over her head.It was only then that Ji Si'an remembered that she had a roommate now.

"It's okay, I just had a dream and I disturbed you." Ji Si'an frantically picked up the phone.

Zhao Di shyly shook her head and whispered, "I'm scared, I can't sleep."

"Don't be afraid, my sister is here. Come and sleep with you..."

The next day, Ji Si'an got on the subway in a daze.Fortunately, Yuan Mu was in charge of picking up Zhaodi to school, otherwise they would all be late in her state.

"Xiao An, what's the matter with you recently? It's getting later and later. Now is the time for new officials to take office. Don't be taken as a model." Luo Li pulled Ji Si'an aside and whispered.

"I haven't slept well recently." Ji Si'an nodded with a wry smile.

"Listen to me, go to another place. It's far from safe to work there." Luo Li persuaded.

Ji Si'an didn't intend to tell Luo Lizhaodi about living with her.He only shirked it on the grounds that the rent was not due.

The cohabitation life with Zhaodi was not as easy as Ji Si'an thought. Although Zhaodi after amnesia was better-behaved than before, she always felt that something was weird.Because of the impact of that case, Zhaodi became timid and sensitive, and often needed her extra care.This made Ji Si'an, who is not a good sleeper, very hard, and even almost fell asleep during the trial several times.

(End of this chapter)