investigative chronicle

Chapter 69 The Old House

After a brief drunken debauchery, their lives quickly returned to their old ways.Luo Li and Ji Si'an are still busy looking for clients to take on cases; Yu Na is still lingering in nightclubs and living a life upside down day and night; Mei Lin has completely disappeared from their lives.

"I'm so envious of her, she can forget so gracefully."

As the sun sets, the afterglow gradually recedes, and the mountains and rivers gradually return to their original appearance.

"When she can accept herself, she will naturally contact you again." Yang Ningning gently placed the tea cup in front of Ji Si'an.

"As long as she's happy, it's fine. There's really nothing good going on during this time, so forget about it." Ji Si'an said looking at the darkened scenery outside the window.

"What about you? Why do you have to think persistently?" Yang Ningning tried to persuade her in this way.

But Ji Si'an talked about her own dream: "Recently... I always dream about my sister, she sits on the bed and keeps asking me why I want to steal her stuffed bear... I want to explain to her... but I always find it No sound..."

"Maybe it's your guilt towards your sister that caused this situation. Xiao An, you have to understand that all this is not your fault, you are also a victim, and you don't owe anyone anything." Yang Ningning said softly but firmly.

"No... I think it might be true. The teddy bear is exactly the same as the one at the scene of the crime... My sister has been hugging it to sleep..."

"I just don't understand why all my dreams are about minutiae. Why can I clearly see the floor, the little porcelain mug with the kitten pattern on it, and the light brown bear with the bow when I'm hypnotized, but nothing else. The murderer... why? Ningning, why is this?"

Ji Si'an felt deeply guilty.

"Maybe that memory was too scary. Your brain buried it to protect you." Yang Ningning always disagreed with Ji Si'an's decision to obsess over remembering that past event.

"If I don't remember, I will never be able to get rid of the nightmare, and I will never be able to feel at ease." Ji Si'an was lying on the sofa in a hypnotic posture.

Seeing this, Yang Ningning stopped persuading her, lit the aromatherapy, and prepared to start hypnosis.

This time Ji Si'an came to a winding country road, and her mother walked ahead holding her sister's hand.She trotted to keep up with them, but no matter how hard she tried, she could only step on their elongated shadows...

Just when she was anxious to cry, a tall man quickly overtook her and chased her mother and sister. The huge shadow he cast engulfed her in an instant.

When she struggled to get out of the darkness, only her mother was left on the gravel path.The mother fell to her knees on the dirt, and her suppressed crying of pain hit her soul.

Ji Si'an covered his ears, but he couldn't stop the sound from penetrating, the crying kept echoing in his head...Just when she thought she was about to wake up from the hypnotic state, the scene in front of her changed, and she came to an old courtyard.

Ji Si'an instantly relaxed, it was grandma's house.The crooked, stone walls that go in and out, the gray and rotten wooden doors, everything is the same as that time.She pushed the door open, but there was no sound from the normally creaking door hinge.Just as she was observing the door hinge in surprise, the high threshold almost tripped her.As soon as she stabilized her body, voices came from inside the room.

"Ji Hui didn't do this right. He shouldn't hit you. But what you did was also a bit inappropriate." It was grandma who spoke.

"What's wrong with me? Mom, you are also a woman, do you think they did it right? Shinan is a fool, are we fools too? Mom, if it were your daughter, would you do the same?" The mother's voice was filled with grief and indignation. repressed.

"What can we do? We are not hers... This is her life... When her mother is here, she can still protect her. When her mother is gone, she is the rootless water , can only be at the mercy of others." Grandma's voice was old and tired.

"So I said to call the police. There are laws and the government. They can't do this..." My mother was very excited.

"Yingying...you are a educated person, you have seen a lot, and you know more than me. Let me ask you, what will happen if you call the police? Will Nan girl feel better because of you?"

"I..." The mother's voice was stuck there and there was no movement.

"I am a person who has survived the old society. In terms of misery... I have seen much more than this... She was just married, and some were sold, used as a tool to vent, and received customers every day to earn money... ..., living every minute and every second is a torment, not even as good as a beast..."

"Stop it! Stop it! I can't live in this place for a moment. I can't let my daughters grow up in a place like this. I'm taking them away..."

The mother's sharp voice exploded in Ji Si'an's heart. She woke up from the severe pain, her eyes were blank, but her heart gradually became clear.

No matter who the woman named Shinan was, this incident must be one of the reasons why the mother made up her mind to leave.

She is not the girl her father said could not settle down in poverty. She has her own ideals and principles. She must be desperate for that kind of life before she wants to divorce and think about leaving.She just doesn't want her daughters to make the same mistakes she made.

A warm and soft towel fell gently on her head, and Yang Ningning carefully wiped her sweat-wet hair.

Ji Si'an grabbed her hand and thanked her sincerely.

"You're welcome with me. Do you remember anything?" The clear and long voice with soft strength eased Ji Si'an's tense nerves.

"Mom and grandma quarreled, it seems to be because of a woman named Shinan. Finding her may solve some mysteries." Although Ji Si'an said so, there was no trace of relief on Ji Si'an's face.

"It seems that you are slowly opening up the memories of your childhood. I hope you understand that those things are in the past, they will not happen again, and they will not hurt you again. Don't be obsessed with changes, just accept it, maybe it will be better." Yang Ningning's gentle words pushed away the ice.

Ji Si'an smiled and nodded, she has improved a lot now than before.There was no requirement for her mother to be close to perfection at the beginning, so she could easily accept her mother's shortcomings.

It was completely dark when Ji Si'an left Yang Ningning's clinic.On the way home, she racked her brains thinking about who else she knew in her hometown.She wanted to inquire about Heather's situation.

When he returned home, Ji Si'an was slightly disappointed by the pitch-black living room, and Luo Li wasn't here again today.This guy moved out as if he was afraid of something since he practiced the drunk thing last time.

Locking the door, Ji Si'an habitually blocked the door with a chair, and locked the windows one by one. Finally, she came to the balcony and drew the thick curtains tightly before sitting down in peace, facing the plump and plump plants. A rant.

Luo Li is real, I am not a mind-reading demon, what is she afraid of.But what kind of secret is this guy keeping so cautiously...She didn't know that this appearance would arouse the curiosity of others even more.

(End of this chapter)