The middle-aged man spoke first, "My name is Jiang Yongcheng. I usually drive a truck and haul goods. I also like to read supernatural novels."

The man in the suit opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, a woman's voice came from beside him, lecturing a child.

"Chengcheng, how many times have mom told me! Go home after school and don't run around, why don't you listen!"

Looking around, there was a woman wearing an apricot cardigan sweater and a knitted skirt, holding a small white bag in her hand. She frowned slightly and looked down at the 6 or 7-year-old boy next to her.

The boy was so scolded that he didn't dare to look up. He looked at the floor with red eyes and whispered, "Mom, I'm sorry. I promise to go home on time."

The woman frowned, knelt down and said to the boy.

"Chengcheng, it's not that mom doesn't believe you, it's just that you said the same thing last time, but you didn't go home on time today. Has mom ever taught you not to lie?"

Upon hearing this, the child lowered his head even further and whispered, "I'm sorry..."

The school uniform the child wears is clean without any stains, neat nails, moderately long hair, and hundreds of shoes.

The moment a woman stops there, she feels very gentle, like a spring breeze.

The workplace female general Jiang Yingbai looked at them all over, and finally landed on the man in the suit and then looked at the child. The man in the suit understood and walked forward with a smile.

The man in the suit said with a smile on his face, "Hello, miss, excuse me. Childhood is the most innocent and lovely time in a person's life. Punishing blindly will only be counterproductive. We should be patient and carefully educate children."

Then the man in the suit reached into his pocket, and after a while he took out a cartoon animal-shaped marshmallow and handed it to the child. The child stretched out his hand, but did not take it. He looked up at the woman.

The woman stood up, looked at the man in the suit up and down, and said calmly, "Sorry, I can't eat sweets during the teething period."

After hearing this, the man in the suit put the candy back into his pocket, "That's really a pity."

He looked down at the child, who hid behind the woman, "Your child is very handsome. My wife was just pregnant. I hope my child can be as handsome."

When the woman heard the boy being praised, her angry face instantly softened a lot, she rubbed the boy's head and said with a smile.

"Hmm, my family Chengcheng is not only handsome, but also very good at studying. Last time his teacher even praised him for getting perfect marks in every subject in school."

When the man in the suit wanted to continue to approach her with her mouth open, the boy stretched out his hand and gently pulled the woman's skirt. He looked up at the woman, with unshed tears still in his eyes, and his eyes were watery.

"Mom, I want to go home. How about we go home?"

After hearing this, the woman immediately took the boy's hand and left without looking back. Jiang Yingbai and the others looked at their backs.

At this time, the boy suddenly turned around. His aggrieved mood was gone, his eyes and face were full of indifference, but for just a moment, he turned back again.

The young man looked at the boy's leaving figure and said, "That woman should be the protagonist of this story."

As soon as the words fell, the three people except Jiang Yingbai glanced at the young man for a moment. Jiang Yingbai soon discovered this and spoke in a calm tone.

"This...no way, the news I got is about the little boy."

The young man approached Jiang Yingbai with a smile.

"If you put it that way, it seems to be true."

"But, little girl, you look pale and weak, as if you have been seriously ill and have been lying in the hospital for several years without seeing the sun. How about you hang out with me? I will take you to eat and drink."

After saying that, he wanted to put his hand on Jiang Yingbai's shoulder. Jiang Yingbai's face stiffened visibly, and he quickly took a big step back, "It's better not to use it, thank you."

The young man looked at Jiang Yingbai with a smile, "You are out of sight now. My name is Cheng Bu. What about you?"

Jiang Yingbai opened his mouth and made up a name, "Ji Bai." As soon as he finished speaking, an old woman walked out of the alley beside Jiang Yingbai, looked at the direction the boy left and sighed, "Damn, that child …”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Bu came closer and asked, "Do you know that boy?"

The old lady held a cane in one hand and slowly said, "Yes."

"Then why didn't you speak for him just now?"

The old woman didn't answer. She looked up at Cheng Bu, turned around with her cane and wanted to walk back to the alley.

Cheng Bu shouted at the old woman at the top of his lungs, "Hey, old woman, don't leave. You should make it clear before you leave."

After taking a few steps, the old woman's pale voice sounded, "It's getting dark soon. Go home and go to bed early. It's not very safe here at night."

The sound of the cane hitting the ground gradually faded away, and before disappearing completely, a sentence floated over, "There are some things that I can't change if I want to."

Cheng Bu looked away and said nonchalantly, "It's really boring. I said a few incomprehensible words and left."

The four of them looked at him. Cheng Bu waved his hand and said cheerfully, "What are you looking at me for? I'm going back to the hotel to take a shower. You can do whatever you want."

After saying that, he put his hands in his trouser pockets and strutted towards the hotel.

Jiang Yongcheng folded the Buddhist beads in his hand and said, "It is indeed getting late, so I will go back to sleep first."

The working woman turned around and walked towards the hotel without saying a word.

Jiang Yingbai stood there, looking at the alley where the old man left, thoughtfully.

The man in a suit smiled at Jiang Yingbai who was in a daze, "Let's go, don't fall behind."

The front desk of the hotel was empty, the front desk lady was not there, and the whole building was very quiet.

When the man in the suit saw everyone except Jiang Yingbai heading to the elevator, he said to Jiang Yingbai, "Let's get together."

Jiang Yingbai shook his head, "No, my room is on the second floor and I don't need an elevator. Thank you."

The narrow steps were dimly lit, and when you looked up, there were steps except steps, and you couldn't tell how many floors there were.

Jiang Yingbai quickened his pace and returned to the second floor. The stairs were so gloomy and uncomfortable.

Returning to the room where he woke up at seven o'clock, Jiang Yingbai looked up at the clock on the wall. The time was 7:50.

Jiang Yingbai then began to check the room and found a white phone in the bedside table. It only had the apps that came with the phone, 200 yuan in WeChat, and no one in the address book.

After finding no other abnormalities, Jiang Yingbai sat down on the bed with confidence and began to review what happened in the past 20 minutes.

"I was the last one to wake up. As soon as I woke up, I found a few of them chatting downstairs. Judging from their words and deeds, it seemed that they had known about random copies for a long time."

Jiang Yingbai had a headache when she recalled how she got here.

"If I had known it, I wouldn't have gone out."

"And their attitude is very strange. They seem to know this copy very well. Did I miss any information?"

Jiang Yingbai couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)

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