In response to Xiaolang's question, Chen Mu smiled and shook his head.

"I don't know, but we'll find out soon enough. Come with me, and we'll look in the safe.

There will definitely be the answers you want to know, and... what I want."

What Chen Mu wanted, naturally, was the strengthened crystal.

Players have searched everywhere for the past few days but have not found any strengthening crystals.

Then there is no doubt that the strengthening crystal must be hidden in the safe.

Did Wang Yikai open the safe? Did he take away the enhanced crystal?

Chen Mu felt that no matter whether Wang Yikai opened the safe or not, Wang Yikai would not take away the enhanced crystal.

The reason is simple. If you take it out, it will easily be discovered by others, which will arouse suspicion and then there is a risk of exposing your identity.

Wang Yikai would not take this risk. If he failed, the enhanced crystal would definitely belong to someone else.

If you succeed, as long as you are alive, the enhanced crystal will be yours sooner or later.

At that moment, while Zhang Yiqi was helping her stop the bleeding, Chen Mu pulled the Wilderness Wanderer and quietly slipped away from the door.

The two came to Zhang Yiqi's bedroom. Since Zhang Yiqi came out in a hurry, he did not close the bedroom door.

Chen Mu pushed open the half-open door, and the two of them quietly came to the closet, pushed open the door of the closet, and found the safe in the corner.

The safe has a combination lock, but due to years of disrepair, the touch-screen button for the combination is broken and cannot be opened.

Chen Mu took out the key and inserted it into the keyhole.

He turned the key, and with a mechanical click, the heavy door of the safe slowly opened.

Just as Chen Mu expected, there were no drugs or ropes in the safe.

There was only a large yellowed document bag inside.

I opened the file bag and at the top was a discharge certificate.

"Is Zhang Yiqi a soldier?" The Wilderness Wanderer was a little surprised. He had guessed many identities, but he didn't expect him to be a soldier.

But if you think about it carefully, this is consistent with Zhang Yiqi's muscles, and it also explains why he is so skilled at using tourniquets.

On the discharge certificate, there was a record of the battles that Zhang Yiqi had participated in, covering half a page of densely packed information.

There is a photo under the discharge certificate.

There are two men in the photo, one of whom is Zhang Yiqi in military uniform. He is hugging a comrade-in-arms, and both of them are smiling happily at the camera.

Chen Mu looked at the other man in the photo. "Based on my experience, if nothing unexpected happens, this man should be the son of this old couple."

The Wilderness Wanderer scratched his head. "Didn't the old lady next door say that he failed in his business and committed suicide by jumping off a building? How did he join the army?"

"She said that he disappeared after his business failed. It was said that he committed suicide by jumping off a building. Now it seems that he should have joined the army."

Chen Mu opened the photo and found a suicide note underneath it.

This is not Zhang Yiqi's suicide note, but the suicide note of a soldier named Zhao.

The old man in this family’s surname is Zhao, so it seems that this is definitely his son’s suicide note.

Chen Mu opened the suicide note and read the words on it.

As each word jumped into his eyes, the dusty past slowly unveiled its mysterious veil before Chen Mu.

Just as the old lady said, when Xiao Zhao failed in his business, he not only lost all his savings, but also lost all the pensions of the old couple.

Feeling guilty, Xiao Zhao did not dare to face his parents, so he left his hometown and went to a military camp.

In the military camp, Xiao Zhao met Zhang Yiqi. The two were assigned to the same group and performed many tasks together.

Through life and death, the two formed a deep friendship.

In the intervals between battles, both sides would chat about family matters and knew each other well.

Zhang Yiqi has no parents and has been an orphan since childhood. He once encouraged Xiao Zhao to go back and see his parents.

According to Zhang Yiqi, your parents will not blame you, they just want you to stay with them.

Xiao Zhao’s idea is to go back to his parents after his military service is over and he has saved enough money for their retirement.

Zhang Yiqi once joked, "If you died on the battlefield, wouldn't your parents be even more sad? Their own son died twice?"

Xiao Zhao punched him. "Then don't let them know that I'm actually still alive. In their minds, I've been missing for a few years and I'm probably dead."

Unfortunately, their words came true. During a battle, the two were surrounded by the enemy.

At the critical moment, Xiao Zhao stepped forward and covered Zhang Yiqi's retreat, but Xiao Zhao himself stayed there forever.

One life for one!

On the night of the breakout, Zhang Yiqi looked in the direction where Xiao Zhao died and said, "Brother, I will take care of your parents until the end of their lives."

A few months later, Zhang Yiqi's service ended.

He took Xiao Zhao's belongings and found the town where the old couple lived based on the address Xiao Zhao left.

He once considered whether to return the relics directly.

But when he saw the old couple walking in the park, he finally decided not to add any more sorrow to them.

In the minds of the old couple, their son had already jumped to his death. If they knew that their son was not dead, but had died in the war in recent months, what good would it do except to make them sad again?

The old man's hair has turned white, and they can't withstand another blow.

Zhang Yiqi decided to fulfill his promise and take care of Xiao Zhao's parents until the end of their lives.

He needed a reasonable reason to get close to the old couple. Naturally, he thought of imitating Xiao Zhao to get closer to them.

What Zhang Yiqi didn't expect was that the old couple were very nice people. He didn't have to put in much effort and was actually invited by them to live in their home.

Perhaps in the old couple's hearts, they and Xiao Zhao are really too similar.

After moving into the house, the care from the old couple made Zhang Yiqi feel the warmth of home that he had never felt before.

Zhang Yiqi sealed his past, as well as Xiao Zhao's past, in the safe at home.

He never mentioned a word about his past identity, just to avoid arousing the suspicion of the old couple and prevent them from knowing the truth.

That's why, when the players asked him about his muscles, he chose to change the subject. Because at that time, the old man's ghost might be nearby.

Even if you become a ghost, don't let the ghost know about this sad past.

But... things don't always go as planned.

A few months ago, the old man accidentally slipped in the bathroom after taking a shower.

The old man was very fragile and a slip cost him his life.

After her husband passed away, the old lady could not bear the blow and became bedridden after a serious illness and became a vegetable.

Zhang Yiqi felt deeply guilty. He felt ashamed of his comrades and the old couple.

When the old man's ghost came back, he didn't dare to face the old man due to self-blame and guilt, thinking that the old man came back for revenge.

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