After entering the book, I no longer want to be a substitute

Yunxiu returned to the classroom angrily. The system tried to calm her down, but ended up getting scolded.

It had no choice but to shut up and ignore her.

I really can't win the argument.

It was still early for evening self-study, and besides Yunxiu, Xu Wenting was the only one left in the classroom.

Seeing her come in, Xu Wenting was silent for a while.

Then he handed Yunxiu some photos.

She looked down suspiciously and found that the people in the photos were the same as children.

In just a few seconds, Yunxiu recognized that the girl in the photo was Shi Ya when she was a child.

Judging from the status, it should not be missing yet.

Yunxiu knew that Xu Wenting had something to tell her, but she didn't say anything and waited for her main text.

Xu Wenting pulled out the photo at the bottom, which was a photo of Shi Ya and a boy. It was not difficult to tell that it was Zhou Xi.

"Her name is Zhou Ruo, you should remember her."

Xu Wenting's voice is clear and every word is distinct.

Yunxiu nodded.

Seeing that she still remembered, Xu Wenting threw away the reminder she had prepared and went straight to the point:

"When she was five years old, she unexpectedly disappeared. Do you know what the rumors say?"

As if she knew Yunxiu didn't understand, Xu Wenting paused and continued, "Some people suspect that Su Lin was indirectly responsible for her disappearance, and that his indirect responsibility is quite significant."

Su Lin indirectly caused Zhou Ruo's disappearance?

Yunxiu gave the other person a puzzled look.

It means to expand on it.

Xu Wenting turned her eyes away awkwardly. It was strange that she was too embarrassed to look Yunxiu in the eye.

Those eyes are too pure.

"Zhou Ruo was particularly fond of Su Lin at the time, even more than her own brother. One time, she secretly ran to the Su family to look for Su Lin, but unfortunately he was not there, so the housekeeper had someone send her back.

But Zhou Ruo was quite stubborn and was unhappy when she couldn't see Su Lin, so she called him a few days later and asked him to come to the Zhou family. Su Lin had been scolded for playing the wrong note on the piano and didn't want to see anyone, so he hung up the phone. Zhou Ruo, unwilling to give up, ran to find him alone and disappeared on the way.

After listening to this, Yunxiu finally understood why Zhou Xi always had hostility towards Su Lin.

The two families basically don't interact much, but they compete with each other openly and secretly.

However, instead of looking for the person who abducted Zhou Ruo, they just keep hurting each other. Is this really useful?

Yunxiu put away his disappointed look and asked her:

"What's your purpose in telling me this?"

Xu Wenting made no secret of it: "I hope you can tell me a fact, and it must be the truth."

Yunxiu: "I want to hear the questions first."

"Two days before Zhou Ruo disappeared, did she explicitly say that the safety lock was for you?"

Xu Wenting deliberately lowered her voice when she said this.

Yunxiu narrowed his dark, bright eyes and asked instead of answering, "Since you've asked that, it means you already have the answer in your heart, right?"

Xu Wenting raised her eyebrows with a hint of displeasure.

She didn't like people like Yunxiu, who knew very little but acted like he was in control of everything.

Xu Wenting no longer doubted this:

"So, why did Meng Yao take the safety lock that originally belonged to you?"

Yunxiu supported his chin with both hands and looked out the window.

The sun sets in the west, the setting sun is blood red, and a halo lingers on the edge of the windowsill, about to fade away.

She said: "Owning a safety lock is like owning Zhou Xi, which gives you more confidence."

"But what Meng Yao really wanted was never the safety lock or Zhou Xi, but all the benefits they could bring her that she could keep for herself."

"You may be shocked and laugh at me for presumptuously speculating about your kind-hearted friend, but I hope you understand that a true friend would not leave you alone knowing there is danger."

Xu Wenting was stunned.

There is one thing she has always known and has to admit, that Meng Yao really cares about Zhou Xi.

Not only him, she also cares about Shen Que, Su Lin, Cheng Nanshu and many others.

She cares about whether they pay attention to her today, whether they will still care about her tomorrow, and whether there will be a day when these people will no longer pay attention to her all the time.

Xu Wenting couldn't stand it anymore and once advised her not to live like a puppet. She was herself and didn't need to worry about attracting other people's attention day and night.

But Meng Yao is always so desperate. She says that her parents don't love her as much as they seem.

She lived too tiringly and too cautiously in the Meng family. If she did not do something well, she would be severely punished.

Living in such an environment, she felt lonely and depressed, and felt that she had no belonging.

She said she couldn't lose these people again.

Otherwise, she would really have nothing.

Xu Wenting had received many favors from her, and she agreed to her request without any reason, feeling half distressed and half confused.

However, she had also told Meng Yao not to use such dirty and despicable means to get all this, especially not to build one's own happiness on the suffering of others.

In recent days, influenced by Yunxiu, she has been frequently investigating the Meng family and has repeatedly thought about some of Meng Yao's abnormal behaviors.

We did find some clues.

For example, Zhou Ruo’s handwritten birthday card included a peace lock as a gift, and the recipient was Yunxiu.

But all these things were in the room where Meng Yao once lived.

For example, Guan Yue did not die of a heart attack, but was deliberately murdered, and her parents received a huge remittance from an unknown source.

Furthermore, when she went to Su's house that day, Su Lin told her in person that Meng Yao's "Wandering" copied Yun Xiu's original manuscript, and there was both witnesses and evidence.

But Meng Yao clearly swore that "Wandering" was the eighteenth birthday gift she gave to herself.

To wash away the damage that beast had left on her.

Thinking of this, Xu Wenting's eyes turned cold and she suddenly bit her lower lip.

She was only fifteen years old at the time.

……

All these things made her extremely panicked.

She avoided it for several days before slowly convincing herself to accept a fact: perhaps the Meng family and Meng Yao were not as simple as they seemed.

She was reluctant to doubt her friend, but this time reason prevailed. She felt that no matter what the final truth was, it was necessary to conduct an in-depth and detailed investigation.

Yunxiu changed his posture, supporting his cheek with his hand, looking directly at Xu Wenting, entwining his hair with his fingertips, and said:

"Since suspicion has already been raised, there's no need to conduct a high-profile investigation, as this could easily alert the suspect.

Before the real truth comes to light, I hope we can temporarily put aside our grudges and stop giving each other the cold shoulder every day, okay?"

She said it very casually, without holding any grudges.

Xu Wenting didn't expect Yunxiu's guess to be so accurate.

She clearly didn't say anything.

It seems that this person's brain is really smart and flexible enough, and he can understand things at once.

From this moment on, Xu Wenting was truly willing to believe that Yunxiu's experience in Country Y was indeed a misunderstanding.

There is another reason for Meng Yao's disappearance.

When Xu Wenting thought of this, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, her voice trembling slightly: "I understand."