There are two children's rooms on the second floor, one for boys and one for girls. Xie Heng has placed cards on almost every toy and piece of furniture. He explained that the wooden horse was the best choice after selecting several models and giving them to several employees' children. He also mentioned that the small blackboard on the wall was a precaution, as older children tend to scribble on the walls. In the end, he compromised and said that if their children still liked to create on the walls, he would frame them and label them with the date, which would serve as a kind of commemoration.

There was a sketchbook on the desk in the study. Zhou Yanning flipped open it. The top picture was a girl with a high ponytail, drawing her bow from behind, at the Edinburgh Archery Center. The second picture was a girl sitting in a streetside restaurant in Edinburgh, receiving a white rose from a gypsy girl.

Zhou Yanning flipped through the thick stack of drawing papers one by one. The date and place were marked next to each page. She saw that there were even pictures of her walking on the playground in high school and playing badminton with classmates in college.

During the four years they were in a foreign country, they did not confirm their relationship. Zhou Yanning was very cautious in keeping a distance between them. Therefore, although they often kept in touch and Xie Heng would give her small gifts from time to time, they rarely met.

She didn't know how many times Xie Heng had secretly come to see her, watching her from afar, and then leaving without disturbing her.

Xie Heng wrote on the last piece of paper: "I have laid all my love before you, Yan Ning. I have no secrets left."

He told her that his love was much greater than she thought.

Zhou Yanning was strolling around the villa slowly, while Secretary Xu outside began to get anxious, "Why hasn't Mr. Xie arrived yet?"

He called Xie Heng's driver, who said, "Mr. Xie and I separated as soon as we got off the plane. Mr. Xie said he would drive over himself."

Secretary Xu called Xie Heng's cell phone again, but was told that the call was temporarily unavailable.

What's going on? Secretary Xu felt a sudden panic in his heart. He was about to call again when he saw Zhou Yanning coming out of the villa with a pale face.

He hurried forward and asked, "What's wrong with you, Miss Zhou?"

"I received a call," Zhou Yanning said calmly, "Xie Heng had a car accident on Xinghai Bridge... and fell into the sea."

Secretary Xu's heart was beating fast: "What?"

He took out his phone, but for a moment he didn't know who to contact first. At this moment, Zhou Yanning was surprisingly calm. She said, "Contact the media and the police. Make sure this news doesn't leak out. I'll call my uncle and aunt and ask them to come back and take charge of the situation."

"...Okay." Secretary Xu also calmed down.

Xie's parents arrived that night. The police immediately salvaged the car. The driver's window was completely shattered. Xie Heng was not inside. He broke the window at the last moment and escaped.

"That's good, that's good." Xie's mother tried hard to hold back her tears. "Ah Heng is a good swimmer. He even won the swimming championship in middle school. He will be fine, he will be fine."

Zhou Yanning put a shawl on her, put her arm around her shoulders, leaned on her shoulders and comforted her silently.

In fact, except for Zhou Yanning, everyone knew that Xie Heng was in danger. From the time of the accident until now, the Xie family, the Zhou family and the police had mobilized many connections to look for him, but there had been no news so far, and the major hospitals had not received any reports of patients matching Xie Heng's description.

Zhou Yanning looked tired. She knew that Xie Heng was fine. He would lose his memory and drift to Qingping Town, where he would be taken in by the heroine.

She thought she had already won the plot, but it dealt her a heavy blow at her happiest moment.

Although Xie's father had been retired for several years, he was still able to handle the Xie Group with ease. Xie Heng's accident remained completely secret. Only a few people knew there had been a car accident on the Xinghe Bridge, but there was no information about the victims.

The police reviewed the surveillance footage of the accident and got some clues: "It doesn't look like an accident."

"The car that hit Mr. Xie head-on was recorded as stolen half a month ago," the police said to the Xie family. "Based on the driver's route, we can almost confirm that he deliberately hit Mr. Xie."

"The driver died at the scene and was unrecognizable. However, we compared his DNA and it matched that of a robber who had been out of prison for six months. He was alone, without a father, mother, wife, or children."

"The car behind us blocked Mr. Xie's escape route. It was also a stolen vehicle. The driver was wearing a mask at the time of the incident. We followed the surveillance cameras along the way and found the car in a wooded area 100 kilometers away. The driver had already abandoned it and fled."

Xie's mother's voice trembled: "Who wants to harm my son?"

The police officer said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Xie, we don't have many clues right now, but we will do our best to solve the case as soon as possible."

After returning home, Xie's father thought for a moment and said to everyone, "If you find Xie Heng, don't make it public yet."

Everyone agreed.

But a week passed and there was still no news from Xie Heng.

The entire Xie family was in a state of despair, and Xie's mother cried every day. Although Zhou Yanning knew that Xie Heng was fine, she had to pretend to be depressed and comfort Xie's mother every day.

This is the strength of the plot. Xie Heng is a living person, and Qingping Town is not an isolated place. The Zhou and Xie families tried their best but could not get any clues.

Finally, Zhou Yanning found a private detective and intentionally guided them in the direction of Qingping Town, and he indeed brought back the news.

Zhou Yanning hadn't smiled for a long time. She held up the photo of Xie Heng playing with a dog in a cheap T-shirt and shorts in the small town and laughed heartily.

If her people had not found any news about Xie Heng, she would have had to admit the power of the plot, but it turned out that it always had to give way to the logic of this world.

Let's fight and see who will win in the end.

Xie Heng in the photo looked thinner and seemed darker, with an ugly bandage wrapped around his forehead. The stingy heroine didn't even take Xie Heng to the hospital, but just bandaged him in a small clinic.

The plot mentioned that Xie Heng lost his memory because the current in the sea was turbulent and he hit his head on a rock, leaving a bruise in his brain. However, it gradually dissipated over time without leaving any sequelae.

However, this time Xie Heng's fall into the sea was very different from the plot, and Zhou Yanning did not dare to gamble with Xie Heng's health.

She told the news about Xie Heng to both the Zhou and Xie families.

Xie's mother cried with joy. Chen Anran was also a sentimental person. He started crying and grabbed his mother-in-law's hand, saying, "God bless me, God bless me."

Zhou Yanning expressed her thoughts: "I want to go to Qingping Town."

Xie's father pondered for a moment. "The murderer hasn't been found yet, so it's not advisable to bring him back and alert the enemy. Besides, he has lost his memory, so he may not trust or cooperate with us. Go there and take him for a thorough examination. If there is a serious problem, you should bring him back for treatment."

Zhou Yanning nodded and said, "Okay."

Mother Xie hurriedly said, "I want to go see Ah Heng, too."

Father Xie refused without a second thought. "If Yan Ning goes, we can tell others that they went abroad for fun. If the murderer hears about it, he'll think Yan Ning is too heartbroken and is going out to relax. If you go, do you think the murderer will think you, a mother who lost her son, are in the mood to go out for fun?"

Xie's mother was so angry that she punched him. "What nonsense are you talking about? It's really unlucky, bah bah bah!"

That afternoon, the Xie family's private plane flew to the UK, creating the illusion that Zhou Yanning had gone abroad.

Zhou Yanning himself appeared in Qingping Town carrying a suitcase.

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