Moonlight falls into my arms

"I need to go to the old town." Jiang Yuci looked at him. "You can get out of the car now."

"What are you going to do? You're not going to ask this family for advice, are you?"

Jiang Yu nodded.

"They are the only lead right now. Get out of the car. I need to finish asking them and then rush to pick up Ruan Li."

Huo Xingzhou glanced at the bright sun outside. "It's so hot. I didn't drive here today. Can you take me home?"

Jiang Yu resigned and drove off.

Huo Xingzhou was surprised that this person was so agreeable today, and was somewhat flattered: "Didn't you say you were in a hurry to pick up Ruan Li? Why are you willing to give me a ride?"

Just when Huo Xingzhou thought Jiang Yuci had finally realized that her heart was made of flesh and blood, Jiang Yuci shattered his illusions with her own words.

"I didn't say I'd take you back."

"Ah, and you?" Huo Xingzhou glanced at the route outside the window.

...I'm numb, so we're heading straight to the old town.

He comforted himself, at least Jiang Yuci bought him a house in the old town. Anyway, it was his house, so going to the old town wasn't exactly sending him home.

When the two arrived in the old town, they didn't hesitate or say much; they went straight to the house and knocked on the door.

It took about two minutes of knocking for the door to open.

An old man opened the door.

Jiang Yuci's eyes darkened as he recognized the person who had chased Ruan Li away in the surveillance footage.

"Who are you?"

Jiang Yuci pulled up a photo of Ruan Li on her phone: "Do you know this person?"

The old man had a good memory: "This one! A thief! He tried to steal from my house that day, but I chased him away!"

Jiang Yuci glanced behind the door: "Is anyone still inside?"

“My son and daughter-in-law are working outside, and my grandson is in school. Who are you looking for?” The old man pushed up his reading glasses. “You don’t look like bad people.”

Do you know who the previous owner of this house was?

The old man squinted: "You're here to buy a house?"

"I'm telling you! We're not selling this house! We bought it at a high price, and now we'd be losing money hand over fist..."

The old man said he was going inside to close the door.

Jiang Yuci grabbed her arm, asking, "Was the previous owner of this house surnamed Ruan?"

Huo Xingzhou seemed to have figured something out as well, and looked at Jiang Yuci: "You mean... this house could really belong to Ruan Li?"

If this house belongs to Ruan Li, then it means that Ruan Li wasn't joking about what she said before.

"Yes what's the matter?"

Jiang Yu gave the old man a sum of money, with the only request being to see the original sales contract for the house.

The homeowner who signed the contract is named Ruan Qibo.

He is Ruan Li's father.

Black and white in writing is the most powerful evidence.

Jiang Yuci looked at Huo Xingzhou: "Can you find this household registration?"

Huo Xingzhou usually needs information the most when taking on cases, and finding this is not difficult. "Okay."

Jiang Yuci followed Huo Xingzhou to the law firm. It was best to figure this out as soon as possible. Jiang Yuci thought to herself and sent a message to Ruan Li, saying that she would not be picking her up that night.

"doctor......"

"How is she?"

Qi Ru watched as Ruan Li was pushed out and went up to ask.

"It's nothing, just acute myocarditis caused by overwork and emotional excitement. You must rest well, you're so young."

Qi Ru nodded, "Thank you, doctor."

Ruan Li was already awake when she was wheeled out. She could clearly hear what the people next to her were saying, but she couldn't open her eyes no matter what she did.

When Ruan Li saw the people in the photo, it felt like she was in a nightmare.

Ruan Li had seen that book on Jiang Yuci's bookshelf before. When she opened it, Jiang Yuci stared straight at it, unable to look away.

Ruan Li never saw that book on the bookshelf again, probably because Jiang Yuci had thrown it away. She then realized why he had such a strong reaction to seeing the book; perhaps it was related to his first love.

But he threw the book away without saying a word, and Ruan Li didn't even have time to get angry.

His home was no longer like it was when Ruan Li first arrived, where she could see that other woman's shadow everywhere. She thought that she was the only one left involved in his life.

Ruan Li didn't understand why Jiang Yuci was calling Zhao Manman, nor did she know what they wanted to talk about before they arranged to meet. She thought she could wait for his explanation.

In the end, the answer came from Zhao Manman, through the photograph tucked inside the book.

She looks so much like her. The photo has yellowed with age, and the face in it is somewhat blurry, but the outline is almost exactly the same as Ruan Li's.

"Xiao Chen, come to the hospital in the suburbs and help me take care of someone..." Qi Ruren was busy and had been here for a while. She planned to call her assistant to ask him to come and look after the person.

"What are you doing?" Qi Ru saw Ruan Li suddenly throw off the blanket, pull off the IV tube in her hand, and get out of bed without a care.

"I'm fine now." Ruan Li broke free from Qi Ru's grasp.

"Where are you going? I'll have someone take you there."

"I want to go back."

Qi Ruren had to stay in the suburbs, so she sent her driver to Ruan Li to take her back. "You should get some rest when you get back."

Ruan Li seemed to have heard, yet also seemed not to have heard, nodding absentmindedly and letting out a weak "hmm".

The driver asked the people behind him where they were going.

Ruan Li moved her lips, originally intending to go to the hospital, but in the end she told Huo Xingzhou.

If Jiang Yu refused to answer, then she would ask Huo Xingzhou.

......

Huo Xingzhou handed the matter over to his legal assistant to investigate. He then pulled Jiang Yuci aside and brought up another, more important matter, "If what Ruan Li said is true, then... then the thing about traveling to ten years in the future is also true?"

Huo Xingzhou still thought this was too damn ridiculous and refused to believe it.

"Then she said she was from Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School..." Another thought was now uncontrollably growing in Jiang Yuci's mind.

Ten years ago, all the students at No. 1 Middle School looked the same and were named Ruan Li.

"No? What are you thinking? You don't actually believe that nonsense she's spouting about time travel over ten years, do you?" Huo Xingzhou thought his brother had gone mad: "I'd laugh out loud if this were on TV, and you're actually going to believe it?"

Jiang Yu said, "Whether I believe it or not, my relationship with Ruan Li will not change."

"Teacher, we've found out." Huo Xingzhou's legal assistant came in from outside. He was also one of Huo Xingzhou's apprentices and usually called him teacher.

The laptop was placed in front of Huo Xingzhou and Jiang Yuci.

“Ruan Qibo and Yuan Fang settled in the old town twenty years ago. They had a daughter named Ruan Li, but their daughter passed away ten years ago, so they sold the house and moved away.”

"Wait!" Huo Xingzhou interrupted, "What's her name?"

"Ruan, Ruan Li?" The assistant paused for a moment. "The 'Li' in 'koi' (koi carp)... What's wrong?"

Huo Xingzhou gritted his teeth: "Are you sure it's this name?"

"Yes, sure."

Huo Xingzhou glanced at Jiang Yuci, understood the meaning in his eyes, and immediately asked, "Which high school did you attend?"

"It's in Yuncheng, from No. 1 Middle School, and the students have excellent grades."

Huo Xingzhou was unwilling to believe it. In all his years, he had handled cases of all sizes and absurdities, but none as outrageous as Ruan Li's.

Jiang Yuci's voice was slightly hoarse: "Do you have any photos?"

"Yes." The legal assistant retrieved the photo. "This is it. I think I ranked in the top three in my grade and went up on stage to receive the award for a group photo."

Jiang Yuci's fingertips were slightly sweaty; he remembered this one.

In the first group photo, there were only two people on stage because he was absent that time.

Jiang Yuci later regretted countless times that he should have gone that day even with a high fever; if he had gone, the two of them could have taken a photo together.

Ruan Li had been here before, and the receptionist recognized him. "Are you looking for Attorney Huo?"

Ruan Li nodded, and the receptionist smiled, "He just got back."

Despite her dizzy head and weak limbs, Ruan Li only wanted to know the truth from Huo Xingzhou.

Huo Xingzhou's office is at the very back.

"How could there be two people in the world who look exactly alike..." The legal assistant immediately retorted when Huo Xingzhou said that people from ten years ago looked exactly the same as people now: "Even if their faces are the same, their personalities can't be the same..."

"Is there any difference? Jiang Yuci, tell me yourself, are they the same?" Huo Xingzhou's head was about to explode. He didn't want to believe this, but the evidence was right in front of him.

Same name, same school, and even Ruan Li's claim that she traveled from ten years ago—which happens to be ten years after she died—how could there be such a coincidence?

Ruan Li clenched her fists so tightly they seemed to bleed, and even her breathing appeared weak.

Huo Xingzhou still found the matter too bizarre: "Even if you think the two are alike, it might be because you miss someone from the past and have a misconception. Didn't you keep Ruan Li because she resembled her?"

"Yes."

His deep voice, as mellow as ever, was like a drowning wine.