Moonlight falls into my arms

Huo Xingzhou seemed to suddenly realize something.

"You're not worried about that, are you?" Huo Xingzhou assumed that Jiang Yuci hadn't told Ruan Li about her first love, so he hadn't thought about it at all.

But after thinking it over, Ruan Li's rejection of Jiang Yu could only have been caused by that one incident.

He also understands that it's hard for anyone to accept that the person they like once loved someone else so deeply, especially someone who even has the same face as her.

Everyone would feel like they're a stand-in, right?

"Jiang Yuci told you about his first love?" Huo Xingzhou asked.

After realizing Jiang Yuci's feelings for Ruan Li, Huo Xingzhou told Jiang Yuci never to tell anyone that the two looked exactly alike.

This kind of thing is impossible to explain. Even if Jiang Yuci said that he likes Ruan Li now, there will inevitably be some distance between them.

“I know,” Ruan Li nodded.

"Alright, I understand now." Huo Xingzhou stood up. "You can eat slowly. I'm going to find Jiang Yuci."

He'll definitely give that guy a good scolding. Everyone knows that people would mind their first love or their "white moonlight" (idealized image in a romantic relationship), and he even directly told Ruan Li about it.

Looking at the photos on her phone, Ruan Li wasn't really listening to Huo Xingzhou's words. She just held up her phone and asked Huo Xingzhou, "Was Jiang Yuci the school heartthrob before?"

Ruan Li suddenly remembered something. Tan Yue once said that Xu Wang had always been the school heartthrob in school, and the last time she saw Xu Wang, he called Jiang Yuci the school heartthrob. In other words, they were both school heartthrobs and were in the same year.

Ruan Li vaguely remembered that when she was engrossed in doing practice problems, someone mentioned that there were two school heartthrobs vying for her attention that year, but at that time Ruan Li was focused on her studies and didn't pay attention.

Looking back now, could that influential figure back then have been Jiang Yuci?

She was actually this close to Jiang Yuci...

Huo Xingzhou found her words somewhat ridiculous: "Although I didn't go to the same school as him, with his face, he couldn't possibly be anyone else but the school heartthrob, right?"

He may be a bad friend, but there's nothing wrong with Huo Xingzhou's attitude towards Jiang Yuci.

“Brother Huo!” Ruan Li suddenly picked up her phone and looked at Huo Xingzhou.

Huo Xingzhou looked bewildered. Why was this person suddenly being so attentive?

"Can you do me a favor?"

Ruan Li looked at him eagerly, "You're a lawyer, aren't you? Can you find a lot of cases? Can you find cases from ten years ago?"

Ruan Li said to him, "Help me."

Huo Xingzhou frowned: "What do you want to investigate?"

Ruan Li remembers it clearly. One afternoon at school, everyone in the class was supposed to be doing practice problems, but there were only a few scattered people in the classroom that day. Ruan Li didn't pay much attention to it. Later, her deskmate came back, and Ruan Li had just finished a test paper. She had corrected it and got a good score, so she was in a very good mood.

She chatted with her deskmate for a bit. Her deskmate knew that she was focused on her studies and rarely chatted with her about gossip. That day, she only chatted with Ruan Li a little more because she saw that Ruan Li was in a high mood.

"I saw our school's heartthrob, ***, get into a fight and even push someone off a building... He was rushed to the hospital, and the police were called..."

Ruan Li now suspects that the school heartthrob might actually be Jiang Yuci.

"This kind of thing should have caused a big argument, but I heard that nothing came of it and no one has mentioned it since."

"Why are you looking up this kind of gossip?" Huo Xingzhou asked.

"This isn't gossip. My deskmate witnessed it with his own eyes. Logically speaking, if someone witnessed something, shouldn't they be implicated? I just want to know... if we can find out about my deskmate through this incident. I want to know how my deskmate is doing now."

"People from ten years ago, how could it be so easy to find them? The internet wasn't as developed back then as it is now." Huo Xingzhou thought it was unlikely.

"So... I'd really appreciate it if you could find it..."

If she could find someone who knew Ruan Li, she might learn some truth about why she became the way she is now. At the very least, she might get some news about her parents.

"I'll try my best, but don't get your hopes up too high." After saying that, Huo Xingzhou looked at Ruan Li and said, "But if you suspect that person is Jiang Yuci, aren't you curious why he pushed the person down?"

Ruan Li smiled innocently: "If it's him, then it must be because that person did something really outrageous."

Huo Xingzhou raised an eyebrow, wondering why he had inexplicably been fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

Before leaving, Huo Xingzhou ate two more bites of sweet and sour fish, saying, "Keep it up in the future."

"Hmm?" Ruan Li asked, puzzled.

"How you address me." Huo Xingzhou was very concerned.

Because of his profession as a lawyer, Huo Xingzhou always had a stern face when dealing with clients and colleagues.

Gradually, his demeanor became more like that of an "uncle," but he really didn't like being called an "uncle."

Ruan Li smiled awkwardly: "Okay, brother."

Huo Xingzhou left satisfied.

He called Jiang Yuci while driving.

He smiled and said, "Now you know why Ruan Li rejected you, right? Why did you have to say such disgusting things?"

The voice on the other end was deep, "I didn't say that."

Huo Xingzhou thought for a moment, "Could it be that he's bothered by your first love who you secretly loved for ten years without reciprocation, so that's why..."

"She said she had changed her mind."

Huo Xingzhou paused for a moment: "Have you ever considered that her changed feelings might not mean she's fallen for someone else, but perhaps it's simply that her thoughts are different now than before?"

Jiang Yu resigned: "......"

He didn't think about it.

Huo Xingzhou then brought up the latter incident, "So, were you the one who pushed that person down?"

Huo Xingzhou instinctively didn't believe it could be Jiang Yuci.

Jiang Yuci is usually indifferent to everything, so how could she possibly do something so drastic?

"It's me," the voice on the other end confirmed.

Huo Xingzhou was stunned for a moment, "...What happened?"

Jiang Yu remained silent on the other end.

Huo Xingzhou added, "Ruan Li asked me to help investigate this matter. She wants to find the witness who saw you push the person down. If you can tell me what happened, it will be easier for me to find the witness. Helping Ruan Li is helping you, so you'd better tell me."

The other person broke their silence: "I didn't push him. He was provoking me, so I just gave him a warning. He tried to hit me, but I dodged and he fell down on his own."

"Provocation and disturbance... those four words sound so familiar. Who would dare to provoke and disturb you... your brother?"

Jiang Yuci responded with a faint "Mm".

Huo Xingzhou never expected that the two brothers would have started having conflicts so early on.