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I was traveling with a pair of twin sisters, and I left halfway because something happened.
Soon, the police came to me and said that they were involved in a murder case and wanted to know the situation...
1
Zhou Zhiwei heard someone calling him in the experiment, "Zhiwei, Zhiwei, the police are looking for you." That foreign classmate The accent is weird, even pronouncing the name sounds like "Chai".
Zhou Zhiwei was stunned. The liquid that originally slid down the drainage rod was shaken out of the measuring cup and splashed on the table.
There are two police officers outside the window. The thin one has high cheekbones and deep eyes, and has a strong figure. The fat one wears round glasses and has a shiny face. There is a thin layer of sweat under his armpits. They stand together like a pair of cartoons. partner.
The round glasses raised the ID and signaled it to him.
Zhou Zhiwei walked out quickly without caring about the chaotic desktop.
The two policemen introduced themselves quickly, so fast that he had no time to identify who was who.
"Are you Mr. Zhou Zhiwei?"
He nodded.
The tall and thin man confirmed his date of birth, occupation and nationality one by one, and they all matched.
Zhou Zhiwei considers himself a good resident who follows the rules to the point of being boring. He has never received a ticket for driving, pays off his credit card bills on time every month, and tips the highest percentage when going to restaurants. He cannot imagine how he will be related to the police, which makes them Go to great lengths to find someone.
"Excuse me, what's the matter?" Zhou Zhiwei asked.
They looked at each other, and the policeman with round glasses said, "There is a suspected murder case, and I want to know the situation from you."
Zhou Zhi was speechless, his brain short-circuited.
murder case, how is it possible?
He is twenty-seven years old. He is studying for a boring Ph.D. in chemistry abroad. He is the most common kind of international student. He is plain-looking, taciturn, and not good at socializing. The only skill he is good at so far is taking exams.
Two years ago, Zhou Zhiwei applied for a scholarship from another university. Zhou Zhiwei came here to study boring science and engineering subjects. The subjects were difficult and there was no hope of graduating in a short time. Every day, he worked at three o'clock in the dormitory, laboratory and tutor's laboratory, and his life was regular. Turning to Starbucks to buy a cup of coffee in the middle of the trip is an unconventional route. How could someone like
be involved in a murder case?
Zhou Zhiwei hesitated to confirm again in English, "Did you mean murder?" He was afraid that he had misheard the keyword and made a joke.
The tall and thin police officer took out two pages from a stack of folders in his hand, with three portrait photos on them. "Do you know them?"
"Ah." Zhou Zhiwei exclaimed in a low voice.
He did know these three people.
2
When Zhou Zhiwei first saw these three people, he felt uncomfortable all over. Because they were so beautiful, they made him feel ashamed for no reason.
Before the end of last semester, he decided not to return to China to visit relatives and stay here to continue working on his thesis project. Unexpectedly, his tutor let him go due to family matters, and international air tickets were already extremely expensive before he checked. Several friends with whom he was not close had returned to China. He was alone and had no plans. He was worried about the long summer ahead of him for nearly three months.
When he was wandering around the Internet, he saw Chinese students recruiting travel companions on social platforms. This kind of news is not uncommon. It is nothing more than someone changing their plans for the originally planned trip, but air tickets, hotels, car rentals, etc. are all booked according to the original number of people. , can’t cancel, so find strangers to join and share the cost of the trip.
Zhou Zhiwei curiously replied to the post.
A few days later, someone sent him a private message and asked him to meet at the coffee shop of the neighboring school. He guessed this was an interview to see if he was easy to get along with and if he was eccentric.
Although Zhou Zhiwei felt a little uncomfortable being picked on by strangers, it was understandable.After all, according to the content in the recruitment post, this trip took two months, driving from the east coast to the west coast, stopping in nearly ten cities on the way, and also staying in a national park for a few nights. If this Unfavorable stranger traveling companions are torture for everyone.
The person he asked to meet was a college girl named Zhong Ai. She was sweet, with white skin and bright lips. She was sitting by the window, biting her straw and swiping her phone. After seeing the text message, she looked up, waved to Zhou Zhiwei, who was standing at the door of the store, and smiled.
Zhou Zhiwei was a little surprised.
He didn’t know what kind of scene he had originally planned.
In short, it’s not a desperate situation right now, and the girl on the other side is also quite friendly. She blinked her big eyes and asked him, "Can you drive?"
"Yes."
"That's good." Zhong Ai smiled, and her small nose wrinkled into cute fine lines, "Because our journey this time is particularly long. Neither my sister nor I know how to drive. My boyfriend will be exhausted if we rely on him alone."
Zhou Zhiwei nodded. For long-distance self-driving tours, knowing how to drive is naturally the most important thing.
Zhong Ai asked a few more questions, most of them about his study abroad experience. Then he bit the straw in the cup back into his mouth, leaned back and said, "Okay, I think you are pretty good. Do you have any questions?" "Me?"
Zhou Zhiwei smiled inwardly, feeling that this young girl was sophisticated. It was really like a workplace interview, where the examiner left the interviewer the last few minutes for rhetorical questions.
"Your post is very detailed, I can't think of anything to ask," Zhou Zhiwei scratched his nose, "I'm just curious why you need to recruit travel companions? Did someone let you go?"
It's not that I don't have anything to ask. Well, he was indeed very curious. This trip was planned in detail and reasonably, and the investment in time and money was not small. Unless it was a special emergency, he couldn't think of why the absent person would give up the trip temporarily.
Zhong Ai stared at him for many seconds without saying anything.
Zhou Zhiwei watched as her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, like a fine brush brushing against the inner wall of his heart, tickling.
"Ha, it's okay to tell you." She finally spoke and stuck out her tongue, "Actually, no one let us go. It was always me, my sister and my boyfriend."
"Then why did you order four people? - "
" My sister made up an imaginary person. "The smell of fresh perfume enveloped his nose." "She said that her 'boyfriend' would also join us by then. But the so-called four-person date has never come true in these years because she doesn't have a boyfriend at all. I already knew it."
She showed her pride inappropriately The expression is as childish as a child guessing which hand the candy is in the adult's hand.
Zhou Zhiwei was confused, "But why would she--"
Zhong Ai interrupted him again with a faint expression, "You will understand then."
3
Zhou Zhiwei now thinks about it, everything was a sign at that time.
The relationship between the sisters was subtle and weird, not the close and loving family relationship that he imagined as an only child.
He had simple interpersonal relationships since he was a child, with a narrow circle and not many friends. He studied hard all the way up and has not yet fallen in love. He was an only son in the family, and he was far away from his relatives, so he was even more curious about the sisters. Anyway, he was bored during the summer in a foreign country, so he joined the journey with great interest.
’s beloved boyfriend jumped out of the driver’s seat and helped him put his suitcase into the back seat. The
car has six seats. It has a spacious interior and a high floor, which makes it convenient to travel on desert mountain roads.
"Is this your car?" Zhou Zhiwei wanted to say hello, but regretted it as soon as he opened his mouth. Of course this won't be someone else's private car.
"It's not my car. This is the one I rented. The big car is more spacious." The boy answered.
"Ah." Zhou Zhiwei looked up at him.
Although the boy has an East Asian appearance, he speaks Chinese with a heavy accent.
"My name is Alex." The other party stretched out his hand.
"Zhou Zhiwei."
Alex opened the corners of his mouth, revealing a dozen white teeth, and said with a smile, "Let's go!"
Zhou Zhiwei guessed that he should be a second or even third generation immigrant, and he no longer speaks the native language of his ancestors. .
Zhou Zhiwei got into the passenger seat and turned around to greet the two ladies. He turned his body slightly and could only see Zhong Ai sitting on the left. Just as he was about to speak, the other party said, "Hey, you are Zhou Zhiwei?"
He was stunned, and his right shoulder was patted by a hand coming from behind. After a moment, "Hey, I'm the one who loves you."
turned around more, and Zhou Zhiwei finally brought the twin sisters into view.
The sisters look almost identical, with red lips and white teeth, exquisite facial features, and delicate skin. The only difference is that the younger sister has an ugly scar on her face, which extends from 's temple to the left side of the bridge of her nose, crossing her left eyelid. Because of this protruding beauty, the scar on my sister's face is even more abrupt and conspicuous, like a conspicuous crack on perfect porcelain. Her sister was smiling beside her, like a cruel contrast, making her aware of how beautiful she would be without this flaw.
"Sorry, sorry," he apologized, "I admitted my mistake at the moment. You two look alike."
After saying this, he felt uneasy again. Do twins like hearing comments about how similar they look?
Although it is an undoubted fact, everyone wants to be unique.
Zhou Zhiwei once innocently praised a certain female classmate for looking like a certain actress, but she immediately became dissatisfied - "It doesn't look like it at all." He was stunned, thinking that this was the highest compliment, but the girl's thoughts Hard to guess.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He only heard his sister say, "It's okay, no need to apologize. Everyone will admit it at first glance, but -"
She lifted up her bangs to make the long scar more obvious. , "You'll know how to tell us apart after we've known each other for a long time. My name is Zhong Yi." She extended her hand generously.
Zhou Zhiwei was startled.
actually felt a little sad for this strange girl.
Now, there was a photo of her in front of Zhou Zhiwei. The raised pink flesh-like scar was flattened in the file folder, like a scratch caused by an accidental mistake during the printing of the film, facing her. The smiling face covered by the lens forms a flat surface.
The round-glasses policeman asked him questions slowly, and every question was carefully worded without any flaws.
"In your opinion, what is the relationship between Ms. Zhong Yi, her sister and Alex?"
Zhou Zhiwei was afraid of making too many mistakes and replied with the simplest answer, "The three of them have a good relationship. They often chat and laugh. "
" According to your memory, were there any disputes or conflicts during the trip? "
" There must have been. "Zhou Zhiwei said. After speaking, he felt nervous again. He was afraid that he had misunderstood the seriousness of the "disputes and conflicts" in the other party's context. He immediately added, "But these are just short-lived minor frictions, which are very common in travel, such as Say who feels thirsty and wants to go off to buy a bottle of water, but others want to I hope we can drive to the gas station for a while, or there may be disagreements about the direction of finding the way. "
" Is it very serious? "
" No. This is the truth.
"Why did you return to school midway?"
"My tutor suddenly came to me with something urgent, related to my graduation project, and I had to come back early."
"How many days before the planned trip ended when you left?"
Known to all Wei was stunned by the question, "Ah, I remember driving until there was about a quarter of the way left. So there should be about two weeks left."
" In your impression, what kind of person is Ms. Zhong Yi? "
Zhou Zhiwei is most afraid of this kind of evaluation questions that have no standard answers. Rubbing his thumbs awkwardly for a while, he hesitated and said, "To be honest, I have only been with them for more than a month, so I can't say that I know them very well. "
" Just tell me your impression. "The other party did not let him go.
"Well... she doesn't like to talk much. She took pictures with her camera most of the time during the trip. She communicates more with her sister and Alex, and is very polite and courteous to me. When Alex drives, she and I usually do our own things in the back seat, and she often sleeps in the back seat. "
After Zhou Zhiwei said it, he felt that his performance was very poor.
He obviously likes Zhong Yi, but if others ask him to summarize, describe, and comment on the person he likes, he will just be speechless and feel sour in his chest.
Perhaps everyone can only talk freely about irrelevant people, and want to reveal as little as possible about the person he likes. It is best to keep it tightly in his heart and not let others know at all
The round glasses policeman stopped. , “Does she often take pictures? "
seems to be a very important key point.
" Right. Zhou Zhiwei replied. "She loves photography and never leaves her camera." "
He remembered that he almost broke Zhong Yi's camera when he stopped at a place on the way for the second night. At that time, he lost a lot of money on the hotel's gambling machine, and was so smoked by incense that he ran to the lobby door to watch the night view with nothing to do. When I met Zhong Yi, I found out that she had come here specifically to watch the fireworks show.
This city that never sleeps rises from the ground in the desert. It is bustling and brightly lit 24 hours a day. The billboard LED screen illuminates the entire main street like a river of stars in the dark. Zhou Zhiwei has no romantic feelings and thought to himself. Fireworks, a very outdated fuel, cannot compete with artificial lighting.
But when it comes to the first beam. Fireworks flew into the sky, and a golden scratch with sparks flying across the sky. The dark blue night sky was lit up by stars blooming all over the sky. Zhou Zhiwei suddenly felt boundless romance and excitement. Zhong Yi beside him raised his camera to the night sky and clicked the shutter, click, click. Thinking about taking pictures is really the most nihilistic thing in the world, recording fleeting images in a moment when you know everything will end.
Zhou Zhiwei looked down at her almost moved, feeling that this unexpected journey was very good.
The girl suddenly raised her head. Look at him, “Oops, the battery is running out, oops. I'm going to get another battery. She put the heavy camera into his hand and said, "Hold it for me." "
Zhou Zhiwei looked at the two police officers opposite and recalled everything in detail.
"I was a little itchy at the time, so I wanted to try taking pictures. After taking a few pictures, I wanted to adjust the focus." He used his hands to He rotated in the air to indicate, "But I found that it couldn't turn. I thought it was stuck somewhere, so I increased the pressure, but I heard a snap. I thought it was bad, I was ruined. When she came back, I told her that she was a little nervous. After checking it, she smiled and said it was okay. She told me that the reason why the lens could not be turned on was because there was a zoom lock to prevent the lens from automatically sliding out when it drooped. "
" So I was very impressed. She is very professional in photography. "
The two police officers looked at each other with profound meaning. Then the tall and thin man turned his head and said, "Zhong Yi did not mention the camera when he called the police, nor was it among the exhibits. "
Zhou Zhiwei was a little surprised, but he subconsciously defended, "Maybe it was lost during the trip. "
Or maybe there was vital information in the camera, so it disappeared.
The tall and thin policeman tapped the ballpoint pen refill back and forth against the table, "Mr. Zhou, do you have any photos related to them?" "
" Ah, do you want to take a group photo? He was stunned, "I only have some landscape photos.""
He is a boy who has no artistic talent and is not very particular about his appearance. During the trip, the other three people often stopped by the roadside to take pictures of each other. He would take pictures of the blue sky and white clouds, the desert road, and occasionally take selfies. Send one to parents.
“Can you take a look? "The policeman stretched out his hand, his attitude unquestionable.
Zhou Zhiwei took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, opened the photo album and showed it to the other party.
Some of the same scenery photos inevitably included those of his traveling companions. The back view was in the corner of the composition of the mountains and the sea. The two police officers zoomed in to see it carefully and asked to be transferred and saved.
Even though he knew that he was in the position of being questioned, Zhou Zhiwei couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me. What happened to the three of them? What happened? Why is it related to murder? "
The round-glasses policeman loosened the data cable and handed the phone back to him without answering his question.
Zhou Zhiwei saw in the reflection of his lenses that a photo was enlarged again, and the blue mountains and plains were breathtakingly blue. In the blue sky, there are three small figures, leaning next to the travel business car.
"Mr. Zhou, according to what you said before, you didn't know the three of them at all before joining their trip, right? "
" is. "
" and the reason why you joined was because someone on the originally booked trip for four people withdrew. "
" is. "
" Do you know who the person who quit is? "
" is Zhongyi's boyfriend, but——. Zhou Zhi replied with a slight frown, thinking about how to explain this strange situation. "But Zhong Ai once told me that that person seemed to be made up by Zhong Yi, and it is very likely that he does not exist." "
The two policemen looked at each other quickly, as if they had finally hit the mark in the long and aimless question and answer.
The tall and thin man pondered for a while, "According to your observation, does Zhong Yi also like Ai? Where's Leakes? "
Zhou Zhiwei was taken aback and didn't understand the purpose of the other party's question. The tall and thin man immediately saw his thoughts and interrupted, "You don't need to associate it with the case, just treat it as a simple question. , just tell me your intuitive yes or no. "
He shook his head in confusion and honesty, "Honestly, I don't know, I personally don't feel it. "
After saying this, he seemed to be awakened, and his face suddenly showed a look of sudden awakening and enlightenment.
Sometimes the answer to a difficult problem that has been searched to no avail is hidden in the question stem.
"Do you really feel nothing? "
Zhou Zhiwei asked himself quietly, and suddenly some vague answers were deduced from this question.
4
Logged into the local Chinese forum again, and Zhou Zhiwei saw gossip discussions related to the twin sisters. Although the police did not announce any official information , but no living person can live without a social circle. One word spreads to ten, and the local gossip has described the whole incident in detail and horrifyingly.
The sister surnamed Zhong studied in a so-so school in this city. The college, ranked among the top 100, is famous for its rich second-generation international students.
Young boys and girls love to play and dress up. With good looks and a high credit limit, he often became a sight in the city. He shocked the whole community by driving his sports car late at night. He had gone skiing and skydiving in surrounding cities. As the final exam was approaching, he paid to study in a public school. There are only so many Chinese people in the class who are in demand to write essays. Their social circles are very overlapping. Jealousy, cheating, sadomasochism, crying and fighting are not uncommon. They are so young. But each of them has a rich story, enough to write a thin book.
The Zhong sisters are beautiful, and many people know them in the area, but their personalities are not open and bold, and they are quiet and orderly on weekdays, so there is nothing wrong with them. Big news - until the end of that trip
they set off with Alex, but only Zhong Yi came back.
No one noticed anything strange at first. On weekdays, we all live in a studio apartment, and we only exchange a few greetings when we meet in the corridor. But after school started, classmates in the same grade discovered that the two sisters had not registered for any required courses. After asking the academic advisor, they found out that Zhong Yi had applied for a suspension of school. Further investigation was even more shocking, and Zhong Yi passed away. The person who posted on the
forum was obviously a second-hand dealer after the news changed hands several times. He reported that a female classmate whom he knew well knocked on Sister Zhong’s door. Zhong Yi came out and opened the door in a hurry. Her cheeks were thin and her skin was dry, as if she had been hit hard. She didn't hide anything and said straight to the point, "My sister and Alex fell off a cliff and died."
Because it was as absurd as a movie plot, Zhou Zhiwei didn't even react for a moment. The mouse stagnated on the computer screen for a few minutes until he looked like Half asleep, his legs were cramping and he was awakened by a feeling of weightlessness. Only then did he realize that the two people he had been with closely, chatting and laughing with two months ago were no longer in this heavy world.
Zhou Zhi slightly swiped his mouse to continue reading. Among the replies, some people with anonymous avatars hid behind the Internet and made random guesses. Most of them suspected that Zhong Yi pushed her sister and her boyfriend to fall off the cliff. Some sane people replied, "Please, how is that possible? ah ? If it is possible to just push her sister down when she is not prepared, then how can she pull the tall boy? "
For some reason, when he saw this reply, his heart was squeezed by invisible pressure. Released slightly.
is right. He liked the reply without thinking.
It was impossible for him to believe that that girl would do such a horrific thing.
Zhongyi.
Zhong Yi is the most special girl he knows.
She is thin but seems to be extremely powerful. She carries a heavy camera bag on her mountain climbing and cross-country journey and walks vigorously.
Back in the car, she seemed to have been sucked out of energy by the small space. She huddled by the window. The car was speeding and bumping on the rough stone road. She squinted, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were blown by the wind. strands of broken hair, looking sleepy and lazy.
Zhou Zhiwei thought that if he hadn't loved this twin sister, he might not have realized how special Zhong Yi was. When the two of them walked together, Zhong Ai was completely relaxed and happy, but when Zhong Yi smiled, the corners of her mouth would pull down a bit, as if she had an uncertain look about positive things like happiness and joy.
Sometimes the four of them eat together in the restaurant, and Zhong Ai will behave affectionately with Alex, such as wrapping his arms with his hands, or feeding him with a smile. Zhong Yi sat across from them, watching them with a serious and curious look, like a primitive man who had never been trained in intimate relationships, involuntarily learning and imitating humans who are well versed in communication habits.
Even if Zhou Zhiwei is as slow as Zhou Zhiwei, he can still imagine that Zhongyi’s growth process was not pleasant. Because of the scar on her face that cannot be ignored, she became always shrinking, cramped, and embarrassed. In contrast, her elder sister can be cheerful. Live life to the fullest.
But Zhou Zhiwei still didn’t believe that Zhong Yi was the murderer of this tragedy. She seemed a little silent and weird, and sometimes he thought she was like a small rodent minding its own business in the corner, but she was absolutely kind and harmless.
The police asked him, "Does Zhong Yi also like Alex?" Zhou Zhiwei still couldn't let go. It was obvious that the logic behind this question was that they wanted to find a breakthrough in the motive for committing the crime.
Speaking of Alex...
Zhou Zhiwei had a good impression of the boy. He was one year younger than the Zhong sisters. He was extremely simple, straightforward, and carefree. He was like the most boring single character in foreign youth movies. He was handsome. Cheerful, popular, empty-headed, and successful in life. Breaking a bone accidentally while playing basketball and missing the final exam is the biggest setback in life.
Zhou Zhiwei felt that it was easy to get along with him. Unlike most of his friends of the same nationality, he only cared about his studies, scholarships and future job salary. People of the same clan would always compete harder and compare carefully in a foreign country.
Alex knew nothing about his chemistry, project, or doctoral thesis. When he saw him in the morning, he would only happily ask, "Did you sleep well last night? Have you enjoyed your trip so far?" as if this was the most important thing. , after receiving Zhou Zhiwei's affirmative answer, he would grin, with his teeth white and neat, and add the usual "It's a good weather today."
How come this person never seems to have any worries?
Zhou Zhiwei envied him for not having any pressure.
About halfway through the journey, we encountered heavy rain and bad weather. Our schedule was blocked that day and we couldn't make it to the scheduled city. We had to find a hotel nearby. Since rooms were in short supply, Zhou Zhiwei stayed in the same room as Alex.
The girls were all wet and made an appointment to take a bath in the hot spring downstairs. He and Alex lay down and rested in the room, chatting.
Recalling this, Zhou Zhiwei suddenly remembered that Alex told him that night that he first met Zhong Yi and then met his sister Zhong Ai. At that time, he made a rather tasteless joke, "Then why didn't you get together with Zhong Yi first? They look so similar. Did you find a more perfect substitute because of her scars and defects?"
Eric Si sat up and answered seriously, "No. , in my opinion, that scar is nothing at all, it doesn’t detract from her appearance at all. I don’t understand girls. They seem to care about small flaws in their appearance. They would go for plastic surgery just because their noses are not sharp enough, or their lips are too thin, so they would get chemical injections. Product."
Zhou Zhiwei nodded.
"For me, it is more important for a girl to have a good personality. No matter how beautiful she is, it is useless to be difficult to get along with." The heartless boy became worried again for some reason, with a serious expression, "Honestly, you know, I——"
His gratuitous confession was interrupted by a knock on the door. The girls came back from the hot springs. They were wearing yukata with rosy cheeks. They smiled and asked if they wanted to go downstairs for dinner.
The conversation never continued. The communication between boys is often so superficial and casual, and the interrupted topic stops abruptly and is quickly forgotten.
Thinking about it now, Zhou Zhiwei regretted not asking further. Could Alex's sudden worries be the trigger for the sudden changes in the second half of the journey?
5
Because of the ambiguous speculation, Zhou Zhiwei became irritable. Become uneasy. He was determined to find Zhong Yi.
The check-in receipt printed by the hotel front desk was kept at the bottom of the suitcase that was randomly stuffed into the closet. There was Zhong Yi's contact number and permanent address on it.
Zhou Zhiwei couldn't tell clearly the purpose of his trip, whether he just wanted to see the other person again, or whether he secretly hoped that the other party's words would make him feel at ease, so that he could be honest and honest for the person who had doubted her for a moment. repent.
The door of Sister Zhong’s room was right in front of him.
At that time, he thought that he was only one door away from the answer, one step away.
The door is open.
Zhou Zhiwei’s first feeling was that he could not recognize Zhong Yi. The girl in front of her was emaciated and lost her soul. She looked like a shriveled little person who had emerged from her original skin, lacking the support of bones and flesh.
He immediately felt that the smallest doubts in his heart were hateful. How could a murderer punish himself to this extent?
The manuscript he had made before was no longer needed. He approached her with concern, "Are you okay? I heard about that."
Zhong Yi shook his head with vague meaning and opened the door to let him in. "Thank you, thank you for your concern."
Zhou Zhiwei wanted to ask what happened, but felt that he had no position to torture her. She must have told the whole thing to countless people over the past month, and he didn't want to offend her. , just carefully avoid Topic, "Do you need to go to the supermarket to buy something recently? I can help drive you there."
The city's public transportation system is almost out of order. Only homeless people with bad smells and idle people take the bus. Almost every international student has a car. To travel.But he knew that she didn't have a driver's license and couldn't drive. After losing Alex as a free driver, she might have difficulty traveling.
Zhong Yi seemed to be surprised by his careful thinking. She looked up at him and shook her head, "No, thank you."
Zhou Zhiwei suddenly felt a little sad. The same is true for Zhong Yi when he travels. He says "no, thank you" to almost everything. He is so cool, as if one person can take care of everything, which makes him afraid to approach her. But at this moment, the "no, thank you" she said didn't sound cool, but sounded like a disappointment to the outside world, revealing helplessness.
He was determined to help her.
At this time, she took the initiative to bring up the unsolved case.
"Don't you want to know what happened to us later?"
"I think, but if you are unwilling to say -"
"I hope more people know that I am innocent." She opened her eyes wide and spoke word by word. The pause was extremely solemn, as if the words of the following statement were to be stamped and engraved into Zhou Zhiwei's brain.
"That was an accident."
"After you left, we continued to drive west and arrived at Grand Canyon National Park . We made an appointment to go to the mountains to watch the sunrise early the next morning, but I was too sleepy and fell asleep. It was too much. When I woke up, the room next door was already empty. I guess they saw that I was sleeping soundly and didn't want to make any noise. Wake me up and go by myself. I went out to check the garage, but the car was not there. So I stayed at B&B . I was a little anxious when I didn't see them coming. "
" You know the phone signal in the park. It was very bad and intermittent, so I couldn't contact them. I just assumed that they left me alone and went for a walk. I didn't really hear anything until late at night. I started to get scared and called the police. "
" The police didn't arrive until early the next morning. They took me and searched for me, but there was no trace of me. I asked them to take me out of the park and find a hotel near the police station. A few nights later, a police officer informed me that there were wheel marks from a vehicle landslide on the cliff. "
" I was concerned about the car. I didn’t know anything about cars, and I didn’t know what model of car Alex rented. His and my sister’s bags were taken away by them, and I didn’t even have a car rental certificate. I had to bite the bullet and call Alex’s family. He called and found the car rental transaction record from his credit card account, confirming that it was the car he rented. "When Zhou Zhiwei heard this, he knew very well that this was an accident.
In this country, there are many tourists who slip and fall off cliffs when traveling in the wilderness. From time to time, they appear on the Internet here. There are also many people with serious suicidal tendencies who go to the park to commit suicide. Hundreds of people disappear every year. He didn't understand why the police were particularly suspicious of Zhong Yi.
The girl glanced at him, as if to make sure he was still listening carefully, then turned her eyes back to the void and continued.
"The park hired a search and rescue team to search the nearby river, but everyone told me that it was almost impossible to survive."
"This of course alarmed Alex's family. After they learned of the bad news, they immediately pointed the finger at me and said this This trip is a conspiracy. I don’t know why they are so hostile to me, maybe my sister always talks bad about me,” she said with a wry smile.
"Ah, they have no basis to suspect you?" Zhou Zhiwei couldn't help but interject, "But if you are going to harm your sister and Alex during a self-driving trip, why did you recruit an unrelated person like me to come in? You guys? You can't predict that I will leave early?"
Zhongyi looked at him.
Zhou Zhiwei continued to reason, "Is it possible that you want to kill me too?"
He laughed out loud. Originally he just wanted to prove the absurdity of it, but Zhong Yi's whole body trembled and his eyes widened. Looking at him, "This is not funny. Don't make such a joke."
Zhou Zhiwei immediately apologized, "I'm sorry."
"They firmly believe that their son is a very cautious person and there is no reason to drive the car under the cliff.It must be something wrong with me. After all, I have always been weird, gloomy, and a loner. I hate my sister very much and have a crush on their son. "She curled her lips.
"Then do you really like Alex?" Zhou Zhiwei followed immediately.
Zhong Yi stared at him thoughtfully, as if searching his soul, and then smiled sadly, "Oh, you must be one of them too. "
" what? "
" You, like most people, think that since I was disfigured since childhood, I must be jealous of everything my perfect sister has so easily. What she has, I secretly want to possess, even my boyfriend is no exception. "
" I don't-"
" But you are wrong! Her eyes suddenly became sharp, "Those of you who are standing on the periphery can't see the truth at the core." How pitiful. From beginning to end, I was a better person. I'm smarter than her, harder working than her, and more talented than her. Even in love, boys like me more. The things she has are always things I don't want, so she has a chance to get them. "
Zhou Zhi opened his mouth slightly, speechless for a moment, trying to interpret Zhong Yi's sudden and unexpected confession.
Zhong Yi continued, "Alex, he met me first, and he likes me very much. Of course, I still want people who are attracted to me. She didn't understand why boys were attracted to me even though she was more beautiful. So she took the initiative to pursue Alex. "
" She is, you know, the kind of girl who is like a spring breeze when you first come into contact with her, and is extremely gentle, but her true nature will eventually be revealed. She is selfish, difficult to deal with, and extremely controlling. She would put a tracker in her boyfriend's bag. Every boyfriend was frightened and broke up with her because of her life-threatening serial calls. Falling in love with her is like being punished. After withdrawing from the distance of the circle of close relationships, she became approachable and lovely again. "
When she spoke, she spoke so fast and fluently that Zhou Zhiwei suspected that she had rehearsed it countless times in her mind.
And he found that she was always glancing at him frequently unconsciously, as if to confirm whether he was attracted to him.
Is this the truth?
If this is the truth -
Zhou Zhiwei suddenly remembered that in the hotel room on that rainy night, Ai Li Kes suddenly talked to him about his experience in choosing a mate. He said that appearance was not important, but character was more important.
At that time, Zhou Zhiwei misunderstood that he was not choosing her because he loved her perfect appearance, but because he loved her. The character is better. But now it seems that he has taken the heroine as his own. The corners were turned upside down, and Alex could hardly stand the love at that time.
He was just an unexpected outsider, how could he see these secret thoughts?
"Can you see it? Can't you see it? It's okay. Very few people can see it. Her acting skills are superb, and everyone is fooled by her. Only I, as her twin, can see how hateful she is. "Zhong Yi smiled contemptuously.
Zhou Zhiwei was startled, and his heart beat wildly. He felt that Zhong Yi had no need to add the last paragraph. She who said that paragraph already had a considerable motive for committing the crime.
She Hated her sister, hated her for a long time, because she was too familiar and too close, so she turned against her sister. And became the person he couldn't stand the most.
He felt horrified in his heart and glanced at her from a distance. After the girl said all the words to vent her anger, she seemed to have been drained of all her strength and sat on the ground dejectedly, with her lonely arms wrapped around her. Knees.
“Having said this, you must think I’m scary. "She said softly with lowered eyes, her slender eyelashes were moist, like some kind of fragile bird flapping its feathers wetted by rain. "But if you know the whole story, you will understand me. "
Zhou Zhiwei felt his heart throbbing. He could not help but sympathize with her, and even found her anger and vague evil charming.
"But I am so tired today, I can't talk anymore. "She raised her eyes tiredly, as if begging for mercy.
Of course Zhou Zhiwei understood that this was an order to exclude guests. He immediately stood up and politely said goodbye, and asked her to ask him for help if she needed help.
Returned to the parking lot behind the student apartment building. The moment he opened the door, he suddenly felt a strange feeling coming over him. What he had just experienced left him dazzled and overwhelmed. When he returned to the familiar and boring environment in the car, he realized what wonderful and thrilling stories and complex relationships he had been involved in.
He was so stupid at the time that he didn't realize the undercurrent between the resentful sisters. Now that he thinks about it, many details in his memory have been answered one by one.
Zhou Zhiwei started the engine. Now that he was going back to his step-by-step life without any disturbance, he felt a little discouraged.
6
The new semester begins soon, and the campus is once again filled with energetic students and noisy parties. Zhou Zhiwei didn't talk to his roommates about what he experienced during this summer vacation, and only talked about the travel part lightly.
But he knew that this matter was far from over in his heart.
After saying goodbye to Zhongyi that time, he went back to his dormitory and dug out the photo album on his mobile phone. He scrutinized each photo one by one and finally found the photo copied by the round-glasses police officer.
It was taken when they arrived at a gas station on the highway. The four of them came out of the fast food restaurant at the gas station. Zhou Zhiwei forgot to take his credit card, so he turned back with an ouch. When he came out, he saw dusk falling, the countryside was quiet, the Zhong sisters and Alex was idly leaning on the car, chatting. The setting sun cast its most powerful beam of light on the car window, warming everything he could see.
Zhou Zhiwei couldn’t help but raise his phone and take a picture.
Zhou Zhiwei was just taking pictures at the time, but now when he zoomed in, he saw Zhong Yi staring at Alex with a smile from a distance, while Zhong Ai was holding his arm close at hand, although the portrait was not big. , but you can see the flowing emotions in it.
He leaned back in his chair, doubting his own judgment more and more.
His roommates walked in and out behind him, causing constant crackling noises in the kitchen.
Zhou Zhiwei was completely unaware, simulating the entire story over and over again in his mind. If, as Zhong Yi said, she had always believed that her sister was taking away things in her life, including the boy who liked her, then she would have real hatred and tenable motives for Zhong Yi and Alex, and the accident The unexpected fineness is greatly reduced.
But he still couldn't figure out how a weak girl could push two people off the cliff at the same time. And where did that car go? According to the police, there were wheel marks on the cliff, which meant that the person and the car rolled over. It sounded like either a suicide, or Alex's accidental driving error. What role did Zhong Yi play in the whole thing?
Zhou Zhiwei was puzzled.
Two weeks later, he received another inquiry from the police. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty this time, because most of the answers he gave to the other party had been overturned in his own mind. But he hesitated whether it was worth correcting. Firstly, he didn't want to sound capricious and lacking credibility, and secondly...
He was afraid of bringing disadvantage to Zhong Yi.
Frankly speaking, even now he can't figure out his position.
After repeatedly simulating Zhong Yi's growth psychology like an obsession, Zhou Zhiwei seemed to have unearthed some deep and unbearable sides in his heart.
He remembered that when he was a child, there was a neighbor boy who was in the same school as him and in the next class. He was cute and popular with adults. He was better than him in grades, sports, and popularity. His parents often compared him with themselves. Although Zhou Zhiwei knew that the other party had done nothing to him, he could not help but regard him as a hateful imaginary enemy.
Once I saw the neighbor kid squatting on the ground and playing marbles with several male classmates. He walked over and kicked him in the butt. Unexpectedly, the neighbor lost his balance and fell on the cement floor with his whole face. The blood stains were immediately wiped away, and the group of little boys next to him laughed heartlessly.
So far, no one has pursued his kick. The parents thought it was just a normal fight and scrape between boys. The neighbor boy didn't cry and report. Zhou Zhiwei passed away like this. He has long forgotten this matter and has grown into a well-behaved person. But now, this kind of secretive and upright story has surfaced again, seemingly to serve as a contrast to the murders of the Zhong sisters.
That kick... is it essentially the same as pushing someone off a cliff?
If the neighbor boy was standing by the window or on the stairs, and he walked over and kicked him, he would now be a murderer too. Zhou Zhiwei was shocked by this assumption.
He thought again, this is really ridiculous. No one has yet convicted Zhong Yi, but he has already come up with a hundred and eighty reasons to exonerate her. This inexplicable ability to change places and empathize is more like seeking an accomplice for oneself.
In short, he went to the police station full of worries and was surprised to learn that the body had been found.
"Last month, an expedition team found human remains and vehicles while rafting. Due to falling from a high altitude and being soaked in the river for too long, their faces were unrecognizable. After DNA comparison with family members, they were confirmed to be the two deceased in this case." Round-eyeglass face He announced expressionlessly, and the tall and thin man was replaced by a policewoman, who was now studying his expression calmly.
"Ah." He didn't expect it at all, "Then -"
He thought the cold case was closed.
But the policewoman interrupted him and asked him directly:
"In your memory, did this car have any malfunctions?"
"Ah, malfunctions?" Zhou Zhiwei was confused, "What does it refer to specifically? My impression Good in the middle "No."
The other party closed the notebook and clasped his hands on his chest, "Ms. Zhong Yi once mentioned that you encountered a heavy rainstorm during the trip and waded through deep water while driving. "
"Do you remember that?" ." Zhou Zhiwei nodded, but didn't understand why he mentioned this.
"She mentioned that after that, Alex complained from time to time that there was a problem with the car's handbrake. Did you notice it when driving?"
"Handbrake?" Zhou Zhiwei repeated lightly, intuitively the police were harvesting new information. After the evidence, the scope seemed to have been narrowed down, and the suspicion was concentrated on the vehicle failure. But it had been a long time since the incident, and he did not dare to judge these details easily. He only answered vaguely, "Maybe. Does it have anything to do with the case?"
"Remember it carefully." The policewoman said, "This is very important. .”
"Why?"
"The remains were found outside the car, and the windows and doors were closed, so we suspect they were not in the car when they fell off the cliff." Before she could finish her words, she coughed violently through her round glasses, as if complaining She gives away too many details. She immediately fell silent.
Zhou Zhi suddenly felt an answer flash in his brain.
In the past, he had seen on TV some idiot drivers who forgot to apply the handbrake. They got out of the car to look at the scenery, but did not notice that their car was sliding down the hillside. As a result, they had to use manpower to lift the car out of the river quagmire.
It would make sense if Alex and Zhong Ai were hit by a car coming from a landslide and fell together because they did not tighten the handbrake while watching the sunrise on the edge of a cliff. Alex is tall and tall, and there is no way that Zhong Yi could push him down with his bare hands. In addition, his driving skills are not bad, and he would not be so confused that he drove the wrong car and fell off the cliff. The only possibility is that they were not in the car at the time and the car's handbrake failed. And roll down quickly to knock them down.
Zhou Zhiwei couldn't help but get excited, but seeing the other party's scrutinizing eyes, he forced himself to calm down.
When dealing with the judiciary, the most taboo thing is to answer questions that are wrong and make random inferences.
At this moment, the other party only asked him if he was yes or no. There was no need for him to make a long speech to help others solve the case, so he nodded solemnly after thinking for a moment.
"You mean, you also found that the vehicle had malfunctions after the heavy rain?"
"Yes. I remember that there were several times when I skidded when driving on a steep uphill slope."
Because he was too ecstatic, like It took several days to finally help Zhong Yi get rid of the suspicion. The rapidly expanding sense of accomplishment made him answer without thinking.
These complicated problems were like a secret maze, but he finally knew the way to the exit. He just answered the question.
The two police officers looked at each other, as if they were not sure that the case was close to being concluded so soon. The female police officer asked again as if to fill in the gaps, "Have you spent any time alone with Ms. Zhong Yi?"
"Yes." Zhou Zhiwei recalled, "Zhong Ai and Alex are a couple, and they often act alone. "
" When we get along in private, does Zhongyi feel different? "
" he asked in a long tone.
"It's no different from when she got along with her sister and Alex."
"It's no different." Zhou Zhiwei said.
He knew that for others, it would be natural to imagine that a pair of similar sisters would be at odds due to jealousy and competition, but as Zhong Yi said in his confession that day when he lost control, Zhou Zhiwei never felt that during the entire journey. She has negative feelings about Beloved.
Perhaps this blow made Zhong Yi different, but before the incident happened, she had always made Zhou Zhiwei feel that she was generous and magnanimous, independent and unrestrained, and she laughed off many trivial matters.
They once visited the planetarium together, and a group of primary school students happened to come to listen to the class. Some curious children saw the scar on Zhong Yi's face and winked at their companions. Zhou Zhiwei saw it and deliberately walked in the middle to block the sight of these kids. Zhong Yi noticed it and stuck out his tongue, "It's okay, children don't understand anything."
"You must have been annoyed to death by your peers when you were a child, right?" Zhou Zhi asked with a slight smile. He admired the other person's good temper, but also felt sad that he had to experience many side glances since he was a child to develop the habit of not paying attention to passers-by.
"Haha," she raised her head and smiled, revealing her white neck, "Childhood is probably the most serious period of herd mentality. It is best to do everything the same as others, buried in a crowd of people, I have what others have, and I have nothing, If they are a little bit different, they will be ridiculed by bullies, but I pity them."
Zhou Zhiwei was in awe.
"I'm a little curious, but you don't have to answer if it's too offensive." He said carefully, "Why don't you go for surgery to repair this scar?"
Zhongyi walked under a giant celestial model with lights above his head. Rotating on this sphere simulates the changes of sunset and sunrise.
"Of course I've tried it, but I'm unlucky. I have a scarred constitution." She reached for the model above her head, half of her face immersed in the darkness, "The more you move it, the more it continues to grow, so you see it It is still red and hard and raised, as if it was just injured, but in fact it is a scar left when I was six or seven years old. "
It turned out to be like this. Zhou Zhiwei understood.
"Hey." She looked at the smart watch on her wrist, "It's our turn to queue up for the movie we just reserved, let's go."
Zhou Zhiwei looked at her, and then at the planet light years away from her, suddenly relieved that maybe The things that many people care about are just invisible dust in the universe.
There may be tens of millions of people in the world who are gloomy and perverted because of their appearance flaws, but Zhong Yi is not one of them.
7
The semester passed quickly for a few weeks, and Zhou Zhiwei came back from the meeting with his tutor. He is in a good mood and is nearing the end of his graduation thesis. If nothing unexpected happens, he will complete his degree next year and be promoted from Mr. Zhou to Dr. Zhou.
He was standing at the door of the dormitory, turning the keyhole, when suddenly the door was opened from the inside, and his roommate appeared in a panic and pushed him to the corridor.
"There is a girl looking for you." The roommate is also a science nerd with glasses as thick as wine bottle caps. He has always scored zero points in the subject of heterosexual interaction. "She is very beautiful. Tell me, how do you know her?"
"What?" Zhou Zhiwei reacted and looked inside, "Ah, I met her during my summer vacation."
"Wow, you kid!" He punched him in jealousy and surprise, "You never said you were traveling with a girl. You're amazing."
Zhou Zhiwei couldn't laugh or cry, "I'm not alone with her. . Hey, it’s different from what you thought.”
Zhongyi came to him to tell him good news. The police have closed the case and classified the accident as an accident. Alex's family has also given up pursuing the case, and she is preparing to resume school next semester.
"That's great." Zhou Zhiwei took a glass of water from the kitchen and handed it to her, "Actually, the police also came to me twice."
"Really?" She opened her eyes wide, thought for a while and said, "Yeah. Reasonable. What questions did they ask you? "
"It's just something about the journey, it's nothing." Zhou Zhiwei scratched his head and suddenly laughed, "But now that I think about it, I'll help you. Saying something nice might really help to close the case. "
"Really?" She became curious and held the glass tightly in her hands. "What did you say? Zhou Zhiwei suddenly became uncomfortable, waving his hands as if he was deliberately asking for a reward, "No, no, I'm just talking nonsense. In fact, I told you the truth about my feelings for you. I said you once lent me an expensive camera, not because of me. You almost broke it and blamed me. Although it was just a small thing, I The memory is still fresh, because most people are overly possessive and protective of the things they belong to, just like many people are unwilling to lend their cars to others. I am the same, my parents broke my things in the past. I would be furious."
He breathed a sigh of relief and said as if making a concluding statement, "So, I say, Zhong Yi is a generous and chic person, and will not kill others just because he is jealous of other people's things."
Zhong Yi had a stiff and weird look on his face after hearing these words. After being silent for a while, he reluctantly opened his mouth and smiled, "Ah, it turns out that I am so good in your heart."
Zhou Zhiwei was a little at a loss, but He understood what he said was wrong, and was about to take a step forward when he saw the girl standing up suddenly, "I should go."
"Ah, okay." He didn't know what reason to stay, so he walked to the entrance, hesitating. Open the door.
Zhong Yi regained his composure, put his hand on the door handle, and stared at him as if he wanted to leave.
"I said last time that there is still half of the story that I haven't told you. Do you remember?"
"Remember."
"When I was six years old, Zhong Ai and I were doing handwork together. I folded stars and she cut paper. . She suddenly called me, and when I looked up, she slashed my face with the handmade knife. , from my forehead across my eyelids. My parents were divorced at the time, and we were living in my grandma’s house. The old man paid me to take care of us. He felt guilty but didn’t dare to look into it, so he took me to the hospital for stitches. A few months later. I just told my parents. At that time, she had already accepted Zhong’s theory that it was me who accidentally slipped and hit the handmade knife.”
Zhou Zhiwei was stunned in place, unable to think for a moment.
"Are you sure she did it on purpose?"
Zhongyi smiled, the smile was soft and scary, "Of course, she told me. She told me personally." She patted Zhou Zhiwei's face with her slender hand. Chest, as if high-fiving an alliance.
"She... then you..." He was speechless, feeling that countless terrifying possibilities were boiling in his chest.
"If you have known since you were six years old that the people closest to you have an inexplicable, innate, animal-like hatred for you..." Zhong Yi lowered his eyes, "What happens next will not be surprising. She is addicted. For interfering with my whole life and secretly changing my test papers, She intercepted my love letters and mocked my every move, trying to make me feel worthless. She stole away all the boys who liked me, and then made up imaginary boyfriends... Alex has always liked me, but she never dared to face love, she was cowardly. The man! He lied to me about having a showdown with Zhong Ai during the trip..."
She sneered and changed her tone, "Zhou Zhiwei, do you believe that someone is born a devil? She is, she seems to have been talented since she was a child, and she does everything so seamlessly, which makes me Nowhere to report ”
. "All the pain in my life was caused by her." She sniffed, "The devil always has to be punished, right? I just need a performance that is the same without any trace."
"What do you mean? "Zhou Zhiwei asked in a daze, as if he had lost the ability to think.
"A car parked on a slope will slide down rapidly, but how could Alex forget to pull the handbrake before leaving the car?" She turned the door handle and left lightly, "I have a completely new look now." Am I still that good in your heart now? "
The spring door bounced back to the doorframe, and the heavy impact scared him out of his wits.
Is it really her?
She really wants to be here for a long time Did she kill her sister because of her desire for revenge?
But... why did she tell me?
Compared with the truth about her childhood that Zhong Yi just told, he was more shocked that she told him everything about it. .
Is it because the case has been closed, so she is confident, or can a criminal seek the highest thrill by telling an insider the truth and getting away with it
Zhou Zhi Wei Dai? Standing behind the door, his feet were as heavy as a thousand pounds, as if they were stuck and entangled by some dark and mysterious substance underground. The intertwined branches pulled him into the abyss.
The roommate came back from outside and stuffed an express carton. In his hand. "Your express delivery has been brought up for you. "
Zhou Zhiwei grabbed the opponent's elbow with his backhand, "Wait a minute, I have a question for you. "
" what? "The roommate was shocked.
"If, if you are disabled -"
"Ouch, bah bah bah. "The roommate hurriedly shook off his hand and tapped his fingers on the wooden table like foreigners did, indicating that he was throwing away bad luck. "What's unlucky? "
" - and you know who caused it," Zhou Zhiwei asked regardless, "will you retaliate?
"That's not nonsense." The roommate shouted, as if it was the simplest truth in the world, "Tooth for tooth, eye for eye, the ancient Babylonians were still a little wise."
"Then will you kill that man?"
"Hello, "Zhou Zhiwei, are you okay?" Zhou Zhiwei sat down in a daze and waved his hand, "I'm fine," he said numbly. Numbly, I opened the express box and took out the items before I realized what they were.
"Ah."
is a camera.
He specially ordered it a few days ago. It is the same style that Zhong Yi used before.
He thought that after Zhongyi lost his camera on that horrific trip, it seemed that he never picked up the hobby of photography again. Sometimes people need some hobbies to distract themselves and escape from nightmares.
The dark lens of the camera he bought on his own initiative stared at him from the depths.
Zhou Zhiwei immersed himself in his studies for several months, completing experiments, papers and defenses in one go. The moment he submitted his graduation application, he felt that everything had settled, except for one thing.
A university in central China offered him a teaching position, which was the only offer he had received so far.Being in a foreign country, he always had a "come and go" mentality when it came to the city he had lived in for several years. Zhou Zhiwei took over the teaching position after discussing it with his parents for a few days and would move out of the city within half a month. .
Packing is a huge project. After he found out about the transportation costs of moving from the east to the central city, he decided to throw away everything he could throw away as soon as possible. But he always had an evasive mentality towards that camera, deliberately bypassing it every time he packed and sealed the box.
With 48 hours left before boarding the plane, Zhou Zhiwei finally made up his mind and sent a message to Zhong Yi.
Strangely, after a few months, he was sure that he no longer liked her, and was even afraid of her, because she made him realize for the first time that people are unpredictable and it is difficult to recognize people. But when he saw her name jumping on the screen, he still felt Feeling palpitated. She is no longer a specific person, but a vague and mysterious mist, an indescribable smell, colorless, invisible and unpredictable.
What's funny is that the message returned was a question mark, "Who are you?"
Zhou Zhiwei suddenly realized that the other party had already entered the battle easily without guilt, but he still stayed where he was, hesitating on such vague matters as justice and guilt. proposition.
He briefly explained his purpose and hoped to hand over the gift in person.
Zhongyi quickly replied, "Okay, I'm camping in the wild with my club friends now. How many days will we meet?" She was so open and unafraid.
"I'm leaving this city soon."
"Then you come to me now?" She immediately gave her location without letting him tell her.
Zhou Zhiwei felt that the leaves under his feet were crunchy, and they made a rustling sound when he stepped on them, as if they were crushing life. As soon as he entered the forest, he heard the laughter of a group of young men and women. He walked in the direction of the barbecue smoke and saw Zhong Yi emerging from the shadows of the trees halfway.
She looked in good spirits, happy, and had plump cheeks.
Zhou Zhiwei sighed quietly in his heart. It wouldn't be a bad thing if she was reborn as a result of successful revenge. It's just that he sympathizes with Alex. The boy is obviously innocent, but for some reason he accidentally got involved in the feud between the sisters. But times have changed, and he doesn't bother to mention it again. Maybe he is also an insensitive and selfish person in the final analysis.
"Thank you." She quickly opened the camera bag, "Hey, it's a camera. Great, we were worried that no one would bring a camera to take a group photo."
Zhou Zhiwei wanted to leave, but after hearing this, he felt The other party was suggesting that he help take a group photo. He found that Zhong Yi had a kind of magical power on him, and no matter what she said, he couldn't seem to refuse.
"I can help you take pictures." He smiled.
The sun was setting in the west, and the air in the forest was wrapped in a golden golden dust. Sunset is often when the light is most dazzling. Zhou Zhiwei felt that the light spot diagonally in front of him hit his face, making him a little dizzy.
"Okay, let's go this way." She led the way enthusiastically, clicking her cheekbones against the viewfinder to take photos as she walked. "Hey, this zoom lens can't be moved."
Zhongyi muttered, but found that the footsteps following behind him were silent.
She turned her head and saw Zhou Zhiwei staring at her from a few steps away.
"What's wrong?"
"Who are you?"
"What?"
The introverted boy wearing black-rimmed glasses stood in the distance and asked her, as if he was frozen.
"You don't like it."
She laughed, "Huh?"
Zhou Zhiwei felt beads of sweat on his back, as uncomfortable as taking a cold shower while wearing a cotton-padded jacket. He suspected that he was shaking.
"It was Zhong Yi who taught me the lens lock... How could she not know how to twist the zoom lens..." He murmured to himself as if he had lost his mind after a big shock, "But how is it possible... Even the police Both—ah! Twin D NA is the same..."
"I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid," he said in a miserable tone, "It turns out you lied to me, everything you said was false. "
"You found out.The girl took a step closer to him, frowning, looking so innocent that she was about to cry, "No, I didn't lie. All the stories I told are true." "
" you?
She immediately changed from a sad expression to a smile, "The scar on Zhong Yi's face was made deliberately by me. It's real." It is true that Alex fell in love with Zhongyi and decided to break up with me after the trip. From then on, I became a new Zhongyi, and it was true. "
During the trip together, the twin sister died unexpectedly. When the sister came back, she seemed like a different person.
Zhou Zhiwei felt that his eyes were dim, his throat was sore, and he could hardly speak. In the end, he only asked intermittently, "Why? But why tell me? "
" Ah, well, my original plan was to put all the suspicion on you, but who knew you left early. But it's okay, as the only witness, you exonerated me.
She smiled, put her weight on her left foot, and lightly drew a circle on the soil with her right toe, "Zhou Zhiwei, you amaze me." You have only known her for a month, but you already believe her and like her wholeheartedly, even to the point of perjury for her. "
She changed the topic and suddenly became gnashing her teeth again.
"It's weird, why does everyone like Zhong Yi? We are obviously exactly the same. "She raised her hand and gently traced the scar from her forehead to the corners of her eyes with her nails, "Does this scar have some magical power? I have it now too. "
Zhou Zhiwei suddenly understood that Zhong Ai hated her sister so much. Even though she had killed her and replaced her, she still couldn't bear the fact that the real Zhong Ai accepted someone else's unconditional love. So she wanted to make him feel it with her own hands. Disillusioned.
The less one person loves Zhong Yi, the happier she will be. This discovery shocked him.
Zhong Yi looked up at the sky and said, "Hey, look, it's almost sunset." Have you ever noticed that sunrise and sunset are almost exactly the same? That day was similar to now, and their faces were covered with a golden luster by the morning sun. "She recalled the details emotionally.
"It's like a pair of eternal lovers who want to die for love. "
END (Original title: "Sunset Cliff")
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