My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 47 Correspondence after Eight Years
"what?"

Zhuang Xiao was reviewing in his mind what he was going to do after going back eight years, so he didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing." Dong Weirui narrowed his eyes slightly, "Can you tell me about 'eight years later'? The 'future' without me. You didn't make it clear eight years ago."

"That's all in the past. Everything has changed now. There's no need to care about it." Zhuang Xiao didn't want to say it.

It's not that I'm sad or anything, but it's meaningless.

"But I want to know."

Zhuang Xiao looked back in shock. The moonlight shining on the surface of the Luo River seemed to cast a gentle veil over her flawless, sharp face with three-dimensional features. Zhuang Xiao's cold and lonely heart began to accelerate uncontrollably.

"I want to know." Her voice was gentle, a gentleness that Zhuang Xiao had never seen before, "How are you doing in that 'future' without me?"

"How is it? It's just so-so."

Zhuang Xiao looked away. "I wasn't a rich boss at that time. I just found an ordinary worker in the class. But your brother is quite interesting.

"He was a policeman at the Longteng Road Police Station at the time. He just liked watching football games. From time to time, we would go out to eat skewers or something, and that was how we lived our lives day by day."

"What about Xiaodie?"

"what?"

"Xiaodie, you two aren't together?"

"No, she's studying in the capital. I heard she's the president of the student union. She's definitely a well-known figure."

Zhuang Xiao shrugged. "I was only making over 3,000 yuan a month. How could I find a girlfriend? Besides, your brother didn't find one either. When my parents scolded me, I blamed your brother. When your mom urged your brother, he also blamed me."

Dong Weirui's death left an indelible scar on their small group.

That's why he never looked for her. Even though Shu Die kept hitting the ball straight, he still kept avoiding her.

Until Shu Die came back.

At that time, he thought about leaving, but Shu Die died tragically in front of him.
Zhuang Xiao didn't talk about these things, but specifically picked out some interesting little things to tell Dong Weirui, especially the embarrassing things related to Dong Zeyu.

He talked incessantly because he had been feeling depressed for days and couldn't get rid of the depression, so he wanted to find someone to talk to.

Dong Weirui did not interrupt him, but just smiled and responded from time to time with words like "and then", "next", "that's great".

The tired young man reflected in her gentle eyes gradually approached the lively and flamboyant boy, and finally overlapped.

Zhuang Xiao didn't know how long he talked, and he finally stopped after his mouth became dry and his tongue became dry.

I looked at my watch and it was already 23:57 p.m.

"It's getting late, Weirui, why don't you go back and rest first?"

Dong Weirui stood up with him, but looked towards the beach by the river, "Can you walk with me to the beach? I haven't stepped on sand for a long, long time."

".good."

Zhuang Xiao was stunned. Although he was anxious to go back and review what he needed to do after "going back in time", he still did not refuse her.

Perhaps, he was also reluctant to give up this warm time together.

Arriving at the river, Dong Weirui took off her sneakers and held them behind her back. Her feet, which were a little rough due to years of duty but still as white as ever, walked forward leisurely on the sand.

The leisure and ease on her face at this moment was something Zhuang Xiao had never seen before, as if she had suddenly figured something out.

Zhuang Xiao followed her silently.

Only at this moment did he come to his senses. This always serious and reliable policewoman was now only under 24 years old.

Neither of them spoke. The only sounds that passed by their ears were the sound of the warm autumn breeze blowing across the river and the rustling of fine sand under their feet.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhuang Xiao, who had been thinking about something, suddenly heard the soft and slightly coquettish voice of a policewoman, "You must save Xiaodie and my brother."

Zhuang Xiao looked up in surprise, and what caught his eye was the high ponytail on Dong Weirui's head.

"What are you doing"

"How do I know that you will go back to that day tonight?" Dong Weirui threw down her shoes and stretched beautifully, then raised her bare hands to take off the hairband behind her head.

The three thousand strands of black hair are like a waterfall, just like the waist-length hair of the models in shampoo commercials with special effects.

"You've been investigating what happened today, and you did some things I don't understand. And you were looking at your watch just now. I'm a professional criminal police officer, how could I not see that?"

Before Zhuang Xiao could speak, she continued:

".I am tired too."

She threw away her hairband and stood there with her hands behind her back, less than two meters away from Zhuang Xiao.

"I have always been burdened with my father's expectations, my brother's glory, my mother's spiritual support, and the life you saved. So I dare not stop. I know I have to work hard to live, because my life is not just mine, and I can't be so selfish.

“But now, I want to back off.

“I’m actually a coward. When I was a kid, I would wrap myself in a blanket and shiver when there was thunder outside.

"And I found that maybe you can live well without my future. Xiaodie, you must seize the moment after you graduate from college and don't let happiness slip away~~"

Under the moonlight, she suddenly turned around, and there was a comfortable smile on her pretty face that Zhuang Xiao had never seen before.

The sight of the rose blooming at that moment made Zhuang Xiao lose consciousness.

"So you must save them, and then live well for my sake."

Zhuang Xiao frowned, "I won't let anything happen to you."

Dong Weirui smiled sweetly, walked up to him and stood still.

The tall girl's eyes were almost level with his.

Then she raised her hand, hesitated for a moment, and gently stroked his frowning brows.

"I'm not being nice. You guys made me bear so much pressure, so I want to relax a little. Now it's your turn to bear the pressure."

The girl smiled sweetly, "If I die, I will definitely leave evidence for you, so after you get the evidence and solve the case, don't dwell on the past.

"You must be happy in your 'future' without me."
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Zhuang Xiao opened his eyes, but his vision was not yet focused.

He was still a little dazed, feeling the delicate scent of jasmine lingering around his nose and the soft and elastic "pillow" under his head.

He didn't agree to Dong Weirui's proposal last night, but he didn't refuse it either. He had his own ideas.

What he wants is a perfect ending where everyone lives well! Not some self-deceiving so-called "happy" future of "getting out"!
He sat on a bench by the river, waiting to return, while Dong Weirui stayed by his side silently.

In the second half of the night, he fell asleep unknowingly.

"Um?!"

Zhuang Xiao suddenly opened his eyes wide, and what came into view was the rising sun and the golden surface of the Luo River.

Zhuang Xiao sat up suddenly, and then a slightly hoarse and magnetic voice floated past his ears, "Are you awake?"

Zhuang Xiao looked back in shock, just wanting Dong Weirui to sit there quietly. He raised his hand and gently rubbed his numb thigh - that was the "pillow" that Zhuang Xiao had just felt.

He slept on Dong Weirui's lap all night!
In other words, he did not trigger the time reversal.

"Why?!"

"Calm down first."

Dong Weirui took his hand and sat down. "What you need to do now is not to think about so many things, but to clear your mind and calm yourself down completely."

After last night, the estrangement and unfamiliarity between the serious policewoman and him that had not seen each other for many years seemed to have disappeared.

On the contrary, she was even gentler than before.

Maybe he was showing him the true side of himself that had been suppressed in his heart for many years, or maybe he wanted to seize this "last" time.

With her comfort, Zhuang Xiao gradually calmed down.

Yes, there is no point in being anxious. Useless anxiety is ultimately just impotent rage.

So we must find the "condition" that triggers "time travel"!
He has to backtrack!

As long as he finds the condition to force the trigger, he can go back to the past!

The key question is, what is that condition?
Zhuang Xiao felt something passing through his mind, but he couldn't figure it out.

So he began to try hard to recall.

What is it?

Five hours after Shu Die's death?

No, he had largely abandoned that speculation after the "second" timeline that went back in time.

So where are the clues?
Shu Die's several retracings were all five hours later, so there was no problem with that.

But this time, Dong Weirui was extremely surprised. After he fell asleep at night, he woke up and found that time had gone back.

Shu Die and Dong Zeyu were both fine at that time.

At that time, Shu Die was resting in the second bedroom next door, and Dong Zeyu was lying next to her.

It can't be that he drank too much and died suddenly!

The key point is that this time the flashback goes back to before Dong Weirui's death! So it actually has nothing to do with Dong Zeyu's death.

Then there must be some common time point in the deaths of these two people, and similar things happened at that time point, or it could be the same thing!

It was this incident that caused him to trigger the "time and space reversal", and this incident must be directly related to their deaths!

What exactly is it?
Zhuang Xiao couldn't help but grab her hair.

Dong Weirui pursed her lips and suddenly said, "You are not alone, why didn't you tell me?"

Zhuang Xiao suddenly raised his head, "Wei Rui, do you know how to go back in time?"

“I don’t understand, but you can ask someone else.”

Zhuang Xiao smiled bitterly when he heard this, "No one will believe such nonsense as time travel."

Eight years ago, he tried to let Dong Zeyu call Li Ming, but Li Ming obviously didn't believe it.

"It's different." Dong Weirui obviously thought of eight years ago. "You were just a high school student back then, but now you are the CEO of DouX Group. Your identity is different."

Zhuang Xiao pondered for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes!

His identity has changed!
In the past, he couldn’t see anyone, but now even the leaders above him have to accompany him on “inspections”!
He doesn't understand how to go back in time, but there are naturally experts in related fields who understand!
You don't have to tell the truth. Just say that you are planning to start a science fiction magazine, or that you are planning to make a time-travel game and need expert guidance!
Now he lacks everything except money!
"Weirui! You are simply a genius!" He excitedly grabbed Dong Weirui's hand.

Dong Weirui smiled lightly, "It's not that I'm a genius, it's just that you think too much."

"Okay, okay! I'll contact the person right away!"

Zhuang Xiao took out his phone and called Shu Mingyu.

Since the project is to be launched, it must be approved by Shu Mingyu, and Zhuang Xiao is confident that he can convince him!

The call was quickly connected.

But before Zhuang Xiao could say anything, Shu Mingyu's calm, elegant but somewhat low voice was heard from the other side.

"Xiao Zhuang, I finally got your call"

Zhuang Xiao was stunned and asked curiously: "Boss Shu, do you want to talk to me about something?"

"Just call me Uncle Shu. I've been waiting for this call for many years."

Zhuang Xiao's heartbeat suddenly started to speed up. He asked tremblingly, "What's the matter?"

"On the night of your birthday eight years ago, Xiaodie called me and she only said one thing."

After a pause, Shu Mingyu's voice slowly sounded:

"If she dies, I will wait for you to contact me in eight years, and then tell you exactly what she told me."

".W-What did you say?"

"'Brother Xiao, I will hold on to this clue and never let it go.'"

　7000 words added!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)