My Wandering Swordsman

I?

Who am I? Shouldn't I be asking you that? I even suspect that I might have let something slip when I was drunk, and now she's making fun of me.

But I stared at Ruan Tang for a long time, and her expression really didn't seem like she was joking.

I narrowed my eyes and finally spoke, "Ruan Tang, to be honest, I came to Hengdian to find three moles."

Ruan Tang's pupils suddenly contracted, and she froze on the spot as if she had been electrocuted.

Her reaction was exactly the same as mine: "W-what did you say? Ji Xiaosong, say it again?"

"I said, I'm also here to find that woman with three moles on her buttocks." I said it clearly, word by word.

Ruan Tang's face paled instantly, and she subconsciously took a few steps back, her back slamming heavily against the wall, her gaze sweeping back and forth across my face.

"You, how could you..." she murmured, her words becoming incoherent.

Now that things have come to this, I have nothing left to hide. Since she and I share the same goal, we might be able to help each other out.

So I laid it all out: "My dad got arrested by the cops last year. Before he went in, he told me to come to Hengdian and find a guy with three moles on his butt..."

I briefly recounted what happened before I came to Hengdian.

After listening patiently, Ruan Tang looked at me with a strange expression, as if she had seen a ghost.

"How...how did you know?" she kept repeating the question.

I frowned. What do you mean, how would I know? You know I don't know about my own family's affairs?

"Alright, I've finished speaking. It's your turn. So what's the matter with you?" I asked, rather displeased.

Ruan Tang stood there stunned for a full minute, her eyes flickering between light and shadow, before finally biting her lip and speaking.

"I'm exactly like you."

"What?" I didn't understand.

"Exactly the same." Ruan Tang repeated, her voice trembling slightly. "Last year, my dad was also taken away by the police, sentenced, and is still in jail."

"Later, while I was cleaning the house, I found a note under my dad's bed. It was left by my dad, and it said that if something happened to him, he should go to Hengdian and find a woman with three moles on her buttocks. That was all."

After hearing that, I was completely stunned.

In terms of plot, they are exactly the same, but is that right?

Ruan Tang is from Guangxi, and my family is from Guangdong. Although we are not far apart, we are still from different provinces. Two very different places, two fathers, were taken away by the police at the same time, and both left behind the same clue.

Logically speaking, how could two families that are completely unrelated end up in the same situation?

What the hell, is this really such a coincidence?

Could it be... that my dad and Ruan Tang's dad knew each other all along? Or is there someone behind all this, manipulating everything at the same time?

The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt, and the more my scalp tingled with fear.

But there's one thing I've finally figured out completely.

Ruan Tang doesn't have any strange fetishes at all. She watches porn and climbs over walls not because of any perverted hobbies, but because she's just like me, looking for that butt!

Looking at her, I felt a mix of emotions I couldn't quite describe—a little sympathy, and a little... a sense of shared suffering.

Seeing that I remained silent for a while, Ruan Tang coughed a few times and said, "Ji Xiaosong, what are you thinking about?"

I then came to my senses and carefully chose my words: "Um, what crime did your father go to jail for?"

Ruan Tang's expression changed several times before she replied:

"Intentional homicide"

I was stunned.

"Intentional homicide? Your father is a murderer?"

Ruan Tang's face flushed red instantly. She glared at me, her eyes blazing with anger: "Ji Xiaosong! Your father is the murderer! My father has farmed all his life, an honest and law-abiding farmer. How could he possibly kill someone?!"

I was taken aback by her yelling and quickly waved my hands, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was just being mean, don't get upset."

I asked from a different angle, "Did your dad... ever work in Hengdian?"

Ruan Tang rolled her eyes at me: "Nonsense, if he's never been to Hengdian, what would he mean by writing that note? I remember a few years ago I went on a long trip and stayed in Hengdian for about a year. After that, I went back to Guangxi, settled down to farming, and never went on a long trip again."

One year...

I rubbed my chin, pondering in my mind.

Logically speaking, it's impossible for an honest and law-abiding farmer to suddenly change his personality and commit murder. Unless... he encountered something or met someone during his year in Hengdian.

I had a vague feeling that there must be some connection between what happened to Ruan Tang's family and what happened to my family. But what exactly it was, my mind was a complete mess, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Ruan Tang asked, "What do we do now?"

I snapped out of my daze and looked at her: "There's nothing we can do. We have the same goal, but we have so few clues. To be honest, until we find those three moles, nobody knows what happened."

Ruan Tang bit her finger, her big eyes darting left and right.

"It's not that easy to find..." she muttered to herself.

"Well--"

When I thought about what happened today, I was speechless for a moment.

Unfortunately, Ruan Tang was right; the locations of these three moles were simply too...private, making them as difficult to find as finding a needle in a haystack.

After a pause, I cleared my throat and said, "Right now, we can only take it one step at a time and search slowly. How about this, Tangtang, you are a girl after all, which gives you an advantage. The fitting room is a good option. I think you could go in and take a look when the actresses are changing clothes; it's better than peeking over the wall."

Ruan Tang rolled her eyes at me:

"Ji Xiaosong, why are you always giving hindsight advice?"

"What's wrong?"

"You think this is the first time I've looked? I've looked at all the actresses in our production, and not a single one of them has a mole! Otherwise, why would I go to other productions to 'steal' their spots?"

"Oh oh oh~"

I felt a little embarrassed.

That's true. As for finding the three moles, Ruan Tang is much more proactive than me. She must have already ruled out the three moles in her own production crew's territory.

But Ruan Tang suddenly seemed to remember something, raising an eyebrow: "Oh, right, I forgot to look at one."

"Who?" I asked, my expression turning serious.

"Your aunt."

My face instantly darkened: "Auntie, no."

Ruan Tang's delicate brows furrowed instantly: "How do you know it's not? Have you seen it?"

I couldn't be bothered with her, so I turned around and walked out of the alley.

"Look my ass! I'd love to see it myself. Besides, it's impossible. How could my aunt let my dad see her butt?"

It doesn't seem very realistic.

"Hey, why are you running?" Ruan Tang called out from behind, her footsteps following.

I didn't look back, and kept walking forward.

Ruan Tang pouted, "I was just saying it casually, why are you so anxious? You wouldn't... actually have feelings for your aunt, would you?"

"fart!"

I cursed, and my ears felt a little hot.

I did have some ideas before, but now...

They're all married now.