Li Xue looked at Ye Zi and Jian Xia. She didn't know why they were asking this. She blinked, and her long eyelashes left two silhouettes under her eyes. She nodded noncommittally and replied, "That's right. I've lived here since I was a child."
"So, Miss Li should know that there was a fire here four years ago?" Jian Xia glanced at Ye Zi and raised her eyebrows slightly as she asked Li Xue.
Li Xue nodded. "That's right. Four years ago, there was indeed a fire at my house."
Ye Zi asked, "Miss Li, can you tell us what happened at the time?"
Li Xue nodded and said, "I was just in my first year of college. Because of the summer vacation, I returned to Binhai City from Linjiang City. I originally wanted to give my parents a surprise. I didn't tell them that I was coming back, but I didn't expect …"
As Li Xue spoke, her eyes were blurred by tears. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and tears flowed down Li Xue's cheeks like pearls from a broken necklace.
Jian Xia took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to Li Xue. "I'm really sorry to bring up your sad past."
Li Xue took the tissue from Jian Xia's hand and gently wiped the tears from her eyes. She pursed her lips and shook her head at Jian Xia.
She lowered her head, and her long bangs scattered down, making it difficult to see her face clearly. She took a deep breath and raised her hand to tidy up her hair. Only then did she raise her head and look at Ye Zi and Jian Xia. Li Xue took a deep breath and muttered, "It's okay. It's been four years."
Ye Zi carefully observed the changes in Li Xue's expression. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she carefully looked at her.
In Ye Zi's opinion, Li Xue was an expert liar.
She had been with her father for so many years, and she had long learned what it meant to be able to read people from the smallest details. However, when Ye Zi looked at Li Xue, there was no extra expression on her face.
Every subtle expression on Li Xue's face seemed to be carefully choreographed.
Her acting skills were probably much better than many female stars.
As for why Ye Zi thought so, it was because Li Xue had lied to her when she was at the Aromatherapy Detective Agency.
At that time, when Ye Zi asked Li Xue about it, she told her that her parents passed away in a car accident a year ago. Ye Zi found out from the relevant departments that after the fire four years ago, Li Xue lost her parents. But, because she was already an adult, it was impossible to arrange for Li Xue to be adopted. In other words, she was a master liar.
At that time, even Ye Zi could not tell that Li Xue was lying.
But why would Li Xue hide the cause of her parents' death?!
This was something that Ye Zi couldn't figure out.
Ye Zi's eyes narrowed slightly. Her fair and slender fingers tapped rhythmically on her notebook. She listened to Jian Xia's questions and Li Xue's answers.
She suddenly raised her head and looked straight at Li Xue. Her slightly curled lips parted slightly, and her voice was distant and deep. "Miss Li, that day at the detective agency, you said that your parents passed away in a car accident a year ago. Because of that, you weren't threatened by your boyfriend …"
In an instant, Ye Zi's eyes became extremely sharp. She looked at Li Xue without blinking, waiting for her answer.
Li Xue was silent for a few seconds. Then, she nodded at Ye Zi. "That's right, that's what I said at the time."
"Can you explain to me why you said that?" Ye Zi continued to ask.
"It's like this." Li Xue's emotions were extremely calm. Compared to when she was sobbing just now, she was like a completely different person. "After my biological parents passed away, because I was still in school, my godmother and godfather have been supporting me. They treat me very well, so for the past few years, I have always treated them as my biological parents."
Hearing this, Ye Zi nodded slightly and said with a faint smile, "So that's how it is."
Li Xue smiled and nodded. "Is there anything else Miss Yeh and Miss Jian would like to ask?"
Ye Zi glanced sideways at Jian Xia. Then, she turned to look at Li Xue and smiled. "That's all."
The two of them stood up and walked out of Li Xue's house.
Jian Xia saw that Li Xue had closed the door and asked Ye Zi, "Why didn't you continue to ask her?"
"Hehe." Ye Zi sneered and narrowed her clear and bright eyes. "Just now, even if we talked until our lips broke, we wouldn't get the answer we wanted from Li Xue's mouth."
"Why do you say that?" Jian Xia asked with a frown.
The corner of Ye Zi's lips curled up like a sharp sickle. "Every word that she said seemed to have been rehearsed. All of her expressions were also premeditated."
"You mean, she was lying?"
Is she lying? "Jian Xia's brows furrowed even deeper.
Ye Zi nodded noncommittally. "That's right. Moreover, she's an expert liar."
"Then what should we do next?"
Ye Zi raised her hand and gently touched her sharp chin. Her action was very similar to Lin Yan's. "I haven't thought of a way yet. However, Li Xue gives me the feeling that she's too cunning. Perhaps, what happened back then had something to do with her." Ye Zi pondered for a while and said, "Let's follow her."
"I got it." Jian Xia nodded and sent a WeChat message to Yao Anmian.
After leaving Mingshi Apartments, Ye Zi stopped and watched for a long time. If it wasn't for her father saving Li Xue four years ago, he wouldn't have died because of the second explosion of natural gas.
He injured his back from the explosion, and he wouldn't have died because of an infection.
Li Xue, Li Xue, what kind of person are you?!
Was it right or wrong for dad to save you?!
Standing on the side of the road, Ye Zi kept thinking about these two questions. A taxi stopped in front of them. Jian Xia took the lead to get in the car, but she saw that Ye Zi was still standing in the same place.
"Xiaozi." Jian Xia called, but Ye Zi still didn't respond.
"Ye Zi!" Jian Xia raised her voice and shouted again.
Ye Zi came back to her senses and looked at Jian Xia with a frown. "What's wrong?"
"What are you thinking about? Get in the car. "Jian Xia glanced at the taxi.
Ye Zi said, "You go back first. I still have something to do."
After that, Ye Zi turned and walked into Mingshi Apartments.
Jian Xia frowned. Didn't she just say that she couldn't get any useful information from Li Xue? Why did she still want to go back?!
Ye Zi didn't tell Jian Xia why she was going back. After passing through a small forest in Mingshi Apartments, Ye Zi stood under the sun. The late autumn weather was chilly. Even though Ye Zi was wearing a cashmere coat, she could still feel the chill of the autumn wind. The leaves on the treetops couldn't block the sunlight anymore. Ye Zi raised her hand to cover her eyes, feeling the warmth of the sunlight.
This was the last trace of her dad. Ye Zi seemed to be able to feel the familiar smell in the air.
After standing for a long time, when Ye Zi lowered her head, she actually felt a little dizzy.
"Ye Zi, why are you here?"
A familiar voice came from behind Ye Zi. She had just turned around, but her body was a little unstable and she fell straight back.
Qin Fengchi quickly stepped forward and held her.
Today, Qin Fengchi was extraordinarily handsome. He was wearing a camel-colored cashmere coat, a white turtleneck sweater, black trousers, and a pair of black baroque leather shoes. On his handsome face, he wore a pair of round gold-rimmed glasses. He looked full of scholarly aura.
"What's wrong with you?!" Qin Fengchi looked at Ye Zi and slightly frowned.
Ye Zi slightly raised the corner of her mouth, smiled slightly, and shook her head. "I'm fine. Maybe I've been standing for a little too long just now, so I'm a little low in blood sugar."
Qin Fengchi took out a piece of chocolate from the pocket of his cashmere coat and stuffed it into Ye Zi's hand. "Why are you here?"
Ye Zi opened the package of chocolate and took a bite. "I have a case to investigate. What about you? Why are you here? This is an ordinary apartment district.
It doesn't seem to match a superstar like you. "
Qin Fengchi smiled awkwardly. His fair and long fingers gently rubbed the tip of his nose.
He was so handsome that even doing such an awkward little gesture seemed to be just right. His sideways parted hair and bangs covered his forehead. A gust of wind blew, and leaves fell on his camel-colored cashmere coat. No matter how one looked at him, he looked like a male protagonist who had walked out of a manga.
"Yuran lives here." A trace of apology flashed across Qin Fengchi's eyes. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "I know she has caused you a lot of trouble."
Ye Zi shrugged her shoulders indifferently. "She has Zhang Liang's plan, and I have a ladder to climb over the wall. Although she gave me a lot of trouble, at least there's one thing I should thank her for."
"Thank her?" Qin Fengchi frowned.
After Qin Yuran found someone to smash the Aroma Detective Agency, she was worried that something bad would happen, so she called Qin Fengchi and told him what had happened. Because he didn't know how to face Ye Zi, plus he had to go abroad to film, he didn't apologize to Ye Zi immediately.
Today, Qin Fengchi just got off the plane and was ready to teach his sister a lesson. He didn't expect that when he arrived at the Celebrity Apartment, he would meet Ye Zi, which made him feel very embarrassed.
Ye Zi's smile was as bright as the sun in the sky, as if her smile could dispel all the darkness in the world. Qin Fengchi liked Ye Zi's smile very much. Her smile was always so clean, pure, and untainted with any impurities.
Ye Zi nodded slightly and said, "Of course, at least she renovated the detective agency for me."
Qin Fengchi raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose. He wanted to laugh a little, but he was too embarrassed to do so, so he could only nod.
"Brother."
Qin Yuran had just returned from the supermarket and walked into the neighborhood. Just by looking at his back, she knew that the tall man, who was like a proud tree, was her brother.
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