Fate [Donglun Tong Humanities]

Q11 ：

Wang Dongcheng knocked on the wooden door of the old man's house, the heavy knocking sound was particularly abrupt in the silent woods.A picture suddenly flashed in Aaron Yan's mind, the black night, and the same heavy knock on the door.He wanted to catch that picture again, but he couldn't find that feeling anymore.

Strange, when had he heard such a voice?

The door of the wooden house opened with a creak, and the old woman came out tremblingly. She looked at Wang Dongcheng outside the door with her cloudy eyes.

Seeing that the old woman opened the door, Wang Dongcheng asked, "Excuse me, is the old man at home?"

"You are..." The old woman looked puzzled.

"Oh, I'm the one who wants to know if there was any drowning here three years ago, and thank you for giving me so many important clues." Wang Dongcheng said kindly.

But the strange thing is that upon hearing the thanks, the old woman's face did not break into a smile, but was covered with a layer of confusion. She frowned slightly and said, "What are you talking about?"

Wang Dongcheng put away his smile in surprise, he and Aaron Yan exchanged glances and said to the old woman, "But the old man told us that you remembered what you saw that night."

The old woman just looked at Wang Dongcheng strangely, and after more than ten seconds, she said something that shocked both Wang Dongcheng and Yan Yalun:

"Young man, have you made a mistake? I have lived alone all these years, and my wife passed away a few years ago. Where did the old man come from?"

On the way back to Wang's Mansion, both Wang Dongcheng and Yan Yalun chose to remain silent.What the old woman said just now undoubtedly disrupted everything before, as if everything returned to the original point in an instant, and they still got nothing.

The old man said that the old woman saw it that night and provided a lot of clues.

The old woman said that there was no such thing as an old man.

Who should I trust?Or are both men lying?

Aaron Yan glanced at Wang Dongcheng, his expression was not more relaxed than his own, but even more oppressive.This incident should have hit him hard. After so long, he thought he finally had some clues, but everything was shattered mercilessly like a dream.

"Hey, Dadong, don't think too much, maybe after restarting everything, things will become... much easier!" Aaron Yan said consolingly.

Wang Dongcheng looked at Aaron Yan who was cheering him on, and smiled perfunctorily.

Aaron Yan's thinking was too simple. If what the old woman said was true, then the old man... might have been deceiving them all along. What's more, maybe the old man did everything by himself.Then both he and Aaron Yan would be in danger.The most urgent task now is to find the old man and ask him clearly.

After Wang Dongcheng sighed heavily, he straightened his expression and said to Aaron Yan: "What you said makes sense, everything may become simpler."

"That's right." Aaron Yan smiled cleanly and transparently, without any impurities in his eyes.

Wang Dongcheng stared at Aaron Yan's smile, and the thought of protecting him from harm flashed out at this moment.

As he was walking, Aaron Yan suddenly felt that the woman walking towards him looked familiar.Suddenly remembered, this is the woman from that night.A layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on his back. He tugged on Wang Dongcheng's sleeve and whispered to him, "Hey, there's something wrong with that woman walking towards us."

Wang Dongcheng heard that he glanced at the woman, but found nothing unusual, and asked, "What's the problem?"

"Let me tell you, that night I had nothing to do and sat on the roof watching the moon. It was almost midnight, but this woman was walking sneakily. I followed her out of curiosity, but you Do you know? She seemed to be able to perceive me, and suddenly stopped and looked back. The most terrifying thing is that she seemed to pretend not to see me, but her eyes met mine for a second!" Although Aaron Yan himself It's also a ghost, but he still feels chills when he thinks about it.

At this time, the woman had already passed by them. Wang Dongcheng looked at her back and asked doubtfully, "Is it so mysterious?"

"I'll just tell you yes!" Aaron Yan accentuated his tone angrily.

"Okay, okay, let's follow and have a look." Wang Dongcheng had no choice but to appease.After getting Aaron Yan's approval, the two followed the woman all the way pretending to be nonchalant.

The woman was still walking quickly, and finally stopped in front of a house.

Wang Dongcheng and Yan Yalun immediately dodged and hid in the alley beside them, sticking out their heads to check.

I saw the door of that house opened, and a middle-aged man came out. He smiled and said to the woman: "Miss, are you back?"

While the two of them were talking, Wang Dongcheng suddenly came out of the alley and walked past their door in a big way.Aaron Yan looked at Wang Dongcheng's abnormal behavior in astonishment, and there was only one thought in his mind: he was dying.

The woman and the man immediately went back to the house and closed the door, Wang Dongcheng also stopped, turned back and walked to Aaron Yan's side.

"You don't want to die!" Aaron Yan glared at him.

"Let's go, this is not the place to talk." Wang Dongcheng glanced around, then hurried back to Wang's mansion, grabbing Aaron Yan's sleeve.

Back in Wang Dongcheng's room, Aaron Yan collapsed on the table, panting and exhausted. Out of breath, he sued Wang Dongcheng: "I said, although, I know, I am a ghost, but it doesn't mean that I will I can't feel it, I'm tired."

Wang Dongcheng, however, acted like a normal person, poured a cup of tea and held it in his hand, thinking about something quietly.

"Why, what's wrong?" Aaron Yan asked strangely, "Just now, was there something wrong with that woman?"

Wang Dongcheng was unexpected Aaron Yan shook his head unexpectedly, "There is nothing wrong. It is obvious that the woman and the man are husband and wife. And I just passed their door and caught a glimpse of their house, and there is a I don’t know if the old man is a man or a woman, but it’s obviously their father or mother.”

After hearing this, Aaron Yan was stunned for a long time, and he suddenly realized: "So there is nothing wrong with it, but I am overthinking?"

"Yes." Wang Dongcheng said with certainty.

"...Then why are you pulling me back so nervously?!" Aaron Yan couldn't help but frowned.

Wang Dongcheng glanced at Aaron Yan who ran away, took a sip of tea and said, "I'm kidding you."

Seeing Wang Dongcheng's innocent expression, Aaron Yan really didn't know how to continue scolding him.The fire in my stomach has already sprayed to my throat, but I can only swallow it back into my stomach.

Have no idea!Wang Dongcheng is cheating!Who can stand that innocent expression!

After dinner, under the persecution of Mrs. Wang, Wang Dongcheng had no choice but to go to Xu's mansion to invite Xu Yan to go out for a walk.

Although Wang Dongcheng didn't have much affection for Xu Yan, since he had agreed to this marriage, the other party was his fiancee who hadn't married yet, so he should treat her well.So along the way, Wang Dongcheng showed great concern for Xu Yan.

Compared with before, Xu Yan was much more open, talked more, had more expressions on her face, and was much more lively.It gives people the feeling that it is no longer a doll who can only be shy, but a person who can talk and laugh.

Wang Dongcheng was a little surprised seeing this, but his feeling for her remained the same - she was a sister who could be loved by others, not a partner who could be loved by himself.

Walking in the bustling night market, Wang Dongcheng carefully looked at Xu Yan beside him, for fear that he would get lost if he was not careful.But there are always accidents. In the crowd, he saw the old man.

The first instruction sent by the brain was to find the old man.

Unknowingly, in Wang Dongcheng's subconscious, Aaron Yan's status is much higher than that of Xu Yan.But this is only subconscious, he himself is not aware of it.

Wang Dongcheng's eyes were fixed on the head, and then, ignoring Xu Yan's cry, he walked slowly through the crowd to the old man's side.

"Old man." Wang Dongcheng called him simply.

The old man looked up and saw that it was Wang Dongcheng, and said in surprise, "Hey, Mr. Wang, it's you."

"Yes. Is the old man free? I have something to ask you." Wang Dongcheng asked solemnly.

"Oh, yes." The old man was puzzled, but nodded.

In a gazebo away from the night market, Wang Dongcheng and the old man sat down around a stone table.

"Master Wang, what can you do with me?" The old man spoke first.

"Is the old man not at home today?" Wang Dongcheng's gaze was firmly on the old man's face, not letting go of a subtle expression.

"Yeah, I went out to do some errands today, and only my wife was at home. What? You went to find me?"

Wang Dongcheng nodded, and then continued: "I went to find you, old man, and found that you were not at home. It was my wife who opened the door. But something strange happened to me?"

The old man frowned suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

"When I said that I was the one who investigated the incident of falling into the water three years ago, Madam didn't know me. Moreover, she also said that there was no you at all, her wife died long ago, and she has been alone all these years Life."

The old man burst into laughter after hearing this, which made Wang Dongcheng even more strange.

"Mr. Wang, I forgot to tell you. My wife is not in a very good state of mind. Sometimes she is sober and sometimes not sober. When she is sober, everything is clear. When I am not clear, she also recognizes it when I stand in front of her. I can't help you. You go today, just in time for her to fall ill. I can't blame you for being weird."

"That's it." Wang Dongcheng's expression was relieved, but then he asked worriedly, "Then, old man, are you sure that the clue you gave us was from Madam when she was awake?"

"Of course! After living with her for so many years, I don't know when I'm sober and when I'm not? Don't worry, it's absolutely accurate." The old man replied with certainty.

"That's good, I'm worried." Wang Dongcheng said with a smile.At this time, he saw his expression change, "It's over! Miss Xu! Old man, I have something to do, let's talk next time!" Then he ran out of the gazebo.

Fortunately, Xu Yan wisely chose to go home when Wang Dongcheng could not be found.It's just that Wang Dongcheng was inevitably scolded by Mrs. Wang, and then decided to come to apologize tomorrow.

"What happened?" Aaron Yan saw Wang Dongcheng enter the room with a bitter face, and asked strangely.

"Oh...don't mention it." Wang Dongcheng dismissed Yan Yalun's curiosity with a wave of his hand. It's better not to let him know about such embarrassing things.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Aaron Yan didn't ask any further questions, but nervously grabbed Wang Dongcheng's clothes and said to him: "Dadong, thinking about it now, I think there is still something wrong with that woman!"

"How to say?" Wang Dongcheng asked wonderingly, hasn't it been confirmed that women are fine today?

"Remember when I told you that I saw a woman sneaking along the road that night?"

"remember."

"Here comes the important point. The woman walked straight in the direction of Wang's Mansion that night, but the family we saw today is completely in two directions from Wang's Mansion!"

After what Aaron Yan said, Wang Dongcheng suddenly remembered that they met a woman on the way back to Wang's mansion, and then turned around and followed her.That being said, the direction is indeed different.

As a woman, it's fine if she doesn't stay at home when she is a child, or should she leave the house and rush out?This is indeed problematic.

Wang Dongcheng's breathing also became heavy, one thing after another happened one after another, making his head dizzy.The logic is a little unclear.

"Really?" Aaron Yan asked again seeing that Wang Dongcheng did not respond.

"This is indeed very strange, but I also encountered a very strange thing just now."

"what?"

"When Xu Yan and I were shopping at the night market, we ran into the old man."

"Then did you ask him? About his wife." Aaron Yan asked.

"I asked. The answer given by the old man is that his wife's mental state is problematic, sometimes sober and sometimes not sober. Today we happened to meet her when she was not sober."

"What?" Aaron Yan said in disbelief, how can I put it this way, it's too ridiculous.

"Now we have two choices. One, trust the old man. Two, trust his wife."

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