i loved you so much

Chapter 31
She was eating a sandwich when she heard a beep. She was stunned for a moment, stuffed the sandwich into her mouth, grabbed the napkin and wiped her hands, then took out her father's cell phone from the bag that was left aside.

Sure enough, a new text message came in.

She couldn't help holding her breath and pressed the receive button.

"I'll meet you at the Old Times Cafe at ten o'clock in the morning."

She exited and took a closer look at the number, then clicked in and read the content of the text message again. After confirming that it was correct, her mood became inexplicably complicated.Finally getting close to the truth, she gripped her phone tightly and got up in a hurry.

In the car, she called Chu Kui and told her that she had something to do and the meeting at nine o'clock was cancelled.Arriving at the place mentioned in the other party's text message early, she found a relatively secluded corner and sat down, ordered a cup of latte and waited for the other party to appear.

Amid the strong aroma of coffee, she waited from 08:30 to eleven o'clock, but the woman never showed up. She had a bad premonition in her heart and felt that she had come here for nothing today.

Was it discovered by that woman?That person recognized her, but since she came in, she almost never left the door, and she never saw that person appear.In desperation, she called the waiter to check out and was about to leave the cafe. Chu Kui called and asked her to have dinner after learning that she was outside.

They had eaten at a small fried restaurant, and Chu Kui ordered a rice bowl with fish-flavored shredded pork to take to Yu Zhangwen at the law firm.An Xiaoduo followed suit and packed a copy to surprise Li Xiaoan.

When the two arrived at the law firm, Yu Zhangwen was a little surprised to see An Xiaoduo: "Why are you here?"

It was only then that An Xiaoduo realized that Li Xiaoan was not there. Although she made a trip in vain, she came here, so she just sat in Yu Zhangwen's office for a while.Yu Zhangwen ate his meal, and she and Chu Kui made tea beside him.

Yu Zhangwen said: "Xiao Duo, Xiao An is not in the law firm these days, didn't he tell you?"

An Xiaoduo was a little surprised, and replied calmly: "I said, I thought he would come back at noon."

"No, he's been away during the day for the past two days, and many documents that require his signature will not be processed until he comes over at night."

An Xiaoduo was confused, before she could speak, Chu Kui asked for her: "What is he up to?"

Yu Zhangwen replied: "I don't know, it seems that something happened at home, isn't it, Xiaoduo?"

He suddenly threw the question over, and An Xiaoduo was a little overwhelmed for a while, and hesitated to speak.Chu Kui watched his words and expressions, and secretly gave Yu Zhangwen a wink. Yu Zhangwen understood, bowed his head to eat and did not dare to say more.At this time, someone knocked on the door. After getting permission from Yu Zhangwen, a young man in his early twenties opened the door and walked in. An Xiaoduo recognized him as Li Xiaoan's assistant. The two had met once at Lizhou Hotel.

The assistant handed a folder to Yu Zhangwen and said politely: "Old Yu, here are the materials you want me to sort out."

"The efficiency is quite high." Yu Zhangwen boasted.

He smiled, turned his eyes to Chu Kui and the others, and his eyes fell on An Xiaoduo, he seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

An Xiaoduo noticed something strange in his eyes, and after he left, she asked Yu Zhangwen's name, and Yu Zhangwen said, "You mean Xiao Zhao? He's a new assistant at the law firm, called Zhao Zejian."

"Oh." An Xiaoduo didn't respond.

After sitting for a while, she said that she had to leave first because she had something to do. As soon as she entered the elevator, Zhao Zejian followed in. She glanced at him and said nothing.

When the elevator door closed slowly, Zhao Zejian said in a low voice, "Miss Xiaoduo, don't you remember me?"

An Xiaoduo looked at him carefully, the outline of the person in front of her eyes gradually merged with the image of the boy in her memory, she nodded and said, "You are Xiaojian."

"It's me," Zhao Zejian said shyly, "The last time I met you at the Lizhou Hotel, I recognized you. That day you were in a hurry to chase after Lawyer Li, so I didn't stop you for fear of making a mistake."

An Xiaoduo actually remembered it when Yu Zhangwen mentioned the name Zhao Zejian. Zhao Zejian was the one who taught his father to put that portrait on the Internet.At that time, his father rented his house and lived with Zhao Zejian. Zhao Zejian had a younger sister who was going to be admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts. Knowing that his father used to be an art teacher, Zhao Zejian often asked Zhao Zejian to accompany her to ask his father some painting questions.

Compared with that year, Zhao Zejian's hairstyle and dress have changed a lot, so she didn't recognize him immediately.

"This world is really small." She sighed.

"Yes," Zhao Zejian smiled honestly, "Sister Xiaoduo, Uncle An, is he doing well now?"

The smile froze on An Xiaoduo's face: "My father passed away last month."

Zhao Zejian was taken aback: "How come? He was fine the last time I saw him."

An Xiaoduo was stunned and asked him, "When did you meet him?"

"That's when I went to Lizhou with Lawyer Li." Zhao Zejian said without hesitation, "I drove Lawyer Li there in the hotel car that day. I didn't know that he was going to see Uncle An..."

An Xiaoduo was shocked, and stared at him in disbelief: "You said, Li Xiaoan is going to see my father?"

With a ding, the elevator door opened.

An Xiaoduo grabbed Zhao Zejian's hand and couldn't wait to pull him out of the elevator.There was a small park near the building, and there was no one there at noon, so the two found Zhang Shi chairs to sit down and talk.

"Do you remember the day he went to see my father?"

"It was the day before he left Wucheng." Zhao Zejian paused, "I don't know if I did it right..."

"what?"

"I secretly sent a text message to Lawyer Li, telling him that Uncle An was not the one who kidnapped his son."

An Xiaoduo opened her eyes wide in surprise: "Did you send him a text message? When?"

"It wasn't long before I joined the law firm. It wasn't him who interviewed me at the time. He seemed to be on vacation during that time. Later, when he came back, Wu Lixuan took me to meet him, and I found out that he was your boyfriend. Back then, I I saw him come to pick you up on the balcony, but I don't know if you are still together, so I dare not say I know you."

An Xiaoduo suppressed her flustered feeling and said, "Then you sent that text message, how did he react?"

"I used the number I bought from a small roadside store before, and I didn't register my identity. He called me several times, but I didn't dare to answer it. Later, he sent me a text message, asking who I was, and asking if I knew What, I didn't reply, and I dare not use that number again..."

An Xiaoduo grabbed Zhao Zejian's shoulder and interrupted him eagerly: "Xiaojian, how do you know that the person who kidnapped Yuanyuan was not my father? Do you know something? Tell me quickly!"

Zhao Zejian frowned and said, "I don't know much, and most of them are just speculations, so I dare not talk nonsense. I think Uncle An should be the child who didn't kidnap Lawyer Li. Uncle An is not that kind of person. And the case happened That morning, I was with Uncle Ann. I remember very clearly that day my sister had some sketches to ask him to comment on. The first time I knocked on the door, there was a guest in his room, so I went back to the room and listened. My sister and I went back after the guests had left. He pointed out the flaws in my sister’s painting, and my sister drew a new one in his room, and he watched it from the side, and didn’t go out until lunch.”

"You said he had a visitor that day, was it a man or a woman?"

Zhao Zejian said: "It's a woman. I've seen it before. Once I joked with Uncle An and asked him if she was his girlfriend."

"What did my dad say?"

"Uncle An said that woman was his old classmate."

An Xiaoduo was quiet, then asked again: "What does that woman look like? Does she have any physical features?"

Zhao Zejian nodded with certainty: "About 50 to [-] years old, with very fair skin and a gentle and weak appearance, oh yes, I remember her—" At this point, he stretched out his hand and gestured on his left face, " There's a scar, it's not very obvious, but it's still noticeable."

An Xiaoduo took a deep breath: "It's her."

"Do you know who she is?"

An Xiaoduo shook her head: "I think that woman is the real culprit who kidnapped Yuan Yuan, and my father is helping her to take the blame. Unfortunately, I don't know her name, but if she is really my father's classmate, it may be a clue."

"I seem to have heard what Uncle An called her..." Zhao Zejian frowned in distress, and scratched his hair with his hands.

An Xiaoduo didn't dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing his memory.She held her breath and waited for a while, Zhao Zejian shook his head in frustration: "I can't remember."

An Xiaoduo looked at him eagerly: "Think again."

Zhao Zejian tried his best to think again, but still to no avail, he said dejectedly: "I'm sorry, I really can't figure it out, and I didn't care about it at the time. If you didn't tell me, I would never have thought that she was responsible for the kidnapping case." .”

"Then since you are so sure that my father is innocent, why didn't you tell the police?"

"The day before Uncle An's accident, I broke my leg playing at school and stayed in the hospital for more than half a month. After I got out of the hospital, I couldn't see him anymore. My mother only said that I moved away, probably knowing that I and An Uncle is very friendly, I’m afraid I’ll be sad if I know that something happened to him. Until last year when I entered the law firm, I passed Lawyer Li’s office once and accidentally heard him talking to Secretary Wu..." Zhao Zejian stopped here and took a peek at Glancing at her, he added guiltily, "I didn't eavesdrop on purpose, I was really careless. When they mentioned Uncle An's name, I just..."

An Xiaoduo was in a turmoil at the moment, she didn't listen to what he said later.

After Zhao Zejian left, An Xiaoduo sat in the small park for more than half an hour, thinking about two things over and over in her mind, one was the identity of that woman, the other was that Li Xiaoan had met her father in Lizhou, especially the latter , had such an impact on her that she was completely unaware of it, and had no idea at all.Li Xiao'an didn't tell her, and his father didn't mention it. It was as if they had agreed not to tell her about their meeting. It happened quietly, and they covered it up quietly. What did they say?Is it true that as Zhao Zejian said, Li Xiaoan went to see his father because of that text message?So what would he say to his father?Ask your father if the content of the text message is true?Could this have anything to do with his father's suicide?
Her heart was pounding, and her head ached.The woman was not found, and a new mystery was brought up. She hugged her head in pain. After an unknown amount of time, the text message alert sounded quickly. She took out her mobile phone to check in a daze. It turned out to be from that woman. Explain Said that there was no way to keep the appointment due to unexpected circumstances, but he didn't even mention when we would meet again.

An Xiaoduo stared at the text message for a while, then put her phone back in her bag, walked out of the small park, stopped the car and went back to Pearl Villa.

When Li Xiaoan came back, An Xiaoduo was playing computer in the study.He walked over and glanced at the display screen. As expected, it was the game interface of Plants vs. Zombies.

(End of this chapter)