False evidence

Chapter 235 The Most Familiar Stranger (6)

"Big sister, do you even know what privacy is?"

I huddled under the covers, glaring at Fang Ling with dissatisfaction.

Fang Ling exclaimed urgently, "Something's happened! Quick, get dressed!"

"what's up?"

I asked the question, but I still grabbed the clothes.

After going downstairs with Pidan, Fang Ling said, "Puff's condition has suddenly worsened. Li Meizhi is rushing it to the clinic."

I almost fell over.

Puff is the French Bulldog that Li Meizhi brought during the day.

"Sister Ling, we run a pet clinic, not an emergency room!" I was getting a little frustrated.

Fang Ling suddenly turned around: "Listen carefully! Li Meizhi is on her way to the clinic!"

I was stunned for a moment, then it suddenly dawned on me.

Li Meizhi had just visited the clinic during the day when Liang Kaiyuan arrived, repeatedly saying he wanted to kill her.

It's nighttime now. If Li Meizhi were to run into Liang Kaiyuan, it could really result in someone's death.

I rushed to the clinic and happened to see a cream-colored Volkswagen Beetle parked on the side of the road.

Just as I was about to get out of the car, I suddenly looked in the rearview mirror and saw a car parked less than 100 meters behind me.

I remember clearly that when I came over just now, that car wasn't there.

"You guys go open the door first."

I said something to Fang Ling and Pi Dan, who insisted on coming along, opened the glove box, took out the iron fan, got out of the car, and walked towards the vehicle.

Just as I could vaguely see the figures inside the car, the car, which had already been turned off, suddenly started up again.

The driver didn't even turn on the headlights. The silver-gray hatchback spun around on the snow-covered road and quickly disappeared into the unlit night.

I initially just thought the car was suspicious, but seeing this action, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind—he was following Li Meizhi!

"Why did you go?"

What's going on with that car?

When they saw me return, Pidan and Fangling asked me at the same time.

"fine."

I glanced at Li Meizhi subconsciously, and when I saw her, my eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

She had clearly just gotten up; she was only wearing a light purple silk nightgown underneath a long white down jacket, which wasn't zipped up yet.

Sensing the 'death stare' from the preserved egg, I quickly took the French Bulldog from it, glanced outside again, and then went into the examination room.

After a thorough examination, the French Bulldog only had some solidified milk stains at the corners of its mouth, but no other problems.

Seeing me come out carrying the dog, Li Meizhi rushed forward anxiously: "How is Puff?"

Did it spit up milk?

"yes……"

"A person feels uncomfortable after an enema, let alone a dog?"

I really couldn't muster up my temper, so I shoved the dog into her arms and said, "It's okay, I fed it two milk tablets, it'll be fine after a nap."

Li Meizhi breathed a sigh of relief, but then said, "It's not just spitting up milk, it keeps crying and crying... I've never seen it like that before..."

I was going to say that it's normal for people to cry out when they're not feeling well, and for dogs to bark when they're not feeling well.

But as the words were about to come out, she suddenly remembered the suspicious car from earlier.

I looked at the French Bulldog that Li Meizhi was holding in her arms, and for a moment I was lost in thought.

"Hey buddy, want me to wipe your drool for you?" Pi Dan said sullenly.

I dodged her clutches that were trying to pinch me, and muttered:
“At the time of the incident, Puff was no more than two months old. Puppies are not aggressive and cannot protect their owners. However, a keen sense of smell is a dog's nature, and it should have remembered…”

A thought suddenly struck me, and I hurriedly opened the door and went out.

I squinted and looked around for a while. Apart from our shop, which was still lit up, there was nothing else unusual on the street.

Back at the shop, Pidan asked me what was wrong. I shook my head and asked Li Meizhi, "Are you living alone now?"

Li Meizhi hummed in agreement. "When Kaiyuan just left, Turing stayed with me for a while. But I can't keep bothering her. I had someone replace the security door with the most expensive one."

Fang Ling glanced outside and said, "It's good that Puff is alright. Let's go home."

When she winked at me, I knew what she was worried about, but my intuition told me that what she was worried about probably wouldn't happen tonight.

Suddenly, Li Meizhi asked abruptly, "Can I stay here tonight?"

Pidan, Fangling, and I looked at each other in bewilderment.

The truth is, we can all tell by now that something's wrong with her.

The heating was already on, but the room temperature was definitely not enough to make anyone sweat.

Li Meizhi was dressed so thinly, with her clothes open, yet there were many fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and even her loose hair was matted in several places.

Pidan asked her, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Meizhi shook her head: "No, it's just that before I came here, I... I had another nightmare."

It was a dream again...

I shook my head inwardly, but for some reason, I felt a sense of relief for her.

It's still just intuition.

My intuition tells me that if she hadn't had a nightmare and hadn't brought the dog over after waking up, something bad might have happened.

Pidan poured Li Meizhi a glass of water and handed it to her, saying, "I also have nightmares, especially when I'm alone, they're quite scary."

Li Meizhi nodded in realization, "That is indeed too terrible... I won't do that, I definitely won't."

"You won't do anything?" Fang Ling asked.

Li Meizhi subconsciously said, "I won't kill Kaiyuan. If anyone's going to be killed, it'll be that bastard!"

"Which bastard?"

"My husband..."

Li Meizhi seemed to have just woken up from a dream, but was still somewhat absent-minded. She hurriedly explained, "I'm not talking about Kaiyuan, it's another one... it's..."

Fang Ling glanced at me and tried to continue, "Is it the husband in your dream?"

These questions and answers would seem strange to most people.

Just like the preserved egg now, it looks completely bewildered.

However, Fang Ling and I had just met Liang Kaiyuan that afternoon.

Therefore, whenever Li Meizhi mentioned dreams, Fang Ling and I couldn't help but think of Liang Kaiyuan's account. And at the same time, we noticed something—if Liang Kaiyuan's dreams were truly experiences from a past life, then the woman who left such a deep impression on him in that life originally had a husband.

Fang Ling and I exchanged a glance, and Fang Ling said softly to Li Meizhi:
"What did you dream about? Can you tell us about it?"

"I dreamt about... I dreamt about..."

Suddenly, Li Meizhi buried her face in the French Bulldog and began to sob, "I dreamt that I killed someone! I killed Kaiyuan!"

I looked at the night outside, sighed, and thought to myself that given Li Meizhi's current condition, she wouldn't be able to go home to sleep tonight.

I pulled Pidan into the examination room and whispered to her what had happened during the day.

As we walked out, Fang Ling said something to me that only the two of us could understand. No, now Pidan should be able to understand too—"She's the same as him."

He was naturally referring to Liang Kaiyuan.

She's just like him...

In other words, Li Meizhi also dreamed of her past life.

Because of Gao He's arrival during the day, Liang Kaiyuan was unable to finish recounting his dream, which left me with some suspense.

Fang Ling was clearly the same.

Since it was destined to be a sleepless night, Fang Ling coaxed Li Meizhi into revealing the dream that was troubling her.

However, not long after Li Meizhi began to speak, Fang Ling and I both sensed that something was wrong...

(End of this chapter)