She is in the fog

Before the brain could think, the body had already responded subconsciously. He Xi moved inwards, leaving most of the bed for Ming Mei. He pushed the pillow outwards and began to stammer: "You...are afraid, how...how are you...scared all of a sudden?"

"I'm just scared." Ming Mei bit her lip slightly, propped herself up on the bed with both hands, and naturally put her knees on it. She crawled forward, lay down on her side, grabbed the quilt with both hands, and looked at He Xi with her peach blossom eyes: "Then I'll go to sleep, you can sleep too."

Seeing her turn her head away and slowly close her eyes, He Xi nodded hurriedly: "Okay...Okay."

She carefully curled her body up and lay down with as little noise as possible.

The bed in the dormitory is 1.2 meters wide. It is fine for one person, but it seems a bit cramped for two people. He Xi was afraid of squeezing Mingmei and making her sleep uneasy, so he always slept on his right side to leave room for her as much as possible.

But Mingmei seemed to be extremely scared. She finally made some space for herself, but Mingmei came over immediately and stuck close to her, leaving no space at all.

"Please come closer to me. I've already told you I'm scared." Mingmei complained in a low voice without opening her eyes, and it sounded more and more like the mumbling in a dream.

At this time, He Xi's back was against the wall. Even if he wanted to retreat, he couldn't do so, so he simply stopped moving.

She kept her back against the wall, not daring to move for a long time. She didn't know how long it had been, until the people around her stopped turning over and making no noise, she secretly opened one eye and saw Mingmei was already fast asleep. She couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, opened her eyes with relief, and looked at the scene in front of her.

Ming Mei looked like a sleeping beauty at this moment, with a beautiful profile and long eyelashes casting a shadow under her eyes due to the moonlight. She seemed to have had a sweet dream, she pursed her lips, her red lips with lip balm slightly raised, her lips full and pearly.

He Xi swallowed subconsciously and suddenly felt that he shouldn't just eat a bowl of noodles at night.

So hungry.

She stared at her lips intently, and a strange idea came to her mind: Would grape-flavored lipstick taste like grapes?
He Xi gently moved his body, supported his own weight with his arms, and quietly moved his head over, stopping when it was only an inch away from her lips.

He Xi, He Xi! You are such a beast! She has fallen asleep! She is totally unconscious now! You actually want to kiss her secretly! It is so disgraceful!
He Xi cursed himself inwardly, retracted his head, and silently repeated "It's okay to clear the mind", "The heart can be clear", "It's also okay to clear the mind", "It's okay to clear the mind", "It's okay to clear the mind" several times, then slowly lay down.

However, ten minutes later, she could no longer hold back.

We are sleeping in the same bed, so it should be okay to hug each other, right? But I don’t want to hug her, it’s just that the bed is so small and I have no place to put my arms.
——He Xi tried to find a legitimate reason to convince himself.

So, she stretched out her arm that was pressed under her body, with the back of her hand pressed against the bed, and slowly reached out to Mingmei at a snail's pace...

At this moment, Mingmei suddenly moved, which scared He Xi so much that his hands began to tremble like a sieve in an instant.

The next second, Mingmei turned over, and coincidentally, rolled into He Xi's arms.

With the soft jade in his arms, He Xi's breathing immediately stopped and he could even hear his own heartbeat.

Mingmei is very restless when she sleeps. She always moves around. Sometimes she buries her head in He Xi's neck like a cricket pupa, sometimes she puts her arms on He Xi's face, and sometimes she makes the Cupid sleeping position and puts her legs on He Xi's waist.

Feeling the soft touch, He Xi felt the blood rushing up and she seemed to have forgotten her previous heavy and serious thoughts. There was only one thought left in her mind: Mom, happiness comes too suddenly!
At half past six the next day, the alarm rang. Ming Mei woke up from her sleep and found that she had swapped positions with He Xi without knowing when and slept inside. She was still hugging He Xi tightly, as if she was using her as a human pillow. Her face immediately turned red and she hurriedly got up. However, she was attracted by a few pieces of blood-stained paper in the trash can on the ground, so she asked curiously, "Are you bleeding from your nose?"

"Ahem..." He Xi coughed twice, his eyes dodging, "It's okay, I just got a little irritated, it's gone now."

Mingmei moved closer to her face and found two circles of blue under her eyes. She thought she didn't sleep well, so she blamed herself and said, "I'm sorry. It seems that it's a bit crowded for two people to sleep in one bed. I made you not sleep well."

"No……"

Before He Xi finished speaking, Ming Mei interrupted her: "But I really didn't mean it. I didn't lie to you. I was really scared. Those scenes were too shocking! So I didn't dare to sleep alone..."

"Nothing." He Xi repeated again, then got out of bed, put on his shoes, and jumped up and down, "Look, look, I slept so well, I feel refreshed!"

Seeing her reaction, Mingmei couldn't help laughing: "Don't jump, you have to get up slowly in the morning. You'll feel dizzy if you get up too fast. Don't make such big movements all at once, you have to give your brain and body some time to buffer."

"Got it!" He Xi saluted her seriously, "After you wash up, remember to go to the cafeteria for breakfast. I have asked for leave and need to go outside the school, so I won't accompany you."

"Are you going to find your friend?" Mingmei said as she made the bed.

He Xi nodded: "Yes, I need my friend to help me draw a portrait. At the same time, I will tell Captain Li all the clues I have recalled during this period. I will feel more at ease if the police can catch the criminal from the previous life as soon as possible."

"Well, be careful." Mingmei finished folding the quilt and pointed at it excitedly, "Look! Doesn't it look like a tofu block? I can fold the quilt as well as you now!"

"Yes, yes, yes." He Xi agreed with a smile, "Mine is obviously the best."

"Of course. Don't you see who I am?" Mingmei raised her chin proudly, then climbed onto her bed, picked up the quilt to cover her chest, and began to change her clothes.

She first took off her pajamas, revealing her white shoulders, then picked up her pink underwear from the side, and pulled the quilt with both hands alternately. Finally, she put on the underwear, tucked the quilt under her armpits, and began to put on her summer school uniform.

He Xi stared at her fair shoulders, thinking of the beautiful scenery he saw last night, and the expression on his face instantly became unnatural.

She swore that she really didn't look at it on purpose! If you want to blame someone, blame it... Yes! Blame the pajamas! The pajamas Mingmei wore were cute, but the collar was a little loose, and it flipped over and over... You can't be sure, right? So she accidentally saw it, which made sense.

Thinking of this, He Xi suddenly felt a hot current flowing out of his nose, and couldn't help but secretly say that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the next second, Ming Mei exclaimed: "He Xi! Why are you bleeding from the nose again?"

He Xi stretched out his hand and touched it, and saw a hint of red on his finger.

This is so embarrassing! How can the memory alone cause a nosebleed? He Xi lowered his head to get the paper. Naturally, he couldn't tell the real reason, so he made up an excuse: "It's okay, it's an old problem. I tend to have nosebleeds in the summer. I'll go wash up first."

He Xi hurriedly fled to the balcony, wiped the blood off, and washed his face with cold water.

Even though it was useless, she still recited the Qingxin Order silently in her heart.

While brushing her teeth, Mingmei walked over to her and asked, "Are you still bleeding from your nose?"

He Xi shook his head.

"Do you want to go to the hospital? It's not a good thing to have nosebleeds all the time."

He Xi didn't dare to look up at Ming Mei. He was brushing his teeth anyway, so he kept silent and shook his head. Ming Mei had no choice but to ask curiously, "It's Thursday today, doesn't your friend have classes?"

"She is an art student and is in training." He Xi said vaguely, "She just needs to tell her studio teacher. She has more freedom."

"Where is the studio?"

“Near People’s Park.”

"Is that so..." Mingmei threw the washcloth into the basin, poured some hot water from the thermos, and added some cold water from the pipe, then asked, "Are there any delicious snacks near People's Park?"

He Xi finished brushing his teeth, put the toothbrush cup on the windowsill, and thought: "I'm not sure, what do you want to eat? I'll bring it to you!"

"Great! I've been waiting for you to say that!" Mingmei twisted her face towel, her peach blossom eyes rolling around, "I want to eat brown sugar rice cakes and fried crispy pork."

"I promise to complete the task! I'll bring it back to you after evening study."

"Ah?" Mingmei complained disappointedly, "Why did you come back after evening self-study? I thought you would be back at noon."

He Xi also pretended to sigh: "I can't do anything about it. He needs time to paint."

"Okay then." Mingmei pursed her lips and urged her to act quickly: "Then go quickly, the sooner you go, the sooner you will be back."

He Xi entered the house, quickly changed his clothes, opened the door, and said loudly to the balcony: "I'll be leaving first. Remember to eat and be careful of hypoglycemia."

"Know it."

After leaving the school with the note, He Xi didn't say much, and hurriedly found Xia Xunzhen, asking her to draw all the faces of people related to Yanhuo in her memory and take pictures of them into her mobile phone. She did the same thing again, and found a stranger to buy a phone card for her, and sent all the pictures to Li Fang in the form of MMS. By the way, she edited the clues about the criminal gang that Yanhuo was in in the previous life that she recalled during this period into text, including some important times and places, and sent them to Li Fang.

He Xi trusted Li Fang 100%. She believed that with her vigilance, she would definitely take it to heart even if it was sent from an unfamiliar number. The Public Security Bureau could mobilize more resources, which was more efficient than her fighting alone. Moreover, compared with personally intercepting Yanhuo from committing crimes, He Xi felt that it would be better to wipe out the criminal gang in advance and prevent the crime before it happens, which would be more beneficial to society, Mingmei and others.

"It's up to you. Come on." After finishing everything, He Xi threw away the phone card, took a long breath, and silently prayed that their future actions would be smooth and they would return safely.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon. He Xi remembered that he wanted to buy snacks for Mingmei, so he hurried into the snack street near People's Park.

"Brown sugar glutinous rice cake, fried pork." He Xi muttered these two words, looking around, but she couldn't find the signs of these two snacks. She stopped two passers-by and said, "Hello, sister, I want to ask where can I buy brown sugar glutinous rice cake and fried pork around here?"

A passerby stopped, looked around and said, "Before, there was an uncle pushing a cart selling brown sugar rice cakes. Where did he go?"

"Go to a hot pot restaurant," another passerby suggested kindly, "There are still few food stalls that specialize in fried pork. You might as well go to a hot pot restaurant, where they have both brown sugar rice cake and fried pork."

Right? Why didn't she think of that? He Xi thanked them. There happened to be a hot pot restaurant not far away, so she walked in without thinking.

The receptionist at the door smiled and said, "Hello, welcome. How many people are there?"

"I don't eat hot pot. I want to buy some snacks from the store to take away. Is that okay?"

The waiter was also very experienced. He did not hesitate at all and continued to smile: "Of course, please go upstairs and tell the cashier what you need."

"Thank you."

Arriving at the cashier counter on the second floor, He Xi followed the waiter's instructions and told the cashier that she wanted to take away a portion of brown sugar glutinous rice cake and fried crispy pork. The cashier nodded in understanding and said, "Okay, do you need anything else?"

"No need, thank you."

The cashier handed her the receipt and said, "I have notified the kitchen to prepare it. Please wait for a moment. All the empty seats are available."

He Xi took the receipt and said "thank you" again.

While waiting, she began to look at the decoration of the store.

The shop is designed in a completely retro style, with big red lanterns hanging high. In the middle is a rockery with dry ice and water in it, which is steaming. There are wooden tables and benches, and even the window frames are cross-carved...

Wait? He Xi suddenly realized that the woman sitting by the window looked familiar.

It’s Chen Quxin.

So could the person opposite her be He Sicheng?

No, not He Sicheng.
He Sicheng's shoulders are narrower than his.

Seeing the forced smile on Chen Quxin's face, He Xi felt that things were not simple, so he immediately changed his position and hid behind the fake peach tree, so that he could observe more easily through the flowers and leaves.

The man sitting opposite Chen Quxin stood up, picked up a piece of meat with a smile, put it in Chen Quxin's bowl, and said a few words. Chen Quxin's face immediately sank, and he picked up the tea beside him and poured it on the man's face. The man's face was wet but he was not angry. He wiped the water off his face and continued to say something.

He Xi was almost going crazy behind the peach tree, she just hated herself for not being able to read lip language. She wanted to rush to them and listen carefully to what they were saying.

At the back, Chen Quxin crossed his arms, turned away angrily and stopped talking. The man stood up and pretended to leave, but Chen Quxin grabbed him, frowned and shook his head, then took out a wad of banknotes from his bag. When he was counting the denominations, the man snatched it away and put it into his briefcase without counting.

Chen Quxin's previous reaction showed that he was somewhat reluctant to see this man, but when he gave him money, he acted as if it was commonplace. He Xi was not stupid enough to think that the man was robbing her money, so she did not rush over rashly.

But one thing is certain, Chen Quxin must have been coerced by this man.

Although Chen Quxin had never treated her well before, if Chen Quxin was really being coerced, she couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

The waiter brought her some brown sugar glutinous rice cakes and fried pork, and also gave her a promotional fan. So she held up the promotional fan and pretended to be a passerby walking by them, but she happened to hear the man say, "Dear, do you know how much I miss you? Why can't we be like before?"

(End of this chapter)