My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 136 New clues
“It’s that child.”

"Ok?"

Zhuang Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you still remember her?"

Although there are not many children in this welfare home, there are still dozens of them, and quite a number of them have certain defects.

Maybe it's physical, maybe it's intellectual, at least Zhuang Xiao estimates that more than half of the normal children should have it.

Now in 2024, there are at least fifty or sixty children, and there were probably more in the past.

The old director was able to remember a child who was "sent" to the welfare home more than 20 years ago just by hearing the name rather than after seeing the appearance, which shows that Gu Shiyue left a deep impression on her.

For Zhuang Xiao, this is actually a good thing.

"Of course I remember. He was a very smart but also very...special child."

Cui Xiulian turned around and said, "If you don't mind, would you like to come to my office for a cup of tea?"

Zhuang Xiao hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Thank you for your help."

"It's not a problem. I haven't had any young people here for a long time." Cui Xiu Lian still smiled gently.

Shu Die followed the two of them without saying a word.

She came purely to listen to the story.

When the two followed President Cui into the office building, their expressions changed slightly.

Unlike the shabby outside, although the inside cannot be said to be magnificent, it can definitely be said to be clean and tidy, at least it is completely different from what they imagined.

When they arrived at the office and sat down, seeing that they were still a little surprised, Cui Xiulian poured a glass of water for each of them before asking with a smile, "Do you think this welfare home is different from what you imagined?"

Shu Die didn't say anything. This was Zhuang Xiao's business, so she just had to play her role as a tool well.

Zhuang Xiao nodded and said, "Indeed, is it because of the official subsidy?"

Because of the official subsidies, the exterior was not renovated to be more luxurious.

To put it bluntly, everyone sympathizes with the weak.

If the exterior of your welfare home is so well maintained, are you waiting to be attacked online?

"It was like that in the past, but later on, although we were no longer required to be self-sufficient, the local finances were not that good, so we had a hard time during that period."

Cui Xiulian recalled the past, "That was more than 20 years ago, almost in the last century."

Zhuang Xiao keenly sensed the time node, "So there has been an improvement in the new century?"

"Yes, it was all because of Xiaoyue."

Cui Xiulian smiled gently, "It was in 1999, when a very famous gentleman came to our welfare home and donated about one million yuan every year, and it has not stopped until this year.

"At that time, she brought a newborn baby and said she wanted to give it to our hospital to raise. That child was Xiaoyue. Later, when Xiaoyue was twelve years old, she took her away. I didn't expect that Xiaoyue still remembered me."

Shu Die didn't understand why, but she still felt a shiver running up her back.

Because this place is actually related to the ancient moon! And there seems to be some secret inside.
She couldn't help but look at Zhuang Xiao's profile.

While Zhuang Xiao kept smiling, he was quickly reviewing the situation in his mind.

[3.1] On the last night of the timeline, An Lan lied to me!
Zhuang Xiao remembered it very clearly. At that time, he asked her if she knew Gu Shiyue. She said that she had noticed Gu Shiyue since she was admitted to Tsinghua University at the age of twelve. After Gu Shiyue couldn't stand the university life and dropped out, she was accepted as a disciple and arranged for her to attend the junior high school in Dongfang No. 1 Middle School, saying that she would take the university entrance examination after she was sixteen or seventeen years old.

But Zhuang Xiao remembered very clearly that before Gu Shiyue disappeared, she had already been admitted to the junior class of USTC, and would be going to school in less than half a year!

Well, even if she doesn’t remember clearly here, she can just pretend that she was fourteen or fifteen years old instead of sixteen or seventeen.

But what Dean Cui said now was completely contrary to what An Lan said at the beginning!

According to An Lan, she noticed Gu Shiyue after she was admitted to Tsinghua University at the age of twelve, and she only got to know her after that.

But according to Dean Cui, An Lan sent Gu Shiyue to this orphanage when she was still a baby! An Lan even donates one million to this orphanage every year!

And Gu Shiyue was also taken away by An Lan when she was twelve years old!

This means that she was admitted to Tsinghua University after being taken away by An Lan!

Why did An Lan lie to herself?
Zhuang Xiao didn’t know, but even if he didn’t know the result now, the act of “cheating” was enough.

If Zhuang Xiao originally thought that there was a 70% chance that An Lan was the "starting point" of the "story line" of Gu Shiyue's death, then now it was at least 80% or even 90%.

That is
The original intention was to find an opportunity to talk to An Lan.

And now, if the conversation failed he could just... kill her.

Then trigger the "time travel" back to 2012!
But now these are just speculations, we still need to confirm the identity of that person first.

So Zhuang Xiao looked up and asked with a smile, "Dean Cui, the respected gentleman you mentioned, could it be Professor An Lan'an?"

"How do you know?" Cui Xiulian was surprised at first, then suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, you are Xiaoyue'er's friend, so you must know. That's right, Professor An Lan is Xiaoyue'er's guardian. When Xiaoyue was twelve years old, she went through the adoption procedures with me and took Xiaoyue away."

Sure enough it was her!

Zhuang Xiao's fists stiffened, but he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment in his heart.

As the saying goes, "Those with high profits are suspicious."

Who is the biggest beneficiary after Gu Shiyue’s death?

It's obviously An Lan.

Originally it should have been Xu Guoping. Judging from his reaction, as An Lan's disciple, he must know some inside information.

Originally, he was supposed to use this inside information to threaten An Lan, or to make an exchange with An Lan, so he got the samples and data of the amblyopia treatment drugs left by Gu Shiyue.

However, his level was not high enough and he was unable to complete the subsequent development, and his hasty launch of the product to make money led to serious consequences.

而在【3.1】的时间线以及现在这个【2.3】的时间线中，徐国平都死在了2016年12月31日。

Once he was shot and killed by Li Ming, and once he died in his own hands.

Both times he failed to start the company.

After his death, An Lan quietly continued her research and development using the things left by Gu Shiyue. It might be because of her level, or it might be because of her status and position that she was able to gather a professional team to tackle the research and development.

So she didn't rush, but proceeded step by step, until this year when she made a breakthrough and prepared to conduct phase I clinical trials.

But Zhuang Xiao couldn’t understand why she would embezzle Gu Shiyue’s research results when she had neither money nor status?
Is it really just greed?
Zhuang Xiao felt that the outcome would become clear in a few days.

(End of this chapter)