My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 46 If it was me who died, would you be sad?

Before getting in the car, Zhuang Xiao turned around and glanced at Liu Lang through the floor-to-ceiling window of the coffee shop. He finally stood up slowly.

Zhuang Xiao retracted his gaze and sat in the passenger seat.

Dong Weirui fastened his seat belt and started the car, then tilted his head and asked, "Are we going back now?"

"Let's go to the suburban warehouse first. Weirui, you should still remember that place, right?" Zhuang Xiao asked.

"I remember when we were little we used to go there to play during holidays. Where and why?"

Although he raised doubts, Dong Weirui still drove in that direction.

"I want to confirm one thing." Zhuang Xiao closed his eyes and reclined the passenger seat slightly, then leaned back and his breathing gradually became steady.

Dong Weirui glanced at him from the side, then pursed her lips and slowed down a little so as not to disturb his rest.

When Zhuang Xiao opened his eyes, the black Audi A6L had already stopped at the entrance of the familiar abandoned chicken farm.

"What time is it now?" Zhuang Xiao sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"5:17 pm." Dong Weirui glanced at the time.

Zhuang Xiao glanced out the window. The early autumn sky was still bright.

He stood up, opened the car door and got out. The feeling of being on solid ground and the suburban air refreshed his tired body after waking up.

After stretching, he walked towards the chicken farm. Dong Weirui parked the car and followed him closely.

"What are you looking for?" Dong Weirui keenly perceived the truth, "Or what happened in this chicken farm in the timeline where I died?"

Zhuang Xiao shook his head slightly and said nothing.

But when he stepped into the warehouse, he suddenly froze in place, and even his breathing became rapid.

Dong Weirui instantly became alert and pulled out her gun. When she found that the warehouse was empty with only a few rows of wooden shelves, she was slightly stunned and then put away the pistol.

Looking back, she saw Zhuang Xiao still standing there in a daze. She was puzzled. "What's wrong? Is there anything here?"

"Nothing. Precisely because nothing."

Zhuang Xiao took a deep breath and walked forward to take a closer look. He saw that these old wooden shelves were in tatters, covered with thick dust and spider webs.

He raised his hand and gave a gentle push, and the nearest shelf collapsed and shattered into a pile of rotten wood.

Then, without saying a word, he turned around and ran out of the warehouse, opened the entrance to the basement and went in. Dong Weirui followed closely behind him and turned on a high-intensity flashlight after going down.

The basement was very empty, with only a set of surveillance equipment that looked very old.

Zhuang Xiao rushed over and pressed the switch but there was no response.

Dong Weirui squatted down and carefully checked it, then stood up and said, "These things have been stored for more than ten years and are all broken. Besides, there is no electricity here, so they can't be opened."

"It's impossible, it shouldn't be like this"

Zhuang Xiao lost control and subconsciously took a few steps back.

Dong Weirui supported him, her almond eyes showing concern, "Are you okay?"

"fine."

Zhuang Xiao waved his hand, then immediately took out his cell phone and called his father.

The call was quickly connected.

"What, big boss finally has time to call the old man and old lady in the vacant house? You didn't even come back for dinner after returning to Luoyang, right? If I hadn't seen the news on the short video, I wouldn't have known you were back!"

Dad’s voice is still as strong as ever, and even stronger than the “last time” one.

It seems that even his parents' mentality has changed after their son became successful.

But Zhuang Xiao couldn't care less about that at the moment. "Dad, I'm busy here. I'll come back to see you in a few days. I have something to ask you now."

"Okay, okay, you're a busy man, tell me, what's the matter?"

"Do you remember the chicken farm on the bank of the Luo River?"

"Remember, that place became deserted after your uncle Shu left Luoyang. What happened?"

"No! I remember you guys stored a lot of supplies there before? And those homemade explosives! Where did they go?"

"How could you keep something so dangerous? Are you afraid your father won't go to jail?" The old man was speechless. "A few years ago, your uncle Shu and I reported it to the armed forces department of the former army, and they sent people to deal with it a long time ago."

"A few years ago? How many years ago?"

"Who can remember this? It must have been at least three or four years ago. It was less than two years after your uncle Shu's daughter left."

Zhuang Xiao didn't know when he hung up the phone. His brain was buzzing and he even had physiological tinnitus. He felt blurry all over.

Dong Weirui's eyes were slightly worried. She helped Zhuang Xiao back to the car and sat him down, then handed him a bottle of water. "Why don't we stop here today? I'll take you back to rest."

"Okay, go back, but now is not the time to rest. I don't have time."

Zhuang Xiao lay back, covered his face with his hands, and held tightly to the water bottle that was almost deformed by his other hand, as if he was holding on to a life-saving straw.

Dong Weirui caught a glimpse of the silence on his face in the rearview mirror, so she pursed her lips and sped up the car.

After returning to the large flat, Zhuang Xiao did not ask Dong Weirui whether he wanted to stay for dinner. He rushed into the study, turned on the computer and began to summarize the clues he had obtained today.

Dong Weirui stood for a moment and then turned to leave. Not long after, she came back with large and small bags of food.

Glancing at the open study room, Zhuang Xiao was still fiddling with the computer, so she took off her leather jacket to reveal a white high-necked thin wool sweater that showed off her figure very well, and then began to prepare the ingredients.

And Zhuang Xiao continued writing furiously in the study.

[The time nodes of the 'two' time flashbacks are different: 1. Dong Weirui died in the woods behind the administrative teaching building of Dongfang No. 2016 Middle School at 12:31 on the evening of December 23, . The cause of death was hanging, but the police concluded that it was homicide based on clues. There were no fingerprints, bloodstains, hair, or hair tissue left at the scene. The ground was covered with snow and no shoe prints were found.

Shu Die died between 2018 p.m. on September 9, 5 and 23 a.m. on September 9. The cause of death was suffocation, or strangulation. The location was also in the woods behind the administrative teaching building of Dongfang No. 6 Middle School. There were shoe prints of Shen Xing, Luo Wei, and Xu Guoping at the scene. Luo Wei's fingerprints were extracted from the strangulation marks on Shu Die's neck. Luo Wei and Xu Guoping were eyewitnesses at the scene, but no shoe prints or fingerprints of Liu Yan were found.

Liu Lang suspected that Shen Xing, Luo Wei and Xu Guoping conspired to kill Shu Die, and also killed Liu Yan and hid the body.

Common points: All died in the woods behind the administrative teaching building of Dongfang No. 23 Middle School after p.m., and all were strangled to death.

2. Dong Zeyu died while performing a mission at the school gate in 2022, which should have nothing to do with Shu Die's case. His death should be just an accident, because Dong Weirui did not die this time, so he did not choose to be a community policeman, but became a front-line criminal investigation policeman.

3、罗维、沈兴、刘浪、刘艳四人的命运发生了变化，原因是董葳蕤在2016年没有死亡，但刘浪说他们2016年12月31日下午跟晚上确实去过东方第一高中。

4. The things in the warehouse in the abandoned chicken farm in the suburbs have changed. In the 'first' timeline, there were fully usable homemade explosives, perfectly usable monitoring equipment and broadcasting equipment, and various weapons and trap equipment in the warehouse. Except for the bulletproof vest that Shu Die prepared for me, the others should have been placed there by my father and Uncle Shu a long time ago.

But in this "second" timeline, my father said that they had disposed of everything there three to five years ago, so logically speaking, since I had no contact with that warehouse before, the things in the warehouse in the "first" timeline should have been disposed of as well. 】

Having written this, Zhuang Xiao stopped typing, reread what he had written, and then gave his preliminary conclusion.

[1. There must be a secret in the school, and it must be related to Xu Guoping. However, it is impossible to confirm whether Shu Die and Dong Weirui were killed after seeing his secret, or whether killing young students in the middle of the night was Xu Guoping's secret. Perhaps incidents like "Liu Yan's disappearance" are Xu Guoping's secrets. He is a serial killer.

So the first thing to do after going back in time is to investigate whether there have been similar cases of student disappearances in the school in the past.

If so, use the relationship between Grand Tutor Dong and Wei Rui to contact Li Ming and guide him to investigate the relevant cases.

If it's not 23pm, try hiding in school and see if you can find the secret, but be sure to prepare weapons or contact people in advance.

Perhaps Luo Wei and others discovered Xu Guoping's secret, but because they had the advantage in numbers and physical strength, Xu Guoping bribed them.

Question: Why did Liu Lang want to kill Shu Die eight years later in the "first time" timeline to silence her? Was he also afraid that the "secret" would be exposed? What was the reason?
This reason may be the same as the reason why Liu Yan disappeared and Luo Wei was executed in the 'second' timeline.

2. In the afternoon after going back in time, take some time to go to the abandoned chicken farm to see if those things are still there. If they are, see if they can be used. The weapons needed at night can also be replenished here.

If something is missing or cannot be used, it means that someone in the 'first' timeline prepared those things in advance! Did I go back in time in the 'future', or did someone else go back in time as well? 】

Zhuang Xiao wrote the three big red words "girlfriend" here and drew a question mark.

[It is still unclear who sent the message "You really have a girlfriend", but the time travel must be accompanied by the message. Therefore, if there is really someone in the warehouse, then the initial guess is that it is the person who sent the message. Since there is no way to contact and communicate, we will wait and see for the time being. Judging from the current information, the other party has no malicious intentions, but seems to be helping me and giving me hints. ]

"Okay, it's decided."

Zhuang Xiao turned his head to look at the time on the lower right side of the monitor.

【2024年9月10日 20点48分】

How long has it been before I knew it? Even the sky has darkened.

Zhuang Xiao recalled that he woke up at 7:32 this morning as well.

But so far no one close to him has died, so he has to determine the triggering conditions for "time travel" by whether he can go back to eight years ago tonight.

If there is no backtracking, you have to find the triggering conditions to force yourself to go back to the past, but you are not sure whether to go back to before Shu Die's death or before Dong Zeyu's death.

But you must try it!

Zhuang Xiao read the information again from beginning to end, then found a pen and paper to copy it down and put it in his arms. Then he deleted all the data on the computer and started formatting the hard drive.

He stood up and stretched, then walked out of the dark study where the lights were not on. After reaching the living room, he heard the sound of cooking in the kitchen.

He was stunned for a moment and walked to the kitchen door. The pretty figure in the kitchen turned her head after hearing the noise. Then she raised her hands with a leather ring in her mouth and tied her hair into a high ponytail. A gentle smile appeared on her usually serious face. "Wait a moment, the meal will be ready soon."

Zhuang Xiaowei was a little stunned, but for some reason, his depressed mood was relieved a little, and even his tense brows softened a lot.

At least the choice he made was not wrong, Wei Rui successfully survived.

But this is not the "ending" I want.

What he wants is a "future" in which they can all survive and live well.

The meal was ready soon. Zhuang Xiao looked at the sumptuous dishes on the table and suddenly felt reluctant to leave.

After Wei Rui "survived", he had only spent less than a day with her.

After the meal, neither of them spoke.

After Dong Weirui finished cleaning up the dishes, he started cleaning.

Seeing her busying around, Zhuang Xiao couldn't help but say, "Wei Rui, don't be busy yet. You must be tired after following me around all day. If you have nothing to do, go back and have a rest."

Dong Weirui stopped and looked at him calmly, "I'm not in a hurry, but I just had a full meal, do you want to take a walk by the river?"

Zhuang Xiao was about to refuse, but he met her calm almond eyes. The words of refusal came to his lips but he couldn't say them.

"it is good."

Finally he nodded.

"Let's go then."

Dong Weirui put down the mop, put on his leather jacket, and took Zhuang Xiao downstairs to Luopu Park opposite the community, and then found a quiet and deserted bench by the Luo River and sat down.

Both of them stared at the rippling river reflecting the moonlight in a trance. For a moment, no one spoke, only the insects in the grove behind them chirped.

After sitting like this for an hour or two, Zhuang Xiao began to look at his watch from time to time.

Because according to past "experience", it is possible to "go back in time" at any time after midnight.

He didn't notice that Dong Weirui had been looking at his profile since just now.

Suddenly, she spoke. Her voice was very soft, but Zhuang Xiao heard it clearly.

"If it was me who died, would you be sad?"

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