After saying so, Qu Xiaobo turned away madly and left.

Mo Shaoyan was so impressed by Qu Xiaobo's acting.

Gu Baisheng even wanted to applaud Qu Xiaobo while watching from a distance.

Qu Xiaobo was really a drama queen.

It was unbelievable that she didn't win a prize.

After Qu Xiaobo left angrily, Gu Baisheng left with Song Shuang while holding back her laughter.

Mo Shaoyan was laughed at by his rich friend. He couldn't throw a tantrum, so he could only take a deep breath himself.

Qu Xiaobo was secretly watching Mo Shaoyan's reaction in the garden. She couldn't help laughing when she saw Mo Shaoyan being laughed at by his friend and taking a deep breath, "You deserve it! It's your fault to scare and scold me!"

She was patted on the shoulder after saying so.

Qu Xiaobo shivered and turned around immediately.

She was relieved when she realized it was Gu Baisheng. She complained with her hands on her chest, "You were so quiet! Did you want to scare me to death by doing so?"

"Do you think I can scare you to death?" Gu Baisheng looked in Mo Shaoyan's direction smilingly, "You wanted to scare us to death. Look at what you did to Mr. Mo."

Qu Xiaobo knew that Mo Shaoyan was furious without having to look at him.

But she was happy with it. She wanted Mo Shaoyan to be angry.

"I'm surprised that he apologized to me. He must have an ulterior motive."

Qu Xiaobo was not stupid, so she wouldn't believe a single word said by a rich playboy.

She didn't know what he was up to when he invited her to lunch.

Finishing her words, Qu Xiaobo glared at Song Shuang and warned him, "Song Shuang, although you're Shengsheng's husband and my friend, I'll be mad at you if you help Mo Shaoyan to trick me again."

Song Shuang nodded, "I won't."

Qu Xiaobo looked at Gu Baisheng after Song Shuang promised her sincerely, "I need to go home, Shengsheng."

"You won't sleep over at Auntie Hu's home?"

Gu Baisheng was surprised because Qu Xiaobo usually stayed at Hu Hui's home until it was 5 days after the new year.

Yesterday was New Year's day, but Qu Xiaobo planned to go back today.

Qu Xiaobo held Gu Baisheng's hands and smiled, "I'm still worried about Zhang Kai. I don't think it would take so long to question a criminal. He's definitely up to something behind my back. I'll pack up this afternoon and set off to Gui Town tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

Gu Baisheng tried to persuade Qu Xiaobo to go to Gui Town later.

But her advice only postponed her travelling for a night.

Qu Xiaobo couldn't be relieved if she didn't see Zhang Kai.

Even if Gu Baisheng persuaded her not to go to Gui Town now, she would go there after thinking twice.

"Yeah." Qu Xiaobo nodded, "Don't go with me. I just go there to check if Zhang Kai's up to something. Then I'll come back right away."

Gu Baisheng knew that nothing would stop her, so she nodded, "Fine. Have a good rest after finishing packing up."

"I'll go now." Qu Xiaobo let go of Gu Baisheng and said to her, "Please tell Auntie Hu about it."

"OK."

After making a deal with Qu Xiaobo and letting Song Shuang drive her home, Gu Baisheng said to Song Shuang, "You need to go to Gui Town earlier."

"My flight is at 2 p.m."

Song Shuang was ready for his trip.

Gu Baisheng looked at him seriously, "I have a really bad feeling. No matter what happened to Zhang Kai at Gui Town, you have to tell me first."

"I know."

Song Shuang flew to Gui Town at 2 p.m.

And he arrived at Gui Town at around 5 p.m.

It was pretty dark at that time.

The police officers at the police station were preparing for dinner.

When Song Shuang arrived at the station, Zhang Kai's colleague who went to Gui Town with him was smoking at the door.

He saw Song Shuang walking towards him when he looked up.

He threw his cigarette away in terror without putting it off. Then he stood up to run away.

Song Shuang had keen eyes, so he recognized that he worked at the Gui Town police station as soon as he stood up.

He was also Zhang Kai's colleague, so he said to him, "Officer Sun?"

Sun Jing knew that he couldn't get away from it this time after hearing this.

Song Shuang recognized him.

He stopped guiltily and turned around to look into Song Shuang's eyes slowly.

When Song Shuang saw into his eyes, he found that Sun Jing's face changed a lot.

After being in Gui Town for a few days, Sun Jing's face and eyes became very swollen and the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious.

Song Shuang couldn't help squinting his eyes when he saw his face, "What happened to you?"

Sun Jing didn’t dare to say anything.

Song Shuang stood in front of him and checked him carefully, "What happened? Where is Zhang Kai?"

The night wind was very cold in Gui Town in winter.

It was so cold that they felt their faces were almost cut through by the wind.

But at this moment, no one suggested going inside the station.

Sun Jing became much more nervous when he was stared at by Song Shuang. He felt the silent pressure that was hanging above his head like a hammer.

He felt time went by slowly when he was stared at by Song Shuang.

"I'll look for Zhang Kai at the police station."

Song Shuang turned around to walk into the station when Sun Jing remained silent.

Meanwhile, Sun Jing couldn't help clenching his fists and said coldly, "No need."

His voice was a bit hoarse, "Zhang Kai..."

Song Shuang turned around and frowned.

Sun Jing looked into Song Shuang's eyes guiltily, "He's dead."

All of a sudden, Song Shuang's face changed.

Zhang Kai was dead.

...

Gu Baisheng received Song Shuang's call at midnight.

It was already 1 a.m.

She had been waiting for Song Shuang's call all night.

She couldn't reach him after he arrived at Gui Town.

He only sent her two messages.

One of them said that he arrived at Gui Town and the other one said he had something to tell her.

She didn't hear back from him after the two messages.

She waited anxiously.

She was on her phone till 10 p.m. But she couldn't stay up anymore.

Gu Baisheng woke up when she heard the ring tone that she set for Song Shuang.

She realized that Song Shuang called her, so she asked him in a hurry, "How's it? Have you found out the answer? How's Zhang Kai?"

"Come over with Qu Xiaobo tomorrow."

Song Shuang's voice sounded quite different.

Although he was talking to her, his tone was very calm and cold as if he had been notifying the patient's death to his family.

Gu Baisheng suddenly panicked when she heard his tone, "What happened?"

Song Shuang became silent for a few seconds and then said, "Zhang Kai is dead."

"Dead?"

Gu Baisheng held her phone tightly with her eyes wide open, "Are you kidding me?"

"How can I make a joke about such kind of thing?"

Song Shuang reminded Gu Baisheng of what happened three years ago.

Three years ago, he notified Shen's death in this way.

She suddenly felt powerless and fell onto her bed, "How could it happen?"

She asked subconsciously, "How could it happen?"

Before she went to Gangcheng, Zhang Kai was so healthy.

Why did she hear about his death shortly after New Year's day?

How could she tell Qu Xiaobo about it?

How could she explain everything to Qu Xiaobo?

"Qu Xiaobo must be devastated when she finds it out, so you need to be with her."

Song Shuang made a good point.

Gu Baisheng knew it, too.

Qu Xiaobo had a very miserable family and only began to become optimistic after knowing Zhang Kai in college.

She already started her therapy sessions actively.

She had made up her mind about getting married to Zhang Kai after finishing her sessions.

She had planned everything out.

How could Zhang Kai be dead now?

"Are you being serious?"

Gu Baisheng felt desperate.

She really hoped that it was only Song Shuang's bad joke.

But Song Shuang suddenly comforted her on the phone, "Please don't be too sad, Shengsheng."

Gu Baisheng couldn't bear it anymore.

She curled up her body with her back against the wall.

She held her legs with her arm and closed her eyes.

Song Shuang didn't hang up the call the whole night.

Both he and Gu Baisheng stayed up all night.

When the sun came out, Gu Baisheng asked, "How did he die?"

"He was stabbed by criminals and lost too much blood."

"What kind of criminals?"

"Murderers."

Song Shuang answered.

Gu Baisheng nodded and murmured unconsciously, "Murders are extremely vicious."

"Shengsheng..."

Song Shuang wanted to comfort her.

But Gu Baisheng suddenly said, "Where did he get stabbed?"

"A mountainous village at Gui Town."

"Which village?"

"Caixia Village."

"Caixia Village?"

Gu Baisheng suddenly recalled something and straightened her body, "Isn't it where Xiao Rong and Zhang Tiantian live?"

She remembered that Caixia Village was Zhang Tiantian's hometown clearly.

She mentioned this village multiple times after she returned there with Xiao Rong.

She said it was a beautiful place.

"Yes."

Song Shuang answered.

"What about Zhang Tiantian and Xiao Rong?"

"Zhang Tiantian..." Song Shuang thought about his words and then said, "Zhang Kai was stabbed when he tried to arrest the murders who killed Zhang Tiantian."

Gu Baisheng's brain suddenly stopped working, "What did you just say? The murderers who killed Zhang Tiantian? What happened to her?"

"She's dead, too." Song Shuang decided to tell her about it, too.

Zhang Kai was dead.

Zhang Tiantian was dead, too.

And the murderers killed Zhang Kai when he tried to arrest them.

What happened?

How could things end up like this?

Gu Baisheng took a deep breath, "These things are not true, right?"

"Shengsheng..."

"How could things end up like this?"