248. Chapter 248 Three Characteristics of the Gaia World
"I...I don't know."
Qing Che's heart was in chaos. She also knew that Li Mengnan's proposal was entirely for her own good, and the choice she made at this moment was likely to affect her destiny in the future, but she still had difficulty making up her mind.
Her father's violence indeed frightens her all day long, but after so many years, she has long been accustomed to such a life. Now she is suddenly asked to go to a strange city with her mother, whom she has almost no memory of, with some people who have no blood relationship.
Living together with her so-called family members, she could not imagine what kind of life was waiting for her.
And most importantly, here is her most unforgettable first love, the first man she ever experienced in her life - Li Mengnan.
"It's not urgent. I'll check your mother's situation for you first, and then you can make a decision."
Li Mengnan doesn't necessarily want Qingche to choose to live with her mother. After all, after many years, any situation may happen. Maybe her mother's current situation is not as good as her father's. A hasty decision may harm Qingche.
Qing Che forced a faint smile and changed the subject: "Let's not talk about my business anymore...Brother Mengnan, how is your relationship with Police Officer Wu going? Is there any further development?"
"That's it...she works every day, and I go to class every day. It's hard to go out and meet on weekends, and dating is just like catching up. How much progress can we make?"
Speaking of this matter, Li Mengnan was quite helpless. In fact, the lack of time was less important. The key was that it was really difficult for him and Wu Ansu to find a common language. He often talked to Wu Ansu who couldn't understand, while Wu Ansu talked to him.
I don’t understand it, it’s just as awkward as two creatures from different dimensions being forcibly kneaded together.
Li Mengnan even felt that the relationship between the two was not as comfortable and natural as when they were not familiar with each other. Sure enough, some people are only suitable for being friends and not lovers.
"Actually, Officer Wu is a very nice person, and I can tell that she likes you very much, but maybe she's just not very good at expressing herself..."
After all, it's all about the beholder. Although Qingche has never been in love, he can judge Wu Ansu's character quite accurately.
"I know this too...Oh, let's not talk about it anymore, let's eat."
What Li Mengnan is struggling with most now is his strange relationship with Wu Ansu, stuck between friends and lovers.
Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will come.
As soon as Wu Ansu was mentioned here, the cell phone started calling loudly in Li Mengnan's pocket. The caller ID showed that it was Wu Ansu himself.
"Hey, Susu, what's going on?"
"Huh? Mengnan, you're not in school?"
Possibly due to professional reasons, Wu An has a little-known special skill, which is that he can roughly hear the location of the other party from the background sound on the phone, but he is not intentionally checking Li Mengnan's whereabouts.
"Oh, I had something to do this morning and asked for leave from the department. I'm having breakfast outside now." Li Mengnan didn't mention helping Qingche move. It wasn't that he deliberately concealed it, but he knew that Wu Ansu would definitely not be interested in such a thing.
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"If you have time, you'd better ask your aunt and the others to come to the police station today - the murderer of Mitong has been found."
The murderer was found?!
This was big news. Li Mengnan quickly put down his half-eaten breakfast, called his mother Xiao Hui, and asked her to contact Minnie and Xiao Baoer who were still at school.
Qing Che also took this opportunity to run outside to help hail a taxi and accompanied Li Mengnan to the police station.
On the way, he unexpectedly encountered a traffic jam caused by a car accident. Li Mengnan was delayed for a full hour on the road. When he rushed to the police station, Xiao Hui, mother and daughter had already arrived for a long time.
"Mom, you came quickly enough. Have you seen Susu? Who is the murderer?"
Just as Li Mengnan quickly ran to Xiao Hui to ask, Minnie, who had been sitting silently on the bench next to her, suddenly stood up and walked to Qing Che. Without any warning, she raised her hand and slapped her hard.
"Sister Minnie, you...?" Qingche covered his face and looked at Minnie in front of him, obviously stunned by this slap.
"What are you still doing here? Get out of here!"
Minnie shouted hysterically, raised her hand and swiped at Qing Che's face again, but this time Li Mengnan grabbed her wrist first.
Li Mengnan thought that Minnie was too sad and lost her mind, so he yelled loudly and tried to wake her up: "Minnie, are you crazy? Look clearly, she is Qing Che!"
"You don't need to remind me! I know who she is! She is the one I hit!" Minnie struggled desperately to break free, her hair disheveled and she looked like a madman.
Xiao Hui also reacted at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Minnie away, and kept signaling with her eyes that Li Mengnan should take Qing Che to go first.
Although Li Mengnan didn't know the reason, he could tell that Minnie's out-of-control behavior at the moment must have some special connection with Qingche. Allowing Qingche to stay here would only further stimulate Minnie's emotions, so he protected Qingche and left.
The corridor on this floor is out of Minnie's sight.
"Bao'er, what happened to your sister?"
After soothing Qing Che and sitting down on the bench in the corridor, Li Mengnan turned around and asked Xiao Baoer who was following him with a puzzled look on his face.
Xiao Baoer crossed his arms tightly and bit his lip several times. Suddenly he sighed heavily and said, "The murderer who killed that man... was Qingche's father Qingpei."
"What? This... how is this possible? How could my father kill someone?" Qing Che stood up subconsciously, eyes filled with disbelief.
"There is nothing impossible. The police have arrested the person and he has confessed to the murder."
In fact, Xiao Baoer doesn't want to believe this. After all, Qingche has been her best friend and best friend since she was a child. However, the police have sufficient evidence to prove that this is the fact and Qingpei is the murderer of her father Mi Tong.
"Is it because of...the demolition payment?"
Li Mengnan suddenly realized that Qingpei did have the possibility of murdering Mi Tong, which was the motive for committing the crime.
"Yes, but for some reason, the other party barely touched the money. The police have recovered almost all of it."
Qing Che suddenly felt dizzy. He took two steps back and sat down on the chair, almost completely losing his ability to think.
She never thought that her father would become a murderer one day, and the person he killed was the father of her best friend!
Xiao Baoer walked up to Qingche and slowly squatted down, putting his hands on her knees with a very complicated expression on his face.
Although she always referred to Mitong as "that man" indifferently, no matter what name she called, it could not change the fact that "that man" was her father.
She also knows that this incident has nothing to do with Qingche, and it can even be said that Qingche is also one of the victims. But just like she cannot change the blood connection with Mitong, in the end Qingche is still the enemy who killed her father.
Daughter, even if she doesn't hate Qingche in her heart, from today on, it will be difficult for the relationship between the two to return to the closeness it once had.
"Qingche, some things can never be changed once they happen. You should understand...I'm sorry."
After saying that, Xiao Baoer gave Qing Che a final hug, stood up and left silently.
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From the police station to the apartment, Qingche didn't say another word, his eyes were so empty as if his soul had been taken away.
Li Mengnan tried to communicate with her, but failed.
In order to prevent Qing Che from having an accident, Li Mengnan could only temporarily stay in the apartment to take care of her.
"Brother Meng Nan...this is my life, right?"
After sitting quietly facing the window for nearly twelve hours like a statue, Qingche finally turned his head and spoke.
Li Mengnan could feel the pain in Qingche's heart at this moment.
Her father, Qingpei, is alcoholic and violent, but he is her only support after all. Although the Xiao family and her daughter are just neighbors, they are the only ones who can give her the warmth of home.
But because of Qingpei's greed, he not only ruined the rest of his life, but also cut a bloody wound in the hearts of the Xiao family's mother and daughter, and Qingche was forced to shoulder the responsibility that she should not have to bear.
Sin and hatred.
Qingche didn't have much to begin with, but at this moment, she had nothing.
What Qing Che said just now is an extremely dangerous signal. The mentality of "accepting fate" not only represents a passive approach to life, but also means completely giving up hope.
In other words, Qingche's will to survive is already on the verge of collapse. Any inappropriate treatment or stimulation will most likely cause her to deny the meaning of her existence and choose death as her escape.