Chapter three hundred and seventy-two lies discovered
Lin Chong explained to Yuan Qingfang at night that the reason why he knew about Dong Xiaowan was because he had heard it mentioned by others before.
However, he did not know that Dong Bai was Dong Xiaowan before, and it was only because Yuan Qingfang reminded him that there was such a person.
Yuan Qingfang glanced at him suspiciously, but in the end she did not dwell on the matter. She accepted his explanation. Lin Chong breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was over.
"I want to tell you something very important." Yuan Qingfang's tone was calm. It was precisely because she had this more important thing to say that she did not continue to get to the bottom of it on unimportant matters.
"What's going on?" Lin Chong immediately thought that Dong Xiaowan must have said it to Yuan Qingfang during the meal.
Sure enough, Yuan Qingfang's next sentence was: "Xiaowan told me at noon that although on the surface it seems that these girls are not close to the missing singers, they all know more or less the situation of some of the girls."
"Yes, but the things they know are of no use." Lin Chong lay comfortably on the bed with his arms as pillows.
"Maybe, but have you ever thought about the possibility that some of them may have lied."
"It's probably impossible to lie... If it's possible for one person to lie, it's impossible for so many people to have made an appointment to lie together!" Lin Chong didn't believe it.
"It's not that so many people made an appointment to lie together, but someone is lying." Yuan Qingfang specially emphasized the word "someone".
"Do you still remember the little girl we first met?"
Lin Chong recalled it carefully: "Remember, we were the first to meet her after all. What's the problem with that little girl? Didn't Dong Xiaowan say that she had a bad relationship with the girl at that time? Then the girl said that the girl she was responsible for taking care of usually didn't
I don’t like to have too much contact with other people.”
"That's true, but Xiaowan didn't tell us at the time."
"You're not telling us? That's it?"
"It's for that girl and the madam beside her." Yuan Qingfang lowered her eyes.
Lin Chong stared at Yuan Qingfang in surprise. He really didn't expect that taking Dong Xiaowan with him would bring such a big windfall! "Then what did she see?"
"Did you notice her title?" Yuan Qingfang didn't understand this either. If it weren't for Dong Xiaowan, she would never have noticed such a detailed issue.
"Name? Is there something wrong with her title?" Lin Chong tried his best to think about it, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.
"She calls Xia Qing sister, and the other girls basically call her girl." Yuan Qingfang nodded at the table.
Lin Chong was stunned: "Sister? Girl? What's the difference? When he used to watch those costume dramas that girls like to watch, everyone was called sister or sister, which doesn't seem to mean anything."
"Of course it's different. Xiaowan said that her relationship with Xia Qing is definitely not as alienated as she said. Most women in brothels have greater vanity than ordinary people in some aspects and rarely let their
The girl calls herself sister, unless..."
"Unless their relationship is really good, right?" Lin Chong picked up the second half of the sentence.
Yuan Qingfang nodded: "No matter what the reason is, one thing that is certain is that these women have a special identity that is related to each other. This identity requires them to keep a distance from the people around them. They cannot be too alienated or too close, but I don't know.
Why didn't Xia Qing do this?"
"But she still let this girl say that the relationship between them is not close, so Xia Qing wants to protect her?" Lin Chong seemed to understand a little bit.
Yuan Qingfang sighed: "That's probably what it means."
Lin Chong sat up: "If this is really the case, then this girl must know something. She may even know the secret shared by Xia Qing and the others."
"Even if she knows, you can't guarantee that she will tell us. You can't even provide evidence to prove that she and Xia Qing have a good relationship." Yuan Qingfang poured cold water on Lin Chong in a calm tone.
"And if she really doesn't want to say it or has some difficulties, Xiaowan doesn't want to embarrass her, so don't tell the people of Tiandimen about this matter yet."
Lin Chong nodded: "Of course I won't tell them. Although we say we want to investigate the matter together, they may not be willing to share all the information with us. Since Dong Xiaowan is unwilling to disclose this matter to others, then naturally we
Respect her wishes."
After all, Dong Xiaowan discovered this. Considering her previous identity, she must have more unexplainable feelings for these women who are helplessly in brothels for various reasons. Since Xia Qing tried so hard to protect her, Dong Xiaowan must have
I don't want to let her down.
Lin Chong lay on the table and turned an empty tea cup over and over in boredom: "I know what you are worried about, but she is the only breakthrough we can find at the moment. It would be great if she could cooperate with us."
"If we want others to cooperate with us, we must first ensure her safety, but we cannot guarantee this." Yuan Qingfang was helpless.
There is no guarantee that they will be able to protect her while they are here, not to mention that they cannot stay here forever. If they leave, who can guarantee the safety of this girl?
"What if we let her leave here? Leave here and go somewhere else?" Lin Chong suggested that communication in ancient times was not developed, and it was not difficult for a person to change his name and live a new life.
"We can redeem her life and give her enough money for her food and clothing." Doesn't this guarantee her safety?
Yuan Qingfang shook her head: "What you don't understand is that not everyone is willing to leave their hometown and live a so-called new life. If it is not really a last resort, who would leave the place where they have lived for half their life?"
Especially if she is a woman who is going to an unfamiliar place, even if you give her enough money, she may not be safe.
"What's more, in today's world, having two acquaintances around you can help you feel more at ease and take care of each other." She rejected Lin Chong's proposal in just a few words.
"Then we just let everything happen?" Lin Chong lamented.
"Besides this, there must be other ways. It's not that Tiandimen has not discovered this, they are still trying to find ways to trace it, and we may not be able to trace the truth through only this clue."