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Second, Autumn Wind arrived at the police station.
She initially thought she was just there to give a statement, but when Chen Guoliang warmly invited her into the conference room, she realized that things were not as simple as she had imagined.
An officer brought her a steaming cup of coffee. Chen Guoliang's throat trembled as he spoke after a long pause, "That Sister Qiufeng, we... well, it's like this, Qiu Feng requested to see you..." He looked up into Autumn Wind's eyes, his gaze filled with a sense of justice that commanded respect.
"See me? Hmm!" Autumn Wind replied with a question, then immediately agreed. Her confusion transformed into a swirling thought above her head; it turned out that Qiu Feng's situation was not serious after all. Otherwise, how could she be allowed to meet?
After about ten minutes, Autumn Wind met Qiu Feng.
She was still wearing the clothes she had on when the police took her away. She sat quietly across from Autumn Wind, and all feelings of sympathy vanished the moment Autumn Wind saw the hatred in Qiu Feng's eyes.
The two stared at each other in silence, neither saying a word. An officer beside them couldn't stand it any longer and said sternly, "Time is limited; if you have anything to say, hurry up!"
A hint of mockery suddenly flickered in Qiu Feng's eyes. She sneered, "I never expected we would meet here! Isn't it strange?"
"..." Autumn Wind looked up at her. That cold laugh made her feel uneasy, cold sweat trickling down her spine.
Qiu Feng slammed her hand on the table, supporting herself as she stood up but was forcefully pushed back down by the officer. "Behave yourself!"
Reluctantly, Qiu Feng sat back down. "Haha, haha! I worked hard for half a year and ended up dying at your hands! You really are a monster! Whose words are those... ah, I remember now! It's your mother Qiu Ruolan's words... your mother Qiu Ruolan..." Her eyebrows raised in disdain.
Autumn Wind remained silent, simply watching her—watching her become frantic and then desperate.
Qiu Feng's laughter turned into low sobs, but the sobbing lasted less than five seconds before it morphed back into a fierce expression. Her eyes narrowed into slits. "Aren't you curious why I say she's your mother? Because she is your mother!" Her voice suddenly dropped low. "Yet you live with your father's murderer—kill her! Kill her!" Aside from lacking depth, her tone was identical to that old voice on the phone.
Speculation turned into reality, Autumn Wind raised her head in confusion, murmuring, "Why? Why are you doing this?"
Qiu Feng sneered, "Why? Ha ha, you caused the death of my Yusha. I want revenge for Yusha. Let me tell you the truth: aside from this phone, I stabbed Qiu Mowen, caused your car accident, and even had Qiu Ruolan kidnapped! I hate you so much; I want to see your loved ones leave one by one!"
As Qiu Feng spoke these words, Autumn Wind instinctively touched her flat stomach, where a life had once existed. If it weren't for being reminded, even Autumn Wind would have forgotten that there had once been a life there.
Unknowingly, tears began to fall, and Autumn Wind said softly, "Do you really hate me this much?"
"Stop your disgusting tears. Yes, I hate you! I hate how carefree you are every time you lend me money. I hate your extravagance whenever you come to my house..." She suddenly paused, her madness turning into loneliness, filled with endless sorrow. "Hmph, what do you mean by my house? That place isn’t my home; it’s your home! Everything is yours—the house is yours, the money is yours, even my things have become yours!"
Autumn Wind was confused; what did this mean? She had never taken anything from Qiu Feng. If not for the current situation, Autumn Wind even planned to tell Qiu Feng that she didn't need to pay back the money she owed.
"Can't figure it out?" Qiu Feng saw through Autumn Wind's thoughts. "Let me tell you: I invested in Chen Shanni's music production studio, but unexpectedly, all that money ended up being yours!" Qiu Feng bit her lower lip, filled with anger.
Autumn Wind suddenly recalled Qiu Feng's strange behavior when she was renting out her shop; this was the reason...
"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" Autumn Wind said in despair.
But what greeted her was Qiu Feng's mocking voice. "Tell you? So you can laugh at me? Or continue to pity me?"
Qiu Feng's heartfelt words shattered Autumn Wind's last shred of confidence. She had never considered that her actions would make Qiu Feng feel this way. Autumn Wind's throat trembled, but in the end, she could only gently shake her head.
The door behind Autumn Wind was opened by someone; a serious-looking Chen Guoliang appeared. "Time's up!"
Qiu Feng was immediately pulled up by the police officer. Her steps were unsteady, resembling that of an elderly woman with physical difficulties. When she walked next to Autumn Wind, she deliberately slowed down, her face turning forward again. Autumn Wind was afraid she might act out again and instinctively stood up, moving back a little.
This action, however, drew a loud laugh from Qiu Feng. "You have things you’re afraid of too? Haha!" After laughing, her tone suddenly turned fierce. "Do you want to take revenge for your father like I do? Haha!" She struggled, getting close to the now frozen Autumn Wind. "But if you do that, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"
Qiu Feng was finally taken away.
Autumn Wind felt as if she were nailed to the spot. She furrowed her brows, her mind swirling around Qiu Feng's last words. Did she say, "If you do that, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!" or "If you don't do that, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"?
These are two different meanings. Ever since she learned about her childhood Bone Marrow Transplant, Autumn Wind had been pondering the possibility of a connection between herself and Qiu Ruolan. Perhaps there really was a relationship between them...
She turned to look in the direction where Qiu Feng had left. Maybe Qiu Feng knew something...
Autumn Wind did not mention her visit to the police station to anyone. Even Uncle Liu only found out after the car left the Villa Area. Once in the car, Uncle Liu handed her the phone she had left behind. Her phone had turned into a hotline, with calls from concerned people coming in like snowflakes.
There were numerous calls from Qiu Hai, who called over ten times, and Qiu Ruolan, who called five times. As Autumn Wind brushed her hand over the phone, she decided to call back Qiu Ruolan first. A hurried voice came through, "Where have you been? You scared me to death!"
"I'm fine; you have something going on!" Autumn Wind replied gently.
On the other end of the line, Qiu Ruolan sounded shocked. She couldn't believe that Autumn Wind was speaking so gently to her. "You? Oh, I'm fine; I just couldn't find you and was quite worried!"
"Are you at home now?" Knowing full well that Qiu Ruolan was definitely filming at that moment, Autumn Wind still asked.
The gentle tone from Autumn Wind truly astonished Qiu Ruolan. She began to stutter, "Ah, oh, um, no, I’ll be back after a while!"
"Is that so? It's been a long time since I visited you, and I miss it a bit..." Autumn Wind leaned against the back of the car seat, the leather not soft enough, making her start to long for that huge pink capsule bed.
"Is that so? Don't you have my key? You can go in first!" Qiu Ruolan replied softly, noticing that Autumn Wind's mood seemed a bit off, she asked, "Are you okay?" At that moment, her assistant's gentle voice came from behind her, "Sister Sally, it's your turn!"
Qiu Ruolan quietly acknowledged and spoke into the microphone, "I..."
"You go ahead!" Autumn Wind interrupted her directly and hurriedly hung up the phone.
She put her phone into her bag and suddenly touched her wallet. It had been a long time since she changed what was inside. Tentatively reaching into the wallet's compartment, she felt two long metallic objects lying side by side. Cautiously pulling them out, she found two keys—one belonging to Qiu Feng and the other to Qiu Mowen.
The cheer in her heart turned into words as she directly ordered Uncle Liu to drive to Qiu Ruolan's house, "Uncle Liu, go to Ren'ai Road!"
It had been over six months since she last visited Qiu Ruolan's apartment. The apartment still retained its former appearance, with a palace-like guest room still filled with pink. Her exaggeratedly designed wine glass remained on the table by the door.
With a "thud," she jumped into the capsule bed, completely enveloped by the scent of the past.
Some people from the past floated before her; the sound of water splashing from the bathroom was Qiu Mowen taking a shower. She gently approached and hugged him; in the living room, a little girl babbled away—that was Yusha examining the entire room. She bent down and peeled a banana for her.
She observed the entire room as if visiting a museum. The built-in wardrobe was still filled with various clothes belonging to Qiu Ruolan, and the kitchen still had brand new cookware that had never been used.
Unknowingly, Autumn Wind found herself at the study door, which had once been a forbidden zone. When Autumn Wind lived here, the study was the only restricted area.
Placing her hand on the doorknob, she gently turned it—the door opened—Qiu Ruolan hadn't locked it.
Opening the door, Autumn Wind took a deep breath and stepped into the study, immediately stunned by the scene before him. Right across from him was a photo of Guan Xiu—the very one that was enshrined in the villa.
He hurried over, gazing at the man who appeared in his dreams, gently brushing his fingers over the face in the photo, whispering softly as if to call out, "Dad!"
But his throat felt as if it were glued shut, and he couldn't make a sound.
Beneath the photo of Guan Xiu was a stack of white paper. The white was somewhat forced; in reality, it had yellowed. Autumn Wind lightly touched it with his finger, realizing that this paper had been around for some time.
Curiously picking it up, he found it was a doctor's diagnosis report. The patient was a woman named Qiu Qing'er. Qiu Qing'er?
Autumn Wind then remembered that Qiu Ruolan's original name was Qiu Qing'er. So the Qing'er that Guan Xiu called out in his dreams was actually Qiu Ruolan!
His eyes slowly scanned the contents of the paper. The handwriting was quite blurry, but Autumn Wind could still vaguely make out simplified characters and discern words like "pregnancy" and "thirty-five weeks"!
What! Qiu Ruolan had been pregnant while in mainland China!
Autumn Wind's hair stood on end, and he heard a slight noise from the door—someone was coming!
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