Bai Yicong listened very carefully, and as He Manzhou said more and more, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

He really didn't expect that He Manzhou would be willing to tell him this.

After all, the so-called cooperation between them has just begun, his protection of the girl is just out of the kindness of his father, and the care and help are unilateral, he just doesn't want He Manzhou to be in danger, and he doesn't want to get anything from her, and He Manzhou certainly doesn't have the obligation to be honest with him.

In other words, their relationship is far from that point, and He Manzhou actually trusts him so much.

is different from those nice and empty words, He Manzhou delivered the real heartfelt words, it is too difficult to open her heart to a person, but she took the initiative to take this step.

And in the few seconds when the two of them were silent, He Manzhou also began to regret it.

She said in her heart, what's going on with her today, she doesn't have a door, is this treating Bai Yicong as a confidant big sister, it won't be the same as last time, people didn't say anything, and I can't wait to report all the ID numbers here.

But there was no half-truth, she could only continue.

"Didn't you just say the cave, I just thought of this suddenly, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong......"

"Have you investigated these things?" Bai Yicong asked.

"The investigation can't be investigated, and there are no clues at all. ”

Speaking of this, He Manzhou looked up at Bai Yicong, and the conversation changed.

"However, when I recently found my dad's notes, I thought about something. You also read the content of the note, you don't... What if the so-called "goddess" is the person you saw in the cave, and the mysterious woman in white in my dreams?"

He Manzhou's words were not thorough, but Bai Yicong understood what she meant.

She was doubting that this dream was not just a dream of the day and night, but a guide of deep meaning.

"Have you ever wondered why you dream about these ......"

When Bai Yicong's words fell, the room suddenly fell silent.

The wind blows the pages of the book, leaving a rustling echo, and the sunlight shines through the bright floor-to-ceiling glass windows, casting faint spots of light on the tabletop. He Manzhou raised his head and looked at Bai Yicong, the sun was behind him, and the light and shadow outlined his outline, so that the sharp and handsome face was as hazy as a silhouette, and many emotions were well concealed, with an obvious sense of distance, everything seemed not so real.

Facing He Manzhou's inquiring gaze, Bai Yi never continued unhurriedly.

"The mapping of dreams will have a more or less realistic basis, and it is not impossible to find clues from dreams. It's just that you haven't been to Miaojiang, and you haven't come into contact with those totems. If it's all just speculation, how can you be sure of the truth of these things?"

Bai Yicong's words were very direct, and his cold and clear voice didn't hear much emotion, and directly pointed out the key to the problem.

He Manzhou had heard similar words countless times, and at first Li Ran of the expedition team explained angrily that he really hadn't seen He Sheng's notes, and there was no need to confirm them with him repeatedly. The conversation that almost collapsed and the aimless search that followed, it was obvious that the uncles of the expedition would rather believe in the misfortune of encountering great luck according to ethereal clues than listen to He Manzhou's meaning.

Then there was Shen Chuanyuan's intentional or unintentional inquiry.

Although He Manzhou is very big and arrogant in small things, and often makes people feel that she is a little nervous, she is very sensitive to the things she cares about. For example, no matter how Shen Chuanyuan tried to hide it, He Manzhou could still feel the hidden temptation, every time he guided the topic to He Sheng's disappearance, he wanted his little junior sister to say more details, as for why he didn't say it directly, it seemed unknown.

The former friendship was placed there, and of course she believed that Shen Chuanyuan was all out of concern.

But can just care solve the problem, and if you really want to help her, what can't you say on the surface?

The more reticent the person is and does not want to say more, the more sincere the rare opening will be. It's like a kitten who is full of suspicion of the outside world, rarely willing to eliminate the defense in his heart, tentatively trying to pull the corners of human clothes with his little paws, willing to lie on the ground in a ball, exposing the softest little belly, and not mind gently petting it.

And if the trust delivered out is betrayed at this time, it will undoubtedly be a double blow.

With an inquiring gaze at Shangbai, He Manzhou suddenly felt a little deflated. When she just spoke, she almost subconsciously put her last hope on Bai Yicong's body, wanting to find emotions similar to "empathy" from him.

She wanted Bai Yicong to understand her, trust him, and make up for the missing part of the past.

She desperately wants to prove that Bai Yicong is the right person.

But He Manzhou forgot to leave a way back for himself, what if people couldn't understand it, and still regarded her strange remarks as a neurotic speech? What she said was originally an ethereal thing, like a rational person like Bai Yicong, who would check the substantive evidence even if he wanted to investigate, how could he be like her, treat the dream like a few treasures, and try to pull out the so-called evidence from it.

After the most emotional seconds passed, He Manzhou quickly calmed down.

The thought of almost regret couldn't stop diffusing in her heart, the so-called kindred or understanding, to put it bluntly, was just something she unilaterally hoped for, and she couldn't help but tell Bai Yicong what was in her heart a few times when she was open and honest.

Boss Bai has not said anything, and of course he is far from understanding or trusting.

"Are you suspicious of me?"

After being silent for a few seconds, He Manzhou quickly sorted out his emotions and asked.

She even prepared that if Bai Yicong gave a positive answer, she immediately quietly diverted the topic, using a sentence "I said that I am developing ideas, brainstorming or not, don't give me more truth." I've said everything I can think of, it's your turn, useful or useless, are you going to say something?"

Then the topic can end there, and tentative honesty will end in failure. He Manzhou will redefine Bai Yicong's status in her heart because of this, and the cooperation between them does not need to be close to that level, all of this is a matter of course.

But before the words came to his lips, he was blocked back by Bai Yicong.

"No, I'm just trying to make sure there's anything else possible. ”

Bai Yicong said lightly, he didn't pay too much attention to He Manzhou's emotions, nor did he deliberately say some soothing words to take care of her feelings, he was just talking about things.

"What you're talking about is too fragmented, and if you want to find the connection behind it, you need a dot to string it together...... Don't you believe in psychology, why don't you keep digging deeper, and keep thinking deeply—what is that part that you dare not confirm?"

He Manzhou didn't expect Bai Yicong to answer like this, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

This feeling is wonderful, but it is also in line with Bai Yicong's consistent style. Chatting with him is like a roller coaster, obviously the last sentence was so angry that I couldn't wait to pick up a brick from the ground and slap it directly on his head, but I would be inexplicably appeased because of his last sentence,

And this contrast is obviously the strongest at this moment.

People who have known each other for many years can't let He Manzhou open his heart, but this rare sense of trust, she actually saw it from a man who was far from familiar, and even not long ago, she was suspicious of him.

At that moment, He Manzhou suddenly felt relieved.

"It's worthy of Boss Bai, this is the person I fancie......"

That was the first thought that crossed her mind.

"At such a time, there can be white and followers around you...... That's great. ”

This is the emotion that He Manzhou couldn't stop churning in his heart when the smile on the corner of his lips rose, and he didn't say a word of emotion.

And Bai didn't know He Manzhou's complicated mental journey, nor did he know how his impressions had undergone great changes in the heavens and the earth in just a few minutes, but he just analyzed He Manzhou's words seriously, trying to distinguish where those familiar feelings came from.

In the midst of the lightning, he felt a sharp pain in his temples.

Those vague memories uncontrollably burrowed out of the cracks, as if to tear through the last barrier and reveal the secret once and for all.

And He Manzhou pondered his words and continued to speak.

"At first, I only took these as dreams, and I didn't take them seriously, at most I muttered a little in my heart. However, I once saw exactly the same thing from Sister Gu Qi, and I began to wonder if this would mean something. ”

"Gu Period?" Bai Yicong asked.

"Yes, she is my senior sister and my dad's protégé. He Manzhou explained, and then said, "Their academic reports are not confidential to me, but the writing is too complicated, and it has nothing to do with me, so I am too lazy to study them." But that day...... I don't know what I thought, I actually flipped down, and the case above has a photo taken by my dad on a field trip, and when I saw the photo, I was really scared......"

"That picture is the same as the totem in your dream?" Bai Yicong raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, exactly the same. ”

That was Sheng He's research project.

At the beginning of the investigation, He Manzhou knew that she also joked that there were many mysterious legends such as Miao Jiang's Gu incident, and Lao He must pay attention to safety when he goes on a business trip, and when he sees a mysterious person wearing a veil or something, don't rush to inquire. Who knew that it would really become a prophecy later, and it would cause a lot of trouble.

"It wasn't until after my dad disappeared that I turned around and wondered if the problem would be Miao Jiang's topic selection. ”

"Miao Jiang's topic?"

"My dad is a professor at Z University, and he is often in charge of some subject investigations, and the history department will inevitably study some strange things. He had investigated religious sacrifices in Xiangxi, and this investigation report was not completed until his disappearance. The materials I read, as well as the totem photos he took, are their Miao Jiang topics. ”

Bai Yicong thought about these boys carefully, and some broken things were finally connected.

"It was no accident that they found He Sheng. ”

"They?" He Manzhou quickly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Who are they?"

Bai Yi never explained anything, he slightly curled his index finger and gently tapped it on the wooden tabletop.

"Temple. ”

"What?"

"The coordinates, we have to find the temple on the ancient painting...... It's the ancient temple you dreamed of. ”

Bai Yicong's words meant something, and He Manzhou didn't know how to ask for a while. The two ancient paintings side by side look very mysterious under the warm light of the hotel's yellow tones, and those intertwined and broken dreams are finally unified, and gradually a little bit of reality can be glimpsed.