When I went to work on Monday, the first thing I did was to be called in by the HR department to talk. Yes, two colleagues in the company died and disappeared one after another, and the last contact was me, and I'm sure no one would believe it was just a coincidence. I sat in the small conference room, looking at the HR manager with a frown on the other side, and I took the lead in asking my question: "Manager Yuan, Li Jiajia and Jia Shanshan were transferred from ISCBS five years ago, right?" Did something happen at that time? ”

Maybe the HR manager didn't expect me to suddenly ask such an abrupt question.

He coughed: "Causing the company's normal personnel adjustments." Besides, this matter doesn't seem to have anything to do with what we're going to talk about today. I watched his reaction, and because the conceited doctor had rehearsed for me the night before, I didn't panic too much about the HR manager's rhetorical question.

Probably too eager to know the truth from 5 years ago, I continued: "Of course it matters. Yesterday, Officer Xiao and I went to film school. 5 years ago, halfway through the filming of "Twilight Flowers", an actress named Jiang Yuexin had an accident, and later had to be replaced. The producer also changed to our ISCBS company, and later, Wu Lei topped the second male, and the second male went abroad. During the filming process, the company went to Jiang Yuexin's school to sign her classmates as trainees. At the same time, "Meteor" in Wu Youna's second album was a hit in radio programs. Two months ago, Wu Lei defaulted with his former brokerage company and transferred to ISCBS. 1 month ago, Jiang Yuexin's trainee classmates participated in the filming of Wu Youna's new song MV. Wu Youna's new special marketing planning is done by Jia Shanshan and Li Jiajia. Last week, Wu Youna, Wu Lei, and Jia Shanshan were confirmed dead by the police, and Li Jiajia was missing. I guess all of this has something to do with what happened five years ago, right? I wonder what really happened to "Twilight Flower" 5 years ago? ”

"These are all business things in the company, and I don't think you have the right to know. You are a member of the company and should be on the side of the company's interests. I hope you think about where you stand. "I noticed that the HR manager's curled knuckles were a little white.

"You mean that if I continue to investigate, my fate will be the same as Jiang Yuexin?"

"You say... What the? The HR manager was stunned for a moment, apparently not yet reacting to what I was saying, or if I was telling the subtext of his heart, but it didn't matter either. For me, the priority now is to get the whole truth of what happened, so that those who have disappeared into my life can sleep peacefully under the loess.

"I mean, I've been a little bit unwell lately and want to take a long vacation." I took out the sick note that I had asked the doctor to write for me, "As for your position, I'm sorry, my only position is my conscience." I exited the conference room and left the office and headed straight for the café I had made an appointment with the conceited doctor.

"Have you taken a leave of absence?" The conceited doctor asked me directly when he saw me sitting down.

"Yes. The HR manager's nose was crooked by me just now. Don't you have to go to work today? "I'm curious why he has time to play with me at the café on Mondays.

"I've taken a leave of absence, pack up my things, let's go to Hangzhou."

I took a look at his handbag, what was going on? Why did you go to City C.

"That is Jiang Yuexin's hometown, I went to visit Wu Youna's mother yesterday, and I want to go to Jiang Yuexin's house today to confirm some things." Mysterious, neurotic! That's what I want to say most right now.

We took the high-speed train at noon and arrived at City C in the evening, which is located in the south, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and is also a place where beautiful women gather. Jiang Yuexin's home is not far from the pedestrian street, and her father has a shop selling umbrellas on the pedestrian street. When we found her father, he was holding out an oil-paper umbrella with peonies painted on the surface for a customer. There was a faint smell of ink in the store, and Jiang Yuexin's father turned his head and asked us, "Hello, what do you want?" ”

Jiang Yuexin's father didn't know what we were coming for, and the doctor motioned for me not to speak, so I walked around the room and looked around at the umbrellas that were beautifully depicted.

"Hello uncle, I'm Wu Youna's classmate." What is the problem? But my eyes unconsciously glanced at the father.

"What do you say, this customer?" Jiang Yuexin's father looked at the doctor incredulously.

"Uncle, I'm Wu Youna's classmate." The doctor repeated.

"This customer, I don't know what you're talking about, if you don't buy something, please go out." Jiang Yuexin's father looked like he was going to drive us away.

"Oh, this girl next to me is going to buy an oil-paper umbrella." As he spoke, the doctor pointed his finger at me.

"I—" Seeing the doctor staring at me, I had to bite the bullet and continue, "I, I'm going to buy a co-worker." That's it. I casually pointed to an umbrella with a lotus flower pattern. He helped me remove the umbrella and put it open and try it out. Because of the embarrassment, I didn't dare to look him in the eye when I paid the money.

"What are you looking for me to ask about?" When I wanted to take the umbrella and run out quickly, Jiang Yuexin's father spoke.

"We want to ask if Jiang Yuexin is still alive." The doctor's question made the atmosphere even more awkward.

The uncle who sold the umbrella must have been angry, and threw the money I had just given him out of the door with a "snap" and pushed us out, "Let's go, it's closed today." With that, he locked the door inside. I picked up the money, pulled the doctor and left, I guess I must have been so red and dead that I was dead.

I inadvertently looked back, and I saw Jiang Yuexin's father squatting at the door with his face covered, as if he was crying, looking at his back, I felt so sad.

When we had dinner in the evening, I didn't pay attention to the doctor who was eating happily across from me. "Don't you like sweets, try this glutinous rice lotus, it's delicious."

"Why do you ask that kind of question? If I were Jiang Yuexin's father, I would have killed you at that time. I ate the glutinous rice lotus he handed me and muttered.

"If it were you and you were replaced in a play that was very important to you, do you think you would accept the result quietly?"

"Of course not, I'm sure I want to know why. But then again, didn't Jiang Yuexin have an accident at that time? So she's definitely not going to make trouble. ”

"What about her parents? Didn't react at all to your child's accident? ”

"That's right, looking at the way her dad looks like today, he cares about her very much?"

"Therefore, I can only speculate that Jiang Yuexin may still be alive, but she has just changed her identity. I went to visit Yuna's mother on Sunday, and my aunt said that since 5 years ago, Yuna has been estranged from her family, saying that it is more convenient to live in the company dormitory, basically she no longer goes home, and the phone calls are becoming less and less, and the only contact with the family is that the money will be transferred to her mother's account every month. ”

"Can't you hear anything?" The doctor asked me, night had fallen, the lights in the hotel were on, I looked at his reflection on the glass window, my head was blank, and I said mechanically: "You mean Wu Youna is Jiang Yuexin?" ”

"It's not too stupid. When I was in school, Wu Youna had a good relationship with her family, and she was not the kind of person who would suddenly cut off contact with her family. But at first, I just thought that Wu Youna was stimulated by what happened 5 years ago. But I accompanied her mother to look through her previous photos, and I saw a photo of her and Jiang Yuexin. Looking at the photos, these two people should have known each other for a long time, Wu Youna's mother said that for a while, Jiang Yuexin would often come to the house to find Youna, saying that it was to discuss the matter of cooperating on an album. But then I suddenly stopped coming for a while, and I asked Yuna why, but Yuna didn't say, and her mother thought the two of them had a quarrel, so she didn't ask more. Later, Yuna moved out of the house, and there was no news of the child named Jiang Yuexin. ”

"So I combined all the information we know and made a bold assumption, whether it would be Wu Youna who had an accident back then, whether Jiang Yuexin would be the one who survived for Wu Youna, or whether both of them had an accident, but for special reasons, only one person could survive, or live as another person." The doctor took a sip of tea and continued: "I used the excuse of going to the bathroom, took some hairs from the comb, and gave them to my brother who was a forensic doctor to go for testing. The result I just gave me was that Wu Youna, who died, did not match the DNA I collected. And then...."The doctor pulled out a clear collection bag, "I just got Jiang Yuexin's father's hair. ”

Because what the doctor said was too reversed, I hadn't completely digested it when I got home. But it wasn't until the moment the truth was revealed that I realized that what I thought was the truth was still too naïve. The truth of this case is far more terrifying than I imagined.