At about eight o'clock in the evening, Qiye walked into the knight's bar with a guitar on his back. Because of Xiaolong's loan shark and Li Tianhua's killing, Qi Ye hasn't come to the bar to sing for several days. Not only that, the police suspected that he was a suspect in the murder of Li Tianhua, and sent someone to the bar to investigate. Several staff members, including Manager Zhao, knew that Qi Ye was involved in a major case, and they talked about him behind his back.

Qi Ye didn't care what the people around him thought of him, he sat upright, and the police couldn't just wronged him. He just didn't want this time to affect his work. In order to pay off his debts, he has to continue singing here, as long as the boss is willing to ask for him.

As soon as he saw Manager Zhao, Qi Ye apologized and said, "I'm really sorry, I have encountered something in the past few days and caused you trouble." ”

"Well, I don't care." Manager Zhao sighed and said, "That night, you left without even saying hello, which made Boss Li a little unhappy." ”

Qi Ye recalled that he was tied up by a debt collector at the back door of the bar that night, and he had no chance to say goodbye, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to." I was really unwell that day. ”

"Then let's talk about it and then go, Boss Li is not incomprehensible."

"Yes, I'll say it later."

"That's right." Manager Zhao suddenly lowered his voice, leaned into Qi Ye's ear and asked, "What's going on with the police?" What the hell are you doing out there? ”

"Manager Zhao, whatever you hear, it's a misunderstanding. I swear to God that I have never done anything against the law. "Qi Ye's words are a bit against his will, it's not that he hasn't done it, but he hasn't had time to do it. If Li Tianhua hadn't died, he would have been an extortionist by now.

He briefly recounted what happened, and specifically emphasized that the police had cleared his name and were currently looking for a new suspect. From Manager Zhao's expression, Qi Ye felt that the other party seemed to be willing to believe him, otherwise if such a big thing happened, he would have packed up his things and gone home. However, he couldn't be sure in his heart, maybe Manager Zhao was just thinking about the interests of the bar and didn't want to let go of his cash cow in vain.

Since he just mentioned going to the Normal University to borrow money, Qi Ye simply said his difficulties. Manager Zhao said with an embarrassed expression after hearing this: "It's really unfortunate, Boss Chen went to Guangzhou to run errands, and he won't be back until next Tuesday at the earliest." ”

"That's ......" Qi Ye frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Manager Zhao with expectant eyes, and before he could ask, Manager Zhao rushed to say: "Xiao Qi, I know you are in trouble now." It's not that Brother Zhao doesn't want to help you, it's just that I just got a new car for my loser daughter-in-law last month, and I don't have any spare money at hand. ”

"Understood." Qi Ye smiled bitterly, knowing in his heart that this was just an excuse that the other party didn't want to lend him money.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Manager Zhao hurriedly glanced at his watch and changed the topic: "Yo, the time is almost up, you hurry up and go to the backstage to prepare." ”

Qiye nodded, didn't say anything more, and left the manager's office with a little loss.

Because his mind was full of thinking about how to repay the loan shark, Qiye was in a state of distraction on stage, and he sang the wrong lyrics several times. It wasn't until halfway through the performance, when a good-looking girl with long hair and a shawl sat at a round table in front of the stage that he drew his attention back to reality.

Although they hadn't seen each other for twelve years, Qi Ye still recognized the girl at a glance as Li Tianhua's baby daughter, Li Xia. In the spring of 2004, he met Li Xia for the first and only time in his hometown of Longjing Village, and since then he has never forgotten that delicate and well-behaved face.

That face had appeared in his dreams countless times, sometimes delightful and sometimes heavy. Perhaps, their encounter was not a happy story in the first place, but he was willing to bear the sin that no one knew about for the sake of that encounter.

It's no coincidence that Li Xia appeared at the Knight's Bar, Qi Ye didn't want to meet Li Xia at such a special moment, but he didn't seem to have any other choice.

Throughout the second half of the performance, Li Xia looked at him intently from beginning to end, with an unpredictable expression on his face. Qi Ye would occasionally look back at her clear eyes with melancholy eyes, but more often than not, she would close her eyes and sing affectionately.

After the performance, Qiye set up his guitar backstage, stayed for a while, and then mustered up the courage to go to the position in front of the stage. Li Xia was not surprised that Qi Ye would take the initiative to come to her. She smiled faintly, took a sip of juice, got up and said, "If you don't mind, let's go out for a walk." ”

"Okay." Qi Ye nodded lightly and walked out of the knight's bar behind Li Xia.

The bar street is lit up with flashing lights and people coming and going. For those who love nightlife, the day seems to have just begun. Lixia rarely comes to such a place and doesn't like the noisy atmosphere here. She pointed to the quieter riverside greenway and said to Qiye, "Let's go over there." ”

Qi Ye didn't speak, just silently followed Li Xia. The two of them walked along the river bank for a while, and Li Xia suddenly stopped in a quieter place, turned to face Qi Ye and asked, "Do you remember me?" We met once when we were kids. ”

"Of course I do." Qi Ye smiled, looked at the calm and deep river and said, "In the spring of 2004, we met in Longjing Village. ”

"It's been twelve years, and I didn't expect you to remember it so clearly."

"Aren't you the same?" Qiye asked rhetorically, "I don't think we will ever forget what happened that afternoon......

"Has the murderer been caught? I mean, the case of the rape field ......."

"Nope." Qiye shook his head regretfully, "The police gave up after investigating for a while." Except for knowing that the murderer was a man and relatively strong, nothing else was known. The main reason is that no one in the village had a motive to commit the crime, and there were no witnesses at the time of the crime. ”

"Yes, that's pitiful...... Li Xia said with empathy, feeling extremely sympathetic to the families of the victims of that case. She is very afraid that her father's case will be like the murder case in Longjing Village, and the murderer has not been caught for many years. Although she strongly suspects that Qiye is the murderer of her father, the police release the suspected suspect for some reason.

In fact, she herself doesn't know why she came to Qiye today. She didn't have any evidence and she didn't have any way. The only thing she could do was to ask the other party in person if she was the murderer of her father, but the other party obviously wouldn't admit it, it was just stupid to do so.

Seeing that Li Xia was silent for a long time, Qi Ye took the initiative to break the silence and said, "I know you didn't come to me today to catch up. Whether you believe it or not, Vice Principal Li really didn't kill him, and I have explained what happened to the police very clearly. This morning, there was another homicide at the Normal University, and you should know more about the specifics than I do. I have to apologize to you for why I didn't call the police when I arrived at the office. People make the wrong choice a lot of times, and I've paid for that mistake, so please stop suspecting that I'm a murderer, okay? ”

"No, I don't believe you, not a word!" Li Xia shook his head desperately and said stubbornly, "You said that at noon on the day of the crime, you went to the office to borrow money from my father. You told the police that you were going to borrow 600,000 yuan for a friend's father's medical treatment, but my father had just donated the money to Project Hope not long ago, and he didn't have that much money in his hands. You couldn't borrow money, so you killed my dad in a fit of rage, isn't that an obvious motive for the crime? ”

"It's simply not possible." Qiye immediately defended himself, "The police judged that the case was a murder of a person, a revenge attack, not the kind of murder of passion as you thought." If there was a conflict in the course of negotiations, why was there no trace of a fight at the scene of the crime? Why didn't Vice Principal Li struggle? Why didn't you call for help? He's so much stronger than I am, can I leave him with no room to fight back in that situation? Besides, the murder weapon used by the murderer was not made of local materials, but prepared in advance. Could it be that I went to borrow money and brought the murder weapon in advance? ”

"Why can't you borrow money with a murder weapon?"

"Okay, you said that I went to borrow money with the murder weapon, but on the day of the crime, there was no place on my body to hide the murder weapon. If you don't believe me, you can go to the police and watch the surveillance video. ”

"You can hide the murder weapon in the building beforehand."

"In this way, it is not a murder of passion, and the motive for the crime you said is not established."

"Maybe ......" Li Xia was speechless for a while, racking her brains for a long time before she spoke, "Maybe you lied to us from the beginning. You didn't go to my dad to borrow money, you just went to kill people. ”

"And what about motivation? Why did I kill Vice Principal Li? ”

"How do I know ......"

Qiye sighed, as if he was too lazy to argue with Li Xia. Seeing Li Xia's expression that she was so anxious that she was about to cry, Qi Ye's heart was very uncomfortable. If it weren't for his innocence, he wouldn't have spoken to a girl with such an attitude.

The two men stood facing each other, and the atmosphere was so solemn that it was breathless. Qi Ye really didn't know how to comfort Li Xia, besides admitting that he was the murderer of Li Tianhua, did Li Xia want to hear anything else from him? The answer, of course, is no.

Just when Qiye felt extremely embarrassed, a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away, "I said friend, you have time to flirt with beautiful women here, it is better to pay back the money owed to us as soon as possible." ”

Qi Ye turned around abruptly, and saw the strong man and the scar man who had kidnapped him a few days ago approaching them one after the other, and his heart suddenly chuckled. He used his thin body to block Li Xia tightly, turned his head sideways and whispered, "You go quickly, these two people are very dangerous." ”

In fact, there is no need for Qiye to make a special explanation, Li Xia can also see that those two guys are by no means good. She took a few steps backwards and was about to leave, but the scar man's movements were extremely fast, and he rushed in front of them with a brisk step, blocking Li Xia's way. "Wait, beauty, the show hasn't started yet, how can you go first?"

"Please let her go, this matter has nothing to do with her." Qi Ye said to the strong man in a pleading tone, but the latter looked at Li Xia with lustful eyes, and his mouth kept making smacking sounds. "This girl is so beautiful, what a pity to let it go. Scar, grab her, don't let her run. ”

"Ahh What are you going to do? Let me go! Let me go! Li Xia screamed in fright, and the scar man immediately threatened with a knife: "Don't scream, if you dare to make a sound, I will cut your throat." ”