Extra 14: Low to Dust (Dean)

Caught off guard again, Noxi's voice passed through the eardrums, but it was a little too loud to hear.

"I've got a call coming in, I'll call you later." She dropped her sentence and hung up before I could answer.

I paused for a while, pinched my phone and walked to the sofa and sat down, reminiscing about the past of this life, from the beginning of my memory to my father's accident, to knowing Nuoxi, Xuanxuan, and Awen......

Then I remembered that quote from my father's diary, it was a huge trap, and when I came to my senses, it was too late......

By the time I arrived in the city, it was already seven hours later, and Noshi's assistant came to pick me up, and in the car, she told me the details of what was going on.

Although Xuanxuan has turned herself in, the situation is not optimistic, her mental state is obviously problematic, and the lawyer has applied for a psychiatric evaluation for Xuanxuan.

I asked her what about Arwen?

The assistant sighed lightly and said that after knowing that the murderer had turned himself in and that it was Xuanxuan, he rushed to the police station and almost strangled Xuanxuan out of control.

Fortunately, he was at the police station and did not cause a second tragedy, but he was too excited at the time, and the police couldn't pull it away, so they could only stop it by force, resulting in him now dislocating his right hand and now being at home.

I twisted my eyebrows and asked my assistant to take her to the hospital first, and I felt that the person who needed personal company the most right now should be Arwen, although I didn't know if he would want to see me.

When I saw Arwen, I couldn't believe that the man in front of me was Arwen.

His face was haggard, his eye sockets were blue, but his eyes were red, his lips were dry and cracked, and the blue stubble had come out.

He stood in the doorway, stared at it for a while, then stepped back and let me in.

As soon as I walked in, my eyes were astringent from the smell of smoke, the table was full of wine bottles, and cigarette butts were thrown on the wooden floor.

My heart tightened, I closed the door with my backhand, and called out to him, "Arwen......"

"Gu Nuoxi called you?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ No. ”

He paused in his staggering steps, a nasal laugh, and then he turned to look at me, "Tell her, don't think it's okay to get a psychiatric evaluation, I-"

He raised his hand, poked his chest and said to me, "Qiu Wen! Even if you go bankrupt and fight for your life, you have to sue for your life! ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

"I don't just want to tell Gu Nuoxuan! I'm going to sue her Gu Nuoxi! ”

"......," I rolled my throat and asked him softly, "what are you going to sue her?" ”

Ah Wen's eyes shrank suddenly, and after a pause of two seconds, he rushed to me in a few steps, and grabbed my shirt with his left hand, "She told Gu Nuoxuan where Jiayi worked, and she said it!" I have reason to suspect that this was a murder! They murdered Jiayi togetherβ€”"

His eyes were piercing red, the corners of his forehead were bruised, and his eyes were locked tightly on mine after roaring, and his dry and cracked lips trembled.

I feel very uncomfortable, but I also know that the words of comfort now do not seem to be practical, what he has to do is to get out of the emotions first, not to embarrass himself.

"Okay, sue them, if you need any help and tell me, if the money is not enough, I can also mortgage my restaurant, and I will wait for a result with you."

The ferocity in his eyes froze for a moment, then after a pause of two seconds, it cracked, shattered, closed his eyes, and let go of the hand that was holding the hem of my clothes.

He collapsed at this moment, his body slipped and fell to his knees, I quickly squatted down to support him, but he lowered his head and refused to raise it, I knew he was crying......

"Why...... Dean...... You tell me I'm actually dreaming right now......"

He pursed his lips tightly, his eyes sour, and he didn't know how to comfort him, because I couldn't lie to him.

Jiayi, the most important person to him, was stabbed to death by someone she regarded as her sister, and these were inseparable from the person he regarded as his Bole.

Xuanxuan already has a history of mental illness, Nuo Xi knows it, let alone Ah Wen, now I can't be sure, whether it was Nuo Xi who cared too much about Ah Wen's planning, or whether it was simply that Xuanxuan liked Ah Wen too much, and couldn't stand the news that Jiayi had agreed to his marriage proposal and was stimulated by the tragedy...... I don't know, and I don't want to think about it......

Arwen cried for a long time, and then continued to drink, and I drank with him.

He may have never slept all the time, maybe he had drunk too much before, so this time, I wasn't drunk, he was already drunk.

I helped him back to his room and lay down, then went back to the living room, picked up a bottle of wine, took out his phone, and called Noxi.

The phone was quickly picked up, and she whispered, I said, "You told Xuanxuan Jiayi the address of her work?" ”

The other end of the phone was silent for a second, it was a well, how to describe that sound? It sounds like powerlessness, like if, like trance.

"Why?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I ......" she paused as she spit out a word, and after a while she chuckled softly, laughing at herself, "It seems that these are very pale now, and I can only say that although I really like him, I like him very much, but I am not going to do anything that harms the interests of the family, and ...... I really want Li Jiayi's life, there are many ways, I won't choose this stupidest one. ”

"......" I was stunned in my chest, and I took two deep breaths, "I believe you." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Thank you. ”

"I'm here with Aven, and I'll try to enlighten him as much as I can."

"I'm sorry for you." Her voice brought a hint of stalk, "I will try my best to make up for it and control the development of the situation, there may be more complicated situations in the future......"

"Well, you try to ...... By the way, how are Jiayi's parents? ”

There was silence again, and I knew it would be difficult for her to answer, so I didn't say anything and waited.

After a long while, the other side sighed softly, "Li Jiayi's family...... It should be said that the parents, the situation is very bad, and they should not accept any negotiation and civil compensation, but I will still try my best to make amends, and the report will try to control it to avoid her family being harmed twice......"

"Well, you try your best, that's it for now."

Hanging up the phone, I leaned back on the sofa, my head flashing over Noxi's words, and then over Xuanxuan's face.

Nuo Xi was right, what did she really want, this way was undoubtedly the stupidest, and Xuanxuan ...... As early as when I knew that Arwen had a girlfriend, something was already wrong.

I was careless, I felt her abnormality several times, but I didn't care......

"Damn it!" As I cursed, the remorse made me feel so remorse that I couldn't help but raise my hand and slam it on my head.

Ah Wen slept for a full thirteen hours, during which I couldn't sleep at all, and I talked to Nuo Xi on the phone many times to understand the development of the whole thing, during which Li Jiayi's parents vigorously denied that Jiayi was Ah Wen's fiancΓ©e, and even had a big deal with a reporter.

However, the matter has been suppressed by Nuoxi, so it has not been reported, as for Xuanxuan's psychiatric evaluation, she will be sent back to S City first, and then the judicial department over there will select a psychiatric authority and a physician for evaluation.

After Ah Wen woke up, he didn't eat anything, and he was going to see Jiayi's parents, but I stopped him, because now Jiayi's parents are surrounded by too many reporters, and his appearance will only detonate public opinion and cause secondary harm to Jiayi and Jiayi's parents, who have passed away.

In an instant, his whole body fell into decay again, and he laughed half-loudly, self-deprecating, sad, but said nothing, sat down and continued to drink.

I couldn't persuade him, so I could only accompany him, and then carefully tell him about the current situation.

He didn't seem to hear, smoking his cigarettes and drinking his wine, mechanical and numb.

I didn't dare to tell him that this was not what Noshi had behind the scenes, because that meant that he didn't even have a goal to deflect the damage, and self-blame would crush him completely.

But...... I watched him raise his head and pour wine, and my fingertips couldn't help but clench up, he was such a smart man...... Is it really not at all unexpected?

A week later, Jiayi was buried, and Xuanxuan was sent to S City, but it rained that day.

Although the media has basically left under Nuoxi's various public relations and high-pressure methods, Awen still did not go to see Jiayi's parents, or even to the funeral.

I was a little worried about him, because he basically didn't speak, he ate and drank something, and after drinking, he vomited, and in a week, he lost a lot of weight, and his beard was already very long.

I told him that the media had left, and today was the day of Jiayi's burial, in fact, he could try it to see if he could get forgiveness from Jiayi's parents, after all, this matter had nothing to do with him.

He half-turned his head to look at me, then shook his head, and the moment I picked up the bottle before he started, I saw a hint of cowardice in his eyes...... He's scared......

Another dark day passed, and when night came, he suddenly asked me, "Do you know where Jiayi is buried?" ”

I don't know, but I can ask, so I said, "Leave it to me." ”

He nodded, "I'll take a shower." ”

"Okay."

He staggered into the bathroom, and I called Noshi and she said give her a few minutes.

Three minutes later, she called back and only said the address of the cemetery, and the location of the specific tombstone could not be determined.

I said it's okay, we should be able to find it.

When Arwen came out of the room, it was more than half an hour later, he changed his clothes, white shirt and light-colored jeans, he looked very refreshing, the previous decadence was completely gone, plus he had lost a lot of weight this week, he looked young and thin, like a teenager...... If, of course, he shaved his beard......

He curled his lips at me, "Do you know where?" ”

I nodded and gave him the address, and he seemed to have guessed the same, not too surprised.

"Do you know how to get there?"

"Yes, my dad is over there."

"......" His indifferent look made my heart stab, and my head flashed over my father, and he paused and said, "But the location of the specific tombstone ......"

"It's okay, the new grave is easy to find." As he spoke, he went out, and when he reached the door, he paused and turned back.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know where I lost my car keys......" he said, returning to the couch to find it.

He found the car keys between the couch and the couch, and then we went out and went to the cemetery.

When I got there, I found that this cemetery was very different from the cemetery I imagined......