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    Chapter 37 The Most Improbable Conjecture “Are you willing to tell me?”…

    Tang Ruining has been sitting by the flower bed downstairs for nearly an hour.

    The man just now said that his name was Fang Chenyu, and he was Li Hu’s former roommate. He was already preparing to leave the company, and he had packed up Li Hu’s things in the dormitory.

    Facing those pieces of piano music, Tang Ruining’s head was filled with all kinds of conjectures.He turned back and found that the song on the last one was the English song he liked very much that he heard while standing outside Jiang Yilan’s door that day.There are many annotations on it. Next to some lyrics, you can also see simple drawings that look like they were made by elementary school students. For example, next to the word ‘coffee’, a small coffee cup is drawn, and where the word ‘car’ is, a small dome car is drawn.

    Like the simple drawings left by Jiang Yilan at that book signing.

    The edges of this piece of music have been curled, the printed words are a bit blurry, and the paper is very old. It can be seen that it has been taken out for practice frequently.Tang Ruining remembered that time Jiang Yilan played and sang this song with great skill. He had obviously practiced it many times.

    Did he get the music score on Jiang Yilan’s desk from Li Go?Is that bottle of perfume just a coincidence?All of these can barely be explained, but the many unreasonable things about Jiang Yilan have left their mark on Tang Ruining’s mind. This vague wrongness was forcibly exposed because there was no reasonable explanation, and a conjecture that was about to come out, like a rope, tied them all up. This was the most unlikely, but the most reasonable conjecture, which made everything make sense.

    Why does Jiang Yilan seem to be a completely different person?

    Why can he play the guitar so skillfully and sing and dance like he has received long-term training when he says he can’t remember the past?

    Why did he and Li Mo get along so naturally, like real brothers and sisters.And Li Mo didn’t show how sad he was about his brother’s death.

    Why would he ask himself in front of Jiang Yilan’s painting, “Do you believe in a soul?” “Maybe my soul has really changed?”

    Why did he say, “If I hide something from you, it’s because I have no choice.”

    The day Li Go had a car accident was the same day as Jiang Yilan fell off the stage.It was after that night that their fates began to change.

    “Impossible…how is it possible…”

    Fang Chenyu was frightened by Tang Ruining’s appearance and asked him in panic what was wrong. Tang Ruining seemed to be unable to hear anything and said nothing, with a horrifying look on his face. He suddenly grabbed his arm and asked, “He, Li Hu, did he know how to cook before?”

    “Yes, yes…” Fang Chenyu was scratched in pain, but he didn’t dare to struggle, and he didn’t ask why the topic suddenly jumped to cooking. He just answered him quickly, “He is very good at cooking…”

    “So, what kind of person is he?”

    “What kind of person?” Fang Chenyu didn’t know where to start, “Just a very good person… He treats me very well and takes good care of me, he’s kind, and he works hard…”

    The small iron box contained several one-inch photos of Li Hu. He was wearing a white shirt and smiling at the camera. It was obviously a different face, but Tang Ruining seemed to see the person smiling at him like last night.

    “Can you give me a photo of this?” Tang Ruining stared at the small photo, her voice trembling but so low that it was almost inaudible.

    “Okay, okay…” Fang Chenyu didn’t dare to ask why. He carefully closed the box and just wanted to leave immediately.

    “Then I sent the rest of the things away…?” Fang Chenyu slowly backed away holding the box. Seeing that Tang Ruining was still looking at the photos, he turned around and walked away quickly without stopping him.

    Tang Ruining’s hand holding the photo was still shaking. He finally felt the coolness after sitting by the flower bed for a long time.

    Many moments in his memories are full of holes when he thinks about them now. If there are people around him who are familiar with both Jiang Yilan and Li Hu, he will soon find out the clues.But no, they are people from two different worlds, and their intersection is only to replace and be replaced, they have no common friends.Even after Jiang Yilan’s “amnesia”, everyone noticed many unreasonable things, and no one would speculate in such a bizarre direction.

    What was his reaction then?She said he was pretending and acting, but I didn’t give him a good look.But Li Go never showed anger once. He always smiled when he saw him, and his sincerity was not deliberately pretended.

    His fingers touched the edge of the one-inch photo, and the sharp corners pricked his fingertips a little painfully.The person in the photo looked at him and smiled, reminding him of the only time they formally met each other, which was the meeting before the group was formed, to get acquainted with each other as future members, and Li Hu was sitting opposite him.He had heard of this person before and knew that he was very capable. They were all trainees in the same batch and had taken classes together. But at that time, Tang Ruining really didn’t care about other people, so he wasn’t familiar with him. He just had a good impression of him.

    Tang Ruining had never felt that there was anything wrong with not paying attention to others, but thinking about it now made him feel extremely regretful.

    During the meeting, Li Hu listened attentively. Tang Ruining raised his head a few times and only saw his side face.The bridge of his nose is very beautiful, his eyelashes are long and straight, and his slender fingers tap his chin from time to time.Then he turned his head and met Tang Ruining’s eyes. When he saw that he was looking at him, he smiled to himself.

    Tang Ruining then remembered that “Jiang Yilan” also liked to point his chin with his finger, usually when he was thinking about something. This was an unconscious action.

    Later, there was a sudden change of members, and a person who was excellent in all aspects was kicked out of his position by someone who knew nothing. Tang Ruining asked why. He felt angry, but he couldn’t change it.Until one day I heard the news of that person’s death. Even if he was not a friend, he felt pity and sadness, which made him hate Jiang Yilan even more.

    The weather is still very cold now, especially in the morning.Tang Ruining went for a run in single clothes and realized that her hands and feet were already cold when she was cold.

    When I went back and touched his hand, it was time for Li Go to speak to him.

    Tang Ruining put the photo into his jacket pocket and zipped the pocket.He rubbed his hands, but it was of no use; they were still numb from the cold.He felt dizzy for a moment when he stood up. He regained his composure and walked towards the dormitory.

    Li Hu was the only one in the living room. He sat cross-legged on the sofa and looked at his mobile phone. When he saw someone, he put his mobile phone down and smiled at him, “Why are you back so late? I sent you a WeChat message and you didn’t reply.”

    Tang Ruining walked straight towards him. Li Huo saw that his expression was wrong and stopped smiling: “What’s wrong?”

    In just a few steps, he was almost unsteady. Tang Ruining sat down in front of him, grabbed his hand and held it.

    “Why are your hands so cold?” Li Hu shrank because of the coldness, but he didn’t hide. He wrapped his hands with both hands, like covering a piece of ice. “What were you doing outside? It took you so long to come back after it was so cold?”

    The worry on his face made Tang Ruining’s heart ache inexplicably.

    “I went to buy cakes.” Tang Ruining looked at him.

    “Where’s the cake?” Li Hu looked around him, but couldn’t see the shadow of the cake.

    …It seems that it was placed by the flower bed and not taken.

    “I met someone.” Tang Ruining said, feeling the heat on his hands.Li Huang looked up at him and tilted his head slightly, “He ate your cake?”

    “His name is Fang Chenyu.”

    His hand tightened suddenly, and his suddenly tightened pupils and trembling eyelashes were clearly visible. Tang Ruining asked softly, “Do you know him?”

    With the word “I don’t know” lingering on his lips, Li Hu looked at Tang Ruining. In his bottomless eyes, it seemed as if everything about him was clearly visible, but that was not an examination.

    Li Huang opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

    “You asked me then if I believed in a soul, and I said I didn’t.”

    “Now I believe it.”

    “I said that as long as you are happy, you don’t have to tell me things you don’t want me to know. But now what if I want to hear what you have to say?”

    “Are you willing to tell me?” Tang Ruining held his hand back and interlocked with his fingers, her voice could not be gentler, “Li Huan.”

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