A fleeting thought

  "Isn't that Li Cheng's child? Impossible... There can't be a second person." Li Bin's emotions were somewhat out of control. He hesitated for a moment, looking at me, before saying: "She isn't the kind of person who would do something like that, is she? But that child... Does she have another lover? Why? She wouldn't, she wouldn't, she's such a simple and innocent person."

  "I think there might be something else we don't know about." My vague worry was confirmed. Guan Xinyue had indeed played a trick, making Li Bin infatuated with her, but what was the reason? "She did get pregnant, and that child wasn't Li Cheng's. So...the problem really came. Did she have other male friends, and were they close friends? Before you."

  "I don't know. I really don't know." Li Bin hugged his head in some pain, looked at me for a moment, and then said blankly after a long time: "Don't say anything. I want to calm down for a while, really calm down. Think about what happened between me and her... Why did things become like this..."

  "Okay." I nodded slightly, Li Bin's pain was absolutely not pretended, he wasn't a person who liked to show his emotions. When he broke up with Shao Yin before, it didn't make him so painful either. It was time to think about it, what kind of person Guan Xinyue was, that she could play Li Bin and Li Cheng in the palm of her hand. What's more, who was the father of that child? Could it be someone else besides them two?

  "Miss Fang? What a coincidence! How did you end up here?" A soft and charming voice sounded in my ear. Then, I saw an extremely delicate face appear before me. Before I could speak, Ye Qing openly and frankly sized me up, then took another look at Li Bin across from me, and smiled: "Oh? So you're on a date with your boyfriend here? I thought people in our line of work never take breaks..."

  After saying that, Ye Qing smiled ambiguously. How could I have met her here? It seems that this place is not close to her home. I took a look at her and saw that her arm was hanging with all sorts of exquisite handbags. Apparently, the case hadn't had much impact on her mood, nor did it reduce her desire for shopping. I neither denied nor confirmed, but just smiled and greeted her.

  Looking at the meticulously dressed Ye Qing, I was a bit puzzled. As the saying goes, "a woman's beauty is for her husband to enjoy", was she dressing up for Li Cheng to see? But Li Cheng was currently with Shao Yin. Did Li Cheng discover something, which made him suspect that Ye Qing had gone off track? Apart from having some eccentric personality traits, Ye Qing was indeed a beautiful woman. Beautiful women always have pursuers.

  Ye Qing naturally sat down beside me, hospitably inviting like a hostess: "Hey, young people making an appointment has nothing to be ashamed of. But I'm so glad to have met an acquaintance, let's just chat for a bit? You don't need to worry, I'll just drink a cup of coffee and leave... Of course, I didn't come here to drink coffee, but it just so happens that there are some case matters I want to ask you about. You... won't mind, will you?"

  The last sentence was said to Li Bin. Ye Qing initially still had a smile on her face, but when her gaze fell on Li Bin's body again, she hesitated for a moment and then said: "We... haven't we met somewhere before? Why do I think you look a bit... familiar? Are you..."

  "Probably, right? He has a face that looks like everyone's sweetheart, no matter how you look at it, it feels like someone familiar?" I smiled and covered up for Li Bin. At the same time, I was also wondering in my heart, someone like Li Qing who rarely goes out, can hardly forget people she has met before. It's just a matter of time before she remembers.

  Ye Qing patted her forehead, and a smile actually appeared on her gloomy face. She sighed repeatedly: "Alas, it's not like this after all. These days have really suffocated me to death. My life is truly stifling. Even if others don't say anything, who wouldn't laugh at me behind my back? Clearly knowing that my husband has a mistress outside, I still have to pretend that everything is fine. Unexpectedly, just as we've gotten rid of one plague, I'm afraid it won't be long before our old Li will invite another Ma Wangye into our home..."

  "Who do you say is the plague god?" Li Bin completely lost all his dignity, glaring at Ye Qing. It seemed that if it were another man, he would have splashed the coffee in his hand onto her face without hesitation.

  "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Ye Qing looked at Li Bin with some confusion, unable to make sense of it for a moment. After a while, she exclaimed: "I've seen you! I've seen you! Yes, it was at...at that woman's door. Yes, you're the one called...Li...Li what's-his-name? Wow, isn't this a small world? The two of you...are together now? It seems that old saying goes like this..."

  Things have become a bit troublesome. I know Ye Qing is a stubborn woman, and once she has made up her mind about something, she won't easily change her opinion. So I just furrowed my brow and didn't plan on explaining anything. But what I'm most worried about is that these two people won't start a conflict here? The words I said earlier must have already lit a fire in Li Bin's heart. Just as Ye Qing appeared, he wouldn't take her as a scapegoat, would he? Just as I was getting anxious, unexpectedly Li Bin smiled with his eyes narrowed: "Looks like your memory is good. Yes, I am Li Bin."

  "You're... you're... I really misunderstood you back then. I even thought you were a bad person. I never thought... if only I had known earlier..." Ye Qing's attitude made a 180-degree turn. She grabbed Li Bin's hand, her face filled with a hint of unspoken regret. "If only I had met you sooner, it would have been great. If we had joined forces back then and let you be with Xinyue, this tragedy wouldn't have happened. My father, Old Li, wouldn't have been at odds with me either... You say you're also to blame, a big boy like you, why couldn't you be braver back then? But on the other hand, Miss Fang is much better than that woman, you must cherish her well and not make the same mistake again. Being young is great, being young means daring to love and hate. If you miss out on your youth... this life won't be worth living."

  Such a change left me unable to adapt for a while. Apparently, Li Bin was also unadapted, he touched his own occipital bone, and for a moment did not know how to react, just barely forced a smile, but that smile was uglier than crying.