Chapter Twenty-Four: Friends

  The sky gradually sank into darkness, and night fell without warning. Under the yellow streetlights on countless streets, bustling or quiet streets were illuminated, and in the crowded crowds, who would have secrets unknown to others, unwilling to be touched by anyone, unwilling to be known by anyone.

  Ye Chen's tall and straight figure appeared in that familiar 'Blues Bar', the bar was still playing classical Western music, only this music sound, people's soft talking voice and the crisp collision sound of wine glasses remained.

  Ye Chen and Xian Huang's siblings sat at the quiet bar, drinking and chatting, listening to an unknown tune coming from beside their ears.

  "What are you two siblings calculating?" As soon as he sent Xiaoyan home, Ye Chen was called to this bar by Xianhuan's mysterious phone call. When he came in, he saw that Xianju was also there, and it was really unknown what kind of good calculation the two siblings had secretly made.

  "Xian Hui has just returned to the country, let her go to your class. On the one hand, you can help me keep an eye on her. On the other hand, she can spend more time with Xiao Yan, get familiar with each other, and it's also good for investigating later. Xiao Yan won't be too lonely either. This is a win-win situation, aren't you satisfied?" Xian Huan said, swirling the wine cup in his hand.

  Xian Qi, dressed in all black with a pair of sunglasses, suddenly said in an affected tone:

  "With the help of this great detective, the murderer will definitely not escape my eyes. The truth is only one! Hahaha... " As she said this, she made a big show of her facial expressions and even pretended to adjust the sunglasses on her nose, just like the famous detective Conan."

  Ye Chen and Xian Huang looked at her with disdain, unable to speak as she continued laughing. Xian Huang raised his hand and patted her head, causing Xian Xiang to cry out in pain and cover the back of her head.

  "Is it embarrassing? Did you take the medicine?" Xianhuan said, and Xianxue covered her occipital bone and kept shouting in pain. Unexpectedly, Xianhuan didn't even glance at her.

  "How dare you! I'm going to tell mom that you hit me!" Xian Qi, seeing that acting pitiful wasn't working, immediately welled up with tears, preparing to cry to her mother.

  Ye Chen looked at this pair of lively siblings and couldn't help but burst out laughing, after which he returned to his usual role as a peacemaker.

  "Alright, alright, stop making a fuss, look at your behavior. Didn't we say we were going to discuss serious matters today?"

  Xian Huang glared at Xian Qi again and said:

  "This girl's commotion made me forget. Today, I called you here mainly to explain the purpose of arranging Xianhui in your class, which I also told you earlier. Also, from now on, come here every day to summarize all the clues we've found that day. Since Xiaoyan has started having hallucinations, time is not on our side, and we need to speed up. Xianhui, you should spend more time with her, make her more outgoing, take her to parties, dances, and treat her like your usual good friend. Yechen, pay attention to any suspicious people. Also, accompany her and talk to her more often, comfort her a bit. Hmm, that's all for now, did you both understand?" Xianhao has once again become a strict police officer, assigning tasks to each person in an orderly manner. He is also very concerned about Yechen's situation.

  "Yes, sir!" Xian Qi looked at her brother's serious and solemn appearance, and in her heart she withdrew the words she was going to tell on him to their mom. Her brother's speech was really cool and impressive! Too stylish. In Xian Qi's heart, she had already imagined how cool it would be when she said those words.

  "Alright, I understand. My dad is still waiting for me to go home and have dinner. I'll leave first, bye." Ye Chen smiled gently and waved goodbye as she walked out of the bar.

  Xian Hui was still wrapping around Xian Huang, asking him to repeat what he just said, she wanted to record it! Xian Huang ruthlessly slapped her on the head again...

  Ye Chen shook his head helplessly and smiled, listening to the commotion behind him until he walked out of the bar and couldn't hear it anymore. He looked up at the endless black night and thought about whether she was safe and sound. She always seemed like a hedgehog, wrapping herself in layers of thorns, making it impossible for anyone to get close to her and dig deeper, or else they would both end up getting hurt. What was her bitter secret that she had never opened up to him?

  Perhaps the secret was buried too deeply, even she herself had forgotten it.

  Xiao Yan was reading a book when she suddenly let out two sneezes, perhaps someone was thinking of her again.

  Xiao Yan's room was brightly lit, but no matter what she did, she couldn't calm down her wildly racing heart to study. She ended up throwing away her book and lying on the desk in a daze.

  Before her eyes flashed that big-eyed doll face, smiling with eyes curved like a crescent moon, as if except for Ye Chen, no one had ever smiled at her so warmly and sincerely. Her heart couldn't help but feel a warmth, and suddenly she was afraid of something, afraid that the smiling face would soon turn into disgust and fear like her other classmates.

  Maybe I'm not qualified to be friends with anyone, including Xianhui who looks mature on the surface but is still a little girl at heart. Maybe she's just being polite when she smiles and talks to me, and I'm just overthinking things.

  From childhood to adulthood, she has been alone at home, playing alone, speaking alone, being happy alone, and being sad alone... She had long been used to being ridiculed, disliked, and teased. She thought that high school life would really change her, she had Yan Xi, Ye Chen, and friends. But in the end, it was still not enough for her to own. She admitted that Ye Chen's love had already made her content, but deep down, she still yearned for a friend like those on TV, with genuine friendship!

  Xiao Yan shook her head, forcing a smile to tell herself to be content and happy. She got up, as usual, opened the bedside cabinet, took out the sleeping pills, and poured out four white tablets. Thinking that taking some would allow her to escape that terrifying figure, she swallowed them in one gulp.

  After a long time, Xiaoyan lay on the bed, slowly rolling up her sleeves, and the scratches on her hands were still eye-catching, frantically pounding at Xiaoyan's heart, wanting to escape! Wanting to hide! But there was nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide.

  Perhaps sleeping pills would be effective, Xiaoyan hoped, closing her eyes.

  The night is quiet and still, as if there were no life existing...

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