Pei Dai hesitated for a moment.
It was indeed dangerous. He would certainly arrange for protection in such a situation, but he certainly wasn't completely sure.
Jiang Sui's reaction was somewhat intense.
He pinched Su Qing's fingers and looked at Pei Dai.
"There are other ways to break through without this one, and we've already done a lot of research."
The boy's words were reasonable and logical.
"Hasn't the previous incident already confirmed our suspicions about the existence of a third person? And those photos you have clearly proven that something is wrong with Tian Shasha. There's no need to put her in danger any further."
The call to the police was recorded. We could get the family's consent for another autopsy. The photos, the emailed information, and their source all indicate a problem.
But most importantly, there's no motive. There's no substantive action at all.
Jiang Sui's words were a bit hurried. He gripped Su Qing's fingers tightly, his eyes clear and cold. His words were filled with protection for the girl, not wanting her to be influenced or dragged into the situation.
Su Qing's hand, beneath the table, gently returned Jiang Sui's grip.
This calmed Jiang Sui down a bit. He fell silent, looking at Su Qing.
The girl's eyes held a clear and radiant light, a brilliant radiance that shone brightly. She pursed her lips gently.
"Don't worry."
This hardly seemed to offer the young man any comfort at all. He looked at her. Su Qing pinched Jiang Sui's fingertips again.
Her voice was soft and gentle.
"Jiang Sui, now that I've taken this step, I know what I'll face next. There are many things I can do, whether I retreat or be protected by you. I'm happy to have such diverse options. But the most important thing is that I can face them on my own, with the strength to do so. Don't you always tell me that you're here with me?"
Her eyes, bright orange, gazed deeply into him.
"You gave me the choice to be blessed, but Jiang Sui, I choose to face it. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of your blessing?"
She had never chosen to be blessed.
Such words startled Pei Dai. He clearly knew something about Su Qing's situation, and he could understand why such a young woman would say such words.
To Su Qing, a coward, forever living in the shadow of a terrible past, was not Su Qing, and never had been.
Su Qing knew that he knew everything she said, but he still didn't want to.
From the moment she'd hold back his hand, and felt the slight chill on the young man's fingertips, Su Qing knew he might know what she was thinking.
He lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and remained silent, his expression somewhat cold.
He made no further attempts to stop her, nor did he make any other move, simply letting Su Qing hold his hand.
"I can do it. I can go. I'm not afraid."
Pei Dai looked at the young woman who had spoken to him, and the young woman who had just spoken to Jiang Sui.
She must have possessed a powerful soul, fearless and undaunted, a righteous spirit. This was the first time Pei Dai had experienced this in a young woman.
"She also said some very strange things to me before, often calling me to threaten me. I've recorded them all."
Threats?
Jiang Sui and Pei Dai's expressions suddenly changed as they heard the girl's slow voice.
"Tian Shasha and me, I don't remember I got ever meet this person, nor do I have any impression of her. We only met a few times during English competitions. She said some very strange things to me, like, "Don't fall in love with rich boys, because it will make you unfortune.""
Su Qing's voice was very slow, and she concealed the fact that Tian Shasha had mentioned Jiang Sui by name.
"Then, she called and told me not to do well in the exam, and also told me not to be with Jiang Sui."
As Su Qing said this, she clearly felt the lack of presence around him.
Pei Dai's expression was even more indescribable.
He couldn't believe that the current competitive relationship between men and women was so terrifying. But years of experience had made him feel that there must be some details they had overlooked.
He just couldn't figure it out.
"Are there any recordings of these things?"
Normally, Pei Dai wouldn't ask such a question, but he had an inexplicable intuition that Su Qing had.
Sure enough, Su Qing suppressed her surprise and nodded.
"Yes, she used a voice changer when she called me at first, but then I went to see her directly one time."
Su Qing felt a chill run down her spine as she thought about finding Tian Shasha's home and her father, but she managed to suppress it.
Pei Dai and Jiang Sui, however, still noticed Su Qing's sudden discomfort.
"What happened when you find her?"
Su Qing pursed her lips but shook her head.
"No. When I first started looking for her, she denied it. But when I told her that modern technology could compare voices and things like that, she panicked. So I saved all these recordings, and they're all in my phone."
The existence of recordings was something he'd already suspected, but why would such a young woman be like this? The existence of recordings made Pei Dai ponder.
Until Su Qing and Jiang Sui left.
As an adult, reflecting.
Pei Dai was still sitting alone in the cafe, his eyes unfocused, not as serious as before, until the phone rang.
He stared at the words in his phone, dazed.
But he quickly snapped out of his trance and answered the phone.
"Qinqin."
Pei Dai's lazy demeanor vanished instantly, and he was completely different from when he was working. He was more passionate, his voice softer.
He remembered Qinqin's roommate telling him his voice was unpleasant.
For this reason, Pei Dai even took a special course in broadcasting, but before he could show his skills, they had already broken up.
During this time, Mei Yeqin had called Pei Dai frequently because of Jiang Sui. Pei Dai was both happy and heartbroken. The heartbroken was that she had finally called him.
The heartbroken was that every time they talked about Jiang Sui, they were talking about him only.
She hadn't expected Pei Dai to answer the phone so quickly, and she had no idea what was going on in his mind.
"Pei Dai, I've been transferred to Jiangcheng. Are you free? Let's have dinner together."
Hearing the voice on the other end of the line, Pei Dai's eyes froze for a moment, then he quickly agreed.
"Okay, okay."