Xi Jiu took out the sketchbook last night because she couldn't sleep.
He knew that Ruan Qi was coming today, so he hid the notebook in the drawer after getting up today. However, he didn't expect that the little girl accidentally moved the drawer.
Fortunately, Duan Wei arrived in time, otherwise if the little girl were to read the sketch book, her spirit would probably be stimulated.
Xi Jiu was still frightened. He pinched his eyebrows and said, "I will go back to the room and lock up the notebook in a moment."
After saying that, he asked Duan Wei again worriedly: "Xiao Qi really didn't see the painting inside?"
Duan Wei: "She probably didn't see it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have reacted so calmly."
Xi Jiu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
At this time, in the second bedroom, Ruan Qi looked at the closed door, and the corners of her raised mouth flattened little by little.
She silently walked to the bed and sat down, staring at the patterns on the carpet with some trance.
Bai Li was trembling in the system.
Ruan Qi was silent for several minutes. Bai Li couldn't help it anymore and tried to speak: "Girl..."
Ruan Qi's eyelashes trembled.
Bai Li tugged at his beard, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and asked, "Did you see some... um, just some... paintings in the Xi family boy's bedroom this afternoon?"
Ruan Qi's fingers hanging by the bed curled up slightly, and her red lips pursed.
When Bai Li saw this reaction, she understood everything immediately.
Ruan Qi really saw the paintings in the sketchbook!
Bai Li slapped her thigh in her heart in annoyance, but she didn't dare to show it. She tried to say: "How many pictures have you seen? What's inside?"
"I only saw the first painting." Ruan Qi's voice was deep, "The painting was of me when I was nine years old."
Bai Li: "How do you know you are nine years old?"
"Because in the painting, I have a sunflower hairband on my head. My father bought it for me during the summer vacation when I was nine years old. Later, I lost the memory of that summer vacation, and the sunflower hairband can no longer be found.
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The summer vacation when she was nine years old was the time when Ruan Qi was captured by Jiang Chunian and taken to Xiaoyao Village.
Later, Xiaoyao Village was destroyed, and Ruan Qi returned to Qingyun Village and suffered for more than half a year. After completely forgetting that memory, her mental state slowly recovered.
After regaining consciousness, Ruan Qi forgot about Xiaoyaozhuang and the people she met during the summer vacation. Her memory stayed in the summer vacation, when she remembered that her father gave her a sunflower hairband.
But the hair tie can't be found.
Little Ruan Qi was sad about this for several days, but children are forgetful, and it didn't take long for their attention to shift to other things.
If she hadn't seen Xi Jiu's sketchbook today, Ruan Qi would have almost forgotten the existence of the sunflower hairband.
She sat on the edge of the bed and thought about it carefully. She must have lost the sunflower hairband during the struggle after she was arrested in Xiaoyao Village.
But there is a doubt here——
Ruan Fengmian bought the sunflower hairband for her during the summer vacation when she was nine years old, but lost it after she entered Xiaoyao Village. So why did Xi Jiu know that she had a sunflower hairband and draw it?
And when did he meet her when she was nine years old?
The pages of the sketchbook were severely yellowed, so it can be inferred that the paintings were not drawn in the past one or two years.
But she met Xi Jiu a year ago.
However, judging from those paintings, Xi Jiu already knew her before she knew him.
And we’ve known each other for a long time.
Ruan Qi once again remembered the inexplicable question that Xi Jiu had asked when she first met Xi Jiu——
Where were you on August 14th ten years ago?
Where is she?
When she lost her memory, Ruan Qi thought she was spending her summer vacation at home on that day ten years ago.
But as her memory slowly recovered, she learned that in August ten years ago, she was arrested and imprisoned in Xiaoyao Village.
When she was in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Qiu Weiren, Jiang Chunian's former assistant, told her that she should have been arrested on August 15th.
In other words, she was still safe on August 14th.
Xiaoyao Village is in Shanghai, and Qingyun Village is in Baicheng. If she had been at home that summer vacation, it would have been impossible for Jiang Chunian to cross half of China in just one day and take her from Baicheng to Shanghai.
Therefore, on August 14th, she should not be at home, but in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Combined with Xi Jiu's sketchbook, Ruan Qi can make a rough guess——
She and Xi Jiu met in Shanghai on August 14th ten years ago. They were even very familiar with each other and had a close relationship.
Then here comes the problem.
Since they have known each other for a long time, Xi Jiu has nothing to hide from her? And he has painted so many paintings?
Thinking of this, a name came to Ruan Qi's mind - Brother Bingshan.
If Xi Jiu is Brother Bingshan, then all his concealments will make sense.
Although Ruan Qi has incomplete memory, based on the fragmentary fragments in her dream, she can deduce that she and her brother Bingshan had a very, very good relationship ten years ago.
Their relationship was so good that Brother Bingshan was willing to risk his life for her.
As for the reason why she forgot about Brother Bingshan, apart from Jiang Chunian's stimulation, Ruan Qi felt that a large part of the reason was because she could not accept Brother Bingshan's death.
She was only nine years old at the time. In order to save herself, a good friend was thrown into the river and drowned by bad guys. Such excitement was too much for a child.
So at that time, Xiao Ruan Qi suffered a mental breakdown under multiple shocks and chose to forget.
The reason why Xi Jiu didn't tell her what happened ten years ago was because he was afraid that her mind would break down again if she remembered the past.
All doubts and clues are connected in series.
The fog in front of her eyes gradually dispersed, and Ruan Qi finally touched the tip of the iceberg of the truth ten years ago.
Xi Jiu is Brother Bingshan.
Although there is no conclusive evidence, Ruan Qi is 100% sure.
Then what she has to do next is...
"Cha Xi's boy?!" Bai Li was shocked, "Why are you checking him? If you have anything to do, wouldn't you just ask him?!"
Ruan Qi shook her head: "I think Jiujiu is still hiding something from me."
When Bai Li heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly looked away with a guilty conscience, and asked dryly: "What else can I hide from you? Isn't it just Brother Bingshan's business?"
"No." Ruan Qi frowned, "Aside from Brother Bingshan, he probably hid other things from me."
Ruan Qi knows Xi Jiu very well.
With how much Xi Jiu cared about her, it was impossible for him to insist on hiding it from her when he knew that she was worried about brother Bingshan's life and death.
She is worried about the life and death of her brother Bingshan.
Then Xi Jiu can tell her that he is still alive.
Her memory has gradually recovered now, and her mental endurance is stronger than before. As long as Brother Bingshan is still alive, this incident will not cause irritation to her.
But Xi Jiu still kept it secret from her.
He would rather let her worry about whether Brother Bingshan is dead than tell her the truth.
There is only one reason that can make Xi Jiu do this——
The truth about Brother Bingshan was even crueler than what she had seen in her memory.
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I'm stuck, I'm writing slowly. I'll update one chapter first, and I'm grinding on the second update. [Wiping tears]
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