Cheng Cheng and the Cicada

Chapter 64 Opening

Chapter 112 High Yang and Chu Anqing

Chu Shanhe's concerns were not unnecessary.

Right now, if there was even a sliver of evidence proving that Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui had committed murder, plotted murder, or participated in murder, the police would have already taken action and arrested them for questioning.

But the current situation is...

They are squeaky clean, both overtly and covertly.

Sergeant Sam has taken all the blame, and even if the investigation continues upwards, it would only lead to the false "handler" in the United States, just another smokescreen laid down by Ji Lin.

Looking at the current situation,

As long as the taxi driver who rammed into Lin Xian wasn't Ji Lin or Ji Xinshui, they have ample reason to escape from this case without getting their hands dirty.

This is far too easy for Ji Lin's intelligence and Ji Xinshui's methods.

Of course,

Lin Xian had already considered these things.

He had been preparing for a long time, in order to finally be able to capture these people at the final moment and avenge Xu Yun and Tang Xin.

"Mr. Chu, I understand your concerns, so as I have always said... it must be ensured that the taxi actually kills me. This act of killing is a must, it's very important. Only in this way can it be clearly established that they want to kill someone, so that they can at least be charged with attempted murder, and not let them get away so easily."

"Of course, that's not enough, because Ji Lin is not implicated in this matter. But, you don't need to worry about this either, I will definitely find an opportunity to leave evidence of Ji Lin's participation in the murder. If they are determined to carry out this assassination mission on the night of May 3rd, then Ji Lin's cooperation is absolutely necessary to kill me."

"As we discussed some time ago, I will only give Ji Lin the opportunity to kill me, and I will not cooperate with anyone else if he doesn't make a move. So... I can't guarantee anything about this matter now, because I don't know Ji Lin's specific plan, I can only improvise on that day. But rest assured, I won't let everyone work in vain, I am confident that I can make Ji Lin reveal himself."

Chu Shanhe nodded:

"I believe you, you don't need to say more."

"An Qing will also go to Ji Lin's birthday party on the night of May 3rd, but my family's curfew is very strict, and An Qing will be picked up by the driver and taken back to the school dormitory by 10 pm at the latest, so in theory, the birthday party should end around 10 pm."

"Then in the nearly three hours from 10 pm to 00:42... how exactly is Ji Lin going to keep you? I've been thinking about this for a long time just now and I can't figure it out, I don't think the two of you can just chat for three hours in the house, right?"

"I can't figure this out either for the time being." Lin Xian answered truthfully:

"I don't know what excuse Ji Lin plans to use to keep me, I'm also very curious about how he's arranged it."

"However... since the other party is Ji Lin, he's so clever, I estimate that if he really intends to kill me on the night of the birthday party, he must have a trump card hidden."

"So now we can only do what we should do, and then, wait and see each other's acting skills on that day."

...

A few days passed.

May 3rd, half past six in the evening.

Gao Yang, wearing a neat suit and tie, stepped out of a taxi.

He smoothed his shiny slicked-back hair, looking at the luxurious lakeside villa area in front of him:

"Here I come, female college students!"

"Hey, no..."

Lin Xian got out of the taxi right after, and grabbed Gao Yang:

"It's not that, brother, get your priorities straight, today is Ji Lin's birthday party, not some female college student social event."

"Didn't you say that Chu Anqing's female classmates would come?"

"They will come."

"And they are all beauties from the art academy? Majoring in dance! All tall with long legs!!"

"Yes, that's true... but wipe your drool first."

"That's right then!" Gao Yang waved his hand, wiped his drool, and then took out a beautifully packaged gift box from behind him:

"Just use this gift to get rid of Ji Lin, I want to have a good exchange with the sisters majoring in dance at Donghai University! To make up for my regret of not having attended university!"

"You better be telling the truth."

After Lin Xian scanned the code to pay the taxi driver, he walked into the villa area with Gao Yang.

In front, two large sewage trucks drove out, and the two pulled over to make way.

These two sewage trucks had obviously just finished their dredging mission, carrying a smelly aura.

Gao Yang waved his hand to sweep away the stench from the tip of his nose:

"Even such a rich villa area has sewage trucks?"

"You're talking nonsense, even the emperor can't avoid going to the toilet."

The two arrived at the front of Ji Lin's villa and rang the doorbell.

"Coming, coming"

Chu Anqing's little happy fruit-like silver bell-like voice floated over, and the redwood double doors opened in response, her beautiful eyes curved into shallow crescent moons:

"Lin Xian, Senior, you're here!"

Then, she turned her head to look at Gao Yang:

"Hehe, this is Mr. Gao Yang, right? We met at the MX company's celebration party! I also heard it from Senior Lin Xian, but we didn't say hello at that time."

"That's right."

Gao Yang smoothed his slicked-back hair and stood up proudly:

"I am Lin Xian's best brother, you can also call me Senior!"

Chu Anqing blinked her eyes:

"Gao... Senior Gao Yang, are you also a graduate of Donghai University?"

"Almost." Gao Yang was so ordinary, yet so confident, he put his arm around Lin Xian's shoulder:

"Almost the same."

"There's a difference of more than 300 points." Lin Xian said softly.

"You!"

Gao Yang quickly looked left and right and changed the subject:

"Let's go in quickly! See if there's anything we can help decorate!"

Soon...

Lin Xian and Ji Lin began to prepare all kinds of things.

And Gao Yang had already regarded himself as an honored guest, mingling with a group of youthful and beautiful female college students. Relying on his golden sales talent, he made this group of inexperienced girls burst into laughter.

"Senior Gao Yang, were you and Senior Lin Xian classmates in high school?" Chu Anqing asked in surprise.

"Of course!"

Gao Yang laughed and said:

"Not only were we classmates in high school, but we have been in the same class since kindergarten, and we were only in neighboring classes in junior high school. We have been practically wearing the same pair of pants since we were little!"

"Then..." Chu Anqing rolled her eyes and glanced at the loose hair on her shoulders.

Today, she didn't tie up her hair, but let it down like a waterfall, keeping a hairstyle she usually didn't keep.

She remembered the sketch that Ji Lin gave her...

The girl Lin Xian drew had her hair up.

Thus,

She used her thumb and index finger to gather the beautiful hair behind her head, twisted it into a ball, wrapped it around a few times to form a bun, pinched it with her fist, and smiled at Gao Yang:

"Senior Gao Yang, look at me like this, do you feel like it's very familiar!"

To make sure Gao Yang could see clearly.

Chu Anqing also imitated the expression of the girl in the sketch, smiling with two faintly visible dimples.

Burp!

Seeing this posture, Gao Yang choked directly on his water!

"Cough cough... cough cough..."

After coughing a few times, he said cautiously:

"Of course it's familiar, I saw you at the MX company's celebration party that day."

"Oh, it's not that celebration party!"

Chu Anqing pinched her bun, shaking it left and right to show Gao Yang her smile:

"I mean, don't you think... I look a lot like a female classmate in your former class?"

In an instant.

Gao Yang was faced with a formidable enemy!

This...

Is my charm so great?

Even such cheesy and old-fashioned pickup lines are coming out?

Could it be that my type is very popular among female college students?

But, he has the desire but not the guts!

He was just talking nonsense just now, and besides, he knows who this Chu Anqing is... this is Donghai Chu Shanhe's daughter! He wouldn't dare to provoke her even if he had ten thousand guts!

"No, no."

Gao Yang waved his hands in a panic, clarifying the relationship:

"I have basically been a class monitor and class cadre since I was a child, and I am very familiar with the students in the class. There is no female classmate as cute and beautiful as you! I'm serious, there's really no one who looks like you!"

Then, he put down his water glass:

"I'm going to the bathroom."

...

After Gao Yang left, Chu Anqing released her bun and the slightly curly dark brown hair fell like a waterfall.

She bit her lower lip, thinking about the sketch hidden in her bedroom...

So,

Senior Lin Xian really lied...

She still believed what Lin Xian said, that there really was a former female classmate who looked similar to her, so he drew that painting by mistake.

But...

Tang Xin had also said before that there were no girls in the class who looked like her.

However, she also said later that she only stayed in the class for a few days before transferring, and she wasn't sure, so Chu Anqing also assumed that Tang Xin was unfamiliar with the classmates in the class and couldn't recognize everyone.

But!

Just now, Gao Yang, as Senior Lin Xian's best buddy and childhood friend... and having been a classmate and class monitor with Lin Xian since he was a child, if there really was a female classmate in the class who looked so similar to her, even the location of the beauty mark was exactly the same... Gao Yang definitely wouldn't not know!

Could it be that...

Chu Anqing's heart was pounding, thinking of Lin Xian's panic when the sketch fell, through a corner of the corridor.

Could it be...

The painting that Senior made...

Is the painting really of me?

...

Over in the kitchen.

Gao Yang's face was livid as he walked up to Lin Xian.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Xian looked at Gao Yang in confusion.

Wasn't he just chatting happily with the female college students, how did he suddenly look like a condemned prisoner about to be executed?

"Lin Xian, something big happened."

Gao Yang looked at Lin Xian with a terrified expression:

"I might be thrown into the Huangpu River to feed the fish by Chu Shanhe."

"What's wrong?"

Lin Xian was completely confused, patted Gao Yang on the shoulder:

"Speak properly, what did you do to provoke him?"

"I'm telling you."

Gao Yang mysteriously pulled Lin Xian to the corner, looked around to see if anyone was paying attention, and looked at Lin Xian with a serious face:

"You might not believe it when I say it..."

"Yeah, tell me."

Gao Yang's face changed several times:

"Chu Anqing, she must have taken a liking to me!"

"..."

"..."

Lin Xian felt petrified, completely controlled.

"That's impossible."

Inside the kitchen, Ji Lin walked out with a plate of dishes, looked at Gao Yang:

"She won't like you."

"Damn it! You sneaky bastard! You overheard me!"

Gao Yang jumped back directly, never expecting that there was another person hidden in the kitchen:

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"It's true that Chu Anqing has someone she likes." Ji Lin smiled, walked past the two with the dishes, looked back at Gao Yang:

"But unfortunately, it's not you."

"That's great that it's not me..."

Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, patted Lin Xian on the shoulder and clicked his tongue:

"The young girls these days are really too bold, too proactive, times have really changed."

"I think you should go to the hospital to see your brain."

Lin Xian was speechless, took several sets of tableware from the kitchen, and pulled Gao Yang to the living room:

"Stop being so dramatic here, come on..."

"The birthday party is about to begin!"