At 21:50, I woke up in the company again.

This time, I could finally think calmly.

At present, I am not sure if this is a certain reality or some kind of premonition dream, because the same thing has happened three times.

I didn't have much time to consider, I don't care about Zhou Sicheng's life and death on Thursday, but I absolutely cannot involve Jiang Yi.

I called Jiang Yi, but no one answered. So I called the security office of the community and told them that I was being followed and asked them to wait for me at the entrance.

As expected, I had a security escort this time, although I still ran into Zhou Sicheng in the stairwell, he didn't dare to do anything.

He just gave me a fierce look when Jiang Yi came out.

I was worried that Jiang Yi would be impulsive again, so I pulled him into the room and closed the door.

"Jiang Yi, do you have any conflict with Zhou Sicheng?"

Jiang Yi shook his head. "No."

"You worked so late, go wash up and sleep."

He shut me up with just one sentence for all the questions I wanted to ask.

I looked at him carefully, Jiang Yi was no different from usual.

Could it be that, due to the change of events, they had not yet had a quarrel? I couldn't figure it out, but... as long as Jiang Yi and Zhou Sicheng don't meet and fight, there shouldn't be much of a problem, the rest can be solved with time.

I was too tired tonight, I fell into a daze and didn't wake up until noon the next day. Fortunately, Jiang Yi had already taken a leave of absence for me.

After lunch, I searched the house, even turning Jiang Yi's bag upside down, but still didn't find the ashtray.

Maybe I'm just thinking too much.

Because I can't stand the smell of smoke, Jiang Yi doesn't smoke, even if he has a social engagement, he will come back only after getting rid of the smell of smoke.

Perhaps last night's events were really just a complex dream within a dream.

As I was lost in thought, the phone rang.

Wang Mengyao?

I don't like to talk or socialize, and I don't have many friends.

Wang Mengyao is similar to me, even more reclusive, she has been alone since she was a child, and even more so when she grew up.

Our relationship is not very good, just grown up together, and consider it somewhat of an acquaintanceship.

I answered the phone, Wang Mengyao's hoarse voice sounded, "Liu Yan, are you free now?"

"Mengyao, what's wrong?"

Wang Mengyao remained silent for a long time. Just when I thought she was going to hang up, she asked me, "Are you at work or somewhere else? I want to find you for something."

"Let's meet and talk about it."

She added.

What's the matter? It's so mysterious.

"Okay, I'm not working today. Just come to my place."

"Are you alone at home?"

"Mm."

Wang Mengyao hung up the phone. She and I live in the same community, but I heard knocking on the door a moment later.

Thinking of last night's events, I was still frightened, and looked through the cat's eye to see outside.

It was Wang Mengyao, but she had dark circles under her eyes, looking very tired.

I brought her a glass of water, she trembled as she took it, and several fingers on her outstretched right hand were covered with band-aids.

"Are you okay?"

"It's nothing, I just fell a few days ago."

Wang Mengyao put her hand in her pocket. "I came here to tell you something."

I nodded. "Go ahead."

"Um... I want to borrow some money from you."

Borrow money?

I thought it was some earth-shattering event, that needed to be so formal.

"How much do you want to borrow?"

"100,000 yuan, I'll repay you soon."

I frowned, 100,000 yuan is not impossible, but I'm about to marry Jiang Yi, it's time to use money.

Also, we are not close friends, in other words, I don't trust her.

Wang Mengyao noticed my concern and said she would write down an IOU and borrow whatever amount I could lend.

"20,000 yuan, at most. I can't afford more."

Wang Mengyao gritted her teeth. "Okay."

She visibly relaxed after receiving the transfer and headed to the bathroom to freshen up.

In my impression, Wang Mengyao is not someone who spends money easily, on the contrary, she's very frugal.

I wonder what happened recently that makes her so desperate for money.

At this moment, the phone on the sofa lit up.

It belonged to Wang Mengyao.

Her phone doesn't have a lock, and the screen displayed a news article: A vicious murder occurred in the xx region recently, the victim suffered severe brain damage from being struck with a blunt object...

That victim, although the picture was thickly covered with a code in the news, I could still make out that it was Zhou Sicheng!

Unbelievable, I changed the course of events, but Zhou Sicheng still died.

But as long as it had nothing to do with Jiang Yi, I didn't care.

After reading the news, I was about to put down my phone, but accidentally slid into the running background of the album.

That paused photo showed Jiang Yi and Zhou Sicheng fighting each other.

Jiang Yi's expression was brutally fierce, something I had never seen before.

I shook all over, the phone slipping from my hand to the ground.

"Crack-"