"Jiang Xuan."

"Female, 27 years old. Born on April 10th, 1995. Graduated from Haicheng Fudan University, majoring in advertising planning. Currently residing in Building 8, Apartment 801, Chaoyang Community, and employed at a software development company. Her parents passed away in a car accident in November 2015."

"Miss Jiang, may I ask if the above information is true?"

The male police officer sitting in the middle read their investigation report.

I nodded my head.

I didn't know what to say.

"We found communication records between you and Mrs. Li Mei (Mrs. Fang) in her cellphone."

"Miss Jiang, may I ask where you were around 3 o'clock this afternoon?"

"I... I was at home and didn't go out." I spoke in a low hoarse voice, silently staring at them.

"Miss Jiang, don't be nervous." The male police officer smiled gently.

This made my mood relax a bit.

"We brought you here because there are a few cases with similarities. And all these commonalities are related to you, Miss Jiang..."

He changed the subject and suddenly asked, "Do you remember Miss Fang Ning who died in a car accident in the western suburb on February 19, 2017, five years ago?"

Fang Ning...

"I remember... What happened to her?" My voice slightly raised.

"According to the police investigation, the car accident and fire that you encountered five years ago might have been deliberate instead of accidental."

A lightning bolt flashed through my mind, and I couldn't believe it:

"What do you mean?"

The male police officer didn't answer my question.

"Although you explained the situation at that time, we now have a special circumstance and need you to provide a testimony regarding that accident again."

*

Fang Ning is Fang Haoyan's sister.

She is four years older than me.

When I was about to graduate, she had already been working in our family's company for nearly three years.

She was the most supportive person of my relationship with Fang Haoyan.

During the first semester of my senior year.

Fang Haoyan and I officially broke up.

And when it was close to winter break, I suddenly remembered that Fang Haoyan brought me to his house for Chinese New Year last year.

But in just one short year.

Everything had changed.

I returned to my hometown, but I had already sold the house and didn't have much left after paying off the debts...

Aya saw that I had nowhere to go, so she took me to her house for Chinese New Year.

Bright and dazzling fireworks slowly rose and bloomed in the sky.

But my heart no longer had the kind of happiness I had when I was young.

I seemed to have aged a lot...

Even Aya said that I smiled less now.

Fang Ning came to this county on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

She looked around the map and searched for my previous addresses.

But she found that I had already sold the house...

If Aya and I hadn't bumped into her while we were shopping, she would have been ready to drive back to Haicheng.

"Xiao Xuan," she frowned, her tone anxious, "Feng Yan's situation is not good..."

I didn't know what else to say, so I just replied with a "Oh".

Seeing me like this, Fang Ning suddenly sighed.

"I don't know who owes whom between you two!"

"During the Chinese New Year, he was out drinking all day and didn't come home until late at night."

"And you, they say you're heartless... But I feel that you're not having an easy time either."

I smiled at Fang Ning, only the smile didn't reach my eyes.

"Go see him..." she suddenly said.

"He really loves you."