Chapter 11
Leaving the phone number, Xu Yang left. Lin Yuan felt very tired and wanted to have a good sleep. Lying in bed, she thought of her brother and was busy calling him.
No one answered the phone, and Lin Yuan felt very uneasy. She quickly got out of bed and left home to find Lin Rui.
After ringing the doorbell for a long time, someone came to open the door. It was Ye Mei, who said that Lin Rui was not at home.
Lin Yuan is a bit strange. My Brother is not here, so what are you doing at my brother's house?
Lin Yuan said, "Can you get through to my brother's phone?"
Ye Mei took out her phone, tried it, and said; "I can't get through."
"Are you guys cohabiting?" Lin Yuan continued, "was he there last night, brother?"
"No," Ye Mei said impatiently. "After you came last time, Lin Rui disappeared."
"Impossible!" Lin Yuan said incredulously, "I have seen my brother again later, but it's just..."
"Just what?" Ye Mei asked.
Lin Yuan thought for a moment before muttering to herself, "Is it because of Yuan Yu that my brother is angry?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Ye Mei said with strands of hair, "Is there anything else?"
Lin Yuan shook her head, and Ye Mei planned to close the door. Lin Yuan pushed the door back and said, "Where is my brother's phone? Did you answer his call last night?"
Ye Mei was taken aback for a moment and said, "Last night, it was you who called? It was in the middle of the night, and you didn't say a word. Of course, I hung up."
Ye Mei was about to close the door again, and Lin Yuan supported the door with both hands and said, "Then you pretended to call him just now! This is my brother's house, but you don't let me in. Why?"
"You, let go!" Ye Mei was furious and closed the door hard, but Lin Yuan pushed it with all her might. Suddenly, she slipped and fell towards the door, hitting her head heavily.
"Xiao Yuan..."
Lin Yuan heard her brother's voice, opened her eyes, and saw Lin Rui sitting next to her, wiping medicine for her.
"Brother, where did you go? Ye Mei said you're missing."
Lin Rui's smile was warm as he said, "I'm still there."
Lin Yuan let out a "hmm" and said, "I had a nightmare, I'm so worried about you."
"Xiaoyuan, if you were between me and Yuanyu and could only choose one person to stay by your side, would you choose me?" Lin Rui suddenly asked.
"I..." Lin Yuan shook her head and said, "I don't want to choose."
Lin Rui's face showed helplessness as he gently caressed Lin Yuan's forehead and said, "Xiao Yuan, your reluctance towards Yuan Yu makes me jealous."
Lin Yuan lowered her head and said, "Brother, I don't know why, but I have a special feeling for him. In fact, I don't know him at all."
"Xiaoyuan, you are so easy to trust others, how can I leave you with peace of mind?"
"Leaving?" Lin Yuan grabbed Lin Rui's arm and said, "Brother, where are you going?"
Lin Rui didn't answer. Lin Yuan looked at him and felt that his brother's face was blurry. She leaned closer, but still couldn't see clearly, just like the warm, bright but misty sunshine.
Lin Rui stood up, seemingly avoiding Lin Yuan's gaze. Suddenly, he became cold and said in a plain tone, "Xiao Yuan, I hope you can protect yourself."
Lin Yuan listened to Lin Rui's words and wanted to grab his brother's hand again, but Lin Rui walked away, getting further and further away from Lin Yuan
"Brother..." Lin Yuan shouted and woke up, looking at the unfamiliar environment around him. "Where is this?"
Yu Qing walked in and said, "This is my hotel. Do you still have a headache?"
Lin Yuan touched her forehead, it was bruised and swollen, but it didn't hurt much. She said, "How could I be here? I remember it should be on my brother's side."
"You fell and fell unconscious, Yuan Yu brought you over," Yu Qing replied calmly.
Upon hearing Yuan Yu's name, Lin Yuan was taken aback and said, "Do you know Yuan Yu? Where is he?"
Yu Qing just said, "He has something to attend to and has temporarily left."
Lin Yuan let out an "oh" sound, feeling confused but unsure of what to ask. After some thought, she took out her phone and started calling her brother.
The phone rang for a while and then answered. It was Xu Yang's voice. Lin Yuan was taken aback and said, "How could it be you?"
Xu Yang didn't expect it to be Lin Yuan either. He asked, "Are you with Lin Rui?"
"Lin Rui is my brother," Lin Yuan replied while asking, "How could his phone be in your hand?"
"I am currently at your brother's house..."
Before Xu Yang could finish speaking, Lin Yuan urgently asked, "What's going on? What's going on?"
"You come over and talk about it. I'll wait for you here."
Xu Yang hung up the phone and Lin Yuan got up to walk out. Yu Qing said, "Don't involve Yuan Yu."
"Hmm?" Lin Yuan stopped and said, "Do you know what happened?"
"I don't need to know," Yu Qing said calmly, "I'm just telling you not to let the police turn their attention to Yuan Yu."
"You and Yuan Yu..."
Yu Qing smiled and didn't say anything more.
Lin Yuan didn't ask again. She went to Lin Rui's house and only then did she know that Ye Mei had died.
Lin Yuan sat down on the sofa and Xu Yang said, "Ms. Liu next door said she saw a girl in purple with short hair knocking hard on the door this afternoon. Is that you?"
Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I'm here to find my brother. Do you know where he is?"
Xu Yang shook his head and said, "I couldn't reach him. His phone is on the bed."
Lin Yuan remembered in her dream that her brother had left, and her heart suddenly became sad.
"How much do you know about Ye Mei?" Xu Yang asked.
"I don't know at all, I only know that she's my brother's girlfriend. She must have cohabited," Lin Yuan replied, asking again, "Have I become a suspect again?"
Xu Yang let out an incomprehensible "hmm" and Lin Yuan said, "I should be the last person to see Ye Mei."
Xu Yang looked at Lin Yuan with inquiry and said, "How did you see her?"
"She opened the door for me," Lin Yuan replied. "I came to find my brother, but she said he wasn't there and didn't let me in."
Xu Yang suddenly laughed, and Lin Yuan said angrily, "What are you laughing at?"
"Why do dead people like to open doors for you?" Xu Yang said, "Lin Yuan, have you been making up all this nonsense?"
"Are you saying that Ye Mei had already died before I came?" Lin Yuan said in surprise, "But it was really her who opened the door for me!"
Xu Yang shook his head and said, "I asked Ms. Liu, and she said you're like crazy, pushing and shoving the door hard, but no one has ever opened it."
"So, how did I leave?" Lin Yuan asked, thinking to herself, Yuan Yu must know that I had seen Ye Mei before.
Xu Yang also had some doubts. Ms. Liu said that Lin Yuan had fainted when her head hit the door. She planned to open the door and take a look, but just as she lowered her head, Lin Yuan disappeared.