Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Reminder

I rubbed my temples to clear the mess of thoughts from my mind.But I couldn't hold back my fingers, and moved my heart on the keyboard to delete this group of photos completely. Conversation requires good timing. Getting overwhelmed with work before I can find a particularly good moment. As if to retaliate against my previously relaxed working state, I was so busy that I didn’t even have time to sleep for the next week. I worked overtime for several days to improve the algorithm, and it was past eleven o’clock every night when I got home.When I finish work every day, my back hurts and I am so sleepy that I can fall asleep at any time. How can I drive home by myself.

Shen Qinyan said, "I'll pick you up." He kept his word and insisted on picking me up after get off work.The weather is getting colder, but my heart is still warm. After persisting for three days, I really couldn't bear it—he was busy with film work and was also very tired, and he couldn't go home until after nine o'clock every day.I insisted that he not pick up and drop off again, just wait until I am busy for another two days this week.On Thursday, I didn’t go home. Like all the colleagues in the R&D department, I wrapped up a blanket and slept in the lounge, but I slept better than before.

During my busy schedule, I met the company's behind-the-scenes investor for the first time, and it was actually Lin Jinxiu. Although quantum computers sound beautiful, they have been facing countless problems in the decades since the concept was proposed - they appeared one after another and solved one after another. People who invest in this project need not only financial resources, but also considerable foresight. Fortunately, he was only here for a visit. He went to the conference room after looking out the windows of several main offices. He didn't seem to recognize me, and after smiling and nodding with everyone, he left accompanied by the company's senior executives.

Fortunately, I have a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to think about it. But when I returned to the office from the company's restaurant at noon, I saw a note on the table, inviting me to the meeting room on the top floor. Our office has not used paper documents for a long time, and the function of notes has long been replaced by office software.The handwriting on this note was clear and strong, I thought about it, and went to the conference room. The meeting room on the top floor is not big, and the long table can accommodate up to ten people. Lin Jinxiu was reading documents one by one. When I went, he was closing a signed document and asked his assistant to take it out of the meeting room.The conference room was suddenly empty.

I pondered for a while, and instead of calling him "Director Lin" and "President Lin", I still called him "Mr. Lin." He nodded to me, his clear eyes reflected the light, "Miss Du, please sit down." I opened the chair and sat down as promised, thinking about what he wanted to talk to me about—in fact, I only met him once, and I didn’t expect him to remember me.The last time I saw him was at night. At that time, the night covered his whole body with a sense of oppression, but now it is blue sky and broad daylight. I think he is handsome. Although there is always a sense of awe in his facial features, he is not difficult to approach .

"I've always wanted to express my thanks to you, but now I finally have the chance." I was at a loss, "Thank you? Why?" He smiled slightly, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes flashed, "It's Xiao Yue. He caused you a lot of trouble." Lin Yue didn't cause me much trouble.Of course, his few emails a day were routine—they were nothing more than complaints about his murderous tutor, his classmates at school, his dad not loving him, and everything else. "Mr. Lin, you don't have to be too polite about Xiaoyue," I smiled, "I like him quite a bit, he's very smart and cute."

He leaned back slightly, stretched out his fingers and rubbed his temples, "Xiao Yue has a very rebellious heart, before I met you, no one's words could be heard. I'm very glad that he can listen to your words. He always said in front of me' Sister Du said, "I asked Sister Du." I shook my head, "I don't think he listens to me very much, but he has a common language with me." Lin Jinxiu paused, looked at me thoughtfully, and smiled after a while.He has a pair of sharp eyes, but when he smiles, there is a smile in his pupils, "Miss Du said, they are really similar. If Xiao Yue often comes to you in the future, will it cause you trouble?"

I shook my head, "No, as long as I'm free, it's fine." He said "Yes", "Okay. Miss Du, you are welcome to discipline him severely." I opened my eyes wide, and secretly complained in my heart: How should I discipline?Xiao Yue is so shrewd and powerful, how many people can compare him to him?But he didn't say anything, just said: "You don't need to be disciplined, I treat Xiaoyue as a friend." He heard the words "hmm", sighed softly for some reason, his face full of disappointment, "I really envy Shen Qinyan now." He didn't speak fast, but in the ears of the listeners, every word was weighty.

I don't quite understand what he means, he is so successful, what is there to envy Shen Qinyan?I looked at him with wide eyes, "Mr. Lin, what did you say?" He didn't answer my question, got up calmly, and opened the door of the meeting room for me.I knew this was the end of the conversation, and walked out of the conference room first, and he followed me out of the conference room. "Miss Du," he said suddenly when he passed me, "If you're not busy, you might as well pay more attention to your boyfriend." That night I finally stopped working overtime all night and went home.All the way back, I was a little distracted, thinking over and over what Lin Jinxiu had said to me.A person like Lin Jinxiu might not even be able to say a single word of nonsense.His words were clearly calling my attention to something I had overlooked.

I asked Lin Jinxiu, "Mr. Lin, what happened to him?" Accompanied by his entourage, he walked to the elevator entrance and said unhurriedly, "You need to find out by yourself." What happened to Shen Qin that I need to pay special attention to? Not working well?No, it shouldn't be.Although Lin Jinxiu is one of the major shareholders of the film company, he owns more than one company, and he doesn't particularly care about a certain star, just like my father and elder brother don't care about the working status of a certain employee in a certain department, whether to stay or not. , as a Boss, always look at the big picture.Lin Jinxiu will pay special attention to Shen Qinyan, the relationship between the two should not only be ordinary bosses and employees.

And he said that I need to find out, which means that he himself is not very clear.Could it be the stalker who secretly filmed us in a Volvo SUV last time? I almost forgot about that incident. I was thinking about something, and slowed down the speed very slowly, but when I finally returned to Baisha Road, I accidentally ran a red light, and the flash of the camera flashed in front of my eyes. I suddenly had an epiphany.If the stalker has been following Shen Qinyan for a long time, it is absolutely impossible that there are no clues. Indeed, the video that Xiao Yang sent me that day could not find the license plate number of the car, but it does not mean that there are no other places. When driving into Baisha Road, you have to drive through a wide avenue, and then bypass a large garden to enter the community.There is no particularly obvious gate in the Baisha Road community, but for the safety of the residents, cameras closely monitor everything - trees, flower beds, house exterior walls... Some are built by the community, and some are installed by the residents themselves.Each camera is connected to a computer via a wireless network. I went home in a hurry, didn’t eat dinner, sat in the car with my laptop in my arms, and drove all the way, looking for the wireless network used by the cameras, and with a little trick, I opened the information records of dozens of cameras one by one. Check out the video recordings five days before the day when Shen Qinyan and I were secretly photographed.Don't think about it after that day - because the sneak photographer knows that we found him, as long as he is a little smarter, he knows that he should change the car. Normally, the camera saves a month's worth of information, which is more than enough for me. The video data of more than ninety cameras for five days is not a small amount of data for my two computers. I called up the image processing software and analysis software, set up the process, and started to analyze the video. The video analysis is estimated to take an hour. I typed the code, hoping my hunch was right. My cell phone rang, and it was Shen Qinyan who called me, "I'm back, come over for dinner." He has been busy promoting the premiere of the movie recently, and he can't cook for me like before. Every day, he packs dinner in Sanyuan, and he has already heated it up. I stuffed food into my mouth slowly, distracted. "The taste of takeaway is always worse." Shen Qinyan served me soup, "It will be fine when I finish my work." "Oh, I don't think it tastes bad." I shook my head, "I just..." "What is it?" Shen Qinyan looked like he was waiting for the next sentence. "I'm too busy this week, so I may not have time to care about you," I bit my lip and looked at him, "Have you encountered anything recently?" "Why do you ask?" I told the story of what I saw Lin Jinxiu during the day. He put down the chopsticks in his hand, his lips were tightly closed, his expression darkened, and he fell into a brief silence.I know him well now, and I know that this is what he does when he doesn't want to talk, and he must be not at peace.I also have a fast heartbeat. "I don't think I can hide it," he said. "You've got to know." I was taken aback by him, "Why?" He said briefly: "I know Yao Yao, she is my stepfather's daughter." He frowned as he spoke, which was his usual expression when he didn't like a certain topic. "Huh...ah? Ah!" I looked at him dumbfounded. Both he and An Lu are good at delivering explosive news in short words. In the past few days, I have thought about the relationship between Shen Qinyan and Yao Yao many times. I have thought about all the bad plots. I have made up several versions of the story, such as the old lover, the crush, the stalker... Thrilling and suspenseful You can get what you want, but you just didn't guess that they are brothers and sisters who are not related by blood.Shen Qinyan stopped talking, as if he was waiting for me to digest this fact. "The last time I told your elder brother that I didn't know Yao Yao, I just reacted subconsciously, thinking it was someone with the same name and surname. Because 'Yao Yao' is not a very unusual name. The entire Jinghai City is so big, with a population of 20 to 30 million , I never thought that Yao Yao and your elder brother are lovers." "This is real." "After I asked you for some information, I knew it in my mind, probably your elder brother's girlfriend is nine out of ten." Shen Qinyan said in a deep voice, "I kept thinking about how to tell you this while I was swimming. As a result, it has been delayed until now, and you still need to ask me." I hesitated and asked him: "Then... Aunt Yao is your mother?" "Yes." He paused. I stared at his side profile, and then thought about Aunt Yao's quiet and beautiful face - no wonder Shen Qinyan is so handsome. "You mother and son are very similar..." He was startled, "Have you seen my mother?" "Yeah, I happened to meet their family of three when I was having dinner with my eldest brother—" My voice stopped abruptly. No matter how I thought about it, I felt that the expression of a family of three was very strange, as if it forcibly separated Shen Qinyan from that family. "It's okay," Shen Qinyan shook my hand, and said in a steady tone, "I haven't had any contact with them for a long time. I was hesitant to tell you about my relationship with Yao Yao because my relationship with her was terrible. " I listened quietly. After the initial surprise, all the previous details were quickly replayed in my brain, and I only felt that all the previous clues were strung together. Shen Qin said that his stepfather was a judge, and so was Sister Yao's father. When meeting Shen Qinyan on the set for the first time, he said sternly to the person on the other end of the phone, "Don't look for me". There are so many Shen Qinyan-related newspapers and magazines in Yao Yao's room because she has been paying attention to him. Yao Yao, standing at the gate of No. 15 Baisha Road, was undecided, and Harry, who was snarling at her. "When I was six or seven years old, my mother married Yao Yao's father. That was the first time I met her. From the very beginning, we both felt that each other's existence was unnecessary, and this kind of emotion can easily appear in new families. , but over time, the boredom will be resolved, but Yao Yao and I do not belong to this category. As we grow older, the dislike of each other gradually intensifies, teasing, cursing, ridicule, ridicule, indifference... Later, after I left home, ten Haven't seen her for years." I whispered, "Unbelievable..." If the world is a huge machine, then there must be something wrong with this machine, such as a screw falling off, a capacitor burnt out, and a resistor overheating——Shen Qinyan, who is restrained and stable, and sister Yao, who is beautiful and mature, the two of them usually talk and laugh at me and my elder brother Yan Yan, who is gentle and kind, has actually made such a fuss before. He got up and took a few steps, and said with determination, "At the beginning of this year, she persistently started contacting me, but I ignored her, and she actually found my home." I whispered, "Isn't this the same as a stalker..." Shen Qinyan was stunned for a moment, and supported his forehead, "That's right. But I still can't call the police, it's too disturbing. It just happened that Sister Nan introduced the house on Baisha Road. I like it very much, so I paid the money immediately and moved here. " I bought a house to avoid Yao Yao, I really don't know how to evaluate it. It seems that the grievances between him and Yao Yao are really... very deep. "What does Sister Yao want you to do?" "She wants to talk to me about what happened back then." I said "Oh", "But you don't want to see her?" Shen Qinyan's expression froze, and he nodded after three seconds. I suddenly remembered the matter of Yao Yao breaking up with her eldest brother—could it be because she knew that my boyfriend was Shen Qinyan?No, it's impossible, even if the elder brother doesn't know, it's impossible for her to know.But the eldest brother once said with certainty that Yao Yao has serious concerns, is she also the same as Shen Qinyan, who is brooding over what happened back then? I tentatively asked him: "Then, can't you resolve the grievances with sister Yao? I mean, you were still children at the time, and it was normal for you to quarrel and have conflicts, but you are brother and sister after all. No matter how much trouble I have with my elder brother, They're still siblings." "Resolve?" He was silent. I was a little disappointed, and said softly: "Is it impossible?" Shen Qinyan stopped under the lamp, slowly lowered his eyelids, and said slowly: "Ali, I don't want to lie to you. Yao Yao and I, no matter how much time we spend, can't be as brotherly as you and your elder brother." I found , every time he mentioned Yao Yao's name, he would subconsciously frown. "However, it depends on human effort. I did bad things to my elder brother at that time, and he forgave me." Shen Qinyan looked at me and said in a considerate tone, "Ali, we are different from you. The grudge will never get rid of in a lifetime. Since your elder brother has broken up with her, I will treat her as a stranger." In fact, the eldest brother did not give up on Yao Yao, he gave up completely. I was tongue-tied, trying to say this, but felt like I was choking on something.Shen Qinyan never showed much emotion, except for Yao Yao, I've never seen him be so merciless, or even mention someone in disgust.I can't think of any hatred that would make a pair of brothers and sisters intolerable, wishing they would never see each other again. I went home with indescribably mixed feelings. The news just now is a bit shocking, and I think it will take me a while to fully digest it. I walked slowly to the study and sat down on the computer chair. The computer acquired several pictures while I was away, all of which were black SUVs. I scanned them one by one and locked on a Volvo SUV.This car appeared three times in five days, and each time, twenty minutes after Shen Qinyan returned home, it quietly appeared at the end of Baisha Road, stopped for two minutes, and then drove away. The pixels of the camera are usually limited, so the license plate of the car can’t be seen clearly, only the letters and numbers “R” and “1” can be vaguely seen, but after comparing it with the information on my computer, the owner of the car can be found immediately. I guessed right, the car was rented from a car rental company. The next thing that went really well, I got into the rental car company's system and found the renter. It was a man named Guo Yi, thirty-two years old this year, his identity was a private detective, and he had a small investigation firm. Unexpectedly, it was not a reporter but a private detective who was eyeing Shen Qinyan.Coincidentally, he has a home page on the website.From the information provided above, it can be seen that he can conduct civil investigations and commercial investigations. There are many types of them. I didn't look at them carefully, but I spent half an hour carefully researching the nature of the server used by the homepage-this is a very old U system server , the system is not perfect, there are multiple loopholes that allow hackers to inject code to gain permissions.However, as I expected, there is almost no other information on the server except web files.However, site owners often log into their sites, and I looked at the logs and saw that the admin account had logged into the site an hour ago, and I got an IP address. The IP address of the home network changes frequently, but for an hour, the IP address should remain the same. Generally speaking, to obtain the information in the other party's computer, hackers will use email attacks or a loophole in IM software to inject Trojan horses. For me, as long as I can get the IP address, other things are too simple. Because computers are usually Windows systems, there are always more vulnerabilities than stars in the sky. Although the Wi system has improved a lot in recent years, it is quite easy for me to find some opportunities to take advantage of. The grades of hackers are very different, and most people can only listen to others with an envious look that they have discovered a new loophole, and use some software communicated in private to hack certain systems; advanced hackers can independently Find a loophole and write a software for the loophole to achieve the purpose of invading the computer. I know that many unknown vulnerabilities of the Wi system are discovered by me independently. It is easy for me to hack a computer of the Wi system without being discovered. As a private detective, the other party was obviously conscientious, and ten minutes later, I hacked into his computer.The first time I saw a private detective's hard drive, I was immediately surprised by the variety of file classifications. Like most people, Guo Yi also saves a lot of important information on his most commonly used hard disk, and is also very cautious, most of the folders have added passwords.This is within my expectation—as a person who knows how to cover up the license plate number, it is natural to be careful about the information in the computer. The Trojan horse software I injected is very small but powerful. It monitors the memory and reads the screen information at the same time. I flipped through the information in his computer, and was slightly surprised—most of the information in his computer was related to famous figures in the entertainment industry, and I was not interested in it, so I just passed it at a glance, but there was a group of photos that made me My gaze stayed for a few seconds longer. Because I know all the protagonists in that group of photos and are very familiar with them. Xu Zhen was wearing an extremely beautiful long white dress, the skirt spread out like lotus leaves, and a string of starry diamond necklaces around her neck, but no matter how beautiful the clothes and necklaces were, they couldn’t compare to her. Her complexion was as white as jade, and her eyes Shining like a diamond, she has a rare quiet beauty about her.She and Lin Jinxiu were dancing.She raised her head slightly, and put her white gloved hand on Lin Jinxiu's, quietly looking at the young man hugging her. Lin Jinxiu was also dressed in a white dress. In the photo, he was also young, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and an imposing manner. He supported Xu Zhen's wrist with one hand, while the other rested on her waist. He bowed his head to her. laugh.The two people's cheeks were very close, and there was only a gap between their foreheads, as if they were whispering. Such a pair of handsome men and beautiful women of the same age are both so temperamental, one is shining like the sun, and the other is as quiet and beautiful as the moonlight. They look like princes and princesses who have walked out of a fairy tale kingdom, which is enviable. I think the photos of me and Shen Qinyan must not have this effect. The photo was taken very well, the background was completely blurred, and there were only the two of them in the photo, as if showing off their happiness and beauty to the world.If it was me before, I might not be able to recognize the light in the eyes of the two of them, but now I know that it is deep love. I looked at the photo for a long time, and many disturbing images flashed through my mind, and I clicked on the next photo after a while. The hero changed, it was Shen Qinyan, the heroine remained the same, it was Xu Zhen.Here is a photo from the same banquet. Shen Qinyan knelt on the ground with one knee, put one hand on Xu Zhen's ankle, and raised his face to look at her.Xu Zhen was wearing high-heeled sandals about ten centimeters high, and she was holding up her skirt. Even though she only had a side profile, it could be seen that she was very anxious.The quality of the photos was taken so well, Shen Qinyan's eyes were amazingly bright. If the photo just now was of a noble prince and princess, this photo is of a noble princess and her loyal attendants. My heartbeat was too fast to count, blood rushed to my brain and all parts of my body, and even my fingers began to tremble, I managed to zoom in on the photo, processed it slightly, and I saw Xu Zhen's figure in his ink-like pupils. I tried my best to calm myself down for ten minutes before I had the courage to look at the date the photo was taken, and let out a slow breath. —That was eleven years ago.I was fourteen at the time. And Shen Qinyan is seven years older than me. Seven years old, more than two thousand days. I used to think that the seven-year age difference between men and women was not a big deal worth mentioning, but now it seems that it is not the case.During those seven years, many things happened to Shen Qinyan that I didn't know and couldn't understand—because he wouldn't tell me at all. I rubbed my temples to clear the mess of thoughts from my mind.But I couldn't hold back my fingers, and moved my heart on the keyboard to delete this group of photos completely. Ten minutes later, I continued to look at the file.Finally, I saw a document on the disk - "Entrust 1108-Shen Qinyan to investigate". I swear I don't want to open this folder, but a lot of things don't stop once they start—the hacker personality comes back to me, and I can't quite control what I do.Since the other party is following Shen Qinyan, I must find out the cause and effect. Fortunately, there are not too many things in the folder, there are about a hundred photos, most of which are about Shen Qinyan - he came out of the film company, he got in the car, he took a nap on the shooting site of the advertising company... bits and pieces of life trivia.After more than 30 photos, I appeared in the photos. I was eating with him in the restaurant, we were sitting in the car, entering and exiting together. Shen Qinyan is completely a combination of a big brother and a little sister. This discovery made me a little depressed. But I quickly cheered up and continued to read one by one. The following photos have nothing to do with Shen Qinyan, they are all about Yao Yao and her parents, and the time of taking pictures is obviously after Shen Qinyan's stalking time. The family of three entered the clinical medical center, and Yao Yao and Uncle Yao left the medical center three hours later. At the end of this group of photos, Yao Yao stood alone by the roadside, crying one by one.After Yao Yao rejected my elder brother, I naturally had some complaints about her—but when I saw this photo, my heart suddenly twitched. I opened the last photo in the folder, and I was completely stunned. It was a scanned copy of a client power of attorney in a standard format. The content of the text was that the client commissioned private detective Guo Yi to investigate Shen Qinyan's residence, girlfriend and other related information. The document was signed by Yao Yao. There is no trace of modification in the picture, so it cannot be faked. In order to find out Shen Qinyan's whereabouts, Yao Yao even hired a private detective, which is really not much different from a stalker. I opened the remaining document, which showed that an apparently pseudonymous account at a Swiss bank had received two transfers in the past week.A total of three million is not a small sum.Could it be that Yao Yao hired someone to investigate Shen Qinyan's expenses?Impossible, the investigators definitely can't spend so much.I was so puzzled that I couldn't figure it out. Now that this step has been achieved, there is nothing to worry about. I started copying files and looking at the rest of the computer. People with tidy hard disks probably have their own work space.I entered Guo Yi's workspace and saw thousands of his workflows. I didn't bother to read them carefully, so I searched with "Shen Qinyan" and "Yao Yao" as keywords, and found these few diaries. "October 15: Received commission from client to investigate Shen Qinyan." "November 7: Sent a message to Shen Qinyan." "November 12: The blackmail of the actor was immediate. Shen Qinyan, this idiot, gave three million with a little threat." My brain exploded like a firework. Shen Qinyan is being blackmailed? !The blackmailer is Yao Yao? ! No wonder Shen Qin said that the rift between him and Yao Yao could not be resolved. I couldn't stay any longer, so I grabbed the computer and rushed downstairs. Pulling on my slippers and wearing pajamas, I went straight to the door of Shen's house, and started banging on the door frantically. Shen Qinyan appeared at the door three minutes later with his mobile phone in his hand. He was wearing purple silk pajamas and pulled me into the room, "Ali, what happened?" I've never seen him in pajamas, but there's no time for that at the moment.Before the door was closed, I asked him aggressively, "Have you been blackmailed?" Shen Qinyan was obviously taken aback, but he still tried his best to maintain his composure, "Who did you listen to?" I stared at him, pressing harder and harder, "I've already given three million, haven't I?" After the initial astonishment passed, Shen Qinyan's face returned to expressionless, looking indifferent and calm.His eyes fell on my open notebook, and he stared at me for a few seconds, without speaking.I used to love his silence as a sign of manliness, but now I simply hate his silence. If he doesn't act, then I will act.He didn't invite me into the room, and I didn't care, I still stood there, flipped open the notebook, turned the notebook over, turned the screen to his face, and shook it in front of him. He glanced at the notebook, as if he wanted to say something, but felt that there was no need to ask any more, so he quietly lowered his eyes and asked me calmly, "Are you investigating me?" Although his tone was calm, I vaguely felt that it was like a storm was coming. "No, at least not on purpose," I said, "Because of the sneak shot last time, on my way off work today, I suddenly thought of a new way to find out who took the sneak shot. The person is a private detective named Guo Yi. He was hired by Yao Yao to investigate you. I found some of your photos and transfer records in his computer, and finally saw these logs. came to ask you." I said such a big call in one breath, I was out of breath, and I don't know if he understood. "Yao Yao?" He asked me back. "Yes, Yao Yao!" I felt like I was about to explode, "What kind of hatred is there between you and Yao Yao?" He didn't answer me, "Who is Guo Yi?" I stared at him irritably, "It's that private detective. Why did Yao Yao hire a detective to investigate you and blackmail you?" He looked down at me for a while, then suddenly opened the door for me.We were standing by the door. When the door opened, the cold wind came in. I was barefoot and felt extremely cold. "You go home first." I didn't expect him to say such a thing, and said anxiously: "Tell me what happened?" He was very calm, and he didn't seem to be talking about his own affairs, "I'm very tired, I have something to say tomorrow." "Blackmail is always a fact, right?" I almost cried, "What do you have to hold Yao Yao in the hands? Tell me, and I will help you solve it!" He shook his head, took a few steps toward the stairwell, and looked back at me again.The light in the living room illuminated his face white. He still said, "You go back first." He has never been so indifferent to me. At that moment, I felt aggrieved and sad. I stood on the spot and stomped my feet, and the soles of my feet hurt. "Shen Qinyan, do you think it will take me a long time to find out what happened?" His sharp eyes swept into my eyes, and at that moment I saw the sudden rise of frost, "I know you can do anything. If you want to know the truth, you can check my mobile phone information, call records, or even hack me. computer. For you, these things are just a matter of moving your fingers." He turned around and went upstairs. I was stunned. I was so anxious that I was full of satisfaction thinking only for his own good, but he poured cold water on me.My face was pale, and I never thought that in his heart, I was such a person.Perhaps, I was never the ideal candidate in his mind, he just settled for the second best and chose me.What he really likes should be someone as beautiful and noble as Xu Zhen. I couldn't utter a word, and I didn't even know how I got home.