Chapter 73: The Act Must Be Complete
Bai Cha rested for a while longer in the hospital.
After going out, there were food vendors at the entrance. An old woman greeted her.
“Girl? Want to eat something? You look so pale. Buy our porridge, it’s nutritious, hygienic, cheap, and a big bowl!”
Bai Cha’s eyes instantly turned slightly red.
She nodded while shedding tears, making the old woman stare in surprise.
“Oh dear girl, don’t cry, what’s wrong with you?”
“I just miss home. Please give me a bowl.”
It was nothing. She was just starving.
If this continued, she might really be able to reunite with her family.
Actually, she didn’t really want to drink porridge. Compared to porridge, the fragrant egg crepe next to it and the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes in the air made her mouth water even more.
But could she say she wanted to eat something else? No.
She was now an orphan who had lost her father, weak, pitiful, and helpless.
Bai Cha sat down at the stall with tears in her eyes and took a big gulp of porridge.
The old woman was very honest, or perhaps she saw her crying, so she gave her a very thick serving.
She was also honored to be burned by it, and more tears flowed.
Seeing this, the old woman sighed.
“Don’t rush, drink slowly, ah, good girl, child. Nothing in this world is insurmountable. If you miss home, go back and see. Don’t wait until your parents are gone to regret it!”
The old woman had originally wanted to offer some comfort, but what she said was spot on.
Bai Cha could only cry out even more brokenly, taking another tearful sip of porridge, wiping her tears with her sleeve as she drank.
It tasted pretty good, at least it was warm.
The old woman became even more flustered beside her.
“No, you…”
Then she heard Bai Cha say through her sobs, “They’re already gone…”
The old woman fell silent.
A sense of guilt immediately welled up in her heart.
“Look at my big mouth…” The old woman really felt bad. She glanced at her stall, then at the stall next to her, and called out to the young man selling egg crepes next door.
“Hey, make an egg crepe for this girl, I’ll pay for it.”
As she spoke, she said to Bai Cha, “Don’t be sad, everyone has to die eventually. Your parents in heaven wouldn’t want to see you so sad. This meal is on me today, dear!”
Bai Cha was instantly moved to tears, looking at her, wanting to say something, but tears kept streaming down her face.
Great, every little bit saved counted.
After all… if she had to stay in the instance for seven days, after seven days would be a new month, and it seemed like she had to pay back some loan.
Although this was just an instance, if she couldn’t pay back the money…
Bai Cha choked out another sob, reaching out to take the fresh, hot egg crepe that the old woman handed her.
It was so delicious.
Sob sob.
After eating and drinking her fill, Bai Cha’s emotions stabilized a lot.
She apologized and thanked the old woman somewhat embarrassedly.
“I’ll transfer the money to you,” she said, taking out her phone.
The old woman waved her hand.
“Alright, hurry back. Don’t get frostbite outside. Look how pale you are. It’s just a little money, I don’t need yours. Go back.”
Bai Cha pursed her lips, bowed to her, thanked her again, sniffled, and turned to leave.
She walked down the street as if carrying endless pain, but was actually considering where there might be free power banks.
She mainly hadn’t brought a charger.
Otherwise, she should have been able to go into a nearby shop and borrow some time to charge her phone.
Actually, even without a charger, she could still ask.
Bai Cha lowered her head and picked up her phone, only realizing it was dead when it wouldn’t turn on.
She looked around blankly, then cautiously walked into a service center.
“Hello, welcome.”
Bai Cha licked her chapped lips. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, making her look terrible.
“Hello, my phone is dead. Could I charge it here? I’m in a hurry to collect my father’s belongings.”
As she spoke, she lowered her head again, looking dejected.
The customer service representative at the service center was taken aback, then quickly said, “Of course, let me see what model your phone is.”
After looking, the representative gave her a charger and asked her to sit aside and wait.
Seeing that she wasn’t in a good state, they also poured her a cup of hot water.
Bai Cha showed a moved expression again because of this unfamiliar kindness.
She had indeed choked a bit just now. The porridge was too thick, the egg crepe was too fragrant, and she had eaten too quickly.
Now, with a cup of hot water down, she finally felt completely satisfied.
She hoped that Gu’s father, who was probably watching her from behind, could feel sorry for his daughter’s grief.
That’s right. From her logic, it was basically certain that the raincoat man should be Gu Baixue’s father, and not some other situation she had initially thought of.
This was also why she had always felt something was strange.
The birthday gift at the door at the very beginning was from the ex-boyfriend, and the ex-boyfriend had ill intentions.
Perhaps there was danger from the very beginning at the company, for example, the noise that happened in the bathroom.
It was possible that Gu Baixue’s father had chased the ex-boyfriend away at that time.
Afterwards, the other person should have gone down the stairs, then stood by the elevator, and entered the same elevator as her.
He even asked her if she wanted candy, probably trying to coax her.
But the problem was, in that situation, his whole face was covered by the raincoat’s hood, who could recognize him, who would dare to eat that candy?
Later, when the birthday gift at home had problems, it should have been the ex-boyfriend trying to come over. But Gu Baixue’s father had always been standing guard by the bed.
So she had finally passed safely.
Oh, of course, the most important thing was that she acted well.
Otherwise, other streamers wouldn’t have been able to get through either.
Chen Yan was just an NPC with a reminder function, reminding the streamer that the raincoat man was always following and wasn’t a living person.
In this case, the identity of the raincoat man corresponding to Darling Yuqi was easy to explain.
Because he wasn’t human, he didn’t need to use a phone to reply to messages. He might have been finding people by crawling along the network cables or something similar.
Similarly, he could also fake an account. Maybe this account never existed from the beginning, or maybe it was just a smokescreen, including those chat records.
Just like after chatting with Gu Baixue’s father’s account, there were no chat records at all.
And the gift received at the door on the morning of the second day should have been from Gu Baixue’s father, and it might have been a real gift inside.
But unfortunately, for the sake of acting, she couldn’t accept it at all.
Besides that gift, the order form at the company should also have been prepared by Gu Baixue’s father.
It could be seen that in order to approach his daughter properly, he had seriously studied the way his daughter’s friends chatted.
Actually, it was likely that Gu Baixue usually went to her roommates to complain.
Since he had learned how to chat and how to create a persona in the Moments, learning a “521” confession wasn’t a strange thing either.
The timing also made sense. The person died in the afternoon, and after dying, he went to find his daughter.
Oh, of course, if you looked closely, there were still problems, but the general logic was like this. Other details might need to be supplemented from other clues.
Bai Cha sighed.
So… what about Gu Baixue?
Was the real Gu Baixue already dead?
If Gu Baixue died on the seventh day, the only person who could have killed her was her ex-boyfriend. After all, the real Gu Baixue didn’t need to act; she was Gu Baixue herself. Gu Baixue’s father would never harm his own daughter.
So the only remaining danger was the ex-boyfriend, and Gu Baixue’s father might not have been in time to protect her.
Of course, she wasn’t someone who would rely on others in the first place. Just like she would try to win over Xiao Xiao and make him willing to protect her, but she would never actually count on him to protect her.
The phone finally turned on.
Bai Cha: Three sentences to make the auntie feel guilty for 18 years and willingly treat me to a big meal.
