My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 92

Dingma Town was in a small, 17th- or 18th-tier city in the south. Lin Mo’s village, Dingma Village, was very close to the town. The school Lin Mo and Su Qixi attended was in Wuli County. It wasn’t a great school, but it wasn’t terrible either. If there was one thing that made the school legendary, it was Lin Mo’s graduating class, where everyone performed exceptionally well on the college entrance exam. Even now, people still talk about it. Lin Mo was the only one who got into Huada University but didn’t go, which almost made the principal die of anger.

After Su Qixi’s press conference, the live stream was on, but it was turned off yesterday after she bought her plane ticket. Afterward, Su Qixi left Bai Jin in charge of the filming. Bai Jin went and ordered a high-definition camera for filming and prepared for the next day’s shoot.

The live stream was turned on the next day when Su Qixi arrived at Dingma Town. Because Su Qixi said she would live-stream her investigation to prove Lin Mo’s character, many people followed her social media account and received a notification as soon as she went live. In just over 10 minutes, a million people had entered Su Qixi’s live stream. The viewers included Su Qixi’s solo fans, many Qilin fans, some casual viewers, and some anti-fans. The fandoms were complex, so the comments were chaotic. However, Su Qixi didn’t look at the comments, and she didn’t interact with her fans. So, no matter how chaotic the comments were, she didn’t know. She genuinely wanted to find out the truth and prove it to Lin Mo. She would solve and prove things one by one. She knew what to do.

In the video, Su Qixi got out of the car. She opened a bottle of milk and walked toward the town center while drinking it. Bai Jin, as her assistant, was told by Xiong Jingjing to be flexible. If Su Qixi didn’t mention some things, they could introduce them to the fans through their own words. This time, Su Qixi had the full support of Xiong Jingjing and Yimei’er. Lin Mo had a big influence on Su Qixi, and the two of them had a bad impression of him from various rumors. They wanted Su Qixi to go and investigate herself. If Lin Mo was truly a good person, they would let the whole world know. If he was truly a bad person, at least Su Qixi would get over him.

Bai Jin nodded and left, but she was pouting. Did they not hear what Su Qixi said at the press conference? Su Qixi said that if Lin Mo was guilty, she would atone with him. It was clear that Su Qixi was only here to clear Lin Mo’s name. She had no intention of leaving him. Before coming here, Su Qixi had already prepared for the worst-case scenario.

Because they were there to investigate, they were both dressed casually. Su Qixi wore white wide-leg pants and a black short down jacket. She also wore a baseball cap with crystal studs and black-rimmed glasses. However, their worries were for nothing. Almost the entire town of Dingma had no young people. Most of them had left this poor town and never returned. The ones who stayed were all elderly.

But Dingma Town wasn’t completely abandoned. In recent years, it had gotten some cafes and restaurants. Because Dingma Town only had old people and children and a few schools nearby, it had a steady stream of customers, which made the town lively because of the children. Because there were no young people, few recognized Su Qixi when she got out of the car.

Wow, the concrete road here is still broken.

Is this where Lin Mo lived?

Wait, Lin Mo and Su Su were classmates, so this must be where Su Su lived, too?

Bai Jin saw this comment and explained, “Lin Mo and Ms. Su’s school is in Wuli County, which has dozens of small towns. Ms. Su’s hometown is very far from Lin Mo’s Dingma Town.”

Oh, so that’s how it is.

This place is called Dingma Town? It doesn’t look very wealthy.

The gap between the rich and the poor is big now. Not every place is rich.

It was around 4 p.m., but because it was winter, the sun wasn’t very bright, and it wasn’t very warm. Su Qixi and Bai Jin walked for a while and saw an old man sitting in front of a store, probably sunbathing to pass the time. Old people generally know a lot about the town. Su Qixi went up to him and asked, “Hello, I’m trying to find Dingma Middle School. How do I get there?”

They had located Dingma Middle School on their GPS in the car, but they realized it was still a bit far from where they were. The old man looked at Su Qixi and pointed to a small alleyway. “Go in there for about a hundred meters, and you’ll see it. But the school is on holiday now, so no one is there.”

The old man was a local and had a local accent. Luckily, Su Qixi was also from the area. Even though she was from another town, they spoke the same language, so there were no communication barriers.

“Thank you. I’ll just check the location first and come back tomorrow.” The old man nodded, not caring why Su Qixi was looking for the school during the holidays. Su Qixi and Bai Jin walked for a while, following the old man’s directions. They soon saw a school in the alleyway. The school wasn’t small. With the economic boom over the past decade, the school gate had become grander and more majestic, and the school name above the gate was dazzling. It felt honorable. Since no one was at the school, Su Qixi wasn’t in a hurry to go in. Instead, she walked around the school with Bai Jin and soon arrived at the back gate. The place where Lin Mo had beaten up his classmates.

Even after more than a decade, the place was almost exactly the same.

Is this it?

The big tree in the video is still there!

It is! Look, that’s where Lin Mo was sitting, right?

Everyone was talking in the comments. Su Qixi had already climbed onto the stone bench and walked toward the tree. Bai Jin followed her and asked, “Boss, are you looking for something?”

Su Qixi shook her head. She looked up at the top of the tree. Because Dingma Town was in the south, the trees were still green even in winter. The leaves were dense, so even in the winter, the sun could only shine through the gaps between the leaves, casting mottled shadows.

Su Qixi: “There were so many people when he got into a conflict with others here. I wonder if he was brought here or if they were waiting for him here.”

Bai Jin: “…”

This is a completely different perspective, from Lin Mo the perpetrator!

But if you think about it now, Su Qixi is right. There were so many people there. It looks like they were the ones who came to bully Lin Mo, right?

Now that you mention it… it does kind of look like it!

Su Qixi walked around the tree trunk. She remembered what Lin Mo said after the news about him beating someone came out. Even though he was annoyed, he said, “I wonder if the height markers I carved are still there.” But because it was already getting dark, she knew she wouldn’t be able to see anything and decided to go back with Bai Jin. Before she left, she touched a strange indentation with both hands.

“Height marker.”

She remembered Lin Mo’s words and quickly told Bai Jin, “Turn on your phone light and shine it here. I want to take a look.”

Bai Jin laughed. “It’s normal for students to carve things here.”

But even though Bai Jin said that, she still turned on her phone light. In a hidden spot on the tree, she saw many marks. As Bai Jin said, many people had carved things there, and most of them were on this side of the tree. While there were some carvings on the other side, they were very old. It seemed the school didn’t allow carvings on the trees. Middle school students were still mischievous. Even though the school had banned it, a few students would secretly go to the back to carve for fun.

Su Qixi shone her light on it, and the viewers also looked with her. This was Lin Mo’s school, and everyone was looking to see if they could find Lin Mo’s carvings.

All things in this world are a matter of fate. One flower, one world. One leaf, one Buddha. When fate begins, flowers bloom. When fate ends, flowers fall. Fate seems to be a very magical word. It inexplicably starts something and ends it just as unexpectedly. The words that little Lin Mo carved were finally seen by Su Qixi 11 years later.

Among the carvings, some were shallow, and some were very clear. Because the tree was very old, the carvings from that time were still there. Including the words that Lin Mo carved. A horizontal line was carved into the tree, and there was only this one. It was clearly the height marker Lin Mo had mentioned.

Su Qixi stopped when her light shone on it. She frowned and looked at it strangely. Bai Jin saw that her boss had stopped and asked curiously, “Boss, what is it? What did you see?”

Su Qixi didn’t answer. She seemed to be thinking, but her eyes never left the tree. Next to the horizontal line was written: Momo is all grown up. Su Qixi touched the carving. She was surprised and didn’t say anything for a long time.

Although she and Lin Mo met at the beginning of high school, they had just graduated from middle school at that time. So, she knew Lin Mo very well. The phrase “Momo is all grown up” was not something Lin Mo would ever say. The most important thing was that the handwriting didn’t look like Lin Mo’s. Su Qixi shook her head. No, no. There were many people called Momo. It wasn’t necessarily Lin Mo.

But Lin Mo had mentioned a height marker, and this was the only one. Su Qixi suddenly felt a panic in her heart. Bai Jin, who was behind her, suddenly pointed to another spot and said, “This must be what Lin Mo carved, right?”

Su Qixi followed the direction she was pointing in and saw a line of words above “Momo is all grown up”: Lin Mo will help you.

Bai Jin smiled. “Her name is carved here. It must be him.”

Su Qixi’s heart sank. She felt like something was off. Because they didn’t find any more information about Lin Mo and it was already completely dark, the back gate started to look a little creepy. Bai Jin urged her to leave, and Su Qixi followed. When they reached the alleyway, she suddenly stopped.

It gets dark so fast in winter!

It does. There was still sunlight when we went in. I can’t believe it’s completely dark in less than half an hour.

Why did Su Qixi stop?

It’s time for dinner. I’m going to order some takeout while watching Su Qixi’s live stream tonight.

Now that you mention it, I’m hungry, too.

They took a taxi after they got off the plane. Bai Jin saw the comments and realized she was also hungry. She asked Su Qixi, “Boss, what do you want to eat? I’ll see if there are any restaurants nearby.”

Su Qixi was frowning. After a while, she suddenly asked Bai Jin, “Under what circumstances would a person have two different types of handwriting?”

Bai Jin was stunned. “There’s no such thing, right?”

The people in the comments didn’t know why Su Qixi was asking, but since they had nothing else to do, they started discussing.

That’s impossible, right?

Even if they look different, a professional expert can tell if they’re from the same person.

That’s right!

Bai Jin saw the comments and became more confident in her answer. “If the two handwritings are different, they must have been written by two different people, right?”

Su Qixi was stunned. She stared at Bai Jin blankly. After a while, she shook her head and said, “No, no, no, you’re right. They must have been written by two people. They must have.”

She tried to convince herself as she walked away. But after a few steps, she turned back and asked Bai Jin, “Is it possible for a middle school notebook to be preserved for over a decade?”

Bai Jin was speechless. “… Of course not!”

Su Qixi nodded, her face calm. “Okay.”