Chapter 73: A strange knock on the door
Xu Shufen furrowed her brows and recalled the contents of the letter.
"Can't remember?" Lou Shengkun asked with his fist on his leg and urging.
She shook her head, thought for a while, and slowly spoke, "The letter said that when you came to me, I lied to you. ”
"That's what you said before about my mother's affair with Mu Jinhan?"
Xu Shufen nodded, affirmatively.
"What else does the letter say?"
"No, that's all. Xu Shufen still shook her head.
"What about the letter, is it still there?" Lou Shengkun asked.
"No, I threw it away after reading it. She was actually at a loss, and she didn't understand why Xiang Lanyi asked her to do this.
Lou Shengkun covered his face with his hands and rubbed his eyebrows.
"Aside from the signature, why are you sure that the letter was given to you by Xiang Lanyi?" Lou Shengkun thought of a certain point and asked her.
"It's a necklace. Xu Shufen touched the necklace around her neck, as if immersed in memories, and said, "On Madame's birthday, I once gave her a necklace, although it is not expensive, but she likes it very much." ”
"The necklace came with the letter, and I'm sure it's Madame. Xu Shufen looked at Lou Shengkun and said firmly.
It's letter again, how he's always been associated with letter lately.
Lou Shengkun hung his head, and a line in his mind was slowly connected. He raised his head abruptly and looked at Xu Shufen, "That letter...... Is it handwritten?"
Xu Shufen shook her head, "No, it's printed." ”
Lou Shengkun's eyes suddenly lit up, could it be the same person?
It's just, why did she do this? What did Xu Shufen lie for?
He fell into a new fog, and his eyes were still white.
"Mr. Lou. Xu Shufen suddenly covered her forehead, her face was not very good.
Lou Shengkun reacted and turned his head to look at her.
Xu Shufen closed her eyes and frowned, "Can you call a doctor for me?" ”
Lou Shengkun nodded in agreement, quickly got up and left, and went to call a doctor.
Zhai Yongming stepped into the ward, and Lou Shengkun and Qi Zhe were waiting outside.
In a few words, Lou Shengkun simply summarized it to Qi Zhe.
After hearing this, Qi Zhe frowned and said, "Can we still believe her words?"
Lou Shengkun touched the watch in his hand and looked at the time.
"With her son this time, she should be very grateful that we saved her, and it stands to reason that she will not lie. He thought for a moment, and then said, "But I can't trust it, find someone to keep an eye on this place at any time." ”
Qi Zhe nodded and answered.
"How's the monitoring going?" Lou Shengkun turned his head to look at him.
Speaking of this, Qi Zhe scratched his head in embarrassment, "It's too much, I haven't found it yet." ”
Lou Shengkun knew that there was a lot of work in this matter, and he didn't blame him, but just told him to "hurry up and strive for it as soon as possible." ”
At the end, he remembered what happened in the company and asked, "How are the documents organized?"
"It's all right, in the car. As he spoke, he went downstairs to get it.
Lou Shengkun stopped him and said, "Xiao Fan is downstairs, you contact him and hand over all the documents." ”
Qi Zheying should go down and go downstairs.
Lou Shengkun took out his mobile phone and called Qin Yan.
In the Lou family's old house, after Sheng Yinglai made a fire, he sat on the sofa and covered his chest and gasped.
The servants watched with trepidation, and did not dare to approach.
Sister-in-law Fang held a water glass. waved away the servant in the corner and walked to Sheng Yinglai's side.
"Madam, take the medicine first. She handed the glass to Sheng Yinglai.
Sheng Ying glanced at her and took it.
The pill was fed into his mouth, Sheng Yinglai poured a mouthful of water and swallowed it.
Sister-in-law Fang took the water cup and put it aside.
Sheng Yinglai let out a long sigh and said, "Tell me, what's the use of having a son?"
"When you arrive, you'll only be angry with me. Sheng Yinglai stroked his chest and breathed smoothly one by one.
Sister-in-law Fang stood aside and waited, comforting, "Young Master just didn't figure it out, but if he figured it out, he would understand that Mrs. was doing it for his good." ”
"He's grown so big, I've always followed him, and just like that, he quarreled with me like this. Sheng Yinglai's chest rose and fell, still angry.
"I don't understand, that woman is really so good?"
"Anyway, I'm not going to agree to them. ”
Sister-in-law Fang listened, Sheng Yinglai was angry at this time, and it was not appropriate for her to say anything.
"Or ......," she was about to say something of comfort, when she was suddenly interrupted.
"Yo, who is this who is you off again?" Before the person appeared, the voice came in first.
Sheng Yinglai turned his head to look. I saw Zhou Xilan holding a bag in her hand, standing at the door with a smile.
A flash flashed in her mind, and she suddenly remembered that she had made an appointment with Zhou Xilan to meet today the night before.
Her heart eased, and she raised her hand to beckon, "Come, come in." ”
As he spoke, he ordered Sister-in-law Fang again, "Go make tea." ”
Sister-in-law Fang responded, nodded at Zhou Xilan, and went to the kitchen.
Zhou Xilan sat down opposite Sheng Yinglai, looked at the injury on her arm, and asked closer, "Is your arm okay?"
Sheng Yinglai pursed his lips and smiled, shaking his head, "It's just a small injury." ”
"After scarring, use this medicine, it is very easy to remove scars. As she spoke, she took out a medicine bottle from her bag and pushed it towards Sheng Yinglai.
Sheng Yinglai looked at the jar of medicine with his eyes, remembered Lou Shengkun's words, and smiled, "Then thank you." ”
"Our sisters of decades, what's polite. Zhou Xilan waved her hand.
"By the way, I heard that you seemed to be angry just now, what, who made you angry again?"
Sheng Yinglai had a touch of bitterness at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Who can there be, it's not my son." ”
"Sheng Kun?" Zhou Xilan raised her eyebrows and said curiously.
"Let's talk about it, do you refuse to agree to you to go on a blind date, or haven't you been home to see you for a few days?"
"Neither. Sheng Yinglai shook his head, and then said slowly, "He recently had a girlfriend......"
"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhou Xilan was a little surprised, and said happily, "Don't you often say that he doesn't fall in love, and now that he does, you're still not happy?"
"I'm not happy that he is single, but falling in love also depends on who he talks to, not all cats and dogs can get together. Sheng Yinglai was still angry when he thought about it, and he spoke with disdain.
"Which girl is it?" Zhou Xilan wondered what kind of woman made Sheng Yinglai so dissatisfied, and asked curiously.
"Not a girl from any family. Sheng Yinglai snorted coldly, "That's Secretary Qin, you've seen it." ”
Zhou Xilan's eyes flickered, and she confirmed in surprise, "Secretary Qin?"
Sheng Yinglai wrapped his arms around and nodded.
"I thought she was an honest person, but I didn't expect to seduce my son. Sheng Yinglai didn't have a good temperament, "This woman's family background is very bad, and there are a lot of troubles." ”
Sheng Yinglai had a headache when he thought of this, and his hands kept rubbing his eyebrows.
Zhou Xilan was also shocked by this incident, and didn't speak much for a long time.
After a long time, she should be kind, "It's true, Sheng Kun's conditions, how can he be equipped with the right person." Secretary Qin's identity is not good to say. ”
"That's what I thought, too. Sheng Yinglai shook his head sadly. sighed, "You also know Sheng Kun's temperament, that is, stubborn, he said that he didn't break up, but blamed me for speaking badly." ”
Sheng Yinglai remembered the way her son spoke to her with a cold face, and she couldn't say sad.
"He's still in love at this time, don't worry, find a way to deal with it later. Zhou Xilan comforted her, "Your main task now is to heal your injuries, and when your injuries are healed, take your time." ”
Sheng Yinglai sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, don't talk about these bad things, let's talk about you, what are you busy with these days?"
Zhou Xilan laughed and said casually, "I have nothing to do, occasionally help my daughter-in-law take care of the children, and be busy." ”
Sheng Ying leaned back and forth on the back of the sofa, fiddling with the ring on her ring finger, as if unintentionally, "Has Xiang Lanyi contacted you all these years?"
She said in a tone that seemed to mention a trivial matter.
Zhou Xilan was stunned for a few seconds, and pulled her lips awkwardly, "What did you suddenly mention her?"
After that incident, the two of them never mentioned Xiang Lanyi again for so many years.
She leaned sideways, leaning back against the corner of the couch, her gaze dodging intentionally or unintentionally.
Sheng Yinglai glanced at her inadvertently, and said slowly, "I suddenly remembered her, and I want to know how she has been doing all these years." ”
"Then you shouldn't have asked me. Zhou Xilan stroked the hair hanging down from her forehead and said, "You also know that I have been like you all these years, and I haven't even passed through the phone with her, and I have already cut off contact." ”
"Yes. Sheng Yinglai responded softly, and his hand went to touch the gauze on his arm again, and said lightly, "Sheng Kun said, my injury may be related to Xiang Lanyi." ”
"What?" Zhou Xilan exclaimed and opened her eyes wide.
"Madam, the tea is ready. Sister-in-law Fang suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two and came over with tea.
"Let it go. Sheng Yinglai nodded at her.
Sister-in-law Fang put down a glass in front of the two of them, and then stepped back, standing far away.
Zhou Xilan turned her head sideways, coughed a few times, and looked at Sheng Yinglai.
"What do you mean by that?" she frowned, her expression serious.
Literally. Sheng Yinglai leaned over and looked at her as well, "Over the years, I haven't offended much to myself, and the only thing I have done may be the one twenty-four years ago." ”
"When I thought about it afterwards, the man didn't do anything to me, it seemed like he was just scaring me. Sheng Yinglai frowned slightly, and continued to explain, "If the two of them offend someone in the business field, and that person comes to me for trouble, the news will definitely have spread to Lou Liguo a long time ago." But the fact is that several days have passed since this incident, and there has been no news about Lou Liguo at all. ”
"Well, that would rule out a whole bunch of them. Sheng Yinglai said firmly, "On the other hand, that person came specifically for me." ”
"Tell me, who will it be?" she raised her eyebrows and asked Zhou Xilan.
"......" Zhou Xilan was stunned, and subconsciously went to serve the teacup. But I didn't know that it was freshly brewed tea, and the cup was very hot. As soon as she touched the cup, she screamed and threw it out.
On the luxurious velvet carpet, tea was spilled on the floor, and the teacups fell to the ground crookedly.
"Sister-in-law Fang!" Sheng Yinglai shouted.
Sister-in-law Fang hurriedly ran over, Sheng Ying looked at Zhou Xilan and covered her right hand, and said, "Go get the ice pack." ”
The three fingers in the middle of Zhou Xilan's right hand were hot and red, and it was hot and painful at the moment, she bit her mouth and endured the pain.
Sister-in-law Fang quickly came back with an ice pack, and Zhou Xilan took it and pressed it on her finger. The cold stimulus relieved the pain, stabbing her spirits a little.
She looked at Sheng Yinglai with an apologetic expression, and said embarrassedly, "Look at me, clumsy." ”
Sister-in-law Fang wanted to squat down and tidy up, but was waved away by Sheng Yinglai.
"I'll clean it up later. Sister-in-law Fang retreated again.
Sheng Yinglai stared at Zhou Xilan again and asked, "You seem to be very nervous?"
"Nervous what. Zhou Xilan waved her hand and shook her head, and said with a smile, "My two grandsons had a lot of trouble last night, I didn't sleep well, and I didn't pay attention to it when I was in a flash." ”
"I see. Sheng Yinglai smiled lightly.
Zhou Xilan covered her right hand with an ice pack, and hesitated to speak, "Sheng Kun means, is he sending someone to Lan Yi to deal with you?"
Lou Shengkun didn't mention Xiang Lanyi at all, this was just Sheng Yinglai's speculation.
But. She didn't need to explain it to Zhou Xilan.
Hit the grass, scare the snake, the game is fun.
She nodded and said, "That's right, that's what Sheng Kun meant." ”
"This ...... Impossible. Zhou Xilan frowned and said, "For so many years, if she wants to deal with you, she will do it a long time ago, why wait until now?"
"Who knows?" Sheng Yinglai raised his eyebrows, and added, "I can't think of anyone else besides her." ”
"After all, she wanted to kill me back then. She smiled bitterly, very helpless.
"It's been so long, you don't have to think about it anymore. Zhou Xilan comforted, thought about it, and said, "Will there be any misunderstanding about this?"
"Misunderstanding?" Sheng Yinglai asked rhetorically.
"I mean, there's no evidence right now, it's all just your guess, maybe it has nothing to do with Xiang Lanyi?" she explained slowly.
"Do you think it's not her?" Sheng Yinglai stared at her and asked, "If it's not her, who do you think it would be?"
"This ......" Zhou Xilan paused, and after a while, she said embarrassedly, "I'm not a policeman, you ask me, I don't know." ”
She snorted, Sheng Yinglai withdrew her gaze and her gaze fell on the vase next to her.
"I don't want to doubt her either......" Sheng Yinglai lowered his eyes, blinked, and said in a low voice, "Back then, it was indeed my fault, but I also paid the price." ”
"You don't know that for the first few years I had nightmares every night, and the dreams were filled with the cry of the child, and I couldn't sleep the whole night after waking up. Sheng Yinglai stroked his face and put his hand on his forehead. "Lou Liguo slept in the same bed with me, I didn't dare to let him know, and I didn't dare to mention it to Sheng Kun. ”
"Yes, I was wrong, but I haven't had a good time all these years. Sheng Yinglai's eyes were hot, and she wiped the corners of her eyes, "Of course it would be good if she didn't do it, but now the problem is that I can't think of anything else besides her." ”
"Don't get excited. Zhou Xilan pulled a tissue and handed it to her, comforting, "Maybe things are not what you think." ”
"If you really suspect it's her, you might as well call her out. Let's meet together and talk openly. ”
"Didn't you say you had no contact with her?" Sheng Ying asked, looking at her.
Zhou Xilan sighed, and quickly said, "I haven't contacted her, but I can ask someone." ”
"When the time comes, everyone will meet together and talk. ”
Sheng Yinglai lowered his head, pinched a tissue in his hand, and shook his head, "Forget it." ”
"Whether it's her or not, I don't want to pursue it. She looked at the arm that was helping the gauze, and said absentmindedly, "Just think I'm unlucky." ”
"You ......" Zhou Xilan opened her mouth, but was interrupted by the ringtone of her mobile phone coming from her bag.
She pulled it out and found that it was her daughter-in-law's phone.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Xilan asked with a frown.
”…… You take it to the hospital first, and I'll come right over. With that, she hung up the phone, got up and walked to Sheng Yinglai's side, and said apologetically, "Yinglai, let's talk about this another day, my eldest grandson has a fever, I have to go to the hospital quickly." ”
"Then you hurry up, don't delay. Sheng Ying got up and sent her to the door.
Seeing her get into the car, Sheng Yinglai turned around and went back to the house.
Sister-in-law Fang was directing a little maid to clean up the carpet, Sheng Yinglai paced to the stairs, and suddenly swept down the vase standing on it.
There were several bangs. Expensive vases crumble into a pile of slag on the ground.
Sheng Yinglai stood there, his back stiff, his chest heaving.
The little maid looked over, was glared at by Sister-in-law Fang, and sent him to the backyard.
"Liars! all liars are liars!" Sheng Yinglai's anger that he had been holding back erupted and roared in a low voice.
Sister-in-law Fang stood next to the sofa, squeezed her hand, and approached awkwardly.
"Sister-in-law Fang!" she suddenly turned her head and shouted, and Sister-in-law Fang was startled.
"Eh, ma'am, you say. She reacted quickly and replied.
"Find someone, follow her. Sheng Yinglai said sharply.
"Ma'am. Are you suspicious of her?" Sister-in-law Fang stood far away just now, but she also didn't understand anything.
"There's no one else but her. Sheng Yinglai snorted coldly, and said, "You can also see how nervous she was just now, a sister of decades, whenever there is something wrong with her eyes, I can see that she is not lying." ”
"Could there be any misunderstanding?" Although Sister-in-law Fang also felt that Zhou Xilan's performance was a little strange, as Sheng Ying said, the two were sisters who had been friends for decades, and they shouldn't be.
"It should be fine. Sheng Yinglai hung his head and sighed, "I just feel disappointed, now, not only my only son lied to me, but even my sisters in these decades ......"
She said, smiled bitterly, and looked at Sister-in-law Fang, "Sister-in-law Fang, am I a failure?"
Sister-in-law Fang pursed her mouth, went to help her hand, and said, "Madam, don't think too much, I'll help you go upstairs to rest." ”
Hospital, Lou Shengkun finished talking to Qin Yan on the phone. Agree to go back at noon.
He thought about it for a moment and dialed another person.
When the phone was connected, he smiled and said, "Hello, Officer Cheng, I'm Lou Shengkun, I'm sorry for you, Zhou Xiaoyi ...... over there"
At half past eleven, Xiao Fan took Lou Shengkun back to Qin Yan's apartment in Dingcheng.
In the car, Lou Shengkun browsed on a soup making software, and finally took a fancy to a stewed chicken soup with mushrooms.
When passing by the fresh supermarket downstairs, Lou Shengkun wanted to get out of the car.
Xiao Fan didn't know what he was going to do. Park the car and get off with it.
Seeing that he kept walking towards the door of the supermarket, Xiao Fan followed and asked, "Mr. Xiaolou, what do you need, let me buy it." ”
He made a mistake, and it was the time to earn performance, and he was very attentive at this time.
Lou Shengkun glanced at him, and said angrily, "No, you go back to the car." ”
He waved his hand and told them to walk away.
Xiao Fan stopped and watched his back enter the supermarket.
Lou Shengkun went to the supermarket, first went to the fresh area to pick a chicken, and asked the staff to slaughter it into small pieces. Then I went to buy shiitake mushrooms and the accompanying soup condiments.
As he was leaving, he passed by the vegetable area, thought about it, and bought a handful of greens.
He walked out of the cash register with the ingredients in both hands, looked at his hands, and shook his head helplessly.
Unexpectedly, he also became a cook one day.
Xiao Fan drove into the basement of the apartment, and Lou Shengkun got out of the car with the ingredients.
The two walked on the elevator, and Xiao Fan held a stack of documents in his hand.
When he entered the door, Lou Shengkun asked Xiao Fan to wait outside the door, and he put the ingredients in the first room.
Xiao Fan looked at the hidden door, blinked, and vaguely heard a voice inside.
He turned his back and stood far away from the door.
After a while, Lou Shengkun walked out, took the documents in his hand, and said casually, "Find a place to eat by yourself, and go to Chunxi Town in the afternoon, I will tell you what is going on my phone." ”
Xiao Fan nodded in agreement, and then the door closed in front of his eyes in an instant.
He knew that Mr. Xiaolou was still angry in his heart.
However, since you can find him to do something, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
He shook his head and went downstairs to find something to eat.
Lou Shengkun returned to the house, Qin Yan sat on the sofa and asked him, "Who is it?"
"Xiao Fan, you know. Lou Shengkun held the documents and threw them all on the sofa.
Qin Yan was stunned, and Lou Shengkun said again, "Don't worry, he won't talk nonsense." ”
"Are you hungry?" he asked, sitting down beside Qin Yan and wrapping his arms around her waist.
Qin Yan pursed his lips and smiled, "It's okay." ”
Lou Shengkun brushed away the hair hanging down from her forehead, imprinted a kiss on her cheek, and said softly, "Wait, my husband will make you something to eat." ”
With that, he got up and picked up the ingredients on the coffee table and went into the kitchen.
Qin Yan laughed quite speechlessly, since that time she forced her to call him husband. He likes to call himself that way. This kind of thing was very common in middle school, Qin Yan didn't expect that Lou Shengkun would also have this kind of attachment.
Lou Shengkun opened the door connecting the kitchen to the balcony, and the sunlight poured in, and the kitchen was much brighter.
He closed the door on the other side of the kitchen, glanced at Qin Yan in the living room through the door glass, and saw that she didn't pay attention to this side, so he turned his back and took out his mobile phone.
On the mobile phone, the specific method of making chicken soup with shiitake mushrooms is displayed.
Lou Shengkun's thumb slid down, there were quite a few steps, he frowned unconsciously, and flipped back.
Let's take it one step at a time. With the recipe blessing this time, he should be able to perform well.
The mobile phone rested on the windowsill, and Lou Shengkun first processed the shiitake mushrooms, washed them, and put them aside to soak in water. Then he took out the slaughtered chicken, put it in a basin, ran it under the faucet, kneaded and washed it, and his whole hand was oily.
Boil the water, throw the chicken into the pot, then add the ginger slices and green onions, blanch and drain out.
Finally, drain the soaked shiitake mushrooms as well.
And then. At a very important step, Lou Shengkun heated the oil in a hot pot and put the blanched chicken into the pot and stir-fried. The chicken pieces sizzle in the pan, and the aroma gradually wafts out.
Lou Shengkun wrinkled his nose, smelled the fragrance, and the pride in his heart came out.
He was busy in the kitchen for a long time, Qin Yan listened, and the range hood seemed to be turned on. She thought about it for a moment and decided to see if he needed help.
She had just gotten around when she heard a knock on the door.
Qin Yan glanced in the direction of the door, then looked at the man in the kitchen, and went straight to the door.
After a few knocks on the door, it stopped.
Qin Yan looked at the cat's eyes, there was no one.
She opened the door suspiciously, and the room was empty. She looked across the hallway, but there was no one.
Qin Yan turned around and planned to go back to the house, but when he looked down, he saw a letter lying on the ground.
Gao Pan Qin Yanlou Sheng Kun