In the middle of the night, Huo Junyao saw that Xu Biyao was asleep, and left the ward with his front foot, so he immediately picked up the phone and called Qiao Yin.

"Hey?" Qiao Yin's sleeping brain was chaotic, and her voice was lazy.

"Are you sleeping?" In the middle of the night, the street was quiet, and Huo Junyao could hear his footsteps.

"Hmm," Qiao Yin hadn't reacted to who was calling.

With a "bang", the sound of the car door closing came from the phone, and it was this sound that Qiao Yin completely woke up from the chaotic state.

"Huo Junyao?"

Huo Junyao sat in the car and had the urge to throw the phone directly out of the car window.

"I'm sorry, I'm so tired I forgot to call you on the ground. Qiao Yin said softly again.

The helicopter is no better than a passenger plane, it is very tiring for a long time, and Qiao Yin herself didn't expect that she would be airsick!

After landing, Qiao Yin vomited dimly, she never got motion sickness when she took a passenger plane before, I don't know what happened this time.

Huo Junyao didn't have the urge to throw the phone, thinking about it, anyone who sat on a plane for more than ten hours in a row would be tired.

"What time is it?" Qiao Yin asked on the phone.

"Three o'clock in the middle of the night. "He's still on his way home.

"You're still outside at three o'clock in the middle of the night?" Los Angeles was twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

"I went to the hospital to see Baguio, and Baguio's illness suddenly became serious. When it comes to Xu Biyao's illness, Huo Junyao is very puzzled, because Xu Biyao has been getting better and sometimes serious recently.

There was a knock on the door outside, followed by Qiao Chu's voice: "Nannan, have you woken up?" ”

Qiao Yin vomited in the morning and slept without eating, and now her stomach was already empty.

"I'm going to get up and eat. Qiao Yin yawned and said into the phone.

"Remember to give me a call. ”

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yin got up and cleaned up briefly, and went to the restaurant, where several big men were waiting for her.

"Eat quickly, we'll go when we're done. Qiao Chu said to a few people at the table.

.................................

On the way to find Lilac, Qiao Chu took out some of the information he had found before and showed it to Qiao Yin.

Judging from the information found, Ding Xiang's mother raised Ding Xiang on a meager salary, and Ding Xiang worked and studied part-time when she was studying, and the family's economic conditions were very poor.

After graduating, Lilac worked as a clerk in an insurance company, and her income was not high, and her mother died a few years ago due to overwork, leaving Lilac alone.

Flipping through it, Qiao Yin saw the problem: "Such a large sum of money?"

Qiao Chu found Lilac's bank account, and there was a large amount of US dollars in the account, which was remitted twenty-one years ago.

"That's why it's strange that twenty-one years ago, Lilac was a child. ”

"Can't find the sender?" Qiao Yin asked again.

"I can't find it. "Qiao Chu went to check, and the person who sent the money twenty-one years ago used a fake name.

"I haven't touched this money for so many years, which shows that the Ding family is not greedy for money. Qiao Yin put away the information and said.

Such a large sum of dollars, the Ding family has never touched it, and the account records still show the date of 21 years ago, and in the next 21 years, there is no record that the money has been withdrawn.

I don't know who sent the money, I don't know why the Ding family didn't move the money, and I don't know Ding Wenzhong's information, because Ding Xiang and her mother don't mention Ding Wenzhong to outsiders at all!

"If you want to know Ding Wenzhong's whereabouts, you still have to ask Ding Xiang. Qiao Chu clasped his hands in front of his chest and looked out the car window.

The people he arranged stared at Ding Xiang for a while, but Ding Xiang did not contact Ding Wenzhong, except for Ding Xiang, no one knew where Ding Wenzhong was......

In a small town near downtown Los Angeles, two cars were parked in front of a courtyard. The courtyard is small, surrounded by a wooden white fence, and the courtyard is a very ordinary house.

Qiao Yin and Qiao Chu got out of the car, Cheng Feng went to ring the doorbell, and after a few clicks, a woman about twenty-five or sixteen years old opened the door of the courtyard.

"Why are you here again? I didn't tell you there's no one you're looking for. The woman who opened the door saw that it was Qiao Chu and said impatiently.

After the woman said that, she was about to close the door, Qiao Chu supported the door with her hand and said, "Miss Ding, I have something to ask you." ”

Qiao Yin raised her eyes and looked over, this is Lilac? She looks very standard, but she is not tall, she is thin, and she is wearing a white shirt and a pair of white-washed jeans.

Lilac casually leaned against the courtyard door and said, "Ask." ”

"Miss Ding, someone remitted a sum of dollars to your bank account twenty-one years ago. ”

"So what?" replied Lilac.

"Do you know who the remitter is?" Qiao Chu wanted to know most about this mysterious sender.

"I don't know. Lilac glared at Qiao Chu, ready to close the door again.

Qiao Yin stepped forward at the right time and said, "Miss Ding, my name is Qiao Yin, I am very sick from the car, can I go to your house to drink a glass of water?"

Lilac looked at Qiao Yin and asked, "Who are you?"

Qiao Chu immediately understood Qiao Yin's intentions and told Ding Xiang: "She is my sister, Miss Ding, my sister is very uncomfortable, can she ......?"

Before Qiao Chu finished speaking, Lilac turned around and walked into the courtyard, saying as she walked, "Only the two of you can come in." ”

Qiao Yin and Qiao Chu glanced at each other and successfully entered Lilac's house.

In the small house of the Ding family, the furniture is very old, there is only one bedroom and one living room, plus a bathroom and an open kitchen, but it is very clean.

Qiao Yin and Qiao Chu sat at the round table in the living room, watching the cloves light the stove and boil a pot of hot water, and after the water was boiled, they poured two cups and put them on the table.

"Thank you," Qiao Yin said, holding the cup.

"When you're done drinking, go away. Lilac went back to her bedroom and closed the door.

Qiao Chu shook his head at Qiao Yin, it was already very good that they could come in today, how many times did Qiao Chu come to look for Lilac, but every time he was turned away.

Qiao Yin stood up and walked towards the sofa, where she saw several pictures hanging on the wall behind the sofa.

These photos are a few years old, the child in the photo is Lilac, standing next to her or hugging or hugging her, it should be Lilac's mother.

Qiao Yin found that these photos were all photos of Lilac and her mother, and there were no men, that is, no Ding Wenzhong.

"Strange. Qiao Yin whispered two words.

"What's strange?" Qiao Chu asked as he walked to the side.

"It's nothing, let's go back. ”

Qiao Yin and Qiao Chu didn't say hello to Lilac, before leaving, Qiao Yin wrote a note and put it on the table, with her contact information and temporary address, and told Lilac that she could go to her if there was anything.

Qiao Yin and Qiao Chu got into a car, and as soon as they got in the car, Qiao Chu asked, "What did you just say strange?"

"Didn't you notice that there were only Lilacs and her mother in the picture?"

Qiao Chu really didn't pay attention to it, and when he heard Qiao Yin talk about it, he suddenly realized: "There is no Ding Wenzhong!"

"Yes, for example, if your father dies, most of them will put posthumous photos at home, and if they don't die, there will be group photos and the like, but the Ding family doesn't. ”

This shows that what they are hiding should not want others to know about Ding Wenzhong's existence. ”

Qiao Chu's obsidian-like eyes flashed sharply: "There must be a reason." ”

"Where is Lilac's company?" Qiao Yin thought for a moment and asked.

"It's right in the city. "In the city of Los Angeles, it's so far away from Lilac's home that it's almost an hour to drive by yourself.

"I'll wait for Lilac to go to her tomorrow after work and see if I can ask for some clues. Qiao Yin has always wanted to talk to Lilac, but she has never found a chance.

Qiao Chu nodded in agreement, maybe the two girls are together, and it is not necessary that Lilac will say something.

"Your face is not very good, go back today and have a good rest, and sleep tomorrow. Qiao Chu looked at his sister.

Since getting off the plane in the morning, Qiao Yin didn't seem to have eased up, and after making up for a morning sleep, her face was still so bad.

The next night, Qiao Yin calculated the time to come to Ding's house to wait for Lilac, two hours had passed since Lilac got off work, and Lilac had not come back.

It was completely dark, and there were fewer and fewer people on the street, so Cheng Feng and Luo Laosi both accompanied Qiao Yin to sit in the car and wait.

Although the car window was open, after a long time, Qiao Yin still felt depressed: "I'll go down to breathe." ”

The streets here are very clean, and Qiao Yin walks slowly not far from the car, as if walking.

"Help—"

Qiao Yin stopped and looked around, she seemed to hear someone shouting for help, although the voice was very small.

"Help—" again.

The voice...... So familiar!

Qiao Yin waved at Cheng Feng and Luo Laosi in the car, and the two people in the car had already seen Qiao Yin's abnormality, and ran in the direction of Qiao Yin when they got out of the car.

Qiao Yin pointed to a street next to her and said, "It seems that Lilac is shouting for help, it should be over there." ”

In a narrow side street, Lilac cowered beside a tree, and in front of her stood two tall foreigners.

"When will you pay the loan sharks you owe?" asked the two big men in fluent American English.

"I've been trying to make money, and ...... Give me a few more days. Lilac hugged a cloth bag in her hand.

"It's been three months, and you haven't paid a penny back!"

"Recently, the company has ...... The benefits are not good, and I will pay it back as soon as the salary is paid. Lilac's voice trembled.

"Where are you going to get such a large amount of money? Our boss said, you can't pay it anyway, and the boss wants to sell you to the red light district." As he spoke, the two big men went up and dragged Lilac by the arm.

"No...... If I don't go, I'll pay it back, I'm sure I'll pay it back, I beg you, give me a few more days. ”

"You can't even pay it back if you sell yourself, our boss has lost a lot!"

"No...... Don't touch me, let me go, I'm not going. Lilac desperately wanted to break free from the two men.

"I'm going to the red light district anyway, looking at your looks, why don't you let our brothers enjoy it first?"

One of them was squinting and unfastened the belt around his waist on the spot......