Mai Xiuze stood between Han Lie and Yan Xi, glancing to the left and then to the right.

Originally, the three of them stayed outside together, and when they caught movement in the ward, Yan Xi ran in. And he and Han Lie stood outside this ward, listening to the conversation between Yan Xi and Tong Qiangqiang clearly.

They imagined several reactions to Tong Qiangqiang after she woke up, but they didn't expect that she would simply have a broken memory and recognize the wrong person.

Mai Xiuze didn't know whether Han Lie should be happy or sad now.

With a silent sigh, Mai Xiuze put his hands in his pants pockets, took a step back, and completely left the space to the two men, letting them make their own decisions, whether to tell Tong Qiangqiang the truth or not.

However, dozens of seconds passed, and neither Han Lie nor Yan Xi broke the silence, as if they could exchange ideas with each other just by looking at each other.

The mobile phone in Han Lie's pocket rang at this moment.

Yan Xi swept over Han Lie without saying a word, and went to buy food for Tong Qiangqiang.

Han Lie also took a step at the same time and passed by Yan Xi. Go in the opposite direction and stop at the window to answer the phone. After answering the phone, he walked back with a solemn expression, paused slightly at the door of Tong Qiangqiang's ward, stared deeply for a moment, and walked away.

Mai Xiuze shrugged his shoulders and followed Han Lie: "Who called, what's wrong?"

Han Lie said lightly: "Zhong Wenhao is dead. ”

When Zhong Wenhao committed suicide in the drug rehabilitation center and was brought to the hospital, he was already dying, and after being rescued by doctors, he was sent to the intensive care unit. But just now, he didn't survive in the end, and he died.

Mai Xiuze went to Zhong Wenhao's hospital room with Han Lie, and heard Zhu Jinhua's order from a distance.

"You are not allowed to take Wen Hao away! He is sleeping! He is not dead! You are talking nonsense!"

Zhu Jinhua was guarded on the hospital bed, preventing the medical staff from sending the body away. A few people were a little helpless, so they could only shackle her and pull her away. Zhu Jinhua struggled and accidentally brushed off a part of the white cloth covering Zhong Wenhao's body.

Thin, dry, white and miserable face, with deeply sunken eye sockets, blue-black. A parched hole in his throat was the one he had punctured with a broken toothbrush.

Since hearing that Zhong Wenhao committed suicide, Han Lie came here for the first time, and what he saw when he came over was Zhong Wenhao's body, but he didn't seem to feel anything, and his eyes were unwavering.

Mai Xiuze looked a little disgusted. In fact, he helped Han Lie think about making Zhong Wenhao suffer more crimes in the drug rehabilitation center, but later he noticed that Han Lie seemed to have no intention, so he didn't make his own opinion. Unexpectedly, Zhong Wenhao couldn't endure hardship than they imagined, and he couldn't bear drug addiction and committed suicide after only a few days of entering.

The medical staff quickly put the white cloth back on Zhong Wenhao's face.

Han Lie's gaze shifted from Zhong Wenhao to Zhu Jinhua.

I don't know if Zhu Jinhua was completely desperate because of Fang Cai's side, stood still and stopped struggling, and let the medical staff push Zhong Wenhao's body to the morgue.

Han Lie pursed his lips and said, "Uncle Sun will come over to deal with Wen Hao's aftermath and let him settle down as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jinhua's vain gaze slowly turned to Han Lie's face, stopped, the focus gradually recondensed, the wetness under his eyes dissipated, and he suddenly laughed. The laughter was abrupt and eerie in the quiet aisles.

After a while, she restrained herself, resumed her dignified posture, and said, "Don't you want to kill all the descendants of the Zhong family?" ”

Zhu Jinhua slowly walked in front of Han Lie and showed skill on his face: "Don't forget, you also have the blood of the filthy Zhong family on your body!"

After saying this, she rolled her eyes, and the whole person suddenly fainted, and the police officer who was in charge of following her stepped forward in time to support her and called the nurse to push the hospital bed.

"Zhu Jinhua, do you need me to help you get some friends from the police station?" asked Han Lie.

Because Tong Qiangqiang was rescued in a timely manner, it was because Zhu Jinhua committed crimes such as kidnapping, intentionally wounding others, and instigating others to rape. Mai Xiuze couldn't even feel angry just thinking about it.

That night in the abandoned deputy house of the Zhong family, he heard Zhu Jinhua mention a female reporter surnamed Zeng, and knew that it was Zeng Xi. He went to inquire about Sun Xian by himself, and only then did he learn the cause of Zeng Xi's death, and completely understood Han Lie's hatred for the Zhong family.

Zhu Jinhua was the only one who instigated Zhong Yuanshan to commit atrocities against Zeng Xi among the people present at the time, and she was also responsible for feeding Zeng Xi the medicine. After more than ten years, the nightmare almost repeated on Tong Qiangqiang. The causes and consequences should be settled with Zhu Jinhua no matter what.

Mai Xiuze waited for a few seconds without waiting for Han Lie's answer, turned his head to look at him, and saw Han Lie's indifferent face, and finally replied, "Let her fend for herself." ”

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Probably sleeping too much, after Yan Xi left, Tong Qiangqiang lay on the bed and couldn't sleep, his eyes open, watching the afterglow of the sunset that entered the room more and more oblique, darker and darker. After being in a daze for about half an hour, Yan Xi came back from buying dinner.

The light millet porridge and side dishes were placed in front of Tong Qiangqiang in the same way, and he did not forget to advise: "Don't eat too much, and don't eat too much." ”

Tong Qiangqiang sat on the bed and winked at him: "You feed me, so you don't have to worry that I will eat too much in a hurry." ”

Yan Xi's expression pretended to be harsh: "Why are you squeamish again than before?"

Tong Qiangqiang also deliberately pulled his face and asked aggrievedly: "You dislike me so quickly?"

Yan Xi actually nodded: "It's a little." ”

Tong Qiang angrily clenched his fists and gently smashed him: "You can't help it if you dislike me, you have already married me." ”

Yan Xi took her hand, took her fist, and kissed the ring on her ring finger: "Yes, I have been trapped in your big pit for the rest of my life, and I can't escape again." ”

Gentle people are even worse when they talk about love, Tong Qiangqiang's face immediately turned red, and he smiled happily: "It's so good, I like it." ”

"Then I'll say it for the rest of my life. Yan Xirun smiled gently: Just to you. ”

Tong Qiangqiang sunk into the soft light of his eyes like water, covering his face and feeling shy. When she let go of her hand, she saw Yan Xi sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl of millet porridge in one hand. Holding the spoon in one hand, his eyes swept to the hospital bed table, and asked, "Which dish do you want to eat?"

Tong Qiangqiang immediately pointed to edamame. Yan Xi just scooped a little edamame and put it in a spoonful of millet porridge according to hers, and sent it to Tong Qiangqiang's mouth. Tong Qiangqiang smiled happily, opened his mouth to swallow, and deliberately bit his teeth on the spoon. Yan Xi was worried that her teeth would be attacked, so she didn't dare to pull them out. Tong Qiangqiang loved to see the doting and helpless expression on his face, and smiled more and more happily. After a while, she excused herself that a certain dish was not tasty, and stuffed it into Yan Xi's mouth with her backhand, and then she giggled again.

A dinner was eaten in Tong Qiangqiang's jokes for more than an hour.

After eating, Tong Qiangqiang didn't let Yan Xi clean up the dishes and chopsticks, only let him throw them aside first, and pulled him to lean on the hospital bed to watch TV.

What was broadcast on TV, Tong Qiangqiang actually didn't watch the content at all, just leaning on his arms and playing with his fingers back and forth, he was very happy. Yan Xi also let her, silently hugging her, watching her play with his fingers.

For a moment, only the sound of the TV was left in the ward.

Tong Qiangqiang felt that the years were quiet and beautiful, and with Yan Xi, even if he didn't speak, it seemed that he could stay for a lifetime.

It is said that Xiao Biesheng is newly married, Tong Qiangqiang thought, probably this is the feeling, even the chaotic thoughts and sparkling hearts that have been disturbed by Han Lie these days have returned to calm because of Yan Xi.

Playing and playing, she was a little sleepy again. In a daze, something cold hung around his neck. Tong Qiangqiang lowered his eyes and glanced at it, and found that it was the jade pendant. Noticing that the key-shaped thing that had been hollowed out in the center of the jade pendant was missing, she couldn't help but be stunned and grabbed it in the palm of her hand.

"How...... Gone?" Tong Qiangqiang raised his eyes suspiciously to look at Yan Xi.

"Give it back to my uncle. Yan Xi held the jade pendant into the palm of her hand together with her hand, and then asked, "Do you remember, I said that when I come back, I have something to tell you?"

"Hmm. Tong Qiangqiang nodded, "Yes." ”

Yan Xi's expression was solemn, solemn and slightly hesitant, and the palm holding her tightened tightly, before he finally made up his mind and said: "I'm sorry, Xiaoyin, I only found out some time ago, you were abducted and trafficked back then, all because of me." ”

Tong Qiangqiang was stunned: "What? Why is it because of you?"

"This jade pendant. Yan Xi rolled her hand and spread out her palm, "I told you that my parents broke off the relationship with my grandfather and came to Australia quietly." This jade pendant was left to me by my mother, and I gave it to you as the most precious relic. ”

"Later, I learned that this jade pendant actually belonged to my grandfather. My grandfather has been quietly looking for our family for years. The person who helped my grandfather did not mistake you wearing this jade pendant for Yan Jia, and brought you back to Rongcheng from Australia to confirm your identity. During this period, there was an accident, that person lost you, and your grandfather's family was also in many situations, and he couldn't find you again. Now it seems that you have fallen into the hands of human traffickers, and you have what happened later. ”

This remark was a simple summary but contained a lot of information, Tong Qiangqiang was stunned when he heard it, and his brain turned around and silently digested it.

She was actually a little confused. Maybe because she didn't have that memory, she never felt much about being abducted by traffickers. Even if Yan Xi told her the reason now, she felt like she was listening to a story.

Yan Xi's hand rested on her shoulder, and he looked at her silently after speaking. It was as if waiting for her to react.

Seeing this, Tong Qiangqiang nodded: "Oh." ”

Yan Xi was slightly stunned by her reaction.

Tong Qiangqiang understood his psychology, raised his two hands and pinched Yan Xi's face, bared his teeth and grinned: "Do you think that I will have a pimple in your heart because of this incident? Or do you feel guilty about me because of this incident and want to leave me? If it is the former, I should really be angry, am I such a stingy person in your heart? If it is the latter, then I can only tell you, don't think about it!"

Immediately, Tong Qiangqiang hugged Yan Xi, and his voice lowered: "The reason why you left me." It's just that you are disgusted with me and have decided to give up on me. ”

"Xiaoyin ......" Yan Xihui hugged Tong Qiangqiang.

"It's not your fault. You don't need to feel ashamed of me at all. Tong Qiangqiang seemed to think of something, raised his face from Yan Xi's arms, and asked a little scared, "Or, from the beginning, all your kindness to me was purely because of guilt, not because—"

"It's not. Not because of guilt. Yan Xi frowned at her rarely, holding her face, "Xiaoyin, you don't know how good you are, how much people want to cherish you and love you." ”

Tong Qiangqiang's eyes were red, his palms covered the back of his hands, pouted, and then sniffed, pretending to be arrogant: "In the future, you are not allowed to judge me as a woman with any negative image without authorization, such as being cautious, unreasonable, squeamish, well, etc., etc., etc!"

"Good. Yan Xi smiled and took her back into his arms, "Whatever you say is what you say." ”

There was a knock on the door of the ward at this time, and without waiting for Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi to respond, the people outside hurriedly pushed the door in.

"Why don't you two answer my call-" Seeing the two huddled together on the bed, Mai Xiuze's words stopped abruptly, and he paused awkwardly, "I'm sorry to disturb you...... Affectionate ......"

Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi were both calm and calm, calmly letting go of each other. Yan Xi got out of bed: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention to my phone for a while." Do you have anything to do with us?"

Mai Xiuze immediately restrained his embarrassment and looked solemn: "Zhu Jinhua is missing, it is estimated that he took the opportunity to run away from the hospital and deliberately hid." Now the police are already trying to find her. We are worried that she wants to take revenge on Han Lie, so we have come to inform you that you must pay attention to safety in the past two days. ”

What Mai Xiuze didn't say was that in fact, as soon as he heard the news of Zhu Jinhua's escape, Han Lie's first thought was Tong Qiangqiang, so he immediately asked him to come up and tell them.

Tong Qiangqiang frowned: "But why is Zhu Jinhua in the hospital? Shouldn't she be at the police station?"

Mai Xiuze paused for a moment and replied, "Zhong Wenhao was just announced dead in the evening. ”

Tong Qiangqiang was stunned, and he couldn't even ask the cause of Zhong Wenhao's death.

Yan Xi's palm quietly wrapped Tong Qiangqiang's hand, and said to Mai Xiuze: "I know." I'll pay attention to Xiaoyin. ”

Mai Xiuze left Tong Qiangqiang's ward and went down to report to Han Lie, only saying that Tong Qiangqiang was in the ward now and was fine for the time being.

Han Lie was slightly puzzled, but still uneasy: "Can you let one or two policemen stay outside her ward?"

Mai Xiuze shook his head and reminded: "The person who should pay the most attention to safety now is you! She would have fled even if she didn't care about her son's body, if it weren't for revenge on you." I can't think of any other reason!"

Sun Xian came out of the morgue at this time, and the people in the funeral home had already dressed Zhong Wenhao's body and sorted out the remains.

Han Lie stared at the big word "Lay" on the wall, and his eyes were so dark that people couldn't find out their emotions.

"Let's send a cremation box......"

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This night, obviously accompanied by Yan Xi, Tong Qiangqiang slept very unsteadily.

It seems that the news of Zhong Wenhao's death and Zhu Jinhua's escape made her very uneasy.

The dreams were chaotic and fragmented, and the fragments of life three years ago and three years later were scattered and intertwined, and the chaos flashed by frame by frame. Finally, a familiar figure was lying on the ground without breath, and Zhu Jinhua was standing on the side, smiling hideously. Tong Qiangqiang's whole person fell into endless panic, trying to see who the figure was.

"Xiaoyin?Xiaoyin?Xiaoyin?"

Tong Qiangqiang suddenly opened his eyes, and the blur of vision lasted for two or three seconds before it gradually became clear, and what caught his eye was the familiar face of Yan Xi. She immediately sat up and wrapped her arms around Yan Xi's neck tightly, panting for breath unsettledly.

"It's okay, it's okay, you're just having nightmares, it's okay. I'm here ......" Yan Xi's palm patted on her back, Tong Qiangqiang closed his eyes, his cheeks buried deep in his neck socket, for a while, he felt his panicked heartbeat slowly calm down, and she said sullenly: "I, I want to go home." I don't want to stay in Rongcheng anymore. ”

Immediately, she raised her head: "I'm fine." We'll go back to Australia today, okay?"

Her tone was vaguely pleading, and there was still a hint of fear in her eyes. The expression is very persistent.

Yan Xi stared at her and wiped the fine beads of sweat on her forehead: "Okay, let's go home, we'll go home today." ”

Tong Qiangqiang immediately smiled - he was always so unable to refuse her request, even if it was sudden, even if it was willful, he would not hesitate, just do his best to satisfy her.

Yan Xi touched her hair: "I'll go contact my uncle for help now." You get up and wash up, and then we go to the discharge process. Go home. ”

Tong Qiangqiang nodded gratefully.

Less. When she came out of the bathroom after washing, Yan Xi had just finished calling and smiled softly: "Don't worry about the ticket." My uncle will give us news in a moment. We just packed our bags. ”

When it came to luggage, Tong Qiangqiang remembered nervously: "That's right, the luggage hasn't been packed yet, and the suitcase is still in Xiyue Court." ”

"It's okay, don't worry, we'll get the suitcase later, it's just in time. ”

"What suitcase, what are you doing with it?"

Mai Xiuze's voice came out immediately after Yan Xi's last note.

Tong Qiangqiang followed the prestige, and saw Mai Xiuze walking in from the open door, followed by ...... Han Lie.

Her gaze touched the latter's deep eyes, and she immediately looked back at Mai Xiuze, and replied: "Yan Xi and I are going back to Australia today." ”

Han Lie's pace froze imperceptibly for a second.

"Today?" Mai Xiuze directly expressed surprise and questions in words, "Why is it suddenly so hasty?"

Yan Xi smiled lightly and explained, "Xiaoyin is homesick. It just so happens that my affairs are all over, so I might as well go home early. ”

"Do you have anything to say here?" Tong Qiangqiang asked, "Have you found Zhu Jinhua?"

"No, not yet. Mai Xiuze subconsciously glanced at Han Lie. Then he put the bag he was carrying on the table and said, "Just to see how you are recovering, and by the way, I will help you buy it early." ”

Tong Qiangqiang swept it slightly, and saw that there were several kinds of things that she liked to eat, and she felt a little compassion in her heart, and said lightly: "Thank you." ”

"Have you booked your ticket?" Han Lie suddenly spoke, his voice was low, but the emotions contained in his tone were elusive, but his eyes fell on Tong Qiangqiang unabashedly.

Tong Qiangqiang did not shy away from greeting him, and nodded with a light smile: "Well, my uncle has already helped book the ticket." ”

Han Lie's lips were straightened, and he faintly seemed to be angry. Mai Xiuze saw it clearly, sighed silently in his heart, and shook his head at Tong Qiangqiang with a sigh on his face: "You didn't even leave us time to say goodbye, do you really not plan to treat us as friends?"

"No, no, I'm just ......" It's just something, Tong Qiangqiang felt that the words came to his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

Rongcheng was not her home in the first place. It's like a dream she accidentally broke into by mistake, sad for a while, and finally woke up and returned to reality. Thinking about it, she really doesn't seem to be in tune with the magnetic field here, and there are no good memories of revisiting the old place this time. Yan Xi was involved in her grandfather's housework and said goodbye to her temporarily, the final ruin of the Zhong family, the death of Zhong Yuanshan and Zhong Wenhao, the kidnapping of Zhu Jinhua, and ...... The entanglement between her and Han Lie.

She could hear that the "goodbye" in Mai Xiuze's words also meant another meaning.

Tong Qiangqiang flickered his eyes and looked at Han Lie. As soon as she leaves today, she probably won't come back to Rongcheng in her life. And between her and him, there may be a final and complete cutoff.

Yan Xi suddenly squeezed Tong Qiangqiang's hand at this time: "Xiaoyin." ”

"Huh?" Tong Qiang was suspicious.

Yan Xi smiled warmly: "You and Mr. Han should talk for a while." ”

Tong Qiangqiang was slightly stunned: "I ......"

Yan Xi helped her brush a lock of broken hair from her cheek behind her ear: "You should thank him well." It doesn't matter if it's three years ago, or three years later. You were kidnapped two days ago. ......" He froze slightly, and there was a rare trace of emotion in his eyes that she couldn't understand, "You were kidnapped two days ago, and Mr. Han made a lot of efforts to save you." ”

"Yanxi ......"

"So, I'm going to Hyatt Court to pick up our suitcases at this time. Immediately, Yan Xi approached Tong Qiangqiang for two points and chuckled in her ear, It's okay, I won't be jealous. It's your private space. Xiaoyin, say goodbye well, we have to be polite.

Tong Qiangqiang's heart warmed, and he was hot and flashing.

Yan Xi turned to Mai Xiuze and said, "Mr. Mai, can I give you a ride?"

Mai Xiuze couldn't see that Yan Xi was leaving a chance for Han Lie and Tong Qiangqiang to be alone, and they were busy with peace.

The moment he passed by Han Lie, Yan Xi's steps stopped and turned his head.

Han Lie also tilted his head.

The eyes of the two of them touched the air.

Yan Xi continued his steps and left the ward with Mai Xiuze.