He thought that her appearance was deeply engraved in his mind, and no matter how many years passed, he would be able to recognize her at a glance. But the memory is more fragile and cruel than he imagined. It's been more than ten years, and he can't tell whether he remembers her or her when he was a child in the album.

He gently rubbed Tong Qiangqiang's face in the photo, which seemed to be very familiar and strange.

The eighteenth change of the female university, no wonder even Mr. Liang and Mrs. Liang failed to recognize their daughter.

He had a file bag in his hand, all of which contained information about her. When he found her photo from Mr. and Mrs. Smith three days ago, he was able to collect it for him in the quickest time, but it was very limited.

On the way to Rongcheng last night, he browsed over and over again.

Until she was eleven years old, her information was completely blank. In the following ten years, only her father Tong Ming was killed in the fire, and her adoption by the Zhong family was recorded, followed by her resume from elementary school to university. It's simple. However, in the past six months, because of the turmoil in the Zhong family, she has been exposed by the media, and she has been on the news for a period of time, and there is more information.

Fingertips moved to the jade pendant around her neck, and Yan Xi's eyes flickered slightly.

"Mr. Yan?" Wang Yuan, who was in the passenger seat, saw that Yan Xi did not react for a long time, and called him again.

Yan Xi came back to his senses, raised his head, and wiped down the emotion that was floating in his eyes: "You go on." ”

This Wang Yuan was actually a trafficker in his early years. Before Jinpen washed his hands, he was a small senior member of China's largest human trafficker organization, and he had information on human trafficking in most of China. Later, he turned into an informant of the police, helped the police crack the organization, and after washing his hands, he used his connections and resources to set up a detective agency that wandered in the gray area.

But it's not very efficient. Probably because there were too few clues back then, in addition to the photos, there were only jade pendants. Wang Yuan was employed in Yanxi for four or five years. Every year, two or three people who are suspected of being eligible can be provided, but they are all a process of extinguishing hope little by little.

This time, it was Yan Xi who took the initiative to propose an accurate target of investigation. After Wang Yuan investigated, he really had an unexpected gain, and reported: "According to the time calculation, all the children who were going to flow into Rongcheng at that time were handled by a small leader named Cai Zongcai. The kid was later arrested by the police, imprisoned for several years, and recently released. ”

"After all, it's been many years, and most people can't remember it, and Cai Zongcai is a mute, so I was still worried about how to communicate with him. A large wall in his house is full of cutouts of Miss Tong Qiangqiang's scandal some time ago. I tried to take out the picture you gave me of the little girl, and when he saw it, his whole expression was wrong. ”

"You don't need to ask at all, it's almost certain that Miss Tong Qiangqiang is the person you're looking for. Wang Yuan looked at Yan Xi's expression. With a professional smile, he asked, "Look, there's only one paternity test left." She's in the hospital now, and it's easy to get her hair or something, and I'll let my people do it in a moment. ”

Yan Xi shook his head: "Don't bother you." Thank you. I will soon pay you the fee that should be paid. ”

Wang Yuan smiled happily: "Mr. Yan doesn't have to be polite, take people's money, this is what I should do." You've finally found someone, and I'm happy for you to be reunited. Let's be honest. It's the first time I've met someone as persistent as you. Really admired. ”

The corners of Yan Xi's mouth twitched lightly.

Wang Yuan rolled his eyes and remembered, "By the way, Mr. Yan, there is one more thing." That Cai Zongcai, there is a mother-in-law, who used to be a servant in the Zhong family, but later resigned and served by Miss Tong Qiangqiang's side. I guess it's probably because of this reason that Cai Zongcai will recognize Miss Tong Qiangqiang as the little girl he once handled. Hey, this fate, if it weren't for such a coincidence, maybe the clue would have been broken again. ”

Yan Xi suddenly asked in a low voice, "Why is she hospitalized, do you know?"

Wang Yuan naturally learned about this matter when he inquired about the ward, and replied: "The specific reason is not clear, but Nurse Gu said that it seems that she was hit by something and went on a hunger strike." ”

After a pause, Wang Yuan said more: "You should have seen the information I gave you." Miss Tong Qiangqiang doesn't seem to be at ease in the Zhong family. This hospital also has a record of her inducing labor more than a month ago, I don't know if it is-"

"I saw the information. Yan Xi suddenly interrupted Wang Yuan. Even though his tone was still peaceful, Wang Yuan still felt displeasure in his gaze, and hurriedly made a haha face and said, "If there is anything else you need me to help you do, I will be happy to continue to serve you." ”

Yan Xi thought for a few seconds, but he really remembered something: "Han Lie." The man named Han Lie. I want to know about him. ”

Wang Yuan's eyelids jumped, and he deserved to be very happy: "Okay, Mr. Yan, I will be able to give it to you soon." ”

Rongcheng said that it was not big, but it was not small, and there were only a few families with heads and faces going back and forth. In many cases, the information asked for by different customers in his hands is actually intersecting. He was most happy to encounter this kind of thing, which not only saved effort, but also allowed him to get more money. And this Han Lie, he was deeply impressed, earlier Zhong Wenhao, the eldest young master of the Zhong family, didn't spend a lot of money to ask him to follow Han Lie, and he also took intimate photos of Han Lie and Tong Qiangqiang.

Wang Yuan couldn't help but look at Mr. Yan in front of him, and secretly thought in his heart that the life of a wealthy family was really chaotic, and another man who had a relationship with Tong Qiangqiang came to the door. I can't see that this woman is really attractive.

After Wang Yuan got out of the car, Yan Xi's eyes drifted out of the car window, looked at the door of the hospital, and dialed the phone of an old friend.

***

Without Han Lie's permission, how could Ah Hua dare to casually shake off what she had been ordered to do by Han Lie. But I vaguely guessed the reason why Tong Qiangqiang was so sad this time.

Here, even if Tong Qiangqiang didn't get Ah Hua's nod of acknowledgement, he basically got the answer from Ah Hua's weak reaction.

Liars! All liars!

Really. Only those who also cared about the Zhong family's business could sensitively perceive Han Lie's ambitions. So Zhu Jinhua is right. Han Lie did have other plans for the Zhong family, and all the chaos in the Zhong family for more than half a year probably came from his hands, right?

According to Zeng Hao's statement, Han Lie was afraid that he had been paying attention to the movements of the Zhong family and came back on purpose, and all the approaches to her were to use her artificially conceived child to disturb the Zhong family.

Child...... Child......

Anlu's child is in his way, so he will get rid of it as soon as possible. And what about her child? After going around in a big circle, it turned out that there was no mistake at all! It wasn't Han Lie's at all!

This would explain why she never felt his affection for children.

It's all a lie! It's all taking advantage of her trust in him!

Lost heart. Lost his body and lost his child.

Hahahaha, what is left of her Tong Qiangqiang life except lies?

Nope.

It's all gone.

Nothing left......

Seeing Tong Qiangqiang sitting motionless on the ground, Ah Hua was very worried and tried to pull Tong Qiangqiang up from the cold floor: "Miss Tong, please don't do this, what's the matter, can you wait for Mr. Han to come back and talk to him? Don't torture yourself? Mr. Han will worry about you." Miss Tong?Miss Tong?Miss Tong......"

Let Ah Hua call it. Tong Qiangqiang didn't react, and she just got out of bed with excitement, the needle on the back of her hand also fell off, and the whole person was softly and weakly held in Ah Hua's arms, and returned to the previous appearance of lovelessness, Ah Hua was so anxious that she could only press the bedside bell and ask the nurse to come over to help.

The nurse rehung the bottle for Tong Qiangqiang, and at the request of Ah Hua, added some sleeping drugs, so that Tong Qiangqiang, who had not slept for a day and a night, closed his eyes temporarily.

In the middle of the night, Ah Hua was resting on the sofa, when the nurse suddenly came to her and told her that there was a man in the hospital hall who was inquiring about Tong Qiangqiang's ward, and only the white of his eye remained, and he was still a mute who couldn't speak, very much like he had come to find fault and make trouble.

Ah Hua panicked when she heard this, and saw that Tong Qiangqiang was sleeping soundly. She hurried downstairs with the nurse.

As soon as she left with her front feet, a man in a white coat and a mask, dressed like a doctor, came out of the corner, walked straight to Ward 607, paused for a few seconds, and gently opened the door and entered.

The room was so quiet that you could hear the liquid dripping from the hanging bottles.

As soon as he entered the door, his eyes were on the woman on the hospital bed, and he walked slowly with his steps.

Her face gradually became clear to him, and finally came close into his eyes as he stood beside his bedside.

Compared to the photo, she looks extremely weak at this moment, with her thin wrists at her side, her face is so white that it seems to be reflected by an incandescent lamp, and even her breathing is so light that it seems to have disappeared.

He tried to reunite the person in front of him with the little girl in his memory, and he had the illusion of being caught in a trap of time and space.

With a slight flicker in his eyes, he raised his hand and gently unbuttoned the top button of her hospital gown. The white neck is revealed, and a thin chain full of small diamonds is revealed.

He stretched out his little finger and slowly hooked the thin chain, slowly pulling out the ornament that was not in her clothes.

The clear round white agate, the jade is moist, and the middle is carved with a delicate hollow.

He held the jade pendant tightly in the palm of his hand, looked at Tong Qiangqiang deeply, tears overflowed uncontrollably from the bottom of his eyes, and hot flashes in the depths of his heart.

Eleven years, a long obsession.

He finally found her.

***

Tong Qiangqiang had a dream that didn't look like a dream.

There are only three things in the dream.

The olive tree behind the church, the yellow ribbon on the olive tree. and rows of old wine bottles full of poems on the shelves.

The wind suddenly blew so hard that the yellow ribbons fluttered violently, and it was about to be blown away.

She tried desperately to stand on tiptoe to reach the yellow ribbon.

On the other side, however, the shelves were shaken violently by the wind, and the bottles began to tilt one by one, with a clear tendency to fall.

She became more and more anxious, trying to protect both sides, but neither side could protect them.

With a shaking of his body, Tong Qiangqiang suddenly opened his eyes and subconsciously covered his chest.

Fingertips touch hard objects.

She lowered her gaze and noticed that the jade pendant had fallen out of her clothes at some point.

She held it, trying to calm the panic caused by the dream, but found that there was still residual warmth on the jade pendant that should have been cold.

Tong Qiangqiang was slightly stunned, picked it up and looked at it in front of him, and then looked around the ward suspiciously.

Ah Hua, not there?

Tong Qiangqiang closed his eyes and quickly reopened them. Tucked the jade pendant into her clothes, then pulled out the needle on the back of her hand, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, took off her shoes, and floated out of the ward, walked up the stairs, step by step, and did not notice that a shadow followed her quietly.

Walking to the top floor, the door is unlocked.

Tong Qiangqiang opened the door. Stepped out.

The wide rooftop is home to countless sheets, bedding, pillowcases, and other personal clothing for the sick.

Tong Qiangqiang walked through it, walked to the edge, and stood still.

The wind from the tall buildings carried the summer heat and stirred her hair.

Summer......

It's summer again......

Subconsciously not a good season.

Looking into the distance, the lights of Rongcheng are still shining, but none of them have anything to do with her.

Tong Qiangqiang only felt that his eyes were astringent in the wind, and the urge to cry once again came up.

Blinking, not getting wet at all, seems to have been crying too much lately. There is no water coming out.

She's really useless, isn't she?

Only crying......

Tong Qiangqiang clasped his arms in his hands, lowered his eyes, and took a step forward.

Suddenly there was the sound of running footsteps behind him.

Tong Qiangqiang turned around reflexively, and before she could see the person clearly, an arm came up from his waist and hugged her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to take her into his body.

Tong Qiangqiang felt very painful, his sternum seemed to be about to be strangled, and it became extremely difficult to breathe.

The man's trembling voice sounded above her head.

"Xiaoyin, come home with me. Let's go home. ”

The wind was strong, carrying words and blowing into her soul.

***

Ah Hua followed the nurse down to the hospital hall, but saw no trace of Cai Zongcai.

The nurse didn't know what was going on.

Ah Hua was worried about Cai Zongcai, and went out again, and was outside the hospital all the time, looking for places such as under the trees and flower beds where he habitually hid, but still couldn't find it. I hurriedly called home.

Unexpectedly, the phone was picked up, and it was Cai Zongcai's humming sound that came out.

Ah Hua couldn't help but wonder: "Ah Cai, did you just come to the hospital to look for me?"

If you come to her, you shouldn't be home by now.

Cai Zongcai snorted a little angrily.

Ah Hua's brows couldn't help frowning - her husband couldn't speak, so if she and he spoke when they couldn't see each other, she generally used selective questions, if the answer was yes, Cai Zongcai would snort, and if the answer was negative, Cai Zongcai would hum twice.

And apparently, his answer is no.

Hanging up the phone, Ah Hua walked back to the hospital building, but she didn't see the nurse just now, so she went back to the ward with questions.

She didn't expect that in the short period of time she left, Tong Qiangqiang completely disappeared.

Han Lie hurried back from the United States two days later.

At that time, Mai Xiuze had already helped him turn Rongcheng upside down, and also greeted people at the airport, railway station, bus station and other places, but there was still no news of Tong Qiangqiang.

The surveillance video in the hospital was "coincidentally" broken that night, and only the floor where Tong Qiangqiang was located.

Ah Hua recalled the situation of that night back and forth, telling Han Lie and Mai Xiuze every detail, guessing that someone deliberately diverted the tiger from the mountain, but he couldn't find out who it was.

After answering a few phone calls, Mai Xiuze only felt that the more he listened, the more angry he became, and he threw the phone on the sofa irritably, and immediately looked at Han Lie.

He stood outside the balcony of the living room, standing still for a long time, and the pork belly was around his feet for a long time without getting a response. He simply lay on the ground, rubbed his head against his trouser legs, and slept comfortably in the sun.

"It shouldn't have been a kidnapping, otherwise I would have called a long time ago. And the little nephew and daughter-in-law don't seem to have anything to kidnap. The monitoring of the entire hospital did not capture the little nephew in any place, which can only show that the person who took away the little nephew is even tougher than mine. Otherwise, where in Rongcheng are there people I Mai Xiuze can't find!"

As soon as he talked about this, Mai Xiuze couldn't help but feel aggrieved, he had been in Rongcheng for many years, and he was deflated for the first time.

Then he expressed his confusion: "I just don't know whether the other party is friend or foe." You said that the life circle of the little nephew and daughter-in-law is obviously so big, and she can't get in touch with a few people at all. There should be no enemies. But where did she get such a powerful friend? So, isn't it more likely that she will be an enemy?"

Although it was unlucky, Mai Xiuze still said his guess: "I mean, is it that the person who has a grudge against you learned that you have a close relationship with your little nephew?"

Han Lie turned his head and glanced at Mai Xiuze with dark eyes: "I can't think of anyone." ”

Mai Xiuze twisted his eyebrows.

The people of the Zhong family naturally paid attention to the dim sum, but they didn't find anything abnormal.

Mai Xiuze scratched his head: "It seems that the little nephew and daughter-in-law were heartbroken by you this time." ”

He had already forced Han Lie to tell him about the situation that day, and now he couldn't help but blame Han Lie: "I really didn't know that you actually did this." It turns out that the child in her belly from beginning to end is not yours. Heh, I've been deceived by you, too. I will be angry, how can my little niece and daughter-in-law not be sad. ”

"Then, without saying a word, you flew to the United States. Han Lie, Han Lie, I believe it, you really don't have any friendship with her, you only make full use of her. If you don't have to look for her, it's very likely that she will hide from you by herself. ”

After finishing speaking, Mai Xiuze picked up the reluctant pork belly, pulled the clothes on its body and said to it: "Hey, the little nephew is gone, you will never see her again, and you will never be able to wear the clothes it bought for you again." ”

The pork belly writhed and wanted to break away from Mai Xiuze's embrace.

Mai Xiuze was very dissatisfied with the indifferent attitude of the pork belly, and sighed: "Why don't you have a heart and lungs? ”

"If she was hiding from me, she wouldn't have been hiding for long. Han Lie turned around at this moment and stared at Mai Xiuze: "All her documents and luggage have not been taken away. She was helpless. She had nowhere to go. ”

Mai Xiuze couldn't resist the pork belly, put it down, and then met Han Lie's eyes and hooked his lips: "Han Lie, don't blame me for not reminding you, it's not a good thing to be too confident." I bet you'll regret it. ”

Han Lie's eyelids jumped inexplicably.

***

Three years later.

Sydney. Aerodrome.

As soon as he got off the plane, Shi Xiao on the side handed his mobile phone to Han Lie: "Mr. Han, Mr. Mai's phone." ”

Han Lie didn't look at Shi Xiao, and spit out two words lightly: "Don't answer." ”

Shi Xiao's face was embarrassed: "Mr. Han, Mr. Mai said, if you don't answer his call." He fired me. ”

This kind of talk, Mai Xiuze has been on his lips all year round, and he is not a threat to Han Lie at all. But it's not him who he really wants to scare, but Shi Xiao. Glancing at Shi Xiao's eyes with tears in his eyes, Han Lie took the phone with a stiff face: "Say." ”

Mai Xiuze's lazy tone came through the earpiece: "Red wine." Red wines from Y&L Winery. ”

Han Lie sneered, cut off the call, and handed the phone back to Shi Xiao.

Shi Xiao couldn't put away her mobile phone, Han Lie had already walked a few steps away, she hurriedly pulled her suitcase to follow, remembering some things Maggie told her before leaving, and secretly regretted that she would not be on Maggie's shift to be Han Lie's temporary secretary if she knew that she would not be on Maggie's shift.

The more I get along, the more I find that in comparison, Mr. Mai is simply too approachable.

Walking out of the pick-up port, Han Lie saw Mr. Smith waving at him at a glance, his tight lips finally curled slightly, he quickened his pace, stretched out his hand into a fist and gently bumped into Mr. Smith.

Because of the cooperation in the development of Pilong Island, Han Lie and Mr. Smith have more frequent contact than before. But both of them are busy with business, and Mr. Smith now tries to avoid business trips in order to take care of his family more, so in the past three years, the two have mostly made video calls, and the number of times they have met in person is only a handful.

The topic basically revolves around Pilom Island.

Its development plan is in the final stage, and the major hotel and resort brands have settled in, and the trial operation has not been opened recently to collect feedback data.

The main purpose of Han Lie's visit this time was to personally investigate.

After all, that's what he's spent most of his energy on for three years.

"The vast majority of the customers you come into contact with now and past are hotel sleep testers sent by major travel companies. Mr. Smith smiled and said, "The fawn has been studying this profession lately, and the young man is fresh. ”

Anlu has now recovered like an ordinary person. Han Lie pursed his lips and asked, "Do you like the Rongcheng specialties that were sent?"

Mr. Smith nodded, "She's overjoyed." I also had some to take to the winery for Mr. and Mrs. Dason to taste. After saying that, he reacted and added, "By the way, I forgot to tell you that Yi took the fawn to the winery in the Hunter Valley today. ”

"Mr. and Mrs. Dason haven't been from New Zealand for three years, and when they arrived, they were so surprised that their daughter didn't know when they had found it. This time, the family came to the wedding. It's not easy. Mr. Smith sighed slightly, and then comforted Han Lie and said, "You should be able to find Tong soon." ”