When you open the folder, you will see a photo that is firmly clipped to the paper with a small clip.

The photo is obviously a family, two children around ten years old standing in the center of the photo, smiling so much that they can't see their eyes, and looking up along the hands on their shoulders, there is a pair of men and women with kind expressions, the woman bends down slightly, smiling and looking at the little girl in front of her.

It's like Ji Ran's family more than ten years ago.

Ji Ran was a little trembling and broke the clip, wanting to tear the photo off, but her hand was a little disobedient under the excitement, and when she finally took the photo in her hand, her eyes were already red.

"Why do you have this?"

The voice was visibly shaking.

"After reading it, I'll explain it together. ”

Ji Ran steadied his hands, still trembling, and flipped through the folder in front of him in a little panic.

The document is not thick, but Ji Ran looked at it very carefully, almost word by word, and he was reluctant to even blink his eyes.

She flipped through the papers one by one, and under the transparent film were neatly arranged various bulletins, all in different colors and typography styles, but the information on them was all about the same thing—the bombing of Youjia's factory, which had caused a sensation in the city fifteen years ago.

Fifteen years ago, an accident occurred at the Youjia factory on the edge of the city, and an explosion caused by a chemical raw material nearly leveled a well-known and well-run company overnight.

From the various institutions to the ordinary people, during that time, most of the topics of conversation were about the accident, and the media industry across the country flocked to it, constantly digging up exclusive news from every detail.

Why does Ji Ran remember this incident very clearly, because on that day, she and Ji Kaiyu lost their father and mother at the same time.

At dinner that day, Ji's father and Ji's mother told them with a smile that when the end of this year's year came, they would take the two of them to the place they had always wanted to go

Another city has a newly built amusement park to play in. Ji Ran also worriedly hooked up with his father, naively thinking that there would be no more variables if he pulled the hook, and when his parents went to work at night, he swept away his usual melancholy and was a little happier.

But later, no one expected that on that night, her peaceful and stable life would fall apart.

Because of Ji Ran's parents, they died in that accident.

At that time, she was still very young, and adults deliberately did not mention this information in front of them, and occasionally some ill-intentioned people deliberately mentioned their deceased parents in front of her, but they were also blocked by Ji Kaiyu or others.

And once you accept the facts, you will slowly and deliberately forget those sad things.

So Ji Ran actually doesn't know much about this bombing case, except for the "accident" given by the media in a unified voice.

However, at the moment, she saw some different voices in these newspaper clippings.

She is very familiar with the writing technique, without too much emotion, just stating the truth, and at the end she raises some questions about the unified caliber.

She settled down and continued to flip the pages, and the remaining pages were nothing more than some information about Youjia's factory.

When flipping through these things, Ji Ran had an intuition that Liang Qiong put these things in a secret place, which means that there must be something wrong with this matter in her heart over the years, and what she wants to know may have something to do with herself.

After she turned the pages, a few more photos appeared behind the plastic sheet, which were firmly pasted on the paper, looking at the familiar buildings on it, she was a little confused, and took a serious look, and found that it was the mysterious place she had sneaked into before.

"You already knew ......."

"Well, I already knew. ”

Liang Qiong clasped her hands on her knees, her expression calm.

"Don't you think you need to explain?"

There was some confusion in his mind, and Ji Ran urgently needed Liang Qiong's explanation now.

Liang Qiong put her folded hands on her knees, she was actually very sad in her heart now, but she still tried to straighten her body and slowly began to speak.

"The bombing 15 years ago, I never believed it was just an accident. Before that, I was checking other news, and by chance I learned some inside information about that place in my friend's house. Just as I was getting ready to dig deeper, the explosion happened, you say, could it be such a coincidence?"

"I remember very well that 53 people died in that bombing, and when I went there, I looked at the bodies that had been lifted out of the fire, arranged in a row, and there was hardly a good place on the whole body, and there were some people I had been in contact with for a short time in the previous investigation to investigate. Outside the police cordon next to it was a group of men and women crying bitterly, and even a few children. ”

"I didn't believe it was an accident, so at that time I insisted on continuing to follow the news, but I was vetoed by my boss, and it didn't take long for all the different voices to disappear from the media, 53 lives, 53 families were destroyed, and those of us who were supposed to speak up for the victims were all like dumb, and under deliberate control, we suppressed this matter. ”

"How can I be willing, you say? ”

Liang Qiong looked at his hand, and because of the exertion, the joints had clearly surfaced. She knew that Ji Ran was listening carefully, took a deep breath, and continued.

After three years of investigation, I determined that the bombing case had something to do with Gao Yecheng, which was the company under his name, and it was also the place where he sold money, and there were a lot of dirty things hidden. ”

"You must be wondering why I have a picture of that mysterious place. ”

She stared at Ji Ran's eyes and saw the complexity in the other party's eyes that she couldn't digest because she couldn't accept too much information for a while. She knew that what Ji Ran said today might be difficult to accept, but at this time, it was indeed time to explain everything and everything.

"Because it was taken to me by your brother Ji Kaiyu. ”

Ji Ran was agitated by this name, his face turned pale, and the disbelief in his eyes became thicker and thicker.

"I can be sure that Gao Yecheng has something unsightly in his hands, but he has never had any entry point. Six years ago, I met Ji Kaiyu, and then I learned that your parents were also killed in that explosion. At that time, I needed someone who could infiltrate Gao Yecheng's side and find out information for me, so I told him what I had found. ”

"Wait a minute," Ji Ran suddenly interrupted Liang Qiong.

Her eyes, which had just gradually returned to normal color, had turned red again, and she glared at Liang Qiong, her eyes were full of surprise and hatred, and she said almost word by word:

"You mean, you think there is something hidden in what happened back then, so you took advantage of my brother and pushed him to the murderer?

The pitch gradually rose up, and by the end, it almost turned into a roar.

"I have no other choice, I can't come forward myself, I can't believe much in this matter, Xiaoyu's position is ......"

"Phew, you're embarrassed to be called Xiaoyu," Ji Ran laughed as she spoke, but the tears rolling out of her eyes clearly told others that she was now broken and sad.

Smiling and smiling, she leaned over and grabbed Liang Qiong's placket, and her tone softened:

"Okay, now that you have personal contact with my brother, can you tell me where he is now. ”

The current posture oppression came one after another, but Liang Qiong didn't feel too much discomfort, her attention was on Ji Ran's current expression, looking at the other party's painful appearance, her voice was dry, and she opened her mouth.

"Five years ago, he disappeared. The last time we had a conversation, he told me that he had found the key clue of the year, and when he was sure, he would contact me and ......"

"You're a liar!"

"I didn't lie to you, at that time, I felt that I was doing something wrong, and I shouldn't let a person with infinite possibilities take such a big risk because of my persistence. ”

"I'm sorry, Ji Ran. ”

"Does it work?" Ji Ran let go a little dejectedly and fell back into his seat. All this came too fast, and things were too complicated, she actually wanted to pull Liang Qiong's hair hard, slap her, or scold her, and vent her grievances and sadness over the years.

But does it work?

She hugged her head and gently slammed it on the table. After waiting for a long time, she regained some reason, and asked a question in a hoarse voice.

"Sister Qiong, five years ago, before I came to this newspaper, I had seen it many times. You have helped me a lot, and I sincerely take you to heart as a respected senior and a respected sister. But five years, so much time, so many opportunities, why didn't you tell me?"

When he said why, Ji Ran raised his head and looked at Liang Qiong, and the despair in his eyes stabbed Liang Qiong's heart.

She once promised Ji Kaiyu that she would help take care of Ji Ran, and she did so, and she also used sincerity and sincerity in the process of getting along. After Ji Kaiyu's disappearance, she was sad for a long time, and the reason why she quickly cheered up was also because Ji Ran appeared in the newspaper office and stayed by her side.

To be honest, she has had countless impulses to say all this, and then respect Ji Ran's choice. But every time I see her, I can always feel the stubbornness in her, she is very scared, Ji Ran will repeat the same choice as Ji Kaiyu.

So, she kept silent.

"I hope you don't have so many truths and secrets on your back. ”

Ji Ran sneered, his eyes still with tears, but the corners of his mouth were hooked, with a mocking smile.

"You know, I really hate people like you who think you're making decisions for others, yes, it sounds great, but have you ever thought that the later I know, the more painful and sad I will feel?"

"I ......." Liang Qiong opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.

"Don't you think it's selfish? For the sake of the so-called pursuit of journalism, to push an innocent person into danger, and for the sake of his own safety, to hide from another person who has the right to know the truth. ”

Ji Ran didn't bother to wipe the tears that fell down, and clapped his hands: "What did you expect me to do? I believe you without reservation when I know the truth? Or do you collapse and cry while hugging you? Or do you cry and forget and start a new life?"

"I didn't ......" Her attitude was a little beyond Liang Qiong's original assumption, Liang Qiong was a little worried about her state, and subconsciously explained.

"No, forget it, I'm leaving. ”

Ji Ran suddenly felt a little tired, and after venting, a burst of sleepiness gradually hit her, but she didn't feel any relief at all, she still felt panicked, and she felt that she couldn't stay any longer.

What was left for Liang Qiong was the back of Ji Ran striding out, she pushed the door very hard, the door shook an arc and shook back heavily, and the heavy sound of the door closing wanted to sound inexplicably lonely in the empty office.