Shu Tao, Ma Jun, Shanzi and Zhang Qi drove from Paris, entered Italy, and finally arrived in Austria for one night, and then hurried to Zurich, Switzerland. As soon as Shanzi arrived in Zurich, she rushed to the Swiss Bank, and they came to a building with UBS letters painted on it, and the three golden key logos were placed in front of these words.

Shutao asked Ma Jun, "What did Shanzi come here to see?"

"I really don't know about this, but since I'm here, I'll go with her. ”

Shanzi entered the bank, and a staff member received her, and she turned to Zhang Qi and said, "Why don't you go in with me?"

Zhang Qi hesitated for a while and asked, "Is this appropriate?"

"We're both about to get married, what's wrong with you coming in with me to see that thing?"

Zhang Qi didn't speak, just nodded, and motioned for Ma Jun and Shutao to wait outside.

The bank clerk led them to the safe deposit box area and said in awkward English: "Mrs. Wang deposited things in our bank 20 years ago, there are two safes, and there are two things, which one do you want to see?"

Shanzi glanced at Zhang Qi, turned to the bank clerk and said, "Let's look at the first one first." ”

"Are you referring to the one she first kept?" the clerk asked.

"Yes. ”

The clerk led them to a designated area, where she asked Shanko to place her palm on a tablet for fingerprint verification.

Fingerprint verification passes.

The clerk said, "Please wait in the parlor over there, and I'll bring the safe to you later." ”

Shan Zi nodded, and followed the other staff member to the rest area of a separate cubicle. After a while, the clerk brought an iron box, gave her the key, and left.

Shanzi took the key, inserted it into the lock hole and turned it, and then modulated the combination lock ring, and the box "popped" open, and she slowly opened the box.

Zhang Qi also looked inside curiously, because he had heard Shanzi say before that this thing in the safe was a rare treasure, and he wanted to see the true face of this treasure.

But when they saw the contents of the box, they both showed expressions of disbelief, there were no rare treasures in it at all.

"What are these?" asked Zhang Qi.

"I don't know. Shanzi replied, she knew in her heart what one of them was, but there was another thing in it that her grandmother had never mentioned to her.

Inside the box was a brown paper document bag and a notebook that resembled a diary, and she took the brown paper document bag out of the box, opened it, and flipped through it casually, just like what her grandmother had told her before. She then opened the notebook, which had never been mentioned.

Shanzi opened the notebook and read the contents with Zhang Qi.

Shanzi's eyes began to tense up with the direction of the words at this time, her forehead began to sweat, and her mouth muttered, "This is not true...... Not really......"

Zhang Qi was also surprised by the contents of the notebook, and hugged Shanzi, who couldn't hold back the sadness in his heart at this time and began to sob.

"I thought it was like what my grandmother told me before, but if it wasn't for this trip to Switzerland today, I really didn't know that there was another truth behind the truth, and it turned out to be like this. Shanzi said as she cried and choked up.

Zhang Qi said: "Okay, okay, don't cry, we still need to go back and ask your grandma about this matter, since she gave you the password, I just want you to know about it one day." ”

Shanzi trembled. raised his head: "I really didn't expect that this is the truth that has been hidden in the Wang family for many years, what should I do now?"

"Either ask your grandmother, or you pretend it didn't happen!"

"Zhang Qi, will you help me? Help me trace the source together, find them, find where they are?"

"I will, I will help you, but you must not make a fuss about this matter, only you and I know now, and remember, you must not tell your mother. ”

"Oh my mom? Okay! I see. Trembling, Shanko put the file bag back in the box, she locked the box and continued, "I don't want to open the second safe. ”

Zhang Qi thought, there is no need to look at the second safe.

Shan Zi had told her the secret of the second safe before, but never mentioned the first one. Now that Zhang Qi knows two secrets at the same time, he feels that this life is destined to be tied to Shanzi, and he then thought of one of his colleagues, who is also Shanzi's sister Wang Yueyin, and he asked: "Are you going to tell Yueyin about this?"

"Don't, she won't accept this fact, and for so many years, if she knew that she had been living in lies, she wouldn't be able to stand it, for her own good, she couldn't tell her about it, okay?"

"Don't worry, I will hide what I saw today in my heart and rot in my stomach. Zhang Qi comforted Shanzi and said.

Shanzi wanted to stay for a while, adjust her emotions and go out again, she was afraid that Shutao and Ma Jun would ask questions again when they saw her like this.

In the interval, Zhang Qi asked: "Do you say that the second box is really a rare treasure? Tell me, what is in it?"

Shanzi wiped her tears and said, "Why don't you open it for you too?"

Zhang Qi said: "In case it is a completely different secret, maybe it is even more shocking than the one just now, can you stand this emotion now?"

"It's okay, since they're all here, let's take a look, now that I've figured it out, let's take a look, don't leave any regrets to go back. ”

After speaking, Shanzi asked the staff to bring the second box, they opened the box, Zhang Qi's eyes were instantly attracted by the contents of the box, he opened his mouth wide, and he was speechless for a while.

"What's wrong?" asked Shanzi.

Zhang Qi came to his senses and said hesitantly: "This ...... What kind of gem is this?"

Inside the box was a blood-bright red gemstone, about the size of two palms in diameter, an unpolished and unpolished mineral rough.

"I heard my grandmother say that this is a red beryl, also known as red peach green jade, which is a rare gemstone whose intense color is caused by the manganese element within itself. Shanzi said.

"This gemstone is more expensive than a diamond?"

"I guess this gemstone was first mentioned in 1904, when mineralogists thought it was similar to jadeite and sapphire, so it was also called red jadeite and blood jadeite, but it was actually rarer than this jadeite and sapphire. Due to the difficulty of mining, red beryl has no economic value for jewelry. ”

"But if it doesn't have the economic value of making a jewel, then the gem is worthless?"

"You see, the gem that my family owns is far beyond the scope of economic value, and its integrity and volume are absolutely sky-high. No wonder my grandmother hid it so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"Is there a market value for this gem? ”

"It would cost $10,000 to mine a 1 carat red beryl, and it's no surprise that it's so rare and valuable. Therefore, if this gem is made public, it should not be a good thing for the Wang family. ”

After Shanzi finished speaking, she covered the box, she sniffed, sighed and said, "Okay, we're out." The most important thing now is to keep the secret in the first box, and I feel that I owe my sister something, and I will treat her well. ”

After they came out, Shutao said impatiently, "Why did it take so long for you to come out, what are you looking at?"

Shanzi pretended to be calm and said, "It's just a few formalities, and now we can go to Stockholm." ”

They had lunch on Bahnhofstrasse, and after depositing the car in the parking lot of the train station, Ma Jun took a taxi to Zurich Airport, where he checked in and was ready to rush to Arlanda Airport.

After nearly two hours on the plane, I finally arrived at Arlanda Airport, and as soon as I got out of the airport, I saw a woman with a quiet face and a red face and white teeth coming to greet Ma Jun.

"This is my mom. Ma Jun introduced to everyone, "Mom, this is my girlfriend Qu Shutao." ”

"Hello Auntie. Shumo smiled and hugged her.

"Just call me Elisa. ”

Ma Jun answered: "This is Shanzi." ”

"Shanzi, you have grown so big, you were a yellow-haired girl when I left China, and now you are so beautiful. Alyssa laughed.

Ma Jun said: "This is Shanzi's fiancé, Dr. Zhang Qi. ”

Alyssa was stunned for a moment when she saw this elderly man, and then turned to greet people with a smile: "Hello, I'm glad to meet you." Oh, let's go, my old driver is waiting for us, hahahaha. ”

"Mom, your husband is the husband, and the driver. Ma Jun smiled.

"Oh, isn't there a popular saying in the motherland now called 'old driver, take me fly', your mother often has nothing to do and loves to watch Chinese TV dramas at home, I am very up-to-date with the times, this 'old driver' is a kind of nickname. ”

"Auntie is so humorous. Shutao smiled from ear to ear.

Shutao has a very good impression of Alisa, and feels that half of Ma Jun's humor cells are inherited from his mother.

"By the way, it's been a long time since you've eaten from your mother's cooking, and I'm going to show you a hand today. Ma Jun's mother said proudly, "And today your younger brothers heard that their Chinese brother is coming, and both of them are back for dinner, and today the whole family is really happy to get together, except for Christmas, the family has not been so lively for a long time." ”

When they arrived at the parking lot, a black Volvo mini pickup truck drove up, and a middle-aged and elderly man with white hair but full of energy came down to greet them.

Alyssa introduced to them: "This is my lover Davide, you can call him David, he can understand Chinese now, and he can speak some of it." ”

"Hello. David greeted them in a cute pronunciation and kindly helped them open the door and drive them home.

Along the way, Alyssa introduced them to some of the Stockholm buildings they passed by, and told them about the economy, people, and interesting facts about Switzerland. Alyssa is a very talkative person and is also very positive and sunny, which makes Shutao feel very comfortable and warm in his heart.

After a while, they came to a cottage that resembled a farmstead, with a large forest behind it, and a large lake next to the villa, and the whole picture was peaceful and serene.

Alyssa arranged for them to come in, and she smiled and said, "Usually the neighborhood is very deserted, but I have adapted to this kind of life, most of the time I do gardening or something, and today I grow all the ingredients myself." Oh, by the way, Hao Hao told me, you come to the four of you, I will arrange two bedrooms for you, and it is warmer for the little couple to sleep together. ”

"Hao Hao, who is Hao Hao?" Shu Tao asked Ma Jun in a low voice.

Ma Jun was embarrassed for a while: "This is my nickname." ”

Book peach steals fun.

Alyssa asked David to take them to the backyard for tea, and she went upstairs to the study with Ma Jun, and after she let Ma Jun sit down, she sighed and said, "Hey, it's expected for your dad to have such a thing happen this time, and you don't have to blame yourself too much." However, before the accident, he had already transferred some of his property to Switzerland, so you should not rush back this time, and you will go back after this limelight. ”

When Ma Jun heard his mother say this, he was sad again, and his tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Alyssa handed him a handkerchief and continued: "When you were so young, I left you, in fact, I am the one who is sorry for you, don't blame your father." ”

"Mom, if you hadn't left back then, maybe my dad wouldn't have fallen to where he is today, and my dad and I wouldn't have fought like we do today for so many years. ”

"Hao Hao, everything is fate, and sometimes we can't control our destiny at all. In fact, back then, I didn't leave your dad because he was poor...... He loved another woman, and he never loved me. ”

"Is this true?" Ma Jun couldn't believe when he heard his mother say this.

"So far, why am I lying to you? I don't ask for your forgiveness, I just want you to know the truth back then. At that time, you were still young, and I wanted to bring you to live in Switzerland, and David liked you very much, but you were a third-generation single lineman, and your grandmother wouldn't let me do this, so she knelt down and begged me to leave you in China, so I couldn't bear to leave you. At that time, my heart felt like it had been cut by a thousand cuts. Since then, you have refused to forgive me, I once returned to China to see you, but you also refused, as a mother, how sad I was at that time, and the grievances I suffered, no one will know at all. It wasn't until last year that you found out about your father's series of evil deeds and contacted me that I had the opportunity to talk to my loved ones, and you don't know how happy I was at that time. ”

"Mom, I'm sorry. Ma Jun's eyes were so moist that he couldn't see what was in front of him.

"I was the one who should say I'm sorry, I shouldn't have compromised at that time, I should have been ruthless and took you away. At that time, I felt that I was very sorry for your grandmother, and I couldn't bear to see your grandmother's appearance, so I left you in China. ”

"Mom, I want to go back, I don't want to stay here, I love Shutao, I want to be with her. Ma Jun wiped away his tears again and looked out the window at the endless forest.

"Hao Hao, I respect you, but after you go back, you won't be able to live the life you used to live again, are you willing to do this?"

"Mom, in fact, I have been ready to be destitute since the moment I was thinking about how to make my dad stop the precipice. ”

"Silly boy, it's not enough to be poor, but you can't spend so much money anymore. Hey, to put it bluntly, this person, no matter how much money he has, he will eventually turn into a pile of white bones, and he will not bring it with him in life or death, you look at your father, it is in this official career that he has gone farther and farther, and he has ended up like this today. ”

"Thank you for helping me make this decision. ”

"Although I also felt very distressed about this at the time, I chose to sacrifice my life for righteousness, only in this way will you have a way to live, and you can't be affected by the bad things your father did. Baby, you are innocent and cannot be punished for the mistakes made by others. ”

"Mom, let's go down, you can also have a good chat with Shutao. ”

"Okay, okay, my son just has a vision, looking for such a beautiful girl, and the conversation is quite elegant. ”

Ma Jun smiled and didn't say anything, he didn't talk to his mother about the social status and background of this girl's family, he didn't want his mother to worry about him anymore. After all, now that he is different from the past, it is not an easy task to marry Shu Tao into the door, and to pass the pass of Mrs. Qu, besides, there is now one more strongest competitor - Yue Ran, thinking of this, Ma Jun's heart was desolate again.