Chapter 22: The Younger Brother

He Ning couldn't come up with a definite answer to this question after thinking about it, after all, everyone's personality is very different, and some people will instinctively choose to forbear when facing grievances or even insults, especially in the face of married life, it is even more difficult for people to take the decisive step. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Just like a colleague of He's mother, her husband has always had a bad problem of gambling, and he has not changed his teachings, every time he gets into trouble because of gambling, he will kneel down and chop his hands, crying and shouting for forgiveness, but every time he repeats his old tricks, and the bad habits are difficult to change, everyone next to him feels that there is no way to live such a day, it is better to simply divorce it, but the aunt who is the party just shook her head and refused to leave, even if many people scolded her for having no interest, she was indifferent. It wasn't until later that she once said what she thought to He's mother, because she had a pair of children in her family, who studied harder, and this aunt's own income to support her life plus two children was really not enough, with her husband's character, once divorced, no one was restrained, I am afraid that all the income would be taken to gamble, and it would be even more difficult to expect him to pay child support, it would be better to maintain the status quo, although she was wronged, but she could control part of her husband's income, and only give him a small part in his hands, which could be taken out to spend or used as gambling money, at least not to worry about the cost of children's study, can give them a guarantee, this is also a way to compromise.

When He Ning listened to He's mother and He's father talk about this matter, she also felt very emotional in her heart, with her character, if she encountered this kind of thing, I am afraid that she would not be able to do the aunt's forbearance and long-term planning, and it is estimated that she would have cut through the mess a long time ago, which is also the so-called backbone practice that has always been praised. But in the face of this unsatisfactory emotion, it is better to take care of your own interests and cut it off directly, or like that aunt, who clearly has grievances and has to endure again and again for the benefit of the child and the family, this is really not a good evaluation, and there is no unified standard to measure.

Xu Jing is also not a carefree and carefree young man, she and Zhuang Wenbin also have children raised together, so for so many years, she knows that Zhuang Wenbin has become [hx] sex outside, and she is also a belly of resentment, but she is trying to whitewash the peace outside, is this also a long-term consideration for the interests of the child? Or the resentment in her heart has already fermented, but she has been waiting for an appropriate time to vent her resentment for many years?

It's really hard to say, people who can endure it, no one knows how much they will endure it before they can't bear it, but it is certain that once a person who endures humiliation and burdens no longer intends to endure it, then the energy that bursts out is often very scary, and the damage caused is often beyond people's imagination.

Thinking about it like this, He Ning felt very lucky, fortunately he was still young and had no worries, so he didn't have too many worries and ties, at least he could be loyal to his heart, and he didn't need to make compromises.

Tang Li drove He Ning and Tang Hongye back to their residences, and the three of them made an appointment to get up early the next day and come to Xu Jing's house, taking advantage of the fact that she should have sobered up, but she would not leave immediately, and talk to her about Zhuang Wenbin again, especially the words she revealed after she was drunk the night before, what kind of information is hidden behind it, and it must be dug out.

Early the next morning, He Ning got up at five o'clock, changed his clothes and went downstairs to wait for Tonic Li. The night before she was vomited by Xu Jing, she also churned in her stomach, and she didn't want to eat anything, but now that she slept all night, her appetite finally came back, and she felt hungry when she came together, but unfortunately she got up too early, and the breakfast shop downstairs where she lived had not yet opened, and there was no place to buy stuttering food, she was a little annoyed, annoyed that she didn't bring back the bag of snacks that Tonic gave herself, so that she could at least pad her stomach first.

A few minutes after arriving downstairs, Tonic came's car, and when he saw He Ning with his hands in his pockets, standing on the side of the road and waiting, Tonic was stunned for a moment, and waited for He Ning to get in the car before asking, "Why did you come down so early?"

"I didn't sleep well last night, and my head was groggy after waking up in the morning, so I'm waiting for you in the house, it's better to come downstairs in advance, the air is good in the morning, breathe in the fresh air, and help clear my mind!" He Ning said with a smile. In fact, there is already some chill in the early morning, and despite wearing a coat, He Ning's body temperature has lost a lot in the cold wind of the early morning, and the hands in his pockets are cold.

I don't know if it's because of the touching of the scene, or because of too much thinking before going to bed, He Ning had a dream all night, and the situation in the dream was not very pleasant, so when she woke up in the morning, it was as if she hadn't slept all night and was so tired, and her head hurt badly, as if it was about to explode, so she decided to go downstairs to blow the wind.

Tonic turned around and took a plastic bag from the back seat and handed it to He Ning, which contained a cup of soy milk and a puff pastry pie, He Ning took it and found that the soy milk was very warm, and the fragrance of the pie smelled very attractive.

"Where did you get the pie so early?" He Ning was not polite to Tang Li, first took a sip of soy milk, and then took another bite of the pie, and found that the puff pastry was very crispy, and the meat filling inside was also tender and juicy.

"The stall downstairs in my house opened early. Tonic replied, adding by the way, "Hurry up and eat, I didn't bring Tang Hongye's share." ”

He Ning smiled a little, but he still ate the hot breakfast as soon as possible. To say that this hot breakfast is really better than the air conditioner, because it can not only warm up people's bodies, but also make the stomach also filled, there is a comfortable feeling of satiety, after eating breakfast, He Ning suddenly felt that the previous heart brought by the dream has long disappeared, his state has returned, and he has become the energetic person again.

"You brought me one, did you eat it yourself?" After He Ning finished eating, he realized that he had forgotten to ask Tonic Li, what if it was someone else's own and gave it to her?

Tonic nodded: "I'll finish eating by the time you get this one." ”

He Ning is relieved, as for whether Tang Hongye has eaten breakfast, she really has no worries, firstly, the friendship between the two people is not so deep, so it is not her turn to care so much, and secondly, Tang Hongye is very lively, if he is really hungry, he will definitely be the first to run out to buy things and make tooth sacrifices, and he will definitely not wait hungry and wait, basically he will not be wronged, so naturally there is no need for others to worry about it.

Sure enough, when it came time for Tang Hongye to pick him up at his residence, he was already full-fed, and after getting into the car, he sniffled and said, "Hey, who ate the pie? It's quite fragrant! If I hadn't gotten up early in the morning at home and cooked the quick-frozen dumplings in the refrigerator, I would have been hungry for this taste by now!"

However, he then asked a question very inopportunely at this very harmonious time: "However, you said, this early in the morning, what are the ...... in Xu Jing's house?" What she vomited...... I guess we haven't cleaned it up yet, right? This night, does it smell stronger now than last night? Will our breakfast be in vain?"

"you! Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned!" He Ning glared at Tang Hongye in annoyance, and his stomach, which was still very comfortable just now, suddenly felt a little twisted again.

Tang Hongye knew that he was at a loss, and he laughed a few times with a weak heart, closed his mouth, and stopped talking nonsense.

The second time to Xu Jing's residence, the three of them are also familiar with the road, as usual to park the car at the door, walk in, when they arrived at Xu Jing's house downstairs, there was also a car in front of the building, blocking the path, they had to go around to get into the door, go upstairs to knock on the door, soon someone came to open the door, the door was opened by a man, thirty or forty years old, wearing a dark slacks, a polo shirt on the upper body, saw two men and one woman standing outside the door three strangers, first stunned, and then quite guarded asked: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Tang Li took out his ID and handed it over: "Let's look for Xu Jing." ”

"Oh," the other party saw that it was a policeman, but his attitude softened a little, and nodded, "Then you guys come and sit down first, my sister hasn't woken up yet, if you're not in a hurry, just wait!"

After saying this, he did not wait for the three men to reply, but hurriedly turned back to the house, leaving the open door for the three men. Tang Li and the others looked at each other, and followed the man's footsteps into the door, and He Ning carefully closed the door gently, so as not to wake up Xu Jing, who was still sleeping, from being too loud.

As soon as they entered the house, they found that the house had been cleaned, the stains on the floor had been removed, the empty wine bottles had been placed in the doorway, packed in paper bags, the windows had been opened, and there was a faint scent of jasmine in the air, which should have been sprayed with air fresheners and something to drive away the smell. Even the cloth cover on the sofa had been removed, and the middle-aged man who had opened the door for them was rubbing the sofa seat cover that had been stained with red wine the night before in the toilet, his face was gloomy.

"Xu Jing is your sister?" He Ning asked, just now this person called Xu Jing "my sister", so the most likely identity is Xu Jing's younger brother, although the appearance of the two people does not seem to have any obvious similarities, but the age is this possibility, so He Ning still has to confirm it in person.

The middle-aged man nodded, still concentrating on scrubbing the seat cover, and replied, "Yes, Xu Jing is my sister, I am her brother, and my name is Xu Zhiming." You came to my sister for Zhuang Wenbin's death?"

"You already know about this?" He Ning was a little surprised, after all, Xu Jing said the day before that she still needed time to adjust her emotions and inform her family, but Zhuang Wenbin's parents had not made any contact with them until now, and it was very likely that they did not know about it, but Xu Jing's younger brother and Zhuang Wenbin's brother-in-law already knew everything?

Xu Zhiming nodded: "I know, I knew in the second half of the night yesterday, my sister drank too much, called me and cried, saying that Zhuang Wenbin was dead, I thought the two of them were awkward at first, she was angry, drank too much and said crazy things, and didn't take it seriously, and then she couldn't sleep steadily, thinking about this in her heart, and called me again at dawn in the evening to ask, my sister was already confused, I asked her what happened to Zhuang Wenbin, and she still said she was dead." I really didn't feel at ease, so I ran over to take a look, and saw that the house was messed up by her, and quickly helped clean up, which was just cleaned up, and you came, I actually had a little doubt about my sister's words, but as soon as you came, I understood in my heart, there was really something, otherwise how could the police come!"

"Can you put your work aside for a moment? Let's talk. He Ning asked.

"Okay, okay, let's talk. Xu Zhiming didn't seem to be so reluctant, but he still agreed to He Ning's request, soaked the sofa seat cover in his hand into the sink again, wiped his hands with a towel on the side, walked into the living room, beckoned them to sit, the three of them didn't plan to sit down, after all, the shadow of Xu Jing's vomit was still everywhere the day before, Xu Zhiming saw that the three of them didn't sit down, and he simply didn't sit down, and stood aside.

"You usually have a close relationship with your sister Xu Jing, right?" He Ning asked, if the relationship was not close and there was no contact, Xu Zhiming probably wouldn't be busy helping Xu Jing clean up the mess as soon as he came here.

Xu Zhiming does not deny this: "Yes, my sister and I have been in a good relationship since childhood, and I am obligated to do anything about her, as long as she needs me, I have absolutely nothing to say." ”

"Then what do you think of your brother-in-law Zhuang Wenbin?" Tang Hongye wrote on the side.

The expression on Xu Zhiming's face became a little strange, and he said with a smile: "Do you have to call your ex-brother-in-law? This person is dead, won't the marriage relationship be automatically dissolved! How can he still be regarded as my brother-in-law!"

"It seems that you don't seem to have a good opinion of Zhuang Wenbin?"

"I want to have a good opinion of him, how can you make me feel better?" Although Xu Zhiming's tone of voice was calm, it seemed to be mixed with a little resentment, "He is a person, what he does, let alone relatives, just put it in our normal moral standards, can this be regarded as a person?"

As he was talking, the bedroom door was opened, and Xu Jing staggered out of the room, and shouted at Xu Zhiming with an ugly face: "Zhiming! )