Qi Yun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned his face away and smiled:

"Brother Aji, do you think I look like the kind of weak woman who needs someone to protect me?"

"Uh, I'm ......" Hong Jian scratched his head, not knowing what to say for a while.

Qi Yun was holding a "microphone" in his hand, which was the handle of unknown furniture, which was scattered on the body of the agricultural vehicle. Qi Yun held it up with great interest, imitating the round, pretentious tone of the third-rate TV host:

"May I ask reporter Hongda, do you remember how many times you have encountered danger in your long working life?"

Hong Jian puffed and smiled, and simply cooperated with her to answer aloud:

"It's normal to be caught all the time, to be viciously threatened...... How many times? I don't have a good memory, I can't tell. But let me say this to you: danger is the norm in our lives. ”

Qi Yun cooperated to make a "wow" mouth shape, and then hit the snake and asked on the stick:

If that's what you say, what motivates you to keep going? Is it the legendary 'sense of justice'? ”

Hong Jian laughed:

"The 'sense of justice' used to exist, but nowadays, it seems to live only in legends. But it's not about it – it's about me walking around the world with my camera in my hand, looking for the problems and donating my personal contribution to help them change...... The feeling of relief when there is a change and a result is something that people who only know how to make money cannot experience in their lives. Really, I'm not as noble as you think, I have something to ask for, some people are pursuing the satisfaction of money, and what I pursue is this gratifying satisfaction. ”

Qi Yun laughed, raised his big finger at Hong Jian, and then used the thumb and index finger of both hands to form a "camera", and simulated the sound of the camera to "take pictures" of Hong Jian.

The two laughed for a while, and the embarrassing feeling that had just sprung up dissipated a lot. Qi Yun got back into his coat and unconsciously leaned on the Hong Arrow. Hong Jian felt that she was probably tired, and her snort gradually revealed a heavy voice of sleepiness.

"Wrap up tight if you want to sleep." Hong Jian pulled his coat in Qi Yun's direction, and then quietly moved himself away, leaving enough space between him and Qi Yun for one person to fit in.

"Brother Aji," Qi Yun's voice really took on a sleepy nasal voice, "You said last time, let me find a lawyer to record the blind girl's confession, and then use that confession to negotiate with the criminal director...... You say, my dad is most likely ...... Innocent ......"

Hong Jian's heart sank. Lean back and look at the starry sky.

"That's the case, Xiaoyun, Uncle Qi for ...... The son took bribes, this has been confirmed, and you know it. The person who bribed him at the time was to obtain demolition documents for the conversion of a piece of farmland in the county...... After Uncle Qi accepted the money, he issued the certificate. ”

Qi Yun took a mocking breath and said in a bitter voice: "In that case, why do you still say that he is innocent?" ”

"Well, the problem is that Uncle Qi didn't know much about this land when he first approved it, and the briber claimed that it was nothing more than an uncultivated saline flat on the edge of the countryside...... Because there is a lot of land in the area of L County, which is saline-alkali dry land, I guess Uncle Qi probably thinks that since there is no one to cultivate, it is better to simply convert it to commercial use, and maybe it can help the local people create more employment opportunities, so he will start to approve it. ”

Qi Yun sneered: "You don't have to go to great lengths to help him make excuses." ”

"It's not all excuses...... Xiaoyun, I talked about it last time: When I was a child, if my parents were on a business trip, I would live in your house. In the evening, work together under one of your little orange lamps. At that time, Uncle Qi would sit on the other side of the desk, write documents, and write speeches for the leaders......"

"You...... Do you want to say? Qi Yun opened his mouth wide, his heart pounding in his chest, as if he had guessed something, but he didn't dare to say it in his throat. As if I was afraid of a mouth, this sentence would shatter if it fell to the ground.

"You guessed it right. Xiaoyun, I am familiar with Uncle Qi's handwriting. And I have also seen the original materials of the demolition document that changed the use of the land...... I seem to have a feeling that it doesn't look like Uncle Qi's handwriting. ”

"Huh?" Qi Yun's mind was shocked by a thunderbolt, shattering every nerve cell in his body, she suddenly opened her eyes, a pair of black eyes stared at Hong Jian in the night, and asked anxiously:

"But who would it be if it wasn't my dad? It is naturally imperative for him to collect money from others and eliminate disasters for others...... As for the others, not to mention whether they have the ability to secretly 'help' my dad approve the documents without being exposed, in terms of motivation alone, who would be guilty of doing such a thing? ”

"Secretly 'helping' Uncle Qi to approve the documents, and Uncle Qi later acquiesced to the matter, this matter is indeed a bit strange, so I said, I just doubted, but I didn't dare to confirm it."

Hong Jian spread his hands, and the expression on his face showed that he also had a question mark, and at least until now, he was at a loss, "But when it comes to motives, it's not that there is no motive." Under my reminder, my dad also remembered that two days after Uncle Qi approved this document, he came to L City for other official business, and saw that the 'uncultivated saline-alkali flat' in the mouth of the briber was actually the only fertile land in more than 100 square kilometers around L City - Uncle Qi was furious, and he was still angry when he returned to the city for many days, according to my father's recollection, Uncle Qi detained the document at that time and delayed sending it. ”

"If Uncle Hong remembers that it was my father who withheld the document and didn't send it for a long time, then this also indirectly proves that my father did sign this document," Qi Yun didn't want to say, but he still said it: "Maybe he detained it at the time, but after all, he can't stand the prodding of the bribe-taker, or maybe he has experienced some threat, and finally he reluctantly or reluctantly sent the document - this should be the truth of the matter." ”

"It's possible what you're talking about." Hong Jian said in all fairness, "But since it's just about the possibility, there is another kind: that is, at that time, Uncle Qi withheld the document and did not send it, but someone else counterfeited his handwriting and signed the document." ”

Qi Yun was stunned for a moment, thinking carefully about the "possibility" that Hong Jian said, but in the end he only felt dumbfounded.

"Brother Aji, I'm sure you don't want anything to happen to my dad...... But how can you be so confused? Is a document of the Provincial Construction Committee counted with my father's signature? Isn't that still a need to be stamped layer by layer? Even if someone could pretend to be my dad's signature, how could they get so many stamps? Besides, you've forgotten the last layer: if someone fakes my dad's handwriting, signs and sends him 'angry' and withholds documents that he refuses to sign, but after that my dad was still in power for several years, and he had a good time in those years - then why didn't he expose the fraudsters and clear himself? No, it doesn't make sense anyway. ”

"However, suppose the bribe giver coerces Uncle Qi to ......"

"Co-oppression?" Qi Yun categorically interrupted Hong Jian's words: "No, Brother Ah Jian, no one knows my father, even if he has fallen into such a field now, I also know that he is a tough man with courage and wrists!" To put it mildly: I believe that my father took the bribe largely out of helplessness, but since he can afford the bribe, he must be able to afford it! He is not a weak little civil servant who will be led by the nose. ”

Regarding Qi Yun's evaluation of her father, Hong Jian couldn't find any fault, so he had to nod helplessly in approval. In the depths of his heart, it was as if he was being eaten by a very small but extremely vigorous worm.

"If, I mean what ......if," Hong Jian carefully considered the words, "if that impostor is a person that Uncle Qi values and cares about very much, then after that, Uncle Qi may be able to silently put down this thunder, and in every day that follows, pray that this thunder will not explode......"

"Don't say that this thunder can't never explode, even if it really doesn't explode, with my father's character, it is impossible to sit back and watch this land be expropriated, and it will be covered with the 'White House' that hides filth and dirt! Let me tell you: just say that my father was bribed, but he is not bad-hearted, and he categorically can't allow his political career to be so stained! Besides, who is my dad willing to hold such a big thunder for?! ”

Qi Yun categorically denied Hong Jian's inference. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she looked straight at Hong Jian:

"Brother Jian, don't you mean to be suspicious...... I'm pretending to be my dad's handwriting to issue documents, right? ”

Hong Jian hurriedly waved his hand and laughed dryly,

"Xiaoyun, where do you want to go?"

"Then you say, who else can my dad hold up such a big thunder for?" Qi Yun angrily snatched Bai and said, "Even my mother can't have such great ability to make my dad do this, unless it's me!" ”

After Qi Yun shouted these words, he suddenly fell silent, and there was an unusual silence all around. The snowy night silently reflected a silver light, reflecting the faces of the two, and each of them felt that the other's faces were a little frighteningly pale.

"Actually...... It's not impossible," Qi Yun shook his head and muttered to himself: "My dad has been in the city for many years, but he is actually a countryman in his bones...... Patriarchal, my mother gave birth to a girl for me, although my dad doesn't say it, he usually hurts me, but in fact, ...... It's really the sentence in the dream of Red Mansions: It's hard to calm down ...... end"

Qi Yun's voice gradually lowered, with a sleepiness that seemed to be despair. Her head gently tilted to Hong Jian's shoulder, Hong Jian felt a soft touch, his back stiffened, but he didn't move away, and Qi Yun pillowed on his shoulder, closed his eyes, and gradually fell asleep.

Crystal Xiaoice particles began to float down in the sky again, and Hong Jian gently tucked the corner of the military coat to the edge of Qi Yun's collarbone. The skin on her face was cold and silky to the touch, and her long eyelashes were stained with snowdrops, like a dream.

Hong Jian looked up at the sky. Countless snowflakes swirled down from the sky, rushing to this confused and wretched land. He thought of Uncle Qi's ...... again The woman. He had seen the woman before, thin, fair and clean, but certainly not a striking color. I heard that her original identity was the cousin of a female classmate who had a good relationship with Uncle Qi in high school but died early, and came to the door because of a request, Uncle Qi saw the old friendship of his high school classmates and tried his best to help, but this woman who had not been involved in the world for a long time in the city believed that Uncle Qi was a "rich mine", so she "entangled" him.

That woman's personality is also simple and hot, although she is a little stubborn, but she is by no means a person with a delicate heart. Hong Jian recalled the stunned feeling he felt when he first saw the woman, wasn't it because he couldn't imagine that Uncle Qi was guarding a beautiful and well-educated wife, guarding an almost perfect family, but he was not clear with that woman, and even had a son?

Is it really like Qi Yun said, Uncle Qi is really because of the patriarchy in his bones, because that woman gave birth to a boy who can "pass on the ancestry" and look at her differently and is willing to feast on her infinitely? Although Secretary Hong still adheres to the habit of not revealing the slightest case to his family when he comes back from handling the case for many years, but now Hong Jian's identity is different after all, and the identity of the chief reporter of the Chinese media in this province is enough for him to find out some details from other case-handling personnel: I heard that Uncle Qi seems to have not given her much money except for the 500,000 yuan he sent his illegitimate child abroad for treatment of cerebral palsy. And this woman, who has been at peace for many years, is like a shadow dormant in the dark.

If it weren't for the fact that although it was temporarily suppressed after an operation, but later the child's brain disease was unstoppably relapsed, and the woman had to reach out to Uncle Qi again to ask for money, and after being refused, she hit Uncle Qi's door in a rage, it is likely that this matter would not have happened until now, and would even be buried forever. Hong Jian has reason to believe that at least some people have one or several similar secrets buried in their lives.

Such a person may be rude to the point of being terrible, but he is also pitiful because of maternal love; It's so simple and direct that she won't go around in circles to find a way, and if she is angry, she would rather spell a woman who burns jade, could it be someone who pretends to be Uncle Qi's hand to sign documents? What's more, she is still so short of money, if Uncle Qi helped her raise the cost of the child's new operation at that time, Hong Jian has reason to believe that she will still endure the humiliation and remain silent.

How nice it would be if that were the case. Hong Jian glanced at Qi Yun who was sleeping on his shoulder with pity. Her breath with a hint of sweetness gently brushed his ear, but it was already close to the end of the world. He was no longer in a position to reach out in her direction, and even the slightest touch was a luxury.

Hong Jian still remembers the last time he and Qi Yun spent happily together in the hotel in Sanya. He even had the ring ready that day, and Qi Yun seemed to be about to nod and agree to marry him. Although there may still be some misunderstandings and twists and turns between them, if it weren't for the soul-chasing phone call that night, if it weren't for Aunt Qi's accident at that juncture, maybe everything would have been different today.

However, because of the phone call that night, the two of them have since embarked on two opposite paths, just like two straight lines that have intersected in the past moment, but they are irrepressibly moving more and more towards the opposite direction. Until now, although he still had a fluke, even he himself did not dare to deny that it was just his wishful thinking.

And in real life, probably many people, including him, will push Uncle Qi more or less on the road to no return. Even Qi Yun herself will soon become the one who will give her father a ride.

Hong Jian believed that Qi Yun could figure out this problem from righteousness or logic. But emotionally, whether she can forgive him and forgive herself is another matter.

It is precisely because they know that a beautiful and dreamy soap bubble will not be there again after it bursts, so people will reminisce, will assume, will be full of regret and pain and helplessly think: if it was at the beginning, it was only a little bit ......

It's a pity that there are no ifs for a long time.