Both of them turned their heads a little unnaturally when they heard my words, avoiding my inquiring gaze. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info apparently they didn't think I'd give such an answer. But soon, the two of them quickly recovered from the shock, and Mi Zhen, who had calmed down, was the first to ask me: "Zhizhi, I can understand you saying this, is it because you think your father looks like a wolf?" Mi-jin tried to steer the conversation elsewhere. But her words are obviously illogical at all, she has contacted my father before, for example, you know that what I just said has absolutely nothing to do with my father's appearance, although my father said that he is not kind and kind, but it is definitely not a vicious appearance, although it is a sword eyebrow, but there is always a warm temperature in his eyes.

I knew in my heart that Mi really wanted to change the subject, but I still didn't hesitate to say what was in my heart: "You know I don't mean that." I looked up into Mi Zhen's eyes, and he subconsciously looked away, "Aura, the aura of that sculpture is very similar to when Dad was alone, and the back is very lonely." The first time I saw the sculpture, I remembered when my father was in the hospital, and I once saw him secretly smoking in the garden alone. Although Mi Zhen and you both said that placing a lone wolf sculpture in the house will lead to the destruction of the family, I still want to put it in my home, just to prevent me from slowly forgetting that lonely aura in the future. I don't think it would have had any impact on me or my family if I had looked at the sculpture with such a feeling. I just miss it. ”

Mi Zhen couldn't speak for a while, Li Jing patted Mi Zhen on the shoulder, asked her not to dwell on this topic with me, and rubbed her eyebrows a little helplessly: "Forget it, if you really want to buy it back, I can ask the boss to give you a discount, and you can pay in installments, anyway, the boss will feel guilty about selling it to others." If you are so persistent, you can bear the consequences alone. In Li Jing's tone, the meaning of warning was already greater than worry, maybe I was really too stubborn.

The waiter came to clean up the dishes on the table, and Mi Zhen asked him to bring the oolong tea, and then personally filled three cups of tea for the three of us, and then moved the spout away from us and put it outside.

"I guess I'm the most stubborn person you've ever met, and I don't have a full mouth!" I laughed at myself as I blew the heat from my teacup.

"This Uncle Mo once mentioned it to us." Li Jing didn't seem very surprised, but raised his eyebrows, "It's just that I didn't expect to be so willful." ”

"What an annoying answer." I sighed a little unhappily, by the way I drank the tea in the cup, I thought that the tea was cold, the temperature inside was still hot, and my tears rushed out of my tongue, I kept fanning the heat on my tongue, and silently complained in my heart that I shouldn't pretend to be depressed.

Mi Zhen asked the waiter to bring ice water, I wanted to suppress the heat in my mouth, but because of the obvious temperature difference between extreme cold and heat, I felt even more uncomfortable, and even involuntarily stood up and spun in place, and my expression was always very exaggerated and strange. Probably afraid that I would be hit too hard, Mi Zhen and Li Jing kept twisting their heads opposite me and not looking at me, in fact, I could already see the ridicule on their faces from the muscle movements on the side of their faces, and finally the two of them couldn't hold back anymore and chuckled in low voices.

"You're going to lay eggs?" I glared at them angrily, but I wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, which was really embarrassing.

Finally relieved, I grimaced and tapped my knuckles on the table, trying to ignore the smiles that still lingered on the faces of the two men. "Calm down, the two of us are not laughing at you. It's just really funny. Mi Zhen couldn't help but laugh again, his laughter was always very low, even if I had known each other for so long, sometimes I introduced my name, she still couldn't help but laugh out loud.

I pretended to be angry and poked the coconut milk cake in front of me, and there were words in my mouth: "It's really annoying, why do I choose to come out with you, it's not good to stay at home, and I won't hear my mother say cool words." ”

The two people on the other side, who were still laughing, suddenly fell silent, and I looked up to find that both of them had an indescribable look on their faces. "What's wrong with you?" Why do you want to show such a desire to say and stop?

Li Jing glanced at Mi Zhen, Mi Zhen avoided turning her face away from him, and in the end, Li Jing could only turn his head to look at me again, and stiffly raised the corners of his mouth on both sides: "Your mother found out that you were tracking down what happened to your father?" ”

I shook my head: "How is that possible?" When I came, I made things clear to Mi Zhen, and no matter what happens, I won't involve me or anyone else. That's not a good thing, is it? ”

"Well done." Li Jing nodded approvingly, "The less people know about things, the less likely it is to cause trouble." ”

"However, you haven't answered me yet, why did you two just look like you two are enjoying unspeakable secrets? Is there anything else you're hiding from me? ”

"No, no." Before Li Jing could speak, Mi Zhen suddenly straightened her upper body, which was still leaning on the backrest, and gave a negative answer, but her words not only did not dispel my doubts, but also added suspicion of wanting to cover up. As soon as Mi Zhen finished speaking, she already realized that she had spent too much, and she wanted to retract her words, but she met my questioning gaze, and finally wanted to escape the problem, so he had to collapse back on the sofa chair again, covering her eyes with her right hand, and touching Li Jing's arm with her left hand, trying to transfer the problem to him.

He didn't seem to want to answer my question, coughed for a long time, and found that Mi Zhen had pushed him into a desperate situation, so he had to grind his teeth and look up at me. When he raised his head, I could clearly see the beads of sweat on his forehead, and I put the recovery on his hand, pressing it slightly: "What you are hiding is directly related to me, right?" ”

Li Jing pulled his hand out and silently wiped the sweat on his forehead with a tissue, seemingly not intending to answer my question at all. Unwilling to give up, I asked the same question to Li Jing again, but Li Jing still didn't say a word. In order to know the answer definitively, I decided to change the direction of the question, biting my lip, I changed the question: "This question is difficult to answer?" Okay, then I'll take a step back, you don't have to answer me directly, just nod or shake your head at my question, and guess for myself. ”

Li Jing put the tissues in a ball on the table, and finally looked at me again: "Don't bother, it's just that it's not the time to talk about many things." I think you probably hate the word compassion, but it's because of compassion that we don't want you to know the answer so quickly. And, perhaps, you think we're arguing with words, but there are some things we promised your father not to let you know. We must keep our promises. ”

"And what if I found out on my own?" My words managed to attract the attention of both men, who both looked up at me at the same time.

I suppressed the unhappiness in my heart, smiled as much as I could, and said, "You all moved my dad out, how can you let me open my mouth and continue to chase after me?" But you just agreed with Dad not to take the initiative to tell me, but you didn't promise Dad to obstruct me from tracking, didn't you? ”

The two of them glanced at each other, Li Jing's Adam's apple moved, and nodded with some difficulty: "That's right." ”

"Don't tell me what you're hiding, just give me a hint. Do you guys have anything to do with my dad according to my business?"

Mi Zhen shook her head: "Although I admit that I didn't tell you the whole truth, there is one thing you are not allowed to believe us. Everything we know about your dad, we tell you almost everything,"

"So, what you agreed not to tell me has nothing to do with Dad?"

Hearing me ask, Mi Zhen didn't know how to answer, and finally nodded a little reluctantly: "There is really no direct connection." ”

You, who had been hanging in the air, finally fell back to its original position the moment I heard Mizhen's answer, and I breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's not as bad as I thought." As long as it doesn't have anything to do with my father, I can accept it. "Little did I know at the time that the truth they were hiding would break me down even more the moment it was finally revealed. Even the moment I learned what they were hiding, I even gratefully wanted to thank them, because their efforts to hide it gave me enough courage, patience and calmness to the last moment. Otherwise, it's hard for me to be sure if I would have the strength to go on if I had known the truth of everything.

I looked at the uncomfortable expressions of the two people on the other side, and took the initiative to change the topic: "There are only so many questions for me, thank you for giving me a hint with face." Although I was scolded by Jiang Yuan yesterday, which made me very unhappy, but now that I think about it, there are some things he said that are really not wrong. I should act like my dad and not try to rely on others to give answers, and if it's really something I desperately want to know, I should look for it myself. ”

Mi Zhen lay down on the sofa chair as if she was completely relaxed, and Li Jing also laughed at Qi Ali, but he suddenly paused, and then looked at me very vigilantly: "Mo Zhi, did you just say that Jiang Yuan scolded you yesterday?" ”

I nodded: "Yes, maybe Li Zhilin didn't tell you, right?" Because something happened on Friday night, Li Zhilin asked Jiang Yuan and Qi Guang for help. For the details of the specific trouble, I think Zhilin should have told Mi Zhen yesterday, right? "But after thinking about it, I'm not sure if Li Jing also knows those details.

Li Jing stopped and surrendered his gaze to Mi Zhen again, but Mi Zhen waved his hand indifferently: "It's not a bad thing to let him know those bad boys in advance?" Don't worry about it. ”

Li Jing didn't seem to be very satisfied with Mi Zhen's answer, but he knew that he didn't have any better ways and explanations, he took a sip of tea and calmed down before he spoke again: "I didn't expect you to know those two troublemakers so quickly. But Mi Zhen is right about one thing, it's not a bad thing for you to know all the people involved in the case. Li Zhilin, Mi Zhen, Mu Zixuan, Qi Guang and Jiang Yuan, including me, are all people that your father has been in frequent contact with in the last two years. ”

Frequent contacts? I don't agree with this statement, but I can't find a reason to refute it. He could only ask tentatively, "Your contact with him is not just about the White Snake, right?" ”

Li Jing thought about it for a while, and then nodded with a little hesitation: "Mu Zixuan is because of the White Snake, but Li Zhilin, Jiang Yuan, and your father and I know far more than others." It may be more obvious to say this, the three of us have all received good shares from your father, so I am very grateful to you from the bottom of my heart, and the matter of the White Snake is also a few of us who volunteered to help. As for why you haven't met us, I think your father has his own reasoning. Also, I'm sorry you didn't attend the funeral, but this is your father's last wish. ”

I just want the people closest to me to accompany me. I remembered my father's half-joking remark about saving money: "He said that it would be enough for him to cry alone." ”

"It's really like what Uncle Mo would say." Li Jing looked at me apologetically, "I think he doesn't want others to see that you are too vulnerable, which is also a kind of protection for you." ”

I deliberately avoided Li Jing's words: "But I didn't let you attend the funeral because my father didn't want me to know you, right?" I always think that he has been trying his best to prevent us from getting to know me because he doesn't want you to cause me trouble. ”

My guess made Li Jing instantly embarrassed.

"Sort of, sort of." Li Jing stumbled in reply. "But it's not cute to talk like that."

"yes. I'm not a naturally gentle person like my father. ”

"You think your dad is gentle?" Li Jing's eyes widened suddenly.

I nodded, not knowing why my words surprised him like that: "Growing up, he was very gentle, and even if he did something wrong, he rarely criticized me for saying something serious, and would ask me the next day if I was still angry with him." I'm always proud of all the things I've got, and sometimes I think if he had been harsh, maybe I'd be as good as he was when I was younger, instead of being as inactive as I am now. ”

Li Jing's tone became soft because of my words: "That's because he is your father, so he is reluctant to be strict with you." But for us, your dad is not a person who can be called gentle,"

"Is it fierce to you?" I wanted to know what Dad was like in places I couldn't see.

"It's not very fierce, it's just some eyes." Li Jing seemed to have thought of something, and shook his head with a wry smile, "But it is diametrically opposed to the attitude towards you." You may feel surprised and angry when you say this, until I tell the truth, your father's temper is actually not very good, and he is a little impatient, which Mi Zhen may not be able to do deeply, but whether it is me, Li Zhilin, and Jiang Yuan, I have a deep understanding of your father's education method. ”

"I always thought my dad was the most patient person in the world." I rarely remember him shipping, and even on the math problems I couldn't cope with, my dad rarely got angry at me for not having a long memory.

"The roles of dad and life coach are still different." Li Jing seemed to read my doubts and explained to me, "But don't you wonder why I think of your father as a life coach?" ”

I nodded and looked at Li Jing expectantly.

"Mi Zhen told you about my private investigator before but for a while, right?" After that, he also looked at Mi Zhen, who had been sitting next to him. Mi Zhen said very shamelessly: "You are not the same now. ”

"I'm a doctor now." Li Jingyi corrected rhetorically

"It's not the same nosy thing in private." Mi Zhen didn't bother to open her eyes.

Li Jing was choked and speechless, so he had to sigh: "You don't know about that matter. ”

"I'm not unfamiliar with it."

Li Jing really didn't seem to have anything to say, and turned his head to look at me with resentment: "Don't listen to Mi Zhen's nonsense, I'm a doctor now, but before, I did do a period of not glamorous detective work. And the first contact with your dad was also because of an antique theft case. At that time, before I found out the truth, I once regarded your father as the object of suspicion, but it was not until I solved the results that I realized that human nature is really a very wonderful existence. It's my father's problem that is too simple, only the existence of A and B, I am very grateful to your father at that time, in fact, he has already stuck the truth on the desk, but it did not directly go beyond my naivety, but let me find the truth by myself, which can be regarded as leaving me enough dignity. It was at that time that I always maintained respect for your father, which can also be said to be awe, after all, sometimes, your father's temper is really not very good. I talked a lot, anyway, after that, I often asked your dad out for tea and chat, especially when he knew that he was seriously ill, and we saw each other very often. His emotions during that time were a bit negative, but he didn't want you to take that kind of pressure, so he found another way to solve it, which was to chat with us and help us solve our problems. It can be regarded as forcing himself to think that he still has a lot of value, and during that time he was really afraid of being bumped into by others, especially when you saw him himself weak in the face of his illness. It was also during that time of contact that I learned a lot from your father. ”

"He's always been strong." I thought and agreed, "Until he left this world, he was like a warrior." ”

"He acted like he was very open-minded, but."

I organized Li Jing to continue: "No one is willing to leave the world so early with pain. Okay, let's talk about the case that you have access to. ”

Li Jing poured himself another cup of tea: "There are very wonderful coincidences in this world. I don't know if it's because of that case, but I always feel that because of that incident, your father realized that he might have been deceived by Su Baichang more than ten years ago. The most coincidental thing is that the woman who appeared in that case was really the one who tricked the White Snake from your father's hands. I think your father should have started investigating the matter of the White Snake a long time ago, otherwise he would not have been in contact with the real 'White Snake' at the moment when Mu Zixuan took out the photo. ”

"Is the woman you're talking about someone who used to pretend to be Mi Zhen's mother? Did she cheat again? "I'm reminded of the story that Mizhen told me.

"Yes, but that time your dad didn't make her succeed. Her attempt to trick you was one of your father's former schoolboys. ”

"Ah, then he should be an uncle-level figure now, right?" Dad once told me about his experience when he was young, because my father's family conditions were not very good when he was young, so he gave up his studies and worked very early, from a cleaner at the beginning, slowly step by step to a warehouse keeper, and then transferred to a more important job, and then resigned to do business by himself, everything was done step by step. At that time, almost all of my father's apprentices were the same age as my father, which made me admire him very much. That's why I have always had low self-esteem in my heart, at the same age as my father when I was young, but I have achieved nothing.

"Your father is very smart and hardworking, and it is reasonable to be appreciated, but because of this, he will subconsciously hope that the people around him can be like him, and that if he can do it, the apprentices around him will also be able to do it. If he doesn't want to work hard, then the people around him should work the same way. The so-called 'strict teacher produces a high apprentice' will also make the people around him feel a lot of pressure. Some people will turn pressure into motivation, and some people will give up because of choice. ”

"So my dad is very strong, strong enough to let the people around him leave him?" I am a little dissatisfied with Li Jing's statement, in my impression, my father has always been able to stop me from competitive, and I hope that I can just spend my life ordinary.

After feeling my dissatisfaction, he scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly: "I didn't mean that, although it is true that some people thought that they couldn't stand your father's strictness and left, but most of them turned the pressure given by your father into motivation, and you also came into contact with Li Zhilin and Jiang Yuan, as well as your father's other apprentices you may have seen." We all admire your father, he has always been very good and reliable, otherwise Mr. Lin would not have contacted your father to help him solve his troubles at the first time when something happened. ”

"Is this Mr. Lin a little chubby gentleman with eyes?" I suddenly remembered that before my father left, there was an uncle surnamed Lin who had come to visit my father in the hospital, holding my father's hand and crying all the time, and when I opened my mouth to speak, I remembered that when I sent him out of the hospital, the gentleman had been in a mood for me to go to him for help if I had difficulties in the future, saying that I wanted to repay my father's kindness. So when I mentioned the gentleman surnamed Lin, the chubby gentleman with glasses came to mind: "Was he in any trouble at the time?" ”