Now, I'm sitting across from Ah Lian, and this is the second time I've been to her hut today, and the third time we've had a conversation, only this time my attitude wasn't so good: "Then you don't need that child, you give it to me now." ”

"I don't know what you're talking about?" Ah Lian said to me seemingly innocently.

"No, you know, you knew from the beginning why we came, you hid that kid from the beginning, this is a conspiracy between you and Ma Yongdi, you are using Teacher Su's son and Zheng Min's guilt to make me avenge Ma Yongdi's son."

"I don't know what you're talking about. Aren't you supposed to be waiting for the news you're looking for at the address I gave you? Ah Lian asked me with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Seeing that Ah Lian didn't want to admit it, I didn't think I needed to save her last face: "The child is not there at all, you gave me a wrong address." ”

Ah Lian covered her mouth and smiled: "I never told you that my prediction must be accurate, it was your wishful thinking that believed all my words. But I'm touched by your trust in me so much. ”

"No, I didn't say that the address you gave me was inaccurate, on the contrary, you gave me a very accurate address, but it wasn't the one I needed, it wasn't the place where Su Baijia was messing around, it was the place where Ma Yongdi's son Ma Longbo once fell." When I mentioned Ma Longbo, Ah Lian's eyes widened visibly, and then she regained her composure.

Only she stopped talking, staring quietly at the black teacup in front of her.

I saw that she didn't speak, and I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, I was also betting that Su Baijia's child was in Ah Lian's hands as a bait to lure me over and avenge his son Ma Longbo for her master. But I don't have any evidence that Su Baijia is really in their hands, and everything is just my guess. I looked at Ah Lian, calmed my heart a bit, and decided to try again.

This time I decided to tell all my speculations and then make another plan based on her reaction; "You and your master Ma Yongdi conspired to plan this matter. It all started four years ago, when Su Baijia's father accidentally bumped into Ma Yongdi's son's involvement in the drug trade while filming the situation in the area, and because of his sensitivity and sense of social responsibility as a journalist, he decided to follow up on the incident. Otherwise, I can't think of any reason why a social reporter who reports on the relocation of workers in an industrial zone would visit here late at night, the biggest entertainment of honest workers at night should be to watch prime-time TV dramas, not wander the streets, and because of the low temperature at night in the north, the nightlife here is not rich compared to the south. What is the purpose of reporter Su Jin coming here in the middle of the night? I think it's a different kind of life, a life that can only be hidden in the middle of nowhere, and it's very likely that there will be gang fights, but there may also be some kind of deal between the gangs, or some kind of dispute that arises because of this kind of deal, and in short, it is certainly not a good thing that can happen in broad daylight. ”

I observed Ah Lian's expression and noticed that she was still just staring at the teacup in front of her, without any expression, except for two quick blinks of her eyelashes when I talked about the drug deal. I looked at her expressionless face and continued, "Su Jin should have gotten some kind of news that made him sure that something would happen that night, so he went there early to wait. But I guess the development of things was unexpected by the reporter, but it is certain that there was an unexpected brawl, and I think it may be that the two parties to the transaction found that the person who was not familiar with the transaction was present, that is, the reporter Su Jin was discovered. But Su Jin should have tried a way not to be caught, but this accident gave both parties a sense of crisis, thinking that the other party had inserted spies to use as a threat to the transaction. So the two sides began to accuse, and finally it developed into a fight. But at this time, in fact, Su Jin reporter did not run far, and the weapon fight happened, and then Ma Longbo died in the weapon fight. I think it was Ma Longbo and his father Ma Ma Yongdi who revealed the news to Su Jin at that time, right? ”

Ah Lian didn't refute me, but raised her head and said, "He promised, but broke his promise." ”

"What did he promise?" I asked curiously, but I was met by Ah Lian's endless silence.

Although Ah Lian didn't mean to answer, but she has loosened her emotions now, or she originally wanted to use me to tell me about the things of the year, no matter which one it is, it is an opportunity for me and Ah Lian to continue to communicate, so I stabilized my mind and continued to say my speculation: "I don't know what Su Jin promised and what he didn't achieve, in short, he owes you a favor in this matter, and this favor also injured a human life, Ma Longbo's human life." However, because of the death, the matter has exceeded everyone's expectations, and the news could not be reported at the time, not because your senior management did not allow it, but because Su Jin suppressed the report for personal reasons. may be out of guilt for Ma Longbo, or because he was threatened by Ma Yongdi, in short, Su Jin continued to investigate this matter until Su Jin had an accident later. I don't have any information about his accident, but through my one-day visit and investigation, I found that Su Jin's later accident was also related to the drug deal, although I don't know if he had an accident because of the investigation, or because he was also involved in this matter, I personally prefer the first guess, in short, he got into trouble. After his death, it may be that Su Jin's family made up the reason for his father's death in order to protect his son from harm. But after all, paper can't hold the fire, and Su Baijia is not a child anymore, he can know that things are different from what his family told him by seeing his father's death, in short, a person who has just had a physical examination and is still healthy suddenly dies, how can this not deceive a half-old child. Later, Su Baijia got another version of his father's death from his classmates. He couldn't explain that his father was slandered as an addict, so he set out to investigate his father's affairs on his own. Maybe it was due to genetics, or his father's words and deeds to him, in short, Su Baijia did find some clues that he wanted, and wanted to track them down. Then came his first run away from home, and it was at this time that you saw that the opportunity had come. At this point I stopped, because Ah Lian had already lifted her face and looked at me fixedly, as if she wanted to say something, but finally she bit her lip and gave up.

I had to go on and say, "You found out that the opportunity had come, so you pretended to be an insider, or you just identified yourself and told Su Baijia that his father was really the cause of death. You must have succeeded in provoking the anger of that child, who then vowed to avenge his father, and that was the beginning of my commission. You just went to the bar where the kid was going to be dealing with him, and there was supposed to be someone in the bar who was going to do it to his father, and I don't know what he was trying to do at the time, whether he was going to kill the man who killed him or going up and questioning him, but he went to the bar anyway. But at this time, you called the police, and your purpose in telling the truth to that child was not to help him avenge him, but to use him to avenge yourself. If he really did something to the mastermind behind Su Jin's case at that time, your plan would have come to naught. You know that this kid doesn't know the whole truth, and the real gang behind the scenes will do everything possible to clear their name and get away with it, this is not what you want, you want to tell them all, but it is not as merciful as sending them to prison, you want to retaliate with more casualties. ”

I heard Arian's teeth rattling, and I think what I said was getting closer and closer to the truth. I continued: "You called the police and said there was a drug deal in the bar. Later, because Su Baijia was not involved, and the test also proved that he was not contaminated with drugs, the police could only criticize and educate him not to go to bars under the legal age to fool around. After notifying his family to take him away, because the family knew the truth about Su Jin's death, so he was extremely sensitive to drugs, and when he saw Su Baijia and those drug dealers being arrested into the police station, he should have guessed that Su Baijia's departure from home was related to drugs, and the next day he decisively took the child to the hospital for a confirmation examination. Although being misunderstood by his family may have caused Su Baijia's dissatisfaction, when he went to the hospital, he just provided him with a second chance to escape. He has not avenged his revenge, and he will definitely continue to take revenge, but he has nowhere to go and no financial support for one child, so he has decided to come to you. You should have given him your contact information before, and now Su Baijia has naturally disappeared for the second time. This is also the opportunity you are waiting for, waiting for a stronger opportunity to top the list. You know, Su Baijia's guardian will definitely choose a private detective to help in order not to make a big deal and affect the child's future. And you, after working with Su Jin for many years, of course know that he has an apprentice who has always felt guilty about him, and his apprentice has been observing his family's situation since his death, and I heard that the child is also investigating the cause of his death. And after her master's son disappeared, he, the apprentice, finally couldn't sit still and secretly gave Su Baijia's guardian his contact information, hoping that he could finally help and make up for his debt to his master. You know that as soon as his apprentice gets his hands on it, things will go in the direction you intended. Because you visited me when I lost my memory, and you know that his apprentice is my best friend, and you know that you can trust this person, and she will definitely fall into the trap that you have long known and try to get revenge for you. But what you didn't expect was that this apprentice commissioned us to investigate the whole thing. You were a little alarmed when you saw me again, and I believe that you had a clear conscience and didn't want your former friends to be involved in such things. ”

Hearing this, Ah Lian lowered her eyes. But she didn't respond to me for a long time, so I had to continue to soften her emotions: "You don't want me to get involved, so you specially said a lot of very serious speculations, which aroused Wei Kai's vigilance, and then sure enough, Wei Kai adjusted the note as you expected." But you're still not at ease, you're afraid that the man will fail alone, so to be on the safe side, you left a message on my coffee cup, thinking that if it fails, you can let me help at the end, or leave me a clue to continue the investigation? Anyway, you're hesitant to let me go with you, but time is pressing, and your reason eventually prevails over your emotions, and you're leaving the hint to me. I think you would have thought that the other man would have arranged more well and settled me completely before going on his own. But you didn't expect that he was an acute person, and I finally found out the flaw, so you had to take Plan B and let me participate in the investigation. But you have overlooked the fact that since the little apprentice can safely entrust me with the commission, she must have placed great trust in me, and she still knows some about the case after all, so she must tell me the whole truth when she finds out that my companion is in danger. Let me do it again. ”

"So, what are you going to do?" Ah Lian finally spoke, asking a question with an obvious answer.

I looked up and gave her a forced smile: "What else do I have to do?" I can only take care of your people first, and then find a way to save my companions. My companion has gone into the tiger's den and is now going to save him, and we will both die. But death also has to be worthwhile, so first complete the commission before you can die with him. We went to the school today to investigate and we have made a mess of things, and in order to save our mistake today, I have to send the child back safely, this is my only choice, and it is my choice all the time, no matter what the situation, I will not give any other answer. ”

"You don't care about your companions anymore?" Ah Lian asked me.

I shook my head: "I'll go find him." After a moment's thought, I added, "But after I'm sure the child is safely at his guardian." ”

Ah Lian stared at me and stopped talking, she didn't seem to want to give the child to me.

"Ah Lian." I persuaded her again, hoping that she would let the child go, "I can help you, but your current behavior is no different from kidnapping, and I can't help a criminal." ”

"Then you can go, I've been cheated enough and don't want to let go of my chips anymore." Ah Lian waved at me, and it seemed that the negotiations were beginning to come to the brink of breaking.

But her words angered me: "That kid is not at all a bargaining chip that you use to threaten anyone. He's fighting for his father's innocence, but what about you? You and Ma Yongdi are selfish, cowardly, and even after losing their loved ones, they still don't dare to go out and face the stormy waves alone, but hide in dark corners, relying on manipulating other people's guilt to achieve their own goals. You are not revenge at all, and your actions are as filthy and filthy as what you are fighting against. ”

"Shut up." Ah Lian suddenly yelled at me, "You don't know anything at all! ”

"Then you're going to let me know? Why are you doing this? What really happened back then? I raised my voice and replied. It was Su Jin who broke his promise first, he deceived us, and then that disaster happened. Ah Lian lowered her voice and whispered.

"You're lying, my dad wasn't that kind of person at all." This is a boy who suddenly rushed in, followed by a burly man, he wanted to pull the boy away, but in my eyes I immediately recognized the boy as Lin Zhenzhen's cousin. I pulled him behind me, and now that I had found him, I said that I would return him safely to his family.

Ah Lian glanced at the burly man reproachfully, the man was in his fifties, and I saw the man's face with my peripheral vision, which was exactly the same as the photo in the information Zheng Min sent me, the man was Ma Yongdi.

The man touched the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "When I went downstairs to buy food, this kid ran out of the door all of a sudden. When I went back, I found that this kid was gone, and I thought that I might come to you to learn about his father, so I followed him here, but I didn't expect him to really come, and he seemed to know something. After speaking, Ma Yongdi glanced at me. I hugged Su Baijia tightly behind me: "I am your sister's friend and her client, and your family is very worried about you and wants to find you home. ”

"They're just worried that I'm going to be disgraced by drugs like they think I'm going to have with my dad and get involved with drugs? I'm going to stay here, I'm going to prove my father's innocence" Su Baijia's disdainful tone made me a little worried, it seemed that he and his family had a deep misunderstanding about his father's affairs.

I was pondering how to explain to him how to take him away when Ah Lian spoke: "What did you hear? Ah Lian asked him, and I remembered what he had said when he rushed in, and the nervousness and surprise I had just seen him made me ignore the important information.

"From the moment she said she guessed my father had witnessed a fight." Su Baijia pointed at me, and I was glad that he remained shocked and polite in such a tense and crisis, and did not point a single finger at me.

"It's quite calm." Ah Lian said expressionlessly.

"Because no one ever told me the whole thing, I could only piece together what I knew, so I had to take my chance, which my father used to tell me." Su Baijia looked at her fearlessly.

"Then why did you rush in and question me?" Ah Lian continued to ask.

An angry expression appeared on Su Baijia's face; "Because you wronged my father. My dad wasn't that kind of person, he was righteous, responsible, and never cheated anyone. As long as he is by my side, it will be very reassuring. Do you know how I felt when I learned of my father's death? I felt that I left with my father, I lost all the role models in my life, I always followed him and wanted to be as great as him, but when I saw his body, I knew that everything was impossible, and the person who was encouraging me the day before would never give me courage again. My father was a good man, a very nice person, kind, righteous, caring, he would only help others, he would never hurt anyone, and he would not do those things. So I won't allow anyone to slander him. With that, Su Baijia waved his fist as if he was going to fight everyone who spoke ill of his father.

"But your father is really not what you think, he is as selfish and cowardly as anyone else." Ah Lian was not moved by the boy's words, highlighting the vicious slander.

"You're talking nonsense." Su Baijia was so angry that she didn't know what to say to resist, so she had to stand there panting.

"Don't apply your own character weaknesses to other people." I really couldn't stand it, and I spoke out to stop Ah Lian's aggressiveness.

Ah Lian looked at me for a while: "So, now Su Baijia has appeared, but it seems that this kid doesn't want to go back with you for a while." What do you do now? Is your little friend spinning in the tiger hole? How? Leave or continue your own commitments? After that, she turned her head to Ma Yongdi, who was standing next to her, and said, "This is the person Su Jin's apprentice found to rescue Su Baijia." ”

"She?" Ma Yongdi looked me up and down, his eyes full of distrust.

"There is another one who has already entered the critical area according to our plan, and we just have to wait for the big news. Tan En will definitely not let him go when he finds out the clue, and then it will be up to the apprentice to report on this matter. Ah Lian smiled a little treacherously, "But no matter how you look at it, it's in our favor." ”

I laughed out loud when she heard her.

Ah Lian heard my laughter and turned her head to me and asked, "What are you laughing at?" The righteousness of death is awe-inspiring? ”

The boy standing in front of me also looked at me with a puzzled expression.

I shook my head: "You're thinking too simply. Are you really like everyone to be as stupid as you are? ”

"What do you mean?" Ma Yongdi asked with squinted eyes.

"You guys are so stupid, you think that if my companion dies there, Su Jin's apprentice will write a manuscript and publish it according to your expectations, but I tell you no. Because the person who touches the tiger's beard now is also Su Jin's apprentice's best friend and the most trusted person. Otherwise, why would she leave the commission to us? If something happens to my companion, she will definitely investigate the cause of my companion's death first, do you think if she knows that you are secretly manipulating? Do you think she'll do what you want? I said with a sneer.

"What if you can't make a sound anymore?" Ma Yongdi put his hand in his trouser pocket and threatened me with a hideous look.

I took a step and tightly escorted Su Baijia behind me: "You are so naïve! Why do you think I'm so confident to come back and ask for someone? I was prepared for anything if I couldn't safely escort this kid back today. Su Jin's apprentice will follow what I said, and first stab you to the police station about your kidnapping of children and murder of us. You know, if you go to jail for kidnapping children and killing women, you won't have a good time in prison in the future. "I still looked at him without fear.

Suddenly Ah Lian smiled, she looked at me proudly: "I investigated, when you first asked me to calculate the location of that child, I went to check, today Su Jin's apprentice is on a business trip, she will not come to help you, even if she wants to help you expose us, when she arrives here, we have eliminated all the evidence against us." ”

I shook my head: "Sure enough, you still haven't seen through people's hearts. ”

Ah Lian looked at me suspiciously.

I smiled and said, "You said that Su Jin's apprentice has always felt guilty for not helping her master at a critical moment, so he can be easily used by you. But have you ever thought about it? It was because of this guilt that his apprentice didn't want to be rejected for a second time, so he would be more careful about all that might happen, so I thought that after receiving my distress call, she should have gotten off the plane and rushed to the place I provided him, right? ”

"And." My smile deepened, "When she finds out that I'm missing, she'll definitely find a way to contact a friend I knew when I had amnesia, a police detective, and I'm sure he'll find evidence of your kidnapping and murder before you hide all the evidence." (To be continued.) )