139 The stand-in
I opened the envelope and looked at the blank check in front of me, whiter than Jiang Zuoyi's face.
I laughed and said, can you be a little sincere...... Send a check and return the ...... Don't write numbers. Hehehe.
"I asked Xiao Fei to fill it in," I said, "his right hand is still recovering, and the posture of holding the pen needs rehabilitation." β
Jiang Zuoyi didn't say anything, just kept a motionless posture and looked at me like this. His eyes are like those of a father who dotes on his daughter.
I always forgot to tell him that the state I love most about him is that when they haven't pulled out their red hearts, they are attracted and wary of each other.
How many tissues did he hand me to wipe my blood and tears? That look, that gesture, is like a father who coaxes his children!
So I always felt that I owed him an upright child.
"Jiang Zuoyi, Ye Zi she ......" Looking at the back of the man pulling the car door, I gently added two meters of steps and called him to stop.
"Does she miss me?" The man who sat sideways in the car poked his head slightly.
I hoarsely voiced and said yes. She misses you and wants Little Zero.
"Tell her that when she thinks of me in the future, just think about it. Don't let you know......"
The arrogant black car was gone, and I stood in front of the empty police station, escorted by a few bodyguards left by Jiang Zuoyi, and came to Lin Yuqing's 'homestead'.
It's called a homestead because since his cafΓ© was slaughtered by Jiang Zuoyi, I've had the privilege of seeing the basement that's as well equipped as the CIA.
Tomorrow is the day of the trial, and I can't sleep when I go back.
Ye Jinliang and the lawyer were also there, and several people were making final preparations for tomorrow's trial as if they were plotting against them.
"Shu Lan, if you feel uncomfortable, just tell me directly, and we'll think about the defense again." Ye Jinliang pulled me to sit down.
I shook my head and said no, if you can push it on Dad, push it on him.
Although I am not as at ease as I was before.
I think my dad's fault is not that he is greedy for profit, but that he is not responsible for his true feelings.
"If after my mother's death, he is willing to confirm his feelings and have a real and profound conversation with Lu Linshuang. Do you think it will ...... Are they all the same? β
I looked at the old photo that I was sandwiched in my wallet, Lu Linshuang at that age, it was really pure and crispy, which uncle...... Can you not be tempted?
If I'm not mistaken, my dad that year was about the same age as Jiang Zuoyi today.
He is not short, and his facial features are also very handsome.
"But my dad won't regret it much." Ye Jinliang said: "The reason why he is willing to take over the black powder supply business that Lu Linshuang gave him, as you said, is not because he is greedy. It's because he knows the woman...... Who is it.
This is the only thing he can do for her, to help her wash her a way back with his life's work.
So he makes all sorts of excuses to keep you away from the company, away from the danger......"
I said whatever, what my dad thinks and how to do it, I don't want to explore it anymore.
He died and never ...... again There's no way to ask him.
Li Dongye came over and poured me a glass of lemonade, warm. But I feel that this night of the spring flowers in May is still cold.
I said I'd go upstairs to the rooftop for a while, rest assured, there are handles everywhere, and there will be no snipers.
But as soon as I stepped out of the balcony door, a dart-like object was nailed to the wall behind me against my cheek.
I was startled, and immediately realized that it was Andy.
"Are you used to being here?" I asked the boy.
"There's nothing you're used to, just like you." Andy came over and put the knife away, lifted the placket and wiped it again: "No matter who you are with, don't you miss him yet?" β
Me: "......"
"Andy, what do you think people like Jiang Zuoyi will be like in the future?"
The boy sat on the rooftop, his pure white shirt with two buttons open, like a freshly lost star in the night sky.
"Shu Lan, he said that if you end up in the end, you must close your eyes in a pool of blood in a knife and gun. Then he hoped that he would be lucky enough to lie on his lover's lap and breathe. β
I made up this picture a little bit and thought Andy was too beautiful to look at.
"What are you thinking?" The boy was furious: "This lover can only be a woman!" What's the matter with two men?! β
I say I'm sorry, I just don't think any woman can compare to your affection for him.
"Of course." γ
Me: "......"
I bowed my head and took the little throwing knife from Andy's hand and fiddled with it. I said I can't compare with you at all? I'm a woman, and I want a lot more than love.
I want him to give me a home, I want him to be the father of my children, I want him to help me take care of my children, like a ...... Normal father.
Between me and Jiang Zuoyi, it is not a question of whether we love enough at all - but that we have become two worlds that can no longer meet.
In this kind of relationship, the more you love, the more it hurts.
"So you'd rather choose a silly boy? Anyway, you creatures with wombs have strange ideas. β
Me: "......"
I said that Wang Xiaofei is not a stupid boy, he has his responsibility and his charm.
He is no worse than anyone else, nor is he more difficult to love than anyone else.
"It's good if you're happy. Anyway, Mr. Jiang said that from the moment he decided to go back, he had lost the qualification to want to be with you. Andy snatched the dagger back, saying that women's families should always play with knives and be ruthless, and in the end they would hurt others and themselves.
It was a bit windy at night, and I was ready to go downstairs.
"Hey, Shu Lan! I still owe you a favor, do I want to pay it back? β
Andy called me in the back.
I sighed and said that in your country's culture, is it true that people who owe money and don't pay it back can't sleep on their own in the first place?
"If you really want to pay it back, just stay by Jiang Zuoyi's side. He can have countless women in his life, but there can only be one Andy. I said.
Back in the basement living room, Lin Yuqing told everyone to rest early. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in time for the court session, we have to go out by 8 o'clock.
I accompanied Li Dongye back to the bedroom, and I could feel it all the time, only she seemed the calmest all night, but only she was the most nervous.
On the three-kilometer road from the detention center to the trial site, who knows how many guns will be facing Du Chenfeng?
I hugged my sister from behind and said I'm sorry.
"We've been saying thank you countless times for so many years, but I've never remembered to say sorry to you." I said, "Involving Tatsukaze in our family was the most wrong decision I made.
You two are the most innocent, and you shouldn't be with me. β
Li Dongye said to me that it's okay to do this, otherwise I don't know how to comfort you with empathy when you feel uncomfortable.
I said that a sister is like this, and she has no regrets in this life.
But she said, "Lan Lan, Shu Yan sent me a text message before the accident. I never told you. β
She said that it was on her way back from Sweden that her mobile phone turned off, and it took a long time for a text message to break in.
I was surprised and hurriedly leaned over to take a look.
[Sister Winter Night, what I envy the most is not the high-profile love that has watched my sister and Ye Jinliang go in and out of pairs over the years, but the friendship between you and my sister that is not related by blood but is better than sisters.
What I envy the most is that you can stand on an equal footing and laugh with her unbridledly, complain about each other's affection. And I, as her own sister, can only get the same sympathy as almsgiving.
What I want to see most is the disagreement and separation between you, so much so that I do not hesitate to use the means to cause you to have a miscarriage.
However, there are some feelings that really can't be dismantled, and some people I can never get. γ
I looked at the timing of the text message, and my whole heart fluttered at once.
"At this point, you should get off the plane right away, right? That soothing ......"
Could it be that the house is already on fire and she used the last chance to edit out the text messages?
She didn't use that time to escape, but-
I said you should sleep first on a winter night, and I will go to the bathroom.
I turned up the water to the maximum and cried.
It is said that memories can't be recalled, that's because every step you take backwards regrets not being able to do more perfectly. Little by little, it led to today's irreversible consequences.
I never felt sorry for Shu Yan, I didn't hurt her, I didn't feel sorry for her. But if I want to love her from the bottom of my heart, it is indeed difficult to accept her.
I thought that the superficial work I had done was just a change of physical and mental well-being, but the real damage had become dead ice over time.
"Shu Lan, you...... You okay? β
I knew it was Ye Jinliang, so I shook my head, got up and washed my face.
"Jin Liang, sometimes I wonder if Shu Yan really gave birth to that child for you smoothly, would Lu Linshuang let you go?"
Knowing that this question is meaningless except for making Ye Jinliang more and more embarrassed. But I still asked, and Ye Jinliang replied seriously as I thought: "I don't know." But I think it's unlikely. β
He said that he knew that he simply did not have the ability to really stand in opposition to me and become a comfortable 'man'.
"So at this point, I really admire Jiang Zuoyi's determination." Ye Jinliang said that this is like a strong man breaking his wrist, he said that he can do it.
I shook my head and said forget it, don't mention those things: "By the way, I went to see Chenfeng during the day today." β
I told Ye Jinliang about the little doubt that Du Chenfeng told me, and I said that you didn't think about it, could there be another hidden meaning in this matter?
"Shu Lan, you won't still suspect me now, right?" After Ye Jinliang listened, his reaction was similar to what I thought.
He said that Du Chenfeng's behavior at that time was strange, and he saw it in his eyes, and also admitted that he wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Jiang Zuoyi when he had an idea.
"Jin Liang, I'm not suspicious of you. It's just that things have gotten hot to this point, and I'm inevitably a little nervous. I sighed and said forget it, let's go and rest first. After tomorrow, I hope there will be no more wind and rain.
In fact, I know that everyone has difficulty falling asleep, as if the last horn before the big war is approaching, always holding an inseparable heart, constantly beating.
Because we all know that the enemy ...... Just like us.
***
"How could I oversleep!" I think I'm so unreliable, I was in a daze until three o'clock in the morning last night, and I squinted for a while when it was almost dawn, and then I opened my eyes, and the curtains were transparent.
"Mr. Ye and the lawyer have already gone to the trial site early in the morning, so you and Miss Li can stay." Lin Yuqing said: "All the TVs here can watch public live broadcasts. β
I said I wanted to go too, this is my company. No matter what fate it ends, I should always give it one last ride.
What's more, I just have to be there today, and I saw Du Chenfeng go through the whole process safely.
At the critical time, I admit that I am asked to block bullets for him. Because this time, I won't let Zhu Dani's tragedy happen again.
Li Dongye sat on the sofa at night, her face was always pale, and she hated me, saying Lan Lan, you are not allowed to talk nonsense.
Lin Yuqing said that he felt that the reason why our group of people was too tragic was that one was reluctant to give up the other, and they all sat in a line like a chain of iron cables. No matter what you do, you will be jealous, I will talk nonsense, if you don't have something you want to protect, what's the point of living.
At this moment, Lin Yuqing's mobile phone suddenly rang. The cold hairs all over my body followed the tension, and I stepped up and pricked up my ears with a single lunge.
"What? Already there? Lin Yu's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "What time is it?" Didn't you say that the car carrying the witness had just left the detention center, and you were sure it had arrived? β
The person on the other end of the phone should be Lin Yuqing's assistant, a man with a very loud voice.
At this time, the hands-free was not turned on, and I could hear it clearly: "Yes, I confirm that Mr. Du has arrived at the trial, forty-five minutes earlier than expected.
They did not travel in a police escort and changed their route at short notice. β
Lin Yu lightly deducted the phone, stared at the screen without saying a word, and dialed out another one.
I held Li Dongye's hand and said it doesn't matter, you also heard it, Chen Feng has arrived at the trial site safely, no matter what happened, now we have completed the most important step.
We all know that for Lu Linshuang, the only way to make a move is to make a fuss on the road. No matter how much she covers the sky with one hand, she can't make a move inside the courtroom!
"Hey, Dongtang! Are you still watching? "I don't know who Lin Yuqing called, but listening to the tone should be another helper.
"Yes, it's all the way down. Mr. Du's car left the gate of the detention center three minutes ago, car number SO8701, and is now on the way to the public office of the Supreme Court of Heping District.
I was confused, and Lin Yuqing, who was listening to the phone, was even more confused.
"What are you talking about? Du Chenfeng is still on the way? Lin Yu took a deep breath: "This is impossible!" Ah Yu called me just now and said that he had entered the courtroom! β
"Huh? This...... But this is the car, didn't you already say the same route yesterday? The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be a beat slower than us: "I located it according to the tracker on Mr. Du Chenfeng's body." Unlessβ"
I couldn't calm down at all, and after Lin Yu lightly buttoned the phone, I pounced on it all of a sudden. I said, Mr. Lin, you tell me who these two assistants are, they can't ...... One is lying?!
"Where is Du Chenfeng now?" I said I wanted to calm down, but I was afraid that I was going crazy on a winter night.
At this time, her face was as white as paper, and she never said a word. Lin Yuqing's wife, Su Nanxun, sat beside her, and said to me while comforting her: "Impossible Shu Lan, Ah Yu has been with my husband for more than ten years, and he is absolutely reliable." The other person in charge of route tracking is my younger brother. It's all their own people. β
"Nobody is lying, so ...... Something must have gone wrong. Du Chenfeng's car has been confirmed again and again, and the people on both sides of the road are special police, and Jiang Zuoyi is the one who personally followed behind with someone ......"
"What do you say? Jiang Zuoyi went in person? I was startled, and before I could say any more, my phone rang. Ye Jinliang calledββ
He told me that he and his lawyer had also arrived. Du Chenfeng arrived earlier than him, and he was already preparing backstage for the trial.
"Ye Jinliang said that Chenfeng has really arrived!" I covered the phone and looked at Lin Yuqing and Li Dongye.
"So, it's the Dongtang side who made a mistake?" Lin Yuqing called the phone again.
"Oh, brother-in-law, you can believe me, I really tracked the whole process, and I didn't even dare to blink my eyes." Just now, Su Nanxun was also very proud of his little brother, this boy is a master hacker, he can control the surveillance video of the entire street without applying for approval through regulations.
This little thing is like pinching the snail with three fingers - holding it steadily.
"I don't suspect that you are wrong, let me ask you, have you seen Du Chenfeng with your own eyes?" Lin Yu said lightly.
"Not really, I'm with the model and the tracker. An escort police car, with three or two special police cars behind him, just past ...... Eh, why are you still on Dongjiang Avenue? It seems like there is some accident in front of the traffic jam. β
I said, it can't be Lu Linshuang's ghost, right? But it doesn't matter anymore, Du Chenfeng has arrived safely.
I grabbed the phone unceremoniously, and I didn't care if I knew anyone or not: "Then what other car did you see?" In addition to the police car, did you see Jiang Zuoyi? β
"Who...... It was Jiang Zuoyi...... "Okay, people are confused, don't you know Jiang Zuoyi at all?"
"Shu Lan, don't worry, the current situation is still favorable to us. It is possible that the police quietly changed their strategy and sent Du Chenfeng to the court in advance. Lin Yuqing comforted me and said, don't mess around so quickly.
But I couldn't settle down at all, and somehow I felt somewhere...... Something doesn't seem right.
At this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from the other end of the phone: "Brother-in-law! Gone! β
"What's gone?!"
"Track the signal!"
"How did it disappear, what happened to the scene?"
"I didn't know, all of a sudden, it was a chaotic noise."
For a moment, several of us were silent. Lin Yuqing said to me that you can't go, now that Du Chenfeng has arrived at the trial site, if Lu Linshuang wants to do something, he may start from Li Dongye. So now the whole cafΓ© is under the strict protection of the police, and we can't just go out until the verdict is over.
So I tried to calm down, and slowly calmed down.
I wondered, is it Jiang Zuoyi who is one more step first, afraid that Lu Linshuang will jump off the wall in a hurry, and even the police car will dare to break through, so he replaced Du Chenfeng in advance. And then find a stand-in to escort according to the original plan?
Well, this style, like him.
This is Hou Lin Yuqing put down another phone call he had just received, and said to me: "Shu Lan, the escort convoy had an accident on Dongjiang Avenue. I was just notified by someone from the police station. β
"Accident?!"
I said it wouldn't be a narrow encounter shootout!
"Almost." Lin Yuqing said lightly, Lu Linshuang probably really thought that the person in the car was Du Chenfeng, and on the upward overpass south of Dongjiang Avenue, two black commercial vehicles suddenly came out, and directly surrounded the police convoy.
"What about Jiang Zuoyi!" Didn't I say that Jiang Zuoyi personally led his people to follow behind the escort team?!
"No, there is no one who saw Jiang Zuoyi." Lin Yuqing said: "The scene is very chaotic, and I can't tell it clearly on the phone. But in short, Lu Linshuang pounced. For us, it's a thrill. There is a limited number of police on site, but it does take into account the possibility of a firefightβ"
"Didn't see Jiang Zuoyi?" I sat down on the couch and I said no way, he said he would go yesterday.
"Not really. The information given by the police is that the three SWAT cars are about five meters apart near the escort vehicle, and when the exchange of fire and clash occurred, it did not affect the surrounding vehicles, but it is still unclear, instead of Mr. Duββ"
Just then, I watched a figure burst down from the upper floor, pushed open the door and ran out.
"Andy!" I choked for breath and went after him.
"Are you fools! You said that Mr. Jiang didn't send someone to protect Du Chenfeng?
That's because he himself was sitting in the car!! β
"You say...... What the? β