I closed my eyes and took a deep, breathing breath.

I said Jiang Zuoyi, what are you going to do?

Silence, again silence. His silence made my heart beat faster and made me tremble madly.

"Jiang Zuoyi, let yourself go! I beg you, the last sentence that Mr. Gao told me before he died, he said to let you understand that the person who was killed with his own hands back then was ...... Dead before you even shoot.

A twelve-year-old child doesn't need to feel guilty and painful for the fact that you once couldn't help yourself!

Your stepfather...... He had already given his life back to Ling Nan. ”

"Shu Lan, you won't understand." Jiang Zuoyi's voice was low and ethereal, as if he was forced out at gunpoint on the other end of the phone.

"Why don't I understand! I don't understand your principles, your righteousness, your way of being, but I love you! My daughter wants you to be a father, and Ah Xue's son can't live without you!

Jiang Zuoyi, I beg you, you have never thought about it, what is the reason why Ah Xue is seriously ill but does not want to escape from you all the time?

What was she afraid to see? ”

I roared hoarsely, and the boy who roared for unknown reasons was shaking with tears in his eyes beside me.

He didn't understand how hopeless the adult world was, only that intense and helpless often represented a bad status quo.

I pinched the phone in one hand and patted the child with the other, but I could no longer have my hands free to wipe my tears.

I said Jiang Zuoyi, the next ...... Is it my dad or not? Does the blood feud between the Ling family brothers and sisters have anything to do with my father?

"Will you do it to my dad in order to repay his love?"

"Shu Lan, is Ah Xue in your hands?"

I said don't question me first, I'm asking you if my father's illness is your fault!

"Shu Lan, don't force me, believe me again!" Jiang Zuoyi's words had already broken their voices, and they roared out my shattered reason.

Jiang Zuoyi ...... I beg you, I'd rather have my dad confess his sins, and give away all his assets from unknown sources, but he can't die at your hands.

Where's Andy? Is he still in the hospital, and you call him back...... Let him get away from my dad! ”

"Shu Lan, if you want to continue to go crazy, calm yourself down first. I'll call you again tomorrow. Before Jiang Zuoyi hung up the phone, he gave me the last sentence: "Take care of Ah Xue and Xiao Ling for me, and wait for me to come back." ”

It wasn't until the busy sound on the other end of the phone woke up the fish belly white in the east that I raised my head from my knees, which were already soaked in tears. Xiao Ling had already crawled over from the back seat and grabbed my sleeve with his gentle little hands: "Aunt Shu, what's wrong with you...... Did you quarrel with your godfather? ”

"Little Zero, do you like leaves?"

"Yes."

"Is it the kind of love that will never leave no matter what happens in the future?"

"Well, even if she beats me and bites me, I won't leave her."

I touched his little furry head, and his eyes, which had finally dried up and tightened, were starting to moisten again.

A child's fairy tale world is always different from that of an adult, because they only see each other as enough.

And between men and women, once they have slept with each other, they will have dependence, expectations, needs, and doubts for each other. began to wear down habits, began to tear trust, began to reason and set conditions......

Just like me and Jiang Zuoyi today, we shouldn't be on the opposite side.

but firmly grasped each other's hostages to fight-

When I returned to Ye Jinliang's place, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and Xiao Ling was already asleep in my car. I carried him into the room of the previous leaf, and oh, the décor hadn't changed at all.

Small beds, small blankets and cartoon curtains.

Ye Jinliang stood at the door and said that he always felt that Ye Zi and I had never left.

Passing over, I said you should rest early, and I went upstairs to accompany Lu Zhaoxin.

Li Dongye told me that she was still in a coma: "I'll take her medical record card first, and then go to the hospital tomorrow to get some more medicine."

Now this situation can only drag on time......"

I said thank you for your hard work, at least until Jiang Zuoyi comes back, I can't let Ling Xue die in my hands.

After sending Li Dongye away, I sat alone in front of Lu Zhaoxin's hospital bed and stayed for a long time.

I don't know when she's going to wake up, or when she's going to die. Just accompanied her like this, and ushered in a good sunny day in a trance.

Ye Jinliang brought breakfast to me, milk toast and stomach-nourishing corn porridge.

I asked him when he started to learn to cook, and he said that from the day he started to realize that he might be alone for the rest of his life.

I smiled wryly and said that there is no need to be so negative, and life does not necessarily have to be attached to anyone.

"Shu Lan, I really want to accompany you through the second half of your life where there will never be entanglements and pain again."

I held the spoon and gently pressed it to my lips. I said you're mistaken, true love is even if there are entanglements and pains...... I don't want to give up.

Later, Ye Jinliang didn't speak again, took his coat and went out, saying let me rest at home. He is responsible for the company's affairs.

Standing in front of the window, watching Ye Jinliang's back walking out of the yard, I felt that the two of us seemed to have pushed away layers of thorns and dug up layers of mud, and the naked hearts we finally found were still pure, but they could no longer shine with each other's light. It's heartbreaking, it's a pity, and it's helpless.

"Are you awake?" As soon as I turned around, I found that Lu Zhaoxin squinted one eye slightly and moved one arm.

I approached her bed and asked her if she wanted water.

She shook her head, "Where is this?" ”

"Your Mr. Ye's home, where I used to live." I said that no one would have thought that I would put you here, that you could recuperate here. Little Zero was in the next bedroom and he was fine.

"Shu Lan, why are you helping me?"

"Because ......" I rolled my eyes, not knowing what to say?

"Sympathy, or ...... In order to curry favor with Jiang Zuoyi? ”

I said that you don't have to drag half your life and try to provoke me, if I want to please Jiang Zuoyi, I don't have to bother hiding you here.

What you choose to escape is just a dilemma between Ling Nan and Jiang Zuoyi.

"Ling Xue, I've already guessed everything."

"Really? Ah Yi said that he likes smart women, no wonder you are more to his heart than I am. ”

Lu Zhaoxin closed her eyes, and her breathing was so weak that it scared me.

I'll look at the time, Ye Jinliang's hourly work is about to arrive at this time. I said wait for my aunt to take care of you, I beg you to stop running away, okay? It's safe and comfortable and won't be disturbed by anyone.

"Think about it, okay? In just a few days, the child's heart will be tormented and broken by you. "I moved out of her weakness, hoping to make her a little more obedient for the sake of the child.

Because I can't watch her 24 hours a day, my father is still in the hospital intensive care unit, and his life and death are uncertain!

I called a car to the hospital, and saw Andy's tall figure leaning against the wall of the corridor from a distance. There were also prison guards on both sides, who were ready to make my dad look like a terrorist.

"How's my dad!" I pounced on it and asked the nurse who had just come out of the rounds.

"You're Shu Zhongshan's family, right?" The nurse looked me up and down, and then said that the doctor in charge was in the examination room and was about to talk to you.

Where do I dare to slack off, and go over there without saying a word. When I passed by the intensive care unit, I saw that my father's face was buried deep in various catheter ventilators, and he lost a lot of weight in just half a day.

The attending physician was a 60-year-old gentleman, and after looking through my father's medical case, his expression was so serious that my whole body was almost shrunk.

"Doctor, my dad's ......"

"The situation is not particularly optimistic, you have to be mentally prepared."

Again, I'd like to say I'm ready.

"Now your father's heart and lungs are exhausted, and he is completely supported by drugs and instruments. I recommend immediate thoracotomy surgery, but there is a ridiculously high index in the results of the preoperative examination, which poses a high risk to the surgery. ”

I pressed on, saying that my father has always been in good health, what indicators can be outrageously high?

"It's because I saw his previous cases that I felt strange that I wanted to question you. Our normal human body only has 0.3-1.0 paraamine lycological hormone, but in your father's blood it is up to three times abnormal.

Has he ingested some industrial pigments and amine raw materials recently? ”

I had a big brain, I said industrial stuff? Who's going to ingest it! Could it be that he was still being painted in prison!

"I can't figure this out, because he is serving a prison sentence, and his daily food and drink are all the big pot of rice uniformly rationed by the prison. Raw materials like this, which can cause a significant increase in paraamine lymph hormone, are not used by ordinary people in their daily lives. ”

I gasped, I said what do you mean, my father was poisoned?

The old doctor stroked his glasses with an embarrassed face, saying that this kind of thing should not be said nonsense. The human body is a complex structure, and it is not excluded that the patient's body has problems with its metabolism, resulting in some conventional decomposition drugs that cannot be digested and discharged normally, and accumulate in the body.

I understand what he meant, after all, my dad was in prison, and if there is something else to hide, it is difficult for the agency concerned to explain.

But the problem is that the doctor's ambiguous language has been captured by me eighty or ninety percent. My dad's physical condition is just strange -

"Doctor," I tried my best to calm down, at this time, the more out of control, the more I could not get an answer: "You tell me, what kind of pamine thing, if it is accumulated in the body for a long time, what will be the adverse effects." ”

"It will increase the workload of the heart, but at present, it is difficult to judge whether your father's acute heart disease is directly related to the production of these indicators."

"When will you be able to judge ......?"

"Probably ......" the doctor didn't say anything more, but I understood what he was saying.

What he meant was that if my father had three long and two short, he could ...... Well, autopsy.

I sat on the chair for a long time and didn't want to get up, I said doctor, just tell me the truth, how sure is my dad's disease.

The doctor held out one hand and five fingers.

"Fifty percent?" I was still very optimistic, and I was told that 5% of the thoracotomy would last for a week without surgery.

I swallowed my tears and got to my feet trembling. I said I know, will he still be able to wake up? I want to go see him.

The doctor said that it was a sterile environment inside, and it was best not to enter it at will. So I had to lie on the window pane outside for a long time, and Andy was standing behind me, still so refreshed after a night's sleep.

"When I called Mr. Jiang yesterday, he also asked me to help you take care of the elderly. So you don't always doubt his motives, it hurts. ”

I wiped the corners of my eyes with a tissue and said that sure enough, it was still a man who was suitable for him. I don't care about the distribution of love, and I don't casually doubt the motives.

Andy sneered, bowed his head and stopped talking.

"You remember, you owe me a favor, right?"

"Yes."

I said I'm going to exercise this right now. Andy, if someone really hurts my father, I want you to avenge me.

"This ......"

I snorted coldly and said "Aren't you very confident?" Don't you believe Jiang Zuoyi? What are you afraid of now?

Andy gritted his teeth and said okay.

I high-fived him, turned around and left the hospital.

Just as I was about to drive back, my phone rang again.

As soon as I answered the phone, my whole cardiovascular system was in a state of infinite excitement.

"Ms. Shu, when will you give me the final payment?"

"Mr. Lin..... Mr. Lin?"

The phone call came from Lin Yuqing, saying that I was scratching my ears and cheeks for the past two days and wanted to find him, but unfortunately there were so many things around me that I couldn't walk away at all.

"My information is about to rot in my hands, and if you break the contract, I'll sell it to someone else."

"Sell to someone else? Who else wants to look into these things?! ”

"Hehe, I can sell Ling Nan's information to Lu Zhaoxin, then sell Lu Zhaoxin's information to Shu Zhongshan, and finally sell Shu Zhongshan's information to Ling Nan.

I think they're going to be interested in each other. ”

I said Mr. Lin, where are you, I'll see you right away. If you want money, I'll withdraw it to you!

In this way, I rushed to Lin Yuqing's café in a hurry, still with a few idle atmospheres, and still at a loss for cats and dogs.

I put 100,000 yuan in cash on the table, as if it was an illegal transaction.

I said Mr. Lin, what do I want?

Lin Yuqing was obviously frightened by me, and stepped on the cat's tail next to the table. The cat meowed and blew up, and fell directly on a man at the bar next to him.

Only then did I think that this man with a first-class figure and a very familiar appearance was Dr. Su Xihang.

"Hello Ms. Shu!" He greeted me warmly: "How is Yezi doing?" ”

I ...... "I'm so embarrassed to say that I left Ye Zi alone in the kindergarten and haven't seen her for almost two days."

"The leaves are good, well, and the smile is not likely to appear." I buried my head and said a few words: "It's just that there are too many facts at home recently, and I ......"

Su Xihang didn't say much, and glanced at the big pocket in front of Lin Yuqinghe and understood.

Who has nothing to do with spending money on a detective? He didn't need me to explain, and he understood that I was living another round of messes.

"No matter how difficult it is, just think about the child and you can get over it." Su Xihang took a sip of coffee, squinted and smiled at me: "Then, let's talk, I'll go inside." ”

"Thank you, Dr. Su," I was just about to say goodbye to him, when suddenly an indistinct light flashed in my mind.

"Wait, Dr. Sue—"

"Anything else?"

"I think I've heard that you used to be a forensic doctor, right?" I asked cautiously.

"yes, but it's been years since I changed careers." Su Xihang didn't mind saying his unspeakable secrets at all, and such a free and uninhibited personality should be beyond my reach: "I made a small mistake and was expelled from public office, but that bit of theory and yearning is still there." ”

I nodded awkwardly and said that you know that the load of pamine lycrope hormone on the human heart -

"Oh, it's more appropriate for you to ask my wife about this kind of thing." Su Xihang said with a smile: "She is a senior pharmacist, and her topic for the past two years has been hovering in the field of cardiology. ”

"Huh?" I said I'll just ask, it's not good to bother.

"It's okay, I'll ask for you, and I'll tell you when I have an answer."

Later, Su Xihang went into the back yard, and probably made an appointment with other friends to talk. I returned to Lin Yuqing's side and found that he hadn't finished counting the money.

Seeing me coming, I had no choice but to spread my hands-

"If I knew there really was a customer like you, I should have prepared a money detector."

I took a brown paper bag from him and couldn't wait to fill the stack with thousands of dollars.

Before I unfolded, I said that I had already guessed a lot of things, and I hope that after today, I can slowly put on some vague clues.

"Knowing too much is often more painful than pleasant for a person." Lin Yuqing suddenly pressed my hand and pushed back the bag of banknotes: "Ms. Shu, I don't want your money, you can also choose not to look at it." ”

I said Mr. Lin, you underestimate me.

Now there are three people in this bag, one is lying in the hospital and dying, one is terminally ill and his days are numbered, and one is ...... Betrayed both body and soul to demons.

With life and death so clear, what else am I afraid of?

I just want to know more, even the slightest clue can save those who don't have to be innocently involved.

"This man's name is Lu Dingwen, and the woman next to him is called Zhao Xinyu, who is his wife." Lin Yu pointed to a family photo in my hand.

"Lu Dingwen, Zhao Xinyu?" I said, hehe, it turns out that Lu Zhaoxin's name came from like this.

This family photo looks like it's been around for some years, I don't know what means Lin Yuqing used to get it, in short, he has his own plan, I only pay and don't speak.

There were five people in the picture, oh no, six.

I can obviously see that Zhao Xinyu's slightly bulging lower abdomen should also have one.

I said that this unborn child should be the youngest son who died innocently when he was wiped out later.

"These two children around ten years old are Ling Nan and Ling Xue, right?" I pointed at two of the teenagers, but I couldn't take my eyes off the face of another strange girl.

The girl was about sixteen or seventeen, wearing a middle school uniform, and her calm and elegant face was full of youthful smiles.

"Who is this kid?"

"Her name is Lu Linshuang, and she is Lu Dingwen's eldest daughter." Lin Yu flicked the watch on his wrist: "These three children are called Lu Linshuang, Lu Linnan and Lu Linxue. Ling Nan and Ling Xue are both pseudonyms, and the word 'Ling' is the surname of Lu Linnan's biological father. Ling Haoan. ”

"What do you mean? Ling Nan...... He is not related to the Lu family? ”

"Yes, Ling Nan's parents died when he was three years old, and Officer Lu Dingwen, who was in charge of investigating his family's case, saw that this child was pitiful and he had no son, so he adopted him back.

In those years, most of them regarded him as their own. ”

I said then you mean that Ling Nan's biological father was not a good death? Otherwise, what would the police call to investigate?

"It's not a good death, it's suicide. The husband and wife both hung beams, leaving only their three-year-old son. As for the reason for the suicide—" Lin Yu rummaged through the paper bag and found a copy of a newspaper clipping from many years ago.

I was stunned when I read it, and the largest line of words on the entire headline stood on the front page.

[Ling Haoan, director of Tengxiang Construction Factory, was found hanging from his home with his wife this morning, suspected of committing suicide on suspicion of corruption and arbitrage]

Tengxiang Construction? Isn't it the name of Zhongshan Jianye before the restructuring!

And Ling Hao'an is the former factory director of Zhongshan Jianye?!

From the time I can remember, Zhongshan Jianye has completed the entire state-owned enterprise restructuring under the hands of my father and Ye Zhenkuan.

I have only heard intermittently that when the previous business was not doing well and was facing closure, the two of them raised funds to take down the factory, and it took three or five years to expand the scale.

"Director Ling, who committed suicide that year, was suspected of corruption and was reported. But just two days before the Commission for Discipline Inspection came down to investigate, he was found hanging himself with his wife. The case shocked the whole society at the time.

And the policeman in charge of the investigation is Ling Nan's adoptive father Lu Dingwen. ”

I calmed my breath and looked at Lin Yuqing's eyes seriously, I said You want to tell me that the matter of Director Ling back then was inseparable from my father and Ye Zhenkuan, right?

"I don't have evidence because it was more than 20 years ago, and the statute of limitations has long passed."

"But when Lu Dingwen's family was wiped out, it happened to be within the statute of limitations, right?"

In the early years of Zhongshan Jianye, the factory director Ling Haoan, the deputy factory director Shu Zhongshan, and Ye Zhenkuan were the party branch secretaries. It can be said that the three of them constitute the supreme center of power in the entire factory.

In this context, tens of millions of assets are vacant, one is dead, two have risen, do you think the motive of this case is difficult to guess? ”

I shook my head and said that the three-year-old child could also figure it out: "It was my father who bribed the person in charge of investigating the case at the time, and wanted to put this case on Ling Haoan's back, and they took the money and turned it into a ......."

The most terrifying thing in this world is that the brother who could still hook up and drink and chat yesterday stabbed him with a knife in a blink of an eye.

It's like the old photo that was torn up, and people who have ghosts in their hearts can't be open.

However, the iron-clad police officer Lu vowed to seek justice for his adopted son's parents. But he is a small policeman who drags his family and mouth, and he has no idea how difficult the truly terrible black forces are to shake.

"The one who sent someone to kill Officer Lu's husband and wife, is it also my father and Ye Zhenkuan?" I'm numb, no shock, no heartache. I just want to know, the worst and the worst, how many layers of hell can be dug out?

I can't forget what Ye Jinliang said to me last night when he pointed to the alley, he said that he remembered here, and his father put him in the car and went down alone for a while.

Is it stepping on the point? Is it fishing?

Little children had no idea what terrible sins were about to take place here.

I suddenly felt so innocent and helpless, Ye Jinliang and I spent countless innocent blood stained money like this, and we were happy for a whole childhood?

At that time, the murderer who killed Lu Dingwen and Zhao Yuxin has not surfaced, and the police suspect that it was the revenge of the gangsters based on the previous threats that Officer Lu had received.

The final scene was also very clean and neat, and no effective clues were left. In those days, it would have been possible to do this level of assassination—"

"There is only Jiang Bancheng, the boss of the Dongjiang Society, and several killers in his hands are terrified in black and white, the most famous ...... It is a high mountain peak known as 'half a knife fast'. Isn't it? ”

Lin Yu looked at me with a smile: "Didn't you spend this money today?" I'm going to say that you already know a lot. ”

I said I don't lose, this money is dirty.

"Then, after Ling Nan and Ling Xue escaped, they came to the Jiang family under a pseudonym to prepare for revenge, I can figure these out, but-" I picked up this family photo and pointed my finger on the face of the eldest daughter of the Lu family: "What about this girl?" She was an adult at the time of the accident, where is she now? ”