Ling Li's expression betrayed her inner thoughts, Zhong Chengheng smiled and said, "Tell me about the last sentence in your sister's QQ space, Xiao Li, what do you think she is talking about?" ”

Ling Li was silent, and her heart was tumbling with emotion.

How could she not know? It's just that I keep avoiding thinking about it.

Zhong Chengheng couldn't wait for her answer, and after a sigh, the tails of his eyes turned out to be a little upward.

"She's going to give up on me a long time ago, just to make you happy. From the time she learned that all three members of her family had Huntington, she wasn't her anymore, she was living for you. Don't love, don't be faceless, don't want anything, even if I'm willing to give up everything at that time and fly away with her, she won't agree. ”

Speaking of that heart-wrenching past, Zhong Chengheng did not have any negative emotions, but smiled.

Ling Li was stung by the smile on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly felt that he was living like a joke.

She didn't know anything, she was ignorant and lived a righteous life, but she didn't know that there were so many people who sheltered her from the wind and rain, until they all disappeared suddenly, she knew that she was so wrong, it turned out that she was nothing without the protection of her family.

Even if it is a stumbling lawyer, if there is no sister, if there is no Zhu Jinchuan who still remembers his old love, I am afraid that no one will be willing to take in a waste wood that has lost for twenty-four consecutive years.

After a long time, Ling Li finally retorted: "I admit that I misunderstood my sister's original choice, but the relationship between you is not so moral, so you have no position to say anything about noble love." ”

For her thorny words, Zhong Chengheng smiled and said nothing, just looked at her, and there seemed to be warmth in his eyes.

Ling Li was a little uncomfortable and weak by him. Eight years in prison can't erase his feelings for his sister, and what is the lethality of her stabbing him now?

After a while, Zhong Chengheng spoke: "The moon is above your head and will follow you, but you are walking by yourself after all." ”

Ling Li looked up in astonishment, a little unsure of what he meant.

Zhong Chengheng met her eyes and smiled: "This is what your sister once asked me to convey to you after her death. I never had the opportunity before, and I knew you wouldn't listen. Today has finally fulfilled its promise, and it is just in time for this point in time. She knows that you will eventually go on the road alone, and she just wants you to do well. Therefore, she gave up the life she wanted and gave up me, just so that you could get rid of the shackles and let you have the life you wanted, without being burdened by the family. ”

Ling Li, who was like a hedgehog a second ago, was suddenly stunned when she heard these words.

Zhong Chengheng continued, his voice extremely soft: "If I know now that you are going to get into trouble because of her, I think she will not be able to rest in peace." Again, I dare to assert that the rest of your underground relatives think the same way. As long as you are doing well, whether there is a real murderer who has no law, whether there is someone who has not paid the price, what does it matter? ”

Ling Li bit her lip lightly and stared at the strange and familiar face in front of her.

"Don't you hate? Your everything is ruined, you shouldn't have been. ”

"So what should I do?" He smiled suddenly, and the corners of his eyes were deeply wrinkled, "This is all the karma that I am sorry for the three women, and they are all self-inflicted." Besides, I'm living again now, and what is there to hate. ”

When Ling Li came out of Yiyuan Tea House, it would be three o'clock in the afternoon.

Nan Zhiyi obviously didn't expect Ling Li to come out so quickly, and when he saw her standing in front of him, he was stunned for a while.

After that, he looked behind her with some concern, and asked uneasily, "It's nothing, right?" He didn't kill you, did he? ”

Ling Li's face was as usual, and he waved his hand: "It's okay, it's nothing." ”

Seeing that her interest was not too high, Nan Zhiyi stopped talking and didn't ask anything more.

A few minutes later, when they arrived at the parking place, they picked up the car, went out and turned crookedly, driving onto the main road south of the city.

Ling Li woke up like a dream: "Where are you going?" ”

They lived in the east of the city, not in the south of the city.

"Didn't you make an appointment with the person in charge of the infectious disease center back then? If we say that we will meet after work, we will go over first, so as not to get stuck after five o'clock. ”

Nan Zhiyi explained while driving, and then added: "In addition, there is the address of the family who died of hemorrhagic fever that year, I have checked, it is more than 100 kilometers away from the capital, if it doesn't take long here, let's leave after dinner, and if we move quickly, we can come back before ten o'clock in the evening." ”

Contrary to his expectations, Ling Li didn't answer, but there was a hint of depression in his eyes, which made him a little worried.

After dozens of seconds of silence, Ling Li replied: "Go home, I think Mi Li Guli." ”

Nan Zhiyi was a little surprised, glanced at her sideways, and was a little anxious: "It's all agreed, why don't you go?" ”

Noticing her somewhat tired appearance, he immediately said, "Otherwise, I'll send you back first, and I'll go to the infectious disease center by myself." If you're tired, take a break. ”

Ling Li's throat moved slightly, not knowing what to say.

After a while, she turned her head to look at him: "I'm tired, aren't you tired?" ”

"Tired?" He frowned a little puzzled, "What is this?" When we were doing experiments, we didn't dare to leave the laboratory for half a step for days and nights, and that was what we were tired of. ”

"But that's your interest, isn't it? You don't have the obligation to accompany me to wander aimlessly like this, I've run so many places these days, and I'm afraid that you can only make up for the experiments and school classes you missed in a few overnights, right? Also, you know that such an investigation will not be fruitful at all, so why do you want to act with me? ”

This headless and tailless paragraph made Nan Zhiyi a little confused, and he didn't understand that he was in a good mood before, what was the fan girl stubborn at this time?

Was it the man with a fierce face just now who provoked her?

"You actually understand that everything we are doing now is just a castle in the air, conclusions based on various assumptions, no reliable foundation, no evidence to get hands on, and if someone blows a breath, I am afraid that it will collapse." Ling Li said in a low voice, her eyes drooping slightly and she couldn't see her emotions.

Nan Zhiyi drove silently, as if he didn't hear her words, until he stopped at a red light.

"Are you complaining about this, or do you want to give up now?"

His voice was very calm, but Ling Li could vaguely feel that there seemed to be a tumbling emotion hidden under the calm.

"Teacher Nan, do you think these are really useful? I'm afraid you already know that what we're doing now is in vain, right? It doesn't make any sense at all. ”

Ling Li lowered her eyes, her fingers grasped the edge of the chair, calmed her emotions, and tried to say something that made her a little breathless.

Nan Zhiyi fell silent, his eyes flickering.

As for the things that Ling Li is doing now, whether there will be results or not, he actually doesn't think about it so much.

He just instinctively wanted to help her, he just didn't want her to do it all alone.

Even, he just wanted a legitimate excuse to be with her at any time.

But how do you say that?

For a moment no one spoke, only the breathing of two people in the car.

When the red light ends, the green light turns on, and the vehicle starts slowly.

"What does it matter if it's in vain?" He finally smiled softly, pretending to be relaxed, "As long as you believe in yourself, it doesn't matter if you can find evidence for others to believe." You think that's pointless? ”

Ling Li moved her lips, and stopped talking several times.

In the end, he finally nodded: "Yes, I feel that what I did before is meaningless, and I don't plan to check it anymore." ”

Nan Zhiyi obviously didn't expect to hear the words of renunciation from her mouth, so he was stunned for a moment, and looked at her eyes seriously: "Are you sure?" Do you really want to give up? ”

Ling Li turned her face away, nodded at the scenery flying by outside the window, and replied, "Yes, I'm sure I want to give up." People say that it takes more courage to give up than to persevere, and since you know that you were wrong before, it's still too late to stop losses in time. ”

Nan Zhiyi sneered lightly: "Don't pour me any chicken soup for the soul, I don't know what courage is not courageous, I only know that if you have a direction, you will be a soft egg if you don't stick to it!" Of course, if you look into the direction of hemorrhagic fever and continue to investigate, I don't believe that the criminal can really be perfect, and there will be no clue left! ”

Ling Li bit her lip and turned her head, and changed the topic with a hard heart: "Zhong Chengheng said that he can persuade the police to terminate the investigation of the case, and there will definitely be nothing bad to my father's reputation." I think this is already the best result, isn't this the reason why we have made so many trips to Nanxi? That's enough, so why should I look it up? ”

Nan Zhiyi was silent, Ling Li's heart was up and down, and he just wanted to convince him: "Eight years have passed, and it will be the ninth thought in a few months." I really can't hold on anymore, I just want to escape from this, I want to have my own life, and I don't want to live under the shadow of the past. ”

After a pause, she emphasized: "Teacher Nan, you are a proud son of heaven, you can't imagine the discomfort of the center of your entire life being linked to a criminal case,"

Nan Zhiyi's eyes deepened a little, and his voice was sneering: "You know that I don't understand?" ”

His words seemed to have a deep meaning, but Ling Li's heart was a mess, and he didn't have time to think about it.

After a while, she whispered: "Teacher Nan, I know that you really want to help me, I give up looking into it, and the first person to be sorry is you......"

"You're not sorry for me, it's your family that you're sorry for."

Before she could finish speaking, Nan Zhiyi interrupted her, and after that, she stepped on the brakes, and the sound of the tires gripping the ground and the sharp sound of the brake pads rubbing were so abrupt that Ling Li's eardrums were faintly painful.

"Have you thought about it? My car is going south, and you have to give up to go home, and it's not too smooth. ”

When the car finally stopped, he turned his head sideways to look at Ling Li, his voice was a little indifferent, but his eyes were cold.

Only then did Ling Li understand what his intentions were, and her palms began to feel cold.

But they can't go back.

She heard the roar of the blocked car behind her, gritted her teeth, and reached out to pull the car door.

Before getting out of the car, she whispered to Nan Zhiyi, "Thank you very much, Teacher Nan." ”

Nan Zhiyi didn't seem to hear it, and the dark gray X5 was gone as soon as she stood firm.

Ling Li smiled bitterly, looking at the shadow of the car that was getting farther and farther away, her vision began to blur, and her footsteps were a little weak.

The so-called pursuit of the truth, wanting to make the hateful family hate, maybe it is really like Zhong Chengheng said, but it is just her obsession.

It's like she is convinced that her father has not poisoned the family, so she has to find evidence to ensure that the faith that has supported her for many years does not collapse.

This time she was lucky, and after fruitless investigations, repeated questioning of witnesses, she finally found some clues, and relied on a little inner persistence to string these clues together, and finally formed a conclusion that could convince her to herself.

It's just that such a conclusion is not enough to see in front of the police, and it can't be made public.

Nan Zhiyi just said that she doesn't need others to believe it, as long as she believes it herself.

He was right, but what Zhong Chengheng said made more sense.

If what she insisted on was correct, and if there was no one who had surfaced in the poisoning case, then her vigorous investigation would definitely make that person notice.

Thus getting into trouble.

She is alone and has nothing to fear, but Nan Zhiyi said that she would carry it with her to the end.

She is not afraid of any death threats, and in Qu Jia's case, she was intimidated and threatened by anonymous letters, and she was not afraid.

However, Ling Li was afraid that Nan Zhiyi would be hurt because of her.

If Officer Zhou really died at the hands of others, it would definitely be difficult to deal with such an almost perfect closed room murder case. She can take risks on her own, but she can't let Nan Zhiyi take risks.

Ling Li is right, she found out this step but gave up, what she needed was greater courage than persevering.

It's just that Nan Zhiyi can't understand it.

Anyway, she didn't need his understanding, she just needed his well-being.