Chapter Twenty-Six: The Past of the Li Family

"Well, I'm listening. Xin Yifan said softly.

"My dad is ten years older than my mom, my mom used to be my dad's assistant, she also graduated from Yan University, speaking of which, my mom is still your senior and former colleague. After she graduated, she was assigned to the Beijing Institute of Archaeology, which was brought by my father, at that time my father had a wife, before he went to college, his grandmother arranged a family affair for him, and then my father stayed in Beijing to work after graduation, his original wife is still in Shanghai, the two have rarely been together since they got married to my father's work, and they have never had children, the two have been married for nearly ten years, until my father met my mother, my father filed for divorce from his original wife, in fact, my father's ex-wife knew that my father did not love her, and they quickly divorced, so my parents were together。 Li Chengran paused when he said this, and Xin Yifan couldn't help but ask: "Then what happened later?"

"My mother's surname is Sun, from the Huiji Sun family, my grandfather found out about my parents and strongly opposed it, the whole family thought that my mother was a shameful third party, and my grandfather even severed the father-daughter relationship with my mother. Li Chengran's tone became a little helpless when he said this, and he sighed softly and continued: "My mother silently endured these pressures in order to be with my father, and my father also loved and cared for my mother very much, I was born a year after they got married, and my grandfather and grandson family never contacted us again. If life goes on like this, it's actually not bad, but then my father's ex-wife committed suicide at home, and her family didn't relentlessly find us, making my grandmother so angry that she was bedridden, and after learning that my mother was the grandson's family, they ran to Sun's house to make a big noise, and the whole thing made the city stormy, and my grandparents also found my mother and asked her to divorce my father, Yifan, do you know how much impact this kind of thing would have on my parents in that era. Li Chengran's voice was choked as she spoke, and Xin Yifan could hear her crying quietly.

"My parents were actually persuaded to retire by the unit, and they were all arranged by the Sun family. At that time, both of them had no jobs, my grandmother was sick again, and the pressure on the whole family was on my father, and they also went to look for jobs, but the Sun family put pressure on those units, and none of them were willing to hire them in Shanghai. My parents were forced to have no choice, so they started their own business, the capital of doing business is still your teacher Uncle Yu and a group of classmates to make up, at the beginning was to open a restaurant, do you remember Aunt Zhou, she was at that time with my dad to open a restaurant, when I was six years old, my mother was diagnosed with tuberculosis, at that time the family conditions were not good, the family had to eat, I wanted to study, grandma's since my parents lost their jobs and they couldn't afford to get sick, two patients in the family, our family was overwhelmed, my mother has been unwilling to go to formal treatment, she feels too expensive。 Speaking of this, Li Chengran's sobbing became more and more obvious, Xin Yifan also felt her sadness, and was silent on the other end of the phone, he didn't know how to comfort Li Chengran.

Li Chengran snorted, tried to calm down his emotions and continued to say on the other end of the phone: " My grandmother died of illness when I was seven years old, and then my mother's illness became more and more serious, and finally turned into lung cancer, and I died when I was eleven years old, before she died, she kept holding my hand and said let me never hate my grandparents, they were the last resort, in fact, they have always had someone to send money to my mother, and my stubborn father returned it, my father said that he didn't want the Sun family's charity, he felt that all the difficulties in the family were caused by the Sun family, if it wasn't for the pressure of the Sun family, my parents would not have lost their jobs, and my grandmother would not have died so early。 ”

"Yifan, do you know, in fact, my grandmother died in the second year after my mother died, my grandfather also died three years ago, I went to see him before my grandfather died, he cried when he saw me, grabbed my hand and didn't let go, at that time he couldn't even speak, until he swallowed his breath and didn't let go of my hand, I could feel his sadness, and then my uncle told me that my grandfather and grandmother blamed myself for my mother's death, and my grandmother died of illness because she missed my mother too much. ”

Li Chengran eased his emotions again when he said this, and then said to Xin Yifan: "My father knew about going to see my grandfather, which has also become a barrier between our father and daughter over the years. Yifan, you don't know, my mother has never hugged me and kissed me since she was found out to be replaced with tuberculosis, she is afraid of infecting me, do you know how much I have missed my mother since I was a child, kiss me, I sometimes dream that my mother can hug me and kiss me, but until she dies, all this can only be in a dream, you say, if my father is not so stubborn, tuberculosis is not an incurable disease at that time, my mother will not die. Speaking of which, Li Chengran couldn't cry anymore.

It was only at this time that Xin Yifan knew about Li Chengran's past, and he understood why Li Mo became very depressed when she mentioned her mother, in fact, Li Chengran also blamed Li Mo a little in his heart.

"Yifan, thank you, really, thank you for listening to my nagging, I know that it was not easy for my dad to raise me, in fact, I didn't really blame him, I just think that he sometimes sees the problem too extremely, he gave my mother and me all the love, but also because of this love I and my mother can not accept the care and love of my grandparents including all the Sun family, as long as we help the Sun family say a word, he will be furious, I admit that the Sun family did not do it right at the beginning, so that our family fell into trouble, but then the attitude of my grandparents changed, my dad still does not accept the kindness of the Sun family, I am not willing to quarrel with him because of these things, I don't want to hurt the feelings between our father and daughter. Li Chengran's mood gradually calmed down at this time.

"Cheng Ran, you don't have to quarrel with Uncle Mo for the affairs of the Sun family, now that so many years have passed, your mother, your grandparents are no longer there, Uncle Mo is your dearest person in this world, you go back early, call Uncle Mo, Xiaolan also told me, he is really worried about you. Xin Yifan persuaded.

"I know, I'm much better now, and after all these years, I never want to talk about my family in front of others. Yifan, how did you know that I was here at school?" Li Chengran was a little curious about Xin Yifan's ability to guess that she would go to the campus when she was in college.

"I remember you said that when you were in college, you were the happiest and freest days, I think people may think of places that have brought happiness to themselves when they are unhappy, and you happen to be studying in Shanghai University, so I guessed that you might go to your university to relax, Chengran, it's not too early, you go back quickly, don't let Uncle Mo worry, okay?" Xin Yifan explained to Li Chengran, and asked her to go home early again.

"Well, don't worry, I'll go back with Xiaolan when she arrives now, don't worry, I'll have a good talk with my dad tomorrow." Li Chengran said, apparently now that her mood has calmed down.

"Okay, go back and get some good sleep and stay safe on the road. Xin Yifan instructed.

"Okay, will you come over to see Xiaolan over the weekend?" asked Li Chengran again.

"Of course you have to come here. Xin Yifan didn't just look at Ye Zilan, he also wanted to see Li Chengran.

The two ended the call, Du Gang and Qiao Minshan in the living room were not interested in listening to their conversation, sitting on the sofa talking about work, hearing Xin Yifan finish the call, the two also ended the conversation, Du Gang asked Xin Yifan again: "Xin Yifan, you asked me to check the Zhou and Sun families because of your sweetheart in Shanghai, right?"

Du Gang's words Xin Yifan sounded like he was sending himself a pillow, and he was worried that he couldn't find an excuse to explain the investigation of the Zhou and Sun families, but Du Gang himself had an intuition.

"Captain Du, you are really a criminal investigation expert, you can see this. Xin Yifan picked up the donkey and went downhill, pretending to be relaxed.

"Okay, I'm not interested in you investigating the affairs of the Zhou and Sun families first, but I have to remind you that now you are the special adviser who has been transferred to my Beijing Police Station, and some things must be principled, and public and private affairs must be separated, let alone expose yourself. Du Gang reminded.

"Okay, Captain Du, you also heard it just now, my sister's teacher has a holiday with the Sun family, I just help ask, but don't worry, there will never be a next time. Xin Yifan also promised.

"What's going on with Xie Ming'an's side lately?" Du Gang continued to ask.

"No, it's still the same as before, taking classes and doing research, and I haven't found out who she has contacted at work, Captain Du, do you think it's any use for me to stare at Xie Ming'an like this?" Xin Yifan answered Du Gang's question, but he still didn't understand this kind of work.

"Your job is not all to keep an eye on Xie Ming'an's every move, but more importantly, to get her research results, and you are very concerned about cracking the runes on the crystal skull. Du Gang explained.

"But Captain Du, are the runes on the crystal skull really so important? The oracle bone has only read half of them after decades of decipherment, and those runes on the crystal skull are much more complicated, I don't understand how you are so eager to crack this rune will help solve the robbery, I think you should look for clues from the robbery itself, there are no clues to solve the case in those runes. Xin Yifan said the doubts in his heart, since he was sent to spy on Xie Ming'an, he has always been unclear about his mission, if he feels that Xie Ming'an has a problem, get her research results on runes. Xin Yifan couldn't see what this had to do with solving the case.

"I understand what you mean, Xie Ming'an We will always investigate, not only through your way, but also the matter of deciphering the runes on the crystal skull will not be delayed, this involves the purpose of the robbers robbing the crystal skull, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just need to do your job now, one is to monitor Xie Ming'an, and the other is to get her research results on the runes and decipher these runes with her. Du Gang said.

Xin Yifan felt that Du Gang obviously had something not revealed to him, but Du Gang didn't say anything and Xin Yifan didn't bother to ask again.

Du Gang stood up and prepared to leave, before leaving, he said to Xin Yifan: "Yifan, I have been working in criminal investigation for more than ten years, and I generally don't get the logical relationship wrong, you first asked me to check the affairs of the Zhou and Sun families, and later I learned that the Li family and the Sun family had a holiday, am I right." After speaking, Du Gang smiled at Xin Yifan, put on his shoes, opened the door, and walked out of Qiao Minshan's house.