Zhou Liye sat on a living room sofa in one of the most ordinary two-bedroom houses in Chengbei District, and he was looking at a television screen reporting on the recent accidents of the Renjiang Group and the Zou family.

Zhou Liye crossed Erlang's legs, holding a burning cheap cigarette in one hand, one hand on his knee, holding the TV remote control, leaning forward, his eyes staring at the photo of Zou Renjiang on the screen.

"Hiss ......"

The cigarette burned slowly, the cigarette butt flickered on and off, a white smoke curled up, a smell of smoke permeated the room, the cigarette ash was very long, it seemed that the man had not moved for a long time.

"Ah......h

Zhou Liye's hand holding the cigarette suddenly trembled, and there was a burning sensation in his fingers, he subconsciously threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and only a small section of cigarette fell to the ground instantly, and the cigarette ash that was originally connected into a long string was instantly split apart and floated in the air, and Zhou Liye let out a miserable scream from his mouth.

The sudden pain brought Zhou Liye back from his contemplation, he shook his fingers, looked at the cigarette butt that fell to the ground, squinted his eyes, and then, put down the leg of Erlang, bent down to pick up the cigarette, and threw it into the ashtray that was already full of cigarette butts.

After doing all this, Zhou Liye looked around, and his eyes became confused again.

The furnishings in the room are very simple and very simple, the average family can afford a TV, two shabby leather sofas, the leather on the sofa is very cheap, some places have peeled off, revealing the foam inside, on the wall in the middle of the living room, there is a photo, it is a family photo, a photo of a family of three, the man in the photo is relatively young, and there is a woman standing next to the man, the woman is also very young, although it is not very beautiful, but, at a glance, you know that she is a very gentle and virtuous woman, And among them there is a little girl of six or seven years old, all three of them are smiling very happily, judging from the photos, they should be a very happy family.

Zhou Liye looked at the family photo on the wall, his eyes were confused.

Zhou Liye is in his fifties, but he looks like an old man in his sixties, bald, with deep sunken eye sockets, heavy eye bags, loose and dark skin on his face, a scruffy chin and beard, and he has not been repaired for a long time.

Living in a house of only a few dozen square meters, wearing clothes for more than ten yuan and smoking a cigarette for ten yuan, who would have imagined that this man who looked decadent and old would be the richest group of people in S City more than ten years ago, with a happy family, a listed company, a harmonious family, and a thriving career, but in less than a month, he had nothing.

Because his wife couldn't bear the threat of the debt collectors who came to the door every day, she jumped from the roof of the building and died on the spot in front of the debt collectors, and his seven-year-old daughter, after her mother committed suicide, one night, suddenly disappeared, no one was born, no one was dead, and a happy and harmonious family was so broken, and the company went bankrupt, and many people who worked hard with him all left, leaving him alone.

Death, Zhou Liye never thought of it, and more than once.

When the company went bankrupt, when he was being chased for debts, when his wife died, when his daughter was missing, Zhou Liye thought about death countless times, he thought about suicide, he was a hundred, he had cut his wrists, hanged himself, and took sleeping pills, but he didn't die every time, either he was found and rushed to the hospital for rescue, or he didn't die because he didn't have enough strength to do it.

At that time, when Zhou Liye chose to commit suicide for the last time, he was standing on the rooftop where his wife had jumped off the building, he wanted to jump down from there, and say goodbye to the world, he stood on the top of the building for a long time, thought for a long time, and just when he was about to jump, a little girl who went to the rooftop to play saw her, this little girl, Zhou Liye is not familiar with it, but I have seen it, she is the daughter of a resident in this community, as for which one, Zhou Liye does not know, he remembers that his daughter used to play with this girl often, the two seem to be good friends.

When Zhou Liye saw this little girl, he suddenly remembered his daughter, and thought of the picture of his daughter's well-behaved and sensible, his wife was gone, his daughter was missing, he had to find his daughter no matter what, no matter how much time it took and how much it cost, so Zhou Liye survived, he gave up suicide and began to find his daughter.

After Zhou Liye figured it out, he didn't think about suicide, but started working, he needed to earn money, on the one hand, to support himself, and on the other hand, to pay back the money.

Zhou Liye is a rich second generation, because when his father was alive, he must have had his own company, however, at that time, the company was still very small, with only a dozen employees, and when Zhou Liye entered the company, the company grew step by step under his leadership, and became one of the richest people in S City, but because of this, after he cooperated with Renjiang Group several times, his company had problems one after another, until finally, many of the company's customers were lost overnight. The largest customer, Renjiang Group, suddenly withdrew its investment, causing the already crumbling company to collapse and completely go to extinction.

He remembers very well the days before the company collapsed

, he once contacted Zou Renjiang, on the phone, he prayed in a low voice to the other party, let the other party not withdraw investment, give him and his company a way to live, however, in exchange, only ruthless refusal.

More than ten years have passed, Zhou Liye has become the ghost he is now from an upright young man, these years, he has done a lot of work in order to live, to find his daughter, to pay off his debts, at most, he works five jobs a day, and it is the most tiring and dirty work, he has persevered, and now, he also has a small company of his own.

Over the years, when investigating his daughter's whereabouts, he also knew the truth about the company's bankruptcy, and his company's bankruptcy was not an accident, but a joint design by Renjiang Group and many people, with the purpose of driving him out of the industry and sharing the cake in his hand.

About half a year ago, someone contacted him and told him that when necessary, let him stand up and attack the Renjiang Group to avenge his dead wife, and soon after receiving that call, he found that there was a problem with the Renjiang Group, Zou Renjiang was crazy about charity, and last month, Zou Renjiang, who had been active, suddenly disappeared, and when the Hengda Building opened, Zou Renjiang died, and his death was miserable.

It wasn't until this moment that Zhou Liye believed the other party's words.

Zou Renjiang died, the executive director of Injiang Group also died, the company's CEO and the person in charge of the Hengda Building also disappeared, and now, Zou Jiayi was also admitted to the hospital on suspicion of murder, leaving only Zou Yuanliang alone, everything happened too fast, in less than a month, Renjiang Group was crumbling, which is so similar to his past experience.

"Smack."

Zhou Liye picked up the cigarette case from the coffee table, took out a cigarette from it, put it in his mouth, and lit it with a disposable lighter, with a crisp sound, the lighter emitted a light blue flame, the flame touched the cigarette, and it burned instantly, the man put down the lighter, took a hard puff of the cigarette, and a strong prickly sensation instantly permeated the whole body.

He leaned back, leaned back on the couch, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the nicotine pricking his lungs.

After smoking a cigarette, Zhou Liye opened his eyes, inserted the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, he stood up, walked into the bedroom, opened a drawer on the bedside table, took out a thick pile of materials from it, looked at the information and hesitated for a while, his eyes that were still wandering suddenly became firm, he seemed to have made up his mind, turned around and left the bedroom, and walked out of the house.

In the police station not far from Zhou Liye's house, Zhou Liye sat in front of a policeman, handed over the information in his hand to the other party, and then, raised his head, and said: "Officer, I want to call the police, I want to report, report Zou Renjiang of Renjiang Group, who was suspected of commercial fraud eighteen years ago......"

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In the hospital, inpatient department, in a high-end VIP ward, a young man is wearing a hospital gown, lying quietly on the hospital bed.

The man was none other than Zou Jiayi, at this moment, his face was slightly pale, it may be caused by excessive blood loss, or it may be caused by excessive fright, he opened a pair of eyes, looked at the ceiling above his head, and didn't know what he was thinking, on the infusion stand next to him, the medicine was slowly dripping down the infusion tube.

On a chair outside the ward sat a uniformed police officer, he sat upright, his eyes fixed on the door of the ward, he watched vigilantly at everyone who walked by him, but if the other party tried to get close to the ward, he would take measures at the first opportunity.

Zou Jiayi was sent to the hospital from the Jiahao Club for rescue, he was stabbed three times, the wounds were in a fatal position, and the bleeding did not stop, but, fortunately, the three wounds were not deep, and the doctor had determined that there was no danger to his life after emergency treatment, and then he was sent to the ward.

Zou Jiayi's sudden attack was something that no one expected, and it was the closest people around him who did it.

At that time, after Ding Haoqiong and they left the room, no one knew what happened inside, it was the person named Zhang Shangjie who attacked Zou Jiayi, and as a result, the two were killed by Zou Jiayi in the struggle, or Zou Jiayi inadvertently killed Zhang Shangjie in order to evade the police investigation?

However, no matter which possibility it is, the result is that Zhang Shangjie died, Zou Jiayi was seriously injured and hospitalized, and Jiahao Club died.

The police couldn't figure out why at that time, Zou Jiayi had an accident.

Just when the police officer in charge of taking care of Zou Jiayi was vigilantly observing the surroundings, the elevator door suddenly opened, and a man with snow-white long hair walked out, I don't know if the police officer was very vigilant, or the man's aura was too full, the moment the man walked out of the elevator, the police noticed him instantly.

The man walked towards the police officer with a steady footstep, and the police officer stood up immediately.

"Team Leader Xu."

Xu Lang nodded and asked, "How is the situation?" ”

"The doctor said that the patient was not life-threatening, however, he needed to be hospitalized for a period of time."

After Xu Lang listened, he nodded again, and then asked, "Is he awake?" ”

"Well, I woke up not long after I was admitted to the ward."

Knowing that Zou Jiayi had woken up, Xu Lang didn't ask anything, but

Turning his head and looking at the ward, there was also a police officer who came with Xu Lang, who was the deputy captain of the criminal investigation detachment.

"Click."

Xu Lang walked to the front of the ward, stretched out his hand, pushed the ward open, and walked in.

As soon as he pushed open the door, Xu Lang saw Zou Jiayi lying on the hospital bed, looking sideways at the door.

Xu Lang didn't stop at the door, walked straight to the hospital bed, looked at Zou Jiayi condescendingly, and then stretched out his hand, lifted the quilt on Zou Jiayi's body, pulled his hospital gown, and found that his chest was wrapped in gauze, and blood seeped out, it seemed that he was indeed seriously injured.

Regarding Xu Lang's extremely rude actions, Zou Jiayi only frowned slightly, but he didn't stop it, and he couldn't stop it.

After checking the wound, Xu Lang pulled a chair from the side and sat down, looked at Zou Jiayi, and asked straight to the point: "At that time, what happened in the room?" ”

Zou Jiayi looked at Xu Lang, whose face was hidden, pulled the corners of his mouth, and then asked, "How is Ajie?" ”

"He's dead."

Xu Lang said simply and simply.

"Dead? He's dead, hehe......"

This result was completely unexpected, but after Xu Lang said it himself, Zou Jiayi smiled bitterly.

"Tell me, what happened in the room at that time?" Xu Lang frowned and asked.

"Do you believe that I didn't kill people?" Zou Jiayi was silent for a long time, turned his head, looked into Xu Lang's eyes and asked.

Xu Lang raised his eyebrows and said, "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, what matters is, how do you prove that you didn't kill people?" ”

"I can't prove it." Zou Jiayi looked at Xu Lang and said.

Xu Lang frowned again, looked at Zou Jiayi, looked at it for a long time, and then asked, "At that time, what happened?" ”

"Officer Xu, it's not the first time we've met, you have to believe me, I didn't kill people."

Zou Jiayi suddenly became excited and wanted to sit up from the bed, but was stopped by Xu Lang.

"Then tell me everything that happened at that time, and don't miss a single detail." Xu Lang said in a deep voice.

"Okay, I said, I'll say ......"

According to Zou Jiayi's account, at that time, when Ding Haoqiong and they brought people to Jiahao Club, Zhang Shangjie, as Zou Jiayi's closest person, naturally wanted to tell Zou Jiayi about it, and after Zhang Shangjie told Zou Jiayi all this, Ding Haoqiong and they came to the room where Zou Jiayi was.

Ding Haoqiong and the others left the room, but Zhou Shangjie did not leave, he took advantage of Zou Jiayi when he was taking off his bathrobe and changing clothes, without any defense, and suddenly attacked Zou Jiayi from behind.

Don't look at Zou Jiayi looks like a flower-flower-male-son, a gentleman, in fact, he once served in the army for two years, after being discharged from the army, these years, although he spent every day drinking, drunk and obsessed, but, he should have the sensitivity to danger, he still has, when Zhang Shangjie attacked him, he just put on his pants, and after feeling the danger, he wanted to dodge, but, after not exercising for a long time, although he was aware of the danger, the body's reaction speed still couldn't keep up, and his back was stabbed by Zhang Shangjie with a knife, The blood flowed out at once, and after he was injured by the sting, he immediately turned around, not leaving his back to Zhang Shangjie, and turned around and started a fight with Zhang Shangjie.

Zou Jiayi shouted for help while fighting, because he knew that the police were outside, and hoped that the police could go in to save him after hearing the movement inside.

The cries for help and fighting inside quickly attracted Ding Haoqiong's attention, they realized that something was happening inside, and wanted to rush in to check it out, but the door was locked by Zhang Shangjie from the inside, and they couldn't get in for a while, and Zou Jiayi was fighting to the death with Zhang Shangjie at this time.

In the process of fighting, Zou Jiayi was stabbed twice in the chest by Zhang Shangjie, but because of Zou Jiayi's resistance, these two wounds were not deep.

Because he was injured, he was naked and naked, when he was fighting, it was not easy to control, and because of the blood, Zhou Shangjie couldn't control him well, and although Zou Jiayi was stabbed three times, he was about to lose to the other party, he still had the final fight, during the fight, the knife in Zhang Shangjie's hand fell, and Zou Jiayi took the opportunity to pick it up and stabbed Zhang Shangjie's face, but Zhang Shangjie dodged.

The head was dodged, but the knife slashed Zhang Shangjie's neck, and the blood splattered out at once, and Zhang Shangjie pushed Zou Jiayi hard before he fell, causing him to fall to the ground, and the knife just fell to Zhang Shangjie's side.

It just so happened that at this time, the door of the room was knocked open by Ding Haoqiong, and then they saw the situation at that time, Zhang Shangjie covered his neck, pulled out on the ground, and spasmed, while Zou Jiayi sat on a messy floor, looking at all this with a frightened face, and the police knew everything after that.

After listening to Zou Jiayi's story, Xu Lang frowned, looked at Zou Jiayi, who was pale, and fell into deep thought.