Chapter 55: Cornered
The next morning, she didn't even go to work and went home.
The stepmother stayed awake all night, her eyes were red, Shenghua went to find a lawyer, looked at the tearful stepmother and the mess in the room, and couldn't help sighing.
Her immediate priority is to go to the detention center to see her father.
When Jiayi arrived at the detention center, his father was placed in a single prison, but fortunately, at least there was a roof to shelter him from the wind and rain.
In a short period of time, Jiayi felt that her father seemed to be much older, and the gray hair between his temples had increased a lot.
The first thing Lu's father said when he saw Jiayi was to ask his stepmother, "Your aunt, are you okay?" β
Jiayi sighed, "Auntie, she is not very good, she didn't sleep all night." β
Father Lu was stunned, and then let out a long sigh, "Alas, I'm sorry for you." β
"Dad, tell me, what the hell is going on? Are you really embezzling public money? β
Father Lu shook his head, "I didn't, no, I didn't." β
"So what's going on? Those documents are all signed by your own hand. β
Jiayi looked anxious.
Father Lu lowered his head, his brows tightened, "That day, Mr. Chen brought the document and asked me to sign, he said that it was a real estate construction project, and he wanted to be urgent, I was on the phone, I didn't pay attention, I wanted to come to Mr. Chen and I have worked together for more than 30 years, he will not pit me, so, I didn't look at it, I signed it directly, and afterwards, suddenly a large amount of money hit my account, I went to ask Mr. Chen what was going on, Mr. Chen told me that this is the profit dividend left over from the construction money, I was greedy for a while, just I took it, but," he looked up sharply, and said excitedly, "If I knew, if I knew that it was public money, I wouldn't have touched it." β
Hearing her father say this, she completely understood that this was clearly a trap for him.
"What about Mr. Chen?"
Father Lu shook his head, "When the police looked for him, he had already fled with the money, Jiayi, Dad knows that Dad has always been sorry for you, if, if I leave, can you help Dad take good care of your aunt, she is timid, she is old, and she can't stand the toss." β
"Dad, don't talk nonsense, I'll find a way to save you."
Jiayi stretched out her hand and held her father tightly.
She looked up slowly, how long had it been since she had looked at her father so closely.
It turned out that in the passage of time, his father was no longer the person who had the strength to chase her all over the alley, and he had also become old.
She watched as her father was wearing an orange vest, shackles that were so silver that they were almost blinding, a few wrinkles crept up on his forehead, and the broken hair on his sideburns was gradually graying.
Probably because he felt that his outfit was not very decent, he was a little embarrassed when he saw him, and he quietly lowered his shackled hands down, trying to hide it through the window, as if hiding his last dignity as a father.
Obviously he was in prison, but he still raised his head and looked at himself with a perennial smile.
She still remembers her father's last words to herself before leaving the police station, "Guard our home." β
Home, what a long-lost word.
What she has to do now is to clear her father's suspicion, and she must find that Mr. Chen.
It's just that she can't figure out who would target her father like this?
When she came out of the police station, she was restless, and as she sat in the car, she kept thinking about what had happened the week before.
Since all this is a bureau, then, the person who set up the bureau has long buried the trap and waited for people to jump down.
For some reason, she suddenly thought of Yi Zecheng.
If anyone hates her the most in this world, that person must be Yi Zecheng.
Thinking of his recent series of unusual behaviors, her whole heart was a little uneasy.
Thinking of this, she immediately asked the driver to turn around and look for Yi Zecheng.
At this point, he should be in the company.
But when she wanted to go upstairs, she was told by the secretary that Yi Zecheng had gone to the golf club.
That club is a well-known gold nest, and it is even more difficult for non-members to enter it than to climb to the sky.
Jiayi didn't have a membership card, so she tried everything she could to disguise herself as a caddie before she got through the test and got in by luck.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the field, she saw Yi Zecheng and the beauties beside him, behaving intimately.
Lilyγ
Oh, sure enough, the man's mouth deceives the ghost, it seems, they didn't break up.
If it weren't for her father, if she didn't want to know the truth, she would never want to bother them.
There was no way, she had no choice but to face it head-on, "Mr. Yi." β
Yi Zecheng glanced at her, raised his eyebrows, and seemed not very happy, "Miss Lu has changed jobs?" From designer to caddy? It seems that Miss Lu is really able to bend and stretch. β
The words were full of contempt and disdain.
Lily couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Jiayi was stunned in place, unable to say a word.
"I'm not very lucky today, forget it, stop fighting."
With that, Yi Zecheng was about to take Lily and walk away.
Seeing this, Jiayi immediately stepped forward and eagerly grabbed Yi Zecheng, "Wait, I have something to tell you." β
Yi Zecheng glanced down at Jiayi holding his hand, and couldn't help frowning.
Jiayi immediately let go of his hand, tried to calm his mood, and then said to Yi Zecheng in an almost pleading tone: "Mr. Yi, I only take up five minutes of your time, I just want to ask you something." β
He shrugged, "I'm busy. β
She looked him straight in the eye, "It's not so busy that you don't even have five minutes to spare, right?" β
Yi Zecheng couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, I'll give you five minutes." He turned to Lily and said, "Go over there and order breakfast and wait for me, and I'll come over right over." Then he looked up at his watch, and it looked like it was really going to count down.
She licked her dry lips and said with difficulty: "My father was framed for corruption and imprisoned, and Mr. Chen is nowhere to be found, I want to know if this matter has anything to do with Mr. Yi and you." β
He smiled again, "So, are you here to ask the master about the sin?" β
Jiayi shook her head, "No, it's not, I'm just here to investigate the truth." β
"So, you suspect it was my hand?"
Jiayi lowered her head, pursed her lips, and after a moment of silence, said: "In the entire Linjiang, the only person who hates me the most is you, so if, if it is really you, please raise your noble hand and let my father go, just be, just for it, for my sister." β
"Lu Jiayi, you think too highly of yourself." Yi Zecheng glanced down at his watch again, "I said I was very busy, do you think that in order to take revenge on you, I went to such a big time to frame your father, am I really idle?" β
"Isn't it you? Who would that be? β
Jiayi couldn't help but mutter.
"You have made too many hatreds, and I am not the only one who hates you."
Jiayi raised her head suddenly, her temples jumping suddenly, "Do you know who it is?" β
"Lu Jiayi, sometimes I don't know if you're really stupid, or if you're deliberately pretending to be stupid. The company your father works for was introduced by Gu Weisheng, Ming'an Group, a subsidiary of the Gu family, I heard that each of Gu Tingyu's sons is burdened with heavy responsibilities, so he has always wanted Gu Weisheng to go back, but he seems to have been reluctant to go back because of someone. β
As he spoke, Yi Zecheng glanced at her meaningfully.
Gu Weisheng? Gu's ......
Jiayi only felt that her chest seemed to be hit by something heavy, and she only felt that her whole heart and whole person were sinking.
"How could it be ......?"
"How could it not!" Yi Zecheng interrupted her coldly, "Gu Tingyu has always wanted to marry the Mu family, but Gu Weisheng is reluctant to go back because of you, so he ......"
The rest of the matter, there is no need for Yi Zecheng to say, no matter how stupid she is, she understands.
Everything, everything is a bureau set up by Gu Tingyu.
She lowered her head pale and weakly, "Mr. Yi, then you, can you help me?" β
"Why should I help you?"
"If," she licked her lips, "if, Mr. Yi is willing to help me, I am willing to do anything for Mr. Yi." β
"Anything? Oh, you really think of yourself. Yi Zecheng paused and said with a smile: "Instead of you running to beg me, it is better to beg Gu Weisheng." β
Gu Weisheng's three stabbed her heart like thorns.
She didn't even know how to go back and face Gu Weisheng.
She knows Gu Weisheng, if she tells him the truth, he must do everything to fight against his father for her, he is so good to her, if he knows, if he knows all this, how much he should blame himself.
So, no matter what, she couldn't let him know.
Jiayi muttered: "No, no, if he knew, he would definitely blame himself......"
"You are still thinking about him, it seems that you are really sincere to him."
A chill rose in Jiayi's heart.
Yi Zecheng has an innate ability to observe words and looks, and when he saw her face, he smiled slightly, "Miss Lu, I'm sorry, I can't help you, you better go and ask Gu Weisheng." β
As he spoke, Yi Zecheng was about to walk up.
She raised her eyes, and there was no emotion in her words: "Mr. Yi, I really beg you, I don't dare to expect you to make a righteous move, Mr. Yi, I understand you, you are an excellent businessman, I think, you may be interested in some goods." β
He thoughtfully said, "For example? β
"For example......" A faint flush appeared on her face, and she took a deep breath, "I! β
"You?" Yi Zecheng couldn't help laughing, "Haha, you're too confident." He paused, "But, since you say you know me, you must know my usual style, and I always ask for value for money." β
He looked her up and down viciously: "Miss Lu, you are not worth my shot." β
"So, what about my face?"
Jiayi raised her head stubbornly with tears in her eyes.
Yi Zecheng turned his head to look at her face, stunned, frowned, squinted, and said fiercely: "Lu Jiayi!" β
"Beauty is in company, you must have forgotten your sister and Lu Jiajing a long time ago."
Jiayi said hatefully.
"The person who is least qualified to mention the good scenery is you."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, "Okay, Miss Lu, it's five minutes coming." β
Then, he walked straight away from her towards Lily.
"Mr. Yi!" She gritted her teeth, "If you reject me, you will definitely regret it!" β
Yi Zecheng slowly turned around with Lily in his arms, "Miss Lu, you do have quite a sharp tooth that can move people's hearts. Let me think again. β
Then he left.
On the way back, she only felt that her head was buzzing, and what Yi Zecheng said kept turning over and over in her mind.
When they got home, Gu Weisheng and Chen Mo were there.
As soon as Chen Mo saw Jiayi's solemn appearance, he greeted him, "Joey, I know all about your family, are you okay?" β
Jiayi barely pulled out a smile, "It's okay, Chen Mo, I'm hungry, can you help me buy a shredded meat noodles at the door?" β
Chen Mo naturally understood that Jiayi wanted to break away from himself and wanted to talk to Gu Weisheng alone, so Chen Mo responded and turned around and went out.
There were only two people left in the house, Gu Weisheng and Jiayi.
Obviously the distance was so close, for the first time, she felt that she and Gu Weisheng were far away, and they were getting farther and farther away.
After a moment of silence, Gu Weisheng finally spoke, "Jiayi, uncle, it's okay......"
"The lawyer said that the evidence is complete, I'm afraid, I can't go back to heaven."
Jiayi couldn't help but sigh.
"Jiayi, in fact, ......"
Gu Weisheng wanted to speak and stopped.
Jiayi stepped forward, "Gu Weisheng, actually, you already knew all this, didn't you?" β
Gu Weisheng looked at her in surprise.
"It was Yi Zecheng who told me, before I came back, I also went to Ming'an Company to check, that Mr. Chen, if I guessed correctly, it was your father's person."
Gu Weisheng didn't speak, lowered his head, frowned, and clenched his fists.
"Gu Weisheng, I don't blame you, really, I don't blame you at all, I know, this is not what you want, you are also forced, so you don't have to blame yourself so much."
"Jiayi," Gu Weisheng finally spoke: "It's me who is sorry for you, it's our Gu family who is sorry for you, I will go and beg my father to let him not do that, even if I let me go back and let me marry the Mu family." β
"Gu Weisheng, you have saved me, when I was most helpless, you were always helping me, so, you are you, your father is your father, I don't blame you, you don't have to wronged yourself for me, you are my best friend, I really don't want to see you live in pain. As for my father, don't worry, I'll do my best to save him. β
"Are you going to go back to Yi Zecheng?"
Gu Weisheng looked at her and asked.
Jiayi didn't speak.
"No, you can't go to him, what kind of person Yi Zecheng is, you can't know better, how can you go back to him? No, I'll go back to my father now, and I'll go and beg him. β
As he spoke, Gu Weisheng was about to get up, but Jiayi grabbed him.
"Gu Weisheng! This is our family's business, you don't have to worry about it anymore, I've already decided, it's not too early, you can go back first. β
Gu Weisheng looked at Jiayi's resolute expression, and wanted to say something, but he knew that no matter what he was saying, from the moment Gu Tingyu attacked the Lu family, there was no more chance between them.
"Then you, take a good rest, I'll go first."
The sound of the door closing, Gu Weisheng looked back at the closed door, he was a little stunned, he knew that as soon as the door was closed, he completely isolated himself from her world.
When Chen Mo came back, Jiayi had already returned to the room, holding the text message from Yi Zecheng tightly in his hand.
"Tomorrow, come to the villa to find me."
She knew that Yi Zecheng agreed, and her father was saved.
It's just that, in the future, she will fall into that bottomless whirlpool again.
Perhaps, she shouldn't be praying for some bullshit to live a stable life.
She's stupid, she's really stupid.
She thought that God would give her a chance to start over again so that she could have her own life again, but she still couldn't escape it after all.
That's her fate.
She can't hide.
The next day, she appeared at the door of Yi Zecheng's villa as promised.
The familiar and unfamiliar place made her a little trance.
After ringing the doorbell, she straightened her clothes, and for some reason, she was a little apprehensive.
Probably because of the unknown.
She didn't know if she would be greeted by light or darkness once she stepped through the door.
The door opened automatically from the inside, and Yi Zecheng changed the original password door to this remote control door.
There was a thick carpet in the entrance, and a new fish tank had been replaced next to it, but it was empty, and there was not a single fish.
The room was quiet, as if there was no one.
Jiayi carefully walked two steps forward along the carpet and finally saw the living room.
Snacks and black tea on the coffee table in the living room.
Holding a teapot in one hand, tea trickled into the cup, Yi Zecheng was pouring tea with his back to her, and said, "You came on time, it's afternoon tea time." β
He turned his face as if nothing had happened, and he smiled at Jiayi: "Come and have some dim sum." β
That cup of tea was fragrant and had a special aroma that made people groggy.
She was a little afraid to look at his face, her eyes kept drooping, and she only noticed that he had delicate white gold cufflinks on his cuffs, which were in the shape of small golf balls, and the silver light flashed under the lamp, which looked very chic.
He threw out a bunch of documents, exactly the same as the last time Lu Shenghua showed her at home.
"These ......"
"These are documents signed by your father, originals."
Original? What about those ...... in the house
Before Jiayi could speak, Yi Zecheng saw through her thoughts, and said: "The ones you see at home are copies, as long as the originals are in my hands and not sent to the Anti-Corruption Bureau, then, your father will be safe." β
Jiayi knew that Yi Zecheng helped her.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome," he picked up a cup of black tea, took a sip, and then the corners of his mouth went up. β
"What do you want me to do?"
Jiayi looked at him dryly and asked.
Since he has helped himself, it also means that he will never be able to get rid of him in the future, although she doesn't know where he got the documents from, but she knows that her father is fine, really okay.
He still looked at her with a smirk.
Jiayi suddenly understood that she couldn't do it.
She wanted to leave, but she was so dazed that she didn't have the strength to get up from the couch.
She understood that she could no longer escape, but in the dark, sinking and sinking with him.
Yi Zecheng stretched out his hand to her, and his face was also far and near, making her unable to see clearly.
Then, Jiayi felt that her body was light, and the whole person had been picked up by him.