A month later.

Siwang became the spokesperson of Erya Education Group. The principal lied to him that he wanted to make promotional photos for Changshou Road No. 1 Primary School, and invited him to the studio to take a set of photos, and finally said that it was a commercial advertisement. Gu Qiusha's assistant found Si Wang's mother, who is also the child's only legal guardian, and paid 100,000 yuan in cash on the spot to sign the endorsement contract.

Gu Qiusha invited the boy to his home for dinner, he wore new clothes provided by the children's clothing sponsor, stepped into the door of the Gu family for the first time, looked at the living room where he could play basketball, his cheeks were red with shyness, and he looked even more cute in Gu Qiusha's eyes. She took Si Wang's hand and sat down at the table to introduce the family members.

"This is my father, who is also the chairman of Erya Education Group, and the former president of the university, Professor Gu Changlong."

Gu Changlong, who was in his sixties, his hair was dyed black and shiny, and he said kindly: "Oh, classmate Si Wang, I have heard of you for a long time, you are really a prodigy, and your temperament is different from other children, thank you for your endorsement for us." ”

"Professor Gu, thank you for the opportunity you have given me, and I wish you a healthy and good appetite."

The boy replied quite decently, Gu Qiusha was very satisfied, and introduced the man on the other side of the table: "This is my husband, the administrative director of Erya Education Group, Mr. Lu Zhongyue. ”

Lu Zhongyue's expression was very unnatural, he didn't say a word, and nodded awkwardly.

"Hello, Mr. Lu."

Si Wang greeted politely as usual, and Gu Qiusha saw that her husband was not angry, so she could only add: "My husband usually doesn't like to talk, but he used to be an engineer, if you have any questions about mathematics, physics and chemistry, just come and ask him." ”

"Okay, science and engineering are my weaknesses, please give me more advice in the future!"

"Let's have a toast then!"

Gu Qiusha raised the glass of red wine, and the Filipino maid had already brought a table of sumptuous dishes, which she specially invited the hotel chef to make at home.

The boy toasts with the hostess with juice. The atmosphere at the banquet was quite harmonious, Gu Qiusha and her father asked Si Wang questions one after another, nothing could stump this child, no matter astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, they could tell the story. Even Lu Zhongyue asked a military question, about the German tanks in "World War II", but he didn't expect Si Wang to be like a treasure.

Finally, Gu Changlong asked about the current economic situation, and the third-grade primary school student replied: "In the next three years, the global economy will remain relatively prosperous. Housing prices in China will at least double or triple, and you can buy a house if you want to preserve your value in cash. If you want to invest in the securities market, it is recommended to buy some funds next year. ”

"If you have a son, what more can you ask for."

The old man sighed and looked at Lu Zhongyue across the table, which made him bow his head with a blue face.

After dinner, the boy didn't pay too much attention: "Miss Gu, I'm going home, tell my mother about the time." ”

"What a good boy."

The more Gu Qiusha looked at it, the more comfortable she felt, and she couldn't help but kiss the boy on the cheek and asked the driver to send him home.

Seeing Si Wang sitting in the BMW away, she subconsciously touched her lips, it was the first time she kissed him just now, but there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

The huge villa was deserted and lonely, and the father went back to bed early—he was forced to come to this dinner by his daughter, and even more so to her husband Lu Zhongyue.

Returning to the second floor in a daze, she took a look at Lu Zhongyue in the corridor, and he said coldly: "Today, that police officer named Huang Hai came to me for questioning-about He Nian's death. ”

"What are you doing?"

"Because, that man."

She knew who the person in Lu Zhongyue's mouth was: "Yes, you are that person's high school classmate, He Nian is his college classmate, and you are my husband, He Nian worked in our group before he was killed, and I found his body." ”

"Therefore, I am the object of suspicion."

"You'll be fine, don't worry." She was just about to leave, but she grabbed the man's arm again and said, "Why are you so cold to the child today?" ”

"Your child?"

"Think of it as my child."

Lu Zhongyue shook his head: "This is your right, but it has nothing to do with me." ”

He broke free of his wife's hand and walked into the study to fight "World of Warcraft" at night.

Gu Qiusha returned to the bedroom, there was no trace of a man's smell in the room, she lay on the spacious big bed, stroking her lips and neck.

Lu Zhongyue hadn't slept in this bed for three years.

Their first acquaintance was in March 1995, when they announced their engagement with Gu Qiusha. At that time, Lu Zhongyue was sitting at the table of Shen Ming's classmates, and he was already drunk. Shen Ming dragged Gu Qiusha over to toast his best friend. Lu Zhongyue didn't hold it up, and vomited on the spot.

Gu Changlong therefore noticed Lu Zhongyue. It turned out that he and Lu Zhongyue's father were comrades-in-arms, and later he went to the Education Bureau, and Lao Lu went to the district government to become a powerful director, and the two maintained a good relationship. Back then, Gu Changlong often visited Lu's house, and he still had some impression of Lu Zhongyue.

Lu Zhongyue studied science at university, and after graduation, he was assigned to the steel factory on Nanming Road, which is close to his alma mater, Nanming High School. He was the youngest engineer in the factory, but the factory was in a state of semi-shutdown, and he was usually idle, often going to the nearest statement to watch football or drink.

Shen Ming didn't have any friends, and every time he had to pull people at a party, he would think of Lu Zhongyue, and he became acquainted with Gu Qiusha in this way. When they were decorating the wedding room, Lu Zhongyue also came to help in three days, which made Shen Ming very embarrassed.

In June 1995, Lu Zhongyue told her the news of the accident for the first time.

In order to avoid Shen Ming, Gu Qiusha's family deliberately went on a trip to Yunnan, and when they returned home, they found Lu Zhongyue and others at the door, their eyes red and swollen and said, "Shen Ming is dead!" ”

Lu Zhongyue said it in detail, including that the police also found the body of the teaching director Yan Yan in the wilderness on the side of Nanming Road, and confirmed that Shen Ming killed Yan Yan, because the murder weapon was inserted in the deceased's body, and the handle of the knife was stained with Shen Ming's bloody fingerprints. He fled to the abandoned underground warehouse of the steel mill and was stabbed to death in the back.

Finally, Gu Qiusha burst into tears and lay weakly on Lu Zhongyue's shoulder until his shirt was all wet.

She felt very guilty.

What if, then, he could have been saved? What if his father hadn't insisted on expelling him from public office and the party? What if she could care a little about her desperate fiancé, even if it was to see him in the detention center?

But she didn't do anything, leaving only disappointment and despair to affirm.

Gu Qiusha originally imagined the future of the statement, but he would inevitably collapse because of this, and lose everything he had earned for more than ten years of struggle, but he didn't expect that he would choose this tragic path of killing, let alone that someone would kill him from behind. What kind of person exactly? What kind of hatred?

Affirming that killing the teaching director was for revenge, then he probably also has a strong grudge against Gu Qiusha and her father.

Perhaps, the Dean of Education is just the first target of vendetta, and the next is ......

She went from guilt to fear again.

Gu Qiusha fell seriously ill, and after recovering from her illness, she took the initiative to find Lu Zhongyue to repent. And he is quite empathetic, although he misses his dead friend, he says that people cannot be resurrected after death, and everyone has to toast to the past. Lu Zhongyue also admitted that he was unsatisfactory, compared to the statement of studying hard and excellent grades, he could only accompany the last seat forever, and his college entrance examination results were also very average, and he had to rely on the help of his father from the district government to find a job after graduating from college. He was an ambitious man who would never settle for a job as an engineer in a steel plant.

One day in the middle of summer, she asked Lu Zhongyue to talk at a bar, and the two drank from beer to red wine to whiskey, and they were drunk to a mess. When Gu Qiusha woke up and was already in the hotel room, Lu Zhongyue sat in front of her in shame, regretting that he was impulsive, how could he touch the woman who had died of his brother? She didn't blame Lu Zhongyue, but hugged him and said, "Please don't mention that person again!" ”

The next year, Gu Qiusha married Lu Zhongyue.

Gu Changlong readily agreed to his daughter's marriage, after all, he and Lu Zhongyue's family are also world friends, not to mention that his daughter needs to come out of the shadows after the last blow, and quickly find a suitable man to marry, I am afraid it is the best way.

However, Gu Qiusha did not tell Lu Zhongyue her secret.

She is no longer the innocent girl, Lu Zhongyue and Shen Ming are two kinds of people after all, if he knows that his wife can't get pregnant and have children, he may not be as loyal as he says.

Let's get married first.

In the fourth year of marriage, when Lu Zhongyue was puzzled by his wife's lack of joy and insisted on going to the hospital for a check-up, Gu Qiusha told the secret truthfully.

Lu Zhongyue made a big fuss at home, but he didn't get anything out. Just two years ago, his father was removed from his post by the district government for corruption. If it weren't for Gu Changlong's face in his in-laws and greeting the leaders above, he might have been sentenced to ten years or eight years. The Nanming Iron and Steel Plant also closed down, and Lu Zhongyue became a laid-off unemployed person.

This year, coinciding with the establishment of Erya Education Group, Gu Changlong appointed his son-in-law as the administrative director.

Gu Qiusha and Lu Zhongyue are already strangers, but they pretend to be in love outside. Lu Zhongyue is still respectful to his father-in-law, and he is usually diligent in his work, but he doesn't wait to see him up and down, and he is called to eat soft rice in private.

In the dead of night, when she can't sleep alone, she will also miss the statement.