Chapter 202, Coincidental Encounter
Ding Xiu left Cai Ji's office in a daze, and as soon as he left with his front foot, the mobile phone on Cai Ji's desk rang.
"Auntie."
"It's Jia Ning, what's wrong?" Cai Ji connected the phone and heard Chen Jianing's voice.
"Is Ding Xiu still with you?"
"I just let him go back." Cai Ji said, and asked curiously: "How do you know that he came to me?" β
"I asked him to have dinner today, and you know, I've been helping him with his homework lately. After dinner, we had to continue to study in the library. β
When Chen Jianing said this, she suddenly paused and asked, "Auntie, do you have anything to do with Ding Xiu?" Did he get into trouble? β
"It seems that you know his affairs very well, why, want to intercede for him?" On the other end of the phone, Cai Ji laughed dumbly.
"No, no, no." Chen Jianing hurriedly denied: "I'm worried that you don't know the truth of the matter and will misunderstand Ding Xiu." β
"Condensation." Cai Ji suddenly called out her nickname: "In Grells, there are not many truths that can be hidden from me. I don't know if what Ding Xiu told you is consistent with what I know, but I know very well that he is already 'playing with fire'. β
"But Ding Xiu is innocent, he is not wrong." Chen Jianing helped Ding Xiu defend himself, "He is here to save his friends." β
"You're about to turn 18, how can you still look at things like a child in terms of right and wrong?" Cai Ji sighed, and his tone became serious: "It's not a place to talk about right and wrong outside.
"So what should I say?" Chen Jianing asked.
"Talk about the pros and cons." Cai Ji's words were concise and to the point, and she continued: "Once people are naΓ―ve, they will be presumptuous; Only maturity will be restrained. Ding Xiu has been lucky to get the opportunity to change his fate, but if he wants to really change his fate, he still has a long way to go. β
Cai Ji's words, Chen Jianing seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.
She hung up the phone a little disappointed, and was stunned for a while, and then went to Ding Xiu to have dinner with her as agreed.
The two met at Wuweixuan, Ding Xiu didn't mention what Cai Ji was looking for him, and Chen Jianing didn't ask tacitly.
At this meal, they both ate a little melancholy.
The next morning, Ding Xiu came downstairs to the dormitory, ready to go to the classroom.
"Ding Xiu, your letter."
The person who called him was the dormitory manager of this dormitory building.
"Oh? Thank you. Ding Xiu took a brown paper envelope from his hand, thanked him, and opened it as he walked.
The closure of the envelope is specially designed and easy to open. Ding Xiu opened the envelope and saw that it contained several photos.
"This is?!"
The photos are all the same person, a dead person, to be exact.
Several photographs show the body very clearly from all angles, and even the cause of death is clearly shown in the photos.
"Luo Sihai!" Ding Xiu had seen the person in the photo in the Zhixing warehouse, and the person had fled at the time and his whereabouts have been unknown.
"He turned out to be dead......" In the photo, Luo Sihai's neck was strangled open and fleshy, and the strangulation marks were deeply sunk into the flesh. Combined with the expression on his face before he died, Ding Xiu knew that this person died a painful death.
There were people around, Ding Xiu hurriedly stuffed the photo back into the envelope, and went back in the direction of the dormitory.
"What do they mean by killing Luo Sihai and sending me the photo?" With this question, Ding Xiu returned to the dormitory.
He closed the door, looked at the photos in the envelope again, and shoved them into a shredder and shredded them into paper foam.
"I have a piece of advice and a piece of advice for you."
"The suggestion is, no matter which of the two of us lives next, I hope we don't let Luo Sihai go."
"Advice, it's best to end this matter when Luo Sihai dies...... Mr. Ming, he's not someone you can afford to mess with. β
The box containing the crumbs of the photo was held in Ding Xiu's hand, and the few words that Tan Feng had said in the warehouse came out of his heart at the right time.
"It's best to close it when Luo Sihai dies...... Is there really a deadline? There is also a Mr. Ming behind Luo Sihai. Ding Xiu thought so, and suddenly another voice sounded in his head.
"Your performance in the academy can be said to represent the face of the Chen family to some extent; Besides, what you do outside, or the people you provoke, may also cause trouble for the Chen family. β
"Whew~" Cai Ji's admonition made Ding Xiu hesitate again, and he exhaled a long breath, during which his heart seemed to be experiencing a violent struggle.
In the end, Ding Xiu's heaving chest finally calmed down, and he turned over the box in his hand and dumped the crumbs of photos inside into the garbage basket.
"So be it, I hope I didn't mistake them." The murmur disappeared into the room, along with the soft closing of the door.
Time passed, and Ding Xiu's life in the academy returned to peace. At this time, Gu Beimo's injuries had also healed, and everyone had been idle in the Meng family siblings' apartment for too long, and they began to think about reopening the store again.
"It's still our Ding Xiu who is powerful, killing people until that Mr. Ming bows his head and admits defeat." When Ding Xiu brought the news of Luo Sihai's death, Gu Beimo was excited, and now when he talks about it, he is also honored.
Ding Xiu smiled bitterly when he heard Gu Beimo's words, he knew that the story behind this result would definitely not be so simple, maybe Cai Ji or the people of the Chen family had already intervened.
And about Cai Ji's warning, he didn't say a word to his companions.
"Hopefully it's really over." Song Xijun's face also had joy, she had experienced too many changes in the past year, and now she only has a soft spot for a peaceful life.
"We need to get the flower shop back up and running, the clerks don't have to go to work, but the wages have been paid for more than two months." Shen You is the most active person in the reopening of the store, and she is distressed by the salary that is paid for nothing every month, as well as the flowers in the store that have been withered and uncared for.
"Open, open right away." Gu Beimo smiled and said, "But before we reopen, shouldn't we go out for a big meal to celebrate." β
"That's a good idea." After Ding Xiu saw Gu Beimo's suggestion, Song Xijun and Shen You were very interested, so they immediately agreed, "Why don't you go to 'Western Style', that shop tastes very good, and it is also the place where I had my first meal when I and Lao Gu went into the city to find someone." β
"That's it, this is good." Gu Beimo nodded again and again, "You kid missed the most important thing." 'Western Style' isn't just the place where we had our first meal in Brilliant City, it's also the place where you meet Miss Caning." β
Ding Xiu was a little embarrassed by Gu Beimo's words, Shen You and Song Xijun covered their mouths and laughed, but Song Xijun's smile was a little reluctant, and her gaze at Ding Xiu became a little complicated.
Seeing that the decision had been made, Gu Beimo said that it was better to choose a day than to hit the day, so the group went to the small shop outside the academy in a hurry.
The "Western-style" sign is not the most conspicuous in the row of shops on the street, but the taste of the food is a must-have in the surrounding area. Many people love its taste, especially some guests from western cities, such as Ding Xiu.
Entering the store, Ding Xiu found a small square table, and when his companions sat down, he called the waiter to take two menus and handed them to Song Xijun and Shen You respectively.
"If you look at the list, the food here tastes good." Ding Xiu introduced them to the two.
"I can't help but drool when I smell the smell of meat here, damn it, I really got hurt to know that eating meat and drinking wine is my favorite life." Gu Beimo's diet during the period of recuperation was strictly forbidden to eat big fish and meat, and his three meals a day were mainly light and nutritious food, which could suffocate him for more than two months.
"Then I'll help you get some more meat." Shen You flipped through the list, and when he heard Gu Beimo say that, he added a few more dishes.
"Hey, Xiaoyou, it looks like you've grown up." Gu Beimo looked at her and smiled.
"Why do you say that?" Shen You raised his head and was slightly stunned.
"Finally know how it hurts me." Gu Beimo's face was stunned, and after being glared at by Shen You, he smiled awkwardly.
After ordering, Ding Xiu returned the menu to the waiter, and the four of them sat at the table and chatted.
There was a constant flow of people at the door of the "Western Style", and some of them entered the store and began to order food like Ding Xiu.
Ding Xiu was talking to his companions, and he didn't notice the guests around him, but among the guests around, someone noticed him.
"Hey, Ding Xiu, you're eating here too."
Ding Xian was talking to his companions, and coldly heard someone in the store shouting about him.
He looked up and followed the prestige, and found that it was several classmates from his academy who were also from the west.
"Yu Minzheng, Liao Kai, Xu Jianghong, why are you here?" Ding Xiu smiled at them and said hello.
"It's a smell of home." Yu Minzheng said with a smile, he glanced at the other three people at Ding Xiu's table, and just when he was about to let Ding Xiu introduce him, his expression suddenly became stunned.
Yu Minzheng saw a familiar face among the three people.
Song Xijun happened to meet his gaze, and when his eyes met, he was stunned.
"How is she?!" "How is he?!"
A voice came out of their hearts almost at the same time.
Yu Minzheng returned the menu in his hand to the waiter, Song Xijun picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of the drink, the movements of the two were to hide the surprise in their hearts, but their faces were calm like strangers who had no intersection.
Ding Xiu and the others came early, and the dishes they ordered were quickly served, and when the four of them started eating, Yu Minzheng's table was still waiting for the dishes.
"Liao Kai, you quietly take a look at the girl on Ding Xiu's table, is there an 'acquaintance'." Yu Minzheng whispered to his companion next to him.
"Which, the little one is still ...... That...... Is it Song Xijun, the daughter of Boss Song of Guardian Auction House? Liao Kai glanced at Ding Xiu's table, and his eyes suddenly widened.