Chapter 304: The History of the Orphanage

"Who the hell are you?"

Shangguan Jing heard Xu Lang ask this, she stared into Xu Lang's eyes, the two looked at each other for a long time, Shangguan Jing suddenly smiled, looked at Xu Lang and said, "Mr. Xu, you may have misunderstood, I am Shangguan Jing, otherwise, who do you think I am?" Or rather, who do you think of me? ”

originally wanted to take advantage of the pressure on the momentum and cause psychological pressure on Shangguan Jing, so as to make her tell the truth, but Xu Lang still underestimated Shangguan Jing, and she put all the problems on Xu Lang in two sentences of understatement.

Xu Lang stared at Shangguan Jing's cheeks for a long time, for a long time, he suddenly found that in Shangguan Jing's faint conversation for a few minutes, she changed several times, as if she had become several people, when Xu Lang and Shangguan Jing first met, he was a Jingjing sister who was liked by all children, and when she talked to Zhang Lei, the relationship between the two was more like a friend, and when Shangguan Jing sat next to Xu Lang, it made Xu Lang's mind fluctuate several times, did she do anything? Actually, she didn't do anything, did she say anything? Xu Lang thought about it, as if she didn't say anything, but the more this happened, the more Xu Lang felt that this woman was very complicated and dangerous.

Shangguan Jing turned her head, no longer looking at Xu Lang, and said lightly: "Xu Lang, can I call you that?" ”

"Whatever." Xu Lang said expressionlessly.

"Xu Lang, you should be thinking now, who am I? Have we seen each other before? Or do you think I'm dangerous? Shangguan Jing said lightly.

Xu Lang was silent, he looked at Shangguan Jing's delicate side face, and said nothing.

Today's weather is very good, the sun is shining, there are a few clouds floating in the sky, Xu Lang has not come out to bask in the sun for a long time, the sun shines on his body, making Xu Lang feel warm and very comfortable, Shangguan Jing raised his head, squinted his eyes, looked at the sky, raised a hand in front of his eyes, and said lightly: "Xu Lang, do you know why you have so many thoughts when you get along with me?" ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Xu Lang's face returned to normal, and he also followed Shangguan Jing's example, leaning on the bench, raising his head and closing his eyes, enjoying the sunshine.

Shangguan Jing did not directly answer Xu Lang's question, but changed the topic and said: "More than fifty years ago, my father spent half of his assets to buy this building and began to adopt orphans, do you know what my father did in the first place? ”

Xu Lang shook his head, in fact, before he met Shangguan Jing, Xu Lang didn't know anything about her, he just knew her name from Zhang Lei's mouth, as for what she did, what her father did, why did he open this orphanage, Xu Lang didn't really care, but when he began to slowly contact Shangguan Jing, Xu Lang suddenly found that he slowly became interested in this woman.

"My grandfather used to be a rich man, and my father was a broker, specializing in pouring arms, but later, the state did not allow the arms business to be done, and my father also wanted to live a few days of stability, so he bought this building, and this is the prototype of the orphanage......"

Shangguan Jing told Xu Lang about the origin of this orphanage.

It turned out that Shangguan Jing's father, Shangguan Watson was a very famous person in S City, and even in H Province, whether it was official or Taoist people, they had to give him some face, in fact, Shangguan Watson at that time was actually just a young man in his early twenties, at the beginning, after he chose to retire, he married a woman surnamed Wang, and the two lived an ordinary life, before Shangguan Jing was born, Shangguan Watson also had two children, both of whom were boys, but, these two children, the eldest one, died not long after he was born, and the second child, he grew up in an orphanage since he was a child, but when he was sixteen years old, because he had a quarrel with others, and then escalated into a fight, Shangguan Watson learned about it, and taught him a hard lesson, and he felt that he was right, and he ran away from home in a fit of anger, and he still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

Shangguan Jing was born when Shangguan Huasheng was in his fifties, perhaps because of the previous two children, Shangguan Jing was extremely spoiled by his parents since he was a child, but Shangguan Jing's mother died of illness in the third year after Shangguan Jing was born, and Shangguan Huasheng also disappeared suddenly when Shangguan Jing was eighteen years old, Shangguan Jing didn't know where Shangguan Huasheng went, and the orphanage was handed over to Aunt Wang and the young Shangguan Jing.

In fact, when Shangguan Huasheng was in the past, the orphanage was very large, and there were many children, and the orphanage was very lively every day, but since Shangguan Huasheng disappeared, there were fewer and fewer children in the orphanage, some of them grew up and could live independently, so they left the orphanage, and some were adopted by some well-wishers, and they also left the orphanage, as for some of the remaining children, most of them are not able to live independently, but no one wants to adopt the kind, which is the children of those criminals. Because of the change of their parents, their personalities have become very withdrawn, unwilling to go to those who are willing to adopt their family life, and these children, in the later years, slowly began to leave, some left a letter, saying that they planned to go out for a while, and some left nothing, said to leave, there were originally more than 100 orphanages, after all this, there were only thirteen children left.

After listening to Shangguan Jing's story, Xu Lang's heart was very complicated, but he was still skeptical of what Shangguan Jing said, after all, before today, he didn't know about this orphanage at all, let alone that there was actually an orphanage here, but Rao was so, Xu Lang still said sincerely: "You and your family are good people." ”

"Good guys? Hehe......"

Hearing Xu Lang say that he was a good person, Shangguan Jing turned his head and looked at Xu Lang, smiling exceptionally brightly, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and he was very good-looking.

Xu Lang also turned his head, looked at Shangguan Jing and asked, "Why are you telling me this?" Do you know I'm a detective so I can help you find your brother and father? If that's the case, you can go directly to Zhang Lei, and with his heart for you, he will definitely not reject you. ”

What Xu Lang didn't expect was that Shangguan Jing actually shook his head and refused: "Xu Lang, you misunderstood, I am telling you this, I don't want you to help me find my brother and father, if my father is still alive, he is now over seventy years old, although I know that it is very unfilial for me to say this, but I still think that my father cannot still be alive, as for my brother, hehe......"

Shangguan Jing smiled bitterly and said slowly: "Since he never came back after he left the orphanage, I think he really doesn't want to come back, in that case, why should I go to him?" ”

Xu Lang looked at Shangguan Jing and frowned, and asked puzzledly, "Then why are you telling me so much?" Do you want me to donate money? I can donate it, but it's certainly not a big amount, after all, I don't have much money. ”

Shangguan Jing shook her head again and said, "I didn't mean that either, I just told you some of my information truthfully, so that you can feel more at ease, I think you will be a good friend." ”

"Friends?" Xu Lang's brows furrowed more and more.

Shangguan Jing suddenly stood up, turned her head, smiled at Xu Langyanran, and said, "Yes, it's a friend, because you are very similar to someone." ”

After saying this, Shangguan Jing did not accompany Xu Lang to chat, but walked to the group of children, and after the group of children saw Shangguan Jing coming over, they immediately gathered around her, chattering non-stop, and each child looked at Shangguan Jing's eyes very simple.

Xu Lang saw this scene, his brows furrowed into Sichuan characters, just now Shangguan Jing said that he could be friends with her, and he was also a very good friend, Xu Lang felt very surprised, to be honest, Xu Lang didn't seem to have any friends in his life, whether it was when he was in school, or when he joined the work after graduation, it seems that only Shu Yue has been by Xu Lang's side, and Du Ziqiao, who opened a detective agency with Xu Lang, they were just college classmates before, Du Ziqiao's identity, Xu Lang knows some, so in addition to the friendship between themAs for the members of the second criminal investigation team, when Xu Lang was working, the two sides were just superiors and subordinates, everyone was just colleagues, and friends were also counted, but they were definitely not the kind of friends who had nothing to say, so Xu Lang was surprised.

There is another thing that makes Xu Lang very uncomfortable, Shangguan Jing wants to become friends with himself, mainly because of a certain person, and he looks very similar to this person, Xu Lang's first thought is not someone else, it was after the end of Bu Zimo's case that Xu Yi suddenly disappeared, could it be that Xu Yi grew up in this orphanage? Xu Lang wasn't sure.

"Brother Lang, what did you talk to her about just now? I think you're having a good time, huh? ”

Just when Xu Lang was thinking about the meaning of what Shangguan Jing had just said to him, Zhang Lei came over sweating profusely, holding two bottles of mineral water in his hand, he put one of the bottles next to Xu Lang, unscrewed a bottle and drank it in a big gulp, and then sat next to Xu Lang.

Xu Lang came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Zhang Lei, and found that Zhang Lei was sweating profusely, the suit on his body had already been taken off, and he was wearing a shirt on his upper body, and his sleeves were rolled up, and after Zhang Lei sat down, his eyes kept staring at Shangguan Jing who was playing with the group of children, Xu Lang gathered his mind, shook his head, and said, "I didn't say anything." ”

"Oh."

Zhang Lei seemed to just ask casually, and seeing that Xu Lang didn't take the initiative to say, he didn't ask any more, but changed the topic and asked, "Brother Lang, what do you think of Shangguan Jing?" ”

Xu Lang thought for a while and said, "It's good, she is beautiful, she has a good figure, and she is very loving, she is a very good girl." ”

Hearing Xu Lang praise Shangguan Jing like this, as if Xu Lang was praising him, Zhang Lei smiled more and more happily, he turned his head, looked at Xu Lang and asked, "Then do you think it is possible for us to be together?" ”

Xu Lang picked up the mineral water on the chair, unscrewed it and took a sip, thought about it, shook his head, and said, "She is indeed very good, but it is not suitable for you." ”

Originally, Xu Lang thought that if he said this, Zhang Lei would be unhappy or depressed, but he didn't expect that Zhang Lei seemed to have known this result for a long time, he smiled and said, "She also told me so." ”

Xu Lang was silent.

Seeing that Xu Lang stopped talking, Zhang Lei said to himself: "Actually, I don't know how to like a girl, and I don't know if I like her, I just think that she is really a good girl, not because she is beautiful, nor because she has a good figure, I like her, but because she really looks like a mother when she treats those children, if it weren't for this, I wouldn't know her." ”

Xu Lang looked at Zhang Lei, opened his mouth, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally didn't say anything, just gulped down water.

Zhang Lei seemed to know what Xu Lang wanted to say, he turned his head, looked at Xu Lang, and said with a smile: "Actually, I know that we are not suitable, when I saw her for the first time, I knew it, but it was just ......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Lei shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't say anything more, and for emotional matters, Xu Lang himself is just a junior brother, and he can't say much, so he wants him to comfort someone, which is really a little embarrassing for Xu Lang.

The next day, Xu Lang and Zhang Lei played with the children in the orphanage all day, everyone ate two meals together in the orphanage, the meals were very simple, but very nutritious, just no meat, but the children ate very happily, Xu Lang also relaxed a lot in this day's activities, originally, he had a lot of things in his heart, but today he didn't want to think about anything.

Since noon, Shangguan Jing and Xu Lang had a separate chat, and then, the two of them did not have the opportunity to get along alone, in fact, Xu Lang still had questions to ask Shangguan Jing, but Shangguan Jing seemed to be deliberately avoiding Xu Lang and did not give the two of them a chance to be alone, so Xu Lang had no choice but to give up.

Zhang Lei kept telling Xu Lang that he and Shangguan Jing were not suitable, but in the afternoon, he still mustered up the courage to confess to Shangguan Jing, and the result can be imagined, naturally he was euphemistically rejected by Shangguan Jing, and Zhang Lei didn't seem to be hit hard, and he was still happy to play with the child.

Xu Lang also found out at this time that Zhang Lei still had such a side, Xu Lang carefully recalled the past few years that he and Zhang Lei got along, Xu Lang suddenly felt a little sorry for Zhang Lei, because, in his impression, Zhang Lei is a talker, every day giggling and not a decent person, after getting along today, Xu Lang learned from the mouths of the children and Shangguan Jing that this orphanage was actually unable to support it in the early years, and the valuable things in Shangguan Jing's house were basically sold. And the money sold is used on these children, this orphanage is not a welfare home officially recognized by the government, naturally there is no government-government-government-government support, taking care of these children, all rely on Shangguan Jing and Aunt Wang, and in the most difficult time of the orphanage, Zhang Lei didn't know where to learn the news, and then, he began to help the orphanage, which made the orphanage not completely closed.

Zhang Lei basically comes here once a month, and every time he comes, he will bring a lot of useful things to these children, even if Zhang Lei doesn't have time to come because the team is busy, he will let his family come over and send the things that the children need, and he doesn't spend the family's money on these things, but Zhang Lei's own money, so Zhang Lei is completely a moonlight family, and every time he finishes his salary, he uses the money to buy things for the children.

Of course, Xu Lang stayed in the orphanage for a day, and still found some problems, although Zhang Lei said that he did not use the family's money, but Xu Lang still knew that if he wanted to support an orphanage to continue to operate, it was completely insufficient to rely on Zhang Lei's own meager salary and the materials raised from the society, and the orphanage could be supported until now, Zhang Lei's parents must have helped a lot behind it, these things, but Zhang Lei himself didn't know, and Xu Lang didn't want to tell Zhang Lei about it.

In fact, the orphanage would not have become like this, and it is not that there are no rich people willing to help the orphanage, but, help is help, there is no free lunch in the world, and if you want to get the help of these people, you need to pay a price, one is that someone fell in love with the land of the orphanage and wanted to buy it at a high price, but was rejected by Shangguan Jing, and the other is to fall in love with Shangguan Jing, beauties, especially beautiful beauties, will always attract attention, and what these people want to help the orphanage is nothing more than Shangguan Jing herself, As long as they get Shangguan Jing, when the time comes, it is a question whether they will continue to help the orphanage, Xu Lang can see through it, and Shangguan Jing naturally understands, so she did not accept this kind of help.

After Xu Lang and Zhang Lei finished dinner in the orphanage, it was already late at night, and the children went to sleep under the supervision of Aunt Wang and Shangguan Jing, and Xu Lang and Zhang Lei also left the orphanage together.

Only Shangguan Jing sent Xu Lang and Zhang Lei out, and Aunt Wang didn't come because she was old and had to take care of the children to sleep.

Shangguan Jing sent Xu Lang and Zhang Lei out of the orphanage, and after seeing them in the car, Shangguan Jing turned around and went back, and the gate of the orphanage was closed.

Xu Lang looked at the long-established orphanage through the car window and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

And Zhang Lei took a deep look at the gate of the orphanage, then started the car and left here with Xu Lang, the two of them were very silent all the way, Zhang Lei's mood was also a little low, Xu Lang guessed that it might be because of the rejection of today's confession, Xu Lang didn't know how to comfort Zhang Lei, so he simply didn't speak.