Chapter 227: "Over and Over Again"
Can people manipulate their own memories?
If not, where do all the self-deceptive whitewashing and comfort come from?
If so, why are there only inconsequential details that we can remember about many important events?
The face of the protagonist, who is so vivid that it cannot be ignored and stands in front of the camera of the years, becomes blurred.
If there was a choice, Lin Zi would rather never know him, let alone love him like he does now.
Lin Zi was lying on the bed in the bedroom, breathing with his mouth wide open, his nose stuffed with tissues, and there were tissues on the side of the bed.
Until, she received a call from the police station.
"Is it Lin Zi, Miss Lin?"
"It's me, what's wrong? Is there progress in my father's case? ”
Lin Zi asked in a hoarse voice on the other end of the phone.
"I'm sorry, Miss Lin......"
The other party's apology made Lin Zi's heart sink suddenly, she felt that there were even worse things, waiting for herself, at that moment, she suddenly felt unprecedented fear.
Later, she wondered if everything would have been different if she hadn't received the call.
But then, she also knew that everything was already doomed, and no matter how much she struggled, she couldn't escape.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Zi subconsciously grabbed the corner of the bed.
"Miss Lin, we have very bad news for you, your father, he ......"
"What's wrong with him?"
Lin Zi's voice was trembling, and he didn't even dare to come out.
"Today we brought him food as usual, but it turned out that your father, in prison, committed suicide."
Commit suicide......
Lin Zi didn't know what the police officer in the back would say, she only knew that the word suicide kept recalling in her mind.
She was glad she was lying on the bed now, otherwise, she would not have been able to stand steadily.
She struggled to get up from the bed, her legs powerless, and she tried to move forward, but suddenly, she felt that it was dark in front of her eyes, and the world around her became quiet, quiet.
She pinched herself hard with her fingernails until the skin on her arms turned purple.
She slowly came to her senses.
She stumbled, walked unsteadily, and knocked over the pen and cup on the table.
The jingling sound woke Yueyue up, she rubbed her eyes, got up, leaned out of bed, and looked down, "Xiaozi, what's wrong?" ”
Lin Zi slowly raised his head, "Yueyue, help me, okay, help me ......"
Tears flowed from his eyes and ran wildly down his cheeks.
Yueyue saw Lin Zi like this for the first time, she panicked for a while, and hurriedly got off the bed and hugged Lin Zi in her arms, "What's wrong, it's okay, I'll help you, don't be afraid." ”
Yueyue gently stroked Lin Zi's back with her hand, and this trace of gentleness barely kept Lin Zi from collapsing.
"Yueyue, can you help me and the counselor take a leave, I, something happened at home......
Lin Zi had a crying and desperate voice, and every blow hit Yueyue's heart hard.
I don't know when, Yueyue's eyes also became wet.
Lin Zi didn't know how she got to the morgue, she looked at the shelf in front of her was covered with a white cloth, she wanted to lift it, but her two legs seemed to be filled with iron, and she couldn't move forward a step, she could only stand there quietly with her back against the door frame, without a trace of blood on her face.
"Miss Lin, do you need to take another look?"
The police officer came over and looked at Lin Zi motionless, although he was a little unbearable, he still had to do a routine, "If you don't want to see it, we will push it back, you ......"
"Wait," Lin Zi said slowly, his voice full of fear and trembling, "I'll take one last look......
Lin Zi clenched her palms, forced herself, step by step, step by step, her hand slowly lifted up, holding the corner of the white cloth tightly, her fingertips couldn't help but tremble, she kept telling herself to be calm and calm, after taking a deep breath, she uncovered the white cloth.
When that familiar face reappeared in front of him again, Lin Zi never thought that he and his father would meet again on such an occasion and in such a way.
Lin Zi's tears flowed out of her eyes unconsciously, and she muttered to herself: "Dad, Xiaozi is here, Dad is not afraid, Xiaozi will take you home." ”
Lin Zi gently wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, turned his head, and asked the police officer next to him, "Can I take my dad home?" ”
The police officer looked embarrassed, looked at Lin Zi's eyes, revealing deep sympathy, "I'm sorry, Miss Lin, you can't take Mr. Lin's body home for the time being, because Mr. Lin committed suicide in prison, and we can't let the family take it back, he is still a suspect, and he can't go back before the case is solved, sorry, Miss Lin." ”
"Falling out of the water?"
Lin Zi couldn't help but chuckle, "It's all over, it's a good one, since my father is the key person in your case, then why doesn't anyone take a good look at him and commit suicide, my father is wronged, how can he commit suicide, why did he commit suicide, you tell me, you tell me." ”
Lin Zi grabbed the corner of the police officer next to him and roared loudly.
"Miss Lin, I'm sorry, we have checked the surveillance, your father broke the bowl when he was delivering food, and he died by cutting the artery with the fragments, and no one else went in and out."
"Impossible, impossible, you must have made a mistake, someone must want to tell him, definitely," Lin Zi held the police officer's hands tightly and pleaded: "Please, I beg you, go and investigate, go find the murderer, find the murderer, please, please, go find the murderer, he must have been killed, my mother and I are waiting for him to come home, he can't commit suicide, no, please believe me, believe me, okay......"
"Miss Lin...... There's really nothing we can do, so please be happy and change......"
"No, I know, I know, it must be him, it must be him, I have to go to him to settle accounts now, I want to go to him to settle accounts......"
Suddenly, Lin Zi rushed to the outside of the police station like crazy, and at the moment when the sun stabbed down, Lin Zi was dizzy, a little unsteady, and fell straight down.
She only felt that her whole person was light, as if she had been hugged horizontally, and she tried to open her eyes and see who that person was, but she only felt that her eyelids were very heavy, very heavy, until the world was completely dark, and she was completely unconscious.
Lin Zi didn't know how long he had been asleep, and when he woke up, he found himself in the hospital room, and the room was full of the smell of disinfectant water.
She opened her eyes, her hands on drips, and a familiar person lay on her lap, his eyelashes were long, and the sun shone on them, flickering a little.
She didn't know why Xu Chenrui came, and she didn't know if Xu Chenrui came to the hospital with her.
She was tired, she couldn't move anything, she just wanted to lie like this and never wake up, because once she woke up, she had to face everything she didn't want to face.
Still, she woke up.
Xu Chenrui slept very soundly, lying at Lin Zi's feet, she knew that he was only lying on his stomach a little bit, he was afraid that he would press his legs, Lin Zi cautiously turned sideways, but he still woke Xu Chenrui up.
He rubbed his eyes, his face a little puffy, "You're finally awake." ”
"Did I sleep for a long time?"
"You have a fever, don't you know?"
Lin Zi smiled softly, did not speak, his eyes looked out the window, the sun was still very bright, brilliantly a little dazzling.
Lin Zi couldn't help but stretch out his hand and wanted to touch it, "Sunshine, it's so good." ”
Lin Zi turned his head, looked at Xu Chenrui and asked, "Did you send me to the hospital?" ”
Xu Chenrui nodded, his eyes full of exhaustion and concern.
"My phone ......"
Lin Zi touched his body.
"Here."
Xu Chenrui handed the phone to Lin Zi from the drawer, his eyes were a little evasive, and his face unconsciously skipped a trace of nervousness and hesitation.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Zi looked at Xu Chenrui suspiciously and took the phone.
Xu Chenrui grabbed Lin Zi's hand, and Lin Zi shrank back unconsciously, "Xiaozi, you promise me, no matter what happens, you will, live well, definitely, live well, okay?" ”
Lin Zi's heart sank a little, she didn't know what Xu Chenrui meant by what he said, but her intuition told her that something must have happened.
She hurriedly opened her phone and saw an unread text message from her mother.
"Xiaozi, when you see this message, mom should go to your dad, don't come to us, you have to live well, the Lin family is your dad's life's work, you must guard it for him, don't be robbed by others." When is the time for retribution, everything is our retribution, and the grievances of the previous generation should be resolved in the previous generation, so you must not investigate this matter again, let it pass in the past, Mom and Dad hope you can live well. ”
The mobile phone unconsciously fell off the tips of Lin Zi's fingers.
No, it's impossible, it's fake, how could it be?
Lin Zi took Xu Chenrui with one hand and stared at him tightly, "You tell me, it's not true, right, how could my mother leave me?" I don't have a dad anymore, I can't live without my mom, my mom won't bear to leave me alone, right, I know, this text message must be disguised, someone must have done it on purpose, my mom must still be waiting for me at home, she is still waiting for me at home, she said she wants to make soup for me, I'll go home now, I'll go home now, I'm going to find my mom, I'm going to find her......"
Lin Zi struggled, she pulled out the needle on the back of her hand vigorously, got up from the bed, and wanted to go out, but was pulled by Xu Chenrui.
"Xiaozi, you are sober, your aunt and uncle are gone, you are sober......"