A Moment of Life and Death (3)
"Of course not, it's because I don't think their nanny takes enough care of Nini, and after You's injury, I don't have the heart to care about Nini. So as long as I'm here, I'll take care of it by the way. Cheng Lang's gaze dimmed, "Youran's temperament has changed greatly now, and the only one who can comfort me is Nini." Leisurely parents don't like pets, so they can't let them run around the house casually, so when the weather is good, they can only take them to the back garden to let them out. ”
"You can't just run around the house, how can you run to the living room." Cheng Yijie asked casually.
"It's that I'm not optimistic, I just took Nini to do beauty shearing, and I just came back." Cheng Lang shrugged, "I wanted to put it back in the cage, but it swooped out." Nini has been trained to be docile and obedient for so long, it must have been raining for so long, and he couldn't go out to let off steam, and he was holding back his temper again. ”
"Where is Xu Youran, I'll go see her." Cheng Yijie was not interested in caring about the rabbit anymore. After Xu Youran returned to China, he had not come to visit her, and since he came this time, he should always express his condolences, regardless of whether people welcome her or not.
Cheng Lang said that Xu Youran was on the second floor, and after he put Nini back in the cage and locked him up, he took Cheng Yijie up the stairs.
Cheng Yijie looked around. "It's the weekend, why don't you see anyone else in the family?"
"Leisurely dad is very busy with business, and he is not at home during the day, leisurely mom, I didn't see her when I got up in the morning, and I don't know where to go." Cheng Lang said, "Originally, there was a nurse and a nanny at home, but now the nurse doesn't need to be hired, and the nanny is off today." ”
There was the sound of piano music on the second floor, and the two followed the sound to the outside of the practice room, and saw Xu Youran wearing a practice uniform, holding on to the bar, and doing ballet basic training movements with piano music accompaniment. Her hands are no longer gloveless, and the scar on the back of her hand is clearly visible. Because the injuries on her body have not healed, especially the disability of her right leg, she has a very difficult time to move. This is also the first time Xu Youran came to the practice room after being burned, she has studied ballet since she was a child, although she is not engaged in this profession, but still takes it as a hobby, and in the past, when she was free, she would go to the practice room to practice dance.
Cheng Lang looked at Xu Youran worriedly, not to mention whether her body could afford to eat. Facing his crippled and fat body and scars in the mirror, thinking of himself who used to dance lightly and beautifully, what a heart-wrenching tragedy!
Xu Youran was immersed in her own dance world, and she suddenly let go of her hand, wanting to do her own movements without the help of a lever.
Cheng Lang was so frightened that he rushed over to stop her from taking the risk.
"I just wanted to do a couple of one-legged spins on the spot." Xu Youran insisted, "It's okay, my rotational fulcrum has always been my left leg, and my left leg is no longer a problem." ”
After speaking, she began to rotate clockwise, although her left leg has basically recovered, but after all, it is not as good as before, and her right leg is even more weak, and she lost her balance all of a sudden, if it wasn't for Cheng Lang to hold her in time, she would have fallen to the ground.
Xu Youran's eyes suddenly swelled with a layer of deep pain. "I can't dance anymore." She said heavily, painfully, "I have been studying ballet since I was a child, like Qiao Ling, we often compete together, who can spin more circles in place, she wins every time, and now she can no longer compete with me, I have no opponent, and I can't even defeat myself." ”
Cheng Lang wanted to say something, but swallowed again, comforting and encouraging words, he had already said too much, and it was useless to say more. He just stroked Xu Youran's hair and sighed softly.
Cheng Yijie looked at Xu Youran, and then looked at Cheng Lang, for a while, he felt a lot of feelings, but he couldn't say why.
"My brother and I have things to do." Cheng Lang felt embarrassed to let Cheng Yijie look at him like this, and wanted to get out of such a situation.
Xu Youran seemed to have just discovered Cheng Yijie's existence, glanced at him, and nodded at him mechanically. "Go ahead and get busy, I'll stay here myself a little longer."
Cheng Lang looked at Xu Youran uneasily, and she smiled reluctantly. "Don't worry, I won't be going around in circles again. This kind of self-indulgent thing should be done less in the future. ”
Cheng Lang said a few more words and left with Cheng Yijie. As soon as the two reached the first floor, they heard the doorbell ringing. Cheng Lang opened the door, and there was a policeman in a police uniform standing outside. He introduced himself and said that it was the police from the police station who came to inform them that Lin Ningzhi had an accident.
There is an uphill path opposite the gate of the villa area, and there is a high stone staircase on the right, which leads to a temple of Guanyin with strong incense. Lin Ningzhi fell down the high stone steps and was still alive when he was found, but unfortunately died on the way to the hospital.
In addition to being shocked and regretted, Cheng Lang's first thought was not to let Xu Youran know for the time being. However, it was too late, and there was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground behind him. When she looked back, it was Xu Youran who had fallen down the stairs, her face full of distress and pain, obviously she had heard what the police said.
Cheng Lang hurried over and helped Xu Youran up.
"Where's Mommy? I'm going to see her......" Xu Youran bit her lip with her teeth, tears quickly welled up, swirling in her eyes.
Lin Ningzhi's body was temporarily placed in the hospital's morgue.
"After falling down the steps, I suffered a severe blow to the back of the head and died." Briefing by the civilian police. According to the people in the Guanyin Temple, since his daughter's accident, Lin Ningzhi has become a frequent visitor to the temple, often going to burn incense and worship the Buddha. Today, the road was slippery in the rain, especially the section of steps that was very steep and prone to accidents, so the police believed that it was an accident.
Xu Youran's father, Xu Zhang, also arrived, he trembled and lifted the white cloth covering Lin Ningzhi's face, and after seeing the gray, bloodless face, he knelt on the ground and cried. Xu Youran stood behind his father, his face full of misery, and his eyes were in a trance.
Cheng Lang was also very saddened by Lin Ningzhi's unfortunate death. Cheng Yijie walked over and lifted the white cloth completely, he carefully inspected the corpse, and found that there was a hair stuck to the deceased's clothes, he took off the hair, looked at it for a while, and collected it and took it with him. He then fell into deep thought, first Xu Youran was almost hit by a car, and then Lin Ningzhi fell to his death, is this just a coincidence? He didn't believe in such coincidences.
Cheng Yijie left the hospital first and went to the Guanyin Temple alone. The rain had stopped, and he walked down the stone steps where Lin Ningzhi fell, thinking about it, Lin Ningzhi only had an injury to the back of his head, indicating that he fell backwards on his back and rolled down. Lin Ningzhi was still alive when she was found, if someone deliberately murdered, why didn't the prisoner go down the stairs to confirm whether she was dead?
He turned back to the top of the steps, and lay on the muddy ground to search carefully, the heavy rain washed away many marks on the ground, but he still found a very inconspicuous, round hole in the mud. A scene from the morning flashed back to his mind in an instant, he pushed open the door of the villa and entered, and saw a puddle of water stains on the ground at the entrance and a dry umbrella in the bamboo basket next to the shoe cabinet......
I see! His mind lit up, and some sporadic fragments suddenly connected together.
When he received a call from Cheng Lang, Mu Qingcheng was in Shan Xiang's apartment, and Gu Hengyu personally cooked several delicious home-cooked dishes, and was about to start eating. She was originally looking forward to tasting Gu Hengyu's craftsmanship, but after hearing that Xu Youran's mother had an accident, she suddenly lost her appetite, where did she still have this thought.
Gu Hengyu saw that her face changed drastically, and asked what happened, Mu Qingcheng said truthfully. "I have to hurry over, I'm so sorry I can't celebrate my birthday with you." She was apologetic.
"No matter what, you have to eat something first, fill your stomach, and then have the strength to help with the aftermath." Gu Hengyu served her a bowl of noodles and sandwiched many dishes.
Although he had no appetite, Mu Qingcheng still tried his best to make a gluttonous appearance, gulping down the noodles and eating the dishes desperately, in fact, just to finish eating as soon as possible so that he could leave here.
Gu Hengyu naturally saw her urgency, smiled helplessly and said, "Eat slowly, be careful of choking, when you finish eating, I will definitely drive you over as quickly as possible." ”
Shan Xiang snorted unhappily. "It's hard to have a good birthday."
Gu Hengyu glanced at Shan Xiang and did not speak. Mu Qingcheng felt quite guilty, and dealt with the food in the bowl more quietly. She finished eating quickly, and Gu Hengyu also spoke and got up to see her off. She couldn't refuse Gu Hengyu's kindness, so she could only leave in Shan Xiang's angry gaze.
Gu Hengyu sent Mu Qingcheng to the door of the hospital and left, when she arrived, Cheng Yijie had just left, and the two did not touch.
Cheng Yijie urgently recalled Cheng Lang, he had to enter Xu Youran's villa, but the Xu family had no one now, and Cheng Lang had the key to the house.
Cheng Lang heard his brother's 100,000 anxious tone on the phone, so he could only leave Xu Youran and them first, and rush back to the villa to open the door for Cheng Yijie.
"I'm going to borrow your rabbit." Cheng Yijie's purpose in entering the door was the rabbit.
"What do you want Nini for?" Cheng Lang was extremely surprised.
"There's definitely an important use." Cheng Yijie refused to say explicitly, "I promise that I will return the rabbit to you in good condition, and I will not cook it and eat it." ”
Cheng Lang shook his head inexplicably.
Cheng Yijie went to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, handed over the rabbit to Chen Yufei, and made an explanation. After returning to his residence, he found out the live video taken by Cheng Lang when he and Mu Qingcheng held a wedding in Sydney, focusing on the part of the dinner, at the dinner, Xu Youran danced a ballet to help the fun, her dancing posture is very elegant and charming, especially the one-legged rotation technique, which attracted bursts of applause from the scene.