Fang Ruoning didn't speak, silently looked at the man beside her who didn't say a word, and saw that his face was indifferent and cold, and his thin lips were tightly pursed, she understood in her heart.

Not to mention that she is now four months pregnant, even if she is not pregnant, it is impossible for Huo Lingxiao to agree to this ridiculous request.

Mother Zhao saw that Fang Ruoning didn't speak for a long time, her face was embarrassed, and she looked at the man beside her cautiously, and she immediately understood.

Since they found out about Fang Ruoning's identity, they naturally knew who she was married to now. It's just that the news that I learned indirectly is not as intuitive as this head-on contact, and the man in front of him has a strong aura, not angry but mighty, which makes them feel restrained at a glance, and they don't even have the courage to speak.

Mother Zhao hesitated, touched her wife beside her, and urged in a low voice: "You have something to say!" How can face be important as a son? ”

Father Zhao turned his head, his face dark, "What is there to say!" He bears his own mistakes, is it interesting that a strong man like you is difficult! ”

Zhao's mother looked sad and was choked speechless for a while.

Fang Ruoning couldn't bear it in the end, and took the initiative to speak: "Auntie, it's not that I don't help, but now...... I have a weak heart. ”

Mother Zhao looked at her and didn't say anything, obviously thinking it was an excuse.

She had no choice but to explain: "I'm pregnant, and because of Lin Lang's incident last time, I had fetal gas, and the doctor told me to rest in peace, so I don't have a lawsuit now, I just help in the company, and I don't worry or work hard." Lin Lang's case has a large time span and a wide range of involvement, once it is taken over, it is possible to take as little as a few months or as long as half a year, and I am really not suitable. ”

When Zhao's mother heard that she was pregnant, her eyes subconsciously fell and looked at her abdomen.

Fang Ruoning was afraid that she wouldn't believe it, so she hurriedly got up, "Auntie, I don't lie to you, it's true." ”

She is slender, but she has been pregnant for more than four months, and her abdomen is still faintly visible, Zhao's mother looked at her abdomen, and the hope in her eyes was suddenly extinguished.

Father Zhao finally couldn't help it at this moment, looked at Fang Ruoning and said, "Child, don't listen to your aunt, that rebel son is willing to go back to the capital, I don't know, what to do so far away!" ”

Fang Ruoning took the opportunity to ask, "Uncle, do you know where he is?" If you can contact him and persuade him to turn himself in, you can indeed get a chance for leniency, but if he keeps absconding and is caught by the police, his nature will change. ”

Father Zhao sighed in annoyance: "How do we know...... On the day of the accident, he contacted us and said that he was going to disappear for a long time and would not reappear, so let's not worry and take care of ourselves. ”

"Contacted on the day of the accident?"

"Hmm."

The conference room fell silent, Fang Ruoning pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Uncle, aunt, have you been on that small island all these years?" ”

Mother Zhao said: "Yes...... Lin Lang didn't let us go anywhere else, he would come to see us every few months, and then he left again. ”

"So—don't you know where he has been and what he's been doing all these years?"

Father Zhao shook his head: "I don't know, he just said that he was abroad." ”

"You should always know what happened back then."

What happened back then......

The second elder of the Zhao family fell silent all of a sudden, and lowered his head slightly, as if he didn't want to mention it.

Now, although Fang Ruoning feels sorry for the second elder, he also has to help the police investigate the incident of the year, except for Zhao Linlang himself, the second elder should be the one who knows the truth best.

"Uncle, aunt, if you want to help Lin Lang reduce the punishment, you must take the initiative to cooperate with the police, since the person who died in the accident was not Lin Lang, it must be someone else, this matter must be investigated." Fang Ruoning looked at them and enlightened gently and calmly.

Mother Zhao was silent for a moment, obviously still hesitating in her heart, but before she could make up her mind, the wife next to her had already spoken first.

"So far, it's useless for us to hide it, even if we don't say it, the police will investigate it sooner or later." Father Zhao sighed in a heavy tone, "What happened back then, in fact, we were also kept in the dark at the beginning. If we knew that Lin Lang went abroad to study, and it would become like this later, we shouldn't have smashed the pot and sold iron to send him out, and left him by his side to be an ordinary person, just like that......"

Speaking of this topic, Fang Ruoning couldn't help but feel guilty.

Zhao Linlang wanted to study abroad back then, largely because of her.

It was because she couldn't stay in Fang's house anymore and was thrown abroad by Fang Bingguo to fend for herself, Zhao Linlang couldn't bear to be alone abroad, so he actively fought for the opportunity to go abroad.

Although it was a publicly-funded study abroad, in the end it was still necessary to prepare some funds, the Zhao family was not rich at the time, but they didn't want their son to give up such a good opportunity to further his studies, so they did their best to support and send their son abroad.

Back then, after Lin Lang came back from studying abroad, in fact, the work had already been arranged, but he couldn't look down on it, always saying that the difference between domestic and foreign countries was too far, which affected his performance, and said that with his talent, he deserved a better platform and had more room for development...... However, he studied abroad at public expense and signed an agreement with the school, if he violated the agreement, he would have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages, not to mention that his reputation would also be damaged, and we couldn't get the liquidated damages, and he didn't want to be looked down upon by his classmates and teachers for being unpatriotic and unjust, so he could only continue to stay in China. ”

Sure enough, just like Fang Ruoning thought, he "cheated death" just to escape that agreement.

"We always enlighten him, gold can shine anywhere, although the domestic conditions are not mature, but it is easier to produce results, it is easier to become a leader, but no matter how we enlighten and admonish, he is depressed, thinking about going abroad to work hard......"

"Originally, we thought that he was just thinking about it, it was no big deal, and he would naturally accept his fate after a long time, but we didn't expect that he didn't plan to accept his fate at all, and he was actually seeking a way out of the sword behind his back...... When the car accident happened, we firmly thought that he had really been in a car accident and unfortunately passed away, and we were so grief-stricken that our whole mind was in a trance...... When I went to the hospital, after his identity was confirmed, your aunt cried and fainted...... A staff member came to tell me that Lin Lang had signed an organ donation agreement before his death, and according to the agreement, the heart, liver and kidneys, as well as the cornea and other organs in his body can be used by others for the benefit of others, I thought...... Even if he lived in the world in another way, I agreed-after the accident, we once wondered if he couldn't think about it because of his lack of work, or because he was in a trance because of his bad mood, he had a car accident, but they were just suspects, after the driver was arrested, he insisted that the other party took the initiative to hit him, and he was driving normally - later...... We found a diary in his drawer, and after reading his diary, we learned that Lin Lang was suffering from depression and wanted to commit suicide several times...... He really didn't want to live anymore, so he did that...... Based on the driver's confession, surveillance and diary records, the police determined that he committed suicide because of depression, and the case was quickly closed. ”

"Lin Lang passed away, we white-haired people sent black-haired people, your aunt fell ill in grief, and I took care of your aunt while grieving the death of my son...... What we never dreamed of was that late one night, someone suddenly knocked on the door panel - "Probably recalling that scene, Zhao's father was excited and stunned, and even the focus of his pupils was a little dilated, as if he had returned to that night......

That night, it was raining, the door panel was knocked, Zhao's father went to open the door, but unexpectedly, after the person standing outside the door took off the hat on the raincoat, it was actually their son who had been dead for a few days!

At that time, Zhao's father couldn't believe it at all, thinking that his son's soul had returned, and while he was stunned, he was excited and excited, and hurriedly called his wife.

Zhao Linlang entered the door, and when he saw his father supporting his sick mother, the two of them cried uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but explain the truth.

"Dad, Mom, I'm Lin Lang, it's your son Lin Lang, I'm not dead...... I'm back, I'm not a ghost, I'm not really dead......"

Zhao's father recalled in a trance, and slowly narrated: "He said that the person who was killed in the car accident was a substitute ghost, a substitute ghost he found, he just didn't want to continue to stay in China, so he made a plan to get out of the shell of the golden cicada, he is now free, and he will soon go abroad and move towards a broader and brighter prospect......"

Everyone didn't say a word, quietly listening to Zhao's father reminiscing about the events of the year, and the police quietly turned on the video machine to record all this scene.

Fang Ruoning couldn't help but get goosebumps floating all over his body, and asked slowly in a deep voice: "Then did he talk about it, how did he operate?" It is impossible to listen to his command for no reason and crash into the big truck. ”

Father Zhao was silent with red eyes before continuing: "That person, he found it early, he is a homeless man, he has a little problem with his brain, but he is not completely stupid, after Lin Lang found that person, he contacted him for a few months, in order not to show his stuffing, he also took that person to have plastic surgery, and did it according to his appearance...... Lin Lang didn't tell us in detail about some specific situations, but just said that the person was willing and was not forced by him...... However, then we think about it, what difference does this kind of thing make if it is forced or not? Anyway, because he died, he must be responsible...... But after all, he is our own son, our only son, when we learned the truth, we were also very heartbroken, yelling at him, but we really had to go to the police and send our own son to prison with our own hands, we couldn't ......do it."

Although the case had been treated as a suicide at that time and the case was closed, Lin Lang was still not at ease, for fear of being exposed afterwards, so he asked us to leave here. I know the truth of the matter with your aunt, although I am not so sad, but my heart is even more entangled and uncomfortable. My son has become a murderer, and from now on we can only live in this world in another capacity, and our family can no longer appear in front of people in public, but can only meet secretly—this is also a kind of torture for us...... What's more, when we think that our son has harmed someone, we have an uneasy conscience - Lin Lang asked us to go abroad with him, to enjoy glory and wealth, and live a good life, we are not willing, it is really uneasy to have a bad conscience...... We hid on that small island, no one knew who we were, and we learned to fish with the fishermen, and the days were bitter and tiring, but this was regarded as atonement for our son...... Lin Lang was afraid that we would be discovered, so for so many years, he let us stay on that small island and never leave......"

Father Zhao burst into tears and paused for a moment, "I thought that this was the only foolish thing he had done in his life, but I don't want to know now that he actually hit someone on the street again...... I didn't expect that he still wanted to get back together with you, he was too ambitious, he wanted everything, when he took this step, we also asked him, did you think about it for you, your relationship is so good, childhood sweethearts, you said you want to be together......"

Fang Ruoning's eyes lifted, unconsciously tightening his heartstrings.

Huo Lingxiao's face was expressionless, but the expression in his eyes was also a little depressed in silence.

He said...... A manly man, if he wants to break out of the world, he has to let go of his children's affection...... He also said, if you come back to us, let's be cold to you, so that you can die sooner and forget about him-"

Her eyes ached suddenly, Fang Ruoning remembered that she dared to return to China when she got the news, Zhao Linlang had already been buried, she came to visit Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao, and the second elder's attitude towards her was indeed very cold......

It turned out to be Lin Lang's advice.

But in this case, why did Lin Lang know that she was with Huo Lingxiao after reuniting, and sneered at her, scolding her for betraying their relationship?

As if knowing the confusion in Fang Ruoning's heart, Mother Zhao had red eyes and choked up: "Ruoning, Lin Lang likes you...... It's just that he is too ambitious, he wants to succeed too much, he wants to be prosperous and rich too much, and he chooses power and wealth compared to the two - he is sorry for you, we apologize to you for him, he is sorry for you......"

At this point, almost all the mysteries have been clarified.

However, out of a rigorous attitude, the police asked in a deep voice: "After the car accident, you should have seen him in the hospital, didn't you recognize that it was not your son?" ”

Zhao's father explained: "When we arrived, the doctor had already declared us brain dead and could not be saved...... The person suffered a severe blow to the head, almost unrecognizable, and the person had plastic surgery in the appearance of my son, so I really didn't see the difference at the time...... The clothes he was wearing were indeed Lin Lang's, and his ID card, wallet, and work badge were all Lin Lang's...... Who would have thought that this was another person in disguise...... My wife was crying and fainting, and I didn't have time to take a closer look......"

"Then why was the funeral so hasty?"

"This ...... It is the custom of our hometown, when a person dies, he must enter the earth as soon as possible, otherwise the soul has no sustenance, cannot be reincarnated, and the soul will be scattered...... Although it is a superstitious statement, there is indeed this custom in my hometown, so we cremated and buried our son early——"