Detention center, interview room.

Separated by iron bars, Ms. Xiao and Li Jiaming sat on both sides.

Li Jiaming was still a little stunned, "Why you, Xiaoxi ...... she"

Ms. Xiao sneered and asked unceremoniously, "What?" You think I'm going to let you near my daughter again? ”

Li Jiaming's expression froze, and he was speechless.

Ms. Xiao didn't bother to look at Li Jiaming's pretense, and asked coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, what else do you have to say?" ”

If it weren't for Li Jiaming's constant muttering about wanting to see Xu Xiaxi, Ms. Xiao wouldn't have come at all.

Now I naturally don't want to talk nonsense with Li Jiaming.

Li Jiaming had always known that his little junior sister was cold, but it was the first time he faced such a cold and piercing Xiao Ying, and he couldn't react for a while.

After a while, he couldn't help but shout in a hurtful voice, "Xiaoying......"

Ms. Xiao didn't pay attention to him at all, and got up directly, "If you just want to say this, then I'll go first." ”

I really turned around and wanted to leave.

Li Jiaming panicked and hurriedly shouted: "Wait! I really want to ask you for something, no matter how vicious I am, but Xiaoying is innocent, now that I come in here, can you bear to see her so young and lonely? ”

Ms. Xiao's footsteps paused, and she looked back at Li Jiaming with a calm face.

Li Jiaming immediately felt hope, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare to ask you how you treat her well, I just ask you to give her a home and let her spend the next life safely, even if I die in prison, I have no regrets." ”

When Li Jiaming talked about heartache, he couldn't help covering his face anymore and crying bitterly.

This tearful appearance did not make Ms. Xiao's heart soften, but she couldn't really be completely indifferent.

The face is still cold, and the thoughts of letting it go or even falling into the well have gradually disappeared.

Ms. Xiao rarely hesitated in her heart for a while before she spoke slowly: "Li Xin's current mental condition is not able to live alone, I will choose the best sanatorium for her and give her the best treatment." If she is strong enough, maybe one day she will be able to recover. ”

After all, the child was not yet seventeen years old; But if Li Xin has not been good, then the sanatorium will be her last destination.

Li Jiaming endured the pain in his heart, but he also understood that this was the best treatment that Ms. Xiao could give Li Xin, and he was even willing to help Li Xin with treatment, and he couldn't ask for more.

It's just that......

Li Jiaming said cautiously: "Thank you for being willing to treat Xinxin well, she is very withdrawn on weekdays, she has no friends around her, and she is not close to anyone else, but she likes Xiaoxi......"

Seeing that there was no reaction on Ms. Xiao's face, he continued: "So if you can let Xiaoxi go to see Xinxin occasionally, just accompany her for a while, so that she doesn't have to be so lonely, then I will have no regrets."

Ms. Xiao listened to him quietly, and there was still a slight smile on her face, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, "You don't want to leave regrets?" ”

Li Jiaming nodded hurriedly, and kept selling miserably, "I know that I can't escape this time, no matter how good the situation is, it may take several years to come out, and the only thing I'm worried about is Xinxin."

You and I are both parents, so you should be able to understand my worries, as long as Xinxin is doing well, it doesn't matter what happens to me. ”

Everything Li Jiaming did was for his daughter, no matter how heinous he was, there was no way to deny this.

He felt that he could impress Ms. Xiao with this, but he didn't want to, and Ms. Xiao laughed when she heard this.

"However, I prefer you, and I regret it for the rest of my life."

Li Jiaming's eyes widened, and he looked at Ms. Xiao with a face full of disbelief.

Ms. Xiao smiled cruelly and said softly, "What? Do you think I won't settle the account with you if you calculate Xiaoxi? ”

"That's none of Xinxin's business." Li Jiaming explained in a panic, his voice almost pleading, "You can't be so cruel to her." ”

Ms. Xiao smiled and broke Li Jiaming's illusion: "In fact, I would do that to her because of you." ”

The last five words, she said almost word by word, and did not hide her malice towards Li Jiaming at all.

"Li Jiaming, since you also said that we have been classmates for so long, we should know each other very well, I have never been a broad-minded person. I just want you to live in pain for the rest of your life. ”

Ms. Xiao's voice was cold, and she said like a judgment: "I will give Li Xin the best life, but she is destined to be lonely for a lifetime in this life, as the price for you to hurt Xiaoxi." ”

After saying this, Ms. Xiao didn't go to see how panicked Li Jiaming was, and left the detention center directly with Zheng Xuan.

In the car, Zheng Xuan held the steering wheel and secretly observed Ms. Xiao from the rearview mirror from time to time.

Thinking that God didn't know the ghosts, but didn't want her to stop talking, her emotions had already been exposed.

It's just that Ms. Xiao didn't pay attention to her at first, and when the car drove smoothly to the halfway point, Ms. Xiao put down the materials in her hand and said without raising her head: "Say whatever you want." ”

Zheng Xuan showed her guilt and shame at being caught, but she still didn't hold back the question in her heart, and asked cautiously, "Xiao Yuan, what you just told Professor Li was serious?" ”

Ms. Xiao asked rhetorically with an unchanged expression, "When did I ever joke?" ”

Zheng Xuan thought about it, as if she had really never seen Ms. Xiao joking, or in such a serious environment.

But Zheng Xuan was even more entangled, and said hesitantly: "Wouldn't this be bad?" Li Xin, she is just an innocent child, wouldn't it be too unfair for her to involve her? ”

Especially Li Xin is still the victim of the whole thing, but for this reason, it is too cruel to ask her to bear the sins created by Li Jiaming......

Ms. Xiao raised her eyebrows, glanced at Zheng Xuan, and asked lightly, "What?" I look like God? ”

"What?" Zheng Xuan was stunned and didn't understand.

Ms. Xiao's expression was cold, "What does it matter to me whether it is fair or not." ”

Zheng Xuan was speechless, and at the same time understood that Li Jiaming really provoked Ms. Xiao this time!

Now that Ms. Xiao is angry, even if Zheng Xuan still feels that something is wrong, she doesn't dare to persuade again, just silently thinking about when to mention it to Xu Xiaxi, maybe there is still room for this matter to turn around.

Unexpectedly, Ms. Xiao came with a warning coldly: "I have seen Li Jiaming's matter today, and I can't say a word to Xiaoxi, you know?" ”

Zheng Xuan: "......" She felt that her mind was clear in front of Ms. Xiao, embarrassed and empty-hearted, and agreed to come down.

Don't dare to have any more thoughts.

just told his girlfriend about it in private, and expressed his depression and incomprehension by the way.

Who knew that her best friend directly rolled her eyes when she heard her complaints, and said coldly: "I see that there is no problem with the approach of your leader." ”

Zheng Xuan frowned, as if she wanted to refute, but her best friend had already sneered: "There is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, is it possible that you still want to repay your grievances with virtue, if you are sick, this matter......"

"That's what I said, but the person who did the wrong thing was Li Jiaming, and there is no need to harm the innocent Li Xin! She's just a kid. Zheng Xuan has always shown resentment about this.

The best friend poked Zheng Xuan's brain and scolded him hatefully: "Is your brain an ornament?" Let me ask you, with the bad relationship between Ms. Xiao and Li Jiaming, is there anything wrong with her ignoring Li Xin and leaving the other party to fend for herself? ”

"No, no, Xiao Yuan has no obligation to take care of Li Xin." Zheng Xuan answered honestly.

"Then why is it that she kindly arranged the second half of her life for the enemy's child, and also found a doctor for others, but she was accused of 'harming the innocent'?" The girlfriend asked this pointedly.

Zheng Xuan choked for a moment, and gradually came back to her senses.

It seems that this is really the case.

Seeing that she finally figured it out, her best friend sighed: "I think you are addicted to the White Lotus, otherwise where would normal people think like you!" ”

Zheng Xuan laughed dryly, and it was not easy to refute, "Didn't I think about it for a while?" Besides, Xiao Yuan later specially told me not to tell Xiaoxi, so I accidentally drilled the tip of the horns. ”

"That's Ms. Xiao's daughter, can it be the same? Fortunately, you told me first, if you can't think of it and tell Xu Xiaxi, then you really don't have to do it. ”

Zheng Xuan waved her hand, "How can that!" Xiao Yuan has given orders, even if I can't figure it out, I can't go to Xiao Xi to talk nonsense. I still have that bit of proportion. ”

Zheng Xuan came back to her senses and was truly convinced by Ms. Xiao.

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By the time Xu Xiaxi was approved to be discharged from the hospital, it was already a week later.

She also truly fulfilled her promise and no longer asked about Li Jiaming's case, not even about Xiang Yiyang.

On the one hand, she didn't want to worry about Ms. Xiao and Fu Lichen anymore, on the other hand, she also knew that when Li Jiaming was found out, Xiang Yiyang's identity would change from the main offender to an accomplice, plus Xiang Ling and Mai Huifen were in Li Jiaming's hands, and it was not a big problem to determine that Xiang Yiyang was an accomplice.

In this way, Xiang Yiyang's guilt will be much lighter, and Xu Xiaxi will have nothing to worry about.

When she was discharged from the hospital, the first snow of winter was in Beijing on December 22.

This is what she insisted on being discharged from.

The time happened to be the open trial of Xiang Yiyang's case.

Fu Lichen and Ms. Xiao were worried that Xu Xiaxi asked to be discharged from the hospital at this time in order to observe Xiang Yiyang's case, but they did not dare to oppose it head-on, but put forward a lot of requirements and restrictions.

Xu Xiaxi was also obedient and accepted all the orders.

At the end, he made a completely irrelevant request, "Tomorrow, can I go to the beach?" ”

"No way!"

"No way!"

Fu Lichen and Ms. Xiao objected in unison again, directly covering Xu Xiaxi's expectations.

Xu Xiaxi lowered his eyes and was silent.

There was neither protest nor strong demand.

Xu Xiaxi is very obedient most of the time, but when she stubbornly wants to do something, even not saying a word is enough to make the two people who are used to giving orders in front of her helpless.

Ms. Xiao really doesn't want Xu Xiaxi to go to the beach to blow the wind in this kind of winter, can't she wait for her body to get better and pick a warmer time if she has to go out to play?

She looked at Fu Lichen helplessly, hoping that the man would be able to move Xia Xi.

However, the man showed a thoughtful expression, met Ms. Xiao's gaze, and silently made a lip shape: Tomorrow, winter solstice.

Ms. Xiao's breath stagnated, and she couldn't speak.

These days are so busy that she almost forgot that tomorrow is the day Xu Ding died in the line of duty.

It's been nineteen years.

Xu Xiaxi asked to go to the beach at this time, obviously to pay tribute to Xu Ding.

Ms. Xiao could no longer object, but said, "I'll go pack my things." ”

December 23, 2019, winter solstice.

The sea in Beijing, with strong wind and snowflakes, falls one after another, almost covering the golden sand with a layer of snow white, which is another thrilling beauty.

This is a famous tourist attraction in Beijing, but most people will not choose such a cold day to come here to blow the cold wind.

Xu Xiaxi had to choose the winter solstice to come to the beach only because Xu Ding's hometown had the custom of paying tribute to his ancestors by the sea.

On the huge beach, there were almost just three of them.

Xu Xiaxi stood on the beach and blew a cold wind, and suddenly said, "I want to walk alone." ”

Ms. Xiao felt strange, but Fu Lichen had already agreed, "Okay, we'll wait for you here." ”

Xia Xi glanced at Li Chen, nodded silently, and then walked all the way along the beach by the sea, leaving a string of snow-white footprints.

After a while, it was covered by falling snowflakes one after another.

Ms. Xiao said worriedly: "Xiao Xi is a little wrong today. ”

"How?"

"Usually she goes to the cemetery with me during Qingming, and this is the first time she has asked to come to the beach." Ms. Xiao said with a frown.

Although there was nothing wrong with it, this anomaly still made Ms. Xiao feel uneasy.

Fu Lichen also frowned, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "How much does she know about Xu Ding?" ”

"Huh?" Ms. Xiao was stunned for a moment before she understood what Fu Lichen was worried about, but immediately shook her head again, "When Ah Ding died, she was still a seven or eight-year-old child, and I only told her that her father died in the line of duty, and I didn't say anything else." She should not know anything. ”

Fu Lichen was noncommittal, his eyes chased Xu Xiaxi.

Xu Xiaxi had stopped moving forward at this time, and was facing the sea alone, looking into the distance.

Ms. Xiao asked again: "Earlier, you said that Ah Ding's matter would give me an explanation. ”

Fu Lichen was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, but he mentioned another thing: "Minister Nie's little son, Nie Ye, do you know each other?" ”

Ms. Xiao frowned, and there was a hint of disgust in her tone, "I heard that he is a gentleman, what do you want him to do?" ”

"He's also investigating the case from that year."

Ms. Xiao was a little surprised, "He? Why? What does this have to do with him? ”

Fu Lichen shook his head, not knowing whether he didn't know what he meant or couldn't say, and said: "He said that Xiang Yiyang's current situation still has hope of being sentenced to a suspended sentence." ”

"So what?" Ms. Xiao was stunned by Fu Lichen's three-twisted way of speaking, and she didn't understand that Fu Lichen still cared about Xiang Yiyang.

Fu Lichen only said: "If Xiang Yiyang is given a suspended sentence, then he will not be able to stay in Beijing, but will need to go back to his place of residence to receive community corrections."

His hometown is in Changcheng. ”

Ms. Xiao paused, then looked up at Fu Lichen suddenly.

The place where Xu Ding died was Changcheng.

She quickly came back to her senses, and the first thing she did was to tell Fu Lichen, "Don't tell Xia Xi about this matter first." ”

Fu Lichen was silent for a few seconds, his eyes turned to Xu Xiaxi again, and his voice was soft and slow.

"I'm afraid it's too late."

Xu Xiaxi stared at the sea in front of her with a calm expression, but her heart was far from being calm on her face, and her heart seemed to be surging with the waves.

She paused, picked up a handful of golden grains of sand, and watched them slip between her fingers.

"Father, you once said that we are all in this sea of sand, and we need to use our eyes, ears, and hearts to distinguish the subtle differences between each grain of sand, and finally put them back into their own unique position, which is the truth we are seeking.

Now that I've found that key grain of sand, please wait a little longer......"