The blind man nodded, but it was easier said than done. The blind man said: "Brother-in-law, you can go with peace of mind, I have my own way here, don't forget, it's my own people who steal the door." ”

Yingzi sighed and said: "Fighting and fighting, I am cheating, why is it so difficult to think about a few days of peace." She shook her head and said, "This beagle guy doesn't know where to go, it's been three years, his wife and children are just thrown away, doesn't he miss home at all, doesn't he want us?"

Dong Zhijun comforted her in a low voice.

The blind man said: "Sister Yingzi, don't be sad, this kid Luo Lie will definitely come back, I never doubted it." ”

"Mommy!" A tiger-headed child ran along the deck, Ye Qinghong, who was looking at the distant seascape, turned around, with a knowing smile on her pretty face, Ping An has also grown up, this time she returned to China, she did not bring her daughter Xiao Rainbow over, Xiao Rainbow is now studying in boarding school in Europe, and with her is Ren Tianjun's son Ren Yuqing, compared with her son, her daughter has changed more, although she is only eleven years old, she is already very assertive, calm and clear-headed, like Luo Lie.

Thinking of Luo Lie, who had been missing for three years, Ye Qinghong's eyes were hot, and she hurriedly raised her head, for fear that her son would see the scene of tears in her eyes.

Ping An came to his mother and said happily, "Mommy, will you be home today?"

Ye Qinghong stretched out her hand and gently stroked the top of his head, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm home!"

Ping'an said: "I miss my sister, why don't you bring her back with me?"

Ye Qinghong said with a smile: "Silly child, my sister wants to go to school, and your brother Yuqing, they want to study, and only after reading good books can they become pillars." ”

"Mommy, will Daddy come back?"

Ye Qinghong was stunned by her son's question, and she didn't answer immediately.

Little Master Ping An nodded and said, "I will definitely come back, my mother said, my father is a man of his word, and if he comes back, he will definitely come back." "Clenched your fists tightly as you spoke.

Ye Qinghong looked at her son, who was not yet five years old, and had mixed feelings in her heart for a while, her son should not be able to remember what his father looked like, but in his heart, the image of his father was glorious and great, and he did what he said. When mentioning his father, the expression on Ping'an's little face was full of admiration.

Ye Qinghong endured the sourness in her heart and smiled: "Dad has something important to do, I think he should come back." In the days when Luo Hunt had just left, Ye Qinghong had repeatedly told herself that Luo Hunt would definitely come back, but as time went by, Luo Hunt still had no news. Ye Qinghong also spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources to find it, and she gradually realized that Luo Lie might never come back this time......

If there were no children, Ye Qinghong would never let Luo Lie go alone, she would accompany him to live and die together.

Ping'an said, "Mommy, is that our home over there?" his little finger pointed to the city in the distance.

Ye Qinghong said: "Yes! ”

Cheng Yufei has been in the hospital for the past few days, and no one has come to see her except for the sparrow, although the sparrow has the intention to hide her outside things, but Cheng Yufei still saw the flaws in her performance, took the apple handed by the sparrow, took a bite and asked, "Sparrow, why haven't you seen the blind people in the past two days?"

Sparrow said: "I don't know, he is elusive." Her eyes were dodging.

Cheng Yufei said: "Sparrow, don't hide anything from me." ”

The sparrow bit her lip and finally decided to tell Cheng Yufei what had happened recently.

Cheng Yufei listened to what she said, she was silent for a while, and took another bite of the apple, tears flashed in her beautiful eyes, Li Yandong was her assistant, the two have known each other for many years, Li Yandong has always been conscientious, and he didn't expect it to end in such a way.

Sparrow said, "It is impossible for a blind man to kill him." ”

Cheng Yufei said: "Traps, all are traps. They are using the same methods as they deal with me against the blind, and they want to destroy us one by one. She raised her head, looked at the sparrow and said, "Sparrow, don't worry about my business anymore, you leave Huangpu immediately, it's not safe here." ”

Sparrow said: "I'm not afraid, I know who did it." ”

Cheng Yufei frowned, she didn't understand what the sparrow meant.

Sparrow said: "Chen Haodong, it must be Chen Haodong, I just received the news, Chang Chai is also missing......" She did not mention the news of Fu Bo's death, with her relationship with Fu Bo, she should have gone to Manchuria to mourn, but now that so many things have happened in Huangpu, and her best friend is still in prison, how can she leave her behind and leave like this?

Cheng Yufei said: "Whether it is Chen Haodong or not, you should also be one of their targets, I only understand now that they just used me as a bait, threw me into a trap, and waited for you to save me, and when you came to the rescue, they would secretly attack and deal with you one by one." She shook her head vigorously and said, "Don't waste your efforts for me anymore, if it weren't for me, Li Yandong wouldn't have died, and the blind man wouldn't have been framed, I'm worried that something like this will happen to you sooner or later." ”

Sparrow said: "I don't care, if we change positions, I believe you won't leave, you want to harm us, just let the horse come, I have nothing to be afraid of now." "Since Luo Hunt's disappearance, Sparrow has felt that life has lost its meaning, she is not afraid of death, she is not afraid of anything.

When Cheng Yufei was about to continue persuasion, Inspector Wang Jinmin walked in from outside, and Sparrow said angrily: "You don't know who knocked on the door?"

Wang Jinmin nodded, knocked on the door that was already open, and then walked in, came to Cheng Yufei's bed, looked at Cheng Yufei and said, "Miss Cheng is in good shape." ”

Cheng Yufei said: "Fortunately, thanks to Deputy Inspector Wang, he is still alive." ”

Wang Jinmin heard her ridicule of herself, and grinned: "I am now acting as the chief inspector, and I am fully responsible for the assassination of the former chief inspector Hua." He was telling Cheng Yufei that he was no longer a deputy.

Cheng Yufei was neither humble nor arrogant: "What are you looking for me?"

Wang Jinmin said: "In view of the complexity of the case, for the sake of the case, we have received an order to end your bail period with immediate effect. ”

Sparrow said angrily, "How can you do this?"

Wang Jinmin said: "Miss Ma, we don't need your guidance on how to do it. ”

The sparrow said angrily: "I want to sue you for abuse of power!"

Cheng Yufei said: "Sparrow, this matter has nothing to do with you, I'll go with you!"

Wang Jinmin smiled and said, "Miss Cheng is reasonable, come and take it away!"

Cheng Yufei said: "Please give me a little bit of human dignity, at least allow me to change my clothes." ”

Wang Jinmin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait outside, five minutes!"

After Wang Jinmin left, Cheng Yufei said to the sparrow: "Listen, leave Huangpu immediately." ”

"No!"

Cheng Yufei said: "Don't go to Tang Bao'er, don't make trouble for anyone anymore, I don't want to involve more people, sparrow! Go and inform Ye Qinghong and ask her not to come back, no matter how far she goes, we can't fight them." ”

The sparrow's eyes were red, she still wanted to argue, but Cheng Yufei stopped her with her eyes, Cheng Yufei changed her clothes, the whip marks on her body have not healed, and such a simple action as dressing will affect the scars, but Yufei has always straightened her back, she is an upright person, she will not bow her head, and she will not give in even if she dies.

As the sparrow saw Cheng Yufei being escorted into the police car, she felt that she had become more and more lonely and helpless, Cheng Yufei was arrested, Inspector Liu and Li Yandong were killed one after another, and the blind man did not know where he went.

Sparrow knew that Cheng Yufei's words were very reasonable, and going to Tang Bao'er now would only add trouble to her, Tang Bao'er persuaded Mr. Tang to come forward to help Cheng Yufei bail, but in just a few days, the police arrested her again, proving that Mr. Tang's face was not good.

The sparrow didn't know what she should do, Cheng Yufei persuaded her to leave, of course, it was kind, but if she left, who else in Huangpu could help Cheng Yufei, she couldn't go, she couldn't watch her friend being framed.

Cheng Yufei is calm and calm, after she was taken away from the hospital, she did not go to the patrol room for questioning like last time, but was escorted to a secret place and detained, after getting in the car, Cheng Yufei was blindfolded, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous in her heart, according to the normal case handling procedures, this should not be the case, these people clearly use an abnormal method to deal with themselves, even if they are the real murderer of Inspector Liu, they should not be treated in violation of regulations.

Cheng Yufei reminded herself not to panic, the big deal is death, and people will have this day sooner or later, but as a detective, she still has some regrets in her heart, after all, she has not had time to solve this case and find the real murderer of Inspector Liu.

Cheng Yufei felt like she was being escorted down the stairs, and then walked through a long aisle, judging from the damp and musty smell of the air, she should be in some underground building now, and she deduced from the approximate time of the car that she might be in the direction, should she not have left the French Concession?

Someone pushed her from behind, she entered a room, tripped over the threshold when she entered, because her hands were tied, she couldn't adjust her balance in time, and fell heavily to the ground, the ground was hard and a little wet.

A familiar voice sounded from the front: "Go down." ”

Cheng Yufei is very sensitive to voices, even without seeing the other party's face clearly, she still judged from the voice that the person who spoke was someone she knew, and this voice was Bai Yunfei nine times out of ten. Bai Yunfei's escape from prison caused a lot of trouble, according to normal people's thinking, it is impossible for Bai Yunfei to continue to stay in Huangpu, but it is not ruled out that he may do the opposite.

Cheng Yufei heard footsteps approaching her, she stood up with the support of the other party, in a curiosity about the other party's identity, Cheng Yufei even forgot the pain in her body.

The other party uncovered the black cloth that covered her eyes, and she saw a man in a black robe with a silver mask, judging from his figure, it should be Bai Yunfei.

Cheng Yufei said: "I can't imagine that someone as smart as you would do something to cover up and cover up and steal the bell." ”

The other party laughed, and then he slowly unveiled the silver mask.

A terrifying face full of scars appeared in front of Cheng Yufei, Cheng Yufei was frightened because of what she saw in front of her, this is the ugliest and hideous face she has ever seen in her life, Bai Yunfei in her impression has a delicate face and elegant manners, how could he become like this?

Bai Yunfei said: "It's not that I'm covering my ears and stealing the bell, but I'm worried that my appearance will scare you." ”

Cheng Yufei said in a trembling voice: "You...... How did you end up like this?"

Bai Yunfei said coldly: "It's not thanks to you. ”

Cheng Yufei had calmed down and said without fear: "Everyone is responsible for their own actions, and if they do too much injustice, they will kill themselves, so why put all the responsibility on other people." ”

Bai Yunfei nodded, he lit a cigarette, his fingers were still slender and white, looking at his palm, and then thinking of the terrifying face he had just seen, Cheng Yufei couldn't help but sigh, with Bai Yunfei's arrogant temperament, now that he has become like this, he is afraid that he will even have the heart to die.

Bai Yunfei said: "That's right, everyone is responsible for their own actions. He took a puff of his cigarette, raised his head and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, and said in a low voice, "Where did Luo Hunt go?"

Cheng Yufei shook her head and said, "Actually, I care more about his whereabouts than you. ”

Bai Yunfei said: "You don't know?"

Cheng Yufei said: "I only know that he disappeared in the West Sea three years ago, and I have never heard from him since, and maybe he will never come back." ”

Bai Yunfei said: "You mean he is dead?" He shook his head and said, "Impossible, how can a person like him die so easily?"

Cheng Yufei said: "You planned this matter to deal with Luo Lie?"

Bai Yunfei said: "Not only him, everyone you participated in harming me back then, I will make you pay a hundredfold and thousandfold price, and I will not let any of you go." ”

Cheng Yufei said: "So, Inspector Liu and Li Yandong were all killed by you?" She has basically been able to confirm this matter, but she still can't figure it out, after all, Bai Yunfei is a wanted criminal, and what happened to himself and the blind man now seems to have been done by him alone, he may have helpers in the high-level of the concession and even within the police.

Bai Yunfei said: "They don't matter, you should care more about yourself now." ”

Cheng Yufei said: "People who say such things have no relatives and no friends, right?"

Bai Yunfei said: "How can there be real friends in this world?"

The first person Ye Qinghong contacted after arriving in Huangpu was Tang Baoer, before coming back this time, she had a deep understanding of the domestic situation, at least Huangpu is more chaotic now than when she left the year before last.

Except for her best friend Tang Bao'er, Ye Qinghong doesn't want to contact too many people, she comes quietly and leaves quietly, she doesn't like to hear others comfort her, although she knows which friends are sincere.

Tang Baoer knew that Ye Qinghong would come back recently, but according to Ye Qinghong's original plan, it should be a week later, and she didn't expect her to come back early, receiving Ye Qinghong's call, Tang Baoer was pleasantly surprised, and wanted to go to Ye Qinghong's home to visit her, but Ye Qinghong said that she did not go home, and secretly agreed with her to meet at a place.

Tang Bao'er followed Ye Qinghong's instructions, and walked around the outside very carefully, making sure that no one was following her, so she came to the small church where Ye Qinghong got married, and Luo Lie used to be a pastor here.

Tang Baoer entered the chapel before remembering that today was a service, and the usually deserted chapel in front of the door was actually full of people, and she found Ye Qinghong at the agreed place, Ye Qinghong took her son to sit in the northwest corner of the church. Ping An was young in the end, and he leaned on his mother's body at this time and fell asleep.

Tang Bao'er came to Ye Qinghong and sat down, smiled at her, and lowered her voice: "Ping An is so big?"

Ye Qinghong nodded, gently woke up Ping'an, Ping'an opened a pair of big black and clear eyes, I don't know what happened, Ye Qinghong signaled him not to speak, and took him and Tang Bao'er to the outside. The weather in Huangpu is still gloomy and cloudy, and the sun is particularly stingy this winter.

Tang Bao'er bowed down and said to Ping'an: "Little Ping'an, do you still remember me? I am your Aunt Bao'er." ”

Ping An laughed, his smile as bright as the sun: "I don't remember, but I know that Mommy often mentions you in front of me." ”

Tang Bao'er chuckled, and she stretched out her hands: "Come, let Auntie hug you." ”

Xiao Ping'an shook his head and said, "Don't, Mommy said, you can't just give a girl a hug." ”

Tang Bao'er couldn't laugh, in Xiao Ping'an's eyes, she was still a girl, she said to Ye Qinghong: "Haven't I changed at all?"

Ye Qinghong said: "It's less smelly and beautiful, this kid is young, but he has a sweet mouth, so he can make you happy." ”

Tang Bao'er said: "Good boy, when you grow up, you must be a lover like your father......" Before she finished speaking, she was forced back by Ye Qinghong's sharp gaze, Tang Bao'er stuck out her tongue and secretly screamed ashamed, her mouth was always open.

Xiao Ping'an said: "Aunt Bao'er, do you know my father?"

Ye Qinghong said: "Go swing, I have something to say to your aunt." ”

Xiao Ping'an nodded, and ran towards the swing not far away with small steps.

Tang Bao'er said, "Where do you two live?"

Ye Qinghong said: "Hotel, I haven't gone home yet." ”

Tang Baoer said: "If you see me outside, just go directly to my house to live." ”

Ye Qinghong said: "It's not that I don't want to be in trouble, I came back this time to deal with a few things, and by the way, I brought the children over to play." ”

Tang Bao'er knew that her coming back this time would definitely not be as simple as she said, and said softly: "Little Rainbow didn't come back together?"

Ye Qinghong said: "She goes to boarding school, it takes a lot of time to come and go, I'm afraid she will delay her studies." ”

"With such a young child, you can rest assured that you will leave her alone in Europe?"

Ye Qinghong said: "People have to learn to be independent, when I was as old as her, I was also in a boarding school. ”

Tang Bao'er said, "When did you come back?"

Ye Qinghong said: "Yesterday, I didn't contact anyone else, and no one else knew that I had returned. ”

Although Tang Bao'er knew that she shouldn't ask, she couldn't help but say after all: "It's been three years, is there any news of him?"

Ye Qinghong shook her head, she didn't want to talk about it.

Tang Baoer said: "Have you ever thought that he might ......?"

Ye Qinghong interrupted her assumption in time, and said extremely firmly: "He will come back, he will definitely come back!" Tang Bao'er looked at Ye Qinghong, she felt that Ye Qinghong was stronger and more independent than in the past, and seemed to have become a little stranger, Tang Bao'er didn't know why she felt like this, but she felt that the two of them were no longer as free to talk about as they were in the past. In other words, there is a gap between them, and Tang Baoer believes that this gap is obviously not caused by herself, but Ye Qinghong is deliberately keeping a distance from herself.

From Ye Qinghong's lack of warm gaze, Tang Baoer realized that Ye Qinghong was not aimed at herself, but at the whole world. Tang Baoer remembered what happened recently, no matter what Ye Qinghong thought, in her own eyes, she would always be her best friend, Tang Baoer told Ye Qinghong about several things that had happened recently.

After Ye Qinghong came to Huangpu, she heard about it, so she made an appointment to meet Tang Baoer, if she didn't want to find out the situation as soon as possible, maybe it would take a few more days to contact Tang Baoer.

After Tang Bao'er finished speaking, she sighed and said: "Anyway, it's very troublesome now, I finally said that my father came forward and bailed Cheng Yufei out, but I didn't expect that I was taken away by the police and locked up again in just a few days." ”

Ye Qinghong nodded, which proved that the French consul was not ready to give Mr. Tang any more face. Although Ye Qinghong didn't have a deep understanding of Cheng Yufei, she never thought that Cheng Yufei would kill Inspector Liu, and the blind man was also involved in trouble, but fortunately, the blind man was still alert and escaped before the police caught him.

Tang Bao'er said: "The current French Concession is different from the past, and your teacher's reputation is not very good. ”

Ye Qinghong said: "I know." She raised her wrist and looked at the time and said, "It's not too early, I should go." ”

Tang Bao'er was stunned and said, "You're leaving, don't you plan to eat with me?" You haven't seen me for so long, don't you plan to talk to me?"

Ye Qinghong smiled indifferently: "Another day, the child is too young, I still have to take care of him." ”

Tang Bao'er knew that Ye Qinghong was just a reason, but this reason was really a bit perfunctory, and she was inevitably disappointed in her heart, but she couldn't say anything, so she nodded and said, "Qinghong, you have to take care of yourself." ”

Ye Qinghong took out a beautiful jewelry box from her handbag and handed it to her: "I don't know if you like it or not." ”

Tang Baoer opened the jewelry box and saw that it was a diamond necklace, and the loss just now suddenly disappeared, it seems that Ye Qinghong has not forgotten her old friend, but she has too many facts in her heart, so she can't express it like in the past, Tang Baoer smiled: "I like it, I really like it." ”

Ye Qinghong smiled: "It's good if you like it, by the way, don't mention my return to Huangpu to anyone, just because I haven't been here." ”

Tang Bao'er nodded, now that the situation is complicated, Ye Qinghong is right to be cautious, after all, it is not easy for a woman to carry a child.

Yupu Wharf, a cargo ship slowly docked, a burly man got off the boat, looked at this familiar place by the light of the wharf, a pair of tiger eyes scorched, he untied the black scarf that covered half of his face, revealing a bearded face full of Chinese characters, this person was Zhang Longbow, he received the blind man's urgent call for help, and immediately returned to Huangpu from Dongshan Island. Previously, he and Hai Mingzhu returned to Dongshan Island, mainly because his father-in-law Hai Liantian was seriously ill.

During this time, Hai Liantian's condition improved, and Zhang Changgong left Hai Mingzhu on the island and returned to Huangpu alone, knowing that the blind man would not bother himself at such a time if he was not in an emergency.

Zhang Changgong left the Yupu wharf and went straight to a shantytown about two miles away, where the inhabitants were toiling people, most of whom were struggling on the poverty line.

The night air was filled with the aroma of fried small fish, and Zhang Changgong followed the aroma to the river, where there was a small stall, where the hunchbacked Lao Li had been operating for many years, two tables, and a few tattered maza. On weekdays, this place is usually full, and people who have worked all day here call a beef offal pot, fry a few small fish, make a few pieces of stinky dry, and a few people get together to drink a few sips of rice wine.

However, as the situation in Huangpu became more and more turbulent, even the public concession became unpeaceful, and many people who came to seek a living left Huangpu, and the area became increasingly deserted. The hunchbacked Lao Li still continued to make a living, in fact, he had no other means of making a living except for this small night market stall.

In the past, when Zhang Changgong was in Huangpu, he would often come here to drink with friends, not because it was cheap, but because the crumbled pot made by the hunchbacked old Li was clean and delicious. The first person to introduce him was a blind man, and Luo Lie also came a few times.

Zhang Changgong sat down at the tattered table, remembering that the last time he came here was three years ago, there was no change in the surroundings, the hunchbacked Lao Li still made those few dishes, no matter how many people were small, whether the business was good or bad, he was so serious.

Zhang Changgong asked for a beef offal pot, a plate of fried fish, and a plate of spiced broad beans. As soon as the dish was ordered, he saw a bloated figure in the distance walking towards him, Zhang Changgong immediately recognized the person as a blind man, and he smiled and waved his hand to the blind man.

In fact, before he saw the blind man, the blind man had seen him, and no one in the dark night could have a sharper eye than the blind man. The blind man had actually come a long time ago, but he didn't dare to show up at the first time, and after he was sure that it was safe, he came to Zhang Longbow and took out two bottles of good wine from his arms.

Zhang Changgong glanced at it and said, "When did you kid become so generous?"

The blind man smiled and said, "I'm stingy with others, but I've always been generous to you." He opened a bottle of wine, filled the wine bowl in front of the two, picked up the wine bowl and said, "For the sake of our brothers to reunite after a long absence." ”

Zhang Changgong touched him, and drank it all, the blind man was more reserved when he drank, and he put it down after taking a sip: "I called you back in such a hurry because I was in big trouble." ”

Zhang Changgong had learned some from the news he had brought to him, but not all of it, not to mention that there had been new changes in the past few days, and the blind man told the whole story.

Zhang Changgong said: "So, it was Chen Haodong's kid who made trouble?"

The blind man said: "It should be, in fact, he likes to toss and toss, as long as he doesn't frame our friends, there are already many people killed, Cheng Yufei was arrested again a few days after he was released on bail, and the sparrow went to visit the patrol room and was refused, and it was not even clear where they detained Cheng Yufei." ”

Zhang Changgong said: "People are prepared. ”

The blind man said: "So it's troublesome, I heard Tang Bao'er say that Ye Qinghong will also come back for the New Year this year." ”

"She's back?"

The blind man shook his head and said, "I didn't come back, I didn't hear anything at all." ”

Zhang Changgong said: "She is cautious, even if she comes back, she won't let too many people know." ”

The blind man poured him full of wine: "I can't do anything to contact you, Luo Lie is not here, I can't contact anyone else except you, Cheng Yufei has helped me, and I am also our friend, Sparrow is running around for her affairs, we can't stand idly by, right?"

Zhang Changgong said: "It's no problem for you to let me help rob the prison, but I really don't have many ideas." ”

The blind man said: "I still don't know who you are? It's good that you're here, and now the patrols in the French Concession are arresting me everywhere, saying that I am the suspect who killed Li Yandong." ”

Zhang Changgong frowned and said, "Blind, your current condition is not good, I think you should leave Huangpu as soon as possible." ”

The blind man said: "Chen Haodong is a villain who will be revenged, he will not only deal with Cheng Yufei, but also all of us, I am worried that Sparrow and Ye Qinghong will be retaliated against by him." ”

Zhang Changgong snorted coldly and said: "What kind of thing is he, he wagked his tail in front of Luo Lie and begged for mercy back then, and he swore a poisonous oath that he would never set foot in Huangpu again for half a step in his lifetime, was his oath back then all fart?"

The blind man said, "How can such a shameless man believe his oath?"

Zhang Changgong said: "Luo Lie once said that as long as he dared to enter Huangpu, he would take his dog's life. He paused, now that Luo Lie has been missing for three years, Chen Haodong should not think that he has no scruples, he will teach Luo Lie a lesson for him.

Zhang Longbow whispered, "I'm going to take his dog's life." ”

The blind man nodded, although Zhang Longbow may have to take a considerable risk to kill Chen Haodong, but at present, this is also the most feasible way, since the mastermind of this series of events is Chen Haodong, then eradicating him is undoubtedly the best way to quickly end his conspiracy.

The blind man said: "You still need to discuss this matter with Sparrow, she knows more about stealing doors than we do." ”

Sparrow has spent a lot of money in the past few days, and this money is mainly used to hire a lawyer for Cheng Yufei and find a way to get through all links, but although a lot of money has been spent, the effect received is minimal, almost all lawyers are not optimistic about this case, and now the evidence is conclusive, and the possibility of proving Cheng Yufei's innocence is very small. Most of the well-known lawyers cherish their feathers, and even if the sparrow gives them more money, they will not take on this case that has no chance of winning. Unknown lawyers are either inexperienced or incompetent, and if they are brought to court, they are almost guaranteed to fail.

(End of chapter)