After transferring to another school, I was at the same table as the school girl who had a crush on

Shang Houde stood in front of an artistic photo wall covered with photos, with his hands behind his back, carefully looking at an unremarkable black and white group photo.

There is a signature under the group photo, in 198X in Shangxi High School, Class [-] of the third year.

In 198X, that was the first year he graduated to teach in Shangxi.

Class [-] of the third year was the first class he took.Li Qing's father, Li Changyun, was in this class.

The passion of teaching in the first year made him remember the group of students most deeply. Thirty years later, he can still recall the names of many students.

He wondered why this photo was in Jia Chengfeng's office?

He is also in class nine?

"The contract has been finalized. Regarding the salaries and benefits of the rehired teachers, these are tentatively determined." The door was pushed open, and Jia Chengfeng walked in, and handed a document to Shang Houde in a personable manner , "Teacher Shang, do you want to verify it?"

Shang Houde took the document and flipped through it.

Jia Chengfeng shrugged: "It seems that Mr. Shang has always been a rigorous person."

"This tone sounds like Mr. Jia has known me for many years." Shang Houde read the documents carefully and said casually.

Jia Chengfeng took a sip of tea from his teacup, smiled and said nothing.

Shang Houde didn't mention this again, and closed the document: "The contract is finalized according to the details we negotiated. Of course there will be no problems. Mr. Jia is really too careful."

Jia Chengfeng smiled: "Businessmen, you can be careful."

The two agreed on this.

Jia Chengfeng sent Shang Houde out sideways, and invited him, "I'm hosting a banquet tonight at the Chunqiu Hotel. I wonder if Teacher Shang has time?"

Shang Houde shook his head: "I have something to do tonight."

Jia Chengfeng was quite sorry: "That's really not a coincidence."

Reaching out his hand not to hit the smiling face, Shang Houde also said a few polite words.

Walking a few steps in the corridor, Shang Houde suddenly thought of something, turned his head and walked back.

It happened that Jia Chengfeng was lowering his head, holding his mobile phone, as if he was about to make a call.

The two just hit each other hard.

Jia Chengfeng's mobile phone was knocked and flew to the ground, and Shang Houde's documents were also scattered all over the place.

Shang Houde hurriedly bent down to pick up the documents: "Sorry, I just remembered that I left my lighter in the office."

Jia Chengfeng also helped to pick up the documents: "It's okay."

Suddenly, Shang Houde caught a glimpse of the side of Jia Chengfeng's left thumb. There was a large reddish-brown burn scar near the wrist. It seemed that it had been a few years old, and even the red scar had faded to whitish.

What can you do to burn this place?

When I saw Jia Chengfeng for the first time, if there was a sense of familiarity, it came to my mind together with the unremarkable graduation photo of Class [-] on the wall. It seemed that there was something hidden deep in the water that was about to come out.

"Teacher Shang." Jia Chengfeng got up, sorted out some documents and handed them to Shang Houde, "Everything is here."

The voice seemed to break through time and space, and rushed into the mouth of a cowardly little boy who hid himself in a corner and lowered his head behind Li Changyun's vigorous face in the classroom of Class 26 of the third year [-] years ago.

In the blink of an eye, looking at Jia Chengfeng's face, he blurted out: "Are you Jia Erniu?"

Jia Chengfeng's face changed drastically in an instant, his eyes were like knives gouging out Shang Houde, and then he showed a nonchalant smile: "Teacher Shang, what are you talking about. Who is Jia Erniu?"

Shang Houde's face turned pale: "No, I won't remember it wrong."

More than 20 years is enough time to fade the deepest memories.

At that time, there were two Qingbei Miaozi in the school, one was Li Changyun, who was brilliant and stable in Tsinghua University, and the other was Jia Erniu, whose scores in the model test were all over the admission line.

The former is handsome, even though his family is poor and his clothes are simple, he lives up to his name, his temperament is as broad as the clouds in the sky, but he always has a sense of elegance in his actions, and he is very popular with all the men and women in the class.

The latter always makes people forget their appearance.He seldom raised his head, obviously he was not short and his appearance was not ugly, but he gave off a dark, thin and short feeling.

Most of the time, he is like a light gray shadow with low self-esteem behind Li Changyun.

After Li Changyun's accidental absence from the exam, Jia Erniu accepted Tsinghua University under pressure.

Since then, Shang Houde has never seen him again.

30 years ago, that fire burned again in his memory.

He was awakened by the thick smoke and flames, and rushed out of the sea of ​​flames holding the students' examination admission cards. In the vague darkness, a thin black figure rushed past.

Then he discovered that there was one person missing from the approval certificate and file.

Li Changyun.

Since then, this scene has become a midnight nightmare that has haunted him for 30 years.

Under the indifferent fate of fate, the tragic thread of two generations' erroneous mistakes has tied the first knot.

As for the black shadow that flitted before the sea of ​​flames, the school failed to find any trace of it due to the school's exhaustive investigation, so it was regarded as his blindness.

For a while, he also felt that he was probably too guilty and had hallucinations.

Until now...

"It was you who ran out of the office back then!" Shang Houde pinched Jia Chengfeng's wrist like pliers, his face was red, and his chest heaved violently, "I read it right! The fire in the office was not a chemical agent." Leaked spontaneous combustion, it was you! It was you! It was you who set the fire!"

Jia Chengfeng could hardly keep his usual elegant smile, and his voice was cold: "Mr. Shang, some words should not be said indiscriminately. I advise you to think about what you are talking about!"

The countless doubts and details that were scattered were quickly picked up by thoughts, and the truth hidden under the deep sea surfaced.

Shang Houde murmured: "No wonder you have always paid so much attention to Li Qing, no wonder you know Shangxi High School so well, no wonder you insist on choosing Shangxi High School for reform, no wonder you are so obsessed with Shangxi..."

Jia Chengfeng sighed, knowing that the matter was irreversible, he took his wrist out of Shang Houde's hand, which was lost in memory, and straightened his suit: "Teacher Shang, instead of being so angry, why don't we sit down and talk?"

Shang Houde was so angry that his hands were shaking: "How do you talk about it? Are you talking about how you ruined Li Changyun's life, or are you going to ruin the lives of these children from Shangxi High School next?"

If Jia Chengfeng is really just an ordinary businessman, that's all.

But Shang Houde knew that he also came from the countryside.The fate of the impoverished and shrinking boy was changed through education.

But just after he crossed the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops, he turned his head and cut off the chains leading upwards.

This is outrageous.

"Teacher Shang, it seems that you still don't understand me." Jia Chengfeng shrugged, "I never feel that I have done anything wrong. I am just a goal-oriented person, and people will always be surprised when they achieve their goals. It’s good to have the goal, and it’s the same this time, isn’t it?”

Shang Houde spat hard: "Little man!"

Jia Chengfeng was very annoyed at Shang Houde's ignorance of current affairs, and his voice was cold: "Teacher Shang, what are you going to do? Sue me?"

Shang Houde paused.

"Mr. Shang, do you have any evidence? Can you convict people by memory? Besides, it has been 30 years since the fire. In 30 years, you are willing to go over the old sesame mess."

After asking Shang Houde to stop, he said softly: "People still have to look forward. For example, Mr. Shang, why don't you think about the future of these Shangxi High School children."

Shang Houde's head was buzzing: "Are you threatening me?"

Jia Chengfeng spread his hands: "If you want to think so."

Shang Houde fell down on the sofa.The truth he learned today was too shocking, and countless memory fragments rolled and skipped in his mind like a tsunami.

A huge sense of powerlessness overwhelmed him.

As Jia Chengfeng said, he had no way to convict Jia Chengfeng, nor could he protect the children in Shangxi.

The words "Good and evil are rewarded" have been said so many times that it seems to be true.But who still remembers that it is just a wish for the bloodshed of the bullied and weak.

It's just a prayer.

The air seemed to freeze.

Jia Chengfeng spent his free time, waiting coldly for Shang Houde's compromise.

If you can't forget it, maybe it's really a blessing to the soul.Muttering Jia Erniu's name, Shang Houde suddenly got excited and raised his head: "Jia Erniu, this name is the name of the first person responsible for the unfinished building accident in Chunqiu Garden seven years ago!"

Jia Chengfeng's pupils shrank violently, this time he was really shocked: "How did you know?"

"It's true!" Shang Houde repeated this sentence, "...it's actually true!"

How could he not know.

An accident seven years ago almost ruined his entire life.

Afterwards, after he told his father-in-law what happened, his grandfather used all his connections to investigate what happened back then.It is clear that Jia Erniu is directly responsible for the project.

But after the real estate accident went unfinished, it was another bankrupt manager who took the responsibility and is still serving his sentence in prison.

The father-in-law sent someone to look for this person, and Jia Erniu seemed to have disappeared from the world.

After seven years, Jia Erniu hijacked his face and became Jia Chengfeng, and unexpectedly the two met again on a narrow road.

Probably fate is not complete without the doomed encounters going around.

"Although there are only two people in the official broadcast, you and I both know how many people died in the unfinished building incident." Shang Houde seemed to be watching an executioner, "So many people were killed, and you can forget everything by slapping your butt* It must be completely clean. Jia Chengfeng, you dreamed back at midnight, haven't you ever been afraid?"

Jia Chengfeng smiled suddenly: "Scared? I was really scared. But what I'm afraid of is turning back into the poverty-stricken, penniless Jia Erniu who was trampled under by everyone."

Shang Houde looked at him in shock as if he had known him for the first time.

Jia Chengfeng paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "As for those people, the great men in history, Emperor Qin and Hanwu Genghis Khan, for their own goals, how many times did they not lay dead bodies all over the field, causing countless deaths and injuries? Have they ever been afraid?"

Under Shang Houde's madman-like gaze, he grinned proudly.

"Fear of that is only for the weak."

"And I'm not."

Jingling bells—the bells for the end of get out of class rang all over the campus.Outside the window soon came the chatter and laughter of the students going to the canteen and the toilet together.

It was quiet inside.

With his face torn apart, Jia Chengfeng simply showed his ferocious nature: "Teacher Shang, don't show such a surprised expression. Don't pretend that it's the first time you've seen someone like me. Isn't that what it is like to fight for power and profit. You are in the province Yigao has held the position of vice principal for so many years, don't tell me that it is all based on other people's gentleness and frugality. We are all adults, so we might as well be more mature. I invested 100 million yuan in this project from the beginning to the end, and you and I each withdraw One step, you keep silent about this. I guarantee that the students of Shangxi will graduate smoothly, and I will give you financial compensation, Mr. Shang, how about 200 million? Or [-] million? If you want more, it is not impossible..."

Shang Houde stared at Jia Chengfeng, his chest rose and fell violently.

The tragic death of the outstanding student who made him feel guilty all his life, the loss of financial resources, the inability to get compensation, the troubled Li Qing mother and son and the subsequent tragedy, and his wife and daughter separated from him by yin and yang, and his son who is a stranger, are fragmented. family.

Everything stems from the accident seven years ago.

But the instigator shamelessly persuaded him to 'mature' in an adult way in front of him.

He held back the sudden tears, looked at Jia Chengfeng, and said word by word: "Jia Chengfeng, I will not compromise. I must expose this matter to everyone, it is impossible for you to enter the education industry , cannot enter Shangxi."

"Even if there is no justice in heaven, I will still give those people justice to myself!"

He turned and walked out the door.

Can't let him out!This was Jia Chengfeng's immediate reaction.He quickly rushed to Shang Houde and grabbed his arm: "How about 500 million? This is enough for you and your son to live comfortably for a lifetime. 700 million? 1000 million? Shang Houde, don't force me."

"Fuck your mother's money." Shang Houde punched Jia Chengfeng in the face, "I lost my wife and daughter in the accident seven years ago, no amount of money can get them back!"

Shang Houde's wife and daughter?

Jia Chengfeng paused.

Shang Houde took the opportunity to break free from him, and was about to rush out, his eyes were red: "I will never compromise. Jia Chengfeng, you wait for retribution."

Jia Chengfeng reacted, grabbed the handkerchief, picked up the glass paperweight on the table, and rushed towards Shang Houde.

Sensing the movement behind him, Shang Houde quickly turned his head and grabbed Jia Chengfeng's handwriting.

The two wrestled.

Just how young is Jia Chengfeng, and he moves much more nimbly than a patient like Shang Houde.While struggling, Shang Houde was completely pressed to the ground.Shang Houde couldn't move, his fierceness was aroused, and he caught a glimpse of the glass paperweight that Jia Chengfeng threw on the ground because he thought it was awkward.

He grabbed the paperweight and slammed Jia Chengfeng twice fiercely.

Jia Chengfeng let go of the pain.

Hearing Zhang Hongtu's voice coming from afar, Shang Houde didn't dare to stay any longer, dropped the paperweight, and ran out in a hurry.

dong dong dong-

Hearing that Jia Chengfeng and Monk Houde were having secret talks again, Zhang Hongtu rushed upstairs angrily, and when he reached the door of Jia Chengfeng's office, he froze.

"Oh my God--"

Jia Chengfeng was just knocked unconscious, and woke up before Zhang Hongtu called an ambulance.Covering the wound on his head with a towel, he gloomily stared at the direction Shang Houde left.

Zhang Tujiu was timid and afraid of blood. While preparing gauze for Jia Chengfeng, he said in horror: "What's the matter with Shang Houde? Isn't he a good old man? He can even beat people! There is such a big gash on his head, and he even bleeds." So much blood. This is intentional wounding! Go to jail! It's almost..."

He stopped while talking, because he found that Jia Chengfeng was being reminded, and suddenly realized that he was staring at him.

He was dumbfounded: "Jia, Jia, Mr. Jia..."

"Yes." Jia Chengfeng murmured to himself, narrowing his eyes coldly: "This is a crime, and you should go to jail."

Since we can't cooperate, then we should completely remove this biggest obstacle.

Looking into those cold eyes, Zhang Hongtu shivered.