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As soon as the ribbon-cutting ceremony was over, Chang Qin went straight to somewhere without stopping.

It was a detention center in a remote suburb. Chang Qin drove for two hours to get there. He parked the car on the side of the road, looked up at the heavily guarded gate, frowned, and walked in bravely. .

After briefly registering some information, the prison guards led him to the visiting room and arranged for him to sit in one of the empty seats. After a while, Zhou Yong, who was wearing heavy shackles on his hands and feet, was on the other side through the thick bulletproof glass. Led by two prison guards, they slowly moved to the glass.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed since Zhou Yong was imprisoned here.

Seeing him, Chang Qin grinned politely, picked up the receiver on his right hand, and greeted him.

Zhou Yong didn't have a smile on his face, instead he looked confused: "Why did you come?" After Chang Qin said "Hello" to himself, Zhou Yong said bluntly.

Chang Qin coughed lightly, and said in a gentle tone, "The cultural village project held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today."

"Oh? Then I really have to congratulate you, Director Chang." Zhou Yong said so, but there was no joy on his face.

Chang Qin lowered his head, presumably the other party must think that the reason why he came was just to show off to him, so he thought for a moment, then raised his head again and said: "I think Manager Zhou helped me a lot in this project back then, I did it on purpose. Come thank you."

Hearing what he said, instead of being flattered, Zhou Yong sneered, "Hurry up and take back your hypocrisy, and don't call me Manager Zhou anymore. I'm a complete prisoner now. What about Manager? , What did you just say? Thank you? You use this to deceive those three-year-olds, and they may not believe it. What I did to you before, you should have heard it clearly in court, I don’t know Are you stupid or deaf, knowing what I did to you, but still came to thank me, is there something wrong with you?" Zhou Yong pointed to his brain and sneered.

Chang Qin was not irritated by the other party's words at all, but said straightforwardly: "It is precisely because I am sitting here and you are sitting there that I will not blame the past."

Zhou Yong was stunned for a while, not only did he not get the slightest advantage, but he was beaten by the opponent, so he smiled wryly and shook his head speechlessly.

Chang Qin paused for a while, then continued, "To tell you the truth, I'm here today, and I do have something to ask you."

Zhou Yong was not at all surprised: "You finally came to ask me. I thought you would be kept in the dark for the rest of your life."

Chang Qin was surprised and said, "So, that matter is indeed..."

"That's right, it was all planned by Lawyer Xi." Zhou Yong said firmly.

Chang Qin narrowed his eyes slightly.

Seeing the other party's rapidly changing expression, Zhou Yong raised the corners of his lips triumphantly: "It seems that our naive Director Chang still doesn't know anything until now."

"Speak clearly!" Chang Qin growled, with a cold expression on his face.

Zhou Yong was a little scared by him, curled his lips, and said seriously: "When the cultural village project was just started, Lawyer Xi came to me and suggested that I replace some of the expensive decoration materials with cheap ones. material, from which kickbacks can be obtained.”

Chang Qin gasped, and asked expressionlessly, "And then?"

Zhou Yong smiled: "When I first heard it, I was really shocked. Anyway, I have already been imprisoned here, and I will not hide some things. For things like secretly replacing materials and swallowing kickbacks, I am sure. I have done a lot, but for such a large-scale project as the Cultural Village, and working under the supervision of the government, I never thought about making huge profits from this project, so it was impossible for me to agree at first.”

"What happened later? How did you agree?" Chang Qin asked.

Zhou Yong chuckled twice: "He showed me a photo."

Hearing this, Chang Qin twitched the corners of his mouth.

"He said that Zhang Mingyuan acquiesced in this matter. What else can I say when I see that kind of photo." Zhou Yong looked at Chang Qin and said.

"How do you know that the person in the photo is Xi Ling?" Chang Qin asked.

"Huh? Isn't it?" Zhou Yong said without doubt, "The boy lying with Zhang Mingyuan in the photo has fair skin and a thin body. He is exactly like Lawyer Xi. There could be someone else, besides, if it wasn't Lawyer Xi, how could he have this kind of photo." Zhou Yong grinned his yellow teeth, and said teasingly, "I don't think Zhang Ju, who looks like a gentleman on the surface, is so good. This mouth, Lawyer Na Xi, seems to be polite, and his private style... Tsk tsk!"

Chang Qin waved his hand and said in disgust: "Okay, let's not talk about the photo. Later, after Lawyer Xi showed you that photo, did you agree?"

Zhou Yong nodded without hesitation: "Even Zhang Mingyuan acquiesced, so I have no hesitation. Although the cultural village project is sensitive, it is a big piece of fat after all. We just need to cover it up without anyone noticing it." In the past, everyone could make a lot of money, but who would have thought that I would be fooled by Lawyer Xi's innocent and harmless face, damn it! Originally, I was supposed to be lying in my villa, surrounded by Surrounded by beautiful women in Xiangche, instead of being trapped here, every meal has a musty smell!"

Zhou Yong said with a ferocious face, Chang Qin glanced at him indifferently: "This is your own greedy mistake, no one can blame anyone."

"Okay, don't say good things for that kid." Zhou Yong waved his hand, "The reason why I tell you this is to warn you, don't be fooled by his face like me! It's really good-looking! It looks beautiful, but unfortunately I didn't like it at that time, and now I think about it, I still regret it, if I can touch that skin..." Zhou Yong licked his lips.

Chang Qin frowned in disgust, and quickly interrupted: "You kept saying that Lawyer Xi ordered you to do this, so why didn't you say it in court?"

Zhou Yong withdrew his obscene thoughts, and said aggrievedly: "Because I have no evidence. I'm not like Lawyer Xi, who plays dark tricks like recording. I really believed Lawyer Xi completely at that time."

"Why do you trust him so much?" Chang Qin said coldly, "Is he going to make a deal with you?"

Zhou Yong recalled for a moment, then shook his head: "No."

"Since you didn't even ask for the pump, why do you think that Lawyer Xi will help you with sincerity?" Chang Qin said sharply.

Zhou Yong sighed, and said: "I blame myself for being greedy. When I think of being able to pocket such a large amount of kickbacks privately, my heart is overwhelmed by convenience, and I can't care about anything. In fact, although I agreed at the beginning, I still have many concerns. Zhang Mingyuan acquiesced, but his acquiescence does not mean that he will never be found out. Lawyer Xi seemed to see my concerns, so he gave me an idea. He told me that since I was worried about being discovered by others, then Deliberately being discovered by others, letting others take advantage of you, and then threatening him with the weakness of the other party, the balance of the two, the other party will naturally not be able to easily reveal this secret. As for the commission you mentioned, I also asked Lawyer Guo Xi at that time, In the end, Lawyer Xi said that he would solve the matter naturally. As a result, I was arrested before I received the money myself. "

Chang Qin paused thoughtfully for a moment, then asked, "Is the 'other' you mentioned just now Xiao Yu?"

Zhou Yong nodded: "We thought it over and over again, and we agreed that besides Xiao Yu, who else is the most suitable person? Since the two of you became Xu Yiran's apprentices together, the two of you have been called brothers and sisters on the surface, but in private, you have always been friends. Secretly competing, you have been promoted to the design director all the way, not only won the design right of the cultural village project, but also won the gold medals for the construction of the cross-strait four places, these have always been a big blow to Xiao Yu."

"This is what Lawyer Xi told you?" Chang Qin asked curiously.

Zhou Yong nodded: "He said that we can threaten him only if Xiao Yu gets hold of it. He suggested that I deliberately send the ebony to the wrong construction site, and then spend some money to arrange an early morning meeting with Xiao Yu." The foreman, who knew the inside story, tried to break the wooden veneer to reveal the essence inside, so that the foreman could 'discover' the rot inside, and Xiao Yu would naturally come to him. As soon as Xiao Yu said those words, he probably didn't dare to act rashly, and the result would be..." Zhou Yong didn't finish his sentence, but instead glanced at Chang Qin uneasily.

"What can you do?" Chang Qin asked impatiently.

"It can be done, and it is logical to blame you." Zhou Yong replied.

It wasn't cold in the visiting room, but Chang Qin felt as if his whole body was in icy water, and every pore in his body was sweating. He turned his eyes away and stared at a certain point on the white wall in a daze. Trembling slightly, the veins on his forehead twitched and twitched, and the fingertips that were holding the receiver tightly turned a frightening white.

"Otherwise, do you think that we were really so careless that we could send such important ebony to Xiao Yu's construction site by mistake, so that he could catch me? All of this was calculated by Lawyer Xi Among them, in the end, I was just a pawn in his whole plan, of course, including you, Director Chang." Zhou Yong looked at Chang Qin coldly, and fanned the flames, "Director Chang, locked up in the detention center Those few nights there, were you uncomfortable? Sadly, you still haven’t seen clearly who sent you there, and who caused you to bear all the crimes.”

Chang Qin didn't answer, but slowly put down the receiver, climbed up while leaning on the wall, and staggered out of the detention center.

Zhou Yong sneered behind him.

Fortunately, he couldn't hear anything through the thick bulletproof glass.

Chang Qin didn't know how he got out of the gate of the detention center. When he got into the cab, his hands and feet were already cold.

When he drove all the way back to the urban area, the sky was already full of stars.

Chang Qin parked the car downstairs at Xi Ling's house, rolled up the sunroof, stared blankly at a certain bright window, full of melancholy.

Through the dimly lit window, Xi Ling's finely carved face involuntarily appeared in his mind. He remembered the other person's cold expression at that time, and when he saw the child, he became gentle again in a second. , After the two are together, when he yells that he wants to be himself, he will show a childish smile.

Everything has become a thing of the past.

In the afternoon, the reason why he went to see Zhou Yong was indeed to confirm some things.

Regarding Xi Ling's role in embezzling public funds, what kind of role did he play?

As for why he suddenly thought of Zhou Yong, it was entirely because the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the morning gave him a sudden idea. Xi Ling said that in order to collect black information about Zhang Mingyuan, he tried every means to sneak into the cultural village project. Being involved in this project, according to his personality, it is absolutely impossible for him to do nothing peacefully, and in this project, the most important thing that happened was Zhou Yong's embezzlement of public funds.

Now, the truth has finally come to light, but he doesn't know what position he should take to face Xi Ling. Now that things have happened, how can he still smile and say to the other party as if nothing happened?

absurd!Chang Qin snorted self-deprecatingly.

Thinking back on Xi Ling's seemingly ignorant face, combined with what Zhou Yong said, he just felt sick to his stomach one after another.

He suppressed the nausea for a while, and suddenly realized.

Is this why you left without saying goodbye and went to England?In order to prevent Zhou Yong from discovering the relationship between the two of us.

He rubbed his sore neck, took out his mobile phone, and after the other party connected, he blurted out: "Where are you?"

"Why did you suddenly want to find me tonight?" Fu Shengyu yelled on the other end of the phone. The background sound sounded unusually noisy. You don't need to ask to know that the other party is definitely hanging out in the bar again.

"Are you in the old place? I'll go find you." Chang Qin said.

"Okay, come on."

After hanging up the phone, Chang Qin started the car and went straight to the pub that Fu Shengyu frequented.

Walking into the crowded pub, he didn't ask where Fu Shengyu was, and he didn't bother to look for him on the smoky dance floor, so he walked directly to a small round table in the corner.

He sat down on the bench and asked the waiter for some beers.

Half an hour later, Fu Shengyu walked from the dance floor dripping with sweat, and found Chang Qin who was sitting alone at the small round table.

"What's the situation? A man came here to drink alone, what happened?" Fu Shengyu sat down on the empty seat beside Chang Qin, glanced at the empty wine bottles on the table, and frowned suspiciously.

Chang Qin grabbed the half-drunk wine bottle and smiled slightly.

Fu Shengyu sighed, and grabbed a bottle of beer to accompany him to drink. After drinking half of it, he suddenly asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Chang Qin shook his head.

Fu Shengyu sighed again, waved his hand and called the waiter, ordered a few snacks, and looked back at Chang Qin seriously: "Drink on an empty stomach, you don't want your stomach anymore."

Chang Qin sighed: "I don't have much appetite."

Fu Shengyu leaned forward, carefully studied the other party's expression, and asked, "Did you quarrel with Lawyer Xi?"

Chang Qin smiled bitterly: "At this age, why don't you just come out and drink after a fight?" After finishing speaking, he tilted his head and took a sip of cold beer.

"What's the matter?" Fu Shengyu frowned.

Chang Qin looked at him, his cheeks flushed slightly from drinking too much alcohol: "Shengyu, if you knew you were being used, how would you react?"

"Who used you? Lawyer Xi?" Fu Shengyu asked.

Chang Qin shook the beer bottle in his hand, feeling as uncomfortable as a ball of cotton stuck in his throat: "All this time, I was just a pawn for him to take revenge on Zhang Mingyuan, and I don't understand at all why he is with me , isn’t it, just sacrificing yourself and wanting to continue to use me.”

Fu Shengyu comforted, "Is there some misunderstanding between the two of you?"

Chang Qin shook his head, took a sip of his wine, and sighed, "It's hard to say."

Fu Shengyu looked at the other party worriedly for a long time, knowing that under such circumstances, he would not be able to ask the cause and effect. Just then, the waiter brought some small dishes, and he pushed the plates in front of Chang Qin, and said softly, "Eat something first." Something, it’s hard to drink on an empty stomach.”

Chang Qin lowered his head and glanced at the things on the table, feeling nauseated. He hurriedly pushed away the plate with a bitter expression on his face: "I don't want to eat."

Fu Shengyu sighed helplessly, and patted the back of his hand: "I'll make a phone call first."

Chang Qin nodded, drinking in a muffled voice.

Fu Shengyu glanced at him uneasily, got up and walked out of the pub. He stood beside the bustling street, took out his mobile phone, kept looking through the contact list in the mobile phone, and found the name Lawyer Xi.Since the last time we made an appointment to play basketball together, he saved Xi Ling and Vincent's numbers.

He dialed the number, waited for a while in the beeping sound, followed the other party to pick up the phone, and a deep voice came from the receiver: "Mr. Fu, hello."

"Is it Lawyer Xi?" Fu Shengyu asked. For some reason, when he heard Xi Ling's cold but courteous voice, he felt a little nervous for no reason. He and Xi Ling rarely interacted with each other. Having eaten in the restaurant of Vincent's house twice, the other party left him with the impression that he should not be approached by strangers.

"That's right, it's me. May I ask Mr. Fu what he wants from me?" Xi Ling asked politely, not as nervous as Fu Shengyu.

"Just call me Shengyu, Mr. Fu sounds too unfamiliar." Fu Shengyu smiled, and then said, "It's like this, that, Chang Qin drank too much, it's at the same place we visited last time pub, I don’t know if Lawyer Xi has time to pick him up now, it’s not that I don’t want to send him back, it’s just that he seems to be in a low mood, if there is any misunderstanding between the two of you, it’s best to take advantage of it This is an opportunity to speak clearly in person.”

After listening to Fu Shengyu quietly, Xi Ling replied, "Thank you, Shengyu. Please take care of Chang Qin for me for a while. I'll come and pick him up."

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Chuang play tomorrow, see you at the old place