This meeting with Qi's father was not impulsive, but a decision Xie Lian made after careful consideration.Because of the special relationship between the two parents, when Xie Lian decided to be with Qi Chen, he had already prepared for this day.

Therefore, after learning that Xie Sheng had brought the matter between him and Qi Chen to Qi's father, and Qi's father made a special trip to City B to investigate what happened that year, Xie Lian did not hesitate and contacted Qi's father.

Phone calls—at first the secretary answered.After Xie Lian reported his family name, he was quickly transferred to Qi's father.

The meeting place was chosen by Qi's father, which belongs to a teahouse club.The waiter seemed to have been pre-arranged, and the tea set for making tea was served and then left.

Seeing the untouched tea leaves, Xie Lian knew what to do, and before Qi's father could speak, he offered to ask Ying to make tea.

—Take the second and take the third grade. Under the influence of Mr. Xie, Xie Lian still has some experience in making tea, so he won't be stretched.

And while Xie Lian was making tea, Qi's father had been looking at him all the time?It is said that making tea is an art. Although Xie Lian's movements are not as pleasing to the eye as a professional master, they are already smooth.And this kind of effort cannot sink after a few years of precipitation.

The process of making tea requires repeated discarding. During the waiting interval, Qi’s father finally said, “It’s rare for you to make tea at your age.”

This sentence can't be said to be a compliment or something, Xie Lian spent most of his energy on ordering tea, and there was no mistake in the engraving on his hand, so he said implicitly: "The elders in the family like it more."

"That's it." Qi's father continued to ask a few more questions, and then, like a common gossip, "Who is there in your family?"

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Xie Lian was not at all surprised by this question. After ordering tea, he poured the tea into the cup, held the cup for the other party, and kept the cup for himself. Then he replied, "There is a grandpa and a second uncle."

"Oh?" Qi's father picked up the cup, but didn't drink it, but continued to ask, "What about your parents?"

Xie Lian looked calm, "They are divorced."

Qi's father didn't continue on this question, he observed the young man opposite him through the white mist on the surface of the cup, rubbing his fingertips on the rim of the cup habitually, this was his usual movement when he was thinking.

After a long time, Qi's father put down the cup, and the bottom of the cup touched the table with a soft sound.

"Before I came to see you, I went to Indus Street."

Qi's father never took his eyes off Xie Lian's body when he spoke, and when he mentioned Wutong Street, Xie Lian's expression, which had never changed from the beginning to the end, finally changed a little.

Unlike the panic and astonishment he expected, Xie Lian just blinked lightly, and his expression became a little more clear, "You went to see Mr. Chen?"

"Yes, I learned something about you from him." Qi's father paused slightly, "And your parents."

Wutong Street is located in the old town of City B. Different from the row upon row of high-rise buildings in the new district, many places here still maintain the state of courtyard houses, and Mr. Chen lives in one of them.

As the oldest group of psychological counselors in the criminal police team, Mr. Chen hardly received foreigners anymore. Qi's father also relied on the relationship of a few old classmates to meet with the other party.

It stands to reason that Mr. Chen has been in the profession for decades, and has handled thousands of cases, not to mention tens of thousands. Some people's impressions may have long been blurred.But when Qi's father mentioned Xie Lian's name, Mr. Chen quickly remembered, "Oh, it's that child."

After Qi's father proved his relationship with Pei's mother, Mr. Chen made an exception and asked Qi's father to sign a confidentiality letter, and briefly told him what happened to Xie's family back then.

"At that time, he didn't seem to be seven years old." Old Chen recalled, speaking slowly.

The seven-year-old Xie Lian was only a child with a soft voice, so no matter how logical his call to the police was, the adults still regarded it as a prank and didn't take it seriously.

And when something really happened, it was too late.

The first time Mr. Chen saw Xie Lian was in the corridor of the hospital three days after the incident.The two adults in the incident died on the way to the hospital, and the other was admitted to the psychiatric department on the night of the incident.

The remaining two children—one is unconscious with a high fever, and the other is Xie Lian.The adults were so busy dealing with matters, that when they remembered him, they realized that he had been alone in the hospital for three days.

And these three days, he didn't go to see his father who died in the accident. He just stayed outside the ward of his mother or brother, drinking water when he was thirsty, and eating in the attached restaurant when he was hungry. He didn't cry or make trouble. Calm and calm like a child.

At that time, several other consultants were interns who had just graduated, and they couldn't ask him anything. The head team had no choice, so they urgently called Mr. Chen to help.

When talking about his first impression of Xie Lian, Mr. Chen just said: "He doesn't look like a child of his age." After a pause, Mr. Chen continued: "But he is indeed a child."

In Chen Lao's words, Xie Lian is a very special child.He thought about it for a long time and used the word special.

"That kid is a bit too mature in some things." Chen Laodao: "But he also has some strange persistence, naive? Is it okay to describe it like this? It's the logic that only children have."

Because Pei's mother suffered some memory loss after the stress reaction, and Pei Ruoyan didn't remember what happened at all, and the person involved was already dead, the criminal police could only investigate this matter from Xie Lian, who was not yet seven years old. .

Originally, most people thought that relying on a seven-year-old child to restore the truth was unreliable, but because of Xie Lian's actions to call the police before the incident, they still contacted Xie Lian with suspicion.

However, to their surprise, Xie Lian's logic was very clear and his description was very clear. With the help of Mr. Chen, they almost pieced together the truth without any effort.

—Accidental laboratory explosion due to negligence.

Only Mr. Chen had a slight doubt after completing the task. As a senior chemist, Xie Zhi had almost reached the point of perfection in the generation and application of chemical substances.How could such a person detonate his own laboratory because of a mistake.

Father Qi asked, "So Mr. Xie wasn't in a car accident?"

"No." Mr. Chen shook his head and said, "He is a technical professional after all, so this method is a bit inappropriate... and it was also requested by Mr. Xie, so he changed it accordingly."

After the case was closed, Mother Pei's condition did not completely improve, and instead, she developed some unexplained rejection of Xie Lian. Mr. Chen happened to be a little unclear about the case, so he took Xie Lian to his home by virtue of his position. live temporarily.

"He should know that I'm suspicious of him." Old Chen said: "I did some psychological tests for him during that time, some were written, some were small games, and he cooperated with all of them."

Xie Lian was unexpectedly frank in this regard. No matter how many times Mr. Chen gave him the assessment, no matter how the process changed, the answer never changed.

Using an international evaluation, Xie Lian's danger level is S-level.

Out of some considerations, Mr. Chen did not report Xie Lian's matter in the end. After Pei's mother was discharged from the hospital, he sent Xie Lian back as promised.

Qi's father asked, "Then do you know what happened when Pei Yuan took another child abroad?"

"I know." Old Chen nodded, "But I found out a little late, the child has already been taken back to Xie's house by Mr. Xie, so I didn't mind my own business."

Father Qi bid farewell to Mr. Chen and came out. It was almost the time agreed with Xie Lian. He drove away from Wutong Street, his mind still echoing what Mr. Chen said before he left.

"I don't know what the purpose of your trip is, but if it's because of that child that bothers you, I hope you can give him more tolerance."

Chen Laodao: "He is not bad in nature. In fact, he is so smart. I can make some small changes when I give him psychological counseling, and I will not find anything abnormal, but he does not."

He is what he should be, he is not willing to change himself at all, nor is he going to pretend to cater to his surroundings.

When Mr. Chen talked about this part, he was a little helpless and emotional, "So I said that he is still a child after all, and he is a little too naive in his persistence in certain aspects."

But maybe it was this innocence that touched Mr. Chen, and made him finally choose to turn a blind eye.

When Qi's father regained his thoughts, the tea was already cold, and the heat was no longer escaping, and the cup wall was covered with a layer of fine water droplets.

Qi's father said in a deep voice, "If I said that I want to know what happened in the laboratory that year, would you confess?"

Xie Lian stared at the blue tea face without saying a word, the drooping eyelashes covered most of the light in his eyes, so he couldn't tell what he was thinking about.

After a long time, the young man finally raised his head. He seemed to have finally made a decision, and he seemed to have let go of some burden, "Yes, but I hope you can keep it a secret for me for the time being."

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