Diurnal

Xu Hao has been missing for a whole week.

This is not normal.

Before he came to Fang Ji so frequently, his money was always spent quickly, and he asked for more each time.

This is not the case right now.

However, even if he wanted to find someone to inquire about the man's situation, he couldn't start. Xu Hao didn't disclose his residence. He could only guess from his appearance at the beginning that he was working at a nearby construction site, but he has been hiding in Tibet all year round. The names are all fake.

Xu Hao's disappearance is really troublesome.Ji Shizhou consulted lawyers with the recording evidence in Fang Ji's hands. As they initially expected, the amount involved did not reach the "huge" standard, and the sentence was at most three years in prison.

Although the previous gambling debts were also owed by Xu Hao, there is not enough evidence to prove this.

Fang Ji was sure that the other party could not have heard the wind, and he never mentioned this matter to anyone.

Things are back to the original point, I don't know when Xu Hao will suddenly appear and threaten again.

Just thinking of Fang Ji makes me feel sick for a while. The man is living a terrible life. His once solid and strong muscles have turned into thin and weak ribs under rags.If Fang Ji wanted to, he could have waved his fist, just like how Xu Hao beat his young self, and treated him in his own way.

But force cannot solve any problems.

He wanted Xu Hao not to dare to appear in front of him again, even if he was only sentenced to one year, Xu Hao should have gone to prison long ago.

For this reason, Fang Ji also specifically stated that the money he gave was saved from work in the past few years, and he did not use the card Ji Shizhou gave him.

Hearing the words, Ji Shizhou put on that unkind sneer again, "You must be so separated from me?"

This time Fang Ji said frankly: "Xiao Zhou, you always spend a lot of money, I always have to save some for the future."

He mentioned "the future", which is the future of two people.

Ji Shizhou was very useful, so let's spare Fang Ji for now.

What I didn't expect was that the part that Fang Ji had saved would indeed be of great use later on.

Xu Hao's matter hadn't been resolved yet, yet another moth appeared from the teacher's family, who tried several times to call Ji Shizhou back to Huadu, but to no avail, so he threatened to cut off Ji Shizhou's source of income.

Of course, it is impossible to stop Ji Shizhou's card as shown on TV, it is against the law.

It's just that this time the old man made it very clear that if Ji Shizhou insisted on going his own way again, the Shi family could treat him as if he didn't exist.

This was exactly what Ji Shizhou wished for, and he didn't expect that it would be easy to do just by coming out of the closet.

But only now is the right time, his studies are basically completed, only the final graduation defense is left, the teacher's hand can't reach so far, there is no reason to restrain Ji Shizhou.

As a result, there was a wave of ups and downs, and Shi Qiong didn't know what happened in Shucheng.She was different from Ji Shizhou, her card and account were all under the name of Shi's family, they were quickly frozen, and she returned to Huadu.

Before Shi Qiong tipped off to Ji Shizhou, Ji Shizhou knew in his heart that the woman had no good intentions, but just set up a stage to watch the show.

This time, he folded himself in.

"Shouldn't you thank me?" Shi Qiong was quite calm a few days before being escorted back to Huadu, and still had the leisure to harass Ji Shizhou, "I have worried a lot about your affairs."

Her pretentious tone made Ji Shizhou silent for a while.

"What did you do?" Ji Shizhou asked.

"I didn't do anything." Shi Qiong responded casually, her tone still complacent, "Is there anything I need to do by myself? The matter of ordering two people at random...is Dad making a fuss."

Shi Qiong sometimes speaks like a child who hasn't grown up, but it's a pity that his mind is bad and terrifying.Even if he didn't face the real person, but just listening to her voice, Ji Shizhou could imagine the other person's appearance at this moment.

"If there's nothing wrong, don't call me. I have nothing to do with the teacher's family now."

Shi Qiong sneered, "How dare you say that? You are me and..."

"My surname is Ji." Ji Shizhou interrupted her with an indifferent tone.

"Sure enough, I still think about your good father. I said who you look like, so I followed that old-fashioned way."

Ji Shizhou ignored the woman's ridicule, he was used to it, this was the only way Shi Qiong communicated with him, and they would always be bored with each other.

Shi Qiong said before that the last thing Ji Guohua wants to see is Ji Shizhou's face.

For many years to come, Ji Shizhou firmly believed in this.

Until recently, Ji Shizhou had more contact with Shi Qiong, and most of the time they communicated by phone.

She even went to chat with Fang Ji, more than once, but refused to see her son again.

Ji Shizhou gradually realized that the person he least wanted to see was Shi Qiong.

No matter how similar he is to Shi Yi in appearance, Shi Qiong dislikes this similarity.

For a long time, they can only torture each other.

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At the beginning of April, Ji Guohua went to City A to give a speech, passing through Shucheng.

Ji Shizhou still met with Ji Guohua.

Ji Guohua chose to meet at the restaurant, which happened to be the one that Yan Kai had reserved before.

The man was wearing a navy blue suit and dark gray Oxford shoes, while Ji Shizhou was wearing a light-colored denim jacket and sneakers of a niche brand.

As soon as the two met, Ji Guohua frowned and looked at him, "A person who is about to graduate is still so immature."

Of course Ji Shizhou matured. Just a month ago, he was commuting to and from get off work in a formal suit every day, discussing the latest stock market with his colleagues during afternoon tea time, but those were not what he wanted.

He didn't grow up to be a rigid person like Ji Guohua. After all, Shi Qiong still had some influence on him. Whether it was good or bad, there were shadows of these two people in him.

"Then what should I wear to meet you?" Ji Shizhou sat down opposite the man, opened the menu, glanced at it and closed it, "You decide what to order."

The word "Chuan" between Ji Guohua's eyebrows deepened, but he still took the menu.

After the waiter left, the two of them didn't say anything. Ji Shizhou sent a message on his mobile phone, telling Fang Ji that he wanted to eat noodles tonight.

Fang Ji was puzzled: [Aren't you eating outside? 】

He knew that Ji Shizhou was going to see Ji Guohua today.

Ji Shizhou looked up, and found that Ji Guohua was still staring at him, he couldn't help but pause, and replied as usual: [I can't eat enough. 】

"You're chatting with Fang Ji?" Ji Guohua asked, but Ji Shizhou didn't expect him to be so precise.

He nodded.

Ji Guohua said: "You should find a separate box, it's inconvenient to talk like this."

"No inconvenience." Ji Shizhou replied, "Just say what you have to say."

Ji Guohua thought for a while, and said, "Shi Qiong has been grounded, do you know about this?"

Ji Shizhou was taken aback, he didn't expect Ji Guohua to take the initiative to mention women, and his expression couldn't be more normal.

"I only know that she has returned to Huadu." In other words, since that phone call, Shi Qiong never harassed him again.

Ji Guohua breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I thought it had something to do with you."

Ji Shizhou was quite surprised.

He thought that Ji Guohua would never want to mention Shi Qiong again, just like he once thought that Ji Guohua really hated himself and his family.

Maybe it was.

If Ji Guohua didn't say all this, Ji Shizhou would have no way of knowing.

After the appetizers, Ji Guohua asked Ji Shizhou what his future plans were, and Ji Shizhou had his own plan, provided that he could completely leave the Shi family.Although there are no disturbances at the moment, it is really not guaranteed in the future.Shi Yi has never been married, and the old man has only his grandson... These are hidden dangers in the future.

"You make up your mind and do it." Ji Guohua's tone was still light, with a bit of seriousness, "I will support you."

Ji Shizhou stopped the knife and fork in his hand, and looked up at Ji Guohua.

"It was agreed when I went to Li County, I still have this right." Ji Guohua said, "You are my son."

After dinner, the father and son said goodbye at the door of the restaurant.

Only now did Ji Shizhou have time to read Fang Ji's later messages, which were nothing more than telling him he was fine, and after a while he asked what noodles he wanted to eat.

Almost subconsciously, the corners of his mouth curled up, which was noticed by Ji Guohua.

The man didn't say anything, remained silent as always, walked to his car, and just opened the door when he heard Ji Shizhou calling "Dad" from afar.

Ji Guohua paused, then turned around solemnly: "Pay attention to your behavior, don't be so aggressive!"

Ji Shizhou still went his own way, and even waved his hand even more excessively, "Thank you."

Ji Guohua shook his head and sighed, his brows finally opened.

In mid-April, when the peach blossoms all over the city withered, the Sophora japonica bloomed with fragrance.

Fang Ji finally got the news about Xu Hao, but he saw it in the newspaper.

Xu Hao died.

The construction site has always been an area with a high incidence of accidents, and the death itself is a major event. However, Xu Hao is anonymous, has no identity information, and has not even signed the most basic contract, so this matter has been delayed until recently. .

At first Fang Ji didn't pay attention to it, until it was on the news and Yan Kai mentioned it casually, the more he heard it became more and more wrong, Fang Ji didn't get a local newspaper.The publication date of the newspaper was a few days ago, and all the characteristics described in the article point to Xu Hao.

But Fang Ji didn't understand, how could Xu Hao, who cherished his life so much, die so suddenly?

The date of death reported on the news was two months ago...

Two months ago.

Fang Ji deliberately checked the call records between himself and Ji Shizhou. The day two months ago happened to be the time when Ji Shizhou found out that he had concealed something and rushed back angrily.

Everything is too coincidental.

But Xu Hao's death was indeed at the construction site, and it was indeed an accidental fall caused by improper operation.

Only at night.

Fang Ji had no choice but to stop thinking. He took half a day off with the store manager, but he couldn't get through to Ji Shizhou, so he was still working.

When Ji Shizhou came home in the evening, Fang Ji couldn't wait to rush up, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

"Calm down, let's all calm down." Ji Shizhou pressed Fang Ji's arms and pressed him back on the sofa, "I didn't do anything."

Fang Ji's eyes flickered, "I know."

Ji Shizhou: "...that's how it is, he deserves to die."

Xu Hao died.

The illegal employment of the construction team was dug out, and there were more follow-up reports related to the news, but it had nothing to do with Xu Hao himself.

They couldn't even find out Xu Hao's real name, so he died as an unknown person.

Fang Ji was still a little dazed, unable to confirm the authenticity of this incident, as if he didn't know when the man would come out again.

Until the workers made a big fuss over the deduction of wages, the construction site project could no longer proceed, and the place where the high-rise building was supposed to be built became a mess.

Only then did Fang Ji slowly accept this reality.

Xu Hao died.

It was better than sending the man to prison, after all he would still be out in a few years.He was like a lingering ghost, haunting Fang Ji for more than ten years, and finally went underground.

No one remembers, no one mourns.