end of night

Bai Xinglan walked over slowly, she had never seen this little girl before, this little girl moved two stools outside from nowhere, stepped on a dirty rubber band, and danced there.

The bodyguards behind Bai Xinglan didn't dare to act rashly, but Bai Xinglan stood where he was, watching the little girl dance with rubber bands seriously.

When she was happy, she pursed her lips and smiled, thinking it was very interesting.

This little girl is obviously a master, bouncing around, wearing two braids, and swinging with her movements.

Bai Xinglan didn't know how long he looked at it, so he slowly walked up to the little girl and asked her, "Little friend, why are you here?"

The little girl stopped moving. She raised her eyes to look at Bai Xinglan, with her rubber band still on her feet, and said, "My grandpa works here, so I'll follow him here, for fear that he will feel lonely by himself."

Is it the granddaughter of the housekeeper here?

He seemed to hear voices from the yard, and an old man with half-white hair came out, holding a broom in his hand.

After seeing Bai Xinglan, he hurried out. When he was working here before, he had seen many photos of this room. Shao Gang could tell at a glance that the one standing outside was Bai Xinglan.

He told his granddaughter not to jump the rubber band, he said to Bai Xinglan: "Ma'am, I only let her play in the yard, and never let her go to the second floor."

Shao Gang seemed a little nervous, and quickly explained.

At first, everyone thought that Bai Xinglan would not come back, but after all, there are a lot of important property here, and someone needs to be guarded.

Shao Gang used to be a retired soldier, he was in good health, and he was also very bold. It was because he beat someone up for his own righteousness and went to prison for two years.

At that time, he had just come out, so it would be great to have a job like guarding the house for him.

Bai Xinglan smiled at Shao Gang, and touched the little girl's face: "It's okay, this little girl is your granddaughter, so cute and filial."

"Ninny, call me Auntie."

"Hello, Auntie..." The little girl curled up in her grandfather's arms. She felt that the elder sister in front of her was really beautiful, but the people in black clothes behind her were all fierce and terrifying.

"You are fine too. Do you want some candy? Auntie will ask someone to buy it for you later, okay?" Bai Xinglan smiled softly, and she touched the girl's braid with her hand.

The little girl stared at Bai Xinglan with wide eyes, as if she was in a daze.

She had only seen photos of this aunt in the place where her grandfather worked, but she never thought that the real person was in front of her now, and the aunt in front of her was like a fairy in a fairy tale, which made the little girl dare not blink.

After the fairy finished touching her hair, she stood up straight and said to Shao Gang, "I'm coming back today to get some things. The inside should have been tidied up, right?"

Shao Gang nodded, and said very smoothly: "Everything has been cleaned. At the beginning, I called a few housekeepers to come over to clean up and disinfect the house thoroughly, and cleaned up the messed up places."

Bai Xinglan nodded: "I'll go find something, your granddaughter is also quite cute and very polite."

Shao Gang lowered his head and smiled, and after Bai Xinglan entered, he walked directly into the study room. There were many paintings or characters of Zhuang Yishen hanging on the walls of the study room. Zhuang Yishen was very fond of calligraphy and painting. He used to be... also a handsome young man.

Bai Xinglan was a little emotional, she sighed, she began to search wildly in the study, rummaged through many cabinets, and finally found what she wanted in a cabinet next to the desk.

It is a very strange instrument, not too big, about [-] centimeters high and [-] centimeters wide. The two sides are arc-shaped, and the middle is like a claw. There are thin lines connecting them, eight corners, and the rest The part is suspended in the air, and there is a button at the bottom. After pressing it, the eight claws will automatically retract, and then...

Exactly the size of that plain white box.

Bai Xinglan looked carefully, and the edges of the eight claws were triangular, which should be the same size as when she pushed the corners of the box in.

It turns out that the eight corners should be pressed down together. Without this thing, it might really be impossible.

Bai Xinglan raised her hand and rubbed her temples. This thing still has a certain weight. It is definitely not practical for her to move it by herself, but if this thing is moved like this, I don't know if there are people around here who are watching the house. If there is, the risk must be great.

Bai Xinglan called the bodyguards over, took a piece of black cloth to cover this thing, then found some other objects in the house, covered them all with black cloth, and then asked the bodyguards to send them to Rongyuan.

After doing all this, Bai Xinglan felt that he might never come here again in the future. He saw Shao Gang and the little girl standing peacefully at the door. The little girl was holding a big bag of sugar in her hand. Quickly, quickly bought the candy and gave it to the little girl.

Although the little girl had candy in her hand, she didn't eat it. Her eyes lit up when she saw Bai Xinglan coming down from the second floor. Bai Xinglan said to Shao Gang, "Thank you for your hard work. If you see anyone trying to break in here, you must Remember to call the police."

Shao Gang nodded: "Good lady."

Bai Xinglan squatted down in front of the little girl, looked at the candy in her hand, and asked her, "Why don't you eat it, niece?"

The little girl lowered her head, but saw Bai Xinglan peel off the wrapper of a candy, then fed it to the little girl, and said with a smile, "Be happy every day."

The way she danced the rubber band just now reminded Bai Xinglan of her childhood, which was a rare memory worth cherishing in her unfortunate childhood, that was when she danced the rubber band by herself in an empty place.

Bai Xinglan didn't think about it anymore, she took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "I'm leaving."

Then turned and left, the little girl looked at Bai Xinglan's back, wondering why the candy in her mouth tasted astringent and bitter.

She seemed to feel the fairy's sadness just now.

On the way back, Bai Xinglan gradually got dark, she received a call from Shu Yiwen, and only then did she realize that she really had been out for a long time.

"Hello, sister."

"As soon as I got home, Aunt Fang left after finishing the meal. She said you went out in the afternoon, where are you now?"

Bai Xinglan raised his eyes and glanced at the buildings next to him, and said, "I'm at the gate of the community now, and I'll be home soon."

"Okay, then I'll take out the rice and let it cool down for a while."

"Sister, open the door for me later~"

"Row."

Bai Xinglan hung up the phone, put the phone in his pocket and hurried home.

The things she brought back from Wanjin Jiayuan's villa were also carried into the house by the bodyguards, and then Bai Xinglan left behind the small thing that could open the box, and asked the bodyguards to destroy everything else.

When Shu Yiwen saw Bai Xinglan's mysterious face and the thing wrapped in black cloth, she was also full of curiosity.

Bai Xinglan took Shu Yiwen's hand, and the two went to have dinner together.

For some reason, Bai Xinglan didn't want to open the white box so quickly, so neither of them cared about the thing wrapped in black cloth, and Shu Yiwen didn't ask what it was.

Shu Yiwen has to go to work now, so she usually goes to bed early. She doesn't have to watch her mobile phone for hours before going to bed like before, and now not only Shu Yiwen has to go to bed early, but Bai Xinglan also follows her to bed early.

I don't know why the two of them sleep together very quickly. Shu Yiwen always feels like holding Bai Xinglan like holding a small pet. In the past, this small pet would always sneak into her arms restlessly, but now it does not. Much quieter.

When waking up in the morning, Bai Xinglan's eyes were always half hazy and half blurred. They always had to give a good morning kiss before starting to do their own things. Bai Xinglan always liked to walk on the ground barefoot. Shu Yiwen would always come over with slippers for her to dress.

Bai Xinglan's body was very cold, walking on the ground with bare feet would only deepen the chill on her body, and she might not know how painful it would be when her period came.

The bedrooms are carpeted, but the living room is not.

After breakfast, Shu Yiwen said goodbye to Bai Xinglan, and Bai Xinglan leaned on the door frame, waving goodbye to her with a sexy look.

Duan Chengze's secretary just came over from outside the door. Seeing Bai Xinglan like this, the bases of his ears seemed to be turning red unnaturally. He handed the invitation card to Bai Xinglan and whispered: "Miss Bai, this is your invitation card." , Mr. Duan specially asked me to send it over, he said that there is still a high-level meeting today, so there may be no time."

"It's okay. It's good to ask you to send it over. I received it. You can go back and talk to Duan Chengze."

The secretary nodded, and then Bai Xinglan closed the door.

Originally, she just threw the invitation card casually, but thinking about it, she didn't seem to know the exact time. When she opened the invitation card, she felt as if she was frozen.

Bai Xinglan felt something hit her head, and she felt a dull pain. After seeing the words on it, her whole body slowly trembled, and her hand holding the invitation was also a little unsteady.

The style of this invitation card is actually very simple, and the words inside are all handwritten. When he saw the three big characters "Bai Xinglan", a memory flooded into Bai Xinglan's mind instantly.

In the past, Zhuang Yishen laughed at Bai Xinglan's ugly handwriting, and taught Bai Xinglan how to write.

Zhuang Yishen usually used a fountain pen. When he wrote the three characters "Bai Xinglan" on the paper, Bai Xinglan felt that his pen was very special, especially the character "Lan".

Bai Xinglan bit her lip, with a very painful expression on her face.

It's not that her old love for Zhuang Yishen is over, it's more of fear.

If Zhuang Yishen really hadn't died, then his marriage with Zhuang Yishen would still be protected by the law, and he would still be her wife. What would Shu Yiwen do then?

The invitation card fell to the ground, Bai Xinglan sat on the cold floor and didn't stand up for a long time.

It wasn't until she felt her legs were sore and numb that she supported the wall and tried to stand up, but it was as if her legs were completely unconscious, and Bai Xinglan fell down again.

Could it be that Zhuang Yishen didn't die at all?

The heart attack was just a cover, he had actually been hiding in the dark, looking at her?

Feeling creepy, Bai Xinglan closed his eyes and tried to drive away this thought, but the more he thought about it, the worse it became.

She didn't know how long she sat there before she slowly stood up, picked up the invitation, threw it on the coffee table, and sat on the sofa in a daze.

Bai Xinglan felt that his reaction just now might have been a little too aggressive, so what if Zhuang Yishen didn't die, he and himself... aren't they the same person?

Slowly calming down, Bai Xinglan suddenly smiled, then shook his head helplessly.

At noon, when Mrs. Fang came over to cook, she bought a lot of vegetables. Bai Xinglan took a look and said, "Sister-in-law Fang, I suddenly want to drink fish soup, why don't you cook me a small pot of fish soup today, I don't mind Appetite to eat something else."

Sister-in-law Fang nodded, cleaned up all the vegetables she bought and put them in the refrigerator, then washed the fish and scraped off the scales.

Bai Xinglan was watching from the side, and then she seemed bored, went to the living room to wipe the thing she brought back yesterday with a towel, and then moved to the study.

I have to say that this thing is quite heavy. After Bai Xinglan moved it to the desk, he took out the pure white box, and put it on the shelf. After pressing the button, the eight claws retracted, just holding the pure white box. All eight corners are buttoned up.

Bai Xinglan breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile finally appeared on her face. After the eight corners of the box were pressed in, the wider side lit up, revealing a pattern like those gear combination locks, four "0".

Bai Xinglan felt that he really wanted to scold someone, so he finally knew how to wake up the box, and had to enter the password again?

She slid one side of the box, and the numbers turned with her fingertips. Bai Xinglan used Zhuang Yishen's birthday this time, but the box didn't respond.

She thought about Li Qinglan's birthday, and then slid it, but the box still didn't respond.

Bai Xinglan rolled his eyes and let out a helpless sigh.

When the box was removed, the box instantly returned to its original plain appearance.

Bai Xinglan wrapped the shelf again with cloth, then put it in a very inconspicuous place in the study, and put the pure white box back to its original place.

She bit her finger, but couldn't figure out what the password was.

Zhuang Yishen's birthday is wrong, and Li Qinglan's birthday is also wrong, but it is reasonable to say that men are not such emotional creatures, they will use birthdays as passwords, so what password will Zhuang Yishen use?

Since this box was put together with those photos, the things inside must be related to Zhuang Yishen and Li Qinglan. If they can be untied quickly, then it might be a good thing to restrain Li Qinglan.

Bai Xinglan was brainstorming in the study, while Aunt Fang made the soup she wanted to drink, and then yelled outside, saying that it was time to eat.

Bai Xinglan, who had been biting his fingers, came back to his senses, stood up and took a piece of paper to wipe off the drool on his hands, threw the paper into the trash can and left the study.

Sure enough, Aunt Fang listened to Bai Xinglan and only cooked a pot of fish soup, but Bai Xinglan found that there was a bowl next to the fish soup, which contained a bowl of very fine powder.

"Is this powder?" Bai Xinglan picked up the bowl and looked at it carefully.

At this time, Aunt Fang came over with a spoon and chopsticks, put the spoon into the fish soup bowl, put the chopsticks in front of Bai Xinglan, and explained: "This is the rice noodles we made at home. I think you said you just want to drink it." Fish soup, but if you don’t eat the staple food, your stomach will definitely not be able to bear it, so I cooked some for you.”

Bai Xinglan laughed, and there was a small dimple on the corner of her mouth when she laughed, she said to Aunt Fang: "Thank you, you don't need to call me you from now on, I'm sorry, just call me Xinglan, this Can I eat fish soup with this rice noodles?"

Aunt Fang nodded, took a spoonful and put it into Bai Xinglan's bowl. The thick white fish soup and smooth rice noodles, Bai Xinglan thought it tasted very good.

After eating at noon, there was still a lot of fish soup left. Aunt Fang bought a big fish after all. After Bai Xinglan learned how to cook rice noodles to make them more elastic and smooth, Aunt Fang left with a bag of garbage. Said that he wanted to ask for a leave in the afternoon, Bai Xinglan agreed.

Bai Xinglan always felt that she was idle and had nothing to do. When Shu Yiwen went to work, it always seemed boring to stay at home by herself.

But she had been staying at home before, peacefully being Zhuang Yishen's canary, and she only thought about how to please him every day, and really had no other thoughts.

In the end, Bai Xinglan went out to get a manicure done. Looking at the shiny nails really made her feel very good.

Shu Yiwen was called to the office by Zhao Nanchuan at work today.

Zhao Nanchuan gave her a document, and she looked at it from beginning to end, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"This is the remaining part of the dossiers I gave you before. In fact, we have already set up a secret investigation team, but because there is no evidence, it has been stranded until now."

After reading the dossier, Shu Yiwen put it back into the file bag and returned it to Zhao Nanchuan.

"Thank you, Director. Because of my words, I transferred so many files to show me. No matter what, I will try my best to find evidence. The case that has been going on for almost 20 years cannot be without results."

Zhao Nanchuan smiled: "It's not because of your words. In fact, to our Nancheng police, Wanjia is a cancer. Although their identities are slowly being cleared, they are still doing illegal things. The people above , they all just want to restore peace to Nancheng, before Zhuang Yishen died, the Wan family became even more arrogant, they... can't stay."

Bai Xinglan went to the charity dinner as scheduled, holding this invitation in her hand, her heart was overwhelmed.

The dress she wore today was still low-key, it was made of pure black satin fabric, she wore it on her body docilely, and her makeup was very light, but it still couldn't conceal her charm.

Shu Yiwen hadn't gotten off work when she left home. She had told Shu Yiwen that she would go to a charity dinner and would go there early.

Because she has many questions in her mind that need to be answered.

Shu Yiwen naturally agreed.

Bai Xinglan is very secretive with her bodyguards now. After she got off the car at the entrance of the venue, she gently lifted her skirt and walked slowly.

The bodyguards behind were scattered everywhere, and Bai Xinglan entered the venue smoothly after showing the invitation card in his hand to the waiter.

The waiter put away the invitation, and she turned her head. At that moment, the waiter happened to look at her. They seemed to be looking at each other, but Bai Xinglan turned her head again.

The waiter, who felt his heart beating a little chaotically, lowered his head and coughed twice unnaturally.

But Bai Xinglan was thinking that she should have taken a photo of the invitation before, but now that the invitation was put away, she really felt a little uneasy for no reason.

Halfway through the walk, a gentle man suddenly appeared in front of Bai Xinglan. He smiled lightly and said in a respectful tone, "Hi Miss Bai, my husband has been waiting for you for a long time, please move to the second floor."

Bai Xinglan glanced at the man: "Who is your husband? May I ask your name?"

That man also had a good temper, he just said: "You will know when you go."

Bai Xinglan looked at the people around, she actually remembered this man.

He is Li Qinglan's subordinate, and he opened the door for Li Qinglan back then.Bai Xinglan knew that he would meet Li Qinglan later, and this charity dinner might be a plan Li Qinglan came up with.

But with so many people here, does he really dare to attack?

Bai Xinglan took out her mobile phone and called Shu Yiwen. At that time, Shu Yiwen had just arrived home, and she asked Bai Xinglan, "What's wrong?"

Bai Xinglan said: "Sister, come pick me up at about nine o'clock in the evening, okay?"

"Okay, I will drive to pick you up, and then you can send me your location."

Bai Xinglan pursed her lips: "I'll send it to you right now."

"okay."

After Bai Xinglan posted the location, she put the phone back in her handbag. She felt that the assistant looked at her a little differently.

But Bai Xinglan didn't care, she straightened her body and asked the man: "Where is he, lead the way."

The assistant smiled again, nodded and then raised his hand in a "please" gesture.

Bai Xinglan walked up to the second floor slowly. She did it on purpose. She wanted everyone to see that she followed this man.

Even if something unexpected happens at that time, she will definitely drag Li Qinglan into the water.

When he reached the door of a room on the second floor, the man knocked on the door, and the man inside opened the door, but what Bai Xinglan saw was not Li Qinglan, but a man with a long scar on his face.

Bai Xinglan felt puzzled in her heart, she stood at the door and didn't go in, she just said: "Who is this person, I don't know him, let's go."

But Bai Xinglan was not allowed to react, the man with the scar inside pulled Bai Xinglan in, then quickly left the room and closed the door.

Bai Xinglan was almost toppled by the force of inertia, she turned around and slammed on the door: "Who are you! You somehow said that you wanted to bring me to meet someone, but you didn't say who it was? You are illegally detained, I want to beat you Call the police!"

Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind her. The voice was very cold and deep, like a snake, which made Bai Xinglan shudder.

"Oh, Miss Bai is really lively, isn't she?"

After hearing the sound, Bai Xinglan stopped knocking on the door, and she calmed down for a while.

He should have thought it was Li Qinglan's, but now he made such a sudden move just because he wanted to see himself make a fool of himself.

The more it is at this time, the more she must calm down, she can't let Li Qinglan see the flaws.

Bai Xinglan turned around, and saw Li Qinglan sitting on the single sofa near the window, the curtains were thickly closed, people outside would never know what happened here.

Bai Xinglan's expression was very cold. She looked at Li Qinglan, her tone was not as sharp as before, but a little more calm and calm: "Mr. Li, what do you want to do?"

Li Qinglan didn't answer, at this moment... he was wiping a black pistol.

He rubbed it carefully, and Bai Xinglan could see that the pistol was equipped with a silencer.

Hearing Bai Xinglan's words, Li Qinglan smiled very darkly.

Bai Xinglan turned around to grab the handle of the door, but the door was already locked from the outside, no matter how much she tried to open it, it was just useless effort.

There seemed to be a gust of cold air coming from behind, Bai Xinglan closed her eyes, she thought that she might really be stuck here today.

After taking a deep breath, Bai Xinglan turned his head and said to Li Qinglan: "Mr. Li, I just came to the second floor with your assistant. This is something everyone knows. I advise you not to take risks, or you will leave when the time comes." out of here."

Li Qinglan wiped the trigger of the gun. After he finished wiping, he threw the cloth on his hand into the trash, and then put the gun on the round table next to the single sofa.

Seeing this scene, Bai Xinglan's eyes narrowed slightly, and Li Qinglan stood up, then turned around and opened the curtains.

It was completely dark outside, and the moon hung out, swaying a soft light.

The scenery behind this hotel is beautiful, there is a big lake, and the moon shines brightly, like a picture scroll.

"Miss Bai, please sit down. I don't want to do anything to you today, but the dinner hasn't started yet, so I want you to chat with me."

Bai Xinglan glanced at the gun on the round table, and sneered: "Mr. Li's way of inviting people is really special. I've been in Nancheng for so long, and this is the first time I've been invited over like this."