Jinling love story

, In an instant, he regained his composure, sitting on the sofa crookedly, with his legs crossed, but the toes were always tense.

"Sixian, are you still in Shanghai? Haven't you been away for several days? Are you going to the airport soon? Oh, I understand. Don't worry, we have been brothers for decades, and you don't need to mention this matter , isn’t Tong Zhe the same as my own son? All right, next time you come back we will drink again! Have a safe journey!”

Putting down the phone, Guan Xin's father's whole body was limp on the sofa.Guan Xin took out a tissue from the coffee table in front of him and wiped the sweat off his father's forehead.

"It's okay, it's okay, it wasn't intercepted by the customs, thank God, thank God."

That night, Guan Xin tossed and turned on the bed, tried to call Tong Zhe several times, but put down the phone again.In the end, he simply turned off the phone, covered his head with a pillow, and fell asleep.

The next day, Liu Zhen went to work in the hospital as usual.Sitting in the office, Liu Zhen looked at the wall clock on the wall, feeling a little strange: Logically, Tong Sixian's plane should have arrived last night.In the past, Tong Sixian would send a message every time to report that he was safe, but there was no reminder in his mobile phone.Liu Zhen also deliberately asked his colleagues to check if there was something wrong with the phone, but everything was normal.

When he was about to get off work, Liu Zhen's cell phone finally rang, but it was a call from a stranger.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Ms. Liu Zhen, hello. This is the Public Security Bureau of Pudong District, Shanghai. Your husband Tong Sixian is temporarily detained in our bureau for interrogation on suspicion of smuggling and intentional injury."

Liu Zhen hung up the phone and quietly put the phone aside.

"Sister Liu, what happened? You look very nervous."

"Oh, it's okay, another scam call."

"Yeah, the fraudulent calls are so rampant now, I can't bear to disturb them every day, and it's annoying to death."

"Xiao Chen, you can help me with my shift today. I have something to go out for. There is an operation on bed No. 8 tonight, please help me arrange it."

After speaking, Liu Zhen quickly changed his clothes and went straight to the house.

"Si Rui, where are you? Come home now, something happened to your brother. You come alone, don't inform Dad, let alone Tong Zhe."

When Liu Zhen returned home, he kept pacing back and forth in the hall, rubbing his hands together.Suddenly, the doorbell rang, and as soon as Liu Zhen opened the door, Tong Sirui rushed in without even having time to change his shoes.

"What's the matter, sister-in-law."

"Your brother was detained last night and is now in Shanghai." Liu Zhen's voice was a little flustered, but he tried his best to remain calm.

"Ah? What's the matter? I was fine when I left that day. Could it be..."

"Yes. Don't say anything now, you have to find someone to check the situation inside first."

"Well, I understand, I'll contact you first."

"Wait a minute, don't expand it. Only the two of us know about it now. Also, the police may call again at any time, and even summon us to understand the situation. Don't say anything you don't know, just pretend that you don't know. Understand?"

"Sister-in-law, there aren't many people we can contact right now. I'll find Lao Huang and the others first. They have a wild way of life and have received a lot of favor from my brother." After speaking, Tong Sirui quickly began to look for the phone number.

"No need." Liu Zhen gritted his teeth bitterly. "I have contacted those people, and I can't hide at this time, so don't bother them."

"Then who else can help us?"

"There is one, let's go right away!"

Without further ado, Liu Zhen put on his coat, and just as he stepped out of the door, he went back to the back room, opened the safe, found a brown paper file bag from the bottom, and hurriedly stuffed it into the bag.

"Now there is only one hope left."

Liu Zhen was sitting in the back seat of the car, frowning, looking anxious, looking out the window, and then looking at his phone.

"If you don't mention it, I'll forget about this person." Tong Sirui looked up and saw Liu Zhen in the rearview mirror. "Sister-in-law, hasn't brother been working outside all the time?"

"Not just doing engineering."

"Then what the hell is he doing? Why is he still being targeted by the police? Isn't my brother doing immigration for you recently?"

"Hey……"

"Sister-in-law, are you still going to hide it from me at this time?"

"smuggling."

"smuggling?"

Tong Sirui's head was pinched tightly.

"On the surface it is a project, but in fact he has been smuggling ivory."

"what?"

"Si Rui, don't get excited. I only found out about this recently, and your brother has been hiding it from everyone. When I find out, it's hard to turn back. I've persuaded you before, and your brother has such a temper. I know, if you quarrel with me, if you quarrel with me, you won’t listen to persuasion. But how can you not get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river.”

"But he is harming others and himself. If Dad knows, it will be over. What about Tong Zhe?"

"I'm still not sure what the crime is. If it's just ivory smuggling and it's not serious, I'm afraid..."

"and also???"

"Strictly speaking, I don't blame your brother. A few years ago when your brother was engaged in a project, a migrant worker was hit to death by a crane on the construction site. At that time, it was said that he made an operation error and lost tens of thousands of dollars. But things are not that simple. After your brother went to Africa."

Before he finished speaking, the navigator indicated that he had arrived at his destination.

"bring it on."

Liu Zhen straightened his clothes, got out of the car, and entered the community.

After finding the house number, Liu Zhen knocked on the door, and the door creaked open, revealing half of his head.

"Hello, I'm here to find Guan Jianjun, is he at home?"

"Sister Liu Zhen? Come in, come in."

The door was pulled open by a big hand, and Guan Xin let Liu Zhen and Tong Sirui into the room.

"Come, come, sit here. Xiao Chen, make some tea."

"Hey, don't bother Brother Guan. I'm sorry to bother you at such a late hour. I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Hall. I have a talk with you and I'll leave right away."

"Xinxin, go to bed early, don't you have plans for tomorrow morning?"

Seeing Guan Xin just coming out of the bedroom, Guan Jianjun winked at Guan Xin, and Guan Xinji returned to the bedroom with his slippers on, pouting.

"Come on, we've been friends for decades, so don't be so polite, just speak up if you have something to say."

"It's Sixian, he was taken away by the police yesterday."

"what?"

Guan Jianjun was startled, and the pouring hand stopped in mid-air, but he quickly calmed down.

"When did this happen?"

"Just yesterday, I was stopped at the Shanghai airport when I was about to leave the customs."

"I want Brother Guan to help you find out. It's urgent."

"Oh……"

Guan Jianjun let out a long breath, and slowly sat up straight and leaned on the sofa.

"It's kind of tricky."

"It's quite tricky, so now only you can help with this, and you are also in the system, so it must be easy to get some inside information."

"It's not that simple." Guan Jianjun looked at the wall clock meaningfully.

"Our family entrusts you. You just want to help him with his brother Sixian who has been with him for many years. Sixian will discuss everything with you. You..."

"Hey, Liu Zhen, what you said is not appropriate. You will discuss everything with me. Could it be that Tong Sixian's crimes were also discussed with me, and I instigated it?"

"My sister-in-law didn't mean that. We were all in a hurry, so you should be more tolerant of what you say, Brother Guan." Tong Sirui said.

"There's nothing you can do if you're anxious. I probably knew what was going on when you called me just now. It's not up to you or me to decide whether Tong Sixian can't get over this hurdle. The main reason is that someone from above checked it out. And not only The issue of smuggling and corruption will be investigated together. Also, someone died on the construction site a few years ago, and this time the case was uncovered by the higher authorities.”

Hearing this, Tong Sirui burst into tears immediately.

"Then what should we do, we can't let my brother stay in prison for the rest of his life..."

"Of course we don't want Tong Sixian to go in, but this is entirely his own fault. After all these years, he has done a good job in domestic projects. If he wants to smuggle some ivory, he will be targeted by international organizations."

"It's your own fault? Guan Jianjun, it's already this time, do you want to stand by and watch?"

Liu Zhen's red eyes suddenly revealed a murderous look.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother Guan, you know better than anyone else why Sixian was transferred away. You also know who was responsible for the murder that year. Even including the ivory smuggling, who is behind the scenes? I don’t know, but I always believe that Sixian is the scapegoat. Now that something has happened, you just want to leave yourself clean? In this world, everything that anyone does will leave traces, even if no one sees it. God will see."

Liu Zhen folded his hands on his chest, raised his chin slightly, and approached Guan Jianjun. Although his voice was low, every word hit Guan Jianjun's nerves like an electric current.

"Liu Zhen, you are going too far. I am helping you with good intentions, but you actually say such things."

"Sixian goes in, you don't have to ask. But if he goes in, you can't get rid of the responsibility. Someone is watching your bureau chief, Wu Shamao, and your account in the UK, the smuggling company's account transactions. Now everyone now They are all on the same boat, are you sure you can stay out of it?"

Liu Zhen unhurriedly took out the kraft paper bag from his bag, and dropped it on the coffee table with a "slap".

Beads of sweat suddenly oozed from Guan Jianjun's forehead.With trembling hands, he opened the paper bag, took out the documents, and opened his eyes wide.

"Brother Guan, I was forced to do this too. I want to protect my family. Tong Sixian is my husband and Tong Zhe's father. I can't just let him suffer unfairly, and I can't let this family It just broke up. Speaking of which, our two families have been friends for almost a hundred years, and my father-in-law saved your life. Today, on behalf of my whole family, I ask you to help Sixian."

"Well, I'll call first and ask."

Liu Zhen's soft and hard tactics seem to have worked.Guan Jianjun picked up his phone and went into the balcony.Although Guan Jianjun only made a phone call for 10 minutes on the balcony, these 10 minutes seemed like a century to Liu Zhen, and he was always thinking about various possible situations and countermeasures in his mind.

"I just called the province and Shanghai. It's really not that simple. It's too late now. I'll find a lawyer immediately tomorrow morning. Go back and rest first."

"Then trouble you."

Liu Zhen was expressionless, and gave Guan Jianjun a sideways glance, but Guan Jianjun didn't dare to look directly at her.

Just after leaving the community, Liu Zhen's legs gave way and he almost fell down. Tong Sirui hurriedly helped Liu Zhen up.

"Sister-in-law, after such a disturbance today, even if my brother is safe and sound, the relationship between our two families is unlikely to be as good as before. Today is also the first time I see you like this."

"I can't help it either." Liu Zhen only felt a little scared, and his voice was trembling. "Your brother asked me to keep those evidences carefully. I didn't expect that they would come in handy today. If it weren't for these materials, today would be really ineffective. People are separated from each other, what is sharing weal and woe, showing sincerity, Even decades of friendship are vulnerable in the face of catastrophe."

On the way back, the car was so quiet that only the wind from the air conditioner could be heard.Liu Zhen didn't say a word, just sighed.It was almost 12 o'clock when Tong Sirui sent Liu Zhen home.

Liu Zhen was physically and mentally exhausted. When he pushed the door, he felt that the door was heavy. He could only push it open with his shoulders and arms.

"Mom, where have you been and why did you come back?"

Tong Zhe was lying on the sofa with his legs on his side, holding a game console in his hand.

"It's okay. You go to bed early." Liu Zhen responded weakly.

"Wait until I finish this game."

"Why can't you listen to even a little bit?"

These words seemed to have exhausted Liu Zhen's last bit of strength, and his throat began to become a little hoarse.

Tong Zhe was stunned, put down the game console, turned over the sofa, and even forgot to put on his slippers.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"The dishes at noon haven't been washed yet, I'm going to wash the dishes."

Liu Zhen stroked the hair in front of his eyes, and was a little frightened for a moment, turned around and went into the kitchen, turned on the faucet to the maximum, picked up the bowl in the sink and began to brush.

"Mom, mom, is something wrong?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Tong Zhe snatched the bowl from Liu Zhen's hand.But the detergent on the bowl was too slippery, Tong Zhe missed it for a moment, the bowl slipped from his hand, and broke into countless pieces with a "snap".

Liu Zhen's frantic hands finally stopped, and he leaned against the corner of the stove with a dazed expression.

"Mom, what's going on, you tell me, I'm so anxious." Tong Zhe grabbed Liu Zhen's palm and held it tightly.

Liu Zhen began to sob.

"Hey, what happened?"

Tong Zhe turned around anxiously.In his eyes, his mother had never been so lonely and sad as she is now.Seeing Liu Zhen's current state now, I feel more and more bad luck.

"I'll go ask Sangu."

"Your father has been arrested."

These words seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of Liu Zhen's throat, and Tong Zhe felt his mind go blank.

Tong Zhe regained his composure and helped Liu Zhen onto the sofa.

"You don't need to ask Sangu, she sent me back just now."

After venting for a while, Liu Zhen seemed to calm down a lot.Tong Zhe quickly made Liu Zhen a cup of her favorite lemon tea.

Then, Liu Zhen told Tong Zhe the ins and outs of the matter.

"Your Uncle Guan is going to find a lawyer tomorrow. He is the only one willing to help now."

Liu Zhen took a sip of the hot lemonade and felt his throat much more comfortable.

"I'll find someone right away."

"Who can you find? I found everyone I could find today. Son, we can't be messed up at this time. You still go to school as usual, and don't pay attention to what you hear and see. Your father One pass is definitely passable, but there is a huge price to pay.”

"Mom, I know."

"Also, remember, you must not let your grandpa know about this matter. If your grandpa asks, just say that everything is fine and he doesn't need to worry about it. Do you hear me?"

Tong Zhe nodded emphatically.

"Tong Zhe, you have grown up too. Our family may have to experience more storms in the future, so you must not let your temper go. Although your father is strict, it is all for your own good and for your future. Get ahead. There are only you father and son in my life, and our family will be reunited."

The next day, Tong Zhe was sitting on the stairs at the entrance of the laboratory in a daze, when three or two classmates walked past with basketballs in their arms.

"Tong Zhe, let's go and play."

"No, you go."

"Why are you in a daze, are you thinking of spring so early in this winter?"

"Chun, who misses your sister, dies."

"Let's go, let's go play a ball together, sweat, it's not so boring. Let's go!"

Tong Zhe couldn't help but be dragged by his classmates reluctantly to follow.

When I arrived at the basketball court, almost all the courts were occupied.There is only the innermost field left, and three junior students are fighting under the basket.

"Hey, those few, this time you use that side, we use this half."

Tong Zhe just put the clothes under the basket and took a closer look, isn't that Li Li?

This glance seemed to ignite the anger in Tong Zhe's heart.Just now, my heart was in a panic, but now I feel like there is a huge volcano in my whole body, which may erupt at any time.

"Tong Zhe, here!"

Several people are having fun.Tong Zhe was about to jump up to catch the ball, when suddenly he was bumped inexplicably on the back, lost his center of gravity when he landed, put one hand on the ground, and almost fell down.

"Fuck me." Tong Zhe cursed, and turned to see that it was Li Li.

"My mother!"

Tong Zhe finally erupted, rushed forward, grabbed Li Li's collar, punched him in the cheek, fell to the ground again, and kicked his chest, Li Li turned his body sideways and dodged.

"Dare to bump into me, the old score has not yet been settled, do you think you can escape? I will kill you today!"

Tong Zhe had bulging veins on his forehead, and he kicked more than a dozen times in a row, unable to relieve his hatred.

"Fuck you, gay perverts, you deserve to die."

Li Li hugged his head and kept dodging, but his mouth was still relentless.

The cursing sound completely angered Tong Zhe.Tong Zhe looked around and found a broken brick lying on the grass next to the basketball court.Stepped over in two or three steps, picked up the brick and rushed back, smashing it towards Li Li's temple.At this time, an arm blocked it, and Brick flew out in response, rolled a few times on the ground, hit the basket and stopped.

"Tong Zhe!"

Tong Zhe is like a trapped animal, several people can't pull it.And this roar was like a curse, Tong Zhe stopped struggling, his grim face just now became full of grievance and fear in an instant, and looked at Xia Ranjiang pitifully, as if he was the one who was beaten.

Seeing that Tong Zhe was so crazy, those few people were stunned for a while and didn't know what to do.Seeing that Tong Zhe was under control, he hurriedly helped Li Li, who was only half alive, and ran away.

"What are you looking at? It's gone."

"Follow me." Xia Ranjiang gritted his teeth and whispered to Tong Zhe.

Like a primary school student who did something wrong, Tong Zhe followed Xia Ranjiang out of the basketball court with his head down.

"what happened to you?"

Tong Zhe just wanted to explain to Xia Ranjiang, but Xia Ranjiang spoke instead.

"He hit me."

"to be frank."

"Oh."

"Ok?"

"not in a good mood."

"You've been in a bad mood."

"Today is particularly bad."

"why?"

Tong Zhe's eye circles started to turn red again.

"I'm avenging you." Tong Zhe had a sense of justice on his face. "He was the one who beat you last night."

"He Xiaoyu told me. Li Li did it to get a freshman scholarship. Later he apologized to me."

"Why does this idiot say anything?"

"I think your behavior is a little abnormal today, it should be more than that."

"What else?"

"Would you say it? If you don't, I'm leaving. I still have a bunch of documents to read."

"Hey, don't go..."

Tong Zhe grabbed Xia Ranjiang's hand, and then slowly let go.

"Did you run into any problems?"

Xia Ranjiang patted the back of Tong Zhe's hand and looked at Tong Zhe tenderly. Tong Zhe felt as if the ice was melting in his heart, and ice water gushed out from the corner of his eyes.

"Don't be sad. It'll be easier to talk about."

Then, Tong Zhe explained to Xia Ranjiang what happened last night.

"They are going to find a lawyer today. I don't know if it will be useful." Tong Zhe said with a wry smile. "Xia Ranjiang, I'm usually so proud of myself, how come I have nothing to do when I encounter this kind of thing?"

"I want to try."

Tong Zhe was taken aback for a moment, then realized something and grabbed Xia Ranjiang's hand.

"No, no." Tong Zhe was a little anxious. "My dad and friend are still looking for a lawyer. Besides, I don't know what's going on now..."

"It's nothing wrong. You heard it that day. If she really wants to recognize me, she should help me. Besides, isn't it great that I have such an excellent mother? "

Xia Ranjiang's eyes were full of smiles, and all the resentment that had been in him was swept away.

"Don't be stupid, okay? She lied to you and wanted to take you away."

"I can decide whether to go or not. Besides, I'm just asking her for a favor. Could she still tie me up and pack me in a box to ship to America?"

Xia Ranjiang comforted Tong Zhe a few more words to let Tong Zhe relax.In the evening, Xia Ranjiang found the note with the phone number in his wallet.Thinking that I couldn't use my mobile phone to make calls, I rode my bicycle to look for it for a long time, and stopped at the newsstand in front of the school.

The phone was dialed.

"Hi, please pick up Yi Jihong for me. Just say it's Xia Ranjiang calling."

The other end of the phone started with a very professional greeting.Hearing the words "Xia Ranjiang", the voice on the other end obviously became agitated.Then, there was a "click" sound from the phone, like the sound of someone stepping on high-heeled shoes hurriedly across the wooden floor, getting closer until the phone was picked up.

"Xiao Ran?"

"Yes."

"Thank God, Mom finally looked forward to your call. I talked with Yan Ru for a long time that day, and she..."

"Tomorrow at 12 o'clock noon, I have something to see you outside the east gate of the school. If you can't come, forget it."

"Okay, how can I contact you, your phone number..."

"Beep beep..."

At this moment, Yi Jihong was indescribably excited, clasped his hands together, and put his fingertips against the crowd.

"Xiao Liu, let's go to Nanjing together tomorrow. I'm going to see my son."

"But tomorrow we have arranged a lunch meeting with the chairman of Shike Communications Group. They intend to let us take over this overseas merger and acquisition case, which is also our key breakthrough client this year."

"See if you can reschedule. You can arrange it."

Yi Jihong looked left and right, opened the drawer and started looking for something, took out a magazine from it, and flipped through it.

"You go and find out what boys of this age usually like. Take a look at everything they eat, wear and play. Hurry up and buy it and I will take it there tomorrow. I saw a new one at Burberry on Huaihai Road the day before yesterday. I think my son's figure must look good in it... Oh, by the way, I will have dinner with my son in Nanjing tomorrow, you are from Nanjing, you should be more experienced, help me find a place."

"Come back, come back. Hurry up and let Master Zhang familiarize himself with the route, don't be late to see the client like last time."

"Don't worry, Manager Yi. In fact, it doesn't take much, just let him know what you want. My younger brother is only this old, and I have experience in this area."

"You don't understand, it's really different this time. It's not too late, let's go."

Secretary Yi Jihong had just left the house, and Yi Jihong sat happily on the office chair. The satisfaction that the phone call that took less than a minute just now gave Yi Jihong far exceeded all the previous lawsuits he won.Yi Jihong looked at Xia Ranjiang's award-winning photo in the photo frame next to the computer with a smile on his face. He was wearing a straight suit, thin cheeks, slender eyebrows, deep eye sockets, and a faint smile. I thought it was Xia Chenglu when we first met.At that time, Xia Chenglu was also so handsome and outstanding.

At this time, Tong Zhe was lying on the bed with his arms folded, the game console was thrown aside, and the manuscript paper was scattered on the floor under the bed.The weather forecast in the living room reported that the cold wave will pass tonight.Tong Zhe listened quietly to the north wind howling outside the window, and the sound of the north wind beating on the window.Suddenly, the phone rang.

"what's up?"

Tong Zhe pressed the speakerphone, glanced at the name on the phone screen, feeling weak.

"Uh...Tong Zhe, let me tell you, I'm going back to England, and I'll be on the plane later."

"Didn't you leave after New Year's Day? It's still half a month away." Tong Zhe grabbed the phone and put it to his ear.

"This is also a temporary decision. Oh, by the way, how are you these days?"

"What's the matter, it's so annoying." Tong Zhe was a little angry, but he didn't know how to vent it. "You knew already?"

"Well. I was about to tell you about this, and you..."

"Guan Xin, put the dog cage in the trunk of the car, be careful." At this moment, there was a sound of urging and footsteps coming from the other end of the phone.

"Where are you? I'll see you off."

"Ah? No, no..."

Tong Zhe felt a little strange——Guan Xin never talked to him in such a hesitant tone, and in the middle of the night, Guan Xin seemed to be in full swing.

"Where are you going?"

"Tong Zhe, I'm sorry for you, and our family is sorry for Uncle Tong. I don't know if there will be a chance to see you again in the future. I can't help it."

After speaking, the phone was disconnected.When I called again, the phone was turned off.

Tong Zhe's heart sank, and his mind was a little dazed. He only felt that the dead wood he was holding on to suddenly broke after falling off the cliff, and he fell vertically straight down, falling into an abyss.

"mom."

Tong Zheji pulled his slippers and walked step by step in front of Liu Zhen who was watching TV.

Rather than watching TV, it is better to use the TV as the background sound in a daze.Even though Tong Zhe blocked his sight, Liu Zhen didn't react for a while.

"mom."

Tong Zhe yelled again, and it was only then that Liu Zhen realized it.

"Guan Xin and his family have left."

"What do you mean by gone?"

"Going to England."

"Will come back after leaving."

"They're not coming back."

Liu Zhen sat up "suddenly", then slowly bowed his waist, and sank into the sofa.

"Didn't Guan Jianjun agree?" Liu Zhen muttered to himself, with helplessness in his tone.

"Let's go and see now."

It was almost midnight, and there were few people and cars on the street.A long, silent half hour.The taxi stopped slowly, and Tong Zhe helped Liu Zhen get out of the car.

It was still the same house number, but it seemed a lot darker than when I came a few days ago.The word "Fu" on the door was broken at one corner and hung crookedly.

"anyone there?"

Liu Zhen hesitated and knocked on the door.

No one responded.

"anyone there?"

Liu Zhen became a little anxious, and the knock on the door became more urgent.

Still no response.

"Have……"

At this time, the door of the next resident opened, and a middle-aged man walked out, holding a black garbage bag in his hand.

"In the middle of the night, they've all moved away and no one is knocking."

"Moved away?" Tong Zhe asked.

"Yeah, you guys are so embarrassed, don't you come here often? Their house was selling a month ago. I don't know if it's urgent money or something. The sale has dropped by 30.00%. It's less than two days."

Hearing this, Liu Zhen almost collapsed on the ground, and Tong Zhe quickly put his arms around Liu Zhen's shoulders.

"Do you know where they went?"

"I heard that the immigration process has been done a long time ago. Their daughter is quite competitive and has been studying in the UK. Maybe the immigration is also in the UK." After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man leaned the garbage against the corner and closed the door with a "bang".

"Mom, let's go back."

"Tong Zhe, what should we do..." Liu Zhen seemed to have lost his last hope, and his emotions suddenly collapsed.

"Let's go back and find a way. There must be a way, don't panic." Tong Zhe almost carried Liu Zhen downstairs.

☆、Chapter 23

Early the next morning, Xia Ranjiang went to the barber shop to have his hair trimmed.Putting on the white sweater Tong Zhe had given him before, putting on a down jacket, and completely dressed up, he set off from the dormitory building and walked straight to the east gate.

A moment ago, Xia Ranjiang was still playing with He Xiaoyu in the dormitory.But now, Xia Ranjiang had a serious expression on his face.Taking a deep breath against the cold wind, the chill permeates the whole body.

It is still the familiar Wutong Avenue.This road has been walked countless times, but today's short [-] meters makes Xia Ranjiang feel that he has traveled tens of thousands of kilometers.Each step measures one's own state of mind, engraves one's nostalgia, and leads to one's unavoidable but unavoidable choice.Looking up, the trees on both sides of the road are like a neat line of welcoming guests, welcoming Xia Ranjiang to shed his body in this life, and let his soul go to the parallel world to be reborn.

Inadvertently, Xia Ranjiang saw the red ribbon fluttering in the wind on the branch again.After a night of cold waves, the sycamore trees withered even more, leaving only the red ribbon as the last remaining life.

Looking from afar, Yi Jihong was standing in front of the car.Seeing this scene, Xia Ranjiang suddenly felt that luck had tricked others—just a few weeks ago, at the same time and place, it was Tong Zhe's father who was waiting for him.

A few weeks later, the fate of the two people at the same time and place intersected because of Xia Ranjiang.Although the person has changed now, the final outcome is to leave, which seems to be the same for Xia Ranjiang.Just like the reincarnation of heaven, he still cannot escape his fate in the end.

"Xia Ranjiang!" Yi Jihong was the first to discover Xia Ranjiang, and exclaimed excitedly.

Xia Ranjiang forced a smile in response.

"Come on, it's cold, get in the car, let's go eat."

The car drove out slowly.It was completely different from Xia Ranjiang's imagination. The car gradually left the city and headed towards Zijin Mountain.

Yi Jihong always had a smile on his face.Although I have a lot to say in my heart, I am afraid that if I don't pay attention, I will irritate Xia Ranjiang, so I can only be cautious and ask Xia Ranjiang about his studies in school.

The car slowed down and entered a mountain road shaded by pines and cypresses, with fog floating in the air.Xia Ranjiang looked out the car window. He had never been here before, and he seemed to have never heard of it. Everything was like a fairyland on earth.The car went around an intersection and turned to a side road, as if it had driven into a small courtyard.

"Here we are, come down."

In front of you is a Soviet-style garden courtyard.White walls and black tiles, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, behind are the mountains filled with clouds and mist, like a paradise.

"Come on, Xiao Ran, this way."

For a moment, Xia Ranjiang forgot his purpose of coming here, and just marveled at the magnificence and delicacy of everything in front of him.

"Today, there is no one here, just us. The Huaiyang chef here is the best. We, mother and son, chat while eating."

Seeing Xia Ranjiang's expression, Yi Jihong was quite proud, and winked at the followers behind him.

After the two were seated, the dishes were served.

"Try this."

As Yi Jihong said, he scooped up a lion's head with a spoon and carefully sent it to Xia Ranjiang's bowl.

"Thank you."

Xia Ranjiang wasn't hungry, but when he saw the table full of dishes, he immediately whetted his appetite.I couldn't hold back anymore, and started to feast on it.

Seeing Xia Ranjiang gobbling it up, Yi Jihong couldn't help feeling sad, and his heart was filled with guilt, so he could only keep adding vegetables to Xia Ranjiang's bowl.

Perhaps because he realized that Yi Jihong had been staring at him, Xia Ranjiang stopped slowly, lowered his head halfway, and secretly glanced at Yi Jihong.

"Go ahead and eat."

Yi Jihong laughed out loud.Picking up the paper towel by the table, she stood up and wanted to wipe the sauce off Xia Ranjiang's mouth.But Xia Ranjiang took the tissue.

"I came to you today for a very important matter."

Xia Ranjiang wiped his mouth clean, drank some water, and moistened his throat.

"Tell me. If Mom can do it, she will do it."

Then, Xia Ranjiang couldn't wait to tell Yi Jihong all the ins and outs of the incident.

"This friend is so important, is it worth your help?" After listening to Xia Ranjiang's story, Yi Jihong asked suddenly.

"I'm not helping him."

Xia Ranjiang seemed to have regained his usual calmness and awe, which made Yi Jihong wonder which was the real Xia Ranjiang.

"That's my only request."

"If it's what you said, I don't think it's difficult."

Xia Ranjiang's instant transformation seemed to be a call to arms, and Yi Jihong immediately showed a sophisticated negotiating posture.

"I need to investigate the actual situation first, and I want to meet your friend and his family in person if I have the chance."

"no problem."

Xia Ranjiang was secretly happy, but his face was still calm.

At this time, Xia Ranjiang got up and went to the bathroom.Yi Jihong let out a long breath, feeling panicked for some reason.The previous excitement of being reunited with mother and child and burying old suspicions has gradually disappeared. Now it feels like falling into a trap, and I fell into it on my own initiative.Facing his son, he still showed a hostile attitude like a conditioned reflex.Suddenly, the wallet lying on the corner of the table attracted Yi Jihong's attention.Without hesitation, Yi Jihong picked up the wallet and searched for it.

Sure enough, a yellowed photo was found on the innermost compartment, and the person in the photo was Yi Jihong when he was young.

Just when Yi Jihong was relieved, he found that there was still a photo hidden in the compartment.Yi Jihong pinches a corner of the photo and carefully pulls it out.This is a selfie, Xia Ranjiang is in front, another boy is next to Xia Ranjiang, the two are smiling at the camera - Xia Ranjiang's carefree smiling face in the photo, Yi Jihong never Haven't seen it.

Suddenly, Yi Jihong heard footsteps outside, and quickly stuffed the photos into the wallet, and put the wallet back where it was.But in the panic, the corner of the photo was folded.

"I called my friends just now, and I will meet them in the afternoon. It will be more secure to talk in person."

After Xia Ranjiang came back from the outside, the last bit of worry disappeared from his face, and his tone was completely free of restraint.

"We will do whatever you arrange. Mom supports you."

Yi Jihong originally wanted to negotiate terms with Xia Ranjiang, but swallowed the words again.

"If you have any arrangements, I can also consider it."

It never occurred to Yi Jihong that Xia Ranjiang would take the initiative to propose something that he had hesitated for a long time.

"Xiao Ran, are you serious? Don't lie to mother?