Inertia gentle

One evening in midsummer, the sun had just set.

Liu Qihai and a male clerk unloaded the crates of beer from the truck and moved them into the warehouse.

By the time they all finished moving, they were sweating profusely and their backs were soaked.

The two sat on a row of empty wooden boxes to rest.

The clerk turned on the lights in the warehouse and handed Liu Qihai a bottle of mineral water, "Master, how long have you been a truck driver?"

"Guess?" Liu Qihai chuckled.

The clerk wiped his sweat with his sleeve: "You look so young, maybe you have worked for two or three years at most."

Liu Qihai stretched out five fingers and gestured, "It's been five years. I started doing this at the age of 19. I ran long distances with my master for two years, but now I basically take short distances."

The clerk was surprised: "It's been so long, haven't you thought about doing anything else?"

"I don't have a high degree of education, and I can't earn enough to feed myself by serving people dishes and water. The delivery is pretty good." Liu Qihai is content and happy.

The clerk laughed: "You need to support your family, have you married a wife?"

"En." Liu Qihai replied briefly, and there was some tenderness in his eyes when he remembered something.

The two chatted for a while, drank most of the water, the clerk took out a bottle of beer from the box, and asked Liu Qihai, "Do you want it?"

Liu Qihai refused with a smile: "You are off work, I have to drive later."

The clerk opened the bottle and drank it himself, "Why don't you rest overnight and go back tomorrow?"

Liu Qihai shook his head, "I'll go back after a while. City A is not far from here, and we'll be there in just over two hours."

Clerk: "Oh, I almost forgot that you are from city A. Don't you know that the expressway is not easy to travel at night?"

Liu Qihai wondered: "No, I ran away a few days ago."

"Really, a thunderstorm broke the wires two days ago, and the street lights are not on. Didn't you see a construction team when you came? It's not easy to go at night without lights. You'd better not go there."

Liu Qihai didn't expect this to happen: "Is it such an unfortunate coincidence?"

"No." The clerk took a sip of wine, "There is a free staff dormitory here, you can sleep there at night."

Liu Qihai hesitated for a moment: "It's okay, I'm familiar with this road, not to mention I've also run across it without street lights."

He has a two-year-old daughter who needs to be taken care of at home, and his wife is five months pregnant, so he is a little worried about letting the two stay at home all night.

Thinking of this, Liu Qihai got up and said: "It's getting late, I have to go first."

"Then be careful." The clerk shouted from behind.

Liu Qihai waved his hand, "I know."

One of the two told them casually, and the other responded casually, without thinking about what would happen.

The road at night was very quiet, there was no difference except that the street lights were not on. Liu Qihai turned on the high beam and drove steadily to the middle of the highway leading to City A, when he saw a black car approaching from a distance.

Yo, it's a luxury car, this model is expensive.

This was Liu Qihai's first thought, but as he got closer, he realized something was wrong.

This car not only drove on the line, but also took an S-shaped route halfway.

He couldn't help cursing inwardly, this is playing on the road at night, and drivers are most afraid of encountering this kind of car. Seeing such a car getting closer, he couldn't help feeling flustered, and he quickly blew his horn to signal.

But the car seemed to have not heard it, it was getting closer and closer, and it was leaning towards him. Seeing that according to this trend, the other party was about to hit him, Liu Qihai blew his horn again, and the piercing sound resounded throughout On the highway, the car remained unmoved.

Liu Qihai only thought that he met a lunatic, so he stepped on the gas pedal furiously, speeding up, wanting to rush out in advance when the opponent is approaching.

At the critical moment, seeing that he was about to pass by the other party, the driver of that car suddenly realized that the two cars were about to collide, and slammed on the brakes.

How can I brake at this time.

The strong momentum of the truck directly knocked it out, and the black car rolled in mid-air, flew out of the guardrail, and fell into the lake.

Liu Qi sat in the car blankly, with the sound of huge splashing in his ears.

He stayed there for a second, and when he realized what happened, he was frightened out of his wits. He almost ran out of the car, stood on the side of the road and shouted at the car that fell into the water: "Hey!"

The car sank quickly, Liu Qihai judged the height, and jumped into the water. He often played by the river when he was a child, and the water skills are very good.

After swimming to the side of the car, Liu Qihai patted the car body and shouted wildly. Then he seemed to hear movement from the underwater car. Just as he was about to dive into the water, he heard a faint voice from the side.

He paused, and with the faint light, he saw someone lying on the shore not far away and shouting at him: "...come here."

The closing line was too dark, and he was impatient, so he didn't realize that the people in the car had already swam to the shore.

At this time, there seemed to be some movement under the water, Liu Qihai turned his head, and was about to take a look, when he heard the person on the shore shouting again: "Come quickly..."

Liu Qihai thought that the other party needed help, so he swam over quickly: "Are you okay?"

Under the faint moonlight, the man looked less than [-] years old, with handsome facial features, but he didn't know if it was because of falling into the water, his face was pale and blue, and his eyes were fixed on the place where the car sank.

Liu Qihai asked the other party if he was injured, but the man did not speak.

Liu Qihai found that the other party was in good condition except that his spirit was not right. He felt relieved a little, and then thought of the car the other party was driving just now. Once I met someone like you who is desperate, how about a novice on the road?"

The man still didn't speak, his wet hair was sticking to his face, he was so embarrassed, Liu Qihai didn't want to criticize him now, he just said: "Fortunately, he's fine, so you're lucky."

Although this young man was wet all over, he could be seen to be well dressed, yes, anyone who can drive this car should have money, Liu Qihai muttered, but couldn't help asking: "Your car should be fully insured, right? "The other party is fully responsible for this matter, and he can't afford to pay for such an expensive car.

The man still didn't speak, just stared at the car sinking.

Seeing him staring at the lake, Liu Qihai was inexplicably a little embarrassed.

The night lights were slightly cool, the grass by the lake swayed gently, and the lake occasionally swayed with waves. The car sank slowly on the black lake, like a dark funeral.

"Hey... you're the only one in the car."

Liu Qihai suddenly asked, the wind blew through the wet clothes against his skin, it was obviously cool, but when he thought of this possibility, he broke out in a cold sweat instantly.

Liu Qihai believed that the young man was too frightened to answer him, so he turned around and wanted to jump into the water to check again, but one hand held him.

He turned back.

The young man said in a low voice: "Yes...just me."

His voice is calm.

"Just you?" Liu Qihai confirmed again.

"It's just me." His tone was affirmative, and he spit out every word from his mouth, every word was clear, like a heavy weight.

Thinking that it was impossible for the other party to lie about this kind of thing, Liu Qihai felt relieved and said with a sigh of relief: "Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital."

As he said that he wanted to help the other party up, the man took his hand: "Wait a minute."

What are you waiting for?Liu Qihai was puzzled, he stood, and saw the man lying on the spot waiting, watching, watching the car sink slowly and quickly, only one third of the body remained.

"Do you want to call someone to pick up the car?" Liu Qihai asked.

The man made a silent gesture to him.

Liu Qihai curled his lips, are rich people so eccentric, and they still admire their car sinking into the lake, seeking pleasure or mourning the loss of their car?

Standing with Ye Zhili for 5 minutes, Liu Qihai wondered if he could go back today, whether his wife and children would be scared at home, and he had to find a chance to call them later...

Now that things have happened, Liu Qihai doesn't want to complain, he just wants to send this strange person to the hospital quickly so he can go home.

After 5 minutes, the rear of the car sank completely, and the lake was completely calm, and it was impossible to see that it had swallowed a car.

At this time, the moon finally came out from the clouds, and the wind blew across the lake, sparkling and sparkling, which was extremely beautiful and peaceful.

The strange man finally reached out to help him stand up, and said in a hoarse voice, "Go..."

Liu Qihai helped the people to walk back, they were going to go back to the road from this place full of bushes, and when walking, he took one last look at the lake.

Both of their mobile phones were soaked in water and couldn't be used, so they had to find a phone booth halfway to make a call.

Liu Qihai and his wife said that they had something to do tonight, and they might be home late or might not go back, so she could rest assured. When they came out, they found that the young man seemed to have hung up the phone long ago, standing aside and looking at him with gloomy eyes.

Liu Qihai was taken aback, because the other party was standing too close, Liu Qihai almost suspected that the other party had eavesdropped on his phone call, but what he said was just common sense, and it was not worth eavesdropping on.

The young man said a place and asked him to drive him there.

Liu Qihai knew that it was a wealthy area in City A, "Aren't you going to the hospital?"

"You'd better go check it out. If there's nothing wrong, I can go home." In the car, Liu Qihai mentioned it again.

The young man shook his head and looked out the car window with a slightly cold expression.

The other party has always been so fond of answering and ignoring, although Liu Qihai knew that it might be because he was shocked tonight, but obviously the other party drove too badly which caused the car accident, and also implicated him, who is showing such a high posture now? Qi Hai felt very upset and didn't say anything more.

It's just that the car was too quiet. After a while, Liu Qihai glanced at the rearview mirror and thought of a question, "Hey, I don't know your name yet?"

The man replied for a while.

"...Ye Zhili."

Liu Qihai sent the man to the place he designated, and the man opened the door and entered without hesitation.

Liu Qihai hesitated for a moment, and followed in. The marble floor was clean and bright. When he walked in, he left a string of muddy footprints, and his trousers are still dripping water.

But that Ye Zhili was also in a mess, and he didn't intend to change his clothes, so he collapsed on the sofa.

"Uh... If there is nothing else, I'll leave first. If you have anything to do, you can call me... Take a rest about the car accident, and we will discuss it tomorrow."

After speaking, there was no response.

Liu Qihai felt that he seemed invisible in front of the other party, so he found a pen and paper, copied the phone number and address, put it down, and was about to leave.

Ye Zhili just kept pressing his temples and closing his eyes to rest his mind. Now he opened his eyes and gave him a cold look: "You'd better not leave."

Liu Qihai was puzzled.

At this time the doorbell rang, Ye Zhili pressed the remote control, the door opened, and a fat man in a suit and leather shoes walked in.

The other party seemed to come over in a hurry, put down the briefcase, and panted, "Tell me the story first."

Liu Qihai noticed that the other party's hands were trembling when he opened the briefcase.

"Lawyer Zhao, did you bring your things here?"

Lawyer Zhao said: "After I understand the situation first, I will think of a way... Who is he." He looked at Liu Qihai.

"The driver who caused the accident." Ye Zhili said.

Liu Qihai's heart skipped a beat, the other party even invited a lawyer to come over, this matter was clearly not his responsibility, since the other party has money, they shouldn't blackmail him.

"Wait..." He hurriedly said, "What's going on now?"

Ye Zhili thought about it, "Forget it, you go back first, but remember, don't tell what happened tonight." His tone was very heavy.

Does this mean that he should not pay?

Liu Qi came out in a cloud of confusion, and the other party and the lawyer were still talking in the living room, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

After he got home, he was afraid that his wife would be worried, so he didn't dare to tell her about it, thinking about contacting Ye Zhili the next day.

At noon the next day, he was woken up by the sound of cooking and the TV in the cubicle kitchen.

His two-year-old daughter was playing on the crib, with a charming naive appearance. He picked her up and teased her with toys.

The TV on the side is broadcasting today's news: ...the accident happened in city A...the highway, the road has recently been repaired for street lights...now the vehicle has been salvaged..."

Liu Qihai looked at the TV.

I heard the female anchor continue to report in a more serious tone: "...the victims of the accident are a couple. It is understood that they are the director of the Yip Group and his wife. Now they have contacted their family members..."

Liu Qihai showed an expression of disbelief. He put down his daughter and walked to the TV. The scene switched to the scene, and he saw that the car had been salvaged, and someone was carrying two stretchers covered with white cloth.

His wife's voice came from the kitchen: "Hey, didn't you also go that way last night..."

Liu Qihai could no longer hear any sound.

His daughter pulled his trousers and looked up at him curiously.

Liu Qihai covered his face with his hands, his body trembling slightly.

He thought of that night, the cool wind and calm lake water, the silent and sinking black car, and the 5 minutes he waited with Ye Zhili.

At that time, he didn't understand and didn't care about it for 5 minutes.

It turned out to be the time when two lives disappeared before his eyes.

Afternoon sunlight poured through the windows onto the ground.

Seeing this long letter, Ye Yi already burst into tears.He couldn't imagine how they died in despair at the bottom of the river.

And they just stood by the shore and watched.

Even quietly waiting for them to die.

Xie Chengjing hugged his shoulders silently, Ye Yi's silent tears made him feel distressed, Xie Chengjing looked at the paper, and her disgust for Ye Zhili escalated to hatred.

Xie Chengjing said softly, "Cry loudly."

Ye Yi covered her eyes: "Did they cry... At that time, when they found out that they couldn't be saved."

Xie Chengjing hugged him tightly.

After a long time, Ye Yi calmed down a little, picked up the letter and continued to read.

The news continued. When it was reported that the perpetrator had surrendered himself, Liu Qihai looked up in shock, looked at the immature so-called "perpetrator" on TV, and couldn't bear to call Ye Zhili.

He gritted his teeth and said, "You...what did you do! Why did you do this? There were obviously people in the car that night...why did you lie to me? "

Ye Zhili's voice on the other end of the phone was cold.

"I helped you cover up the fact that you hit someone, shouldn't you thank me?"

"I asked why you lied to me!"

Ye Zhili laughed out loud, as if laughing at Liu Qihai's questioning knowingly.

Liu Qihai finally understood that what he bumped into was a poisonous snake, Ye Zhili was the real murderer, and he became an accomplice without knowing it.

"I don't need your help." Liu Qihai roared, "I'll report myself to the police station later, and I will take responsibility for what I have done."

"Oh?" Ye Zhili: "How do you bear the two lives? What about your family?"

Liu Qihai: "Then I won't help the tyrant!"

Ye Zhili seemed to shake his head over there, and sighed: "How can you prove that it was my fault for what happened that night? You can't even hire a good lawyer, and what awaits you is a prison sentence."

Liu Qihai wanted to refute loudly, but found that he had nothing to say.

He looked around, this place full of fireworks was everything to him.

His daughter was sitting on the bed playing with toys, while his wife seemed to have heard the movement, and looked at him suspiciously from the kitchen, her stomach was slightly raised...it had been five months.

Ye Zhili was persuasive and persuasive: "I will keep the secret for you, and you will keep the secret for me. It will not do you any harm."

Liu Qihai: "I..."

Ye Zhili said again: "You can't do your job. I can still provide you with a good job so that you can support your family. After all, family is the most important thing. Your wife is still pregnant with a child. Do you miss your daughter and your family?" Does the unborn child have no father?"

Liu Qihai's throat seemed to be stuck and he couldn't speak a word.

He felt that there was a rope that was entwining him to the abyss, and he found that he couldn't break free.

The author has something to say:

Very thick and long with wood~＼(￣︶￣)／