Rust II

Ding Hua could hardly remember the last time he saw Xu Xin reveal his shock and anger so thoroughly.

It seems that since the end of the late autumn 12 years ago, the other party has suddenly learned to restrain all the outward emotions on his body one by one when he didn't notice, and quietly completed a journey from "Naughty Kid" to the so-called qualified "Xu" family" transformation.

Although in the first one or two months, this change did not attract the attention of Ding Hua, who has always been rough and sloppy. Or he suddenly sank after his good brother Chen Jialou Lin An left one after another.

And it happened to be the winter after Lin An resigned from Guolian Third Factory, Xu Xin's father was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer and was admitted to the hospital. The son was taken back from the steel factory and forced to serve at Xu Boda's bedside.What is surprising is that Xu Xin, who has always been rebellious, did not fight against anyone in his family, but followed him back to the old Xu family house that he once regarded as a dragon's pond and a tiger's den without saying a word. , he really started to be his "Third Young Master Xu" peacefully, and spent the last years of his life peacefully by the side of his father who hadn't seen each other for almost three years but was at a loss for words in the last few years.

And similarly, Xu's father, who had been coaxing him all his life with such an imposing manner, soon gave up blowing his beard and staring at this young son who suddenly gave in because he was in the face of illness, or maybe it was because blood is thicker than water after all. , It is rare to spend a period of time together that can be said to be quite peaceful.Even during these two years, Xu Xin took the initiative to propose that he wanted to learn how to do business from his second brother Xu Zhong.Everyone in the family was overjoyed and gratified. They felt that the most troublesome gangster in the past had finally opened up and became sensible this time. Xu Boda didn't say anything, and immediately ordered his second son, Xu Zhong, to treat the most unworthy person in the past. He brought his younger brother with him and told him to teach him well.Xu Zhong didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that at most his father took the opportunity to find an excuse for his younger brother to put on the shackles, so as to completely eliminate the other party's idea of ​​going out and fooling around again. Brother, he didn't even have any hopes, he just thought that he would be thankful if he didn't use his status to cause trouble for him in the company.Unexpectedly, Xu Zhong, who has always been shrewd, really guessed Xu Boda's intentions wrong this time, and at the same time underestimated his brother's change.

Xu Xin has been quick-witted and quick-witted since he was a child, and people around him have never doubted this, but he suffered from the fact that these advantages have not been used in the right way since the other party can remember, so that Xu Boda, who is naturally hard-tempered and hot-tempered, always feels deeply for this. Feeling angry and sad.To be honest, Xu Xin, as the youngest in the family, although he was disobedient since he was a child, is the one who is most similar to Xu Boda when he was young in terms of temperament and appearance, so don't look at the old man's usual treatment of this one. The youngest son is always glaring, but in fact he has the deepest and greatest expectations for him. This is the truth of the saying that the more you love him, the more you hate him.Now that he is the one who proposes to make progress, of course there is no reason to stop him.

Xu Xin was fast on the road, and once he decided to bid farewell to the absurd past, he really never messed around outside again, and the tenacity he cultivated in the past when he was wandering outside was also brought into his later work and life.Xu Zhong felt very inconceivable about this. He thought that he just accepted a waste product, but he unexpectedly found a powerful helper. It was a surprise.

Later, when Xu Zhong died in a car accident in 94, Xu Xin took over the company he left behind. Under the unfavorable eyes of the public, not only did the business that Xu Zhong had worked so hard for many years not go into decline, but also allowed him to move forward steadily. On the way, because it took the lead to make a bold decision to introduce foreign advanced equipment and technology around 2000, the company became the leader and leader in the industry three years later.

Ding Hua, as a person who has witnessed the whole process of Xu Xin's changes at close range, said that he is not sorry, it is a lie.

He once watched with his own eyes that brother Xu who was able to go out to find a place just like him wearing a vest or a low-quality shirt, suddenly one day he began to appear in various receptions, conversation tables and entertainments in suits, leather shoes, famous watches and luxury cars. He also watched with his own eyes that the person who was calmer than his peers in the past, but still behaved wildly and laughed wantonly most of the time, quietly became a fellow traveler like his elder brother in a blink of an eye, Reticent and gloomy, his emotions and anger are invisible.

Although the other party still occasionally asks me out for a drink and a chat in his busy schedule, and spends a while alone with his former friend and brother, and even learned that he was not doing well in his hometown shortly after taking over the Xuzhong company, He was directly assigned to the company's sales department, but for some reason, Xu Xin, who still showed great affection and righteousness towards Ding Hua, would always suddenly remain silent when the two of them recalled the past, or When talking about the old man who was in the steel factory in the past, he suddenly looked tired.Later, Xiao Ding, who was used to carelessness and nervousness, gradually noticed his brother's inexplicable displeasure and resistance towards Guolian No. [-] Factory, so as time passed, no one mentioned it any more.Although in Ding Hua's heart, the years spent with Xiao Lin, Xiao Chen and the brothers in the factory were so wonderful and rare.

The days passed by like this, in the blink of an eye, three years, five years, and in the blink of an eye, nine years, ten years.Xu Xin is getting farther and farther away from that bastard back then, so far that even Ding Hua has almost blurred the reckless and youthful memory of everyone, so far that even Ding Hua himself has gradually been polished. With his banditry and heroic spirit, he fumbled on various wine tables and card tables, talking like a dog and talking about being well-dressed.

To be honest, Ding Hua didn't think there was anything wrong with the current situation, or in other words, there was nothing worthy of grievance or regret.

That's right, the days before were free and unrestrained and happy, but after all, it was a blind joy without going to the village or going to the shop, and even if I found a job in a steel factory later, I was still struggling.Now times have changed, and even most of the schools have shouted the slogan of quality education, those days of shouting and killing, and seeing whoever displeased them, they would have a fight in Hongmeichang, let alone him Well, that guy from the Chen family building honestly opened a repair shop seven or eight years ago, got himself a small boss to do it, and lived a peaceful life.

Everyone is just a small pebble in the torrent of time. If the water flows quickly, we will stumble for a few more miles. If the water stops flowing, we can only sink to the bottom obediently.

So for the idea of ​​Xu Xin's change, after thinking about it, Ding Hua was completely relieved, and even after a few more years, he felt that the "Mr. The "Three Young Masters" should be more familiar with nature, but the "boss", "Brother Xu" and "Boss" when they were young have become more and more vague and distant with the passage of time.

Ding Hua originally thought that this state would continue until they each completed their tasks and identities in each stage of life, such as becoming someone's husband, or the father of a child, or the birth and old age that no one can escape. died of illness.

But who would have thought that in this year, Lin An appeared without warning.

Ding Hua was undoubtedly pleasantly surprised, but after a long time, behind this surprise, he couldn't help being mixed with a trace of indescribable surprise and doubt.

Xu Xin's special attitude towards Lin An, Ding Hua actually experienced it very deeply 12 years ago. For example, he was made an exception and accepted as a younger brother when he obviously couldn't lift his shoulders; Over the years, I have been used to seeing all kinds of minor injuries and pains, but any slight disturbance of the other party can still attract his brother's 12 attention... When I am sick, my brother takes care of me in every possible way, and when I am injured, my brother is very anxious. Can't wait to fight with people.There are so many of them.Ding Hua also felt that this situation was quite weird at first, but after seeing a lot, he got used to numbness, and coupled with his informal character at that time, he didn't waste time thinking about it.

But now it is different, not to mention the real kung fu that Ding Hua has practiced in various negotiation situations in the past 12 years, just take the simplest dating and picking up girls as an example, after more than ten years, his old Ding has experienced In a hundred battles, there are less than seven or eight people who have been talked to, so there are also five or six.So when a man is in love with someone or has a mind, you can definitely tell through his eyes and demeanor at a glance.

But it was precisely this insight that he was quite proud of that made him accidentally discover something amazing, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that there was already a sign of it, and that was Xu Xin's heart. department.

Under the dazzling sun, Lin An unconsciously fell to the ground, his right hand dangling powerlessly by his side was covered with blood.

Xu Xin held him in his arms, and there was a rare panic in his deep voice.

"Lin An?"

"Lin An!"

He yelled at the person with his eyes closed, but he didn't see the slightest reaction from the person. His heart beat faster than when he saw the person's fallen figure from afar, so he immediately picked him up and strode forward. He walked towards Ding Hua's car parked by the side of the road.

Ding Hua originally wanted to follow immediately, but he didn't expect to be stopped by the previous car owner who was rear-ended because of sudden braking.

"Hey, don't go, let's make it clear first, I didn't hit this man, he rushed into the middle of the road for no reason, and then fell down inexplicably when he saw my car." The other party said, and suddenly frowned Wrinkled, as if he had suddenly figured out something, he looked Ding Hua up and down and continued: "Hey, let me tell you, don't you guys come together to find someone to touch porcelain? I'll tell you later." Get a medical bill, trying to blackmail me? Isn’t it? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that just as I stopped the car on the front foot, the kid fainted from the back foot, and two people rushed out from the side inexplicably?" After saying that, he still wanted to chase after Xu Xin who was about to get into the car.

"Hey, the one holding the person, stop! What are you pretending to be the two of you? Wait for the traffic police to come and make an appraisal before leaving!"

Ding Hua quickly pulled him back.

What a joke, his brother is in his current state, let alone a stranger who can't be hit by a stick, even if he, Ding Hua, goes into battle in person, in all likelihood, he will have to go upright and come back sideways.

And sure enough, Xu Xin, who was in a hurry, seemed to have completely forgotten about himself and his companions, and turned a deaf ear to the movement behind him. He only cared about placing Lin An in the back seat, and then stepped on the gas pedal to head forward. He galloped in the direction of Huaide Road.

Ding Hua looked at the car shadow of the other party leaving in the dust, and could only stay there when he was worried, and was forced to deal with this farce of touching porcelain that was fabricated for no reason.It's just that he didn't expect that on the morning of the last Thursday in October, this small Cuifangyuan would usher in one shocking episode after another in just a few minutes. , and it was not until a full half an hour later that he finally escaped from these "accidents", stopped a car on the side of Bo'ai Road outside the community with a solemn face, and hurried to the city where Xu Lin was located. People's Hospital.

Stopping and stopping along the way, the taxi driver continued to chat enthusiastically with the people around him, from the purpose of going to the hospital all the way to the current domestic medical environment and conditions. front-line experts.To be honest, if Ding Hua met such a talent on weekdays, he would definitely go up and have a chat with him, and give Jiang some advice along the way.But the current situation is different, I saw that his face, which has never been straight, is now tightly knit with two thick eyebrows, and he is recalling over and over again the chaotic scenes he saw in Cuifangyuan just now: emotional excitement The owner of the old beef soup shop, the police car, the medical staff, and a familiar face that was carried out of the shop, covered with blood... All these scenes flashed through his heart one after another, as if they were connected into a certain relationship invisibly. A hidden line he had never touched, and vaguely tried to sway to the surface.

And this ungraspable and unclear clue inadvertently deepened Ding Hua's anxiety and anxiety. Even when he arrived at the place, he was in deep thought and almost forgot to pay the car fare. After being reminded with a dissatisfied face, he quickly smiled and took out the banknotes from his wallet. After taking out the banknotes, he couldn't even wait to find the change, so he opened the door and got out of the car, and went straight to the outpatient building not far away.

The registration hall on the first floor was full of people. It seemed that no matter when you came, what you saw here was a bustling scene of people who had nothing to do with the place of life and death.

Ding Hua looked back and forth for a while by himself, and walked quickly to the vicinity of the elevator leading to the inpatient department, then took out the phone and dialed the number of Xu Xin's work machine, his words were full of anxiety and concern: "Hey boss , where are you? Lin Zi, is he alright?"

The other party was silent for a while, and then uttered two words in a hoarse voice, "It's okay." After a short pause, he gave the house number on the phone in an extremely tired manner, and then hung up without saying a word. call.

Ding Hua picked up the line, and quickly followed the house number and took the elevator up the stairs, but for no reason, there was a wave of anxiety in his heart that was deeper and heavier than when he was on the way, because Xu Xin just said that It's all right, but the tiredness and heaviness in that tone really makes people unable to completely relax.Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the place, he saw a hale and hearty old man in a white coat standing with his brother in the corridor not far away. The two seemed to be communicating in a low voice.Ding Hua's heart skipped a beat, and the speed under his feet was a little faster, thinking in his heart: Is it possible that Xiao Lin's injury is far more serious than what he saw in the community just now, or why he even alarmed Mr. Hou from the Asylum... As soon as this thought came out, Ding Hua couldn't help shaking his whole back, and almost started to trot.

He really couldn't be blamed for thinking too much, because every time in his life he was lucky enough to see this Taishan Beidou whom the entire Xu family admired very much, nothing good happened.

Hou Weiting, who was facing the elevator entrance, obviously also quickly saw this sturdy figure walking towards this side, and saw that she slightly put away the seriousness on her face when she was facing Xu Xin, raised her hand and greeted the opposite side , "Yo Xiaoding, why are you here too?"

Ding Hua walked up to the two of them and met Hou Weiting with a relaxed and kind smile on his face. He couldn't help being a little confused about the current situation. He glanced at Xu Xin who was silently staring at the white wall of the hospital, and hesitated for a while. Next, he opened his mouth cautiously: "Brother, Xiao Lin..."

Unexpectedly, before the voice finished, Hou Weiting, who was standing opposite, took over the conversation with a face of helplessness, and before she spoke, she cast a sideways glance at Xu Xin, who was frowning slightly beside her, and asked, "Hehe, are you I want to ask the young man named Lin An who was just sent here, right?" Then he turned around, and Ding Hua, who had a worried face, dragged his tone and said in relief: "It's nothing! It's nothing, Don't worry, there was a cut in the palm of the hand, it was a little deep, and it was mixed with glass shards, so it looked scary, but the debridement room in the front has been treated almost, and there are 7 seams. , 8 injections, and it should be almost healed in half a month." After saying this, he turned his face back, staring at Xu Xin, who still looked a bit ugly, and continued to tease:

"Hey, I don't understand. You are a big man. Have you ever seen someone bleed or something? You rushed to me with a cut in your hand, oh yes, and last time. About a month? I said it was a fever and a cold, and it was the same, so I couldn’t help but put me in the waiting room. Oh, it’s thanks to me that I’m fine, and I just happened to be out for a seminar? Or maybe it’s just another patient What about on the operating table? Do you still have to throw this man away?"

After listening to Hou Weiting's words, Ding Hua roughly understood that Lin An's body should be just a little flesh wound on his hand. Looking at a loss, those who don't know are really easy to misunderstand whether there is something irreversible and irreversible, so they can't help laughing with some embarrassment.After all, he has been with Xu Xin for so many years, and he has already had a foresight of his brother's unique concern and nervousness when facing Lin An, but this does not mean that other people have also seen it, so Scratching his head, Xu Xin, who had been silent for some reason, explained to Hou Weiting, who was annoyed: "Hey, Mr. Hou, don't be angry, don't be angry, my brother isn't that...cough, as the saying goes, caring What a mess, you didn't see it at the time, in the middle of the main road, Xiao Lin was bleeding again, it is indeed quite easy to cause bad associations..." He took another step forward, pulled the other party's arm and tapped his shoulder , and said courteously: "Hey, hurry up and calm down, all the patients in our city C are counting on you, don't turn around and make you angry, this is a serious crime, we brothers can bear it I'm sorry." Hou Weiting was so amused by his glib words, she threw his hands off his shoulders and said with a smile, "Stop flattering me with nonsense."

Ding Hua rubbed his hands together and laughed.

The stagnant atmosphere was finally diluted a little.

At this time, another nurse from the next department poked his head out and shouted to this room: "Old Hou, Dean Qi just called and asked you to take time to go to his office when you have nothing to do. I will discuss with you about the intracranial catheter drainage operation in a month and a half."

"Okay, then I'll go over now." Hou Weiting adjusted the mask drooping on his chin, greeted Ding Hua on one side, then turned to Xu Xin on the other side, and confessed: "Hey, your friend has The anesthetic will wear off in about an hour or two, and the stitches on the wound will be painful after it expires. If he can’t take it anymore, you can go downstairs and get some painkillers. Also, it’s almost noon soon When it’s time for meal, if he wakes up, hurry up and buy something light, whether it’s in the courtyard or a reliable restaurant outside, in short, let him eat a little, no matter whether he has an appetite or not. But pay attention, always It must not be irritated, otherwise it will cause allergies and inflammation, and you will be in a hurry when the time comes."

Xu Xin didn't respond, and still just looked at the base of the wall connecting with the ground in front of him without saying a word.Seeing his distraught appearance, Hou Weiting couldn't help but patted him on the back, and asked: "Did you hear me! I won't be here in a while. My old bone has been busy recently. I don't have time to spend all day long." I'm tossing around with you." After speaking, he adjusted his glasses again, and muttered, "Really, your parents were too embarrassed to use me like this back then."

Seeing this, Ding Hua hurriedly smiled and leaned forward to hug the other party's shoulders, and promised for his brother: "Yes, yes, you have worked hard, Doctor Hou! Ms. Hou! I will remember for my brother, if you don't believe me He, why don't you believe me. I'll treat you to dinner when I have time later!" As he said, he personally sent the person to the elevator behind the corridor, and pressed the up button for the other person, and stayed with him while waiting for the elevator. We chatted together for a while.

However, as soon as Hou Weiting left, Ding Hua's face immediately sank, and he even hurried back to Xu Xin's side with a trace of dignity.

There were nurses and family members passing by in the aisle. Ding Hua looked around for a while, then suddenly lowered his voice, and called to Xu Xin who was about to turn around and enter the ward: "Brother," then paused, and then After glancing at the expression on his face, he continued to ask: "...you know...how did Xiaolin get that injury?"

The person who had been expressionless and voiceless since we saw each other in the hospital finally had an obvious reaction after hearing these words.

Xu Xinlue held Xu Xu's hand on the doorknob, and turned to look at Ding Hua.

"Ma Yifu."

Two seconds later, he heard the name from the other party's mouth.

Ding Hua paid close attention to the reaction on Xu Xin's face. Sure enough, as soon as his own words fell, a layer of chill appeared in Xu Xin's eyes, but it disappeared quickly in a flash.After a while, the other party completely withdrew his hand from the doorknob, turned his body slightly, and moved towards the other side of the door, signaling Ding Hua to continue talking.

Ding Hua followed immediately, and told the story of what he had heard from the owner of the beef soup shop when he was in Cuifangyuan.

It turned out that an hour ago, he managed to clarify the situation with the car owner who was chased and suspected that Lin An was trying to touch the porcelain, and saw a police car and an ambulance driving into Cuifang one after the other. Not long after that, a young man who was injured and fainted was carried out of the beef shop about ten meters away. Ding Hua was concerned about Lin An's safety and didn't care , but after a glance, he found that the blood-stained face in the middle of his forehead was indescribably familiar. He was shocked and felt that something was wrong, so he immediately ran a few steps closer to take a closer look, but suddenly found The person who was about to be carried into the ambulance seemed to be Ma Yifu, the only son of the Ma family who had been friends with the Xu family for a long time!

120 immediately left after receiving the person, leaving two police officers from the police station to investigate and question at the scene. He became the key person to understand the situation, but for some unknown reason, the inquiry process lasted for a few minutes, and one of the police officers suddenly came to the side and made a call, and answered the call not two seconds later. Then he turned back and said something symbolically to the witnesses at the scene, and then withdrew with people and cars.

Ding Hua mingled behind the sparse crowd of onlookers. He watched for a long time but didn't understand what happened. He only knew that there seemed to be two people fighting in this beef soup shop. One of them, who was just killed Ma Yifu, who was carried out, was knocked unconscious by another mistake, but the specific reason why the two men made a move, and who the other party was, did not hear clearly at all.

He frowned and stood in the open space where the crowd gradually dispersed. A few seconds later, he inexplicably and subconsciously glanced at the place where Lin An had fallen, feeling more and more that something was wrong.

So as soon as the car from the police station went away, he immediately pretended to be a nearby resident who had come out for breakfast, stepped into the beef soup shop, and got into a close relationship with the boss who was directing the shop assistant to clean the glass with an unhappy face. .

The owner of the store is obviously also suffocated because of the early morning incident. Seeing someone ask, he can't help but chatter and pour out all the experience of his small shop this early morning. , Ding Hua sat at the door, pretending to order a bowl of porridge and sticks, and gave the other party a good cigarette, and became a perfect audience.

"Hey, you just say that it's not bad luck, and it's also my fault that I forgot to look up the almanac before opening today. This early in the morning, take a look at what has happened to my store."

Ding Hua took advantage of the opportunity to glance at the direction of the other party's finger, and saw that the seat near the corner and the window at the far end was in a mess, the table was crooked and chairs were overturned, and the broken glass on the ground was mixed with the overturned seat. Rice porridge and broken pieces of china bowl.So he quickly nodded in agreement: "Oh, it's really, it's messy enough." Then he turned his head, sighed and cursed as if he was injustice: "Oh, people nowadays... are really getting more and more unqualified, and they want to fight Just go out and fight, the place outside is so big, they can come here whatever they want, and killing people is their own business, but what's the matter with being fierce in other people's shops? It's not nonsense, isn't it..."

These words got into the shop owner's heart at once, so the boss simply dragged a stool and sat opposite Ding Hua, taking advantage of the fact that there was no business left and right, and asked him to borrow a fire to light a cigarette, and followed behind. Said: "That's what I said, but who can guess it just by looking at the face? After all, the door is open for business, and everyone who comes is a customer. You can't say that you don't look like a good stubble. Oh, just kick him out." Right? Besides, don't tell me, the two people who caused trouble today all looked clean, and they didn't seem to be able to do such low-level things. Especially drinking The one with the bottle looks like a gentleman before you start! Wearing a white shirt and black trousers, and carrying a briefcase, he is refreshing and polite. Who knows that he just sat down for a long time. I know what was muttering in that corner, and it was him, who stood up and threw a bottle down to the person opposite, immediately frightened the customers in my shop to run and scream, several of them I left without paying the bill. As a result, when the police came to 120, the injured one was taken away, but no one cared about the loss of my small shop this morning."

"Why is there no one to care about? The one who hit someone is not responsible? No matter what, you have to pay some money, right?"

"Don't mention it." Unexpectedly, the store owner waved his hand and smiled bitterly, "Oh, you didn't listen to what the little policeman said. The family members of the victims said that they wanted to negotiate and resolve this matter privately. Then the person from the police station left without saying a word, hey, it’s really an anecdote in the world, I’ve never seen a dispute handled like this before.” Then he lowered his voice a bit, pushed his chin and raised his eyebrows and said: “So I reckon that the one who was beaten might have a name or surname, otherwise, how could it be possible that the police station will follow suit when they say what they want? Is it possible to change to ordinary people? This is not a joke, no!"

Ding Hua also pretended to be deeply approving and nodded, but then asked: "Hey, then... where is the one who beat someone? He ran away?"

The boss couldn't help but get more excited when he mentioned this, took a sip of the cigarette, put his hand on the corner of the table, stared in surprise and said: "Hey, you didn't see it, why are you running away? That kid is an upright man Hey, hey, is it really weird? It’s the first time I saw that after smashing someone, my face was not flushed and my heart was not beating. I was as calm as if I had just finished eating and walking around. It can even bluff people." As he spoke, he lit a cigarette butt on the floor that the shop assistant was cleaning, motioned Ding Hua to look at it, and said, "Here, this is the floor, starting from the seat where they sat in the front corner and going to At the gate behind me, the blood on the ground was all from his hands, and a lot was wiped on his face and body. He himself said that his hand was pierced by a bottle, and told me not to be afraid, saying that it would not hurt me. Me, tell me to let him go back, change clothes and clean up the wound, oh yes, and said seriously that I live in this Cuifangyuan, ten... hiss, more than a dozen buildings..."

"Eighteen!" The guy who just dragged the floor to the feet of the two took it angrily and said.

"Oh yes, Shibadong, you said that if the police came to find him, you should go there to look for him. You said it was funny or not! I was so angry that I was about to laugh, what happened to me today..."

Ding Hua followed behind and twitched the corners of his mouth stiffly. After a while, he couldn't help but frowned again.

The shop owner's words made people laugh at first, but at this moment, he really couldn't laugh out loud.

When Ding Hua heard this, he was basically sure that the strange-looking young man mentioned by the other party was Lin An in eight out of ten. Anxiety and worries.

A question can't help popping up from the bottom of my heart.

"...Did you see which direction the young man went after he left your shop?"

In order to further verify his guess, Ding Hua asked again after thinking about it.

The shop owner shook his head, "No, I was patronizing the few remaining customers in the restaurant at that time," he said, turning around and asking the staff in the shop who had just answered his words: "Hey Xiao Li, did you see that? Just the one who hit someone, where did he go after leaving our shop?"

The man straightened up and thought for a while, then replied: "I didn't look carefully, it seems that I walked forward for a few meters, and then went to the road."

Ding Hua understood, seeing that he had already found out what he wanted to know, so he didn't waste his time talking, and chatted casually with the boss for a while, then settled the bill and hurried away on the pretext of having something to do.

Xu Xin stood at the bottom of the wall at the end of the corridor, staring intently at the blue sky outside the window, and listened to Ding Hua's explanation of the ins and outs of the incident and his own guesses in an unusually silent manner.

"Boss, what do you think is going on here? How could Lin Zi get into a fight with... a man surnamed Ma?" He bared his teeth as he spoke, as if he couldn't figure it out, "No, they shouldn't either. Do you know me?"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Xu Xin's face, frowned and said worriedly: "...Brother, cough, well, don't blame me for talking too much, that kid Ma Yifu... is not easy to mess with, listen to Wen Wei The big mouth said, this man is very sinister, although he is usually smiling, but in fact he is a master who will avenge nothing and make troubles, and he has restrained himself a little in the past few years. The grandfather who has made military achievements, and his slick father, have done a lot of bad things. Besides, this time Xiaolin made him such a ghost, even if he himself is willing to not care about it, what about his family?"

When Xu Xin heard this, he stared out of the window and moved his eyes to the green belt in the distance.

Ding Hua saw that he didn't respond for a while, so he followed his gaze and looked outside: "Of course, I know that I have brother you to cover, even if the surname Ma is for the face of the Xu family, I probably wouldn't dare to be with you." Something really happened under the nose, but there are always times when you can’t guard against it, isn’t it? Or whether it’s obvious or not? It’s not sure.”

Xu Xin still didn't answer, but slowly closed his eyes when he heard Ding Hua say the second sentence.

The other party's words fell into my ears verbatim, and they coincided with the dozens of text messages sent by Chen Jianliang that I saw the moment I turned on the private computer in the morning.It was like continuous low-pitched thunder one after another, falling on his heart, which was suppressing the frequent waves.

——Mr. Xu, why don't you answer the phone?Something happened to Mr. Lin.

——Mr. Xu, someone maliciously spread rumors on the forum, saying that Mr. Lin was a bad student who was expelled for hooliganism at X University, and now all class groups and school circles are in chaos.You see, can you think of any way to deal with or calm down this storm?

——Mr. Xu, the current situation has become so serious that it is difficult for X to fully control it. They have spread the "evidence" and photos and videos of Mr. Lin being accused of molesting students and homosexuality to external sites. The reaction and influence of the parents It's not good, they are questioning the school's employment system, and even said that if the school can't come up with a legitimate solution, they will go directly to the Education Bureau to make a fuss. To correct the school spirit.I'm just a director, if the boss is really determined and won't let go, there's nothing I can do...

The last one is at the bottom. It is a message from another person. The time is displayed as two days ago. There are only two short words:

It was like a painful and powerless weak call in the endless darkness.

Ding Hua's voice continued in his ears. He seemed to be full of worries about Lin An's future situation, and he was very dissatisfied and contemptuous of Ma Yifu, who had met several times because of the poker game, so the topic lingered on Xiao Lin. After a few words, he turned to the family surnamed Ma that he had always hated the most.

"It's no wonder that even Wen Wei's bastard has to make up a few words about their family behind their backs. Brother, you don't know, every time you drink and play cards, Ma Yifu is always yin and yang, especially when our company starts to turn to B After the cooperation between the city and the city, he would come over to ask a few questions if he had anything to do. In the past two years, when the program plan we provided with others had a big problem and the funds were almost unable to turn over, he pretended to be like a cat crying and a mouse, I think he pointed behind his back