Mistake

Chapter 25

The last song of the concert ended, the stage was crowded with all the small audience, and the cake was delivered to the front of the stage. Conlujie’s teammates and a few classmates who came to the scene surrounded her, helped her put candles and light the fire , booing and singing, the momentum of a happy birthday song sounds more sensational than the concert just now.

Singing, distributing cakes, distributing drinks, and distributing gifts to the children in Warm Harbor, Kang Lujie has been surrounded by enthusiasm and cannot escape.The joy and laughter lasted for another half an hour. The orphanage called the children to go back to rest. The elementary school students who came to watch the concert also slowly dispersed. Kang Lujie said goodbye to her friends with a huge plush bear in her arms. , There are countless gifts behind her.

After everything subsided, she still hugged the big bear and looked at the direction where her classmates and teammates left.In the night, after the hustle and bustle, people seem extraordinarily lonely.

She stood alone for a while, and finally turned around to look for her parents.

Zhuang Ze was standing on the outskirts of the bustle just now, and she saw people at a glance.The physical distance is not very far, but she feels that the distance under her feet is unbelievably long.Walking in front of Zhuang Ze, she found herself crying.

Zhuang Ze was unhurried, with the calm expression she was familiar with.He raised his hand and gently wiped her tears, but it didn't work.The more he wiped it, the more tears the little girl was crying. The choked sobs were still stuffed in her throat, and gradually she broke down into crying, her fingers tightly clutching the bear's fur, and Zhuang Ze in front of her was blurred by tears.

"Uncle Zhuang... I, I, can I hug you..." She opened her mouth wide to inhale, and was choked out by crying again, which was pitiful.

Zhuang Ze's hand that wiped her tears moved down, embraced her shoulders, hugged her into his arms, stroked her hair gently, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, it will take up to 24 hours, your dad will Came back safe and sound."

Kang Lujie changed Zhuang Ze's clothes, sobbed, and asked repeatedly as if looking for comfort: "Really? Really?"

"Really." Zhuang Ze patted her on the shoulder, "Just to cooperate with the investigation, you yourself know that there will definitely be a process, don't scare yourself. From today onwards, you are an adult, adults should calm down."

"I know..." Kang Lujie pressed her forehead against Zhuang Ze's chest, and raised her hand to wipe her tears. After a while, after tidying up, she took the initiative to get out of Zhuang Ze's embrace. Although her eyes were still red, His expression has calmed down a lot, "Uncle Zhuang, let's go home."

Zhuang Ze nodded: "Well, go home."

Kang Lujie stood beside him, pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment, then took his arm and leaned closer to him.It seemed that Zhuang Ze felt that nothing was wrong, so he relaxed a lot, and put his head on his arm, which was a gesture of trust.

Ever since his mother passed away, Zhuang Ze has never been so close to a woman. In his impression, being close to a woman is an uncomfortable thing. Now that such a real big girl is suddenly hanging on his body, the discomfort in his impression is not. Come on, suddenly he understood the feeling of being a father without a teacher, and a warm current flowed through the whole atrium, which almost canceled out his worries about Kang Shiqi this night, which was a bit indescribable mean.

He raised his hand and rubbed the hair on the top of Kang Lujie's head, and the little girl raised her face and smiled at him. It was the kind of smile she usually smiled at Kang Siqi, a little shameless, a little willful, intimate and reassuring.Children are terrible weapons, he understood now.

The father and daughter walked in the dark.

At twelve o'clock, Kang Lujie fell asleep at the home of Jin Jin Yiting, and the first day of her 20th birthday passed like this.

Zhuang Ze confirmed that she was safe and sound, and changed into the pajamas he changed when he came back. He dressed neatly, even the cuffs were unwrinkled, and left the villa without making a sound. at night.

On the glove box by his hand was a thin document bag, which contained all the doubtful points about Kang Siqi's past spending of money on young lovers that Tu Yuqing handed over to him on the second night after leaving the job, the time and superficial purposes were all listed It was clear that Tu Yuqing also dictated her doubts.He has already firmly remembered all of this in his heart, so he doesn't need to read this written document again.

Over the years, Kang Siqi has been really generous to Xiaoqinger, giving away everything from a small object to a house.In recent days, Zhuang Ze secretly asked Tu Yuqing to contact them one by one to confirm their safety. These young people are quite conscientious, and they basically promise that no disaster will come out of their mouths. superior.

Compared with other people, Kang Siqi's material support to Xu Yi is not generous, and he doesn't even have a car or a house.However, Kang Siqi gave him a pair of ancient calligraphy and paintings that are said to be from the Song Dynasty, and it was once suspected that they might be the authentic works of Song Huizong.Ancient calligraphy and paintings with mysteries are more valuable than cars and houses.

However, Xu Yi, a person who studies electronic technology, knows what kind of calligraphy and painting?

On that day, Tu Yuqing confessed: "Xu Yi is very pleasing. I first met Mr. Kang at a banquet, about two years ago. At that time, the anti-corruption situation in City C was far less tense than it is now, and Xia Ting would attend some Occasionally, he went to the banquet that day, and Xu Yi somehow talked to him. It can be said that Mr. Kang paid attention to this little boy at that time. After two years, Mr. Kang exchanged Fuck, it's finally on his head, and the two of them have been fine for a long time, until this kid is a bit pampered and offends Mr. You."

Zhuang Ze: "How did you offend me?"

Tu Yuqing described what happened that day, especially pointing out that the big pastel vase was broken during the Yongzheng period, which proved the doubts she found - how could a person who didn't even care about the big antique vase in front of him recognize it? Will you cherish a calligraphy and painting?

Zhuang Ze was noncommittal to her emphasis, and asked again: "Does he not know the relationship between Kang and You Ziyi?"

Tu Yuqing twitched the corners of her lips a little indescribably: "Little pet... how can I have the right to know the serious love life of the owner?"

It's true.Zhuang Ze admitted in private, but didn't say anything on the surface.

Tu Yuqing couldn't see his attitude, and continued to express her point of view: "Xu Yi is spoiled, has an arrogant personality, and is easy to be self-contained. Suddenly knowing that Mr. Kang has a relationship with Mr. You, it is very exciting, and he will not be on the same day. Have you broken up? It's hard to say what kind of mentality he left."

In other words, a dangerous person.

As for this dangerous person, Tu Yuqing contacted him several times, but they either refused to answer the phone or turned off the phone directly.Tu Yuqing went to the door twice, but the other party was not at home.She had no choice but to tell Zhuang Ze the situation.Zhuang Ze called himself, and the connection was made that time, but just as Zhuang Ze reported his family name, he just said a vicious "huh" and hung up.

Since then, no calls have been made.

Today, at this late night, Zhuang Ze always felt uneasy, and his heartbeat was so numb.Almost without thinking, the intuition fell on Xu Yi.He was sure that if Kang Shiqi couldn't go home within 24 hours this time, the problem would definitely be the child.

On the empty road in the middle of the night, he drove the car very fast, and at the same time repeatedly dialed Xu Yi's cell phone number that would never get through.

I don't know how many times I have dialed, but suddenly there was no female voice saying "The number you dialed is..." from the earbuds, and after two rings, it was connected.

Zhuang Ze subconsciously opened his mouth, and was about to speak as fast as he could to explain his intentions when he heard the voice over there first—the phone seemed to be placed in a cramped space, the voice was muffled and far away, and he could faintly hear the voice over there. There was a sound of rummaging through things, which was not very real.

After a while, someone said: "Zhao Chu, I can't find it."

The female voice seemed to be full of ambition: "If you can't find it, you're right."

Another young voice retorted angrily: "You ran to my house in the middle of the night and searched randomly, and now you can't find anything, you have to apologize to me!"

"Apologize?" The female voice snorted ridiculously, "It's even more problematic if you can't find it. The benefactor gave you such a precious thing. If you don't keep it, where did it go? Mr. Xu, I'd better trouble you to come with us." Come on, let's talk slowly."

When Zhuang Ze heard this, everything became clear, his back suddenly felt cold, he stepped on the accelerator, and the speed of the car soared past the maximum speed limit of the road under his feet. Go to the destination.

Ten minutes later, he arrived at the community where Xu Yi lived.

late.

The car that took Kang Siqi away at the concert not long ago just drove out of the community.

Zhuang Ze slammed on the brakes, his eyes suddenly focused on the car.Under the dim streetlights, one could see the upright female chief sitting on the passenger seat of that car, and couldn't see clearly in the back row; however, Xu Yi was in the car without thinking about it.

Zhuang Ze parked the car in the dark and watched the car drive out of the community, turn right, turn and onto the road.

The muffled voice still came out of his earplugs, and he only heard the female director seem to be telling the phone: "Bring back the breakthrough immediately. It's past twelve o'clock. It's a good time to interrogate people. Don't stop. Interrogate people overnight." Kang, let’s talk after three o’clock.”

After that, there is no more valuable information.

Zhuang Ze was sitting in the car, holding the steering wheel tightly with both hands, still listening with frowned eyes.However, not long after, the call was cut off suddenly, and finally only the beeping busy tone remained in the earplugs, which hit people's hearts in the silent night.

The embankment, which was already in danger, has now been dug out by an ant nest.I just hope it doesn't rain again.

After sitting in the car for an unknown amount of time, Zhuang Ze took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and restarted the car.

He didn't seem to have any expression on his face, his face was calm and cold, more like an oil painting with layers of paint than ever before.When the car drove on the road, he glanced at the fuel gauge, frowned slightly, then turned around, heading in the opposite direction of the gilt palace, and dialed another number at the same time.

After a while, the phone was connected, and Tu Yuqing on the other end was surprised and uneasy, and said sleepily: "Teacher Zhuang?"

Zhuang Ze asked lightly: "Is it convenient for me to go to your house?"

Tu Yuqing: "Me, my house? I'm at my parents' house now, in L City, you..."

"I just want to go to your house." Zhuang Ze took a light breath, "I want to meet Tu Minglang."