Chapter 8 Chapter VII

the next day. On June 17, 1995, early in the morning, I put on clean clothes and took a bus to the city, maybe before they left... It's ridiculous to say that when I went to my girlfriend's house for the first time, I was both excited and clumsy, with all kinds of outdated gifts in my hand, which made Gu Qiusha ridicule me.On the contrary, her father is approachable. As the president of the university, he discusses with me issues in the education field.Fortunately, I made enough preparations and said something insightful, which made him look at me with admiration. At exactly nine o'clock, I came to the door of Gu's house, straightened my clothes and hair, and tremblingly pressed the doorbell.

There was no sound from the door for a long time, so I ran down to ask the concierge, only to find out that their father and daughter went out last night, and a work car came to pick them up. It is said that they were traveling to Yunnan. Looking up at the sun, I let my eyes be pierced and my fiancée's face melted in my mind. Suddenly, I wanted to meet someone so strongly that if everyone in the world abandoned me. Before noon, I came to a six-story apartment building, and I rang the doorbell on the fourth floor. "Who is it?" A woman in her early forties opened the door, still holding a cooking spoon in her hand, and looked at me, the uninvited guest, suspiciously.

"Excuse me, is Shen Yuanchao's prosecutor at home?" Actually, I know her, but she doesn't seem to know me. Before she could answer, a middle-aged man appeared beside her, frowned and said, "I know why you came to me." Before I could say a word, he dragged me into the house. He told his wife to go back to the kitchen to continue cooking, then let me sit on the sofa and closed the door of the living room. "Does she know who I am?" "Yes, but she hasn't seen you for seven years." The man named Shen Yuanchao poured me a cup of tea, "Your complexion is not very good."

"Have you heard of it?" "Shenzhen, does anyone know about our affairs?" Seeing his serious expression, I can only smile wryly in return, as expected this is what he cares most about! "I never said it, but for some reason, it suddenly spread in the school last month." "Obviously, someone wants to kill you." "It's just trying to kill me!" He wandered a few steps in the living room: "Who knows this secret?" "Except for the three people in this room now, and my grandmother, there will be no one else." "Don't doubt my wife, she will never tell this secret."

"I didn't come here to ask this." I couldn't say it, but now I can only come to him, "Can you help me?" "Help you clear the suspicion?" "The police let me out! They also know that I was framed, but people outside don't know about it." "Actually, I am very worried that if you are really wronged and the police send your case to the procuratorate for prosecution, what should I, the prosecutor, do?" Shen Yuanchao has the face of a hero and model character in domestic movies in the 1980s. Every time I hear him say these words, I will feel a little disgusted.

"What if I die?" This sentence made him pause for a few seconds, and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?" So, I put everything that happened last night, including my expulsion from public office and party membership, and my fiancée One family evaded me and told the senior prosecutor all about it.Until I could no longer describe the imaginary tomorrow, I lowered my head and drank the cup of tea, even biting the tea leaves and swallowing them down. He listened to me calmly, snatched the teacup from my hand, and said softly, "What have you done recently?"

"It's nothing special. I'm planning to get married, decorate the house, and take the students to review for the college entrance examination..." "Have you ever done anything to offend your fiancée?" He patted me on the shoulder, "You are already twenty-five years old, you should know what I mean." "I--" Looking into the eyes of this middle-aged man, I don't know how to answer this question? "You have something to hide from me." "I'm sorry, I don't think I can say - but that's not what I'm facing right now."

"Everything boils down to one thing. Believe in my experience as a prosecutor, I have dealt with countless criminals, and I know everyone's motives for committing crimes, as well as what they are thinking in their hearts?" "Please, I'm not a murderer, I'm the victim now!" "You are still too young! But if you tell me, it may save your life. This is the only chance I can help you." I unbuttoned my collar and looked out the window, the sun was shining directly on his Clivia, and I shook my head and said, "No, I can't say." "It's a pity!" He walked behind me and whispered in my ear, "You are very similar to me when I was young! Are you hungry? Eat at my house."

Before I could answer, he had gone to the kitchen to take care of his wife. At noon, I had nowhere to go, and waited until the owner and his wife brought the food. This was the first time I ate here. A few weeks ago, Nanming High School began to spread two rumors about me—— The first one is Liuman, the most beautiful girl in class three (2) of senior high school, who had a teacher-student relationship with the head teacher Shenming. One day sick leave is specially for me to do abortion. The second one, saying that my background is humble, is not as recorded in the household registration book.And my father, who was shot when I was seven years old, has no blood relationship with me.The mother who gave birth to me was a frivolous woman, and I was an illegitimate child who came to this world with shame and original sin.

Well, it's not a rumor that I'm an illegitimate child. The man who gave me life is the prosecutor Shen Yuanchao who is sitting in front of me and having lunch with me right now. But I never recognized him as my father, nor did he recognize me as his son. However, his wife knew about it a long time ago. She should have remembered who I am, but instead of showing hostility to me, she kept adding vegetables to my bowl.To be honest, this is the most sumptuous and delicious meal I have eaten since I was imprisoned. After lunch, Shen Yuanchao took me downstairs.Not knowing what else to say to him, I turned and left without saying a word, but he grabbed me from behind and hugged me gently.

I remember the last time he hugged me was more than ten years ago. "Take care!" The sun was shining at one o'clock in the afternoon, and under the shade of the oleander tree beside the flower bed in the community, his lips trembled, "Son!" He finally called me son, but I still didn't call him dad, I nodded in embarrassment and left silently. This was the last time he saw me. Two hours later, when I returned to Nanming Senior High School, the old man in the door room called me: "Mr. Shen, the hospital is calling, please go there immediately!"