Chapter 21 third chapter

In order to carefully read the contents of the notebook without being disturbed, Lawyer Song took the notebook to the study alone.Yu Cheng's mother went upstairs to rest temporarily, while Nie Ming sat in the living room watching TV boredly. The maid of Yu Cheng's family made a cup of high-end Sumatra coffee for Nie Ming. Nie Ming sipped the bitter taste of the coffee carefully, imagining Yu Cheng's luxurious life in this wealthy family—but, all this no longer belonged to him. . About half an hour later, Nie Ming suddenly saw Lawyer Song rushing out of the study with a pale face, holding the black notebook in his hand, trembling all over, as if he had encountered something terrible.

Nie Ming stood up from the sofa and asked, "Lawyer Song, what happened?" Lawyer Song stumbled to Nie Ming's side and said incoherently, "Mr. Nie, can you... go out...to the yard with me?" Nie Ming quickly supported Lawyer Song and said, "Okay." The two sat on a stone bench resting in the courtyard. Lawyer Song still had a frightened expression on his face. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his lips kept trembling. "What's the matter? Lawyer Song, are you uncomfortable?" Nie Ming asked eagerly. Lawyer Song's mood stabilized a little. He looked at Nie Ming and said, "Before Yu Cheng died, did you say anything that surprised you?"

Nie Ming was startled, and said, "No... I don't have much impression." "Think about it carefully! Did he say anything besides asking you to find this little book?" Nie Ming frowned and thought for a few minutes, then said, "By the way, he did say a strange sentence. At that time, I felt strange... I don't know what this sentence means." "What is it? What is he talking about?" Lawyer Song grabbed Nie Ming's hand and asked. The sweat in his palm had soaked the back of Nie Ming's hand. Nie Ming didn't know what was the most important thing that made Lawyer Song so nervous. He felt that the flustered man in front of him was completely different from the old lawyer who had become steady and reserved just now.

"Well... he seemed very panicked when he felt that he was about to die. At that time, it gave me the feeling that what he was afraid of was not that his life was about to end, but that he was worried about another thing. He has not had time to finish... He said, let me find the book, this matter is more important than his life... However, what surprised me the most was another sentence he said. " "What is it? Think about it carefully!" Lawyer Song's expression was extremely nervous. "He said to me, 'I'm not allowed to die here...I can only die in my own home!' I froze for a moment, I didn't know what he meant by that."

Lawyer Song lowered his hand slowly, his eyes stared straight ahead, and finally said after a long while: "That's right...that's how it matches." Nie Ming was baffled, and he asked, "Lawyer Song, what do you mean by asking this... Did you find something from this notebook?" Lawyer Song didn't speak, he opened half of the black book silently, and then tore out dozens of pages in the middle. "Lawyer Song... you are?" Nie Ming was puzzled. Lawyer Song shook his head and said, "I didn't tear off these 20 pages, but they were sandwiched in the middle of this book a long time ago. In fact, this black book is just a cover to hide the truth, and the things written on it are trivial matters. The value is all in this little book."

"Could it be that the 'small book' that Yu Cheng refers to is actually just this 20-page book?" Lawyer Song nodded and said, "Yes, I took this black book and looked at it for a while, and found that it had been tampered with - twenty pages in the middle of it were torn out and replaced with this small book. Obviously, this It was done to use this thick black book as a cover, so that those who get this book will not immediately come into contact with the hidden facts recorded in this small book!" Nie Ming became more and more curious: "So, what is written on it? Can you let me see it?"

Hearing this sentence, Lawyer Song's expression became tense again. He put the small book into the black book again, hugged it tightly, and said, "No! You can't read it! I can't give it to you!" Nie Ming quickly explained: "Lawyer Song, don't be nervous. As I said just now, I don't necessarily want to watch it. I just heard you say that and I'm a little curious. If you don't want me to watch it, I will never demand." Lawyer Song let out a breath and calmed down a bit: "Mr. Nie, please believe me, it's not that I can't trust you... What's written in this notebook is not at all the financial problem we imagined before, but..." said Here, he stopped.

Nie Ming felt itchy, but felt it was inconvenient to ask further questions. At this time, Lawyer Song stood up, looked at Nie Ming and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Nie, please tell Mrs. Sima (Yu Cheng's mother) that I have temporarily taken this notebook, and I will confirm what is written in the notebook. , I should return it to Yu's house." After finishing speaking, he walked out of the gate. Looking at Lawyer Song's back, Nie Ming was amazed—this kind of behavior of leaving without saying goodbye really didn't look like what an old lawyer in his sixties would do.He didn't understand what it was that would make a senior lawyer who had handled cases for decades so disturbed.

Nie Ming returned to the living room of the big house, briefly told Yu Cheng's mother what happened just now, then politely said goodbye and left the Yu family mansion. When Nie Ming returned home, he was exhausted.He fell headfirst on his own bed, and closed his eyes naturally—the moment he closed his eyes, he saw the quartz clock hanging on the wall: six thirty-five.