Chapter 28 chapter Ten

At 9:30 the next morning, Song Jingci met Nie Ming in the street garden on time. "We're going to Yu's house now. I hope Yu Jie hasn't left the house." Nie Ming looked at his watch and said. "If there were no special circumstances, a rich man like him wouldn't get up so early. I don't think we need to worry about not seeing him." "Then let's go." Nie Ming raised his hand to hail a taxi. Half an hour later, they sat smoothly in the living room of Yu's big house. The maid made two cups of tea and put them in front of Nie Ming and Song Jingci, and asked, "Do you want to see Mrs. Sima or Mr. Yu Jie? Mrs. Sima hasn't woken up yet, and Mr. Yu Jie is exercising in the back garden."

"Don't wake up Mrs. Sima. We are looking for Mr. Yu Jie, please inform me." Song Jingci said with a smile. "Okay, please wait a moment, both of you." The maid turned and left. A few minutes later, Yu Jie, who was wearing a tracksuit, came to the living room. He was sweating profusely, and he had obviously just done strenuous exercise. "Jingci...and Nie Ming, why are you here?" Yu Jie sat down, took the hot towel from the maid at the same time, and wiped the sweat off his face. "I'm sorry to bother you so early." Song Jingci said. "It's okay," Yu Jie shrugged, "what's the matter with you?"

"That's right, my father has a special office in your house, right? Now that he's gone, I want to take his things home as a souvenir." "Oh... that's what it should be," Yu Jie said, "Our whole family is very sorry for the death of Mr. Song." "Thank you. So, where is that office?" "I'll ask the servant to take you there." Yu Jie called the maid over just now, "You take Miss Song and the others to the office of old lawyer Song." "Lawyer Song's office is here, please follow me." The maid signaled Nie Ming and Song Jingci to follow her.

Before walking out of this living room, Yu Jie suddenly asked: "I'm sorry, I'm really curious, why are you two together?" Nie Ming and Song Jingci looked at each other, Nie Ming turned around and said: "The old lawyer called me to the garden in the afternoon when the accident happened, and told me some things - Ms. Song felt that this would help to uncover the truth behind her father's murder the truth, so please let me do her a favor." Yu Jie's lips parted slightly.After a few seconds, he asked, "The old lawyer... told you something? What is it?"

Nie obviously looked embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't say it." After finishing speaking, he was about to leave the room. "Wait, Nie Ming. You really... know some secrets, right?" As soon as this sentence was said, Yu Jie's hand shook unnaturally, as if he realized his gaffe. Nie Ming took a step closer to Yu Jie and asked, "I just said, the old lawyer told me something, how did you know he was going to tell me a secret?" "Because Lawyer Song talked to you after reading that black book, he must have told you some secrets about that book..."

"But, how did you know that there was a secret written in that black book?" "I……" "You have read that black book!" Nie Ming said loudly. Yu Jie slowly sat down on the sofa, his face extremely ugly.The maid obviously didn't know what was going on, and stood by at a loss. "You go down first." Yu Jie waved to the maid, and then said to Nie Ming and Song Jingci, "Please sit down and listen to me." Of course, this was the situation Nie Ming was looking forward to the most. He winked at Song Jingci, and the two sat back to their original places.

"Nie Ming, can you tell me what the old lawyer told you? What was written in that notebook?" Yu Jie suddenly looked at Nie Ming with a look of expectation, with a hint of plead. Nie Ming was stunned for a moment, and said, "Don't you know that there is a secret recorded in that book? I thought you had read it." Yu Jie shook his head: "If I have seen it, do I still need to ask you here?" Nie Ming and Song Jingci looked at each other again, they were completely confused. Yu Jie sighed for a long time: "Actually, I actually read this book once. It's just..."

He stopped, staring at the ceiling, lost in a memory.After a while, he continued: "When I was eight years old, something happened that still scares me. One day, my father worked in the study of this house, and I played in the living room... Mother He came over and told me to call my father. She wanted to discuss something with him. So I knocked on the door of the study, and my father quickly came and opened the door. I told him that my mother had something to do with him, and he nodded and agreed. Then I stuffed a black book on the desk to the fifth floor of the bookcase—it was a height that I couldn't reach at all with my height at the time. After that, he went out..."

"I stayed in his study, wondering—what kind of book was that? Why did my father hide it in such a high place when he left for such a short time? Driven by curiosity, I found a chair and Then I stood on it, stood on tiptoes, and finally got the black book just now, and I took it off." "Getting this book, I opened it and was about to read it—suddenly, my father broke in. He saw that I was opening this book, yelled, rushed over, snatched the book, and closed it ,Then……" Yu Jie shuddered and shivered.After a pause for a few seconds, his voice also began to tremble: "My father is usually gentle and approachable. But at that moment, he seemed to be crazy, staring at me with wide eyes, and then held my hand tightly. Shoulder. I was in pain from his grasp and struggled desperately, but he pressed it even tighter and asked me if I had read this book just now."

"I was terrified, he'd never done that to me, and I just had to be honest, 'No, I didn't look at it, I just got it.' But, my dad didn't seem to believe me, he asked me five times 'Did you really not watch it? Be honest! Did you watch it?'" "I was frightened and cried. I even had a strange and frightening feeling at that time - my father had an ulterior secret recorded in this black book. If I really read this secret, he might even will kill me!" "I could only argue desperately, crying and swearing that I never saw a single glance. My father seemed to believe it, and he let me go. I wanted to run out of the room like crazy. Suddenly, he grabbed me again. Me, whispered to me, 'You are not allowed to tell anyone about this, including your mother.' I nodded quickly, he stared at me for a while, and finally let me go..."

After Yu Jie finished talking about this matter, he held his head with his right hand and frowned.It seems to have returned to the day when I made a mistake more than ten years ago. "Then... did you see what was written in that black book?" Nie Ming asked. "Of course I didn't see it! If I had, would I have asked you so nervously just now?" "Wait, so this book is not Yu Cheng's at all. It's your father's?" Song Jingci asked. Yu Jie nodded: "Actually, since this incident, I didn't know the whereabouts of this book at all, and I never dared to inquire about this book...until my brother died, Nie Ming came to our house and said Only when I recalled my brother’s will did I know that my father passed this book on to my elder brother who is the eldest son. Now, because of this book, something like this happened again...I..." Yu Jie stopped, he seemed to be choked by fear, gasping for breath. Song Jingci suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Is your father the eldest son of the Yu family?" "yes." "When did your father pass this notebook to Yu Cheng?" "I don't know, probably my father gave it to my brother before he died!" Nie Ming frowned and asked, "How did your father die!" Yu Jie raised his head and looked at Nie Ming: "Why are you asking this?" "I'm sorry, I feel a little strange. Your father passed away in middle age. You said just now that he might have given the black book to Yu Cheng before he died. Could it be that he knew when he would die?" Yu Jie was silent for a while, and said, "Actually, I don't know very well..." "You don't know how your father died?" Nie Ming couldn't believe it. "You know, our family has an ancestral family rule that the eldest son must live in the white house on the west side." Yu Jie said, "I remember when I was fifteen years old, one day, my brother received a call, It was my father who called from the white house. After putting down the phone, Yu Cheng hurriedly ran to the white house. About an hour later, he came out with my father in his arms. At that time, my father had passed away." "What did he die of?" "Yu Cheng said that his father died of a heart attack, and after a forensic examination, he also believed that to be the case." Song Jingci suddenly covered her mouth: "Your father died in that white room... Then Yu Cheng, he dares to live in that white room alone every day from now on?" "This is a family rule. It's not something my brother wants. He has no choice. Besides, I don't think he will feel any discomfort." "Why?" Nie Ming asked. Yu Jie sighed again: "My father and my brother... are very similar, both of them are complete weirdos. They often talk about things in one room and never let anyone else participate- oh yes Except for his friend who often came to see my father. After my father died, Yu Cheng almost became him. He often stayed alone in that white room, and there were a dozen of them at a time. When I was young, I felt that normal people would not like to do this. I don’t understand that they would be willing to stay in such a terrifying white house. If it were me, even if I didn’t become the heir of the Yu family, I wouldn’t stay there It's in there! Sooner or later, I'll go crazy!" "It sounds like you went in?" Nie Ming asked. "I've never gone in!" Yu Jie blushed suddenly, "It's too late for me to avoid that white house! I won't go in!" "Then, now that Yu Cheng is dead, who will live in that white room?" "No one lives there. Yu Cheng has no son. According to family rules, no one is eligible to enter this house now." Yu Jie suddenly stopped, "Aren't you here to get the old lawyer's things? Why are you asking about our family's private affairs?" so detailed?" "Oh, that's right. We have to go get something." Nie Ming said apologetically, "Just now I was just curious, so I asked a little more, sorry." Then he and Song Jingci stood up together. "Okay, now can you tell me what secret the old lawyer told you?" "The secret the old lawyer told me is that there is a certain important secret hidden in this black book. Other than that, I don't know anything." Nie Ming spread his hands helplessly. Yu Jie looked at him and didn't say a word for a long while.